Deedee’s Comments (group member since Aug 04, 2010)

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Do the unisex celebrity names count? Like Hayden or Morgan.

And .... do the modern unisex names count?

• Nature (Lake, Rain, Willow)
• Colors (Blue, Grey, Indigo)
• Countries or states (Dakota, India, Montana)
• Surnames (Jackson, Mackenzie, Madison, Murphy)
• Politicians (Kennedy, Reagan)

Thanks!

those who might read lots but whose books might have fewer styles AKA me :)

Task 10.1 Readers Also Enjoyed
Choose one book you read last season, and read any book on that book's Readers Also Enjoyed list.

The book from last season:
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise (2010) by Julia Stuart

As of February 25, 2018 this book was on the Readers Also Enjoyed list:
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Mr Malik #1) (2008) by Nicholas Drayson

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1)
+100 RWS Finish !!!!!!

Task Total: 10 + 05 +100 = 115

Grand Total: 945 + 115 = 1,060

Karen Michele wrote: "I am happy with either Italy or Mexico, so I'm not going to lobby for either one of those. I do prefer the NYT Notable books list, simply because I love to read newer books and I have many from that list on my TBR for spring already. I do like the Book Riot list and I have a couple of books picked out since it's occupying the top spot;) ."

I'd prefer Italy to Mexico, and NYT Notable to Book Riot. The Book Riot list is my second choice, though, and I already have had The Golden Bowl lined up for the Spring challenge.

Also, if Mexico wins -- new authors, new novels! I'll get suggestions for Mexico from y'all :)

So I'm fine either way

One more book and I will have finished all 10 and 20 point tasks this season. :)

Task 10.5 In Translation
Read a book that won or was nominated for one of these Translation Prizes

Eléctrico W (2011) by Hervé Le Tellier

+10 Task (won the 2013 French-American Foundation Translation Prize)
+10 Lost in Translation (originally written in French)
+10 Combo (10.9, "Herve"; 20.1, b. 1957)

Task total: 10 + 10 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 915 + 30 = 945

So if I understand this correctly --- Leo Tolstoy - repeating "T" -- would fit this task

Task 20.1 Lifetime
Read a book written by any author born during Muriel Spark's lifetime (1918-2006).

How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life (How to Be #2) (2015) by Ruth Goodman (Hardcover, 336 pages) [942.05]

+20 Task
+10 Not-a-novel (Non-fiction)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 885 + 30 = 915

I'm in -- this will push me to read some of my longer books (Jumbo Styles).

Task 10.3 Listopia Reigns!
Read one of the top 300 books from the Best Books for Book Clubs list.
On February 18, 2018: #232 (page three)
Garden Spells (Waverley Family #1) (2007) by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 290 pages)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (#10.8 “fantasy”, #20.1)

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 865 + 20 = 885

Task 10.10 Group Reads

Olive Kitteridge (2008) by Elizabeth Strout

+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 no.156, 10.6, 20.1 born 1956, 20.4)
+10 Not-a-novel (short stories)

Task Total: 10 + 20 + 10 = 40

Grand Total: 825 + 40 = 865

Task 20.3 Aged
Read a book written by any author who lived 75 years or longer.

Pecos Crossing (1963) by Elmer Kelton

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 800 + 25 = 825

Task 20.1 Lifetime
Read a book written by any author born during Muriel Spark's lifetime (1918-2006).

The Walrus and the Elephants: John Lennon's Years of Revolution (2013) by James A. Mitchell (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 272 pages) [921/Biography]

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.9 “James”)
+10 Not-a-novel (Non-fiction)

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35

Grand Total: 765 + 35 = 800

Task 20.4 Doctorate
Muriel Spark earned 8 (!) honorary doctorates in her lifetime, read a book by an author who has been bestowed at least one.

The Comforters (1957) by Muriel Spark (Paperback, 214 pages)

+20 Task
+30 Combo (#10.9, #20.1, #20.2, #20.3, #20.5, #20.6)

Task Total: 20 + 30 = 50

Grand Total: 715 + 50 = 765

Task 10.4 AKA
In honor of Get a New Name Day (Feb 13), read a book published under a pseudonym.

See: Roberta Isleib
Roberta Isleib writes the ‘Key West Food Critic Mysteries’ under pseudonym Lucy Burdette

Death in Four Courses (Key West Food Critic Mystery #2) (2012) by Lucy Burdette (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 293 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 700 + 15 = 715

Task 20.1 Lifetime

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic (2018) by David Frum (Hardcover, 320 pages) [973.933]

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.9 ‘David’)
+10 Not-a-Novel: non-fiction

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35


Grand Total: 665 + 35 = 700

Task 15.4 Page Count

200-249p

The Naked Sun (Robot #2) (1956) by Isaac Asimov
Most Popular Edition: 208 pages

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 650 + 15 = 665

Task 20.8 Organization (Amanda)

Approved by Elizabeth(Alaska) thanks!

Dreams of the Golden Age (Golden Age #2) (2014) by Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 318 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.8, #20.1)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 620 + 30 = 650

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Would Dreams of the Golden Age work for 20.8? I'm almost finished reading it. Our teenaged heroine and fellow teenaged friends have been hiding their burgeoning super..."

Thanks Elizabeth! And, re: Amanda, I understand being very busy

Would Dreams of the Golden Age work for 20.8? I'm almost finished reading it. Our teenaged heroine and fellow teenaged friends have been hiding their burgeoning superpowers from their mothers. (The superpowers manifest at puberty, so that would be a change from no superpowers to superpowers.) By the end of the novel they have transformed into "superheros" who embrace and use their superpowers openly for good purposes (like rescuing people from burning buildings).