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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 20.10 – Liz M's task - Undaunted:
Read a classic book (published before 1950) that you find intimidating.

I find poems, especially long poems, intimidating. For this task I read a long poem that I’ve been meaning to read since the 1970s:

Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Hardcover, 126 pages)

Bloom’s Canon, http://sonic.net/~rteeter/grtbloom.html, lists “Selected poems” of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow without stating WHICH poems. Since Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie is a major poem, I’m guessing it would be included in Bloom’s “Selected poems” category, but if not just let me know.

+20 Task
+10 Style:3. Not-a-Novel (10 points): (Poem)
+10 Style:4. Canon

Task Total: 20 + 10+ 10 = 40

Grand Total: 270 + 40 = 310

Task 10.5 - Read one of the top 250 on the Most Influential Books list.

#188 as of January 4, 2013

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) by Jules Verne (translated by William Butcher)

+10 Task

Grand Total: 260 + 10 = 270

Task 10.9 Read a book published by a small/independent press.

Published May 1st 2012 by small/independent press Night Shade Books.

The Black Opera by Mary Gentle (Paperback, 516 pages)
Mary Gentle was born: March 29, 1956

+10 Task
+05 Style:1. Combo (5 points) (20.4 born 1932-1963)
+05 Style:5. Jumbo (5 to 25 points): -500 Pages: 5 Points

Task Total: 10 + 05+ 05 = 20

Grand Total: 240 + 20 = 260

Location, Location, Location
Location:London, UK
“Archeologist”
Publication: 1722-2012

15.1 A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) by Daniel Defoe
Setting: London

+15 task

Task Total=15

Grand Total: 225 + 15 = 240

Task 10.7 - Isabell's Task - Buy Nothing Christmas
Buy Nothing Christmas is an ongoing protest and reaction to the commercialization of the Christmas season. Support the cause by reading a "winter book" (a book originally published in December, January, or February) that you
a) got for free (I checked the book out from my local library)

The Lost Recipe for Happiness (2008) by Barbara O'Neal

+10 Task

Grand Total: 215 + 10 = 225

Kate S wrote: "Post 208

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.3 - Honor Library Lover's Month (February) by reading the Modern Library Board's Lists for best novels or best nonfiction.

Modern Library Board's Lists best nonfic...
There is a 20 point error here: 10+10+15=35"

*blushes* wow, oops, sorry about that! I shouldn't post when I'm sleepy!

Grand Total: 235 - 20 = 215

Task 20.4 Read a book whose was author born during Sylvia Plath's lifetime (1932-1963).

The Dream Master (1966) by Roger Zelazny

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 215 + 20 = 235

Task 10.3 - Honor Library Lover's Month (February) by reading the Modern Library Board's Lists for best novels or best nonfiction.

Modern Library Board's Lists best nonfiction.
#49

Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War (1962) by Edmund Wilson (Paperback, 848 pages)

+10 Task
+10 Style:3. Not-a-Novel (10 points):
+15 Style: 5. Jumbo (5 to 25 points): -800 Pages: 15 Points

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 25 = 45

Grand Total: 160 + 45 = 215

Task 10.1 - Year in Review
Read a book posted in one of the last four RwS challenges. This task can be completed three times. This task cannot be claimed as combo points.

I read a book from Fall 2012:
Fall 2012 Season Post #23

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

+ 10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 150 + 10 = 160

Post #135:
+10 Non Western
Grand Total: 110 + 10 = 120

Task 20.4 Read a book whose was author born during Sylvia Plath's lifetime (1932-1963).

One for the Books by Joe Queenan

+20 Task
+10 Style:3. Not-a-Novel (10 points):

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 120 + 30 = 150

Kate S wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Task 20.1 – In honor of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
Read a novel about writers found on the linked lists.

Anita Desai was born on June 24, 1937

The Zigzag Way: A Novel by A...

+10 Non Western "

I wondered about whether or not Anita Desai counted as Non-Western because, while she was born in India, she is currently living in the United States

http://literature.britishcouncil.org/...

Anita Desai lives in the United States, where she is the John E. Burchard Professor of Writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Task 20.1 – In honor of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
Read a novel about writers found on the linked lists.

Anita Desai was born on June 24, 1937

The Zigzag Way: A Novel by A..."

Why, now that I think about it, yes it does take place entirely in Mexico! :)

Grand Total: 105 + 05 = 110

Task 20.1 – In honor of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
Read a novel about writers found on the linked lists.

Anita Desai was born on June 24, 1937

The Zigzag Way: A Novel by Anita Desai


+20 Task
+05 Style:1. Combo (5 points) (20.4 born 1932-1963)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25


Grand Total: 80 + 25 = 105

Task 20.7 Read a book from the New York Times 100 notable books from 2011

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (2011) by Stephen Greenblatt (Paperback, 356 pages)
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2012)
National Book Award for Nonfiction (2011)
Stephen Greenblatt was born on November 07, 1943

+20 Task
+05 Style:1. Combo (5 points) (20.4 born 1932-1963)
+10 Style:3. Not-a-Novel (10 points) (Non-fiction)

Task Total: 20 + 05 +10 = 35

Grand Total: 45 + 35 = 80

I've been looking for a place to fit Sherman: A Soldier's Life by Lee Kennett -- Since the United States was mentioned in blurbs in the monthes of March, April and August; and, since Sherman was a major figure in United States History, would it fit here in 20.8? Thanks!

Task 10.8 - Historical Reading:
Read a non-fiction history of events that happened before 1500 A.D.

The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (2012) by Anthony Everitt

+10 Task
+10 Style:3. Not-a-Novel (10 points):

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20


Grand Total: 25 + 20 = 45

Task 20.5 – In honor of Winter in Madrid:
Read a book originally written in Spanish OR a book set entirely in a Spanish speaking country.

Isabel Allende was born on August 02, 1942

City of the Beasts (Eagle and Jaguar #1) (2002) by Isabel Allende (translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden)
Lexile: 1030L

+20 Task
+05 Style:1. Combo (5 points) (20.4 born 1932-1963)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 00 + 25 = 25

And, from the list
http://www.sfsite.com/depts/small01.htm

I found
http://www.nightshadebooks.com/about-us/
After fifteen years, and more than two hundred and fifty books later, and Night Shade Books has become a significant publisher of genre fiction. With the help of an essential and dedicated group of editors, artists, and designers, we publish between three and five books a month.

Turns out I have alot of Nightshade Books publications on my TBR :0) I'll just have to make a list!!!

http://smallbeerpress.com/category/bo...
is another smaller publisher

http://quirkbooks.com/page/about
includes
Taft 2012
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

And, here's a list of small press fantasy/science fiction publishers:

http://www.sfsite.com/depts/small01.htm

OK I've thought about it. I find long poems intimidating. Evangeline maybe?