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

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

Mary wrote: "Great Challenge!

One question...the Finisher bonus of 150 points is earned by reading books with awards from 10 countries. If you completed AbC twice (20 books), would you be eligible for a second..."

The finisher bonuses are based on unique countries. So, in your example, the first group would earn a 150 point bonus, the second a 50 point bonus.

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While not required, please feel free to post your Awards by Challenge reading plans in this thread.

Please post questions about our Awards by Country sub-challenge in this thread.

Awards by Country

For this challenge you will read 10 award winning books and/or books by award winning authors. To select your books you will look at awards presented by organizations based in different countries. You must choose 10 different awards. You can use a presenting country no more than twice. Authors may be repeated.

Rather than the country of the author or the setting of the book, you will select your reads according to the country of the award presenters. For example, the Man Booker Prize is a UK award, the Nobel Prize is a Swedish award, the Aurealis Award is an Australian award, etc.. When the award is given to an author for a body of work, you may read any book by that author. When the award is given for a specific title, you will read that title.

For this challenge, the award does not have to be on the Goodreads book page, but it must be listed either there or on one of the Wikipedia linked pages (see below).

Wiki List of Awards by Country

Books may be read in any order.

Notes:

1. If a Collection or Anthology has won an award only for an included short story, it will not qualify for Awards by Country.

2. This challenge can be repeated once, but no presenting country can be used more than twice throughout the season. Scoring will be based on number of unique presenting countries used.

3. If you are unsure about the presenting country of any award, please ask in the Questions thread.

Scoring:
15.1-15.4: 15
15.5-15.7: 20
15.8-15.9: 30
15.10: 40

Finisher Bonuses
Awards from 5-6 countries: 50 point bonus
7-9 countries: 100 point bonus
10 countries: 150 point bonus

A few reminders:

I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for Awards by Country (nor do the Awards by Country 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.

Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "10.8 New Authors
Wondrous Tales of Montenegro by Dijana Dimitrovska

Task - 10 pts
Season Total - 715 pts"

Kate, I noticed I had my score 10 point..."

I added this book when it was first claimed as 10.8. If we are still off by 10 points, I can dig a little deeper. If you used my previous Readerboard score as your base, then this was already included.

From Post 700

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.2 T. Coraghessan Boyle
Read any book by an author found on the list of Iowa Writer's Workshop People.

Mermaids on the Moon (2002) by Elizabeth Stuckey-French ..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From Post 697

Rosemary wrote: "20.1 Winter Birthdays

Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham

+20 Task (on the list)
+10 Combo (10.3 1928, 10.9 MS)
+10 Aged

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 695"

+10 Canon

From Post 676

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.9 State Your Name (Anika's Task)
Read a book by an author whose initials in any order can be either the two-letter postal abbreviation for a U.S. State/Territory or Canadian Province.

IL =..."

+5 Combo 10.8

From post 671

Valerie wrote: "20.6 Edith Wharton

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

20 task
5 prize
10 combo 10.3, 20.1
_____
35

Running total: 620"

+10 Canon

From Post 660

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.7 Conjunctions (Beth's Task)
Pick a book with a title including a coordinating conjunctions. The coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

[book:Better Homes and Corp..."

+5 Combo 10.4

From Post 659

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.2 Goodreads Authorized
Read a book written by a goodreads author.

Ghost Wall (2018) by Sarah Moss (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 144 pages)

+10 Task

Task ..."

+5 Combo 10.9 (MS)

From Post 657

Kazen wrote: "10.9 - State Your Name

Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh

+10 task
+5 combo (10.2)
+5 prizeworthy

Task total: 20 points
Grand total: 165 points"

+5 Prize (for a total of 10 Prize)

From Post 649

Tien wrote: "20.7 Charles Darwin
The Dig Tree: The Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Frontier

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.8; 10.9 - MS for Mississippi; 20.10 - 4.1..."

+5 Combo 10.7

From Post 562

Rosemary wrote: "10.7 Conjunctions

The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight by Satchin Panda

+10 Task ("and" ..."

+5 Combo 20.10

From Post 555

Connie wrote: "10.2 Goodreads Author

The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

+10 task
+5 combo 10.8-New author

Task total: 15
Season total: 380"

+5 Combo 10.9

From Post 553

Megan wrote: "20.9 Long Nights, Long Books (Kate S's Task)

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter by Kia Corthron

+20 Task -- 800 pages
+15 Combo (10.4, 10.8, 20.10)
+5 Prizeworthy
+..."

+5 Combo 20.8

From Post 506

Karen Michele wrote: "10.4 New Year's Day

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

+10 Task
+15 Combo: 10.2 Goodreads Authorized / 10.8 New Authors / 20.6 Edith Wharton

Ta..."

+5 Combo 10.9 (RI)

From Post 505

Penny wrote: " 20.5 Nevil Shute

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Goodreads Author)

Post Total = 25
Season Total = 140"

+5 Jumbo (501 pages in MPE)

From Post 492

Deedee wrote: "Task 20.5 Nevil Shute
Read a book shelved at least 600 times as historical fiction.

Pre-approved in the Help Thread. Thanks, Elizabeth (Alaska)!

Memoirs of Hadrian (1951) by [author:..."

+10 Canon