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

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

From Post 685

Rebekah wrote: "20.7 Ambassador
The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales by Bessie Head

+20 pts -Task
+10 pts - Combo
+10 pts - Female Author
+ 5 pts - Multiple

Ta..."

This should have +15 Combo 10.2, 10.8R, and 10.9. Not sure which ones you were claiming, but you should have one more.

From Post 683

itpdx wrote: "10.5 Inferno

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris

+10 task
+5 combo (10.9)
+10 female
+5 multiple
Task t..."

+5 Combo 20.9

Anika wrote: "Anika wrote: "10.6 Cloud Atlas

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

+10 Task ("Moon")
+15 Combo (10.5--pub. 2017;..."

It's not a problem, but can I get a post number of the original post, please?

Tien wrote: "I assume we can do reverse chronologically?

1916-1920
1911-1915
1906-1910
1901-1905"

Yes.

1981-1985 Amy Sackville 1981
1976-1980 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1977
1971-1975 Zadie Smith 1975 or Nicole Krauss 1974
1966-1970 David Mitchell >1969 or Emma Donoghue 1969
1961-1965 Sebastian Junger 1962 or Chang-rae Lee 1965
1956-1960 Robert Harris 1957
1951-1955 Roberto Bolaño 1953 or Hilary Mantel 1952
1946-1950 Stephen King 1947 or T.C. Boyle 1948 or Susanna Kaysen 1948
1941-1945 Pat Conroy 1945
1936-1940 Thomas Pynchon 1937

While not required, many find it helpful to have a place to plan. Please feel free to plan your AbBY reading list here.

Please post general questions regarding our sub-challenge, Authors by Birth Year, in this thread.

Please post links providing birth year information in this thread.

Here is a list of authors to help you get started. An exact birth year is required for Authors by Birth Year. Calculated dates (age at college commencement for example) will not be accepted. If your author is not on this list and the birth year is not readily available - GR profile, Wikipedia, BPL - please provide a link in the appropriate thread.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

How to Play Authors by Birth Year (AbBY):
Read books by 10 different authors who were born in 10 different date ranges. Readers will select a 5-year date range. The beginning date is chosen by the reader, and will continue the progression of author births that fall into the 5-year ranges based on that beginning range.

1901-1905, Erskine Caldwell 1903
1906-1910, Jim Thompson 1906
1911-1915, SKIPPED
1916-1920, Iris Murdoch 1919
etc.

Note that the birth year may fall anywhere within the range.

One segment of the range sequence may be skipped, but it must be a full range to be skipped. In the above example, the entire 1911-1916 range was skipped.

AbBY may be repeated once; but there can be no overlap in the date ranges.

Scoring:
For reading in any order
15.1-15.5 15 points
15.6-15.10 25 points
Finisher Bonus: 50 points

For reading in chronological order:
15.1 15 points
15.2-15.4 20 points
15.5-15.7 30 points
15.8-15.9 45 points
15.10 60 points
Finisher bonus: 100 points

A Few Reminders:

I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for AbBY (nor do the AbBY tasks count as combo style points for Reading with Style's 10 and 20 point tasks).

II. All books read for this sub-challenge must be at least 100 pages, based on the most popular English-language print edition.

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.

Owlette wrote: "I am reading Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship by Gregory Boyle for the Gold Coast task and I think it may fit for 20.9. It is not a biography or ..."

I will take it.

From Post 672

Tien wrote: "30.1 Island Hopping
Real Crime Island Time: The Dark Side of Rarotonga's Cook Islands Paradise
setting: Cook Islands

+30 Task
+5 Multiple

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 925"

This looks like a good fit for 20.9, +5 Combo

From Post 670

Karen Michele wrote: "20.9 Tom Wolfe (Kate S's Task)

Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King

+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.6 Cloud A..."

+5 Combo 10.5

From post 667

Karen Michele wrote: "10.5 Inferno

Need to Know by Karen Cleveland

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Female

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1285"

+5 Combo 20.4

From Post 664

June wrote: "15.4- Listopia Tag

Shadows in Bronze by Lindsey Davis
This is #33 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Tag: ancient-history

Task:..."

Sorry, June, listopia tasks (the 15-pointers) are not eligible for the female author bonus this season.

Anika wrote: "Kidding! Just realized I actually wanted to claim this one for 20.5! Please swap it for me on the official spreadsheet. Sorry and thank you."

Swapped.

From Post 633

Karen Michele wrote: "10.5 Inferno

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Female

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1205"

+5 Combo 20.4

Beth wrote: "Hi Kate - the readerboard said it's through post 642 but it seems to be missing my entry on post 641.... Thanks, Beth"

That was a typo, the readerboard is updated through post 628.

Top Scoring Books

60 Points in PostNbr 591 - Ice by Ulla-Lena Lundberg - 30.01 ( Combo 15, Female, Multiple )

60 Points in PostNbr 662 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - 20.04 ( Combo 05, Female, Jumbo 25 )

60 Points in PostNbr 835 - Balibo by Jill Jolliffe - 30.01 ( Combo 15, Female, Multiple )

60 Points in PostNbr 841 - Island in the Clouds by Susan M. Toy - 30.01 ( Combo 15, Female, Multiple )

55 Points in PostNbr 406 - The Reef by Nora Roberts - 30.01 ( Combo 15, Female )

55 Points in PostNbr 595 - Born in the Briar Patch by Bev Clarke - 30.01 ( Combo 10, Female, Multiple )

55 Points in PostNbr 793 - The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt - 20.06 ( Combo 15, Female, Jumbo 05, Multiple )

50 Points in PostNbr 97 - Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks - 20.05 ( Combo 20, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 197 - Little Liar by Clare Boyd - 20.04 ( Combo 20, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 240 - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - 20.06 ( Combo 20, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 247 - Maru by Bessie Head - 20.08 ( Combo 20, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 293 - The Bit In Between by Claire Varley - 30.01 ( Combo 10, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 322 - Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold - 20.06 ( Combo 15, Female, Multiple )

50 Points in PostNbr 366 - Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - 20.08 ( Canon, Combo 10, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 374 - The Painter's Apprentice by Charlotte Betts - 20.10 ( Combo 20, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 376 - Night Diver by Elizabeth Lowell - 30.01 ( Combo 10, Female )

50 Points in PostNbr 487 - The Surrogate's Unexpected Miracle by Alison Roberts - 20.06 ( Combo 15, Female, Multiple )

50 Points in PostNbr 493 - Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold - 20.06 ( Combo 15, Female, Multiple )

50 Points in PostNbr 540 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - 10.04 ( Combo 05, Female, Jumbo 25 )

50 Points in PostNbr 685 - The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales by Bessie Head - 20.07 ( Combo 15, Female, Multiple )

From Post 628

Ann wrote: "15.4 Listopia tag

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Tag: Gothic
#33 on this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

+1..."

I am sorry, Ann, I show the MPE with page count of 466.