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

Joanna’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.8 Opening Ceremonies

Quarantine by Greg Egan

(H) 1990-2002 / Australia

+30 Task (pub. 1992)
+5 Pre-1999

Task total: 35
Grand total: 510

20.7 Opening Ceremonies

Tete Blanche by Marie-Claire Blais

(F) 1964-1976 / Canada

+30 Task (pub. 1969)
+5 Pre-1999

Task total: 35
Grand total: 475

15.2 Olympic Scavenger Round 2

The Sassy Submissive by Golden Angel

Athletic - Option B - "While Adam was obviously athletic and spent time in Liam's dojo, he also loved to solve math problems for fun."

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 440

15.1 Scavenger Round 2

The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty

Cycle Option A - protagonist travels by bicycle across the USA

Task total: 15
Grand total: 425

20.6 Opening Ceremonies

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

(C) 1924-1937 / Germany

+25 Task
+5 Old (pub. 1928)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 410

20.5 Opening Ceremonies

Maigret's Revolver by Georges Simenon

(E) 1951-1963 / Belgium

+25 Task
+5 Old (pub. 1952)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 380

15.10 Scavenger

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Horse - Option B: "That horse is stubborn."

Task total: 15

Scavenger Hunt Finish
+100

Total this post: 115
Grand total: 350

15.9 Scavenger

The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Horse - Option A - characters travel by horseback several times in this YA fantasy novel.

Task total: 15
Grand total: 235

15.8 Scavenger

The Shame Game by Hannah Murray

Wrestle - Option B: "There was always a chance he'd have to wrestle her down, and Amanda was much stronger than she looked."

Task total: 15
Grand total: 220

Did anyone else look at the New York Times 100 Best Books of the Century list: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

I've read 55 of them...I'm thinking of trying to work my way through the other 45.

I was surprised to see some of the authors with more than one book on the list. Particularly Elena Ferrante - I read My Brilliant Friend and liked it okay, but not enough to want to read more. But I guess I'm a bit in the minority on that.

20.4 Opening Ceremonies

Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

(B) 1910-1923 / Japan

+20 Task
+5 Before 1999

Task total: 25
Grand total: 205

15.7 Olympic Scavenger

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Surf - Option A: The book features a professional surfer; several times, characters are surfing.

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 180

Coralie wrote: "10.4 High Jump

The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman

+10 Task (rating 4.54)

Task total = 10
Season total = 635"

+5 Old (first pub 1990)

20.3 Opening Ceremonies

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

(I) 2003-2015 // Author b. UK

Task total: 20
Grand total: 165

15.6 Olympic Scavenger

Losers: Part I by Harley Laroux

Athletics, Option A - characters go jogging together; one character runs on a treadmill

+5 500+ pages (577pp)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 145

15.5 Olympic Scavenger

The Dare by Harley Laroux

Diving - Option B: "He'd been chugging alongside none other than Manson Reed, who tossed aside his empty beer can with a smile and laughed as Daniel went diving."

Task total: 15
Grand total: 125

15.4 Olympic Scavenger

James by Percival Everett

Canoe, Option A: this is a retelling of Huck Finn; they are frequently traveling on a canoe. (It also would work for Option B.)

Task total: 15
Grand total: 110

15.3 Olympic Scavenger

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Boxing, Option B: "Gore took up boxing, often with Sixteen forty-five, Lieutenant Thomas Cardingham."

Task total: 15
Grand total: 95

15.2 Olympic Scavenger

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

Option B - Swim
...swim in the strawberry sea - I listened to the audiobook, so don't have the whole sentence exactly, but Sumi says something like: "I won't see Porter and won't get to swim in the strawberry sea."

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 80

15.1 Olympic Scavenger

Reveal Me by Sappharia Mayer

Option A - Swimming
One character swims at the beach; another swims laps in a pool.

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 65