Kate S’s Comments (group member since Sep 13, 2010)

Kate S’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Updated Through Post 933

Rebekah - 2870*^&
Rosemary - 2805*^&
Anika - 1770*^&
Joanna - 1730*^&
Kim - 1725*^&
Coralie - 1715*^&
Apple - 1610*^&
Tien - 1480*^&
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 1380^
Joanne - 1310
Connie - 1075
Norma - 1015
Valerie - 980
Mary - 930
Bucket - 910
Karen Michele - 885^
Ed - 870^
Deedee - 615
Marie - 610
Ann - 590
Jayme (the ghost reader) - 535
Rachel - 505
Katy - 490
Sue - 400
Tawallah - 390
Kathleen (itpdx) - 380
Nancy - 360
Nick - 305*
Denise - 290
Bea - 130
Beth - 100
Owlette - 40


*=EotP Redux Finisher
^=Halfway Finisher
&=Mega Finisher

Group Read Leaders*

Denise 3/7 (42.9%)
Kathleen (itpdx) 2/5 (40.0%)
Coralie 8/34 (23.5%)
Tawallah 3/13 (23.1%)
Joanna 4/27 (14.8%)
Rosemary 7/50 (14.0%)
Joanne 4/31 (12.9%)
Connie 3/24 (12.5%)
Kim 3/26 (11.5%)
Tien 3/27 (11.1%)
Rebekah 4/49 (8.2%)
Anika 2/25 (8.0%)
Elizabeth (Alaska) 2/26 (7.7%)
Katy 1/13 (7.7%)
Ann 1/15 (6.7%)
Ed 1/16 (6.2%)
Deedee 1/19 (5.3%)
Bucket 1/21 (4.8%)
Mary 1/22 (4.5%)
Karen Michele 1/23 (4.3%)
Norma 1/37 (2.7%)



*=the Winter 2022-23 "group reads" books will be chosen by a combination of moderators, mega-finishers, and members that read at least 5 books and earn the highest percentage of Jumbo points in the Fall 2022 Challenge.

Readerboard for the Fall 2022 Reading with Style Challenge!

(Please post your points for completed tasks in the Completed Tasks topic. This Readerboard folder shows the current point standings of the challenge participants who have posted points. It's generally updated every week or so.)

Note: Please post your points frequently. Players who post many completed tasks the last week of the challenge may not have all their points tallied for inclusion on the Readerboard.

I'm sorry, Mary. I'm going to say no to one name authors. I don't think their initials can be alphabetical.

Read a book where one of the characters makes, serves, or eats soup. Quoting the text is not mandatory, but please let us know what kind of soup. "Soup" also includes chili, stew, or chowder.

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.8 in this thread.

The NFL is starting its 103rd season on September 8th.

Read a book set at least 75% in any of these cities which have a professional football team: Washington D.C., Green Bay, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, San Francisco, Buffalo, Denver, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Dallas, Tampa, Detroit, Baltimore, Miami, Houston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Cincinnati, Atlanta, or Cleveland.

There are a few teams that claim entire states or regions, so if you read a book set in North Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona, Minnesota, or New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or Rhode Island) you can claim this task! Please include where your book is set when you post.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.9 in this thread.

I love books where the house is essentially a character.

Read a book where a house could be considered a character.

For an example book, The Haunting of Hill House has the perfect opening…
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.”

For ideas, please see these two lists:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Please post any comments/questions/suggestions for task 10.8 in this thread.

Geocaching is an outdoor adventure for all ages, using GPS coordinates to find a hidden cache.

Read a book with an MPG of Adventure or Outdoors.

Please post any questions/comments/suggestions for task 10.7 in this thread.

In honor of St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, many churches hold ceremonies to bless animals on his feast day of October 4. This has led to World Animal Day which is observed on this day.

For this task read a book that contains animals that talk or is from an animal’s point of view.

Examples would be Charlotte's Web or The Art of Racing in the Rain Books that do not work Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog or Old Yeller

Lists that may help
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.6 in this thread.

Let’s colour a bright season for ourselves! Read a book whose title or subtitle contains any word (except “and”) from this list of Crayola Standard Colors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

You may discount possessives: for example, “Robin’s” is in the list, but “Robin” also works. Otherwise, the match must be exact – so “Robins” (plural) would not work.

Note: The page goes on to show lists of “Specialty Crayons”. These do not count for this task.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.5 in this thread.

10.10 Group Reads

Read one of the books recommended by other RwS members.

Elizabeth (Alaska): River Thieves by Michael Crummey
Kate S: The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
Joanna: Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
Coralie: Life and Death are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan
Karen Michele: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Beth: The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai
Nick: Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
Lagullande:
Kathleen (itpdx): The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
Valerie: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Mary: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Katy: Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
Bucket: Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Tawallah: The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

Please post any questions about task 10.10 in this thread.

This list will be updated throughout the week.

Read a book where any of the author's names begins with the 9th, 10th or 11th letter of the alphabet (I, J, K). If two of the author's names begins with any of these letters, give yourself a Selfie worth 5 points. (Selfie: combos with itself. Good only for this task, qualifies as a style.)

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.3 in this thread.

Read a book that is part of a series*.

*For the purposes of RwS, a series should include at least three books. Sometimes a story is complete in two volumes, and those we don't consider a series. If there are only two published books and it is clear the author plans to continue the story, those would be a series.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.4 in this thread.

Celebrate Oktoberfest by reading a book written by an author born in one of countries hosting Oktoberfest festivities: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Mexico, Palestinian Territories, Romania, United States and Vietnam.

Please post any questions/comments about task 10.2 in this thread.

Read a book you have had on your TBR for more than a year. This task cannot be used for combo. This task may be used only once.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.1 in this thread.

EotP Redux Sample Post


15.4 EotP

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

+15 Task 1995 Giller
+5 Over 500 pages
+5 Before 1997

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 425 (assumes mid-season with a previous score of 400)

Post your completed tasks here. In order to help us better manage our score keeping: PLEASE ONLY POST ONE BOOK PER MESSAGE.

Please use the add book/author link for the book titles. When claiming combo points, tell how the book qualifies, and provide a link if requested in the task description.

If using an outside source to qualify a book for points or combo, please be sure to post in the appropriate task thread prior to posting in this thread.

Sample Post

20.9 ABCs

In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[100 word review]

+20 task
+10 Review
+ 5 Combo (20.5)
+10 LiT
+ 5 Oldies (1968)
+10 Jumbo (742 pgs)

Post total: 60
Season total: 400 (assumes a mid-season post with a previous score of 340)

From Post 964

Joanne wrote: " 20.27 O67 Owned book

Blood of Dragons

The final chapter in The Rain wild Chronicles, and I don't think I have ever been this satisfied in the conclusion of a series. Hobb is ano..."

You claimed this book in post 820. Did you mean a different title?

20.1 Jemisin

N.K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is the author of The Fifth Season, whose main characters are persons of color. Read any book whose main character is a person of color.

20.2 King

Carrie was the debut novel of Stephen King (born September 21, 1947). Read any debut novel.

20.3 Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (born November 11, 1922) served in the US Army in World War II. Many of his books have an anti-war theme. Read any anti-war book.

20.4 Saramago

Baltasar and Blimunda was the book that brought prominence to José Saramago (born November 16, 1922). Read any book set at least 51% in the 18th Century (1701-1800). The book may have been first published in the 18th Century and set at the time or it may have been published later and be historical fiction or history.

20.5 Faulkner

William Faulkner (born September 25, 1897) was featured on a US Postage stamp issued August 3, 1987. Read a book by an author who has appeared on a postage stamp in any country. (See help thread for a pre-approved list.)

20.6 Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the most well-known work by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (born October 21, 1772). Read one of the top 250 from the list Most Poetic Book Titles.

20.7 Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (born September or October 1547) was a Spanish author. Read any book whose MPG is Spanish Literature or Spain.

20.8 Soup's On! (Owlette's Task)

Read a book where one of the characters makes, serves, or eats soup. Quoting the text is not mandatory, but please let us know what kind of soup. "Soup" also includes chili, stew, or chowder.

20.9 ABCs (Kate S's Task)

Read a book in which the author's initials appear in alphabetical order. Double letters do not count. Authors who work: Dean Koontz, José Saramago, Anne Rivers Siddons. Authors who don't work: Richard Russo, J.R.R. Tolkien

20.10 Birthday (Elizabeth (Alaska's) Task

This year my age will be consecutive digits. Read any book whose original publication year is 2 consecutive digits. (e.g. 1944, 1880, 2006)

N.K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is the author of The Fifth Season, whose main characters are persons of color. Read any book whose main character is a person of color.

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.1 in this thread.

Carrie was the debut novel of Stephen King (born September 21, 1947). Read any debut novel.

Please post any questions/comments about task 20.2 in this thread.