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

Connie ’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.8 Singles

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

+10 task
+ 5 short

Task total: 15
Season total: 220

10.2 Short

The Chimes by Charles Dickens

+10 task
+ 5 combo NYE Countdown (time)

Task total: 15
Season total: 205

20.2 Keys to the Kingdom

The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton

Published 1962, 4843 ratings

+20 task
+10 aged (86 years; 1913-1999)

Task total: 30
Season total: 190

10.7 Genre-Rich

The Siege by Helen Dunmore
(Historical fiction and Cultural>Russia)

Task total: 10
Season total: 160

Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2022!

20.9 Madame Bovary

The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson

+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.6 NYE Countdown (time)

Task total: 25
Season total: 150

Happy Holidays to all!

10.3 Location

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

+10 task (Ireland)
+15 combo 10.2 Short (118 pg); 10.6 NYE Countdown (time); 10.7 Genre-Rich (Historical Fiction and Cultural>Ireland)

Task total: 25
Season total: 125

10.6 NYE Countdown

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

+10 task (time)

Task total: 10
Season total: 100

10.9 Discovery

World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One by Sanjay Gupta

+10 task (interest in healthcare and biology)
+ 5 combo 10.6 NYE Countdown (second)

Task total: 15
Season total: 90

20.4 Day of the Jackal

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Task total: 20
Season total: 75

20.9 Madame Bovary

Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.5 NYE Countdown (time)

Task total: 25
Season total: 55

Kate S wrote: "From Post 29

Connie wrote: "20.4 Dead Sea

Saints at the River by Ron Rash

Task total: 20
Season total: 20"

+5 Combo 20.8"

From posts 29 and 76:
Kate, the 20.4 was a typo. This book only qualifies for 20.8 Dead Sea. (It's not a thriller for 20.4) Thank you.

10.2 Short

The Holly-Tree Inn byCharles Dickens

Task total: 10
Season total: 30

20.4 Dead Sea

Saints at the River by Ron Rash

Task total: 20
Season total: 20

I would like to lock in cultural and historical fiction for
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

Thanks.

OK, thanks, Elizabeth.

It seems like when the book is set outside the States, it says Cultural>foreign country name as a genre. But it just says American, without the word "cultural" proceeding it, when it's the American culture. I have several books listed as "American>Southern" to read. Does that count as Culture?

examples: Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan

Great group of books, Elizabeth. Those British Library Crime Classics are printed on such nice quality paper too.

Congratulations on winning the Amazon gift card, Bucket! What a great excuse to buy more books!