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

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

From Post 566

Rebekah wrote: "10.1 TBR
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon I think I’ve had this book in 2 different formats since RWS was created.

+10 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo - (10.5..."

I do not see this on the 1001 list, did I miss it?

From Post 513

Nick wrote: "10.5 Classics

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
+ 10 Task
+ 10 Combo, 10.7 many of the characters are soldiers, 10.8 set in Mediterranean country of Italy.
+ ..."

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 497

Norma wrote: "20.9 - Anniversary

Tender Mercies by Kitty Thomas

+20 task - Grace took a sip of the champagne, trying to hide her surprise

Task total: 20
Grand total: 685"

+10 Combo 10.6, 20.5

From Post 470

Valerie wrote: "20.5 Boomer

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

This is definitely an epic adventure and ‘bigger than life’. I thought this novel was fantastic i..."

+5 Combo 10.5

From Post 143

Heather wrote: "20.9 - "A glass of poisoned champagne was about the only thing that would keep Rosemary quiet." (there are more but i'm trying not to spoil the plot, which *revolves* around a poisoned glass of cha..."

+10 Combo 10.7, 20.1

From Post 78

Anika wrote: "20.2 Anti-hero

The Shining by Stephen King

No wonder Stephen King was less-than-impressed with Kubrick's effort...the book is SOOOOOO much better!!
I was not expecting ..."

+10 Combo 10.3, 20.9

From Post 529

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.8 Gothic
The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan Doyle

Task +20
Combo +10 20.3 ratings 4.12
Total points:30
Grand total: 155"

+10 1001 books
+5 Combo 20.1

From Post 461

Beth wrote: "10.8

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Most of this book really is about Rome the city. Some reaches into the larger empire, but less than 30%. It's a ..."

+5 Combo 20.5

From Post 433

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.3 Ratings

Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories (2021) by Hilma Wolitzer

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 365 + 20 = 385"

+10 Not a Novel

Denise wrote: "Hi Kate, I am showing that I have 5 points more than the readerboard shows. Maybe the discrepancy is from post 368 where I substituted a different book for task 15.7? The original book I posted was..."

Corrected. Should look better now. Thank you for the quick head's up!

From Post 425

Karen Michele wrote: "20.3 Ratings

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

+20 Task

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 585"

+5 Combo 20.6

From Post 412

Ann wrote: "10.5

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

This had been on my TBR list forever. I was a very little kid when the movie came out, but I remember being absolu..."

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 374

Bucket wrote: "10.9 Oxford

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Target word: New)

Missed this one in high school somehow...

This is a problematic text (especially the stereotypes of indi..."

+5 Combo 20.2

From Post 348

Coralie wrote: "20.4 Non-Linear

Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.3

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 640"

+5 Combo 20.5

From Post 328

June wrote: "10.6- Birthday

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Birthday : October 1, 1946

Task: 10
Not a novel: 10
1001 Bookshelf: 10
Combo 20 ( 10.7, 20.6, 20.4, 20.3)

Post..."

+5 Combo 20.5

From Post 292

Tien wrote: "20.3 Ratings
2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson & Candice Fox
avg. 4.57

Review
Truth to tell, I haven't been reading much of James Patters..."

+5 Combo 20.5

Anika wrote: "*My point tally is different from what is on the updated readerboard...according to my records I'm at 470 through post 300 while the readerboard reflects 460 through post 300...I can't find the discrepancy :-/"

In posts 212 and 294, you claimed 10 points for Non-fiction. For the sub-challenge, the non-fiction (not-a-novel) style is only worth 5. That should fix it.

From Post 261

Karen Michele wrote: "20.4 Non-linear

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.3 Ratings

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 370"

+5 Combo 10.6

Top Scoring Books

90 Points in PostNbr 78 - The Shining by Stephen King - 20.02 ( 1001, Combo 45, Jumbo 05, Review )

80 Points in PostNbr 195 - A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth - 20.03 ( 1001, Combo 15, Jumbo 25, Review )

80 Points in PostNbr 646 - The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope - 20.03 ( 1001, Combo 25, Jumbo 15, Review )

80 Points in PostNbr 646 - The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope - 20.03 ( 1001, Combo 25, Jumbo 15, Review )

75 Points in PostNbr 618 - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - 20.02 ( 1001, Combo 30, Jumbo 05, Review )

70 Points in PostNbr 486 - The Stand by Stephen King - 10.06 ( Combo 35, Jumbo 25 )

70 Points in PostNbr 682 - Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller - 20.06 ( Combo 30, Not A Novel, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 456 - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison - 20.02 ( 1001, Combo 25, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 649 - Under the Dome by Stephen King - 10.07 ( Combo 20, Jumbo 25, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 803 - Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin - 20.01 ( 1001, Combo 15, Not A Novel, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 1003 - Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh - 20.04 ( 1001, Combo 25, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 1004 - Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens - 20.01 ( 1001, Combo 10, Jumbo 15, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 1022 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - 20.08 ( 1001, Combo 20, Jumbo 05, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 1036 - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - 20.01 ( 1001, Combo 25, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 250 - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri - 20.07 ( Combo 20, Not A Novel, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 296 - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami - 20.03 ( 1001, Combo 15, Jumbo 05, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 372 - White War, The: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915 - 1919 by Mark Thompson - 20.05 ( Combo 20, Not A Novel, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 382 - Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut - 20.02 ( 1001, Combo 30 )

60 Points in PostNbr 688 - The Joke by Milan Kundera - 20.07 ( 1001, Combo 20, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 752 - Better off Dead by Lee Child - 20.02 ( Combo 30, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 813 - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - 20.01 ( 1001, Combo 15, Jumbo 05, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 890 - Fall of Giants by Ken Follett - 20.03 ( Combo 10, Jumbo 20, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 898 - Dune by Frank Herbert - 20.02 ( Combo 35, Jumbo 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 999 - The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio - 20.06 ( Combo 10, Jumbo 20, Not A Novel )


**Only the first claimed instance of a title is typically included in this list.

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Updated through Post 1000

Ed - 67.0, for 5 Books
Owlette - 60.0, for 6 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 43.6, for 21 Books
Mary - 40.3, for 38 Books
Rebekah - 39.3, for 35 Books
Kathleen (itpdx) - 38.7, for 15 Books
Bucket - 38.5, for 31 Books
Valerie - 37.9, for 33 Books
Anika - 37.5, for 40 Books
Denise - 36.6, for 16 Books
Rosemary - 35.3, for 46 Books

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