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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 20.7 - Call and Response

Combo:
10.9 Read an earlier book from a series that has a new installment out in 2014.
#4 of the series was published in 2014:
No Job for a Lady (Nellie Bly #4)

20.7 Call and Response:
Last season I read Love and Mr. Lewisham by H.G. Wells;
See: Love and Mr. Lewisham

This season, read The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle.
See: The White Company


Book read for this post:
The Formula for Murder (Nellie Bly #3) (2012) by Carol McCleary (Hardcover, 336 pages)
The second major character in the novel is H.G. Wells; and, Arthur Conan Doyle has an extended cameo in this novel.


+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.4 double letter; #10.9 new installment)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 280 + 30 = 310

Task 20.4 - Action/Adventure:

-Read one of the 200 Greatest Adventure Novels of All Time.
22. 1891 Arthur Conan Doyle -- The White Company

The White Company (1891) by Arthur Conan Doyle (Hardcover, 366 pages)

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.2: Zaduzbina rated it 5 of 5 stars)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 255 + 25 = 280

Hi -- I'm reading The Formula for Murder by Carol McCleary, a historical mystery set in the 1890s. Supporting characters include H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde. Last season I read Love and Mr. Lewisham by H.G. Wells; this season, I am reading The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle. Is that a close enough connection to count The Formula for Murder for 20.7? Thanks!

Task 10.4 - Double Trouble:


Combos:
10.2 Highly-rated: Among others:
Jayme(the ghost reader) rated it 5 of 5 stars

10.9 - Hot Off the Press
Read an earlier book from a series that has a new installment out in 2014. For this option, please also post a link to the series book published/to be published in 2014.
Night Broken(Mercy Thompson #8)
Published March 11th 2014 by Ace Hardcover



Book Read:
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson #1) (2006) by Patricia Briggs (Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages)

+10 Task (#10.4 Double Trouble)
+10 Combos (#10.2 highly rated, #10.9 series installment pub. 2014)
+05 Multiple

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 230 + 25 = 255

Task 10.9 - Hot Off the Press
Catch up on recent releases by reading a book published in 2013 or 2014

For Combo points:
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?82
Birthdate: 27 March 1962

The Dragon Business (2013) by Kevin J. Anderson

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 Baby Boomer)
+05 Multilpe

Task Total: 10 + 05 + 05 = 20

Grand Total: 205 + 20 = 225

Task 15.2 Author to Author

Nadine Gordimer

No Time Like the Present: A Novel (2012) by Nadine Gordimer

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 185 + 20 = 205

Task 10.5 - Sounds of Summer:

2014 Audie award category: DRAMA


Oliver Twist (1839) by Charles Dickens (Paperback, Penguin Classics, 554 pages)

Rated 5-stars by another RwS group member:
Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars
Jayme VA rated it 5 of 5 stars
Marco P. G. rated it 5 of 5 stars
Satenik rated it 5 of 5 stars
Ricky D. Gonzalez rated it 5 of 5 stars
Marlene Slade rated it 5 of 5 stars
Buddhi rated it 5 of 5 stars
Baniza rated it 5 of 5 stars
Dan's Obsessions rated it 5 of 5 stars

+10 Task (#10.5 Sounds of Summer)
+10 Combo (#10.2 Highly rated, #20.6 Unfinished #135 on June 20, 2014)
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages
+10 Canon

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 05 +10 = 35

Grand Total: 150 + 35 = 185

Task 10.4 - Double Trouble: Read a book by an author whose surname has a double letter.

Combos:
Heather (DeathByBook) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Baby Boomer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Li...
January 31, 1959

Charm City (Tess Monaghan #2) (1997) by Laura Lippman

+10 Task (#10.4 double letter)
+10 Combo (#10.2 Highly rated, #10.3 Baby Boomer)
+05 Multiple

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 125 + 25 = 150

Task 10.4 - Double Trouble: Read a book by an author whose surname has a double letter.

The Space Between (2011) by Brenna Yovanoff
Lexile 760L so no Style points

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 115 + 10 = 125

Task 10.3 Baby Boomer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libba_Bray
(born Martha E. Bray; March 11, 1964)

The Diviners (The Diviners #1) (2012) by Libba Bray
Lexile 730L so no Style points

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 95 + 10 = 105

Task 10.9 - Hot Off the Press

Read an earlier book from a series that has a new installment out in 2014.
Expected publication: October 28th 2014 by Pantheon
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #15)

For Combo points:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexande...
Born: 24 August 1948

RWS members who rated this book 5* includes:
Jayme(the ghost reader) rated it 5 of 5 stars
Rebekah rated it 5 of 5 stars •


Book Read:

Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2) (2000) by Alexander McCall Smith

+10 Task (#10.9)
+15 Combo (#10.2 rated 5*; #10.3 born 1948; #10.7 born in August)

Task Total: 10 + 15 = 25

Grand Total: 70 + 25 = 95

Message #112: (yeah!)
Non-western Monique Roffey
Grand Total: 50 + 10 = 60

Task 10.2 Highly rated

Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt (2007) by Nina Burleigh

Donna Jo Atwood rated it 5 of 5 stars
Nick rated it 5 of 5 stars

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 60 + 10 = 70

Task 10.4 - Double Trouble: Read a book by an author whose surname has a double letter.

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (2009) by Monique Roffey
Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2010)

Elizabeth (Alaska) rated it 5 of 5 stars

+10 Task
+05 Combo (10.2 Highly rated)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 35 + 15 = 50

Monique Roffey was born in
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Not sure if she qualified for “Non-Western”
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_...

Task 10.7 - author born in one of the "Summer months" -- June, July, or August

Juan De Recacoechea
Born: in Bolivia : On: August 11, 1935

Andean Express (2000) by Juan De Recacoechea; translated by Adrian Althoff

+10 Task
+10 Non-Western Author

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 15 + 20 = 35

Task 15.1 Author to Author

Zoe Wicomb

Playing in the Light: A Novel (2006) by Zoe Wicomb

+15 Task

Grand Total: 00 + 15 = 15

Here's a series, called "The Palin Diaries"
#1: Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979
#2: Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988
#3: Travelling to Work: Diaries 1990-2000 (expected publication: September 11, 2014)

If I understand this task correctly, I can claim #1: Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 for this task BECAUSE #3: Travelling to Work: Diaries 1990-2000 has expected publication date of September 11, 2014. Right?

Rebekah wrote: "Don't forget everybody! Rate all books I want to read this summer as 5 stars! smile

I have a 5 star shelf too. Do most of us have one?"

I have a 6-star-books shelf (with a subset of my 5 star books).

Task 10.8 - War of the Roses -
B) Read a book published during the anniversary of the War of the Roses. Eligible publication dates would be 1555-1587, 1655-1687, 1755-1787, 1855-1887, and 1955-1987.

1981

Lycanthia: or The Children of Wolves (1981) by Tanith Lee (Paperback, 220 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1939-1989)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 630 + 15 = 645

Surprisingly, both Michael Palin and C.J. Cherryh (see: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?16 )were born DURING World War II, not afterwards. Cherryh has double-Rs. I'm hoping that one of the as-yet-to-be-posted tasks has a slot for Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979!

Coralie wrote: "I prefer the double letter in the name to the single syllable, not just because I have far more of them but because they are easier to identify. Sometimes it is not immediately obvious if a foreign..."

Good point. I'd already switched my vote to "double letter" because of the authors on my summer list.

Double letter names are like "Trollope" not "Tsitsi" (Tsitsi Dangarembga), correct?