Connie ’s Comments (group member since Nov 11, 2013)

Connie ’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

I'm having fun planning this challenge, but I'm still tweaking it to add in more plants. This is a great idea for spring, mods!

Plan:

✓ 15.4 Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo
Flowers:
reADINg wiTH patrick a teacher a StUdent and a life changing friendship - DIANTHUS, +5
readinG with pAtRick a teacher a stuDENt and A lIfe changing friendship - GARDENIA, +5
reading with patrick a teacher A student and a Life chAngIng frienDsHip - DAHLIA
Vegetables:
Helena - HEART OF PALM
Arkansas - ARTICHOKE
Herbs: 296 pages
6 - CHIVES
Plants this post: 6
+15 points
+10 flower bonus

✓ 15.7 The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
No flowers
Vegetables:
Italy - ICEBERG LETTUCE
Herbs: 144 pages
4 - DILL
Plants this post: 2
+15 points

✓ 15.1 Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
down and oUT in pariS and LOndon - LOTUS
Vegetables:
France - FENNEL
Paris - POTATO
No herbs
Plants this post: 3
+15 points

✓ 15.6 The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
Flowers:
the forest of vanIShIng staRs - IRIS
No Vegetables
Herbs: 376 pages
7 - PARSLEY
Plants this post: 2
+15 points

✓ 15.5 Lady Tan's Circle Of Women by Lisa See
Flowers:
LadY tans cIrcLe of women - LILY
Vegetables:
China - CUCUMBER
Herbs -368 pages
3 - RUE
Plants this post: 3
+15 points

✓ 15.9 These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett
Flowers:
these precIous DAYS essays - DAISY
Vegetables:
Nashville - NAPA CABBAGE
Herbs: 320 pages
2 - LEMON VERBENA
0 - PEPPERMINT
Plants this post: 4
+15 points

✓ 15.10 The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
Flowers:
thE haUntING of Maddy clARe - GERANIUM, +5
Vegetables:
Waringstoke -WATERCRESS
England - ENDIVE
Herbs - 318 pages
8 - ROSEMARY
1 - HORSERADISH
Plants this post: 5
+15 points
+ 5 flower bonus

✓ 15.2 Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet
Flowers:
SoldiErs hEArT rEading literature through Peace and War at west point -SWEET PEA, +5
sOlDierS heaRt reAdiNG literAture through peace aNd war at west Point -SNAPDRAGON, +5
soLdiers heart reading LIterature through peaCe And war at west point -LILAC
soldiers heart reading literature through peace and waR At wEST point - ASTER
No Vegetables
Herbs: 259 pages
5 - THYME
Plants this post: 5
+15 points
+10 flower points

✓ 15.3 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
Flowers:
sOlAtEiNthEdaystoriesofwoMeNandmen - ANEMONE
No Vegetables
Herbs: 119 pages
9 - CHAMOMILE
Plants this post: 2
+15 points

✓ 15.8 Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
Flowers:
ShElteRwOod - ROSE
Vegetables:
Talihina - TOMATO
Oklahoma - ONION
No Herbs
Plants this post: 3
+15 points

35 plants total

Ideas for Round 2:
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins 106 pages, Canada

15.10 Ticket to Ride

The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons

Portland-Salt Lake City-Helena-Omaha-Chicago-Pittsburgh-St Louis-Kansas City-Oklahoma City-El Paso

+30 task
+100 completion of the Determined Route

Post total: 130
Season total: 505

15.9 Ticket to Ride

Charming Billy by Alice McDermott

Portland-Salt Lake City-Helena-Omaha-Chicago-Pittsburgh-St Louis-Kansas City-Oklahoma City

Task total: 30
Season total: 375

15.8 Ticket to Ride

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

Portland-Salt Lake City-Helena-Omaha-Chicago-Pittsburgh-St Louis-Kansas City

Task total: 25
Season total: 345

15.7 Ticket to Ride

Portland-Salt Lake City-Helena-Omaha-Chicago-Pittsburgh-St Louis

Moving On by Sara Steger

Task total: 25
Season total: 320

20.9 Fresh Start

The Brightest Star by Gail Tsukiyama

New job as an actress after previously working in the Chinese laundry owned by her father.

+20 task
+10 female

Task total: 30
Season total: 295

Thanks for the recommendation, Valerie. I read one of Allingham's excellent stories last year.

15.6 Ticket to Ride

Portland--Salt Lake City--Helena--Omaha--Chicago--Pittsburgh

China Court by Rumer Godden

Task total: 25
Season total: 265

10.4 Leap Year

The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens

+10 task
+15 oldie (published 1846)

Task total: 25
Season total: 240

10.3 New Year's Traditions

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

+10 task (set mostly in India)
+ 5 combo 10.7 Feasting (water)
+ 5 combo 20.4 Othello (Marianna learns the real identity of her birth father)
+ 5 combo 20.9 Fresh Start (Big Ammachi moves in a two-day journey to her new home after an arranged marriage)
+10 jumbo (724 pages)

Task total: 35
Season total: 215

20.5 King John to Henry VII

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

+20 task (set in 1327)
+ 5 combo 10.2 Singular Mystery
+ 5 oldie (published 1980)
+ 5 jumbo

Task total: 35
Season total: 180

15.5 Ticket to Ride

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

(Portland--Salt Lake City--Helena--Omaha--Chicago)

Task total: 15
Season total: 145

15.4 Ticket to Ride

After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell

(Portland--Salt Lake City--Helena--Omaha)

Task total: 15
Season total: 130

Bea, your trip sounds very exciting--and a good excuse to read lots of books set in Scotland!

Happy New Year, and best wishes for a great year of reading!

15.3 Ticket to Ride

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

(Portland--Salt Lake City--Helena)

Task total: 15
Season total: 115

15.2 Ticket to Ride

The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín

(Portland -- Salt Lake City)

Task total: 15
Season total: 100

Merry Christmas, Apple!

Happy Holidays to everyone who is celebrating!

15.1 Ticket to Ride

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

+15 task
(Portland--)

Task total: 15
Season total: 85