Kate S’s
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(group member since Sep 13, 2010)
Kate S’s
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From Post 793Bea wrote: "20.6 Dead Souls
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
+20 Task (Ss & Ns)
+25 Jumbo (1007 pages)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 195"
+10 Combo 20.4, 20.9
From Post 792Bea wrote: "20.5 The Queen's Necklace
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
+20 Task (painting)
+5 Combo (20.4)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 150"
+10 Combo 10.7, 10.9
From Post 790Bea wrote: "Karen Michele's Task: Double Trouble
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
+10 Task (Historical & Mystery)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 110"
+5 Combo 20.4
From Post 789Bea wrote: "10.8 Coralie's Task: Double Continent
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
+10 Task (North America & Asia)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 100"
+10 Combo 10.9, 20.4
From Post 788Bea wrote: "10.8 Coralie's Task: Double Continent
The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark
+10 Task (Europe and Asia)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 90"
+10 Combo 10.9, 20.4
From Post 786Bea wrote: "10.7 Anika's Task: Neutral Name
Walking the Trail by Jerry Ellis
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-novel (Non-fiction)
+ 5 Oldie (1991)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 80"
+5 Combo 10.5
From Post 784Bea wrote: "10.6 Justine
Hild by Nicola Griffith
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (546 pages)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 55"
+5 Combo 20.9
From Post 782Bea wrote: "10.3 Series
Fear Death by Water by Kinley Roby
#4 in Harry Brock Mysteries series
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 30"
+5 Combo 10.5
From Post 770Karen Michele wrote: "20.4 Night Watch
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1460"
+5 Combo 10.9
From Post 764Norma wrote: "10.7 - Neutral Name
Hard Fall by J.B. Turner
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 715"
+10 Combo 10.3, 20.6
From Post 759Heather wrote: "10.2- set in Italy
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
+10 task
+5 combo (20.9 - 513 pgs)
+5 jumbo (513pgs)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 810"
+5 Combo 20.4
From Post 751Karin wrote: "20.6 Dead Souls
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
(Shakespeare)
Review
The summary does more than this one will do, but in a nutshell, Helena loves Bert..."
+5 Combo 20.8
From Post 674Coralie wrote: "20.4 Night Watch
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.8 (Africa & Nth America), 10.9 (cultural & Contemporary)
Post Total: 30
Season Total..."
+5 Combo 20.2
From Post 336Karen Michele wrote: "20.5 The Queen's Necklace
The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas
I enjoyed The Queen's Necklace, particularly the second half. I knew it was the secon..."
+5 Combo 20.1
From Post 826Katy wrote: "20.8 Silent Spring
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
My partner was recently in a production of Macbeth locally and I intended to re-read the play before the show. Didn't q..."
We carry an original publication date of 1612 for this play, so 25 oldies instead of 20.
From Post 795Bea wrote: "This is my last book for this season. I am glad that I got more than 200 points, but I am disappointed that I did not read as much as I planned.
20.4 Night Watch
Olive Kitteridge ..."
+10 This qualifies for Not a Novel points.
From Post 743Lagullande wrote: "10.4 Book Riot
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 shelved as Feminism 2,646 times, 20.4 Рассказ Служанки)
+5 Oldies (pub 1..."
Sorry, Lagullande, this book is shelved as YA at the Brooklyn Public Library and has a lexile score under 800. Task, but no styles.
Rosemary wrote: "Would this work? Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic AsylumIt sounds like narrative, in that it "tells the stories of some of the hospital's best-known patients.""
Yes, this appears to fit the bill. Enjoy!
Bea wrote: "(Wondering aloud) Why is it that some tasks just EXCITE me? I have never before heard of Creative Nonfiction, nor would I have thought it would be something I would be excited about as I am not a b..."Thank you, Bea! I am glad you are looking forward to this one. I know I am.
