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

Connie ’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.7 Island Dreams

Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd

Set in Northern Ireland.

YA, 530 Lexile, no styles

Task total: 20
Season total: 415

20.3 She Writes

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

+20 task
+15 10.1 5-Star Reads (Karen), 10.5 Most recently published, 10.9 Play the Numbers 2019
+10 Female

Task total: 45
Season total: 395

10.9 Play the Numbers

What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha

+10 task (2018)
+15 combo 10.5 Debut, 20.3 She Writes (memoir), 20.6 Stand Up For Your Rights (Environmental racism, segregation in housing, discriminatory auto industry hiring, Emergency Manager law subjected half of Michigan's African-American voters to EM instead of elected officials running their cities)
+10 female

Task total: 35
Season total: 345

15.3 CYOA

C3 Read a book by a Veteran Author
She published her first book in 1992.

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Task total: 15
Season total: 310

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 287 Connie wrote: "10.1 5-Star Read

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

+10 task ( 5 stars for Karen Michele)
+15 combo 20.3 She Writes, 20.6 Stand Up for You..."

OK, I didn't think to look for YA for this book.
New Season Total: 295

10.1 5-Star Read

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

+10 task ( 5 stars for Karen Michele)
+15 combo 20.3 She Writes, 20.6 Stand Up for Your Rights (genocide of Haitians), 20.7 Island Dreams
+10 Female Author

Task total: 35
Season total: 320

Happy New Year to all! My thoughts are with our Australian friends dealing with the fires.

10.2 ANNIVERSARY

A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler

+10 task
+20 combo 10.1 5-Star Reads (Sally), 10.5 Debut (or most recently published), 10.9 Play the Numbers 2018, 20.3 She Writes
+10 Female

Task total: 40
Season total: 285

Happy Holidays to everyone!

20.8 Unification Season

The Military Philosophers by Anthony Powell

+ 20 task (pub 1968)
+ 5 combo 20.7 Island Dreams
+ 5 oldie

Task total: 30
Season total: 245

20.6 Stand Up For Your Rights

The House Girl by Tara Conklin

+20 task (slavery)
+30 combos 10.1 (Kathy Miller 5 stars), 10.5 Debut, 10.7 Alphabet Soup T-H, 10.9 Play the Numbers 2013, 20.2 Emancipation Season Virginia, 20.3 She Writes
+10 Female author

Task total: 60
Season total: 220

Here's a few more women in translation:

Isabel Allende
Elena Ferrante
Tove Jansson The Summer Book
Marguerite Duras The Lover
Muriel Barbery The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Here's a few more women in translation:

Isabel Allende
Elena Ferrante
Tove Jansson The Summer Book
Marguerite Duras The Lover
Muriel Barbery The Elegance of the Hedgehog

15.2 CYOA

A3 Author publishes using 3 Names

He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark

Task total: 15
Season total: 160

20.7 Island

The Music Lesson by Katharine Weber

+20 task (Ireland)
+ 5 combo 20.3 She writes
+10 Female author

Task total: 35
Season total: 145

10.5 Debut

The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg

+10 task
+15 combo 10.2 ANNIVERSARY, 10.9 Play the Numbers (2017), 20.3 She Writes
+10 LiT translated from Swedish by Alice Manzies
+10 Female author

Task total: 45
Season total: 110

15.1 CYOA

B2 Author born 1914-18 or 1939-45

Clock Dance by Anne Tyler (born 1941)

Task total: 15
Season total: 60

Congratulations, Jayme! Have fun with your gift card.

Jennifer, many of Louise Erdrich's books can be used for 20.6 Stand Up for Your Rights. She wrote about discrimination against Native Americans. You might find a place for her novels :-)

10.4 Genius

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
(#187 on Post Modern Genius list)

YA, Low Lexile, no styles

Task total: 10
Season total: 45