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

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

From Post 200

Karen Michele wrote: "20.3 Gold Coast

Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier

+20 Task: low lexile

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 525"

Not Low Lexile (per Elizabeth's message 225), so +5 Multiple.

From Post 122

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.9 EmilyvBronte
The Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand

Task +10
Female author +10
Grand Total 50"

As we scored your book in post 34 for 10.9 also, this one qualifies for multiple, so +5.

From Post 388

Ann wrote: "20.5 Nemisis

Parasite by Mira Grant

+20 task
+10 female
Task total = 30
Grand total = 470"

+5 Jumbo

From Post 366

Owlette wrote: "20.8 Summer Nights (Karin's Task)

Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

+20 Task (approved in message 59 of task thread)
+10 Combo 10.6 (Heat), 10.9
+10 Female Author..."

+10 Canon

Karen Michele wrote: "Season Total: 905 (I think)"

I actually show you at 730 after post 343.

From Post 333

June wrote: "10.3 - Awards

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
L.A. Times Young Adult Literature winner in 2016
Lexile score 860

Task - 10
Season total 160"

+5 Combo 10.7

From Post 331

Rosemary wrote: "20.7 Summer Nights

Group Portrait with Lady by Heinrich Böll

+20 Task (approved)
+ 5 Combo (10.7 416 pages)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 405"

+5 Combo 10.9

From Post 333

June wrote: "10.3 - Awards

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
L.A. Times Young Adult Literature winner in 2016
Lexile score 860

Task - 10
Season total 160"

+10 Female author

From Post 341

Heather wrote: "15.5 - listopia tag

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

#175 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6......"

+5 not-a-novel

From Post 305

Valerie wrote: "20.7 Ambassador

Finding Gobi: The true story of a little dog and an incredible journey by Dion Leonard

(Leonard was born in Australia)

20 task
____
20

Running ..."

+5 Combo 10.5

From Post 247

Rebekah wrote: "20.8 Summer Nights
Maru by Bessie Head pub 1971
A village chief falls in love with and works to marry a woman from a tribe considered untouchable, “ lower than a diseas..."

We can see that Maru meaning clouds may fit the spirit of the task, but we would prefer to stick to the English language words on the list for this task.

From Post 288

Deedee wrote: "Task 10.7 Not Quite Jumbo (Coralie's Task)
Read a book that has between 400 and 499 pages.

Time Shards (Time Shards #1) (2018) by Dana Fredsti (Goodreads Author) ..."

For our purposes, we only use the first listed author on GoodReads, so +10 for Female Author.

Deedee wrote: "I'm not sure I completely understand what fits & what doesn't fit this task. The two non-fiction books I'm considering are:
[book:Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of..."

Both of these titles appear to fit the bill.

Jane CK wrote: "Oh no! You're right! Thanks for the heads up. But you should seriously think about anyway - I just got the hardback book, and it's lovely!
Maybe then (continuing a theme!) The Anthropology of Turqu..."

Welcome! And yes, this will fit for this task.

Rosemary wrote: "What about travel writing? The kind that forms a narrative of the person's experiences in a place? I am thinking of The Silent Traveller in Oxford

The great thing about this season ..."

This looks like it will fit.

Valerie wrote: "I misunderstood either the task or the definition of creative nonfiction (!) as it pertains to Dandelion Wine.

I see that I found this book on the list shared in post 8, it is #3 on ..."

After some discussion, we have decided to accept this book for this task. Thank you for your patience.

From Post 275

Karen Michele wrote: "20.6 Winter's Tale

The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

+20 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Jumbo

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 680"

+5 Combo 10.9

Ed wrote: "Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story by Christina Thompson ?"

On first glance, this looked like a memoir. However, after reading a couple of reviews, it looks like there is less memoir and more generally informative. I will take it.

Beth wrote: "I am intending to post An Ocean Of Air: A Natural History Of The Atmosphere for this task. It is science and I am learning things but it is more a chain of small historical stories a..."

Looks good, I will take it.

itpdx wrote: "I have already posted Chosen Country by James Pogue for 10.5 and can’t decide whether it qualifies for this combo. It is not academic, or journalistic but has some ..."

With this endorsement, I will accept this book: "In a raw and restless narrative that roams the same wild terrain as his literary forebears Edward Abbey and Hunter S. Thompson". You are good to go with this one for 20.9.