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

Denise’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

I have had the exact thoughts expressed by Kathleen (itpdx) and Elizabeth (Alaska). I love the Old style, and wonder if the younger group members groan when they see it like I groan when I see the Young style.

Definitely, a big thank you to Rosemary and the other mods. Good wishes to all of you.

15.9 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

You Like It Darker by Stephen King

Sailing-Option B: “Clear sailing!" he exclaims, and treats himself to a cigarette out of the pack in the glove compartment.” pg. 277

+15 Task
+ 5 Big

Post total=20
Season total=450

Okay, not a problem! Thanks for considering.

Yes, definitely. And there will be a lot fewer qualifying authors if letters can’t be reused.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I don’t know if you can or not, but you could change that to

Rg, Re, I, Ar

and it still works"

Wow thanks Elizabeth! I stopped looking after I found four elements in her first name. I still hope the decision is in favor of reusing letters, so all Margaret’s would work. Thanks for the backup plan.

Margaret Millar

Ar, Rg, Ga, Re

Can letters be used more than once?

20.1 ✔️The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson

We've Already Gone This Far by Patrick Dacey
Rock Springs by Richard Ford

20.3 Authors:
✔️Margaret Atwood
✔️Percival Everett
✔️Celia Fremlin
✔️Paul Harding
✔️Clark Howard
Margaret Millar
Thomas Mullen
✔️Joyce Carol Oates
✔️Stewart O'Nan
Marc Reisner
✔️Ruth Rendell
✔️Elizabeth Strout
✔️Matthew Walker
Jess Walter

20.4

20.5

20.6

20.7

15.8 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

The Grifters by Jim Thompson

Swimming-Option B: “He turned swimming eyes on the clerk, eyes flooded with pain-filled puzzlement.” pg. 5

+15 Task
+ 5 before 1999

Post total=20
Season total=430

For I2 - Inbetween: author's age is 51-74, is that for author’s current age or age when the book was published?

If I can figure this out

It feels like Christmas Eve when a new season of tasks is near. I’ve really enjoyed the summer season and am amazed at the creativity and imagination of ours mods. I liked the flexibility of the tasks this summer. Sports references are everywhere and I could always easily fit in the books I wanted to read.

Thank you, Elizabeth!

The Couple Next Door: Collected Short Mysteries by Margaret Millar

There are six stories, published in 1942, 1943, 1954, 1954, 1962, and 1987. The collection was published in 2004. Would it count for "before 1999" points?

15.7 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson

Horse-Option B: “I got my horse and buggy out of the livery stable, and drove out of town.” Ch. 10

+15 Task
+ 5 before 1999

Post total=20
Season total=410

15.6 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

Challenge The Widow-Maker And Other Stories Of People In Peril by Clark Howard

Surfboard-Option B: “All I've ever been was a soldier, a convict, and a surfboard maker.” pg.64

+15 Task

Post total=15
Season total=390

15.5 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

Football-Option B: “Football highlights were playing on the TV mounted above the bottles, and I pretended to be interested.” 45%

+15 Task

Post total=15
Season total=375

15.4 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

The Dispossessed by Don Carpenter

Boxing-Option B: “He moved toward Valerie, bringing up his fists in the boxer’s stance, but before he could actually start boxing, Valerie hit him again, on the nose,...” pg. 71

+15 Task
+ 5 before 1999

Post total=20
Season total=360

15.3 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Athletic-Option B: “Behind her the door clicks open, we snap back to real time, and in steps Officer Kelly Kiernan, the Bureau’s lead detective. Clean-shaven head, athletic build.” pg. 282

+15 Task

Post total=15
Season total=340

10 stars if I could.

15.2 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson

Dive-Option B: “It’s a dive called the Bullpen.” pg. 169

+15 Task

Post total=15
Season total=325