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

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

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15.4 TDoS

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Rated 5* by Elizabeth(Alaska) and Anika

insert 50+ word review here

+15 Task
+5 Before 1996 (pub 1853)
+5 Review

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 425 (assume a mid-season post with a previous total of 400)

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10.1 Page Count 75-150

Worstward Ho by Samuel Beckett (47 pages, pub 1983)
AND
The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind (70 pages, pub 1987)

Insert 50+ word review here

+10 Task (117 pages)
+5 Review
+5 Before 1996 (both published before 1996)

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 400 (assumes mid-season post with a previous total of 380)

From Post 1134

Ed wrote: "20.10 Family (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga
pub. 1881

Task=20
Combo= 5 - (10.9-merlot)
1001 books= 10
Oldie=10 (1881)
Ta..."

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 1117

Anika wrote: "20.3 Opposites

As You Like It by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+25 Oldies
+10 Combo: 10.3: pub. 1599; 10.4; 10.9 whiskey: You WillIam sHaKESpeare

Task total: 60
Season t..."

+5 Combo 10.4

From Post 1116

Anika wrote: "20.5 Balkans

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

+20 Task, set in Greece
+25 Oldies
+15 Combo: 10.3, pub. 1594; 10.4; 10.9 whiskey: comEdY WillIam SHaKespeare; 2..."

+5 Combo 20.3

From Post 1107

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.4 Spring
Read any book with a 5 in its original publication date.

Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale #1) (2015) by Joseph Fink (Goodreads Author..."

+5 Combo 20.9

From Post 1101

Katy wrote: "20.8 Queen of Short Fiction

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes edited by Laurie R. King

+20 task (collection of short stories, mystery genre, based on Sherlock Holmes..."

+5 Combo 10.9

From Post 1091

Joanna wrote: "20.10 Family

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 - riesling)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 1380"

+5 Combo 10.6

From Post 1080

Bea wrote: "20.5 Set in Balkans

Read a book set in the Balkans.

Girl at War by Sara Nović

Set in Croatia and about the war and its effects on children of that war.

Task: 20..."

+5 Combo 20.1

From Post 1060

Coralie wrote: "10.5 Mother

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)

Task total = 15
Season Total=1210"

+5 Combo 20.1

From Post 925

Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 Sentence

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

+10 Task - 800 Lexile

Post Total=10
Season Total=990"

+10 Combo 10.9, 20.10

From Post 1048

Katy wrote: "10.7 Codebreakers

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

+10 task (book is all about codebreakers at Bletchley Park in WWII)
+10 combo (10.2, 20.7 - maybe? - Dilly Knox, A..."

+5 Jumbo

From Post 1033Bea wrote: "10.6 Sentence

Read any book whose title is a complete sentence.

The Mountains Bow Down by Sibella Giorello

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 35"

+10 Combo 10.9, 20.9

From Post 1032

Bea wrote: "10.3 Naughty

Read a book published in the naughty nineties, any century.

Flesh & Bones by Paul Levine

First published 1997.

Task Total: 10
Combo: 5 (10.2)
Season To..."

+5 Combo 20.9

From Post 1031

Bea wrote: "10.1 Enjoyed

Read a book by an author you enjoyed last season.

Shark River by Randy Wayne White

I have been trying to complete this series for a while and am curren..."

+10 Combo 10.9, 20.9

From Post 1020

Norma wrote: "10.4 - Spring

Turning Angel by Greg Iles

+10 task - 2005
+25 Combos (10.2, 20.9, 10.9 - riesling - tuRnING angel greg ILES)

Task total: 35
Grand total: 1165"

This is just +15 combo
and
+5 Jumbo

Rebekah wrote: "10.4 Spring
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford pub in 1945

+10 -Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.9 - merlot, 20.2, 20.9 - first in the Radlett and Montdore series, 20.10 - t..."

Rebekah, I don't show a claim for 10.3 from you. Did I miss it?

From Post 997

Karen Michele wrote: "10.5 Mother

The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Pub Trivia (merlot)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 1205"

+5 Oldies

From Post 996

Karen Michele wrote: "10.2 Name

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Pub Trivia (reis..."

+5 Combo 10.8 (Robin)

From Post 994

Marie wrote: "10.5 Mother

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.9 - absinthe :
The
tale
s
of Beedle the
ba
rd, J K Rowl
in
g ; 20.3 - 3..."

+5 Combo 20.9