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

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

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gustave Flaubert and his most popular title, Madame Bovary; read a book with a surname in the title (not sub-title). The surname must refer to a character in the book. Possessives and plurals will be accepted.

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.9 in this thread.

I recently watched a fascinating documentary about the Dead Sea Scrolls. February 7 marks the 75th anniversary of this amazing find in the caves of Khirbat Qumran in Palestine.

Read a book in which the author's first and last initial can be found in "KHIRBAT QUMRAN". Letters may only be used as often as they appear in those two words.

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

Reserved.

From Post 934

Valerie wrote: "20.6 Awarded

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

This was like having your favorite candy after some medicine (yes, I mean young Werther). These novellas are great..."

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 920

Bea wrote: "10.5 Classics

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 - published serially in Bentley's Miscellany 1837-1839 [Wikipedia])

Task Total: 15
Season Tot..."

+5 Jumbo
+10 1001 books

From Post 905

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.9 Oxford (Rosemary's Task)

Oxford University colleges:
ALL Souls College

For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History (2009) b..."

+10 Not-a-Novel

In honor of Melville Dewey (b. Dec 10, 1851), read any book that takes place in a library or bookstore OR a biography/memoir of a bookstore owner or librarian.

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

In light of our poll tie, read a book set (at least 75%) in Australia OR a book set (at least 75%) in Ireland (not Northern Ireland).

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

Polls have been posted. There are three of them and we have a shorter voting period than usual, so get voting!

Read one of these books recommended by a fellow RwS member:

Elizabeth (Alaska): The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan
Kate S: The Stranger by Harlan Coben
Anika: Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon
Mary: Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Karen Michele: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Rebekah: What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Connie: The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg
Valerie: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Nick: Under the Sign of Saturn: Essays by Susan Sontag
Kathleen (itpdx): Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Bucket: The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Denise: The Night in Question by Tobias Wolff
Ann: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
June: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Lagullande: One Life: My Mother's Story by Kate Grenville

Read a book in which all of the letters of one of the following words can be found in the title (including sub-titles):
Time, Clock, Watch, Hour, Minute, Second

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

In honor of the 150th anniversary of Zane Grey's birth, read any book off this list of western authors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of....


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

In honor of the shortest day of the year, read a short book 100-150 pages in MPE.

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

Are you trying to read all the Pulitzer Prize winning novels? Working your way through the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die? Choose your list wisely – you must use the same list each time you repeat this task. Don’t forget to state your chosen list when claiming points for this task. This task cannot be used for combo points.

Please feel free to list your chosen list here or to post questions or comments about this task in this thread.

From Post 813

Valerie wrote: "20.1 Serially

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

This is another enjoyable classic mystery by Collins.

There are so many elements contained in this one novel that ar..."

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 800

Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "10.4 Truth and Reconciliation
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer

Treuer’s book of the American Indian—history, ..."

+5 Combo 10.6

Mary wrote: "10.9 Oxford

The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell

Task total: 30 pts
Total Season: 1110 pts"

I show an addition error here. Previous total 980+30 (this post)=1010

From Post 784

Mary wrote: "10.4 Truth and Reconciliation

Rose by Martin Cruz Smith

10 pts 10.4 Truth and Reconciliation
5 pts 20.9 Anniversary p 254 Hannay distributed champagne with the mock ..."

+5 Combo 10.6

From Post 768

Anika wrote: "20.7 Exophonic

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

This is my first (and last) time reading this play.
I hated it.
I know that there's got to be more going on below..."

+10 Combo 10.5, 20.2

From Post 759

Rosemary wrote: "10.5 Classics

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

This short novel opens with the funeral of Ivan Ilyich, a respected member of the Russian legal profession who ..."

Sorry, Rosemary, with an MPE of 86 pages, this title is not long enough for this season.