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

Joanna’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Post 129:
Deedee wrote: "Task 10.7 Singing Season (Karen Michele's task):
Read a book about music or a musician(s) or a book with any word related to music in the title.

Our hero is Kevin, an apprentice Bard. He plays th..."

+5 Oldies

Yes!

15.2 CYOA
Path: Sci/Fi-Fantasy --> Far Future

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

Task total: 15
Grand total: 30

15.1 CYOA
Path: Sci/Fi-Fantasy

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Task total: 15
Grand total: 15

Apple wrote: "Has anyone read Wonder Boys? It looks like it will fit, just want confirmation before I start ;)"

I haven't read it, but it does look like it will fit.

Joanne wrote: "Is Fantasy acceptable for this? Specifically The Will of the Many

"The Academy" that they speak on the Main Page is a school of higher education, what we would consider a college."

Yes, that fits.

All Spring tasks are now posted. Happy reading!

Welcome Kathleen! Glad to have you hear.

I really liked The Broken Earth Trilogy. I'm a Jemisin fan for sure. Have you read Parable of the Sower? I really liked that one and it's sequel.

And here is a full list of African countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

This is a list of the countries that are eligible for +5 bonus:

Benin
Burundi
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Comoros
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Gambia
Guinea
Lesotho
Mayotte
Namibia
Niger
Sao Tome and Principe
Swaziland
Western Sahara

Anika answered this for the mods: Scotch falls under the umbrella of "whiskey"--bourbon, rye, Irish whiskey, and Scotch are all different examples of "whiskey" so all will be accepted.

Examples on this list, but task not limited to this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

10.9 Scandinavia

On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle

+10 Task (from Danish)

Task total: 10
Grand total: 1240

Readers,

I have heard from one member a concern that the Spring 20-pt titles are political or distressing. I want to say that the moderators did not intend to make a political statement and that the titles were drawn from MIT's scientific research page, not from a political or activist group. We were thinking of these titles as related to the science of climate research and did not think that such research would feel political. We apologize to anyone that felt offended or excluded by this choice.

In any event, the actual tasks are not intended to force anyone down any particular political track--all of the tasks are open to a huge range of reading interests and tastes.

If you want to discuss further, please message me. I'm always interested in the suggestions of our members.

Valerie wrote: "Does this book fit here, or is the focus too narrow:

The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939 by Mark Zuehlke"

That seems like it will work since it's focused on the Spanish Civil War.

Deedee wrote: "Does history - non fiction books count?
Some examples:
French History: The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV
Or books on the French R..."

John Adams definitely works as that's a biography of a politician.

Books about the American Revolution, French Revolution, or the Civil War will generally work.

The Brothers York looks like it works too.

On Challenger, the Code Breaker, and the Affair of the Poisons, I think you'll need to use your judgment about whether those are really about a political event. They don't look like it to me.

Karen Michele wrote: "Does science fiction count here? I'm looking at
Forty Signs of Rain
Politics is a main page genre, but I'm not sure if it's centered enough on politics."

Yes, that looks like it works.

15.10 BBR

BBR book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi

C - Same city/country - Chicago

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Lexile: 870

+30 Task
+100 BBR finish
+200 Mega finish

Points this post: 330
Grand total: 1230

Post 581:
Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "20.5 Tom Spanbauer

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

+20 task (no styles low Lexile)

Season total: 510"

This book is not shelved as YA at BPL, so the lexile doesn't matter.

10.10 Group Reads

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - narrator and another character talk about what is happening; 20.3)

Task total: 20

+50 Halfway finish - 10pt tasks

Grand total: 900