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

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

It was such a pleasure to be able to go for a walk in the spring woods after 10+ weeks of 'shelter in place'. In honor of that: read a book that has tree(s), wood(s) or forest(s) in the title. Also acceptable - common names (eg. Pine), compound words (eg. hollywood), and plurals. (One word from the common name thread will be acceptable if two or more word term is listed).

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.9 in this thread.

Read a book first published in year with 4 AND 0 (eg. 1940, 2004, etc).

Please post any discussion about task 10.8 in this thread.

This started out as a task suggestion. As it is not currently supported by our platform, we thought it might make an interesting discussion topic. I know I have a backlog of several magazines that I try to downsize each month before replenishing with current titles. And at least one other member also has a backlog, as they suggested this task:

Read at least 75% of a magazine with substance… (Even the best magazines have articles that can be skipped.) .Think something like the New Yorker, National Geographic, Audubon or The Atlantic….not People or US. (No celebrity or fashion magazines or magazines that rely mostly on photo-journalism) In one or two sentences tell us about the best article you read and/or something that you learned. When posting give the name and date of the magazine issue you read.

After some discussion, we thought we would open up a new thread to allow other magazine readers a place to share what they have read and what they learned/thought/whatever about their read.

Enjoy!

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 RwS Post

10.5 Suffragettes

The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris

+10 Task (born 1870)
+10 Oldies (pub'd 1901)
+ 5 Jumbo (688 pages)
+ 5 Multiple

Task total = 30
Season Total: 375 (assumes mid season with a previous season total of 345. and at least one previous claim for task 10.5)

Valerie wrote: "Unsurprisingly, to me anyway, my on-going total is different from Kate's. It appears that according to the official scoresheet I should have 10 more points. I haven't included it above, since I can't see where I went wrong."

In post 342, you added only 40 points for the post total, you earned 50.

Ed wrote: "Grand Total=1710-15 (difference with Kate's accounts)= 1695"

There is a combination of factors at work here.

I have corrected my missed +5 bonus from an earlier post, but there is also an arithmetic error from post 542. You claimed 20 points for a 10 point task. We should match when I update the Readerboard tomorrow.

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

Please post any discussion about task 20.10 in this thread.

I will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of my 25th birthday this season. In honor of this, read a book with either a 1 and a 5 or a 2 and a 5 in the page count of the MPE.

Please post any discussion about task 20.9 in this thread.

From Post 743

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.8 cup of tea
A Study in Sableby Mercedes Lackey
"Let's have a proper tea." P 34
Task+ 20
Grand total: 230"

+5 Combo 20.6

From Post 741

Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 It's a Mystery (Elizabeth(Alaska)'s Task)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 720L

+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.2 Letters (23)/ 10.5 Sherlock Holmes / 10.6..."

+5 Combo 10.4

From Post 718

Karen Michele wrote: "20.8 My Cup of Tea (Owlette's Task)

The Indian Lawyer by James Welch

+20 Task:
Page 153 …tea kettle and turned a burner on beneath it. She got down the tea b…
+ 5 Co..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 660

Nick wrote: "10.6 Richard Adams

Richard Adams would be 100 this year. In honor of his Watership Down, read a book with over 100,000 ratings with an average rating over 3.75.

I read Cannery Row b..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 699

Valerie wrote: "15.9 Blackjack (Rd 2)

Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique

30 task
5 female
____
35

**99.9% set in US Virgin Islands

Running total: 2130

29 owned/50 read"


Which cards are you using in this post?

From Post 660

Nick wrote: "10.6 Richard Adams

Richard Adams would be 100 this year. In honor of his Watership Down, read a book with over 100,000 ratings with an average rating over 3.75.

I read Cannery Row b..."

+10 this is also on the 1001 list.

From Post 671

Nick wrote: "10.4 High Five Day

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 685"

+5 Combo 20.6

Read one of the listed titles recommended by RwS Members of books they read in the Spring season. You may also choose one of the books recommended in the Summer 2017, Summer 2018, or Summer 2019 seasons.

Elizabeth (Alaska): Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Kate S: Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
Karen Michele: Let the Great World Spinby Colum McCann
Anika: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
Connie: Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
Lynn: Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Rosemary: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Nick: The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes
Kathleeen (itpdx): Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
Joanna: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

This list will be populated as titles become available.

Read a book by an author whose initials in any order can be either the two-letter postal abbreviation for a U.S. State/Territory or Canadian Province. Examples: O. Henry=OH (Ohio); Ayelet Waldman=WA (Washington); Carol Rifka Blunt=BC (British Columbia); Anna Katherine Green=AK (Alaska). All initials can be used. Note: both "NB" and "NE" will be accepted for Nebraska.

Please post any discussion about task 10.6 in this thread.

Though they didn't live to see it happen, Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) worked long and hard for women's suffrage in the US. Read any book written by an author born during their lifetimes - 1815-1906.

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

British mystery writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords P[hyllis] D[orothy] James (August 3, 1920) (P.D. James) Read a book with an MPG of Mystery OR Crime. Main Page Genre can be locked in at any time.

Please use this thread to lock in MPE if needed. Also post any recommendations or questions about task 10.4 in this thread.

Read a book by an author whose surname is only one syllable. Examples: H.G. Wells, Julian Barnes, Rebecca West.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.3 in this thread.