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

Connie ’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.8 Theater

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Wikipedia lists several adaptations to stage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_a...

+10 task
+ 5 combo 10.7 Verity
+15 oldie (pub 1811)

Task total: 30
Season total: 320

10.6 Year of the Snake

The Doctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi

+10 task
+10 Non-Western (Japanese)
+ 5 Oldie (1966)

Task total: 25
Season total: 290

I'm fine with all the styles except for the Young style since we often cannot find the information online.

I enjoy writing reviews, and write them for most of the books I read. If many people find them difficult or too time-consuming, you could cut the requirement down to 60 or 70 words to make it easier.

10.9 Scandinavia

Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi

Set in Norway

Task total: 10
Season total: 265

10.2 Holiday Travel

Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal

The book is set on a Trans-Siberian train.

Task total: 10
Season total: 255

Retirement is wonderful, Valerie! I hope Scott enjoys it, and you both have a great year in 2025.

20.10 The_____ of_____

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

+20 task

Task total: 20
Season total: 245

20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille

Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

+20 task (author has written >20 books)
+ 5 combo 10.10 Group Reads

Task total: 25
Season total: 225

10.10 Group Reads

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

+10 task
+ 5 10.7 (title word ends in ity)
+ 5 20.3 (author has written more than 20 books)

Task total: 20
Season total: 200

10.8 Theater

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Staged by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lif...

+10 task
+ 5 combo 20.3 (Dickens published more than 20 books)
+15 oldie (pub 1839)
+15 jumbo (817 pages)

Task total: 45
Season total: 180

20.2 Edna O'Brien

Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate

Real life character, Kate Barnard, talked to Mrs Grube about starving orphans who had run away from abusive guardians. Guardians of indigenous children tricked them into signing away their inherited land that had valuable oil and timber. Barnard was in the Oklahoma legislature, and also worked to protect working children.

+20 task
+ 5 combo 20.4 (Historical fiction and Mystery)

Task total: 25
Season total: 135

15.2 BBR

BBR: The Women by Kristin Hannah

B: Character from BBR is neurosurgeon Captain Ted Smith.
Author, Ali Smith has the same last name.

Autumn by Ali Smith

Task total: 15
Season total: 110

15.1 BBR

BBR: The Women by Kristin Hannah

G: Read another book published in the same year. (2024)

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Task total: 15
Season total: 95

10.7 Verity

Verity by Colleen Hoover

+10 task
+ 5 combo 20.3 (published more than 20 books)

Task total: 15
Season total: 80

20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille

Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope

+20 task
+10 Oldie (pub 1882)

Task total: 30
Season total: 65

10.1 Stylish Sci-Fi

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Literary Fiction and Science Fiction

Task total: 10
Season total: 35

20.10 The ____ of ____

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

+20 task
+ 5 combo 20.4 MPGs of Historical Fiction and Mystery

Task total: 25
Season total: 25

Thank you, Joanna.

Can plurals and possessives be used for this task, such as They Came Like Swallows and One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest?

Also, can the word "bird" be used, such as The Backyard Bird Chronicles?

Thank you to the mods for a fun fall season of tasks. I'm looking forward to the winter challenge.