Joanna’s Comments (group member since Nov 17, 2010)

Joanna’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Top Scoring Books:

65 Points in PostNbr 12 - Finding Napoleon by Margaret Rodenberg - 30.01 (Combo 15, Female, Review)
50 Points in PostNbr 22 - The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi - 20.08 (Combo 10, Female, Review)
45 Points in PostNbr 14 - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 10.02 (Female, Prize Worthy 15, Review)
40 Points in PostNbr 30 - Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson - 20.03 (Combo 05, Female, Prize Worthy 05)
40 Points in PostNbr 32 - The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey - 20.06 (Combo 05, Female, Prize Worthy 05)
40 Points in PostNbr 42 - A Thousand Recipes for Revenge by Beth Cato - 20.06 (Combo 10, Female)
40 Points in PostNbr 44 - Desperate Characters by Paula Fox - 20.04 (Combo 10, Female)
40 Points in PostNbr 50 - Bad Dirt by Annie Proulx - 20.04 (Female, Review)

(Reserved)

Most Strategic Reader:

Norma - 29.0, for 5 Books
Coralie - 28.0, for 5 Books
Valerie - 22.0, for 5 Books
Claire - 21.4, for 7 Books

Readerboard to post 50:

Claire - 150
Norma - 145
Coralie - 140
Connie - 110
Valerie - 110
Tien - 105
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 80
Denise - 75
Marie - 75
Bucket - 60
Rosemary - 45
Owlette - 35
Karen Michele - 30
Nick - 30
Jayme - 15

Post 38:
Norma wrote: "20.4 - Uncommon Letter

Quiet by Clarissa Bright

+20 task
+5 Combo 20.1 - 3.94/213
+5 Female

Task total: 30
Grand total: 120"

+5 extra female points

Post 26:
Norma wrote: "20.1 - Happy Birthday Elizabeth

Faith by S.E. Green

+20 task - 3.81/53
+5 Female

Task total: 25
Grand total: 90"

+5 extra female points

Post 23:
Norma wrote: "10.4 - Elmore Leonard

Someone Else's Daughter by Linsey Lanier

+10 task - LL
+5 Female

Task total: 15
Grand total: 65"

+5 extra female points

Post 17:
Norma wrote: "20.1 - Happy Birthday Elizabeth

She Knew Too Much by Jemma Stark

+20 task - 4.31/42
+5 Female

Task total: 25
Grand total: 50"

+5 extra female points

Post 11:
Norma wrote: "20.4 - Uncommon Letter

Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli

+20 task
+5 Female

Task total: 25
Grand total: 25"

+5 -- Female style is worth 10 points, not 5

Post 5:
Claire wrote: "20.4 Uncommon Letter (Fall 2017)

The Briar Club
Kate Quinn


15 points
+ 10 points female author
+5 points combo task 10.9 ( pecorino in Bea’s ragu)/
= 30 points
..."

+5 -- this is a 20 pt task, not 15

The final Summer Readerboard is now posted. Sorry for the slight delay in closing out the season!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "B1: Neustadt International Prize winners and nominees

Do pseudonyms work for this? John Banville was a nominee in 2012, but he also writes under the name of Benjamin Black

Yes, but please give the matching name in your post.

For example:

A Death In Summer by Benjamin Black
Note: Benjamin Black is a pen name for John Banville

Here's my tentative plan, pending decisions about other tasks.

B1 - equal letters first and last name
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
B2 - 51% not in US/Canada/UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ
The Morgue Keeper by Ruyan Meng
B3 - Author's latest book
North Woods by Daniel Mason
B4 - Title starts/ends same letter
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
B5 - 1 and 6 in publication year
Rocked by Livia Grant
B1 - equal letters first and last name
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
I2 - set 200+ years before publication date
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
N3 - free
(TBD)
G4 - four word title
Because They Wanted To: Stories by Mary Gaitskill
O5 - alliterative title
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith

15.24 SU 18 Listopia Tags

The Blank:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Tag - title
Book - #126

The Husbands by Chandler Baker

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 375

15.23 SU 18 Listopia Tags

Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2025: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Tag - science-fiction
Book - #8

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 360

15.22 SU 18 Listopia Tags

What Women Born in the 1970s have Read 2025:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Tag - 1970s-women
Book - #2

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 345

15.21 SU 18 Listopia Tags

Booktube Recommends 2022: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Tag - Recommended
Book - #22

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: 330

15.20 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

A1 - Set in the USA

The Magic of Found Objects by Maddie Dawson

+15 Task
+50 Finisher bonus

Post total: 65
Grand total: 315

15.7 SU 24 Decathlon

Task 10.8 Pole Vault
Winner of certain awards

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

+15 Task (won the Hugo in 2019)

Post total: 15
Grand total: 250

15.19 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

D6 - literary fiction

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 235