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

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

I have, I think, managed to stick with the books that were on my plan at the start. Oh, no, I’ve read 3 I didn’t intend to… and have another 3 I added after.

Probably not true , it’s probably double that BUT I am still doing better than I normally would! Lol

Joanne, it’s a page count thing. I am reading them as the individual stories, so apart from one which met the page requirements they won’t work for me 😢

20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):

Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima

+20 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.6 "... the glow of streetlamps, lighten windowsand neon signs must have streamed like water around his falling body."

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 1035

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

20.9 - haLLowEEn (Anika's task):

Stone Yard Devotional BY Charlotte Wood

+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 "... was an airless box with two tiny bedrooms, low white-tiled ceilings and small aluminium sliding windows..."; 20.1 - see task thread

Post Total= 35
Season Total = 1005

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

15.7 Scrabble

H1 - Harlem Renaissance - any book by one of these

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

F R _ S H
_ _ ILT

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 970

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

20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):

The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer

+20 task
+5 multiple
+15 combo (10.6 "... sent up coupons for silver-plated teaspoons or entered competitions for winning ponies ...:; 10.7 - EATER; 20.3 PeNelope MoTimer - Phosporous, Neon, Molybderum, Titanium)

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 955

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

10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):

Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
LIES

+10 task
+15 series
+5 combo (10.6 " ... was a rather dull iron sword whose provenance could never be proved...

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 915

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

10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):

And the Rest Is History by Jodi Taylor
Published 2017

+10 task
+10 series
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 "Everything was in crimson and gold to match William."; 10.7 - REST)

Post Total= 35
Season Total = 885

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

20.4 Home Economics:

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
(Totally crushing on Stanley Tucci right now after this!)

+20 task
+10 comb (10.6 - "The pizza oven is self explanatory, but the paella maker consists of a huge iron pan that rests atop a round stand ..."; 20.8)

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 850

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

20.5 Speech and Debate:

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

+20 task
+10 young
+5 multiple
= 5 combo (10.6 - "On the front of the cap, in gold yarn, in the shape of an anchor." )

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 820

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

15.6 Scrabble

T1 - Thrillers or MPG Thriller

Sister by Rosamund Lupton

F R _ S _
_ _ ILT

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 780

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)

Joanne wrote: " 10.9 Keep It Short

The Long and Short of It by Jodi Taylor



Task Total 10
Combo (10.7, word is Short, 10.5, published 2017) 10
Task Total 20
Season Total 190"

+5 series

Bucket wrote: "Posst 324: 10.8 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival

The Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson

+10 Task (new to me author, genre: crime)
+10 Combo (10.5 - 7 letters in Jackson; ..."

+10 young

Deedee wrote: "Post 323 :Task 20.2 Math:
Read a book whose title (not including subtitles) contains a three-letter word, a single-letter word, and a four-letter word. Other words are allowed and the designated words need n..."

+10 young

Charlotte Wood "has also taught writing at all levels, from community classes to postgraduate students. ."

http://www.ozarts.com.au/artists/char...

20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):

The Night Man by Jørn Lier Horst

+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 series
+15 combo (10.6 - "Death happens as a consequence of a tremendous drop in blood pressure and total lack of oxygen supply to the brain."; 20.3 - JoRn LiEr Horst,Radon, Lithium, Holmium, Erbium; 20.8 - 1970)

Post Total= 50
Season Total = 765

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)

20.4 Home Economics:

Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts by Anthony Bourdain
graphic novel, includes 6 recipes related to the stories told including ramen and osso bucco with saffron rice

graphic novel, no styles

Post Total= 20
Season Total = 715

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10

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

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

2024, 25 years of marriage, who would have expected that?! ( Not us!

+10 task
+10 young (no age, but In 2023 Siang was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 Asian-Australians at the Asian Australian Leadership Awards. https://www.siang-lu.com/about)
+5 combo (10.6 - When he carted the gold back to the treasury to be rid of it once and for all, ...)

Post Total= 25
Season Total = 695

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; ...; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10

20.2 Math:

You Don't Have to Have a Dream: And Other Life Lessons by Tim Minchin

+20 task
+10 young (1975)
+5 comb (10.5 - Minchin)

Post Total= 35
Season Total = 670

10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; ...; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10

10.10 Group Reads:

Anika - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

+10 task
+10 young
+10 combo (10.6 - Mom would win the gold and then give it to the silver medalist because she was afraid they would feel bad for losing.; 20.5 - witch and sorcerors)

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 635

10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10