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

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

From Post 376

April wrote: "20.4 Nefertiti


Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles by Margaret George

Task - 20 points
Combo - 10 points (20.2 Rebecca, 10.8 Megafinish)
Jumbo - 15 points (881 pages)..."

+5 Oldies

Valerie wrote: "Kate - I forgot the combo for 10.9 in my post 85 for this book. Could I have that added in please! This will bring my total up to 520. "

Got it. Thank you for including the original post number, saved me a lot of searching! :)

Mary wrote: "I didnt claim review points for this . . ."

Got it.

From Post 338

Connie wrote: "20.2 Rebecca

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

Mrs Palfrey moved into the Claremont Hotel in London after her husband died. A small group of older res..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 315

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.3 Scrabble
Read a book with a 7-letter word in the title.

ELD ERL Y

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good (2018) by Helene Tursten; translated from Swedish by ..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 308

Heather wrote: "10.8 - MEGAFINISH

Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

+10 task

Task total: 10
Grand total: 165"

+5 Combo 20.5

Top Scoring Books

95 Points in PostNbr 733 - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - 20.07 ( Combo 25, Jumbo 20, Lost in Translation, Oldies 10, Review )

85 Points in PostNbr 602 - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 20.07 ( Combo 05, Jumbo 25, Lost in Translation, Oldies 25 )

65 Points in PostNbr 102 - Candide by Voltaire - 20.07 ( Combo 05, Lost in Translation, Oldies 20, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 333 - The Journal of Countess Francoise Krasinska by Klementyna Tanska Hoffmanowa - 20.03 ( Combo 10, Lost in Translation, Oldies 15, Review )

65 Points in PostNbr 815 - Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac - 20.01 ( Combo 10, Lost in Translation, Oldies 15, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 145 - Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar - 20.06 ( Combo 25, Lost in Translation, Oldies 05 )

60 Points in PostNbr 154 - The Fool (Khent) by Raffi - 20.10 ( Combo 10, Lost in Translation, Oldies 10, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 177 - A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll - 20.06 ( Combo 20, Oldies 10, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 224 - Hamlet by William Shakespeare - 20.07 ( Combo 05, Oldies 25, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 277 - Heidi by Johanna Spyri - 20.01 ( Combo 10, Lost in Translation, Oldies 10, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 403 - The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh - 20.03 ( Combo 05, Jumbo 05, Lost in Translation, Oldies 10, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 428 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - 20.06 ( Combo 10, Jumbo 05, Oldies 15, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 460 - Marta Oulie by Sigrid Undset - 20.03 ( Combo 10, Lost in Translation, Oldies 10, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 588 - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - 20.10 ( Combo 10, Lost in Translation, Oldies 10, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 689 - Heidi by Johanna Spyri - 20.01 ( Combo 10, Lost in Translation, Oldies 10, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 793 - The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - 20.06 ( Combo 10, Jumbo 05, Oldies 15, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 800 - Grimm's Fairy Tales (Complete) by Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm - 10.08 ( Jumbo 15, Lost in Translation, Oldies 15, Review )

60 Points in PostNbr 805 - A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll - 20.06 ( Combo 20, Oldies 10, Review )

Most Strategic Reader
Through Post 869

Lynn - 43.3, for 24 Books
Lalitha - 40.8, for 6 Books
Anika - 40.5, for 39 Books
Ed - 38.8, for 30 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 36.7, for 27 Books
Mary - 36.6, for 34 Books
Valerie - 34.8, for 33 Books
Joanna - 34.1, for 28 Books
Don (The Book Guy) - 33.9, for 9 Books
Connie - 33.7, for 28 Books
Katy - 33.1, for 13 Books

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From Post 228

Penny wrote: " 20.3 Ella Minnow Pea

Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar

+20 point task
+10 bonus - 20.4 and 10.9

Task Total = 30
Season Total = 75"

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 215

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.1 Square Peg
Cut to the Quickby Kate Ross
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 20"

+5 Oldies

From Post 203

Tien wrote: "10.6 Public Domain
The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves #2) by P.G. Wodehouse

Review
I'm afraid I'm no big fan of Wooster & Jeeves... In a way, it was a very interesting rela..."

+5 Combo 10.7

From Post 200

Joanna wrote: "10.8 Megafinish

Flashback by Shannon Messenger
Lexile: 830

An enjoyable continuation to this series. Since this is book 7, you have no business jumping into this ..."

+15 Jumbo

From Post 197

Marie wrote: "10.3 Scrabble

La vieille dame qui ne voulait pas mourir avant de l'avoir refait by Margot D. Marguerite

+10 Task

Task total = 10

Points total = 65"

+5 Jumbo

From Post 160

Karen Michele wrote: "10.8 Megafinish (Lagullande's Task via Tien)

The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing

This book was emotional to read. The writing is engaging and the ideas about society’s no..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 105

Shannon wrote: "20.7 Anna Karenina

The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

20 task
10 published 1937

Task points: 30
Season points: 55"

+10 Combo 10.3 and 10.7

From Post 100

Karen Michele wrote: "10.2 Decade

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown

I thoroughly enjoyed this Arthurian Romance! The translation by Simon Armitage made this Middle English poetry ..."

Sorry, this does not qualify for LiT

Playing catch up with my notes a little bit, sorry for my tardiness.

From Post 92

Penny wrote: " 10.4 Name of an Animal

The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

+10 task (Wolf)

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 45"

+10 LiT

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "Kate S wrote: "From Post 39

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.3 Scrabble

Charles Evans Hughes by Merlo J. Pusey, pub. 1951

Charles Evans Hughes is a great example of..."

Got it. Thanks for clarifying.

From Post 65

Rebekah wrote: "20.6 Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

+20 pts - Task
+10 pts Combo (10.8, 20.1)

Task Total - 30 pts
Season Total -55 pts"

+5 Oldies

From Post 55

Marie wrote: "10.4 Animal

The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3)
+10 Lost in Translation (published in finnish)

Task total = 2..."

+5 Combo 20.6