Reading with Style discussion

10.5- D-Day

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
# 68 on The Best Beginning; 102 on The Best Ending

Task- 10
Combo-5 ( 10.3)
Post total: 15
Season total: 370

20.9- Apollo 11
Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey

Shelved 109 times as space

Task: 20
Multiple: 5
Combo: 20 (10.2, 10.3, 10.8, 20.6)
Jumbo: 5

Post: 50
Season total: 420

10.7 Summer shorts

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

and

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: An Inspector Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie

10 task
5 oldie
5 combo 20.4
_____
20

Running total: 620

15.4 RG

5,000 – 9, 999 ratings

The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 740

50.1 Slovakia

Rivers of Babylon by Peter Pišťanek

50 pts 50.1 Slovakia
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts Multiple
5 pts Oldies

Task total: 70 pts
Season total: 1025 pts

20.4 The Black Prince

Quartet by Jean Rhys

+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.3, 20.1
+10 Oldies (published 1928)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 780

20.10 Historical
The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory

+20 task
+ 15 combo (10.8 (#14 in series), 20.5, 20.6)
Task total = 35
Season total = 240

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke

+20 task (pub 1981)
+ 5 combo 10.7 Summer Shorts
+ 5 oldie

Task total: 30
Season total: 500

15.4 RG

5,000 – 9, 999 ratings

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder

+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction

Task total: 20
Grand total: 350

15.1. RG
250 - 999
The Mystery of Nancy Drew: Girl Sleuth on the Couch by Betsy Caprio

+15 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1992)
+ 5 pts - NonFiction

Task Total - 25 pts
Season Total - 305 pts

20.6 - Characters

Viola Avenue by Pamela Grandstaff

+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.8)
+5 multiple

Task total: 35
Grand total: 520

20.6 - Characters

Pumpkin Ridge by Pamela Grandstaff

+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.8)
+5 multiple

Task total: 35
Grand total: 555

20.6 - Characters

Lotus Avenue by Pamela Grandstaff

+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.8)
+5 multiple

Task total: 35
Grand total: 590

20.6 Characters

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming*

*I thought this would have a YA designation...but I didn't see it if it's there. Also...the Lexile is NP 1370....not sure what that is...so, I'll add styles...in hope that they survive the YA rules.


Task=20
Combo= 5(20.1-1964)
Multiple=5
Oldie=5 (1964)
Task Total=35

Grand Total= 1115

Completed Tasks: (28)
10.2 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25)
20.1 (35); 20.2 (50); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40);20.6 (2x)(35); 20.10 (20); 20.7 (50)
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70)
250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
✔75,000 - 99,999
✔25,000 - 74,999
✔15,000 - 24,999
✔10,000 - 14,999
✔5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings

20.6 Characters

Beginners by Raymond Carver

+20 Task (more than 9 characters)
+10 combo (10.3, 10.7)
+ 5 multiple
+10 young (1938-1988)

Task total=45
Grand total=835

20.3 The Severed Head
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ca...

+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Oldies (1935)
+ 5 pts - Combo (20.6)
Task Total - 35
Season Total - 335 pts

10.8 Series (Beth's Task)

The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton


Task=10
Combo= 15 (10.3; 20.1-1993; 20.6)
Oldie=5 (1993)
Task Total=30

Grand Total= 1145

Completed Tasks: (29)
10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.8(30)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25)
20.1 (35); 20.2 (50); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40);20.6 (2x)(35); 20.10 (20); 20.7 (50)
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70)
250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
✔75,000 - 99,999
✔25,000 - 74,999
✔15,000 - 24,999
✔10,000 - 14,999
✔5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Pied Piper by Nevil Shute

+20 Task (pub'd 1942)
+ 5 Combo (20.6)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Oldies

Task total = 40

Season total = 455

20.6 Characters

Both Your Houses by Maxwell Anderson

20 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts Multiple
10 pts Oldies

Task total: 45 pts
Season total: 1070 pts

REVISED

15.5 Ratings Game fewer than 250

They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard

Task total: 15 pts + 5 Old = 20 pts
Season total: 1090 pts

15.5 RG

25,000 - 74,999

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Task total: 15
Grand total: 365

10.7 Summer Shorts
The Ballad of Reading Gaol & An Ideal Husband both by Oscar Wilde

+10 pts -Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.4, 20.2)
+10 Pts - Oldies (1898 TBoRG, 1895 AIH)
+10 pts - young author (1854-1900)

Task Total - 40 pts
Season Total - 375 pts

You can really see the difference in his writing, before and after his prison sentence. TBoRG is so somber, sad and dark compared to his usual farce like AIH with the comedy of mix-ups but “All’s Well That Ends Well” completions. I don’t think I ever had read anything from his post trial days before. Really saddened me.

15.8 Ratings Game

Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø

25,000 - 74,999
at time of posting: 33,850

20 task
____
20

Running total: 640

-> this will fill in the last blank for Thailand

10.3 Summer Task - Author with no i in his or her name

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960), Lexile level 870, play https://www.broadway.com/shows/to-kil...


+10 task
+30 Combo (10.4 Visiting - Catching Up With Classics, 10.5 D-Day, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.3 A Severed Head, 20.4 The Black Prince, 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldie

Task 45 points
Season Total 680


19/31 tasks completed

Please see revision to post 520 -- I forgot to add the additional "Old" points! Thanks.

10.3 Summer 2017

The White Book by Han Kang

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 570

10.6 Author Lifetime Awards

Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.6 Characters

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 585

10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)

The Pearl by John Steinbeck 1000 Lexile
The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Oldies 1945 and 1937

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 605

10.9 All Star Reads (Anika's Task)

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.3 Summer 2017

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 620

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.4 Visiting / 20.6 Characters
+ 5 Oldies
+ 5 Jumbo

Post Total: 40
Season Total: 665 (adjusted)

20.2 Oxford Authors

The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

+20 task
+10 combo (10.8, 20.6)

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 195

20.6 Characters

The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone

+20 task (one of those spy novels with a million characters!)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 215

20.6 Characters

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Lexile 870

+20 task
+5 multiple

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 240

50.1 Project RwS

Falcon's Prey by Penny Jordan

set in Kuwait

50 task
5 multi
5 oldie
15 combo 10.2, 10.3, 20.1
______
75

Running total: 715

15.8-100,000 - 249,999 ratings

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Task=20
Oldie=5 (1932)
Task Total=25

Grand Total= 1170

Completed Tasks: (30)
10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.8(30)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25); 15.8 (25)
20.1 (35); 20.2 (50); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40);20.6 (2x)(35); 20.10 (20); 20.7 (50)
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70)
250,000 or more ratings
✔100,000 - 249,999
✔75,000 - 99,999
✔25,000 - 74,999
✔15,000 - 24,999
✔10,000 - 14,999
✔5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings

Task 10.8 Series
Read a book in a series, according to Goodreads, that is not #1 in that series. For RwS purposes, a series must consist of at least 3 published works.

How to Moon a Cat (The Cats and Curios Mystery #3) (2011) by Rebecca M. Hale

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 ‘no I’)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 220 + 15 = 235

#20.6 >= 9 named and active characters: only if the cats Rupert and Isabella count as characters (and, indeed, the cats think and do more in this novel than some of the human characters) – So, because cats aren’t human, I didn’t claim this combo.

15.5 Ratings Game

25,000-74.999

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff 52,989 ratings

+15 task
+ 5 nonfiction

Task total: 20
Season total: 520

50.1 St. Pierre et Miquelon

The Black Joke by Farley Mowat

50 pts. 50.1 St. Pierre et Miquelon
5 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts. 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts. 20.6 Characters
5 pts. Multiple
5 pts Oldies

Task total. 75 pts
Season total 1165 pts

15.5 RG

75,000 – 99, 999 ratings

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

+15 Task
+5 Old (published 1993)

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 800

20.6 Characters

The Overstory by Richard Powers

list of characters

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Jumbo

Task total = 30

Points total = 55

Post 498 Ed wrote: "20.2 Oxford Authors

An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde*

*Note- I listened to the Librivox version of these plays... each play on GR has fewer th..."

I'm sorry - I didn't see your question earlier. You did it exactly right. The edition with the combined titles is the right one to post.

Post 503 Valerie wrote: "10.7 Summer shorts

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

and

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: An Inspector Poirot Mystery by [author:Agatha Chr..."

Sorry, Valerie. The Christie isn't on the 1001 Women's list, so this doesn't qualify for the 20.4 combo.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 503 Valerie wrote: "10.7 Summer shorts

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

and

[book:The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: An Inspector Poirot Mystery|58628..."

Sorry, I misread the task!

Valerie wrote: "Sorry, I misread the task! "

Not to worry. I've messed up a couple of my posts this season, adding styles to a low lexile post and then not adding styles when they were due.

20.6 Characters

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

+20 task (more than 9 characters)
+ 5 multiple
+10 young (born November 8, 1974)

Task total=35
Grand total=870

15.6 RG

25,000 to 74,999

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

+20 Task
+5 Non-Fiction

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 620

20.10 Historical (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.6)
+10 Young (b. 1973)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 660

20.6 Characters

Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill

20 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts Multiple
10 pts Oldies
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch

Task total 40 pts
Season total 1205 pts

10.1 Design Your Own Task
Read a book written by Australian woman writer & published this year (2019)
Unsolved Australia: Lost Boys, Gone Girls by Justine Ford
author born in Australia & book published June 2019

+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.7; 20.6)

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 580

20.3 A Severed Head

The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck

Task=20
Combo=15 (10.7; 20.1; 20.6)
Oldie=10 (1932)
Task Total=45

Grand Total= 1215

Completed Tasks: (31)
10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.8(30)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25); 15.8 (25)
20.1 (35); 20.2 (50); 20.3 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40);20.6 (2x)(35); 20.10 (20); 20.7 (50)
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70)
250,000 or more ratings
✔100,000 - 249,999
✔75,000 - 99,999
✔25,000 - 74,999
✔15,000 - 24,999
✔10,000 - 14,999
✔5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings