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

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

From Post 434

Bucket wrote: "10.4 3,4,5

Who Would Have Thought It? by María Amparo Ruiz de Burton

+10 Task
+15 Oldies (pub’d 1872)

Task total = 25
Season total = 25"

+5 Combo 10.5
+10 Non Western

From post 427

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.3 POV
Read a book told through multiple point of views (POVs).

Half the novel is told from the point of view of the ghost, the other half of the novel is told from the point of view of the..."

+10 Combo 10.3, 10.4
+5 Series

From post 424

Rebekah wrote: "20.7 non human
The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant

+20 Pts - Task
Task Total - 20 pts"

+5 Combo 10.4

From Post 416

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "20.8 Real Fiction

Malcolm: The Scots-English Edition, Illustrated and Translated by George MacDonald

+20 Task Historical Fiction & Malcolm MacPhail
+10 Oldies, Publi..."

Sorry, Don, the MPE of this book doesn't qualify for jumbo points.

From Post 411

Jayme wrote: "20.5 Female
The Joy Luck Clubby Amy Tan

Task +20
Combo +5 10.4
Grand Total: 110"

+5 Oldies

From Post 410

Owlette wrote: "20.1 Modernist

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

+20 Task
+15 Combo 10.4 (3 words), 10.8, 20.10 (James GatZ)
+10 Oldies

Task Total: 45
Season Total: 270"

+5 Combo 20.5

Top Scoring Books

85 Points in PostNbr 828 - Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare - 20.09 ( Combo 30, Oldies 25, Series 10 )

80 Points in PostNbr 901 - Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare - 10.08 ( Combo 30, Oldies 25, Series 15 )

75 Points in PostNbr 758 - The Big Money by John Dos Passos - 20.06 ( Combo 30, Oldies 10, Series 15 )

70 Points in PostNbr 496 - 1919 by John Dos Passos - 20.03 ( Combo 30, Oldies 10, Series 10 )

70 Points in PostNbr 510 - Skylark of Valeron by E.E. "Doc" Smith - 20.10 ( Combo 25, Oldies 10, Series 15 )

70 Points in PostNbr 792 - Richard II by William Shakespeare - 20.09 ( Combo 20, Oldies 25, Series 05 )

65 Points in PostNbr 85 - Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman - 20.03 ( Combo 05, Jumbo 25, Non-Western, Oldies 05 )

65 Points in PostNbr 189 - The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos - 20.01 ( Combo 30, Oldies 10, Series 05 )

65 Points in PostNbr 837 - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson - 20.09 ( Combo 30, Oldies 05, Series 10 )

65 Points in PostNbr 857 - Maigret and the Pickpocket by Georges Simenon - 20.02 ( Combo 20, Oldies 05, Series 20 )

65 Points in PostNbr 885 - The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos - 20.01 ( Combo 30, Oldies 10, Series 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 229 - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson - 20.09 ( Combo 30, Oldies 05, Series 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 508 - The Skylark of Space by E.E. "Doc" Smith - 20.07 ( Combo 25, Oldies 10, Series 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 509 - Skylark Three by E.E. "Doc" Smith - 20.06 ( Combo 20, Oldies 10, Series 10 )

60 Points in PostNbr 621 - Maigret at Picratt's by Georges Simenon - 20.02 ( Combo 20, Oldies 05, Series 15 )

60 Points in PostNbr 651 - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson - 20.09 ( Combo 30, Oldies 05, Series 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 673 - Richard II by William Shakespeare - 10.03 ( Combo 20, Oldies 25, Series 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 748 - Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich - 20.09 ( Combo 20, Non-Western, Oldies 05, Series 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 767 - The Piano Lesson by August Wilson - 20.09 ( Combo 25, Oldies 05, Series 10 )

60 Points in PostNbr 846 - Write to Kill by Daniel Pennac - 20.10 ( Combo 25, Oldies 05, Series 10 )

55 Points in PostNbr 474 - The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - 20.06 ( Combo 25, Oldies 10 )

55 Points in PostNbr 489 - Signed, Picpus by Georges Simenon - 20.06 ( Combo 15, Oldies 10, Series 10 )

55 Points in PostNbr 548 - The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare - 20.03 ( Combo 10, Oldies 25 )

55 Points in PostNbr 560 - Skylark DuQuesne by E.E. "Doc" Smith - 10.03 ( Combo 20, Oldies 05, Series 20 )

55 Points in PostNbr 613 - Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich - 20.09 ( Combo 15, Non-Western, Oldies 05, Series 05 )

55 Points in PostNbr 734 - Mercier and Camier by Samuel Beckett - 20.01 ( Combo 30, Oldies 05 )

55 Points in PostNbr 826 - The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey - 20.06 ( Combo 25, Oldies 05, Series 05 )

55 Points in PostNbr 841 - Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon - 20.02 ( Combo 20, Oldies 10, Series 05 )

Most Strategic Reader
Through Post 913

Owlette - 47.8, for 9 Books
Coralie - 39.0, for 5 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 38.7, for 24 Books
Mary - 37.6, for 33 Books
Tawallah - 34.6, for 12 Books
Apple - 33.4, for 53 Books
Denise - 31.6, for 22 Books
Karen Michele - 30.7, for 34 Books
Connie - 30.2, for 27 Books
Anika - 30.1, for 39 Books
Valerie - 30.1, for 37 Books
Katy - 29.6, for 35 Books
Rosemary - 29.5, for 60 Books
Rebekah - 28.3, for 75 Books
Joanna - 27.7, for 32 Books
Kathleen (itpdx) - 27.7, for 20 Books
Jayme - 27.3, for 11 Books
Tien - 27.3, for 32 Books
Nick - 26.7, for 15 Books
Ed - 25.5, for 11 Books
Marie - 25.3, for 34 Books
Deedee - 24.7, for 18 Books
Bucket - 23.6, for 7 Books
Ann - 22.3, for 11 Books
Don (The Book Guy) - 21.7, for 6 Books
Joanne - 20.2, for 30 Books
Nancy - 20.0, for 8 Books
Norma - 19.8, for 32 Books
Bea - 18.9, for 14 Books
Beth - 17.8, for 9 Books


Requires at least 5 books claimed for the season.

From Post 393

Nick wrote: "20.2 French

La Symphonie pastorale by André Gide.

+ 20 Task
+ 10 Oldies (1919)
+ 10 Combo -- 10.4 and 20.6 Award -- Nobel Prize 1947

Total Points This Post: 40
Seas..."

+5 Combo 20.1

From Post 362

chunwui wrote: "20.9 Non-Fiction (Kate S's Task)

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3)
+5..."

+10 Non Western

From Post 359

Tawallah wrote: "20.5 - Female

#214 on list
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Task: 20
Combo: 5(10.4)
Series: 5

Post total: 30
Season total: 120"

+10 Combo 10.3, 20.10

From Post 358

Tawallah wrote: "20.4 - Sub-continent

The Game by Laurie R. King

Task: 20
Series : 5

Post total : 25
Season total: 90"

+5 Combo 20.6

From Post 356

Tawallah wrote: "20.1 - Modernist
Quartet by Jean Rhys

Task: 20
Oldies: 10 ; first published in 1928

Post total: 30
Season total: 30"

+10 Non Western

Mary wrote: "Here’s an odd one.

The Grampian Quartet https://www.goodreads.com/series/1455... by Nan Shepherd consists of three novels

The Quarry Wood
[book..."

I am going to accept this title. It is a work of non-fiction that is part of a series as defined.

Please remind us when you post. Thanks.

From Post 344

Joanne wrote: "10-3 DiscWorld-non-person in title

The City of Tears by Kate Mosse

#2 in the Burning Chamber series

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4)
+5 Series
Total Task 20
Season Total 240"

+5 Jumbo

From Post 310

Ann wrote: "10.3
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

Wayward Children series

+10 task
Season total = 65"

+5 Combo 10.5
+5 Series

From Post 304

Apple wrote: "20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Zaphod Beeblebrox

+20 task
+5 series
+10 combo (10.3; 20.3 -..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 18

Valerie wrote: "10.9 Quilting

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

10 task
5 oldie
5 series
5 combo 10.4
___

25

Running total: 25"

+10 Combo 10.3, 20.3

From Post 286

Jayme wrote: "20.5 Female
Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris

Task +20
Como +5 Series (#1 in the Sokkie Stackhouse series)
Grand Total: 85"

+5 Combo 10.4

From Post 258

Jayme wrote: "Repost
20.5 Female
Iron Kissedby Patricia Briggs
#206 on the list
combo +5 series # 3 in the Mercedes Thompson series

Task +25
Grand Total: 60"

Sorry, Jayme, you have already claimed this series for this task. You only get the series points for the first claim. (Additional claims for the same series in different tasks still work.)