Joanna’s Comments (group member since Nov 17, 2010)

Joanna’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.3 Francine Pascal & Nelson DeMille

Die Trying by Lee Child

+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.4 - Mystery, Crime; 20.2 - female main character talks to one of the female guards about the militia situation before killing her)
+5 Jumbo (567pp)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1998)
+10 Aged (auth. born 1954)

Task total: 50
Grand total: 400

10.2 Holiday Travel

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

+10 Task (characters take a train to a hearing)
+15 Combo (20.2 - female investigator talks to female government official about the investigation/plot to take away children, 20.3, 20.5)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 350

20.1 Paul Auster & Alice Munro

4321 by Paul Auster

+20 Task
+10 Aged (died age 77)
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.3)
+15 Jumbo

+0 Combo 20.2 -- in over 800 pages, no two female characters ever talk to each other about anything. Yes, the book focuses on the male main character. But it was amazing and slightly infuriating how one-note the female characters were.

Task total: 55
Grand total: 325

10.1 Member Lottery

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

+10 Task - science fiction/literary fiction
+10 Combo (10.10; 20.2 - main character is female and talks with several female characters, including her mother, about daily life)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 270

15.5 BBR

BBR book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi

H - Same # words in title - 2

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

Task total: 20
Grand total: 250

I'm going to move a book.

In post 255, I posted The Waste Lands by Stephen King to 10.2.

I want to move that to:
15.4 BBR
BBR book - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

A - same first name --> Jake appears in both books

New task total: 15
Old task total: 35

-20
Grand total: 230

Post 57:
Marie wrote: "20.7 Best Friends Forever

Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

One of the two main characters, Hugo, has a dog who is a kind of assistant dog, to help when he ..."

+5 Combo 20.3

Post 297:
Karen Michele wrote: "20.5 Tom Spanbauer

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.6 Year of the Snake / 20.2 Edna O'Brien / 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille /..."

+5 Combo 10.8 - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/202...

Post 294:
Tien wrote: "20.5 Tom Spanbauer:
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #2) by T.J. Klune

+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 )

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 595"

+5 Combo 10.2

Come chat with me about what you'd like to see in Styles and Bonuses in future seasons here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hello readers:

I'd like to open a conversation about RwS styles and bonuses.

I know there was some frustration with the Young style because it proved difficult in some cases to find out the ages of young authors. Is that frustration sufficient to make you want us to abolish Young as a style? Or do you like it?

One of my personal favorite styles is the Review style, but I know there are several readers who don't want to post reviews. Is there a way that we could make it easier to share thoughts that isn't the current Review style calling for a 100-word review?

Is there a different style you've thought about that you'd like to see given a chance?

This season is the first with the new Member Lottery task creation. Any thoughts on whether you liked it?

Other rewards you'd like to see?

15.3 BBR

BBR book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi

J - RWS favorites/5-stars given by Landice

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Task total: 15
Grand total: 250

Post 238:
Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "20.3 Frascine Pascal and nelson DeMille
Christmas Cupcake Murderby Joanne Fluke
author wrote 20+ books #27 in this series
Task +20
Grand Total: 165"

+10 Aged

Post 250:
Marie wrote: "20.5 Tom Spanbauer

The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente

+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - September discussed with several female charac..."

This appears as Juv Fic in the Brooklyn Public Library and does not have a lexile listing. Task points, but no style points.

20.9 Not How It Happened

Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik

+20 Task (series on wiki list)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 235

20.7 Best Friends Forever

The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie

+20 Task (narrator is the Dalai Lama's cat)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 215

15.2 BBR

BBR book - Starter Villain (pub. 2023)

Task G - same publication year

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

+15 Task (pub 2023)

Task total: 15
Grand total: 195

10.9 Scandinavia

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

+10 Task

Task total: 10
Grand total: 180

10.2 Holiday Travel

The Waste Lands by Stephen King

+10 Task
+10 Aged
+5 Oldies (1991)
+10 Combo (10.6, 20.3)

Task total: 35
Grand total: 170

Post 136:
Mary wrote: "20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

20 pts 20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr MYSTERY CRIME
5 pts 20.2 Edna O’Brien. Isabelle and Irene dis..."

+5 Combo 20.3