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

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

Post your completed tasks here. In order to help us better manage our score keeping: PLEASE ONLY POST ONE BOOK PER MESSAGE.

Please use the add book/author link for the book titles. When claiming combo points, tell how the book qualifies, and provide a link if requested in the task description.

If using an outside source to qualify a book for points or combo, please be sure to post in the appropriate task thread prior to posting in this thread.


Sample Post

20.3 Opposites

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.10)
+10 Non Western
+10 1001 Books
+10 Oldies (pub'd 1877)
+20 Jumbo (964 pgs)

Task total = 75
Season Total=275 (assumes previous posts with a score of 200)

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

Please post any discussion about task 10.3 in this thread.

Spring is a time to start something new. Read the first book in a new series, or use this season to continue a series you have previously started.

Please post any questions about task 20.9 in this thread.

Read any book that is multi-generational or a family saga. Should include at least 3 generations of a family OR extended family of 3 or more households (adult siblings, cousins, etc.)

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.10 in this thread.

Read any book with a 5 in its original publication date.

Please post any discussion about task 10.4 in this thread.

Read a book by an author who uses at least one four letter name for their publications, eg Lisa Genova, Bret Easton Ellis, Roald Dahl, Victor Hugo.

Please post any questions about task 10.2 in this thread.

Read one of the following books recommended by RwS readers.

Elizabeth (Alaska): Winter by Christopher Nicholson
Kate S: A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
Rebekah: All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo
Rosemary: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
Valerie: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Ed: The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
Joanna: The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Sarah: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Karen Michele: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Katy: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Marie: Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Mary: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Coralie: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Lagullande: He Never Came Back by Helen McCloy

This list will be updated over the next week or so.

In honor of National Speak in Sentences Day (May 31), read any book whose title is a complete sentence.

Please post any discussion about task 10.6 in this thread.

Read any book by one of these authors who is/was also a mother.

Please post any discussion about task 10.5 in this thread.

Read a book by an author you enjoyed last season. This task can be repeated 3 times. This task cannot be used for combo points.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.1 in this thread.

Polls for the Spring season have been posted. There are 4 this season. Please vote! Polls will close on Feb 27.

From Post 814

Tien wrote: "10.6 Notable
Redeployment by Phil Klay
2014

Review
Redeployment is a collection of short stories, all told from perspectives of soldiers. Some stories are during d..."

+5 Combo 10.4

From Post 805

Rosemary wrote: "20.1 Black History Month

The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

This is an alternate history book set perhaps 1950s/1960s, presumably in New York but I don’t think it’s ..."

+5 Combo 10.9

From Post 802

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.3 Winter
Alex Cross's Trialby James Patterson
author's first name starts with J.

Review
This installment is a story about Alex's ancestor, Abraham Cross during the ..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 385

Katy wrote: "20.9 Nieces

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

I got the idea for this book (that it would fit the task) from another member of the group and it absolutely f..."

+10 Combo 10.5 and 10.7 (thanks to Rachel in post 841)

From Post 66

Beth wrote: "20.9 Nieces

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Shelved as books about books 85 times

The book seemed to start out straightforward, a simple providing of exper..."

+10 Combo 10.5 and 10.7 (thanks to Rachel in post 841)

From Post 784

Rosemary wrote: "10.8 Lunar

Temporary Kings by Anthony Powell

The action in this penultimate volume of A Dance to the Music of Time takes place mainly at two events – a literary confe..."

+5 Prizeworthy

From Post 765

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.6 Notable
Read a book from the NYT Notable Books from 2010-2019.

Year: 2016

The Fortunes (2016) by Peter Ho Davies (Hardcover, 268 pages)

+10 Task

Task To..."

+5 Prizeworthy

In honor of A Crime in the Neighborhood (1999 winner), read any book by a woman with an MPG of Crime.

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.4 in this thread.

In honor of Larry's Party (1998 winner), read a book written by an author of one sex, using a point of view of the opposite sex.

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.3 in this thread.