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

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

Fall 2020 Styles

1. Combo (5 points): Read a book for one task that could have applied to another task as well. If a book applies to one other task, you will receive 5 style points. If it applies to two other tasks, you will receive 10 points...and so on.

2. Review (10 points): Inquiring minds want to know your thoughts about the books you’ve read, so help us grow our to-be-read lists by posting a 100+ word review with your completed task.

3. Not-a-Novel (10 points): Explore new forms by reading short story collections, non-fiction, plays, and poetry collections.

4. Oldies (5 to 25 points): Put down the bestseller list and read something with a bit more mileage on it. Based on a book's original publication date, style points will be awarded according to the following scale:
-25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1945-1995)
-76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1870-1944)
-151 to 250 years old: 15 points (1770-1869)
-251 to 400 rs old: 20 points (1620-1769)
-400+ years old: 25 points (1619 and older).

5. Jumbo (5 to 25 points): Receive extra points for reading big books according to the following scale:
500-699 Pages: 5 Points
700-799 Pages: 10 Points
800-899 Pages: 15 Points
900-999 Pages: 20 Points
1000+ Pages: 25 Points

Reserved

While not required, many like to share their reading plans. This is the place to do so.

Please post any questions about Fall's sub-challenge in this thread.

The Power of 9

Read ten books by ten different authors where 9 is the sum of the last 2-digits of the original publication year OR the last 2-digits of the author's birth year OR the last 2-digits of the MPE page count. These combinations are: 09, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90.

Your books will have one of each of the 10 combinations. You can mix and match the ways of arriving at the Power of Nine. You might have 3 books of pub year, 5 of author birth, 2 of MPE page count, for example. Each combination can only be used once per round.

Scoring:

15.1-15.10=15 points
100 point completion bonus
50 point bonus for using single criterion (i.e. birth year)
50 point bonus for numerical finish (09, 18, 27, etc)

Power of 9 can be completed three times.

A few reminders:

I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for Power of 9 (nor do the Power of 9 tasks count as Combo style points for regular Reading with Style tasks).

II. All books read for this sub-challenge must be at least 100 pages, based on the most popular English-language print edition (MPE).

III. Please be aware that cookbooks, illustrated guides, and graphic novels are not allowed for the sub-challenge. Also, books designated as "YA", "Assignment", or "Juv" by the Brooklyn Public Library with a Lexile score less than 800.

From Post 446

Mary wrote: "10.5 Suffragette

The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton

10 pts 10.5 Suffragette
10 pts Oldies
5 pts Multiple

Task total: 25pts
Season total: 800 pts

10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5..."

Sorry, Mary, I show this as shelved as YA at BPL with no lexile score. Task points, but no styles.

From Post 384

Karen Michele wrote: "10.2 Author Name

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

+10 Task (William)
+20 Oldies (1625)
+ 5 Multiple

Task total = 35
Season Total: 500

23/23 Available 6/1 Lib..."

I have this as +25 Oldies, not +20

From Post 381

Karen Michele wrote: "20.4 France

Author born in Cannes, France

Ice by Anna Kavan

+20 Task
+ 5 Multiple

Task total = 25
Season Total: 425

20/20 Available 6/1 Scribd"

+5 Oldies

From Post 432

Joanna wrote: "I've decided to rearrange my plan a bit, so sorry for making these changes:

Post 150 - Island of Fire by Lisa McMann

--> I'm moving this from 10.2 to 10.7 - no cha..."

This also removes a multiple score from post 271 (through post 400).

From Post 374

Tien wrote: "10.8 The Big 4-0? (Tien's Task)
Nylon Angel (Parrish Plessis #1) by Marianne de Pierres
pub. 2004

+10 Task
+5 Multiple

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 550
30/30 in Ow..."

This is the first time I have recorded you posting for 10.8. Did I miss an earlier one?

Happy Birthday, Tien! I am sure our 40's will be amazing!

I thank you all very much for my early birthday wishes, I am still rocking my 30's, but the big anniversary of my 25th is coming! I have enjoyed each decade more than the last and have big hopes that this one will be the same.

Top Scoring Books

75 Points in PostNbr 135 - Treasure of Cocos Island, The: A Story of the Indian Ocean by James Otis - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 10, Project Bonus )

75 Points in PostNbr 229 - Papillon by Henri Charriere - 30.01 ( Jumbo 05, Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

75 Points in PostNbr 366 - Ethnology of Uvea (Wallis Island) by Edwin G. Burrows - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 10, Project Bonus )

75 Points in PostNbr 574 - A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland by M. Gehrts - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 10, Project Bonus )

75 Points in PostNbr 593 - Pitcairn's Island by Charles Bernard Nordhoff - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 10, Project Bonus )

75 Points in PostNbr 596 - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 20.08 ( Jumbo 25, Multiple, Oldies 25 )

75 Points in PostNbr 676 - Ethnology of Futuna by Edwin G. Burrows - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 10, Project Bonus )

75 Points in PostNbr 778 - Holy Bible: King James Version by Anonymous - 20.03 ( Jumbo 25, Multiple, Oldies 25 )

75 Points in PostNbr 792 - Outrage: An Anarchist Memoir of the Penal Colony by Clement Duval - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 10, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 501 - Songs of Uvea and Futuna by E.G. Burrows - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 509 - Mutiny of the Bounty and Story of Pitcairn Island 1790-1894 by Rosalind Amelia Young - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 536 - Letters from Togo by Susan Blake - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 605 - Pitcairn: Children of Mutiny by Ian M. Ball - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 613 - Liechtenstein: History and Institutions of the Principality by Pierre Raton - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 625 - Fourteen Men by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 775 - The Village of Waiting by George Packer - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

70 Points in PostNbr 780 - French Guiana by Marion Morrison - 30.01 ( Multiple, Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

65 Points in PostNbr 89 - Volcano, Montserrat and Me, The: Twenty Years with an Active Volcano by Lally Brown - 30.01 ( Multiple, Project Bonus )

65 Points in PostNbr 105 - A Short History of Bonaire by J. Hartog - 30.01 ( Oldies 05, Project Bonus )

65 Points in PostNbr 163 - Julie, or the New Heloise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 30.01 ( Jumbo 10, Multiple, Oldies 20 )

65 Points in PostNbr 183 - The Master Blaster by P.F. Kluge - 30.01 ( Multiple, Project Bonus )

65 Points in PostNbr 231 - Tales of Liechtenstein Then and Now by James Foster Robinson - 30.01 ( Multiple, Project Bonus )

65 Points in PostNbr 274 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 20.05 ( Jumbo 25, Multiple, Oldies 15 )

65 Points in PostNbr 404 - A Spare Life by Lidija Dimkovska - 30.01 ( Multiple, Project Bonus )

65 Points in PostNbr 516 - Life on a Coral Atoll: Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands by Richard Price - 30.01 ( Multiple, Project Bonus )

65 Points in PostNbr 554 - Pitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy by Kenneth Bain - 30.01 ( Multiple, Project Bonus )

Most Strategic Reader
Through Post 800

Bryony - 65.0, for 8 Books
Mary - 39.5, for 50 Books
Kaja - 36.4, for 18 Books
Ed - 32.7, for 59 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 31.4, for 22 Books
Valerie - 28.2, for 46 Books
Anika - 28.0, for 69 Books
Rosemary - 26.9, for 36 Books
Denise - 26.7, for 39 Books
Connie - 26.4, for 25 Books
Karen Michele - 23.1, for 29 Books
Norma - 23.0, for 49 Books

(requires a 5 book minimum)

From post 145

Marie wrote: "10.2 Author Name

The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

+10 Task
+10 Jumbo (784 pages)
+5 Multiple

Task total = 25

Points total = 55
Owned books = 3/3"

The MPE for this book has 633 pages. +5 Jumbo

From Post 124

Nick wrote: "20.10 Over/Under (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

Read any book with an average rating over 3.74 AND under 1001 ratings. (3.75/1000)

In the Bedroom: Seven Stories by [author:Andre Dubus|1..."

+5 Oldies

Updated Through Post 800

Mary - 2075*
Anika - 2035*^
Ed - 1960^
Valerie - 1395*^
Norma - 1225*^
Coralie - 1160*
Rosemary - 1070*^
Denise - 1040
Tien - 995*
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 690^
Karen Michele - 670
Connie - 660^
Joanna - 655*
Kaja - 655^
Deedee - 580*
Bryony - 520^
Nick - 430
Heather - 360
Jayme (the ghost reader) - 330
Marie - 330
Rebekah - 245
Bea - 235
Rachel - 220
Kathleen (itpdx) - 185
June - 120
Lynn - 85
Don (The Book Guy) - 60

*=RwS Finisher
^=owned books finisher

Group Read Leaders*

Bryony 3/6 (50.0%)
Kathleen (itpdx) 3/9 (33.3%)
Heather 5/16 (31.2%)
Kaja 3/13 (23.1%)
Tien 9/45 (20.0%)
Marie 3/18 (16.7%)
June 1/6 (16.7%)
Coralie 8/50 (16.0%)
Nick 3/19 (15.8%)
Elizabeth (Alaska) 3/20 (15.0%)
Ed 7/47 (14.9%)


*=the Fall 2020 "group reads" books will be chosen by a combination of moderators, owned book readers, and members that read at least 5 books and read the highest percentage of Jumbo books in the Summer 2020 Challenge.

Readerboard for the Summer 2020 Reading with Style Challenge!

(Please post your points for completed tasks in the Completed Tasks topic. This Readerboard folder shows the current point standings of the challenge participants who have posted points. It's generally updated every week or so.)

Note: Please post your points frequently. Players who post many completed tasks the last week of the challenge may not have all their points tallied for inclusion on the Readerboard.

Happy reading!

Search is being weird and not letting me add books right now. Apparently, I should use this time to go read a book...I will get the titles linked up and added to our bookshelf soon.

Among all the challenges of the lockdown this spring, some of my happiest moments have been reading Beatrix Potter’s tales with my family.

Inspired by The Tales of Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-Duck and more, read a novel which has a main character’s name or nickname in the title. First, last or full name are okay, and the name may be the whole title or part of it. (examples: Olive Kitteridge, Jane Eyre, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Brothers Karamazov).

Please post any discussion about task 20.8 in this thread.

Read a book with a title OR sub-title that begins OR ends with either the letters “E” or “D”. Articles (The, A, An) may be ignored.

Please post any questions/comments or discussions about task 10.7 in this thread.