Summer 2012 Task Overview

[Liz M]

10.1 - Square Peg
Read a book that does not fit any of the other Reading with Style 10 or 20-point tasks.
This task cannot be repeated.

10.2 - Underrated (Winter 11-12, 10.5)
Read a book that has fewer than 250 ratings on goodreads. One way to find these books: Go to the “My Books” page & choose your to-read shelf. At the bottom of the screen there is a drop-down box for sorting methods. Choose “Num ratings” & then click the radio button labeled “asc.”

10.3 - Road trip!
Read a novel in which the main character goes on a journey. Ideally, the book should comprise a single over-land journey taking place in one world (no sea, air, or space travel on this one). OR read a non-fiction book with a Dewey decimal of 910-919; guide books do not qualify.

10.4 - Hot Summer Nights
Read a a book from one of the "steampunk" lists linked below:
Top 100 of the Best Steampunk Books, 12 Classic Steampunk Books, OR this web list

10.5 -- Teddy Bear's Picnic
In honor of Teddy Bear Picnic day, on July 10th, read one of the following summer classic reads OR a hot new release on one of the four linked lists.

10.6 -- O Canada!
In honor of Canada Day, read a book that won, or was short-listed for, the Scotia Bank Giller prize or a winner of the Governor General's Award.

10.7 - Rosemary's Task - The Past is a Foreign Country
Read a book by an author who (a) died before 1-Jun-1962 and (b) was born in a different country than you and (c) was of the opposite sex. All three criteria must be fulfilled.

10.8 -- Karen GHHS' Task -- Pick a Pulitzer
This year no Pulitzer for fiction was identified so for this task, you have a chance to read the books that were nominated for the prize or that you think could have been up for the prize. Here are the criteria you must meet for your book to qualify:
1. 2011 US Publication
2. About American Life: Written by a US citizen and set in the US
3. Must have the genre “Literary Fiction” on the goodreads page listed by at least 5 users.

10.9 -- Christin's Task -- I scream, You scream...
July is American National Ice Cream month, with the third Sunday of the month being official "Ice Cream Day." Read a book with a flavor of ice cream/dessert listed in the title (Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla, Rocky Road, Cake, Pie, etc).

10.10 - Group reads
Liz M's choice: White Noise by Don DeLillo
Elizabeth (Alaska)'s choice: Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
Kate S's choice: Emma's War by Deborah Scroggins
Rebekah's choice: Chiefs by Stuart Woods
Tien's choice: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Anika's choice: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Don's choice: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
nsfancy's choice: Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
Ceraphina's choice: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Deedee's choice: Watership Down by Richard Adams
Connie's choice: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

15.1 - 15.10 Ten Degrees of Separation

[Liz M]

20.1 - Make Me Laugh (Winter 09-10, 15.4)
Read A Black Comedy Or Satirical Novel from one of the following lists: The Blackest Black Humor, Black Comedy Books, Best Dark Humor (top 51 books), OR Satirical Novels

20.2 A. Scandinavian Noir (Fall 2010, 20.9)
The huge success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has created a new sub-genre called "Scandinavian Noir," a misnomer that groups mystery writers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. Read a novel that falls under the definition of “Scandinavian Noir.” Please include the country the author is from when posting points.
-OR-
B. Edgar Award-winning authors (Spring 2010, 20.10)
Read a crime novel by one of the Edgar Award-winning authors. You don't have to read the novel that won, or was shortlisted for, the award, but the novel you do read has to be a crime novel.

20.3 - We read (Fall 2011, 20.4)
Read an epistolary novel, a narrative mode in which a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used. Examples can be found here.

20.4 - Literature Map (Fall 2010, 10.2)
Go to Literature Map and type in an author whose work you read this spring (March, April, May). Read a book by another author who comes up on the literature map. While you can repeat this task as many times as you like, you must continue to use the first literature map that you created. Additionally, you must select a different author to read each time you repeat this task. State the author you used to create your Literature Map when claiming points. This task cannot be claimed as combo points

20.5 - Making History (Winter 10-11, 20.7)
Read a non-fiction book about an event that took place between the 10's-20's (e.g., 1810-1820, 1910-1920, etc.). Selections can be a biography/autobiography of someone who was born or who died in those years or about a specific event that took place during those years. When posting for points, make sure you include a description of the event/date.

20.6 - Alliteration (Spring 2011, 20.1)
Read a book in which all capitalized words of the title begin with the same consonant or vowel sound. Ex. Rabbit Run, Bag of Bones.

20.7 - A Poet's Non-Poetry (Spring 2011, 20.4)
Read a book of non-poetry by a poet whom has published at least five books of poetry.

20.8 - Kate S's task - Serially
Alexandre Dumas's most popular novels were originally written as serials. In honor of his 210th birthday, on July 24th, read a novel originally published in a serialized format. Examples can be found here.

20.9 - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task - Fatherly
In honor of fathers everywhere, read a book by an author who is the father of another author OR read a book by an author whose father is also an author.

20.10 - Liz M's task - Modernly
In honor of Ulysses, first published in 1922 and set on June 16th, read a work of modernist literature or a book by a modernist writer on one of the two linked lists.