Tobey’s Comments (group member since Nov 02, 2010)

Tobey’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Spring Cleaning

15.1 Mystery/Thriller - Echo Burning by Lee Child

+15 Task

Task Total=15
Grand Total=115

Task 10.9 - Pi Day The Prince and the Pilgrim by Mary Stewart

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 Alliteration)
+5 Series (Arthurian Saga #5)

Task Total=20
Grand Total=100

Happy Pi Day! I hope to finish my Pi task book today in honor of it! :-)

Task 10.2 Women's History Month - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

+10 Task
+10 Canon
+10 Oldies (originally published in 1868)
+5 Series (Little Women #1)
+5 Jumbo (my edition had 537 pgs)

Task Total=40
Grand Total=80

Cait wrote: "Task 10.1 (pick your favorite task from last challenge) says that it can be completed only once, but it doesn't mention anything about combo points. Probably not allowed though, right?"

Good question. I did this task but posted combo points as it never occurred to me whether I could use them or not so maybe I need to change my score.

RwS

Task 20.10 Potent Potables - Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

+20 Task

Task Total=20
Grand Total=40

For Sam's task, I'm using Mini Shopaholic. I can't seem to fit it into any category hence why its been sitting on my TBR for so long and with M,S,S,K, there are no words to be formed from those letters.

I'm actually kind of bummed that we can't repeat the Scrabble task. I've found a few books that I can use to make words out of and can't decide which one to use for it.

Working in an academic library is really going to pay off for this challenge! Do we got books here or what? Poe, Shakespeare, Wharton, Alcott...oh the possibilities. I haven't read poetry in years but looks like I'm going to now, thank you RwS!!!

For 10.6 Lab Lit, will Prodigal Son by Koontz work?

RwS

Task 10.1 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Winter Task 20.8)

+10 Task (Lexile 740L)
+ 5 Series (Time #1)
+ 5 Oldies (published 1962)

Task Total=20
Grand Total=20

I think I'll try Living Dead in Dallas.

BtE - L&S Traveller

Uh oh, looks like my passport has expired and this'll be my last stop!

Task 15.5 (Destination #5 - France) Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

+15 Task
+10 Style

Task Total=25
Grand Total=340

I will spread more love for Sam's task. I might read Mini Shopaholic for it since I can't seem to make it fit elsewhere!

And I'm almost finished my France stop and if I finish that tonight...well I'm not sure what I'll so for tomorrow since I won't get through another book by the end of the day tomorrow. Oh the dilemma!

RwS

Task 20.1 "Not A Creature was stirring..." Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Task +20 (#17 on the list)
Oldies +5 (publ 1949)

Task Total =25
Grand Total=315

Sam, since you approve of The Dresden Files as "supernatural", am I correct in assuming that Simon R Green 's Nightside books would qualify as supernatural as well?

BTW, love the Spring Cleaning sub-challnge!

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

BtE L&S Traveller

Task 15.4 (Destination #4 - Spain) The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Task +15
Style +10

Task Total=25
Grand Total=290

Task 10.6: Noel, Noel - High Noon by Nora Roberts

+10 Task

Task Total=10
Grand Total=265

I live in Winnipeg and while we get tons of snow, we never, ever have snow days! I can recall twice in my life that I didn't go to school or work due to weather.

RwS
Task 10.9- Alphabet Soup: Room by Emma Donoghue

+ 10 Task (E-R)
+ 20 Combo (10.7, 10.6, 20.9 (#35 on list) & 20.3)

Task Total=30
Grand Total=255