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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Sorry to hear about your husband. Sending hugs and prayers your way.

It is still within the realm of possibility for me to have a MegaFinish -- 11 more for RWS and 7 more for sub-challenge. However, I have 1 finished for RWS that I haven't posted yet because I'm not sure which task to post it for (#10.4 or #20.5), I'm reading 2 right now that I'm over halfway that go to 2 separate tasks (#10.7 and #10.8). That leave 8 for RWS (#10.4 or #20.5, #10.6, #10.9, #10.10, #20.2, #20.4, #20.6, #20.10), 7 for sub-challenge, 15 books in total for 6 weeks. So we'll see. It is still possible, as long as I don't get distracted by books that don't fit the unused tasks :)

Task 20.9 It's Criminal (Kate S's Task)
Read a book shelved as True Crime at least 25 times.

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The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece (2005) by Edward Dolnick [364.162] (Hardcover, 270 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.3 “U” = Hunt, #10.6 anagram)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 355 + 30 = 385

Task 10.3 U's Have It
Read a book with a word in the title that has a U as the second letter or an author whose name has U as a second letter.

Not for Publication (1965) by Nadine Gordimer (Hardcover, 248 pages)

+10 (#10.3 “U”)
+10 Non-Western Author
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1942-1992)
+05 Repeat

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 05 + 05 = 30

Grand Total: 325 + 30 = 355

1 of 16 stories set in England; the other 15 stories are set in South Africa

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Bibliography: Zoe Wicomb

You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town (1987) (stories) (a series of connected short stories which are semi-autobiographical)

I was hoping that David's Story would be the first novel as I just picked it up today at the local library sale. You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town is available on interlibrary loan but it might not get here in time for this challenge.

Bibliography: Zoe Wicomb

You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town (1987) (stories) (a series of connected short stories which are semi-autobiographical)

David's Story (2000) (novel)
Playing in the Light (2006) (novel)
The One That Got Away (2008) (stories)
October (2014) (novel)

So .... is the You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town the debut novel of Zoë Wicomb, or, is it David's Story? Thanks

Just verifying that Nadine Gordimer qualifies as "non-western". Of European parents, Nadine was born and raised in South Africa. She lived there all of her life, until her 2014 death in Johannesburg. wikipedia Nadine Gordimer

Task 10.2 No O
Read any book by an author whose name as published contains no letter O.

Endurance (#3) (2001) by S.L. Viehl

+10 Task
+05 Repeat

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 310 + 15 = 325

Task 20.3 Historical

Historical as well as history

Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge (2017) by Helen Rappaport (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 464 pages) [355.009]

+20 Task (#20.3 “Historical”)
+05 Combo (#10.3 U=”Russia”)
+05 Repeat

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30

Grand Total: 280 + 30 = 310

Task 15.3 A Counting Game

21st century - female authors – ascending order

Lending a Paw (#1) (2013) by Laurie Cass

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 265 + 15 = 280

Excellent Space Opera
#4: Leviathan Wakes
#9: Consider Phlebas

Both of which have been on my TBR forever!

Karin wrote: "As I am typing this, my son is flying over Greenland. This is one time when modern technology is amazing! Every time I refresh the screen, I can see where the plane it. Granted, it's not very accur..."

I did the same thing when my son went to South Korea.

Task 20.8 Frosty June?

Simon the Coldheart: A Tale of Chivalry and Adventure (1925) by Georgette Heyer (Paperback, 343 pages)

+20 Task (#20.8 “Frosty”)
+05 Combo (#20.3 “Historical”)
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1866-1941)

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35

Grand Total: 230 + 35 = 265

Task 10.3 U's Have It
Read a book with a word in the title that has a U as the second letter or an author whose name has U as a second letter.

Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia (2016) by Anne Garrels (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 228 pages) [947.43]
Pushkin House Russian Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2017)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (#10.2 no “o”, #10.5)
+05 Repeat

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 205 + 25 = 230

Task 15.2 A Counting Game

21st century - female authors – ascending order

The Wanderers (2017) by Meg Howrey

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 190 + 15 = 205

I've finished 2 books that are "Countries of the World":

Russian Federation -- The Charm School (1988) by Nelson DeMille (cold war thriller set 99% in Russia)

Sweden -- A Man Called Ove (2012) by Fredrik Backman (set in a small Scandinavian village but in one part they mention that the characters are speaking "Swedish" so I infer that the small village is in Sweden)

I'm also currently reading another Russian book:
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge (2017) by Helen Rappaport

Will this book work for this task: Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913? My library filed it under 782.421.

782.42 Songs, (Lyrics), (Karaoke), (Popular songs), Children's songs, Folk songs, (Folksongs), National songs, (National anthems), Lullabies, (Cradle songs), War songs, (Battle songs), (Soldiers' songs)

Thanks!

Task 20.1 Popular Lists

Approved in the help thread.

A Man Called Ove (2012) by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author); translated by Henning Koch (Goodreads Author); (Hardcover, 337 pages)
Book_Group_Worthy_Titles_for_2014

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.2 No “O”)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 165 + 25 = 190

Task 15.1 A Counting Game

21st century - female authors – ascending order

Kingfisher (2016) by Patricia A. McKillip

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 150+ 15 = 165

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "If you get to all of those, you will have some nice points Deedee"

Well, what I do is pull the books out onto the carpet then pick one out at random and that's the one I read. This list picks out the carpet books LOL. I wish I had time to read them all :)