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

Joanna’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.2 Oxford Authors

White Tears by Hari Kunzru

+20 Task
+10 Young (b. 1969)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 480

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

+20 Task (pub. 1937)
+30 Combo (10.2, 10.3, 10.8, 20.2, 20.3, 20.6)
+10 Oldies (1937)

Task total: 60
Grand total: 450

15.6 RG

15,000-24,999 (NB: 24,905 when posted today)

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss

+5 non-fiction

Task total: 25
Grand total: 390

15.5 RG

25,000 - 74,999

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Task total: 15
Grand total: 365

15.4 RG

5,000 – 9, 999 ratings

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder

+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction

Task total: 20
Grand total: 350

20.6 Characters

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

+20 Task
+10 Young
+5 Combo (10.8)

Task total: 35
Grand total: 330

15.3 RG
250-999 ratings

Lyon on a Leash by Erosa Knowles

Task total: 15
Grand total: 295

10.2 Jackson's Dilemma

Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

+10 Task
+25 Combo (10.3, 10.6, 20.1, 20.4, 20.6)
+5 Oldies (1988)

Task total: 40
Grand total: 275

10.9 All Star Reads

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

+10 Task
+5 Combo - 10.3

Task total: 15
Grand total: 235

15.2 RG

100,000 - 249,999

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Task total: 15
Grand total: 220

15.1 RG
<250 ratings

Safeword Matte: In Training by Candace Blevins

+15 task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 205

Karen Michele wrote:

"I would also suggest the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list over Bloom's Canon. ."

Yes, this. I think the Canon is pretty restrictive and needs to be updated.

1. Review - because I really like reading what everyone has to say about their books

2. not-a-novel - for all the reasons above-a way to encourage myself to read denser nonfiction and think about plays and short stories as well

3. Lost in translation OR non-western - to encourage reading authors I might otherwise overlook

Alternate - Young - to encourage me to explore new authors

20.9 Apollo 11

Redshirts by John Scalzi

+20 Task
+10 Young (born 1969)
+5 Combo (20.6)

Task total: 35
Grand total: 190

20.10 Historical Women

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel

+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.6, 10.7)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 155

20.8 Revisit a Friend

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

+20 Task (read The Fifth Season last season, first by this author)
+10 Young
+10 Combo (20.6, 10.8)

Task total: 40
Grand total: 125

10.7 Summer Shorts

The First Hurt: Stories by Rachel Sherman

+10 Task
+10 Young (b. 1975)
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 85

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "It's listed as 1984 on her GR author page."

Duh!

Anyone know Lauren Wilkinson's birth year (author of Group Read American Spy)? I have the sense that she qualifies for the Young category, but I haven't found her birth year yet.

10.5 D-Day

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3)
+10 Young
+10 Oldies (pub. 1915)

Task total: 35
Grand total: 50