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

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task
20.3: Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller
Shelved as disturbing 7 times

+20 task
+5 Before 1998 (1953)

Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1165

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)

20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task
20.2: Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .

High-Rise by J.G. Ballard
Shelved as disturbing 7 times

+20 points
+ 5 Before 1998 (1975)

Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1140

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)

10.10. Title begins with the 6th, 7th, 8th letter of the alphabet (F, G, H). Leading articles of The, A, and An can be ignored.

The Gathering by Anne Enright

+10 task
+100 point finisher bonus

Post Total = 110
Season Total = 1115

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)

Not all will work, but some ideas here:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

I am thinking Gilead will work? Whilst set in 1956, it seems to span the lives of the father and grandfather of the narrator also.

20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task
20.1: Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Shelved 11 times as disturbing

+20 task
+5, Before 1998

Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1005

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)

20 Point Tasks, Round 2, All One Task
20.10 Winter 2019-2020: 20.10 A Winning Decade
Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Costa Book Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction or Drama)
Agatha Award
Hugo Award

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2017

+20 task
+75 finishing bonus, all one task

Post Total = 95
Season Total = 980

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)

I've just read my first Jørn Lier Horst and was looking for an excuse to read the rest of the series ;)

Person of colour includes Asian, correct? It always feels like this is incorrect, but I guess because the overwhelming focus is of colour does seem related to people of African heritage.

Just checking, some of the Style descriptions list 10 points, do these apply, or is it just the copy and paste from their standard usage? Aged and Canon, I think.

20 Point Tasks, Round 2, All One Task
20.9 Winter 2019-2020: 20.10 A Winning Decade
Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Costa Book Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction or Drama)
Agatha Award
Hugo Award

Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
Costa Book Award for First Novel 2014

+20 points

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 885

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10

10.5. Number of letters in setting, city/state/country (Setting is at least 51%

When It Grows Dark by Jørn Lier Horst
Stavern, Norway

+10 task

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 865

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9; 20.10

10.1. Number of letters in author's first or last name

Network Effect by Martha Wells

+10 task

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 855

10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9; 20.10

10.6. Number is in year of Author birth

Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K. Hamilton
born 1963

+10 task

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 845

10.1; 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9; 20.10

10.7. Number is in original pub date

Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
First published 2008

+10 task

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 835

10.1; 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 ; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9; 20.10

20 Point Tasks, Round 2, All One Task
20.8 Winter 20.19-2020: 20.10 A Winning Decade
Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Costa Book Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction or Drama)
Agatha Award
Hugo Award

Among Others by Jo Walton
Hugo Award for Best Novel 2012
+20 task

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 825

10.1; 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 ; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9; 20.10

Valerie wrote: "A 'Golden Age' task.

It could be both the golden age for mysteries and science fiction. (This should cover most members tastes).

These wikipedia articles have lists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi..."

Love those suggestions!

20 Point Tasks, Round 2, All One Task
20.7 Winter 20.19-2020: 20.10 A Winning Decade
Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Costa Book Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction or Drama)
Agatha Award
Hugo Award

The City & the City by China Miéville
Hugo Award for Best Novel 2010

+20 task

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 805

10.1; 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 ; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8; 20.9; 20.9; 20.10

20 Point Tasks, Round 2, All One Task
20.6 Winter 20.19-2020: 20.10 A Winning Decade
Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Costa Book Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction or Drama)
Agatha Award
Hugo Award

Normal People by Sally Rooney
Costa Book Award for Novel 2018)

+20 task

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 785

10.1; 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 ; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7; 20.8; 20.9; 20.9; 20.10

15.4 Listopia

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

#75 2021: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2021
#190 Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

+15 points

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 765

10.1; 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 ; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; 20.9; 20.9; 20.10