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

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

Rewards of the Challenge

1. 10-point task creation -- the top three readers for the Summer 2022 Challenge, as determined by overall points, will each get to create a 10-point task for the Fall 2022 Challenge.

2. Random -- All participants (except mods) who claim at least five books during the Summer season will be automatically entered into a drawing for a $25 US Amazon gift card to be awarded at the beginning of the Fall 2022 season. As this will repeat from season to season, the winner will not have won the drawing in either of the two previous seasons.

* although participants may be eligible for multiple rewards, only one will be granted per challenge. (Random excepted)

* Participants that create tasks for three consecutive challenges are ineligible for a task-creation reward on the fourth. Instead, the member will be asked to submit a group read book. Eligibility is reinstated on the following challenge.

Please post any general questions about our Summer 2022 Challenge in this thread.

Bingo!

Books you read for this challenge will meet the criteria in the squares from the grid below. For each Bingo, you will choose *either* the criteria in 5 squares from one column (e.g. all in the B column), or one square from each of the five columns (one from each letter).

Bingo Grid: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Squares for either option do not need to be adjacent to one another and books may be read in any order, but you may not repeat squares.

Plan carefully. Once a book has been included in a completed bingo, it cannot be swapped out for another square or bingo.

You may read freely, keeping in mind that you may use a square only one time. Because of library holds (or any reason) you may wish to claim more than 5 books before claiming a bingo finish. It is important for you to claim Bingos as you earn them. Your Bingo finisher will be reduced to 25 points whenever you have posted 20 book claims without posting a Bingo finisher.

Scoring

Book claims, books 1-10
10.1-10.10 = 10 points

Book claims, books 11-20
15.11-15.20 = 15 points

Book claims, books 21-30
20.21-20.30 = 20 points

Book claims, books 31-50
30.31-30.50 = 30 points

Book claims, books 51-60
50.51-50.60 = 50 points

Book claims, books 61-75
60.61-60.75 = 60 points

Finishers Bonuses

Bingo: 50 points
Delayed Bingo: 25 points (20 or more claims without a bingo)

Per Book Bonuses

500 pages or more: 5 pts
1997 or earlier: 5 pts
50-word or better review: 5 pts

Some General Notes
All squares that refer to a title-based task, the title must fit the criteria. A sub-title may be present but cannot be used to fulfill the task.
The Lexile rule will be ignored for all claims for the entire season.
Graphic Novels will be accepted for this season.
Unless otherwise noted, all claimed books must be a minimum of 100 pages.
All location-based tasks must be set in target area/region at least 51% of the book.

Please post any questions about tasks from the B Column in this thread.

Tasks in the B Column:

B1 Title has 1 word
B2 Title has 2+ B's
B3 Booker Prize, winners and nominees
B4 Before: Historical Fiction
B5 Biography, Autobiography or Memoir
B6 BEARDS: First letter of title is found of "beards"
B7 Best Books: rating is 4.0 or better
B8 Author first name is Bob, Brian, Barry, Beverly, Barbara
B9 MPE Page count 100-199
B10 Author born in the 10s (xx10-xx19) any century
B11 Rooting for the Bad Guy (any)
B12 Banned books
B13 Bridesmaid: Book nominated for 2+ awards, never a winner
B14 Set in: BC (Can), Brazil, Belgium, Botswana, Bahamas
B15 Boxall's 1001 Books (any on shelf)

Please post any questions about tasks in the I Column in this thread.

Tasks in the I Column:

I16 Author name does not contan the letter "I"
I17 Title word ends in -ing
I18 Inspirational
I19 Author first name is Ian/Iain, Isaac, Ivan/a, Isabel, Iris
I20 Author born in the 20s, any century
I21 INFLOW: First letter of title is found in "inflow"
I22Title has 2 words
I23 Set in: Italy, Iran, Indonesia, Iceland, India
I24 In search of ----------- Adventure!
I25 ITW Thriller Award (winners and nominees)
I26 International
I27 Main character is a Private Eye (not a police detective)
I28 If, if, if ... Speculative Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate History
I29 MPE Page count 200-299
I30 Book pub'd in the 30s, any century

Please post any questions about the tasks in the N Column in this thread.

Tasks in the N Column:

N31 New to Me Author
N32 Neighbors - on another GR group's bookshelf
N33 Title has 3+ Ns
N34 Nebula Award, winners and nominees
N35 Noir
N36 Not a Novel
N37 Non human main character
N38 NICKEL: first letter of title is found of "nickel"
N39 MPE Page count 300-399
N40 Book pub'd in the 40s, any century
N41 Title includes a number (either numerals or letters)
N42 New release: pub'd in 2021 or 2022
N43 Title has 3 words
N44 Author has 2 sets of double letters in name
N45 Set in: Nicaragua, Norway, Netherlands, New Zealand

Please post any questions about the tasks in the G Column in this thread.

Tasks in the G Column:

G46 Set in: Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Georgia (country or US)
G47 Gothic
G48 Title has Go, Going, Gone, Grow, Growing, Grown
G49 MPE Page count 400-499
G50 Author born in the 50s, any century
G51 Glass Slipper: Any retelling
G52 Goodreads Choice Award winners and nominees
G53 Group Reads! (On RwS bookshelf)
G54 Title has 4 words
G55 Title has a word with a double G
G56 Get the giggles: Humor
G57 https://www.theguardian.com/books/200... (any on list)
G58 Ghosts! (or other paranormal)
G59 GYPSUM: First letter of title is found in "gypsum"
G60 Book pub'd in the 60s, any century

Please ask any questions about the tasks in the O Column in this thread.

Tasks in the O Column

O61 Opposite words in title
O62 On another RwS Member's shelf
063 ORPHAN: First letter of title is found in "orphan"
O64 Orange Prize &Women's Prize (winners and nominees)
O65 Title has 5 words
O66 Title has a repeated word (any except A or The)
O67 Owned book: get it off your shelf!
O68 Author name does not contain the letter O
O69 Often: Author you have read before
O70 Book pub'd in the 70s, any century
O71 One: First book in a series
O72 Set in: Ohio, Oklahoma Oregon, or Ontario (Canada)
O73 Outdoors
O74 Title has On, Off, Out, Over, Only
O75 75 Years: Author is Aged

From Post 687

Rebekah wrote: "10.8 Ukraine
Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know by Serhy Yekelchyk

Review

My impression of Ukraine was it was one of those places that were part of USSR but beca..."

+10 Non-Western

From Post 661

Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "15.3 Central Africa
A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul

Naipaul brings us the complexities of Africa, post colonial Africa. A young man of Indian descent takes over a sho..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 650

Sue wrote: "10.10 Group Read
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin

+10 task
+5 combo 10.4 name 4 letters

Post total: 15
season total: 510"

+10 Combo 20.3, 20.9

From Post 625

Karen Michele wrote: "15.5 Southern Africa

South Africa

Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda

+15 Task
+10 Non Western

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 750"

+5 Oldies

From Post 616

Anika wrote: "10.6 Space Out

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

I really loved The Martian, but Project Hail Mary eclipsed that handily. Wow...just:..."

+5 Combo 10.9

Katy wrote: "Quick points note/question -
I had posted books from Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series in posts 60, 284, 453, and 454 -- and only just discovered that she qualifies for 20.7! Could I add t..."

These should be reflected in the Readerboard through post 600

From Post 599

Anika wrote: "re post 435 20.8 Texas Independence

Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I'd like to move that book to 20.7 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, please. No change in points.
Thank you!"

Done

From Post 588

Sue wrote: "15.8 South Asia (India)

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

+15 Task (another Booker Prize winner down:))


Post total: 15
Season total: 420"

+10 Non-Western

From Post 579

Sue wrote: "20.6 The Color Purple

The Remains of the Dayby Kazuo Ishiguro
+20 task
+5 combo 10.4 given name 5 letters
+0 personal :) on my Booker Prize list I am working on.

Post t..."

+10 Combo 10.2, 20.7
+5 Oldies

From Post 566

Lagullande wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 459 Lagullande wrote: "20.7 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

+20 Task (USA->UK)
+5 Co..."

Done

From Post 562

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.5 The Killer Angels
Read any book having to do with a Civil War.

The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 (2008) by [author:Martin ..."

+5 Combo 10.2

From Post 553

Tien wrote: "20.4 The Reivers
Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The True Story of Bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg by Carol Baxter

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 - CAROL)

..."

+5 Combo 10.2