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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):
The Fall months are the 9th, 10th, and 11th months of the year. Read any book whose author was born in a year ending in 9, 0, or 1.

Goodreads Bio says Frank Herbert was: Born: 1920


For Combos:

10.5 Lucky Sevens
7 letter in Author Last Name: HE RB ER T

10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
SILVER
p. 6: “The D-wolves did not change pace. They were SILVER shadows which went flick-flick through the loud green smells of the forest.”

20.3 Chemistry:
FRank HERBERt
87 Fr Francium
2 He
Helium
37 Rb
Rubidium
68 Er Erbium


God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) (1981) by Frank Herbert (copy I read)
(MPE edition God Emperor of Dune has 587 pages)

+20 Task
+15 Combos (#10.5, #10.6, #20.3)
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages:
+05 Series (part of a series)

Task Total: 20 + 15 + 05 + 05 = 45

Grand Total: 390 + 45 = 435

Task 10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):
Read a book whose title (or subtitle) includes a word of at least four letters which can be made from the letters in HELICOPTERS.

THOSE = HElicOpTerS

COMBOS
10.5 Lucky Sevens
First published in 2017

10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
OXYGEN
p. 51: “She lay on the floor, submerged in coppery fumes and wheezing like she ought to be in an OXYGEN tent.”

20.1 Back to School
Thanks Elizabeth (Alaska) for finding James Alan Gardner talking about teaching a class.
(see: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )

20.3 Chemistry
jAMES ALan GArdner

95 Am Americium
99 Es Einsteinium
13 Al Aluminium
31 Ga Gallium

20.5 Speech and Debate
MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).
Our heroines: p. 22:”Ordinary humans with superhuman powers.”

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark #1 of 2) (2017) by James Alan Gardner

+10 Task
+25 (#10.5, 10.6, 20.1, 20.3, 20.5)

Task Total: 10 + 25 = 35

Grand Total: 335 + 35 = 370

Task 15.4 Scrabble

The Reader on the 6.27 (2014) by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent; translated from French by Ros Schwartz

Tile: I2 - Inbetween: author's age is 51-74

Goodread Biography states that Jean-Paul Didierlaurent was born in 1962. It is now 2024. 2024 – 1962 = 62, so the author’s age is
51 < 62 < 74

Letter Points: 1

+15 Task

Task total = 15

Grand Total: 320 + 15 = 335

Task 20.4 Home Economics:
Read a book that contains a recipe but is NOT a cookbook.

Book includes recipes for main character Georgia:
Georgia’s Easy and Delicious French Omelet
Georgia’s Favorite (Not Salty) Mousse au Citron

For combos:
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
SILVER
p. 28: “His SILVER hair was cut short with not a strand out of place, and his only concession to being in the kitchen was to roll the sleeves of his sky blue dress shirt up to his elbows.”

10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):
RECIPE = hElICoPtREs

20.2 Math:
3 = FOR
1 = A
4 = LIFE

20.3 Chemistry:
RACHEll LInden
88 Ra Radium
6 C Carbon
2 He Helium
3 Li Lithium

Recipe for a Charmed Life (2024) by Rachel Linden (Paperback 372 pages)

+20 Task
+20 Combo (#10.6, #10.7, #20.2, #20.3)

Task Total: 20 + 20 = 40

Grand Total: 280 + 40 = 320

Would James Alan Gardner count? His bio says:
Gardner is also an educator and technical writer. His book Learning UNIX is used as a textbook in some Canadian universities.
Note that it doesn't explicitly say that HE teaches.

Also, for Greg Bear, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Bear, it says:
"At the university, he was a teaching assistant to Elizabeth Chater in her course on science fiction writing, and in later years her friend."
Which sounds like he was a teaching assistant, which is teaching????

Task 20.1 Back to School
Read a book written by an author who is or has been a teacher or professor.

Goodreads Bio of Jonathan Coe:
Coe studied at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Trinity College, Cambridge, before teaching at the University of Warwick where he completed a PhD in English Literature.

Combo

10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
SILVER
p. 175: “’Coral,’ I said decisively. ‘Because that’s the most precious thing, in the underwater world. Not gold, or SILVER, or diamonds. Coral.’”

20.3 Chemistry
jONATHan COe
8 O Oxygen
11 Na Sodium
90 Th Thorium
27 Co Cobalt

THE BOOK
Bournville (2022) by Jonathan Coe

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.6, #20.3)

Task Tota: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 260 + 20 = 280

[Includes ... Post #294 ...
+05 Series (part of a series)]

Apple wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Post 323 :Task 20.2 Math:
Read a book whose title (not including subtitles) contains a three-letter word, a single-letter word, and a four-letter word. Other words are allowed and th..."

Yeah! I missed that! Thanks

Also ... Post #294 ... I forgot to claim:
+05 Series (part of a series)

Task 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):
Read a book that mentions an element from the periodic table (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...). Provide a quote that mentions the element name in your post. No plurals or other forms of the element name.

Element
47 Ag Silver

p. 118: “In the light of the last remaining streetlight, he sees Niko’s sword flashing SILVER as he spars with Eliza.”

Combos:
20.3 Chemistry:

VERoNICA roth
23 V Vanadium
68 Er Erbium
28 Ni Nickel
20 Ca Calcium

20.5 Speech and Debate:
The 2024 Big Questions resolution is "Resolved: Belief in the supernatural is incompatible with belief in science." Investigate this further by reading a book that either has MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).

Many beings from Slavic/Polish mythology are in this story. A partial list: strzyga, zmora, banshees, leszy.

When Among Crows (2024) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 166 pages)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (#20.3, #20.5)

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 235 + 20 = 255

Task 20.2 Math:
Read a book whose title (not including subtitles) contains a three-letter word, a single-letter word, and a four-letter word. Other words are allowed and the designated words need not be in order in the title.

1 = I
3 = Eat
4 = Want


Combos:
20.3 - Chemistry:
SE-HEe BAeK
34 Se Selenium
2 He Helium
56 Ba Barium
19 K Potassium


20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):
Read any book whose author was born in a year ending in 9, 0, or 1.
Goodreads Bio says: Born: 1990


20.9 - haLLowEEn:
Find a book both a double consecutive consonant and double consecutive vowel in the author's name, title, or a combination of the two.
EE = se-hEE
KK = tteokboKKi


I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist (2018) by Baek Se-hee; translated from Korean by Anton Hur (Paperback 208 pages) [Dewey 616.89]

+20 Task
+15 Combos (#20.3, #20.8, #20.9)

Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35

Grand Total: 190 + 35 = 225

Task 20.9 - haLLowEEn:
Find a book both a double consecutive consonant and double consecutive vowel in the author's name, title, or a combination of the two.

LL: aLLison
OO: brOOk


For Combos:
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
SILVER
p. 114: “’As long as you remember my color scheme is yellow, SILVER, and cornflower blue.’ Angela tilted her head as she studied me. ‘I think you’ll look terrif in blue.’”

20.3 Chemistry:
ALLISoN Brooks

13 Al - Aluminium
3 Li - Lithium
16 S - Sulfur
41 Nb - Niobium

20.5 Speech and Debate:
Reading a book that either has MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).
One of the main characters in the novel is a ghost, Evelyn, who haunts the town’s library.


Buried in the Stacks (The Haunted Library Mysteries #3) (2019) by Allison Brook (Hardcover 313 pages)

+20 Task
+15 Combos (#10.6, #20.3, #20.5)

Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35

Grand Total: 155 + 35 = 190

For
O5 - Author surname is an occupation
the website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor... lists:

Tayler
List of people with surname Taylor
Taylor (surname)

I'm assuming that the name Taylor fits O5 ? (as in Peter Taylor)
Thanks!

Task 15.3 Scrabble

Grave Expectations (Grave Expectations #1) (2023) by Alice Bell

Tile: X1 - Exes! - Title word begins with "Ex"

Letter Points: 8

+15 Task

Task total = 15

Grand Total: 140 + 15 = 155

Task 15.2 Scrabble

Starter Villain (2023) by John Scalzi

Tile: Z1: Author LAST name has a Z

Letter Points: 10

+15 Task

Task total = 15

Grand Total: 120 + 15 = 135

Task 20.3 - Chemistry:

For Task:

daNIel jAMES BRown

28 NI - Nickel
95 AM - Americium
99 ES - Einsteinium
35 BR - Bromine

Combos:
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):
OXYGEN
p. 83: “All fires consume large amounts of OXYGEN and emit large amounts of carbon monoxide.”

20.1 Back to School:
Read a book written by an author who is or has been a teacher or professor.
https://www.danieljamesbrown.com/about/
He taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford before becoming a technical writer and editor. He now writes narrative nonfiction books full time.

20.5 Speech and Debate:
MPG SCIENCE

Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 (2006) by Daniel James Brown [623.9618]

+20 Task
+15 Combo

Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35

Grand Total: 85 + 35 = 120

Task 15.1 Scrabble

Make Russia Great Again (2020) by Christopher Buckley

Tile: I6 - I am - First person narrative
Letter Points: 1

+15 Task

Task total = 15

Grand Total: 70 + 15 = 85

Task 20.5 Speech and Debate:
Reading a book that either has MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).

MPG of Magic
Features ghosts

Task 10.6: SILVER
p. 91: “It smelled of starch and SILVER polish and mothballs and candle wax.”

Task 20.1:
(from goodreads biography) Paula Brackston “is a Visiting Lecturer for the University of Wales, Newport.”

Task 20.3: CHEMISTRY
PAULA BRackston
91 Pa Protactinium
92 U Uranium
57 La Lanthanum
35 Br Bromine

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish (Hecate Cavendish #1) (2024) by Paula Brackston

+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.6, 20.1, 20.3)

Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35

Grand Total: 35 + 35 = 70

For Greg Bear:
The wikipedia page (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Bear ) says
"At the university, he was a teaching assistant to Elizabeth Chater in her course on science fiction writing, and in later years her friend."
Does that qualify as "teacher" for 20.1?? Thanks

Task 20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):
Read a book whose title contains at least three words that appear in reverse alphabetical order.

Task 20.10: R O D

Task 10.6: SILVER
p. 12: “His glance took in the tray and coffee things – SILVER pot and two small cups and saucers – strewn across a cream-coloured carpet edged with vine leaves.”

Task 20.3: CHEMISTRY
RENNIe aIRth
75 Re Rhenium
7 N Nitrogen
28 Ni Nickel
77 Ir Iridium

River of Darkness (John Madden #1) (1999) by Rennie Airth

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.6, 20.3)
+05 Series (part of a series)

Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35

Grand Total: 0 + 35 = 35

I'm thinking 1985 - I moved 1000 miles to Florida to work at the Kennedy Space Center. (and yes, I was there January 28, 1986, watching from the rooftop of a nearby building when the Challenger disaster happened)

Denise wrote: "Definitely, a big thank you to Rosemary and the other mods. Good wishes to all of you."
Yes! Yes!