Reading with Style discussion

Our list of Group Reads for the Summer, as chosen by our Mega Finishers, Top Reviewers, and Moderators.

Liz M - Animal's People by Indra Sinha
Elizabeth (Alaska) - The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Kate S - Hiroshima by John Hersey
Isabell - Dune by Frank Herbert
Rebekah - Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley
nsfancy - Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
Christin - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
itpdx - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by L. Hillenbrand
Don (The Book Guy) - Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle

Indra Sinha, Joseph Conrad, and John Hersey, also can be combo'd with 20.8 Veteran author.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Indra Sinha, Joseph Conrad, and John Hersey, also can be combo'd with 20.8 Veteran author."

Hiroshima is also on Art Garfunkel's list, for another combo...except Hiroshima is listed as YA by some of the branches at BPL, and there's no Lexile score that I can find. I can't recall -- does it work if some branches list it as YA and others don't?

FYI, The Secret Agent also seems to be YA Assignment at BPL...although there are numerous entries for various editions of the book and I didn't check them all.

Hiroshima has a lexile score of 1190.

The Secret Agent has a lexile score of 1030.

Keep in mind that the books on the groups reads are ones we read in the previous challenge, so the person nominating it on the group read would know about any lexile scores.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Keep in mind that the books on the groups reads are ones we read in the previous challenge, so the person nominating it on the group read would know about any lexile scores."

Awesome! Thanks, for some reason I couldn't find the Hiroshima Lexile score listed.

Rosemary wrote: "The Secret Agent has a lexile score of 1030."

Remember, YA/lexile does not apply to books on Bloom's Canon.

has anyone figured out any other group reads that make combos?

Animal's People published in 2007
10.8 - Lucky Sevens

D wrote: "Animal's People published in 2007
10.8 - Lucky Sevens"

And Indra Sinha was born in India so that's a combo with 10.2 - Oktoberfest.

Rebekah wrote: "has anyone figured out any other group reads that make combos?"

This isn't quite what you asked, but The Secret Agent (1886) is good for ten Oldies points. Hiroshima (1946) is worth five Oldies points. I'm planning on reading The Secret Agent if I get to this task.

D wrote: "Animal's People published in 2007
10.8 - Lucky Sevens"

Also

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution for 20.7, Connies Task with 2 female characters talking about something other than men and for 10.2 if you haven't already used the USA Author

D wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "has anyone figured out any other group reads that make combos?"

This isn't quite what you asked, but The Secret Agent (1886) is good for ten Oldies points. Hiroshima (1946) is wor..."

Hiroshima works for 20.8 (Vet's DAy) as well as 10.3 (Garfunkel's list )