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

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

It’s going to be a blast, can’t wait to see the plans!

10.10 Group Reads:

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

+10 task
+5 combo (20.4 - shelved 7 times as Cli-fi)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 600

10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; ...; 10.5 (x2);...; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3)

10.2 St Patrick's Day (March 17):

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

+10 task
+5 combo (20.8 - numerous instances of drinking beer, they are Irish after all!)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 585

10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; ...; 10.5 (x2);...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3)

Apologies, I did the last updates and had a headache return before I could run the reports to confirm. I can only guess I entered your post score instead of the total. It will be fixed when we run the checks

20.3 Climate Policy:

Red Harvest: A Novel of the Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine by Michael Cherkas
Soviet policies on collectivization and industrialisation lead to famine and mass genocide in Soviet Ukraine

Graphic novel, no styles

+20 task

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 570

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5 (x2);...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3)

20.8 Temple Bar Pub (Anika's task):

Eyrie by Tim Winton

"Along the Strip Keely bought a beer, drank it quickly, and left before he could go on to a soothing second."

+20 task

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 550

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5 (x2);...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3)

20.4 Climate Science:

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Shelved 4 times as cli-fi

+20 task

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 530

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5 (x2);...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x2)

10.5 Tom Robbins:

The Good, The Bad and The History by Jodi Taylor

+10
+5 jumbo (509 pages)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 510

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5 (x2);...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x2)

20.8 Temple Bar Pub (Anika's task):

Best Foot Forward by Adam Hills

"I've got a beer in my hand, the sun on my face, and my best friend beside me. Life is good."

+20 task
+10 Not a Novel
+5 combo (10.5)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 495

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5;...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x2)

20.4 Climate Science:

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Shelved 13 times as cli-fi

+20 task

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 460

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5;...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8

20.1 Adaptation and Resilience:

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher

+20 task

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 440

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5;...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); ...; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8

15.6 - CYOA - Scifi Path
Step 6 - Outer Space

The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi

+15 task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 420

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5;...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3 (x2); ...; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8

15.5 - CYOA - Scifi Path
Step 5 - Pad Thai (All Letters in Title)

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing

+15 task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 405

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5;...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3 (x2); ...; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8

10.7 Singing Season (Karen Michele's task):

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

+10 task
+10 not a novel
+ 5 combo (20.2 - Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir or Autobiography (2023), She Reads Best of Award for Best Memoir (2023);)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 390

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5;...; 10.7; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3 (x2); ...; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8

10.1 Member Lotto Kathleen (itpdx), "Back to Basics":

You Are Here by David Nicholls
Michael and Marnie take part in a 10 day hike across rural England

+10 task
+5 combo (20.8 - "A pint was an absurd quantity to drink but she'd played the game and drunk three,)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 365

10.1 (x2); ...;10.3; ...; 10.5;...; ...; ...; 10.9;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3 (x2); ...; ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8

Those damned shiny books!

Connie (on semi-hiatus) wrote: "Would a historical fiction book set in Washington DC during the era of Senator Joe McCarthy's Red Scare in the 1950s be OK for this task? Some of the characters work for the government, and other c..."

Hi Connie, everything talks about it being McCarthy era, but I can't tell how much it features / directs the narrative. My feeling is, with characters on both sides of the political spectrum, it probably works, but it is a little unclear.

I have already hit the part of the season where I am juggling books, looking at what i had selected, what I am actually interested in reading this season, and seeing what is going to work and what isn't. This is about two weeks early, lol.

No, I seem to be fine.

Oh god! I can’t imagine losing my spreadsheet! I switched it to Google drive so I can access on my home and work computers as well as phone.

I’m not obsessed, you are 😝