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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 20.5 Opening Ceremonies

The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander #2) (1992) by Henning Mankell; translated from Swedish by Laurie Thompson

H/1990-2002
Author: Born in Stockholm, Sweden
SWEDEN

+25 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1992)

Task Total: 25 + 05 = 30

Grand Total: 180 + 30 = 210

Locking in Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books with a rating of 4.33
Thanks!

Task 15.4 Olympic Scavenger

VOLLEYBALL
Option B

How High We Go in the Dark (2022) by Sequoia Nagamatsu

p. 286: “Perhaps they sky will be filled with large, colorful kites flying in the wind – dragons and butterflies and biplanes. Not far away, people playing VOLLEYBALL will notice her.”

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 165 + 15 = 180

Task 10.1 100 metres
Read a book with 100-199 pages in the MPE.

MPE is 110 pages

Enemies of the System (1978) by Brian W. Aldiss (Paperback, 110 pages)
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella (1979)

+10 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1978)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 150 + 15 = 165

Task 15.3 Olympic Scavenger

BASKETBALL
Option B

Home Is Where the Bodies Are (2024) by Jeneva Rose (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 256 pages)

p. 64: “The park got its swing set, monkey bars, slide, shade shelter, picnic tables, BASKETBALL court, and several flower beds.”

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 135 + 15 = 150

Task 15.2 Olympic Scavenger

DIVE
Option B

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries #1) (2024) by Catherine Mack

p. 180: “She turns and does a little DIVE into the water, her body folding into itself, and then her feet come up straight behind her and she disappears.”

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 120 + 15 = 135

Task 20.4 Opening Ceremonies

The Late Mattia Pascal (1904) by Luigi Pirandello; translated from Italian by William Weaver

A/ 1896-1909
Author Luigi Pirandello was born in Agrigento, Sicily, ITALY

+20 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1904)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 95 + 25 = 120

Task 20.3 Opening Ceremonies

The Violent Land (1942) by Jorge Amado

(D) 1938-1950
Author Jorge Amado was born in Itabuna, Bahia, BRAZIL

+20 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1942)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 70 + 25 = 95

Task 15.1 Olympic Scavenger

The Clicking of Cuthbert (Golf Stories #1) (1922) by P.G. Wodehouse

Golf, Option A – each of the ten stories in the book is centered on a man who is playing golf

+15 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1922)

Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20


Grand Total: 50 + 20 = 70

Task 20.2 Opening Ceremonies

The Fencing Master (1988) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa

(G) 1977-1989
Author Arturo Pérez-Reverte born in Cartagena, Murcia, SPAIN

+20 Task
+05 Published before 1999

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25


Grand Total: 25 + 25 = 50

I would like to lock in

The Story of Land and Sea for a rating of 2.98

Bookworm for a rating of 2.96

I have them both on hold right now, and once they come in I'll decide which to read -----

Also, lock in

Forgetting to Remember for a rating of 4.33

Thanks

I was pleasantly surprised at how many sports are mentioned in Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler:
athletic (and jogging!)
badminton
basketball
cycle
football
golf
horse
skateboard
swim
tennis
wrestle

Enjoy!

Task 20.1 Opening Ceremonies

The Yellow Dog (Maigret #6) (1931) by Georges Simenon

(C) 1924-1937
Author Georges Simenon born in Liège, BELGIUM

+20 Task
+05 Published before 1999

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 00 + 25 = 25

Do we have +05 Style Points for book first published before 1999? That will be most of the books claimed for this sub-challenge!!

Option B
I'm about halfway through Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide so I can't use this book in summer session. However, others can!

p. 170 "I've helped him cheat at water polo, VOLLEYBALL, even BADMINTON if you can believe it ...."

Option B
I'm about halfway through Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide so I can't use this book in summer session. However, others can!

p. 170 "I've helped him cheat at water polo, VOLLEYBALL, even BADMINTON if you can believe it ...."

OPENING CEREMONIES✔️

✔️(A) 1896-1909/Italy: The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello - 1904
✔️(B) 1910-1923/Mexico: The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela - 1915
✔️(C) 1924-1937/Belgium: The Yellow Dog (Maigret #6) by Georges Simenon - 1931
✔️(D) 1938-1950/Brazil: The Violent Land by Jorge Amado - 1942
✔️(E) 1951-1963/United Kindom:England: They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple #6) by Agatha Christie - 1952
✔️(F) 1964-1976/Canada: World of Wonders by Robertson Davies - 1975
✔️(G) 1977-1989/Spain: The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte - 1988
✔️(H) 1990-2002/Sweden: The Dogs of Riga (Wallander #2) by Henning Mankell - 1992
✔️(I) 2003-2014/Japan: The Kamogawa Food Detectives (#1 of The Kamogawa Food Detectives series) by Hisashi Kashiwai - 2013
✔️(J) 2015-2024/Finland: The Moonday Letters by Emmi Itäranta - 2020

books from Australia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, South Korea, United States and former USSR country that can substitute if necessary

SCAVENGER✔️

✔️1. golf - Option A: characters in each story play golf
The Clicking of Cuthbert (Golf Stories #1) (1922) by P.G. Wodehouse

✔️2. dive - Option B: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries #1) (2024) by Catherine Mack p. 180: “She turns and does a little DIVE into the water, her body folding into itself, and then her feet come up straight behind her and she disappears.”

✔️3. basketball - Option B: Home Is Where the Bodies Are (2024) by Jeneva Rose
p. 64: “The park got its swing set, monkey bars, slide, shade shelter, picnic tables, BASKETBALL court, and several flower beds.”

✔️4. volleyball - Option B: How High We Go in the Dark (2022) by Sequoia Nagamatsu
p. 286: “Perhaps the sky will be filled with large, colorful kites flying in the wind – dragons and butterflies and biplanes. Not far away, people playing VOLLEYBALL will notice her.”

✔️5. football - Option B: A Dangerous Road (Smokey Dalton #1) (2000) by Kris Nelscott
p. 46: “I saw the same receding hairline – he had apparently started to lose his hair relatively young – a narrow face with a strong jawline, and a powerful neck, the kind weight lifters, boxers, and FOOTBALL players have.”

✔️6. canoe - Option B: Fire Exit (2024) by Morgan Talty
p. 170: “Mary yanked the CANOE from around the house and guided it into the water.”

✔️7. athletic - Option B: Annie Bot (2024) by Sierra Greer
p. 163: “In a park, beside an ATHLETIC track, two children are crouched over a collection of sticks.”

✔️8. cycle - Option B: My Search for Warren Harding (1983) by Robert Plunket
p. 183: “At the end of the CYCLE, we discover, much to our horror, that one has disappeared completely and the other had lost the use of his hind legs, forcing him to go around on little wheels.”

✔️9. tennis - Option B: Daisies for Innocence (Enchanted Garden Mystery #1) (2016) by Bailey Cattrell
p. 140: “Molly had a smear of mud on her TENNIS shoe, just like a normal little kid.”

✔️10. Horse - Option B: Forgetting to Remember (2024) by M.J. Rose
p. 75: “I was turning right on Fulham Road a few minutes later when I suddenly saw the most unusual sight of a HORSE and carriage coming toward me.”


DECATHLON

✔️10.1 100-199 pages in the MPE
Enemies of the System (1978) by Brian W. Aldiss
MPE: 110 pages

10.2 Science Fiction<-->Classics *BOTH*
God Emperor of Dune (1981) by Frank Herbert
MPE: 587 pages
(edition I'm reading: God Emperor of Dune (1981) by Frank Herbert (421 pages)

✔️10.3 Rating lower than 3.0
The Story of Land and Sea (2014) by Katy Simpson Smith

10.4 Rating higher than 4.25 (min 4.26).
In Other Lands (2017) by Sarah Rees Brennan (Young Adult) Lexile HL800L

10.5 400-499 pages in the MPE.

10.6 Science Fiction<-->Classics *either one since 10.2 fits both*

10.7 Discworld Series
Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8) (1989) by Terry Pratchett

10.8 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (2020) by Deepa Anappara
Edgar Award for Best Novel (2021)

10.9 author initials found in JAVELIN THROW

✔️10.10 at least 500 pages in the MPE.
The Lost Sisterhood (2014) by Anne Fortier
MPE: 585 pages

Task 15.08 HDYGG?

The Museum of Human History (2023) by Rebekah Bergman (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 244 pages)

Flowers:
The mUseum of hUMNA hISToRy = NASTURTIUM+


1 Plant this post
29 Total plants in the garden


+15 task
+05 flower bonus

Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20

Grand Total: 490 + 20 = 510

Task 15.07 HDYGG?

A Catered St. Patrick's Day (A Mystery with Recipes #8) (2012) by Isis Crawford (Hardcover 323 pages)


Flowers:
a cATERed St. patrick’s day = ASTER
a catered st. patrIck’S DAY = DAISY

Vegetables:
Leek = Longley, New York


3 Plants this post
28 Total plants in the garden


+15 task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 475 + 15 = 490

Wow, I forgot about Option B! Thanks for reminding me.