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 871

Rebekah - 88.0, for 5 Books
Karin - 84.0, for 5 Books
Owlette - 50.3, for 15 Books
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 44.8, for 28 Books
Ann - 44.2, for 30 Books
Joanna - 43.0, for 15 Books
Anika - 40.0, for 65 Books
Lagullande - 39.0, for 20 Books
Valerie - 37.4, for 21 Books
Beth - 37.2, for 57 Books
Rosemary - 37.2, for 41 Books
Tien - 37.0, for 35 Books

*Requires a 5 book minimum.

From Post 400

Karen Michele wrote: "20.4 Birdsong

Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden

+20 Task: there is a 10 year gap between part one and part two.
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 9, 10, 11

Ta..."

+5 Combo 20.10

From Post 393

Rosemary wrote: "20.5 Singled Out

After You by Jojo Moyes

Louisa Clark is trying (and at first, failing) to move on in any meaningful way after the events in Me Before You. She giv..."

+5 Prizeworthy

From Post 391

Jenifer wrote: "10.1 Favorite Lists

Along Came a Spider by James Patterson

+10 Task (#60 on Best Crime & Mystery Books; claimed in post 582 of summer season)
+5 Combo w/ 10.2 (start of..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 389

Jenifer wrote: "20.7 A Month in the Country

Attraction by Penny Reid
161 pages

Task total: 20
Season total: 295"

+10 Combo 10.2, 10.9

From Post 384

Beth wrote: "20.10 Vowels

The Tenacious Miss Tamerlane by Kasey Michaels

I was highly amused by this Regency romance which was a bit tongue in cheek about the whole thing while ..."

+5 Oldies

From Post 375

Ed wrote: "20.8 Autumn (Karin's Task)
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

I noticed that four of my RwS friends have reviewed this book....with a range of ratings from 2 to ..."

I have recorded this as 20.6 with three combos: 10.4, 10.5, and 20.7.

From Post 360

Jenifer wrote: "10.3 Real Place

The Little Paris Patisserie by Julie Caplin

Post Total: 10
Total Points: 230"

+10 Combo 10.2, 10.9

From Post 359

Jenifer wrote: "10.2 Next

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith

This is the next book in the Cormorant Strike series

Post Total: 10
Total Points: 220"

+5 Jumbo

From Post 346

Coralie wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

News of the World by Paulette Jiles

+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.4

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 675"

+5 Prizeworthy

From Post 279

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.4 Bookshelves
Read any book off of one of these two groups' bookshelves:
21st Century Literature AND The Next Best Book Club

Book found on bookshelf of The Next Best Book Club

[book:News ..."

+5 Prizeworthy

From Post 330

Rosemary wrote: "10.10 Group Read

History of the Rain by Niall Williams

Set in rural County Clare, Ireland, after the economic collapse of the 2000s, this beautiful story of poetry,..."

+5 Combo 20.6

From Post 318

Jenifer wrote: "10.9 9, 10, 11

In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks

10 letter word in title

Post Total: 10
Season Total: 180"

+5 Combo 10.2

Jenifer wrote: "Will Playing with Fire work? I've just started it and it does seem to take place in both modern times and the years around WWII."

Yes, this looks like it will work. Enjoy!

From Psot 301

Anika wrote: "20.6 The Stone Carvers

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

When we first meet Rosemary Cooke, she is in college. She seems normal, if somewhat..."

+5 Combo 10.4

From Post 294

Karen Michele wrote: "10.8 Cli Fi (Karen Michele's Task)

The End We Start From by Megan Hunter

+10 Task: climate change is not stated, but massive flooding has happened in London caus..."

Sorry, this does not appear to be a female head of household (quite yet) in this story.

From Post 289

Valerie wrote: "20.7 A Month in the country

A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr

I didn’t really know what to expect of this novella (I have to admit the description sounded a bit bori..."

+5 Combo 20.10

From post 239

Rosemary wrote: "20.7 A Month in the Country

Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs

Graphic novel, no styles

+20 Task (104 pp)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 470"

Sorry, Rosemary, as a work of non-fiction this does not work for 20.7.

From Post 231

Tien wrote: "20.5 Singled Out
Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu
YA - 810L

Review
I’m in love!! I love this world so much! It’s glittery colourful shiny façade which hid, of co..."

+5 Combo 10.2

From Post 228

Valerie wrote: "20.1 War's end

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

This is the first ‘Tommy and Tuppence’ novel that Christie wrote, and her second published novel. I’ve always e..."

+5 Combo 10.2