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

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.5 Tom Spanbauer:

This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes

+20 task
+10 Aged

Post Total = 30
Season Total = 30

20.5

The problem is, I keep reading from the “don’t have” pile instead of the “have” pile! 🤣🤣

Well Joanne, it has been on my TBR for FOREVER, so I will probably be giving it a go when I am on leave over the Christmas period

Miriam Margolyes
"She is a lesbian,[47] and referred to herself as a "dyke" live on national television and in front of Australian prime minister Julia Gillard in 2013"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_...

20.7 Art:

Death's End by Liu Cixin

+20 task
+5 series
+5 combo (10.6 - "The tube was made of carbon fiber, and as it wasn't subject to pressure...")
+5 jumbo
+50 20 point halfway completion
+200 mega finish

Post Total = 285
Season Total = 2255

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x5); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4 (x2); 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x7); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; 20.7; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

** After my loan of The Good Earth ran out and I hadn't finished (and couldn't re-borrow), I didn't think I would get to the Mega. It was a real slog too.

10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):

Earthly Possessions by Anne Tyler

"A white-and-gold drum major pranced across our windshield, pronging the air with his silver baton."

+10 task
+5 multiple

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 1970

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x5); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4 (x2); 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x7); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

Well, I am planning on reading less, by this month I didn’t want to read anymore, so I am going to try to read maybe 2/3 of what I did this year.

I am going to print a map of the world and focus on global reading. I read a lot of Japanese and Korean, going to spread my wings a bit more.

And that is it. I am just going to try and enjoy reading more.

10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

"... a few lucky capitalists stumbled upon the
richest gold and diamond reserves in the world,"

+10 task
+10 young
+5 multiple

Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1955

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x4); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4 (x2); 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x7); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

15.4 Scrabble

R4 - Author first name is Rebecca, Ruth, Robert, Richard

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

PO_ _E R

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 1930

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4 (x2); 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x7); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

20.1 Back to School:

The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.5 - Enright; 10.6 - "Sean's pupils are ringed with a gold so pale it is nearly white.")

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 1915

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x7); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

Anne Enright "She later took up teaching at UCD's School of English, beginning in the 2018–19 academic year.[2]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_En...

20.1 Back to School:

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 series
+10 combo (10.6 - " 'The air is pure here' Whitby said, ' You can get high just from the oxygen levels.'" ; 20.9)

Post Total = 45
Season Total = 1880

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x6); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

20.5 Speech and Debate:

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

+20 task
+10 young
+ 5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 - "It was old and had gold end papers and the binding was broken in two places from rough handling"; 10.10)

Post Total = 45
Season Total = 1835

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x4); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

10.10 Group Reads:

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

+10 task
+10 young
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 - ""... we lived in a town surrounded by low stone walls that snaked silver through the hilly yellow fields."; 20.3 ChAr l Otte Mc ConAghy - Argon, Oxygen, Cobalt, Silver)

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 1790

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

10.9 - Keep it Short! (Valerie's task):

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor

+10 task
+10 young
+15 combo (10.5 - O'Connor; 10.6 - "A plastic fern in a gold pot sat in the opening and trailed its fronds down almost to the floor."; 20.3 FLanNerry O'CoNnor - Lanthanum, Neon, Cobalt, Nitrogen)
+50 10 point halfway finish

Post Total = 85
Season Total = 1755

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

20.3 Chemistry:

The Year of the End by Anne Theroux

AnNe ThErOux - Neon, Thorium, Erbium, Oxygen

+20 task
+5 combo (20.1 - see help thread)
+5 multiple

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 1670

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

Anne Theroux, writer of The Year of the End, (and former wife of Paul Theroux, mother of LouisTheroux)

This article mentions more than once about her having taught in Kenya, which is referred to in the text, as well as other teaching experiences:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...

10.2 Gothic Fiction:

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
#141

+10 task
+10 young
+20 combo (10.5 - name, O'Connor; 10.6 - "The little silver-rimmed glasses gave him a look of deflected sharpness"; 20.3 FranCe O'ConNor - Francium, Cerium, Oxygen, Nobelium; 20.9)

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 1640

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)

20.2 Math

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

+20 task
+15 combo (10.6 - "The silver light dimmed as Luna drifted behind that cloud she'd been flirting with for the last eighteen minutes."; 20.5 - magic spells, vampires, devils, angels; 20.8 - born 1969)
+5 multiple

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 1600

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4

20.10 Zalphabetical

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth StroutElizabeth Strout

+20 task
+ 15 combo ( 10.6 - "And she had the strangest things on her feet, boots with long big silver zippers up the front of them."; 20.1; 20.3 ELIzaBeTh Strout - Lithium, Beryllium, Thorium, Sulfur)
+ 5 series
+5 multiple

Post Total= 45
Season Total = 1560

10.1; ...; 10.3; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x5); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x4)