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

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

Tien wrote: "Please explain "Octoberfest Country"?

Not sure if you mean Germany and only Germany?"

I don't have all of Elizabeth's lists on hand, but I do have this list of countries:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Mexico, Palestinian Territories, Romania, United States and Vietnam

Choose Your Own Adventure: Author Edition

For this sub-challenge, you will read 10 books by different authors. Each author must fill a different criterion:

A. Author Name
1. Author's first or last name consists of exactly 4 letters.
2. Author's Name contains no letter L
3. Author publishes using (at least) 3 Names
4. Author's first or last name contains a double letter
5. Author publishes using initials and surname

B. Author Birth/Life
1. Author lived during Queen Victoria's lifetime (1819-1901)
2 Author born 1914-18 OR 1939-45
3. Author has a December, January, or February birthdate.
4. Author was born in one century died the next (xx01-xx00).
5. Author born in Octoberfest Country

C. Author Characteristics
1. Read a book by an author you have not read before
2. Read a book by an author found on the Literature Map of one of the following authors: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Marcel Proust, William Shakespeare, Emile Zola, Carson McCullers, Muriel Spark, or Iris Murdoch
3. Read a book by a veteran author (one who has published 20 years or more).
4.Read a book by an author who has published in at least 3 forms (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, play, etc)
5. Read a book by an author who has worked as a journalist

Scoring:

15 points per task

Completion Bonus:
100 points for completing all 10 tasks
50 points if all authors are female
100 points if all titles are on the Canon

CYOA can be completed three times, but each criteria can only be used twice in the season.

No author may be repeated.

A few reminders:

I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for Choose Your Own Adventure (nor do the CYOA 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 700 (this change is for the Winter 2019/20 challenge only) are not allowed.

While not required, this is a thread for you to post your plans for the Choose Your Own Adventure sub-challenge.

Please post any questions about our Winter Sub-challenge, Choose Your Own Adventure-Author Edition, in this thread.

Valerie wrote: "Thanks to Marie, I see that I missed a combo for Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.

I missed 5 pts for 10.8

My original post # is 385.

This brings ..."

Got it. Thanks for including the original post number.

From Post 693

Coralie wrote: "10.7 A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y

Rules of Engagement by Elizabeth Moon

+10 Task

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 1135"

+5 Jumbo

From Post 685

Tien wrote: "10.2 Book Lover's Day
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury

shelved 22x



Review

I don't think this is a book that I would've picked up on..."

+5 Combo 20.4

Rosemary wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 527

Rosemary wrote: "10.7 A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y

Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien


Ooh, as this qualifies for 10.1, could I please move it to 10.1?"

Done.

From Post 661

Valerie wrote: "10.2 Book Lover's Day

The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

This is the third book I've read in the "Cemetery of Forgotten Books" series. Ruiz Zafon notes at th..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 657

Ed wrote: "10.8 Double O (Ed's Task)

Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen

I visited Borneo in the early 1990's and have wonderful memories of seeing orangu..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 555

Christine wrote: "15.10 B1 The Blackhouse by Peter May

+30 task

Task total =30
Grand total = 200"

Congrats on finishing PnM2!
+100 Completion

From Post 21

Beth wrote: "20.1 Inaugral

The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

The story of Mustafa/Esteban was immersive, beginning with his reality as a slave entering what would someday be F..."

+5 Combo 20.2

From Post 519

Katy wrote: "20.5 Non-Linear

Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBT Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Duberman

This book took me forever but was well worth it..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 527

Rosemary wrote: "10.7 A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y

Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien

I read the first book in this trilogy so long ago that I can't remember anything about it. But in..."

+5 Combo 10.1

From Post 531

Lara wrote: "20.4 Boomer

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

20 - Task 20.4 Boomer (b. 1963)
5 - Combo (10.3: Title is "The ___")
5 - Jumbo (771 pp)
10 - Review

Task total: 40
Season total: 135"

At 771 pages, this qualifies for 10 Jumbo points

From Post 533

Rebekah wrote: "10.8 Double O
The Ghosts of Lookout Mountain by Larry Hillhouse
+10 pts -Task
+10 pts - Not a Novel
+10 Pts - Combo (10.7,20.6)

Task Total - 25 pts
Season Total - 4..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 550

Joanna wrote: "10.7 A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

I had in my head that these were short stories about lots of different pre-..."

Sorry, Joanna, novella groups don't work for Not a Novel points

From Post 551

Joanna wrote: "20.6 Monster Redux

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks

Meh. This was only okay, probably because I'm not a hard-core zombie person. I enjoyed [b..."

This does not qualify as Not a Novel. It looks like an interesting format, but doesn't quite qualify as short stories and I am not sure we can go with Non-Fiction zombie work. Sorry

From Post 560

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.8 Periodic Table (Owlette's Task)

RB = Rubidium (atomic number 37)

The Halloween Tree (1972) by Ray Bradbury (Hardcover, 145 pages)
Lexile 800L
Review:Ray Bra..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 571

Mary wrote: "15.7 PnM2 Round 2

E4. Title has a non-generic sub-title

[book:Leading With Emotional Courage: How to Have Hard Conversations, Create Accountability, And Inspire Action On Your Most Important Work..."

Mary, you have already claimed this book in post 534. Would you rather use it for PnM2?