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

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

From Post 264

Connie wrote: "20.8 Periodic Table

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

"Escape from Camp 14" is a disturbin..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 258

Coralie wrote: "20.3 Author

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography by Charles Kingsley

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 AEIY)
+15 Oldies (published 1850)

Task Total: 40
Season Tota..."

+10 Not a Novel

From Post 251

Anika wrote: "10.4 Replay (of 20.1 Iris Murdoch, read a book published during Iris Murdoch's lifetime, 1919-1999)

Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II by [author:Svetl..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 227

Beth wrote: "10.4 Replay

Spells of the City ed by Jean Rabe
Meets task 10.7 Summer Shorts

+10 task
+10 not a novel

Task total: 20
Grand total: 540"

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 221

Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 Difficult (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.7 A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y / 20.5 Non-Linear
+10 Oldies (1930)
..."

+5 Combo 10.5

From Post 209

Valerie wrote: "10.6 WWII

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

What a great premise for a book – reliving your life until you ‘got it right’. Everyone else in your life stays the same ..."

+5 Jumbo

From Post 176

Karen Michele wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+ 5 Oldies

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 240"

+5 Combo 10.7

From Post 169

Beth wrote: "10.7 AEIOUY

Unnatural Worlds ed by Dean Wesley Smith

This was a solid book of short stories. One of my faavorites was "Life between dreams" by Devon Monk because of..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 163

June wrote: "10.10- Group Reads
Lynn's pick: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Task: 10
Combo: 5 (10.8)
Oldies: first published in 1943: 10

Post total: 25
Season total: 85"

+5 Combo 10.1

From Post 147

Penny wrote: " 10.7 AEIOU Y

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (I, A, U, E)

+10 Task

Task Total = 10
Season Total = 60"

+5 Combo 20.4

I, too, am hoping someone who has read it will chime in, Deedee. My copy is ready to be picked up on Sunday, so I will know better next week.

From what I have seen, I am expecting it to work here, but am not positive yet.

Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "20.1 Inaugural
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
(2016 winner)

+20 pts -Task
+30 - Combo (10.3, 10.7: 10.10, 20.4 -1962 on GR page, 20.5 - starts in court,..."

Found, should be correct in the next Readerboard update

From Post 119

Beth wrote: "20.8 Elements

Mg - magnesium
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell

I borrowed this book because of the author and..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 100

Tien wrote: "In post 57, I claimed Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón for task 10.7

I would like to move it to task 10.1

+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.7; 20.4 - born 1964)
+10 Review

Post Tota..."

Moved

From Post 99

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.1 Sub-Sandwich
Read a book that one of our members read for a sub-challenge within the last year (Fall 2018-Summer 2019).

Convenience Store Woman (2016) by [author:Sayaka M..."

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 80

Rachelccameron wrote: "20.5 Non Linear

Skitter by Ezekiel Boone

Plot told by multiple characters and narrative, in the style of World War Z.

Review: An excellent sequel to [book:The H..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 70

Ed wrote: "20.7 Spec Fic

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

As many of you know, this genre and similar genres are not my favorites. Yet, this novel engaged me despite..."

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 57

Tien wrote: "10.7 A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y (Anika's Task)
Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
YA with 850L


Review

I loved Zafon's The Cemetary of Forgotten Books series but I must sa..."

+5 Combo 10.1

From Post 48

Ed wrote: "10.8 Double O (Ed's Task)- Note set almost entirely in Chad.

The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary

I had this book set for last season's 50 point task...but left it for l..."

+5 Combo 20.8

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