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

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

+10 task
+5 series
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.6 - "He was carrying a silver tray on which various small plates were arranged."

Post Total= 25
Season Total = 1245

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

15.2 Scrabble

P2 - Pulp or Pulp Noir or Pulp Adventure

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler

_O_ _ _
P _ _ _ _

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1220

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

15.1 Scrabble

O5 - Author surname is an occupation

Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor

_O_ _ _

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1205

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

15.10 Scrabble

Q1 - Title word begins with Q

The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey

FRESH - score 11
QUILT - score 14

+15 task
+100 finisher bonus (word score 16-30)

Post Total= 115
Season Total = 1190

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

15.9 Scrabble

E6 - pub'd in the 60s, any century

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published 1968

FRESH - score 11
_ UILT

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1075

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

15.8 Scrabble

U1 - pub'd in the 10s, any century

An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor
Published 2018

F R _ S H
_ UILT

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1060

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

I have, I think, managed to stick with the books that were on my plan at the start. Oh, no, I’ve read 3 I didn’t intend to… and have another 3 I added after.

Probably not true , it’s probably double that BUT I am still doing better than I normally would! Lol

Joanne, it’s a page count thing. I am reading them as the individual stories, so apart from one which met the page requirements they won’t work for me 😢

20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):

Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima

+20 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.6 "... the glow of streetlamps, lighten windowsand neon signs must have streamed like water around his falling body."

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 1035

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

20.9 - haLLowEEn (Anika's task):

Stone Yard Devotional BY Charlotte Wood

+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 "... was an airless box with two tiny bedrooms, low white-tiled ceilings and small aluminium sliding windows..."; 20.1 - see task thread

Post Total= 35
Season Total = 1005

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

15.7 Scrabble

H1 - Harlem Renaissance - any book by one of these

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

F R _ S H
_ _ ILT

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 970

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

20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):

The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer

+20 task
+5 multiple
+15 combo (10.6 "... sent up coupons for silver-plated teaspoons or entered competitions for winning ponies ...:; 10.7 - EATER; 20.3 PeNelope MoTimer - Phosporous, Neon, Molybderum, Titanium)

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 955

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

10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):

Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
LIES

+10 task
+15 series
+5 combo (10.6 " ... was a rather dull iron sword whose provenance could never be proved...

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 915

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

10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):

And the Rest Is History by Jodi Taylor
Published 2017

+10 task
+10 series
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 "Everything was in crimson and gold to match William."; 10.7 - REST)

Post Total= 35
Season Total = 885

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); ....; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)

20.4 Home Economics:

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
(Totally crushing on Stanley Tucci right now after this!)

+20 task
+10 comb (10.6 - "The pizza oven is self explanatory, but the paella maker consists of a huge iron pan that rests atop a round stand ..."; 20.8)

Post Total= 30
Season Total = 850

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)

20.5 Speech and Debate:

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

+20 task
+10 young
+5 multiple
= 5 combo (10.6 - "On the front of the cap, in gold yarn, in the shape of an anchor." )

Post Total= 40
Season Total = 820

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)

15.6 Scrabble

T1 - Thrillers or MPG Thriller

Sister by Rosamund Lupton

F R _ S _
_ _ ILT

Post Total= 15
Season Total = 780

10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)

Joanne wrote: " 10.9 Keep It Short

The Long and Short of It by Jodi Taylor



Task Total 10
Combo (10.7, word is Short, 10.5, published 2017) 10
Task Total 20
Season Total 190"

+5 series

Bucket wrote: "Posst 324: 10.8 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival

The Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson

+10 Task (new to me author, genre: crime)
+10 Combo (10.5 - 7 letters in Jackson; ..."

+10 young

Deedee wrote: "Post 323 :Task 20.2 Math:
Read a book whose title (not including subtitles) contains a three-letter word, a single-letter word, and a four-letter word. Other words are allowed and the designated words need n..."

+10 young