Apple’s Comments (group member since Aug 28, 2021)

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.5 Speech and Debate:

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

+20 task
+10 young
+ 5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 - "It was old and had gold end papers and the binding was broken in two places from rough handling"; 10.10)

Post Total = 45
Season Total = 1835

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

10.10 Group Reads:

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

+10 task
+10 young
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 - ""... we lived in a town surrounded by low stone walls that snaked silver through the hilly yellow fields."; 20.3 ChAr l Otte Mc ConAghy - Argon, Oxygen, Cobalt, Silver)

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 1790

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

10.9 - Keep it Short! (Valerie's task):

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor

+10 task
+10 young
+15 combo (10.5 - O'Connor; 10.6 - "A plastic fern in a gold pot sat in the opening and trailed its fronds down almost to the floor."; 20.3 FLanNerry O'CoNnor - Lanthanum, Neon, Cobalt, Nitrogen)
+50 10 point halfway finish

Post Total = 85
Season Total = 1755

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

20.3 Chemistry:

The Year of the End by Anne Theroux

AnNe ThErOux - Neon, Thorium, Erbium, Oxygen

+20 task
+5 combo (20.1 - see help thread)
+5 multiple

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 1670

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

Anne Theroux, writer of The Year of the End, (and former wife of Paul Theroux, mother of LouisTheroux)

This article mentions more than once about her having taught in Kenya, which is referred to in the text, as well as other teaching experiences:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...

10.2 Gothic Fiction:

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
#141

+10 task
+10 young
+20 combo (10.5 - name, O'Connor; 10.6 - "The little silver-rimmed glasses gave him a look of deflected sharpness"; 20.3 FranCe O'ConNor - Francium, Cerium, Oxygen, Nobelium; 20.9)

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 1640

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

20.2 Math

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

+20 task
+15 combo (10.6 - "The silver light dimmed as Luna drifted behind that cloud she'd been flirting with for the last eighteen minutes."; 20.5 - magic spells, vampires, devils, angels; 20.8 - born 1969)
+5 multiple

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 1600

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4

20.10 Zalphabetical

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutElizabeth Strout

+20 task
+ 15 combo ( 10.6 - "And she had the strangest things on her feet, boots with long big silver zippers up the front of them."; 20.1; 20.3 ELIzaBeTh Strout - Lithium, Beryllium, Thorium, Sulfur)
+ 5 series
+5 multiple

Post Total= 45
Season Total = 1560

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

Thanks Connie! I have read a few, and own a few others, so I think it will be up my ally 😉

Okay, I am sticking with my season plan of not planning, but recording that I am going to use a favorite from this season for the sub-challenge, which will be Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.

The only part that is difficult will be when it was set, as this is not clearly defined, other than it is the near future (although, I suppose, since we don't know how near, and the time-frame covers 12 years, it could also be the present).

20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

+20 task
+5 multiple

Post Total= 25
Season Total = 1515

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

10.3 Thankful for Family:

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
shelved 29 times

+10 points
+10 combo (10.5 7 letters in author’s last name, Woodson;
10.6 - "All over this country people talk about a silver spoon, but truth be told, the spoon is gold.")

Post Total= 20
Season Total = 1490

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)

20.1 Back to School:

Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan

Post Total= 20
Season Total = 1470

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)

Rick Riordan
"For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. While teaching in San Antonio, Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award.

https://rickriordan.com/about/

20.1 Back to School:

M Is for Monster: A Graphic Novel by Talia Dutton

Posted details in help thread

**Graphic novel, no styles**

Post Total= 20
Season Total = 1450

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x4); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)

20.1 Back to School:

Tolkien: Lighting Up The Darkness by Willy Duraffourg
Posted details in help thread

**Graphic novel, no styles**

Post Total= 20
Season Total = 1430

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)

10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):

Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
7 letters in author’s last name, Vaughan

**Graphic novel, no styles**

Post Total= 10
Season Total = 1410

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)

10.4 - Significant Year (Karen Michele's task):

5,000 Kilometers Per Second by Manuele Fior
First published 2009, the year we moved into our first home

**Graphic novel, no styles**

Post Total= 10
Season Total = 1400

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)

15.3 Scrabble

E8 - any book in a series with eight or more installments

Plan For The Worst by Jodi Taylor

_O_ _E _
P _ _ _ _

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1390

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)

Willy Duraffourg " was also a French and English teacher in Inner Mongolia."

https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Willy-...

(Thank goodness for Google Translate!)