Denise’s Comments (group member since Dec 26, 2011)

Denise’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Thank you!

Exercises in Style, Cover may vary by Raymond Queneau

This is the MPE for this title. I can't see any reason for "Cover my vary" being a legitimate part of the title. I'm asking because it won't work for a combo with 10.4 if that phrase is counted.

20.9 Non-Fiction

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

+20 task (plays approved in post 21 of task thread)
+25 combo:
10.3-The Century Cycle #4
10.4-3 words
10.6-Piano
20.3-POV of several characters
20.6-Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award, post 111 of task thread
+10 series (2nd title read)
+5 oldies (1990)

Task total=60
Season total=515

Second round

(WI 11-12) 20.10 Play the numbers-originally published in a year which contains the numerals 1 and 2
Street of No Return by David Goodis

✔️(Spring 2012) 20.5 In honor of Shakespeare and Co-originally published in the 1950s
The Blonde on the Street Corner by David Goodis

(Fall 2012) Veteran's Day, November 11th-has published books for 20 or more years
Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo

(Fall 2013) 20.2 Author alive between 1909 and 1922
The Golden Deed by Andrew Garve

(SP 2014) 20.10 Published by...Archipelago Books, Melville House, or NYRB
Fat City by Leonard Gardner

(WI 17-18) 20.3 Aged-author who lived 75 years or longer
First Blood by Jack Schaefer

(WI 21-22) 20.10 Pulp-any book by one of these pulp fiction authors
Night Squad by David Goodis


First round

✔️(FA10) 20.4 Harvest Season-name of a vegetable/starch
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates

✔️(WI 10-11) 20.3 Shortest Day/Month of the Year-one word title
Clue by Michael McDowell

✔️(SP11) 20.1 - Alliteration-title has words that begin with the same consonant or vowel sound. Ex. Rabbit Run, Bag of Bones
Bukowski for Beginners by Carlos Polimeni

✔️(Fall 2012) 20.8 Veteran's Day-author has published for 20 or more years
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

✔️(Spring 2013) 20.10 Initially-author's given names are usually published as initials only
Joey's Case by K.C. Constantine

✔️(Fall 2014) 20.2 Birthplace-author born in Belgium, Ireland, Germany, or Switzerland
On Writing by Charles Bukowski 1920-1994

✔️(WI 16-17) 20.6-title is a full sentence
The Bell Tolls for No One by Charles Bukowski

✔️(Summer 2017) 20.5 It's Elemental-earth, air, or fire in title
What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski

✔️(WI 19-20) 20.9 The Season of Shorter Days-anthology or collection of stories that includes (non-introductory) writing by more than one author
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter

✔️(SP 20) 20.8-character drinks or brews a cup of hot tea
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Reserved

Reserved

Summer 2023 looks like fun, can't wait! Very creative!

20.6 Award

Night, Neon: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

+20 task (2009 Ivan Sandorf Life Achievement, post 157 task thread)

Task total=20
Season total=450

I'm hoping at least one of these will work for Joyce Carol Oates:


https://www.slu.edu/library/library-a...
(1988 winner)

https://www.tulsalibrary.org/programs...
(2002 winner)

https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/sa...
(2009 winner)

20.9 Non-Fiction

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson

+20 task (plays approved in post 21 of task thread)
+30 combo:
10.2-Ma
10.3-The Century Cycle #3
10.4-4 words
20.3-POV of several characters and producers
20.6-Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award, post 111 of task thread
20.8-Ma Rainey is mentioned in the GR description and was a real person
+5 series
+5 oldies

Task total=60
Season total=430

20.6 Award

Clark Howard Collected Stories - 1960s by Clark Howard

+20 task (2009 Derringer Award-post 33 on task thread)
+5 combo (10.4)
+5 oldies

Task total=30
Season total=370

20.6 Award

So Much Blue by Percival Everett

+20 task (2010 John Dos Passos Prize, post 53 task thread)
+10 combo (10.4, 10.5)

Task total=30
Season total=340

20.6 Award

Dr. No by Percival Everett

+20 task (2010 John Dos Passos Prize, post 53 task thread)
+ 5 combo (10.5)

Task total=25
Season total=310

10.5 Wimsey

Gather Yourselves Together by Philip K. Dick

+10 task
+5 combo (10.4)
+5 oldies

Task total=20
Season total=285

20.6 Award

Percival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett

+20 task (2010 John Dos Passos Prize, post 53 task thread)
+15 combo (10.4, 10.5, 20.3-alternates POV of MC and his father

Task total=35
Season total=265

20.3 POV

Land of the Blind by Jess Walter

+20 task (alternates POV of Detective Caroline Mabry and a man who is writing a lengthy confession)
+ 5 combo (10.4)

Task total=25
Season total=230

20.6 Award

Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes

+20 task (1978 Grand Master Award, post 38)
+15 combo (10.4, 10.6, 10.7)
+10 oldies

Task total=45
Season total=205

20.6 Award

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley

+20 task (2016 Grand Master Award, msg 79)


Task total=20
Season total=160

Walter Mosley, 2016 Grand Master Award

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myste...

I am reading The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey now. It isn't a mystery (yet) but I've enjoyed it so far.

10.6 Pi Day

Blind Man with a Pistol by Chester Himes

+10 task
+15 combo (10.3, 10.4, 10.7)
+ 5 series
+ 5 oldies (1969)

Task total=35
Season total=140