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

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

From Post 510

Katy wrote: "20.6 Achilles

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

+20 task
+20 combo (10.4, 20.3, 20.4, 20.9)
+5 oldies (1955)
+10 1001 books

Task Total: 55
Season To..."

+5 combo 10.9

9From Post 492 Coralie wrote: "20.6 Achilles491
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

+20 Task #147 on Best Gay fiction
+10 Combo (10.9 Kahlua, 10.2)
+5 Oldies (published 1976)
+10 Non-Western

Task..."

+10 1001 books

From Post 450

Norma wrote: "20.3 - Opposites

Just Try To Stop Me by Gregg Olsen

+20 task
+10 Combo (20.9, 10.9 - merlot - just TRy to stOp ME gregg OLsen
+5 missed oldies from post 276

Task t..."

+5 Combo 10.6

From Post 412

Coralie wrote: "20.9 Series

Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.9 shiraz)
+10 Oldies (published 1987)

Task total = 35
Season Total=680"

1987 is 5 Oldies points

From post 403

Ed wrote: "10.1 Enjoyed
Based on Lettice and Lovage: A Comedy ,
I read

The Three Arrows by Iris Murdoch

Task=10
Combo= 10- (10.2; 20.3-MC is a Prince)
Oldie = 5 (..."

+5 Combo (from the MPE)

From Post 402

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Jayme(the ghostreader)
10.3 Naughty nineties
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J.K. Rowling
Task +10
Grand Total: 125"

+10 Combo 10.5, 10.9

Kim wrote: "Approved message 45 - General Questions - combo points missed when originally posted.

Message 35 - Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet combo 20.3 (there are two main characters, one is ma..."

I added these, except the one for post 60. You already asked for that to be added in post 112.

From Post 372

Anika wrote: "10.3 Naughty

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

+10 Task, pub 1994
+10 Non-Western, born and lives in Japan
+15 Combo: 10.2, Yoko; 10.9, merlot: The MEmORy poLice; 10...."

+5 Oldies

From Post 351

Ed wrote: "20.4 Crime

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

Task=20
Combo 15 (10.4,-1950; 10.9-"cabernet"; 20.8)
Oldie=5 (1950)


Task Total=40
Season Total=350..."

+5 Combo 10.5

From Post 329

Ann wrote: "20.1
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

+20 task
+5 combo 10.9 whiskey my SIstEr tHe serial Killer oYinkan braithWaite)
+10 non-western

Task tot..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 313

Rosemary wrote: "20.7 Real Person

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel

Author is female, main character Thomas Cromwell is male and was a real person

10.9 merlot: ThE MirrOR and..."

+5 Combo 20.1

Top Scoring Books

75 Points in PostNbr 182 - The Witching Hour by Anne Rice - 20.10 ( Combo 25, Jumbo 25, Oldies 05 )

75 Points in PostNbr 1156 - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - 20.10 ( 1001, Combo 15, Jumbo 05, Non-Western, Oldies 15 )

65 Points in PostNbr 215 - Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho - 20.05 ( 1001, Combo 25, Non-Western )

65 Points in PostNbr 236 - Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror: Second Series by Dorothy L. Sayers - 20.08 ( Combo 10, Jumbo 25, Oldies 10 )

65 Points in PostNbr 984 - Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz - 20.06 ( 1001, Combo 20, Jumbo 05, Oldies 10 )

65 Points in PostNbr 1098 - Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 20.03 ( 1001, Combo 05, Jumbo 10, Non-Western, Oldies 10 )

65 Points in PostNbr 1116 - The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare - 20.05 ( Combo 20, Oldies 25 )

60 Points in PostNbr 193 - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith - 20.06 ( 1001, Combo 25, Oldies 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 285 - Shake Hands Forever by Ruth Rendell - 20.09 ( Combo 35, Oldies 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 286 - An Unkindness of Ravens by Ruth Rendell - 20.04 ( Combo 35, Oldies 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 449 - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson - 10.07 ( 1001, Combo 15, Jumbo 25 )

60 Points in PostNbr 796 - Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels - 20.01 ( 1001, Combo 25, Oldies 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 815 - Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens - 20.10 ( Combo 10, Jumbo 15, Oldies 15 )

60 Points in PostNbr 820 - As You Like It by William Shakespeare - 20.03 ( Combo 15, Oldies 25 )

60 Points in PostNbr 859 - Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai - 20.10 ( 1001, Combo 15, Non-Western, Oldies 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 868 - The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - 20.02 ( 1001, Combo 25, Oldies 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 1066 - Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers - 20.04 ( 1001, Combo 20, Oldies 10 )

60 Points in PostNbr 1115 - The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare - 20.03 ( Combo 15, Oldies 25 )

60 Points in PostNbr 1117 - As You Like It by William Shakespeare - 20.03 ( Combo 15, Oldies 25 )

60 Points in PostNbr 1142 - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare - 20.03 ( Combo 15, Oldies 25 )

60 Points in PostNbr 1173 - As You Like It by William Shakespeare - 20.03 ( Combo 15, Oldies 25 )

Most Strategic Reader
Through Post 1188

Denise - 48.2, for 14 Books
Owlette - 39.4, for 8 Books
Lagullande - 39.2, for 13 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 37.8, for 27 Books
Rebekah - 35.5, for 32 Books
Anika - 32.9, for 54 Books
Rosemary - 32.9, for 70 Books
Ann - 31.8, for 22 Books
Bryony - 31.4, for 7 Books
Valerie - 29.0, for 47 Books
Connie - 28.7, for 28 Books
Kristina Simon - 28.7, for 15 Books
Coralie - 28.1, for 67 Books
Norma - 28.1, for 53 Books
Ed - 28.0, for 45 Books
Kim - 28.0, for 62 Books
Mary - 27.6, for 23 Books
Joanna - 27.5, for 40 Books
Karen Michele - 27.1, for 54 Books
Beth - 26.9, for 50 Books
Tien - 26.8, for 39 Books
Katy - 26.2, for 37 Books
Nick - 26.1, for 22 Books
Marie - 25.5, for 32 Books
Heather - 25.0, for 12 Books
Rachel - 23.5, for 24 Books
Bea - 22.5, for 10 Books
Deedee - 22.2, for 23 Books
Jayme (the ghost reader) - 21.7, for 18 Books
Bucket - 21.5, for 17 Books
Kathleen (itpdx) - 20.9, for 17 Books

(requires at least 5 books claimed in the season)

From Post 276

Norma wrote: "20.9 - Series

Dark Secret by Marina Anderson

+20 task
+10 Combo - 10.3, 10.4 - 1995

Task total: 30
Grand total: 315"

5 Oldies

From Post 265

Connie wrote: "20.5 Balkins

Girl at War by Sara Nović

+20 task (set in Croatia)
+10 combo 10.2 Name; 10.4 Spring (pub 2015)

Task total: 30
Season total: 230"

5 Combo 20.1

From Post 235

Rosemary wrote: "20.3 Opposites

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New York by Paul Gallico

10.9 merlot: MRs arris gOEs To new york pauL

+20 Task (author male, main character Mrs Harris female)
+2..."

This is the same book you claimed in post 234. Did you mean to post a different title here?

Nevermind, nothing to see here.

From Post 230

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

A Column of Fire. Ken Follett

+20 Task
+5 combo (20.9)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 370

10.1; 10.2; -----; -----; -----; 10..."

+20 Jumbo
+5 Combo 10.9

From Post 221

Valerie wrote: "10.6 Sentence

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

10 task
10 combo 10.9 merlot, 20.10
____
20

Running total: 245"

+5 Oldies

I am sure I forgot to post, but will do so soon.

From Post 199

Ann wrote: "10.7

PopCo by Scarlett Thomas

+10 task
+5 10.9 merlot pOpco scaRLETt thoMas

Task total = 15
Season total = 225"

+5 Jumbo (512 pages in MPE)