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

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

Tien wrote: "I do believe this book fits the task:

Tobruk by Peter FitzSimons?"

I believe so as well! Enjoy.

From post 175

Ed wrote: "20.7 Ambassador
In a German Pension: 13 Stories by Katherine Mansfield

task=20
female author=10
task total=30
grand total=115"

+10 Canon

From Post 139

Karen Michele wrote: "10.8K Big City, Small Country (Karen Michele's Task)

The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 July
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 20
Season Tot..."

+5 Combo 20.9

Rebekah wrote: "Do biographies count?"

Some biographies will work for this task. As long as they are more entertaining and not overly academic, and written by a 3rd party (no memoirs or autobiographies), they should work.

Updated Through Post 901

Rebekah - 1995*^&
Karen Michele - 1785*^&
Tien - 1785*^&
Anika - 1335*^&
Coralie - 1335*
Megan - 1330*^&
Ed - 1320*^&
Ann - 1205*^&
Rosemary - 1195*^&
Valerie - 1120*^&
Beth - 870^
Connie - 780*
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 720*
Owlette - 645*
Norma - 575
June - 540
Kazen - 505
Lagullande - 505*
itpdx - 495*
Deedee - 430
Lalitha - 355
Rachelccameron - 275
Karin - 260
Heather - 255
Don (The Book Guy) - 200
Jayme (the ghost reader) - 185
Sam - 185
Sarah - 155
Katlin - 140
Cory Day - 130
Marie - 105
Bryony - 55
Katy - 55
Gabriel - 45
Jenifer - 15

*=Listopia Tag Finish
^=RwS Finish
&=Mega Finish

Group Read Leaders*

Lalitha 4/10 (40.0%)
Owlette 3/10 (30.0%)
Ed 6/24 (25.0%)
Karen Michele 7/44 (15.9%)
Elizabeth (Alaska) 1/15 (6.7%)
Connie 1/20 (5.0%)

*The Fall 2018 "group reads" books will be chosen by a combination of moderators, mega-finishers, and members that read at least 5 books and earn the highest percentage of Canon points in the Summer 2018 Challenge.

Readerboard for the Summer 2018 Reading with Style Challenge!

(Please post your points for completed tasks in the Completed Tasks topic. This Readerboard folder shows the current point standings of the challenge participants who have posted points. It's generally updated every week or so.)

Note: Please post your points frequently. Players who post many completed tasks the last week of the challenge may not have all their points tallied for inclusion on the Readerboard.

Happy reading!

From Post 116

Tien wrote: "10.9 Emily Bronte (Rosemary's Task)
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson
B & E found in Brendon sandErson

+10 Task
+25 Jumbo (1,243 pages)

P..."

+5 Combo 10.5

This list is now complete. Enjoy!

From Post 86

Megan wrote: "20.5 Nemesis

The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History by Molly Caldwell Crosby

+20 Task -- yellow fever epidemic
+5 ..."

+5 Combo 10.9

From Post 97

Rebekah wrote: "20.5 Nemesis
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

+20 - Task
+25 - Combo (10.4, 10.9, 20.4, 20.7, 20.8)
+10 - Female Author

Task Total - 55 pts
Season total - 105 pts"

This book does not appear to be set in or published in the 1970s. I don't think it works for 20.8.

From Post 66

Rebekah wrote: "30.1 Island hoping
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves

+30 pts - Task (Maldives)
+10 pts - Combo (20.4,20.8 [spoilers removed]
+10 pts - Female Author

Task tota..."

Is this book set during the 1970s?

Ann wrote: "Would this fit? I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara"

Yes.

Rebekah wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Want to check on these
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine

What about [book:Haunted Too: Incredible True Stories of Ghostly Encounters by [auth..."

I think this will work.

Rebekah wrote: "Non- fiction that’s fun to read but not autobiography or memoir. I think."

That's a fair way to look at this task.

Rebekah wrote: "Want to check on these
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
[book:Freedom Sailors: The Maiden Voyage of the Free Gaza movement and how we succeeded in spite of..."

Yes
No-appears to be a memoir
Yes
No-see above
Yes
Yes
Yes
Maybe-this appears to be more scholarly than creative
Yes
Yes? it may be too much of a memoir, but if you're reading it anyway, I will trust your judgement
No-memoir
Yes
No-memoir
Yes

Owlette wrote: "I am confused about the edition requirement. I finished A Family Affair by Rex Stout and it is on several qualifying lists. However, I read the library's edition which ..."

You can. The edition rule is intended to open additional lists to readers, not further limit options.

Kätlin wrote: "Would most books by Mary Roach work then? I have previously read and enjoyed Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and have been meaning to take up all the other won..."

Yes.

From Post 32

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.9 Emily Bronte

Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett.

+10 Task BarrEtt
+10 Multiple
+10 Female author

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 70"

FYI: Multiple is only 5 points

From Post 44

Karen Michele wrote: "10.9 Emily Bronte (Rosemary's Task)

Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw

+10 Task

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 75"


+10 Canon

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