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

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

CYOA Sample Post

15.4 CYOA-Author has 4 letters in first or last name

Watchers by Dean Koontz

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 380 (assumes a previous season total of 365)

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

20.6 Stand Up

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.1 Jane CK rated it 5 stars
+10 Female Author
+10 LiT
+10 Oldies (1949)
+10 Jumbo (746 pages)

Task Total: 65
Season Total: 325 (assumes a previous season total of 260)

From Post 798

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.6 World War II
Winter Gardenby Kristin Hannah
#96 on the list

Review
I really liked this story because of the fairy tale. I love fairy tales. However, the fairy ta..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 794

Mary wrote: "20.6 Monster Redux

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett

20 pts 20.6 Monster Redux
5 pts 10.5 Banned
5 pts. 20.4 Boomer..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 787

Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "20.9 Shipwrecked
Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea by Eric Hansen

n amazing “travel” book. In 1978 the author, Eric Hansen, was shipwrecked on a..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 777

Jackie wrote: "20.4 Boomer
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

Task total- 20
Grand Total- 220"

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 752

Karen Michele wrote: "20.3 Author

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

+20 Task (main character is an author)
+10 Combo: 20.4 Boomer / 20.5 Non-Linear (2 stories)

Task Total: 30
Season Total..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 751

Karen Michele wrote: "20.2 Wolf Hall

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+25 Oldies

Task Total: 55
Season Total: 1720"

+5 Combo 10.5

Bea wrote: "Dang! I opened each award with the idea that I would eliminate any that did not have a TBR book on its first page. No such luck! Every single one of the awards has at least one book I hope to read...."

That sounds like a good problem! We will try to pick less preferred awards next time? (kidding) Hope you find something you enjoy.

Valerie wrote: "I recall we had this task relatively recently (??) - do you know which season it was?"

Winter 15/16 task 20.1. It has been modified for this season.

Tien wrote: "Could you please clarify what you mean by 'non-introductory'?"

An anthology of one author's work with a different author offering an introduction, would not work. Does that clear it up?

Tien wrote: "Perhaps I can suggest if members can recommend their latest 5 star reads here?"

Everyone is more than welcome to recommend books in this thread!

Tien wrote: "A good spot to browse: Strong Sense of Place (shelf)

Also, can I please confirm The Dry

"Solid storytelling that, despite a plethora of flashbacks, never loses momentum, strong ch..."

Looks good, Tien. Thanks for the link to the shelf.

There are two options here.

1. An author's debut novel book, regardless of publication date OR
2. An author's most recent novel book prior to the start of the winter challenge (before 1 December 2019).

Edited to use the word book (as this task does) instead of novel.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Would Uninvited fit this task?"

Reading through a few reviews and the book synopsis, it looks like this will work.

Ed wrote: "Would the The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates work here?"

It looks like it fits the bill. I will accept this.

20.1 Decade

We have been reading competitively at the RwS for a decade now. Celebrate by reading one of the top 500 books from Best Books of the Decade list.

20.2 Freedom Season

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on Sept. 22, 1863. Read a book related to the American Civil War or a novel set in the American South. For the purpose of this task, the following state are the American South: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

20.3 She Writes

One of our early, popular tasks: Read a book written by a woman with a woman main character.

20.4 Poet's Non-Poetry

From our Spring 2011 challenge: Read a work of prose by an author more commonly known as a poet.

20.5 Sense of Place

Read a book which evokes a sense of place. Any book listed for either the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize or the Ondaatje Prize qualify for this task. Also qualified are books where the GR description specifically references "sense of place" or elsewhere on the web in which the book summary specifically references a "sense of place." In this latter case, please provide a link in the appropriate help thread.

20.6 Stand Up For Your Rights

Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) where someone faces discrimination (racial, gender, religious, age, sexual orientation etc.).

20.7 Island Dreams

Read a book that takes place (at least 75%) on an island country listed on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

20.8 Unification Season

The Berlin Wall was erected on August 13, 1961, and was torn down on November 9, 1989. Read a book that was published during the time of the existence of the Wall. (While the actual dates are included here, for the purpose of this task we will use only the years 1961-1989 inclusively).

20.9 The Season of Shorter Days

Read an anthology or collection of stories that includes (non-introductory) writing by more than one author.

20.10 A Winning Decade

Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Costa Book Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction or Drama)
Agatha Award
Hugo Award

We have been reading competitively at the RwS for a decade now. Celebrate by reading one of the top 500 books from Best Books of the Decade list.

Please post questions or recommendations for task 20.1 in this thread.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on Sept. 22, 1863. Read a book related to the American Civil War or a novel set in the American South. For the purpose of this task, the following state are the American South: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Please post questions and suggestions for task 20.2 in this thread.

One of our early, popular tasks: Read a book written by a woman with a woman main character.

Please post questions or recommendations about Task 20.3 in this thread.