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

Joanna’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

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

15.18 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

C4 - Third person narrator

Snow in August by Pete Hamill

+15 Task
+5 Old

Post total: 20
Grand total: 220

15.17 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

B2 - published 1951-2000

Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout

+15 Task (pub 1998)
+5 Old

Post total: 20
Grand total: 200

15.16 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

B1 - published 2001 or later

Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum

+15 Task (pub 2025)

Post total: 15
Grand total: 180

Deedee, me too!

I've been working on two subchallenges, but may not quite finish either one. I've read 6 (plus two in progress) for one and 7 (plus one in progress) for the other. Not a very efficient way to go about it...

15.6 SU 24 Decathlon

Task 10.2 Long Jump
Thriller<==>Nonfiction

The Lake Escape by Jamie Day

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 165

15.15 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

D4 - Nonfiction

I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays by Maris Kreizman

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 150

15.14 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

F6 - Author name T-Z

No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 135

Deedee wrote: "Whoops! I'm doing 2 sub-challenges and I've been numbering both of them 15.1, 15.2, etc. How do y'all want me to fix it???"

Can you please give the post numbers that should go with Subchallenge 2?

Happy Independence Day to our American members!

15.5 SU 24 Decathlon

Task 10.9 Javelin Throw
Author initials in JAVELIN THROW

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 120

15.4 SU 24 Decathlon

Task 10.4 High Jump
Rating higher than 4.25

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 105

15.13 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

F2 - Author name E-H

Slut Lullabies by Gina Frangello

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 90

15.12 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

E3 - Title consists of a full sentence

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 75

15.11 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2

A3 - Set in Europe

The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 60

15.3 SU 24 Decathlon

Task 10.1 100m
Book with 100-199pp

The Seduction by Roxy Sloane

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Grand total: 45

Summer 2025 Readerboard
Final Readerboard

Apple - 1505*****
Anika - 1330****
Tien - 1120****
Norma - 1060****
Rosemary - 1045***
Claire - 995***
Karen Michele - 950***
Valerie - 920***
Connie - 820***
Bucket - 635**
Elizabeth (Alaska) - 590**
Nick - 520**
Marie - 475**
Joanna - 375*
Owlette - 330*
Deedee - 295*
Mary - 280*
Joanne - 230
Katy - 230
Kathleen (itpdx) - 195
Ed - 155
Jayme - 65
Coralie - 50

* - one asterisk for each Subchallenge finish

Post 94:
Joanne wrote: "Sub Challenge 1

15.4 Fall 2016-Half and Half

Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell

Task Total 15
Season Total 60"

+5 Oldies (pub 1982)

Post 43:
Nick wrote: "Sub-Challenge # 1. FA 17 Reading Globally. Each book set in a different country. Each country begins w a different letter.

15.3 United States. I read [book:Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?|169..."

+5 Oldies - pub. 1991