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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

1. Kevin Bacon was in End of the Line(1987) with Mary Steenburgen.

2.Mary Steenburgen was in the movie Time After Time(1979).

3. a major character in Time After Time(1979) is H.G. Wells

4. So .... all books written by H.G. Wells fits!! :)

Task 10.4 – Math

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (2001) by Bryan Sykes (Hardcover, 320 pages)
Review
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20

I'm not sure I "get" the differentiation between history and microhistory.

Here are some books I'm looking at for this task:

The Last Camel Charge: The Untold Story of America's Desert Military Experiment (2012) by Forrest Bryant Johnson

The Invention of Air (2008) by Steven Johnson

Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon (2010) by Michael O'Brien

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) by Michael Pollan

The Wordy Shipmates (2008) by Sarah Vowell

Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgotten Volcano That Changed the World (2014) by Alexandra Witze

Task 20.3 - Post-modern:
Read any work by one of these Post-modern Writers .
Writer: Annie Proulx

Fine Just the Way it Is (Wyoming Stories #3) (2008) by Annie Proulx (Hardcover, 221 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Non-Novel (Short Stories)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 555 + 30 = 585

Task 15.7 - 10-20 - Time Leaper

Author birthday: 1928 –1947

Oxford Blood (Jemima Shore #5) (1985) by Antonia Fraser (Paperback, 224 pages)
Born: 1932
Published: 1985

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Task Total: 15 + 10 = 25

Grand Total: 530 + 25 = 555

Task 10.2 – Subtitles

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (2015) by Rinker Buck
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel: Non-fiction

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 510 + 20 = 530

Task 20.5 Post-Colonial

Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy #1) (1958) by Chinua Achebe
On August 11, 2015: (shelved 50 times as post-colonial)
+20 Task (#20.5 Post-Colonial)
+10 Combo (#10.9 diverse, #20.6 (age 28)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1940-1990)
+10 Non-Western

Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 + 10 = 45

Grand Total: 465 + 45 = 510

Task 15.6 - 10-20 - Time Leaper

Author birthday: 1928 –1947

Primitive People: A Novel (1992) by Francine Prose (Paperback, 228 pages)
Born: April 01, 1947
Published: 1992

+15 Task
+10 Bonus

Task Total: 15 + 10 = 25

Grand Total: 440 + 25 = 465

Task 20.4 – The South

Set in and around Atlanta, Georgia.

Wedding Belles (Red Hat Club #3) (2008) by Haywood Smith (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 368 pages)

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 420 + 20 = 440

Task 10.7 - Multi-Century

Timeframe: 1904 to 1914

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (2014) by Leslye Walton

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 410 + 10 = 420

Task 20.8 - A Funny Story -
Read a book shelved as comedy at least 40 times.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (2011) by Mindy Kaling (Hardcover, 222 pages)
On August 02, 2015, shelved 565 times as comedy.

+20 Task
+10 Non-fiction

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 380 + 30 = 410

Task 10.09 – Diverse Genres

Genre: Fantasy
Main character is a Native American.

Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson #2) (2007) by Patricia Briggs (Mass Market Paperback, 292 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 370 + 10 = 380

Task 20.6 - Under 31:

Rakossy (1966) by Cecelia Holland
Born: December 31, 1943
Published: 1966
Age: 23

+20 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1940-1990)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 345 + 25 = 370

Task 15.5 - 10-20 - Time Leaper

Author birthday: 1928 –1947

Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence (2013) by Joseph J. Ellis (Hardcover, 240 pages)
Born: July 18, 1943
Published: 2013

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 330 + 15 = 345

Task 10.2 – Subtitles

Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (2007) by Phoebe Damrosch

+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 310 + 20 = 330

Task 10.09 – Diverse Genres

Genre: Mystery
Main character is a person of color.

Morality for Beautiful Girls (#3 of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) (2001) by Alexander McCall Smith

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 300 + 10 = 310

Task 20.10 – Books in Books


Mentioned on Page 3 of: The Fifth Heart (2015) by Dan Simmons

The Princess Casamassima (1886) by Henry James (Paperback, 608 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1865-1939)
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages: 5 Points

Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35

Grand Total: 265 + 35 = 300

Task 10.2 – Subtitles

The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War (2014) by Tim Butcher

+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 245 + 20 = 265

Task 20.2 - Awards:
Read a book that has won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award OR the American Book Award .

2007 Winter Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2006) by Ben Fountain

+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Short Stories

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 215 + 30 = 245

Task 10.2 – Subtitles

The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures (2014) by Christine Kenneally

+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 195 + 20 = 215