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

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

From Post 589

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.9 Science! (Mary's Task)
Read a book classified as science or mathematics by any library.

[book:Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinar..."

+10 Combo 10.7, 10.8

From Post 596

Beth wrote: "20.8 Periodic Table

Gd - Gadolinium element #64

Torn from the Sun by Gregory Donovan

+20 task
+10 not-a-novel (poetry)
+5 combo (10.7 e o y a)

Task total: 35
Gr..."

+5 Combo 20.4

Mary wrote: "PnM2. E5

Will « ha » count as a repeated word?

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

(Still trying to figure out where to put this)"

Yes. I will accept that.

Ann wrote: "I’m a few chapters into Into the Drowning Deep . . . Disaster at sea and resulting adventure is the theme,"

Sounds like it fits.

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "If I add more points to my total in November what would they count towards? I at first thought we were cutting everything off at Nov. 1st, but I see from some of the posts the Fall Challenge doesn'..."

I am working on finalizing the scores for rewards. The month of November is for bragging rights. We will continue to tabulate, but in a few days I will contact the highest scorers and the most strategic reader through post 625 to get their input for the winter challenge.

Coralie wrote: "I am reading Children of Ruin which is set in the far future. It alternates between "the past" and "the present".
In "the past" there was a disaster and two of the space vessels cra..."

I will take it. It sounds close enough.

From Post 447

Penny wrote: " 20.5 Non Linear

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
+20 Task

Task Total = 20
Season Total = 150"

+5 Jumbo

From Post 431

Ed wrote: "10.9 Science! (Mary's Task)
(Set almost exclusively in Cameroon)

A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell

I've watched a few of the PBS episodes of The Durrells and enjoy..."

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 411

June wrote: "20.4- Boomer

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

Task: 20
Combo: 10 ( 10.7- UIAE, 20.5)
Not a novel: 10
Oldies: 5- first published in 1991

Post to..."

Sorry, June, I show this as a novel, so it does not work for Not a Novel points.

From Post 273

Lynn wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Thank you Tien for choosing this book. I have had Interview with the Vampire in my Kindle library..."

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 94

Beth wrote: "10.10

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

I read this book around when the movie came out, at the end of high school/beginning of college, although it was only a f..."

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 383

Rebekah wrote: "20.3 Author
Drood by Dan Simmons

+20 -Task
+15 - Combo (10.8, 20.4- 1948 on Goodreads Page, 20.8 - Darmstadtium )

Task total - 35 pts
Season Total - 280 pts"

+10 Jumbo

From Post 360

Karen Michele wrote: "20.6 Monster Redux

The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood

+20 Task
+10 Oldies (1906)

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 570"

+10 Not a Novel

From Post 193

Anika wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

I didn’t know a thing about this book before picking it up...that is one of my favorite things to do and I don’t..."

+5 Combo 10.6 (recently moved up on the list)

From post 370

Penny wrote: " 15.3 PnM2

E.3 Title is a Full Sentence

The First Time Lauren Pailing Diedby Alyson Rudd

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 130"

Sorry, Penny, this title is not a full sentence (died is not being used as a verb here). I have scored this as 20.8 with combos for 20.4 and 10.7 for now. Let me know if you would like to use it differently.

From Post 346

Norma wrote: "10.7 - A, E, I, O, U Sometimes Y

Yesterday's Tears by Jane O'Brien

+10 task

Task total: 10
Grand total: 50"

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 340

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

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (1961) 144 pages, by Ernest Hemingway

10 points task
5 Oldie
10 points not a novel
10 points re..."

This works for +10 Oldies

From Post 316

Rachelccameron wrote: "20. 8 Periodic Table

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Well, I found this all super interesting and really enjoyed it. Gladwell is falling under some..."

+5 Combo 10.1

From Post 312

Tien wrote: "20.7 Spec Fic
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past #3) by Liu Cixin
34 users

+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.4 - 1963; 20.8 - CL for Chlorine)
+5 Jumbo (604 pages)

Pos..."

Sorry, this does not work for 20.8, published initials must appear in order to the matching element.

From Post 289

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.5 Non-Linear
Read a book with a non-linear narrative.

Lost Children Archive (2019) by Valeria Luiselli (Hardcover, 385 pages)

+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.7(a..."

While this does not work for 20.8 (initials in reverse order), it does work for 20.1. No change in points.