Reading with Style discussion

20.1 Iris Murdoch

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

+20 pt task
+5 Oldies
+5 Jumbo
+5 20.6 Characters

Task Total = 35 points
Season Total = 195 points

Post 566Jennifer wrote: "10.1 Design your own task: Read a non-fiction book

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

+ 5 jumbo (656 pages)

Task total: 15
Season total: 135"

With six wives and Henry VIII, I'm thinking there must be at least two more named characters so that this should combo with 20.6. Let us know if that is incorrect.

Post 576 Lynn wrote: "10.2 Jackson's Dilemma

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (1944)

+10 task
+20 Combos ( 10.3 Summer task, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.4 Boxall's 1001, 20.6 Characters..."

Just a note: 20.4 is for Women on the 1001 list, so this doesn't qualify for that combo.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 576 Lynn wrote: "10.2 Jackson's Dilemma

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (1944)

+10 task
+20 Combos ( 10.3 Summer task, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.4 Boxall's..."

Oh duh I forgot. Thank you.

20.6 Characters

This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class by Elizabeth Warren

+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.2
+ 5 multiple

Task total: 30
Season total: 610

15.7 - Rating Game

15,000 - 24,999

Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci

+20 task - 18,118

Task total: 20
Grand total: 710

20.6 - Characters

Fast and Loose by Stuart Woods

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

Task total: 35
Grand total: 745

20.6 - Characters

Hand of Evil by J.A. Jance

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

Task total: 35
Grand total: 780

15.6 RG, 250-999 (phew! glad I got this approved already...I was the 998th person to rate this one! that was close...)

Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics by Stephen Greenblatt

+20 Task
+5 NF

Task total: 25
Season total: 760

50.1
Monaco

Loser Takes All by Graham Greene

+50 Task
+15 Combo (10.3, 20.1, 20.2)
+5 Oldie

Task Total: 70
Season Total: 265

50.1
Saint Lucia

Voyage to the Island by Raija Nieminen

+50 Task
+10 combo (20.1, 20.6)
+5 Oldie
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 70
Season Total: 335

20.6 Characters
The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo (10.3)
+10 Young (born 1970; wikipedia)

Post Total: 40
Season Total: 850

15.1 RG (Round 2)
100,000 - 249,999 Ratings

Fallen Too Far (Rosemary Beach #1) by Abbi Glines
book approved here

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 865

10.4 Visiting
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

+10 pts - Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.2, 20.1)
+10 pts - Oldies (1929)

Task Total - 30 pts
Season Total - 460 pts

50.1 Monaco

Loser Takes All by Graham Greene

+50 Task
+15 Combo (10.3 No i in Author's Name, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.2 Oxford Authors)
+5 Oldie (1955)

Task Total: 70 points
Season Total 840 points

15.2 RG (Round 2)
250 - 999 Ratings

Frantic (Detective Ella Marconi #1) by Katherine Howell

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 880

15.3 RG (Round 2)
1,000 - 4,999 Ratings

The House of the Four Winds (One Dozen Daughters #1) by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 895

Post 566Jennifer wrote: "10.1 Design your own task: Read a non-fiction book

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

+ 5 jumbo (656 pages)

Task total: 15
Season total: 135

With six wives and Henry VIII, I'm thinking there must be at least two more named characters so that this should combo with 20.6. Let us know if that is incorrect"

Sorry - haven't done a great job of copying and pasting but this is a reply to Elizabeth (Alaska)'s post #602.

This definitely had more than 9 characters (Henry VIII, the wives + key advisors such as Thomas More, Wolesly, Cranmer, Cromwell etc) but I thought that 10.1 couldn't be used as a combo?

If I can have the extra 5 points that would be great but not sure??

Jennifer wrote: "I thought that 10.1 couldn't be used as a combo? "

You couldn't claim 20.6 and use 10.1 as a combo, but you can claim 10.1 and all other style are available.

10.9 All Star Reads (Anika's Task)

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

Task=10
Combo= 10 (10.3, 20.6)
Task Total=20

Grand Total= 1360

Completed Tasks: (35)
10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.7 (20); 10.8(30); 10.9 (20); 10.10
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);20.7 (50); 20.10 (20);
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); 50.1 (8x)(75)
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

20.4 The Black Prince

Persuasion by Jane Austen

+20 Task
+10 Young (she died at age 41)
+15 Oldies
+ 25 Combo (10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.9--great choice, Tien!, 20.6)

Task total: 830

20.6 Characters

The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America by Unknown

+20 task
+25 oldie
+ 5 multiple
+15 combos (10.7, 10.3, 10.8)
_____
Task Total: 65
Season Total: 270

10.1 Design your own task

-> I'm pretty sure I bought this 2 years ago! One down.....

Rat Island: Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue by William Stolzenburg

10 task
____
10

Running total: 775

20.9 Apollo 11

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

+20 Task (108 shelvings)
+10 Combo (20.1, 20.6 more than 9 significant named characters)
+ 5 Oldies (1959)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 420

10.5 D-Day

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

(#3 on Best Beginning)

+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.2 possessive; 10.4 visiting - Catching up on Classics shelf; 20.1 published 1997; 20.6 Characters)

Task total: 30
Season total: 370

10.8 Series

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

(Harry Potter #2)

+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.5 - #43 on Best Ending; 20.1 - published 1998; 20.6 Characters)

Task total: 25
Season total: 395

20.6 Characters

The Price of Valour by Django Wexler

+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.3, 10.8
+5 Multiple
+10 Young
+5 Jumbo (528 pages)

Task Total: 50
Season Total: 975

20.3 A Severed Head

The Unexpected Guest by Charles Osborne

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3, 20.1, 20.6)

Task total=35
Grand total=975

10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)

The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham (1896) 36 pages, Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation (1898) 38 pages, The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost Illustrated(1902) 30 pages, and The Magic Shop (1903) 32 pages. all by H.G. Wells

page total 136 pages - date range 1896- 1903

+10 task,
+15 Combos (10.3 no i in the author's name, 20.5 London, 20.6 Characters)
+10 Oldies
+5 repeat a task

Task 40 points
Season Total 880

10.9 All Star Reads

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

+10 task
+10 young--born 1978 https://www.google.com/search?client=...

Task total: 20
Season total: 630

50.1- Armenia

I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini

Task=50
Combo= 5 (20.6)
Multiple=5
Task Total=60

Grand Total= 1420

Completed Tasks: (36)
10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.7 (20); 10.8(30); 10.9 (20); 10.10
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);20.7 (50); 20.10 (20);
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); 50.1 (8x)(75); 50.1 (9x)(60)
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

10.7 Summer Shorts

I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel (160 pages) Annes was born in 1978. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...

+10 task,
+5 Combo 10.3 Summer task
+10 young author
+5 repeat task

30 task
910 Season total

20.6 Characters

Their Newborn Baby Gift by Alison Roberts

+20 Task -- at least nine named characters
+5 Combo (10.2)
+5 Multiple

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 740

10.3 Summer 2017

The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by Penny Busetto

10 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts Multiple

Task Total 15 pts
Season Total 1320 pts

10.8 Series
Falloutby Ellen Hopkins
3rd in the series Crank

Task + 10
+5 Jumbo 665pp(approved by Elizabeth(Alaska)
Book Total: 15
Grand Total: 95

10.8 Series
Dragon's Lair by Sharon Kay Penman

+10 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo(10.2, 10.3, 20.6,20.10)

Task Total - 30 pts
Season Total - 490 pts

20.8 Revisit a Friend

Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe

+20 task (I first read this author in May 2019)
+15 combo (10.3, 10.6, 20.6)
+ 5 multiple
+10 jumbo (704 pgs)

Task total=50
Grand total=1025

15.4 RG (Round 2)
<250 Ratings

The Red Chief by Ion L. Idriess

+15 Task
+5 Old (pub 1953)

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 915

10.3 Summer 2017
The Coroner (Jenny Cooper #1) by M.R. Hall

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo (20.6)

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 935

20.6 Characters

Notwithstanding by Louis de Bernières

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.7
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 1005

20.8 Revisit a Friend

The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor

+20 Task (first read in December 2018)
+10 Combo (20.1, 20.6)
+ 5 Oldies (1976)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 455

Task 10.3 Summer 2017

If, Then (2019) by Kate Hope Day

+10 Task
+05 In-depth

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 250 + 15 = 265

50.1-Slovakia

Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord

Task=50
Combo= 5 (20.6)
Multiple=5
Task Total=60

Grand Total= 1480

Completed Tasks: (37)
10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.7 (20); 10.8(30); 10.9 (20); 10.10
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);20.7 (50); 20.10 (20);
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); 50.1 (8x)(75); 50.1 (9x)(60); 50.1(10x)(60)
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

15.7 RG, 1,000-4,999

Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgård

+20 Task
+5 NF

Task total: 25
Season total: 855

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I thought that 10.1 couldn't be used as a combo? "

You couldn't claim 20.6 and use 10.1 as a combo, but you can claim 10.1 and all other style are available."

Great, thanks. In case it hasn't already been noted I'd like to edit post #566

10.1 Read a non-fiction book

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

+10 pt task
+ 5 jumbo (656 pages)
+ 5 combo (20.6 characters: Henry VIII, the 6 wives, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell and many more)

Task total: 20
Season total: 140

50.10 RwS Project Guam

Diving & Snorkeling Guide to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands 2016 by Tim Rock (2016) 125 pages

+50 task
+5 Combo 10.8 series (#3 in Diving and Snorkeling Guides)
+5 repeat task

Task 60 points
Season total 970

50.1 British Indian Ocean Territories

Palm Land by Adelaide F. Samuels

Chagos Islands are in the British Indian Ocean Territory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...

50 pts British Indian Ocean Territories. See https://archive.org/details/palmlando...
5 pts Multiple
10 pts Oldies 1872

Task total: 65 pts
Season total 1385 pts

1870s boys adventure story with racist stereotypes.

20.8 Revisit a Friend

The True Queen by Zen Cho

+20 Task (first read Sept 2018)
+15 Combo 10.3, 20.5, 20.6
+5 Multiple
+10 Young

Task Total: 50
Season Total: 1055

15.7 Ratings Game

1,000 - 4,999

The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata

+20 Task (4894)
+ 5 Before 1995

Task total = 25

Season total = 545

20.3 A Severed Head

Spider's Web by Charles Osborne

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)
+ 5 Multiple

Task total=35
Grand total=1060