Anika’s Comments (group member since Dec 25, 2011)

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "Trying to wrap my brain around this! So a four word title would only have to have three words in the title that are in reverse order?
For instance Interred with Their Bones would wor..."

The *entire* title must be in reverse alphabetical order, no words excluded.
Any title you claim must have a minimum of three words.
Exception: you *can* claim a two-word title if the letters are next to each other in the alphabet.

So, unfortunately, neither Interred with Their Bones nor The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics would work.

Marie wrote: "Hello ! This seems fun :) Two questions to make sure i understand the challenge:

- So you get 15 points per task, and then a bonus with the words you form: do you get the bonuses each time you've ..."

Hopefully I can explain this without it being too confusing--and without confusing myself too much ;-)

Each task, you'll get fifteen points added to your season total.
With each task, you'll be reading for one scrabble letter. Each of those letters put together will make a word.
The points you accrue for the letters are tallied separately (i.e.: you won't be getting those points added to your season total).
When you have completed all ten sub-challenge tasks, all ten letters you have read for will be parts of words.
The tally for the scrabble-value for those words will determine the size of your finisher bonus.

Does that clarify or make it more confusing?

As a rule of thumb for the subchallenges, unless otherwise stated only books that would be accepted for style points in the regular season are allowable--so no graphic novels or YA books with a Lexile below 700.

Karen Michele wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Does the year need to be within my lifetime?

1933 is the year my parents were married. Could I use this?"

Mods, do you want me to answer as task creator?"

Yes, please 🤗

Apple wrote: "15.9 Olympic Scavenger - Round 3

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay by Julian Aguon

Option B, wrestling - " It is a homage of sorts to the work o..."

Was this mostly set in Guam (for the countries of the world group project)?

15.3 Olympic Scavenger

People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges by Jen Mann

Option B, tennis:

"Here are just some of the many camps we have to choose from: soccer, baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, racquetball, swimming, cheerleading, ice skating, dance (ballet, jazz, tap, interpretive), water ballet, and competitve jazz aerobics..."

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 840

Deedee wrote: "Would Natalie Sue work?
NA - Sodium
TA - Tantalum
LI - Lithium
ES - Einsteinium

The question being ES (E from Natalie & S from Sue)
NATALIE Sue"

That would work!

Apple wrote: "Can an author be used more than once if the elements used are COMPLETELY different?"

You can even use the exact same elements you originally claimed for that author—there’s no restriction on reusing elements when repeating the task.

15.2 Olympic Scavenger

The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden

Option B, horse or horse-riding

"And usually, he eats like a horse."

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 825

Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "Can the word for the tile be in a subtitle?
Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II for tile X1"


Subtitles are typically allowed unless specifically excluded so I think we'll go with words in subtitles *WILL* be accepted for "title" tasks in Scrabble as well.

Valerie wrote: "I would like to confirm my understanding of how broadly to interpret the task wording. Does the book have to literally have a recipe in it (eg. a Joanne Fluke cozy) or can it allude ..."

A “recipe” should be something precise enough that I could follow to recreate the dish at home in my kitchen. A recipe would consist of more than two items being mixed (i.e.: if a character makes sweet tea: merely describing a character adding sugar to iced black tea would not count) and would need to have some sort of ratio descriptors to work (i.e. a character describes how to make their special sweet tea: strong tea that was steeped for at least 8 minutes then added to a pitcher, add about a half cup of sugar and stir til dissolved, dilute with water and ice, then squeeze in the juice of one lemon, etc.). Ideally, there would be an actual written recipe (as in Fluke's mysteries), but if it was described in the body of the text well enough to be followed and recreated it would work (so probably a no to spice/tea blends).

Hope that adds some clarity and doesn't make it clear as mud ;-)

20.1 The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson (In 2006 and 2007, Johnson held the Mitte Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Johnson also occasionally taught at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin; set in Nicaragua)

20.2

20.3 Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer by Rosita Arvigo Os--Osmium Ta--Tantalum Ar--Argon I--Iodine (set in Belize)

20.4

20.5

20.6 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (locking in, as it's currently sitting at #399)

20.7

20.8

20.9

20.10

Denise wrote: "Margaret Millar

Ar, Rg, Ga, Re

Can letters be used more than once?"

Letters cannot be used more than once the way you have it shown here. Four elements must exist in the name with no overlap, so a minimum of 7 letters (three 2-letter elements and one single-letter element) from the name must be used in the claim.

I know it makes it a little more challenging, but the 20-point tasks are created with the intent of being a little more challenging.

Nice thing with "Margaret," you already have three elements (Ar--Argon, Ga--Gallium, Re--Rhenium) covered so only have to find one in the last name!

Also, this is the table I've been using to look up the elements...seems most user-friendly for this purpose: https://sciencenotes.org/alphabetical...

QUIZ, 22 points:

Q1: Title word has a "Q"--In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

U1: pub'd in '10s of any century--The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

I9: author's name contains an "i"--Girl of Kosovo by Alice Mead (set in Serbia)

Z1: author last name has a "z"--The World in Half by Cristina Henríquez (set in Honduras)

BIT, 7 points:

B1: any bird name in title--The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry (set in Bahrain)

I2: inbetween, author's age is 51-74--How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley, b. 1970

T6: no "t" in author's name--The September House by Carissa Orlando

THY, 6 points:

T5: translated from another language than your own--The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn

R6: real person (auto/biography or memoir)--City of Life, City of Death: Memories of Riga by Max Michelson (set in Latvia)

Y1: first name ends in "y" or last name begins with "y"--A Ring Through Time by Felicity Pulman (set on Norfolk Island)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "If an author publishes with initials, can the consecutive initials count as "in order" for a 2 letter element?

In this case, I'm thinking E.R. Punshon and wanting the E.R. to count for #68 Er Erbi..."

That will most certainly work!

Nick wrote: "Decathlon 10..5 400 meters.

I am going to have to delete these points. This was a re-read, and I think I did the same thing when I read this book before for this group -- which is pretty embarrass..."

I know you can’t use it for the Decathlon task you had it planned for, but if you still want to get points for that book since you’ve already read it, you could use it for Olympic Scavenger: Option B, sail or sailing: “The sail of a catboat was a crimson triangle when it luffed a few feet from the concrete walk.”
+15 Task
+5 Before 1999

Joanne wrote: "Rosemary, I believe my number of 15 point tasks is off-My last post for it, #582, should have been 15.7-please let me know if I am wrong on this. Thanks"

You are correct: it looks like you accidentally claimed 15.4 twice.
We have your Olympic Scavenger reading as follows:
15.1 We Ride Upon Sticks, hockey
15.2 Arrows of the Queen, "dive"
15.3 The Pasha of Cuisine, "rowing"
15.4 The Patriarch, tennis
15.5 (you also posted this as 15.4 in post 279) The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West, horse riding
15.6 (which was posted as 15.5) A Dangerous Collaboration, swimming
15.7 (which was posted as 15.6) Child of the Prophecy, "sailing"

15.1 Olympic Scavenger

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

Option B, football:

"He was at fooball practice when he said he would be at home."

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 810

Apple wrote: "Can I please lock in No Time Like the Past for romance? it is the last genre on the main page, and I am hoping it won't drop off."

👍 noted

Apple wrote: "A letter can be used as many times as there are tiles, yes? So, if there are 4 D's we can use 2 in a single word?"

As long as you’re not repeating tasks, then absolutely you can use two of any letter in a word 🤗

Denise wrote: "For I2 - Inbetween: author's age is 51-74, is that for author’s current age or age when the book was published?"

You’re looking for the age the author is now (or age at time of death, if applicable).