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

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

From Post 11

Connie wrote: "20.10 Uncommon Letter

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

+20 task (character Petrona Sanchez)
+ 15 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5; 20.3 POV (POV of Chula Sa..."

+10 Non Western

From Post 7

Joanne wrote: "10.4 3,4,5,

The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England by Susan Higginbotham

I have read quite a bit about the Woodville family ..."

+5 Combo 20.8

March 18 is National Quilting Day. Read a book with a word from these traditional quilt block names in the title. Words can be singular, plural or possessive.

Air Castle
Grandmother’s Flower Garden
Card Trick
Broken Dishes
Log Cabin
Irish Chain
Drunkard’s Path
Friendship Star
Crazy Ann
Bear Paw
Fancy Fan
Yankee Puzzle

Examples include Flowers for Algernon or The Drunkard

Please post any discussion about task 10.9 in this thread.

My favorite Stars Hollow teen, Rory Gilmore, was an avid reader. Every episode, she's toting around a different book (or stack of books, more likely). Read one of the books from the Rory Gilmore Reading List: https://bookriot.com/rory-gilmore-rea...

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.8 in this thread.

Read a book by an author who was born in the decade 1901-1910 or died in the decade 1991-2000.

Please post any discussion about task 10.7 in this thread.

Read a work that has an MPG of historical fiction AND a GR character list or GR book summary that includes the name of a real-life person.

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.8 in this thread.

The list is now complete. I hope everyone can find a new book to enjoy.

Thank you for letting me know Joanna. I have changed my settings back so anyone can message me again.

I have sent messages requesting titles. If your account is set to private, I was not able to message you. If you did not get a message from me and your account is not set to private, I apologize.

If your name is on the list above, please send me a quick message with your book recommendation for the group!

This list will be populated as I get suggestions.

Growing Genres
Sample Post

15.4 Growing Genres

The Shining by Stephen King

+15 Task 1977 Horror

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 215 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 200)

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

20.6 Award

August 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

+20 Task (1970 Nobel)
+ 5 Combo (20.3 POV)
+10 Non-Western
+ 5 Series (The Red Wheel)
+ 5 Oldies (1971)
+15 Jumbo (854 pgs)

Task total = 60
Season Total: 200 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 140)

In honor of Quirke, read any book where the name of a major character - main or supporting - has a Q, X, or Z. The letter can appear anywhere in the name. Please post the name of the character when claiming this task.

Please post any discussion about task 20.10 in this thread.

In honor of Jared Diamond's Civilizations Rise and Fall series, read a work of non-fiction that is part of a series. A series is defined by a gray title in parenthesis after the book title on the GoodReads book page. For this task, a series does not need to be by a single author.

Please post any discussion about task 20.9 in this thread.

Read one of the following books recommended by fellow RwS readers:

Elizabeth (Alaska): Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Kate S: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Apple: Spring by Ali Smith
Tien: Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
Joanna: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Karen Michele: Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Valerie: If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
Mary: Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton
Kathleen(itpdx): Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Connie: The Ice Garden by Moira Crone
Bucket: When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
Ann: We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride
Ed: Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
Joanne: A Thread of Grace: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
Katy: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi
chunwui: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Read a book with exactly 3, 4 or 5 words in the title.

Please use this thread for any discussion about task 10.4.

In honor of the Albright Sisters series, read a book with a family relationship in the title. While a book used for this task may have a sub-title, the target word must be found in the title proper.

Please post any discussion about task 10.2 in this thread.

In honor of the Discworld series, read any book from a series with a non-person series title.

Please post any discussion about task 10.3 in this thread.

Polls for the Spring season have been posted. Please let your opinion be known!

In honor of Pi Day (March 14), read a book that has a title containing a word beginning with the letters "Pi" examples:
Life of Pi, The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Pickwick Papers.
The title can have a sub-title, but the target word must be found in the title itself.

Please post any discussion about task 10.6 in this thread.

In honor of the first appearance of Lord Peter Wimsey, read any book by an author whose initials (in any order) can be found in consecutive letters of the character name. If an author has 3 or more initials, any 2 will work.

LO, OR, RD, DP, PE, ET, ER, RW, WI, IM, MS, SE, EY.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.5 in this thread.