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

Joanna’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.7 Favorites - Round 2

Purity in Death by J.D. Robb

Fall 2020 - 20.3 Prolific - auth has published 20+ books

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 790

Some initial thoughts:

Lost in Translation:
Wolf Dreams OR In the Name of God by Yasmina Khadra (also Non-Western)

Non Western:
The Redemption of Time by Baoshu (Also Lost in Translation)
Heaven (Also Lost in Translation)

1001:
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
The Devil's Pool by George Sand (also Canon [note: listed as The Haunted Pool])

Canon:
Hunger by Knut Hamsun (also 1001; Aged) [Maybe use for 20.3]
The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute (also LiT)
Four Novels By Marguerite Duras - The Square - Moderato Cantabile - 10:30 on a Saturday Night - The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas (also LiT)

Not a Novel:
High School by Tegan Quin (also Young)

Aged:
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey

Young:
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
The Priest by Tiffany Reisz
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

20.6 Favorites - Round 2

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

WI 22-23 - 20.7 Ratings - 75k+ ratings

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 770

Reading friends,

I can't stand the idea of this group going away. After talking things over with Elizabeth, I wanted to see if folks would be interested in having me take over moderating the group and trying to step into the large shoes being vacated by Kate and Elizabeth.

I don't have a database as good as the one that Elizabeth's brother built, but I have some ideas for how to keep track of the challenge that I'm willing to test out.

Also, if there were one or two others who wanted to help out, please send me a private message and we could see what makes sense.

--Joanna

20.5 Favorites - 2nd Round

When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky by Margaret Verble

Winter 2019-2020 - 20.3 She Writes - F auth/F main char

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 750

20.4 Favorites - 2nd Round

Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

SP 2013 - 20.3 Pride and Prejudice - 100k+ ratings/3.99+ stars

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 730

15.10 Listopia Chain

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

#50 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

+40 Task
+100 finisher bonus

Task total: 140
Grand total: 710

20.3 Favorites - second round

Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni

FA 12 - 20.4 - Carmilla - LGBT author/title char/narrator

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 570

20.2 Favorites - second round

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison

SP 21 - 20.9 - Series - continue a series

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 550

15.9 Listopia

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

#81 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#171 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Task total: 30
Grand total: 530

20.1 Favorites - Round 2

Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera

SU 20 - 20.6 Latin America - set 75% in Latin America or author born in Latin Am. country

+20 Task (auth. b. in Mexico)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 500

20.10 Favorites

Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story by Ally Carter

SP 22 - 20.4 The Reivers - book whose focus is theives

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 380

+100 Finisher - 10 different seasons

Grand total: 480

20.9 Favorites

The Chateau by Tiffany Reisz

WI 17-18 - 20.1 Lifetime - author born 1918-2006

+20 Task (auth b. 1975)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 360

15.8 Listopia

Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

#42 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
#360 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

+30 Task

Task total: 30
Grand total: 340

15.7 Listopia

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

#45 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
#174 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 310

20.8 Favorites

After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

WI 18-19 - 20.1 Winter Birthdays - auth b. Dec/Jan/Feb
Author b. Dec: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_...

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Grand total: 290

15.6 Listopia

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore

#79 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#600 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

+20 Task
+5 pre-1998 (pub 1995)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 270

20.7 Favorites

Web of Desire by Sophie Danson

+20 Task - WI 21-22 - 20.2 The Keys to the Kingdom - <5k ratings, pub 1901-2000 - 9 ratings; pub. 1993
+5 pre-1998

Task total: 25
Grand total: 245

15.5 Listopia Chain

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.

#39 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/549

#211 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

+20 Task
+5 500+ pages (508 pp)
+5 pre-1998 (pub 1990)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 220

15.4 Listopia

Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

#33 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4893
#98 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/549

+15 Task
+5 500+ pages

Task total: 20
Grand total: 190