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

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

Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ...

June, July and August are the 6th, 7th and 8th months of the year. Let's play with those numbers.

Read 10 books, where 6, 7 or 8 letters/words meet one of the criteria below. Authors may be repeated at any time.

Although numbered as a regular season, this is like a regular sub-challenge. For each round, you must read for each of the "tasks" without repeating any of them.

10.1. Number of letters in author's first or last name
10.2. Number of words in title
10.3. Number of words in subtitle
10.4. Number of letters in a title word (title only, but book can have a subtitle)
10.5. Number of letters in setting, city/state/country (Setting is at least 51%)
10.6. Number is in year of Author birth
10.7. Number is in original pub date
10.8. Number is in MPE page count
10.9. Author first/last name begins with the 6th, 7th, 8th letter of the alphabet (F, G, H)
10.10. Title begins with the 6th, 7th, 8th letter of the alphabet (F, G, H). Leading articles of The, A, and An can be ignored.

Scoring:
10.1-10.10: 10 points
100 point finisher bonus

From Post 600

Anika wrote: "20.1 Modernist

Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda

+20 Task
+10 Non-Western, Chilean
+10 Combo: 10.7, born 1904; 20.6, Nobel for Literat..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 592

Anika wrote: "10.3 Discworld

Harvest Moon by Annabel Chase

+10 Task, The Hex Support trilogy
+5 Combo, 20.7--Edgar, an albino raven, is a main character
+5 Series

Task total:..."

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 587

Valerie wrote: "20.6 Award

Correction by Thomas Bernhard

20 task
5 oldie
_____
25

Running total: 575"

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 584

Nancy wrote: " 10.5 Whimsey

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

+10 Task

Season Total: 115"

+5 Combo 20.6

From Post 563

Joanna wrote: "20.8 Real Fiction

The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni

+20 (all those Rothschilds)
+5 Combo (10.4)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 615"

+10 Non-Western

Apple wrote: "Just checking, in post 641 Kate is adding 5points for 10.7 - thank you! - but on the Readerboard my total is 1230, but I have it at 1235 with this 5?"

Sorry for the delay in response, but this one took me a minute! I have found the mistake and will correct it promptly. Thank you for letting me know.

From Post 548

Connie wrote: "20.3 POV

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

+20 task (POV of Shylock and Antonio)
+ 5 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5
+25 oldie (pub 1596)

Task total: 50
Season total: 530"

+5 Combo 20.7

From Post 545

Rebekah wrote: "20.4 sub continent
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan

+20 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - combo (10.3 Baby Ganesh is an elephant)
+5 pts - series
..."

+10 Combo 20.6, 20.7

From post 542

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.4 3,4,5

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

+10 Task
+10 Oldies, published 1936

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 95"

+20 Combo 10.9, 20.3, 20.6, 20.10

From Post 537

Marie wrote: "20.5 Female

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde

The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next series book 1) is #84 in the list)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.7 ..."

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 533

Apple wrote: "10.4 3, 4, 5

The Whispering Land by Gerald Durrell

+10 task
+10 series
+5 oldies
+10 combo (10.3, 20.9)

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 1085

10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x3); 1..."

+5 Combo 10.7

From Post 527

Rebekah wrote: "10.4 3,4,5
The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters

+10 pts - task
+ 5 pts- Oldies (1974)
+ 5 pts- Series
Task Total - 20 pts"

+10 Combo 10.5, 20.6

From post 506

Tawallah wrote: "20.5 Female

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

#122 on the list

Task: 20
Oldies: 5 - published in 1996
Combo 5 - 10.3 - London Below

Post total: 30
Season total: 230"

+5 Combo 20.7

From Post 503

Mary wrote: "20.4 Subcontinent

Kim by Rudyard Kipling

20 pts 20.4 Subcontinent
5 pts 20.6 Awards 1907 Nobel Prize Literature
10 pts Oldies

Task Total: 35 pts
Season Total: 240..."

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 497

Jayme wrote: "20.7 Nonhuman
One Good Knightby Mercedes Lackey

Task + 20
Combo +10 (10.4,(3 word title), 20.6 Award SFWA grand master award)
Styles +5 series
Book total: 35
Grand Total..."

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 488

Joanne wrote: "20.6 Award Winning

Oathblood by Mercedes Lackey

Lackey won the 2022 SFWA Grand Master Award https://www.sfadb.com/SFWA_Grand_Mast...

+20 Task
+10 Styles (Oldie-19..."

Sorry, 1998 is only 5 Oldies points.

From Post 482

Joanne wrote: "20.4 Sub-Continent Set in India

Honor by Thrity Umrigar

+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.5 story is told by Smita and Meena)
Task Total 25
Season Total 340"

+10 Non Western

From Post 88

Tien wrote: "20.3 POV
The Shadow of the Lion (Heirs of Alexandria #1) by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3; 10.4 - 5 wo..."

+5 Combo 20.6

From post 445

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.1 New Horizons

A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence by Mary Pipher


+10 Task

Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 60"

+5 Combo 10.4