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

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

Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250 ratings

You can read these books in any order.

Ratings Game may be completed twice, but you must finish your first round before claiming any books in your second round.

Scoring

15.1 - 15.5 = 15 points
15.6 - 15.8 = 20 points
15.9 - 15.10 = 30 points

Finisher: 100 points

Bonuses
Big (over 500 pages): 5 points
Non-Fiction: 5 points
Old (originally published before 1995): 5 points

A few reminders:

I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for Ratings Game (nor do the Ratings Game 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 800 are not allowed.

From Post 566

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.3 Scrabble
In honor of National Scrabble Day on April 13th, read a book with a 7-letter word in the title.

EXP LAI N

Men Explain Things to Me (2014) by [author:Rebecca So..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 545

Joanna wrote: "10.3 Scrabble

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
1000 lexile

I read this three years ago with my older child and enjoyed sharing this classic with him. Now, I reread i..."

+5 Combo 20.7

From Post 488

Joanna wrote: "10.6 Public Domain

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

I've heard so many of the lines from this as quotes before without knowing the origin. I was not in a contemplative en..."

+5 Combo 20.7

From Post 483

itpdx wrote: "10.8 Megafinish

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

I like books that look at something differently from the commonly accepted point of view..."

+10 LiT

From Post 482

Anika wrote: "20.8 Poetry

The Romantic Dogs by Roberto Bolaño

I was reminded it is National Poetry Month here in the U.S. when I went to pick up some holds from the library and sa..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 481

Mary wrote: "10.10 Groupreads

Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

This book is told from multiple perspectives with the main character being a woman (Claudia) on her deathbed. The contra..."

+5 Combo 20.5

From Post 459

Lalitha wrote: "20.10 Asia (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

I frankly expected a lot more from this book after reading the rave reviews that the book has garner..."

Sorry, Lalitha, the MPE of this title has only 489 pages, not enough for Jumbo.

ETA: but it does qualify for 10.5, so +5 Combo (no change in score)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "15.10 AbC

+150 Completion bonus - 10 countries"

Congratulations! Well done, Elizabeth!

From Post 420

Valerie wrote: "10.4 Animal

The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley

The back cover describes it as ‘part ghost story, part romance’, which does sum it up. I bought this at one of the..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 415

itpdx wrote: "20.10 Asia
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos

Osnos developed an interesting way to share his insights into China. ..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 410April wrote: "10.6 Public Domain


The Girl from Hollywood by Edgar Rice Burroughs

+10 Task"

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 403

Lalitha wrote: "20.3 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh

Review:
In a letter to his mother, van Gogh writes "For me, life may well ..."

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 435

Beth wrote: "665 870

10.2 Decade

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Lexile 870

I am not quite sure how this one passed the Lexile, because it was easy to read and diges..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 410

April wrote: "10.6 Public Domain


The Girl from Hollywood by Edgar Rice Burroughs

+10 Task"

+10 Oldies

From Post 403

Lalitha wrote: "20.3 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh

Review:
In a letter to his mother, van Gogh writes "For me, life may well ..."

+10 Oldies

From Post 397

Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 Public Domain

The Spider's Web by Joseph Roth

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 Megafinish
+10 LiT
+10 Oldies-76 to 150 years old: 10 points (1869-1943)

Task Total: 35
S..."

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 396

Lynn wrote: "10.2 Decade (1390) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translator Simon Armitage

10 task
10 review
25 Oldie
10 Combos 10.3, 10.8

Task 50
Season Total 545

I like reading Arthurian lege..."

I don't see a 7-letter word in this title. Did you mean to claim points for a different combo?

From Post 385

Joanna wrote: "20.9 True Crime

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by [author:Richard Lloyd Parry|1..."

+5 Combo 10.3

From Post 357

Anika wrote: "20.8 Poetry

The Rebel's Silhouette: Selected Poems by Faiz Ahmad Faiz

I was at the library, looking for a specific volume of poetry that I wanted for this task (a co..."

+5 Combo 20.10