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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 10.4 – Scrabble!

STATION

Station Eleven (2014) by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 336 pages)
+10 Task
+10 Combo(#10.1 Winter 14/15 Post#0273 ; #10.8 Bookrageous Podcast, Episode 73)
+05 Prize Worthy (Winner: Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel (2015))

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 740 + 25 = 765

From: Station Eleven (2014) by Emily St. John Mandel


(p. 3) King Lear by William Shakespeare
(p. 44) A Midsummers Night's Dream (1600) by William Shakespeare
(p. 44) Hamlet (1602) by William Shakespeare
(p. 52) The Winter's Tale (1623) by William Shakespeare
(p, 52) Romeo and Juliet (1597) by William Shakespeare

Does non-fiction count? Most of the American Civil War happened in the south.

message 951: +10 Prize-worthy: Locus and Hugo

700 + 10 = 710

Task 20.8 –
Read a book classified as a travelogue at BPL (Call number 910-919).

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (2011) by Ken Jennings

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 “Maphead”)
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35

Grand Total: 710 + 35 = 745

Kate S wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Task 20.9 – Nameless

Mentioned on linked list and, indeed, the narrator of this novel remained nameless.

Old School (2003) by Tobias Wolff (Hardcover, 1..."


LOL by the time I figure the prize-worthy points out it will be the summer challenge.

700 - 15 = 685

Task 10.9 – Tried & True
Average Rating at least 3.90 AND at least 100,000 ratings.
John Scalzi

Redshirts (2012) by John Scalzi

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.8 Podcast Booksonthenightstand BOTNS #268)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 685 + 15 = 700

From:
Old School (2003) by Tobias Wolff (Hardcover, 195 pages)

(p. 3) Why England Slept (1940) by John F. Kennedy
(p. 4) The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway
(p. 8) The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
(p. 14) A Farewell to Arms (1929) by Ernest Hemingway
(p. 25) Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov
(p. 47) North of Boston (1914) by Robert Frost
(p. 48) Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Shelley
(p. 74) Advise and Consent (Advise and Consent #1) (1959) by Allen Drury
(p.84) I, the Jury(Mike Hammer #1) (1947) by Mickey Spillane
(p.84) Kiss Me, Deadly (Mike Hammer #6) (1952) by Mickey Spillane
(p. 94) In Our Time (1924) by Ernest Hemingway
(p. 97) For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) by Ernest Hemingway
(p. 97) Absalom, Absalom! (1936) by William Faulkner
(p. 98) From Here to Eternity (1951) by James Jones

Task 20.9 – Nameless

Mentioned on linked list and, indeed, the narrator of this novel remained nameless.

Old School (2003) by Tobias Wolff (Hardcover, 195
pages)
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2004)
California Book Award Silver Medal for Fiction (2003)
National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee (2003)

+20 Task
+15 Prize-Worthy

Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35

Grand Total: 665 + 35 = 700

Prior to this task being posted, I had voted on Bit Fat Books Worth the Effort. I won't add or delete any of my votes until Sept. 1.

Christine wrote: "Deedee wrote: "From: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (2015) by Neil Gaiman
In the Story: “The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury”: [book:Murder on the Or..."

Oh, that's right! I was focused on fiction vs. non-fiction.

First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen (2014) by Charlie Lovett (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 308 pages)

See what happens when the heroine is a bibliophile? LOL Here's the list of books mention in First Impressions:

(p.6) Mansfield Park (1814) by Jane Austen
(p.7) Persuasion (1818) by Jane Austen
(p.8) Northanger Abbey (1818) by Jane Austen
(p.16) Amelia (1751) by Henry Fielding
(p. 25) The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame
(p. 26) Three Men in a Boat (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome
(p. 26) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll
(p, 27) The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
(p.28) Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen
(p. 29) Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (1812) by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
(p. 30) The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby
(p. 30) The Secret Garden (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
(p. 30) Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe
(p. 40) Sense and Sensibility (1811) by Jane Austen
(p. 54) Life of Johnson by James Boswell
(p. 54) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) by Thomas Hardy
(p.64) Sir Charles Grandison (1753) by Samuel Richardson
(p. 64) Pamela (1740) by Samuel Richardson
(p. 64) Joseph Andrews (1742) by Henry Fielding
(p. 65) Moll Flanders (1721) by Daniel Defoe
(p. 65) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759) by Laurence Sterne
(p. 65) Evelina (1778) by Fanny Burney
(p. 65) Tom Jones (1749) by Henry Fielding
(p. 65) Cecilia (1782) by Fanny Burney
(p. 94) Little Dorrit (1857) by Charles Dickens
(p. 95) David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens
(p. 110) The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) by Ann Radcliffe
(p. 122) Collected Poems of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
(p. 141) reference to Plutarch’s Lives, see:
Plutarch
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 and Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
(p. 141) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600) by William Shakespeare
(p. 154) The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(p. 169) Paul Clifford (1830) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(p.245) The Winter's Tale (1623) by William Shakespeare
(p. 261) Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker
(p. 261) The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James
(p. 261) A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens
(p. 254) The Italian (1797) by Ann Radcliffe
(p. 255) The Castle of Wolfenbach (1793) by Eliza Parsons
(p. 255) The Orphan of the Rhine (1797) by Eleanor Sleath
(p. 255) The Necromancer, or The Tale of the Black Forest (1794) by Karl Friedrich Kahlert
(p. 255) The Midnight Bell (1798) by Francis Lathom
(p. 255) The Mysterious Warning (1796) by Eliza Parsons
(p. 269) Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier

Task 10.1 Rants and Raves

Winter 14/15 #368

First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen (2014) by Charlie Lovett

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 655 + 10 = 665

From: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (2015) by Neil Gaiman
In the Story: “The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury”: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie


From: The Bird's Nest (1954) by Shirley Jackson
Chapter 2: The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray

Task 20.3 – Paris

Book is set in Paris (100%).

When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 (2014) by Ronald C. Rosbottom (Hardcover, 480 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Non-fiction

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 625 + 30 = 655

Task 20.7 – Penguin Classic

The Bird's Nest (1954) by Shirley Jackson

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.9 Tried and True)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 600 + 25 = 625

Task 10.1 – Rants and Raves:

Winter 14/15 Post #895

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (2015) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 310 pages)

+10 Task
+15 Combo (#10.4 “Trigger”, #10.8 BookRiot Podcast #92, #10.9 “tried and true”)
+10 Not-a-novel: Short Stories

Task Total: 10 + 15 + 10 = 35

Grand Total: 565 + 35 = 600

Murder on the Eiffel Tower (Victor Legris #1) (2003) by Claude Izner; translated byIsabel Reid (set in Paris)

p.9: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne

p. 12 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

p. 29 Macbeth

p. 33 Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac

p. 39 Two Years' Vacation by Jules Verne

p. 43 The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France

p, 56 File No. 113 by Émile Gaboriau

p, 56 The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green

p. 62 Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

p. 116 Camille: (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas-fils

Task 20.3 – Paris

Book is set in Paris (100%).

Murder on the Eiffel Tower (Victor Legris #1) (2003) by Claude Izner; translated by Isabel Reid

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1 Crime)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 535 + 25 = 560

Task 10.4 – Scrabble!

ENGLISH

That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us (2015) by Erin Moore (Hardcover, 223 pages)

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

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 515 + 20 = 535

Task 15.05 Reading Globally

SOUTH AMERICA
Peru

Fits A, B, and C.

The Discreet Hero: A Novel (2013) by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Edith Grossman

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 500 + 15 = 515

Task 10.3 – Borrowing from the Mods:

Borrowed from Katie S

Next (2006) by Michael Crichton (Hardcover, 431 pages)

+ 10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 490 + 10 = 500