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

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

Most Strategic Reader Through Post 876

Ed - 41.7, for 44 Books
Connie - 38.9, for 28 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 38.5, for 20 Books
Beth - 36.5, for 40 Books
Lynn - 35.5, for 10 Books
Anika - 35.2, for 59 Books
Megan - 34.5, for 21 Books
Rachelccameron - 33.6, for 7 Books
Katy - 33.3, for 9 Books
Valerie - 32.9, for 35 Books

Most Strategic Reader
Through Post 625

Ed - 42.5, for 40 Books
Anika - 40.3, for 37 Books
Beth - 36.4, for 39 Books
Jackie - 36.0, for 5 Books
Rachelccameron - 36.0, for 5 Books
Valerie - 34.8, for 26 Books
Megan - 34.5, for 21 Books
Rebekah - 34.5, for 20 Books
Connie - 34.0, for 20 Books
Katy - 33.6, for 7 Books
Denise - 31.4, for 21 Books

Readerboard Updated Through Post 876

Anika - 2375*^&
Ed - 2135*^&
Karen Michele - 1925*^&
Beth - 1760*^&
Tien - 1760*^&
Coralie - 1315*
Mary - 1240*
Valerie - 1150*
Connie - 1090*
Rebekah - 895*
Rosemary - 890
Norma - 880*
Deedee - 770*
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 770*
Denise - 755
Megan - 725*
Joanna - 645
Ann - 620
June - 575*
Kathleen (itpdx) - 515*
Christine - 380*
Lynn - 355
Penny - 330
Katy - 300
Marie - 265
Jackie - 250
Rachelccameron - 235
Lara - 130
Don (The Book Guy) - 125
Jayme (the ghost reader) - 125
Owlette - 125
Kazen - 80
Rachel - 55


Readerboard
Updated through Post 625

Ed - 2000*^&
Anika - 1790*^&
Beth - 1720*^&
Karen Michele - 1550*^&
Tien - 1255*
Coralie - 1015*
Valerie - 905*
Mary - 840*
Megan - 725*
Rebekah - 690*
Connie - 680
Denise - 660
Rosemary - 595
Norma - 480*
Deedee - 425
Joanna - 350
Ann - 345
Christine - 300*
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 280
Lynn - 250
Katy - 235
Penny - 225
June - 205
Kathleen (itpdx) - 185
Jackie - 180
Rachelccameron - 180
Lara - 130
Owlette - 125
Jayme (the ghost reader) - 100
Marie - 95
Don (The Book Guy) - 90
Kazen - 80
Rachel - 55

*=Pick 'n' Mix 2 Finisher
^=RwS Finisher
&=Mega Finisher

Readerboard for the Fall 2019 Reading with Style Challenge!

(Please post your points for completed tasks in the Completed Tasks topic. This Readerboard folder shows the current point standings of the challenge participants who have posted points. It's generally updated every week or so.)

Note: Please post your points frequently. Players who post many completed tasks the last week of the challenge may not have all their points tallied for inclusion on the Readerboard.

Happy reading!

Tien wrote: "Would Preservation by Jock Serong work for this task?

This review may help:

"In the case of PRESERVATION we have a fictional reworking of a true story - the attem..."

Looks good. Enjoy!

From Post 32

Anika wrote: "10.9 Science!

The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day by James Kakalios

This book takes you through an "average" day (if y..."

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 16

Valerie wrote: "20.10 Difficult

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Oh, RwS…. why do you do this to me?? With this book I am now introduced to another series that I must read! Yes, spoiler ..."

+5 Combo 10.1

From Post 9

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "20.4 Boomer
The Valley of Amazementby Amy Tan
Born in 1952

Task +20
Grand Total: 20"

+5 Jumbo

Rosemary wrote: "Genres to lock in please:

Hostages to Fortune - Literary Fiction

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Nonfiction (shouldn't disappear, but since I'm here...)"

Got them!

This list is now complete!

Rebekah wrote: "So Riverboats would work? What about ships that are assumed wrecked because they were never seen again? Also what about boats that were attacked and people abandoned them but they never actually su..."

Riverboats work
Abandoned ships do not work

The overall idea is the adventure story or the disaster story.

Looking over your list, I think most of them will work. I am not sure about the ghost ships one.

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

What happens in the book happens because of a shipwreck but that the account of the ..."

The shipwreck appears to be an inciting event for this book. I will accept it.

Karen Michele wrote: "Do Titanic stories work even though the shipwreck happens at the end of the book?

Every Man for Himself

Also, I'm reading The Porpoise right now and it is in part a ..."

Yes and yes

This year is the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table of Elements.

Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initial match a chemical symbol in order (e.g., Fe). For this task, authors with only a first and last name would be eligible (as listed on the GR page). Not eligible: authors with a listed middle name, hyphenated name, or listed middle initial(s). Include the chemical name in the post.

Please post any comments or questions about task 20.8 in this thread.

In honor of Marie Curie, the only person to receive a Nobel prize in two different science disciplines (physics and chemistry), read a book classified as science or mathematics by any library. The books in the following classifications qualify: Dewey Decimal class 500-599 or Library of Congress class Q. If your source for the classification is not BPL, please provide a link in your post.

If your chosen book is shelved only in a library that doesn't use either the DDC or LOC system, please post in the help thread with a link, and we will consider your choice.

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

Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle with two consecutive letter Os.

Please post any questions or discussion about task 10.8 in this thread.

Read a book by an author whose name contains four of the six accepted English vowels.

Example: Jane Hamilton would work (four unique vowels: a, e, i, o), while Agatha Christie would not (only containing three unique vowels: a, e, i).


Post any questions or comments about task 10.7 in this thread.

Read one of these books recommended by RwS readers:

Elizabeth (Alaska): The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Kate S: The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Denise: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
Tien: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Rebekah: In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
Karen Michele: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Lynn: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Valerie: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Rosemary: A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Joanna: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Ann: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Coralie: The White Earth by Andrew McGahan
Gabriel: The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Deedee: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
Bea: Scrublands by Chris Hammer
Katy: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Rebekah wrote: "I have a Group Reads Question. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is on our Bookshelf already as a Group Reads book from the Winter 2013 challenge. I know this happened before just last Spring w..."

Historically, we did not allow books to be chosen more than once as a group read. In recent years, we have seen our membership change and make allowances for books to be recycled. I have allowed duplicates when there has been more than 15 seasons since the last use (almost 4 years). We have been doing this for a long time! And frankly, the duplicates I recall coming up (Crime and Punishment, Tess of D'Ubervilles and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) are all not only classics, but the definition of this group. These are the type of books this group was found to encourage.

I do not have a lot of hard and fast rules. I have asked for different recommendations from several people when they recommend a group read that has been used too recently. And, sometimes, if more than one person suggests a book already on our shelf (one repeat a season is enough.)

So, overall, I do not have a strict rule and yes, sometimes duplicates will be allowed. In a group such as this, I hope if you want to include a book, you would ask anyhow. With so many good books out there, we can't be hurt by a reminder of how good some of the old ones are. :)

A1: Ties That Bind by Phillip Margolin
B2: The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
D1: The Shock by Scott Nicholson
D2: Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick
F3: The Stone Raft by José Saramago
F4: The Information by Martin Amis
E3: Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees by Grace Mattioli
E4: House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid
C6: The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
B5: King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

Sample PnM2 Post

15.5 PnM2 B1

Dawson's Fall by Roxana Robinson

+20 Task (pub 2019)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 520 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 500)