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

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

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

20.4 Boomer

Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years by Brian Boyd

insert 100+ word review here

+20 Task (born 1952)
+ 5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Not a Novel
+10 Review
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1990)
+ 5 Jumbo (619 pgs)

Task total = 55

Task Total: 55
Season Total: 500 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 445)

Bea wrote: "So would the nonfiction story of a sunken U-boat and the efforts to identify it and dive on it be in spirit? Shadow Divers"

Yes!

Jennifer wrote: "valerie -- i had the same question about sea wrecks vs. space wrecks. thank you for asking.

kate or elizabeth: does the wreck involved have to result in survivors on land somewhere? a lot of the s..."

No, survivors is not a requirement.

Katy wrote: "Does it need to be a shipwreck of natural causes? Like, would the Lusitania work?"

The Lusitania will work.

I don't think The Martian works. He is left behind, not a survivor of a space ship wreck. Different type of story line.

Valerie wrote: "Just to be absolutely clear - are you specifically (and only) referring to water-borne vessels that ran afoul on a body of water (in other words not a space ship)?"

I am not always hard and fast with my tasks. I could be convinced a space-ship wreck could work. There are elements that can easily carry over. As much as I think of water-borne vessels and the Earthly elements that destroy them, others may see the adventure in a space-borne vessel. Not keen on Area 51 conspiracy type books here, but give me a good space crash with survivors hoping for rescue (or starting over) and I could see that working.

Thank you for those links, Tien! Hope everyone can find a book or two to fit their tastes.

Rosemary wrote: "Lord Jim?"

While not exactly what I had in mind, the disaster at sea is certainly important to this narrative. I will accept it.

Read any of the top 200 from the list Most Difficult Novels.

Please use this thread to discuss task 20.10.

Read a book about a shipwreck. The wreck should be a major part of the story, not a minor detail of afterthought.

Ask away!

Germany's invasion of Poland on Sept 1, 1939 was the opening salvo for WWII.

Read one of the top 150 World War II Fiction or one of the top 100 Best World War II History (non fiction)

Please post any questions about task 10.6 in this thread.

In honor of Banned Book Week (Sep 22-28), read one of the top 250 from the list Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books.

While there are many lists and far too many books being banned, we are using the titles on this list this year for this task. We reserve the right to use different lists in future years. :)

Please post any questions about task 10.5 in this thread.

Read a book that would have qualified for a task from last season. This task cannot be used for combo points. You may use this task only once.

Please post any questions about task 10.4 in this thread.

In honor of André Gide's 150th birthday, read a book whose title is "The ______" no subtitles on this one.

Please post any questions about task 10.3 in this thread.

Read a book shelved at least 15 times as Books about Books.

Please post questions or suggestions for task 10.2 in this thread.

Read a book that one of our members read for a sub-challenge within the last year (Fall 2018-Summer 2019).

A list will be available for this task sometime after the end of the Summer Challenge.

Please feel free to explore previous claims at your leisure found in the group discussion threads.

From Post 1028

Norma wrote: "20.6 - Characters

Worthy Brown's Daughter by Phillip Margolin

+20 task
+5 multiple

Task total: 25
Grand total: 1275"

+5 Combo 10.3 10.2

From Post 1008

June wrote: "10.1- Design Your Own Task
Read a book planned from a previous season challenge
Fall 2018- 9,10,11

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Task : 10
Oldies: Fir..."

+5 Combo 20.1

From Post 975

Rachel wrote: " 10.1 Choose Your Own Task

My task is to read a book I've owned for over a year.

Edwin: High King of Britain by Edoardo Albert

(purchased April 2018)

+10 Task
+..."

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 971

Denise wrote: "10.9 All Star Reads

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.3)

Task total=15
Grand total=1470"

+5 Combo 20.6