Reading with Style discussion

20.6 Characters

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.8 Series
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 800

20.8 Revisit a Friend (Lynn's Task)

Gutshot by Amelia Gray

+20 Task: first read July, 2018
+10 Combo: 10.7 Summer Shorts / 20.6 Characters
+10 Young

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 840

10.3 Summer 2017

Lanny by Max Porter

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 865

20.6 Characters

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.3
+ 5 multiples
+10 young-born 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_H...

Task total: 40
Season total: 670

20.6 Characters

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris

+20 task
+ 5 multiples

Task total: 25
Season total: 695

20.6 Characters

50 Modern Artists You Should Know by Christiane Weidemann

+20 task
+ 5 multiples

Task total: 25
Season total: 720

50.1 Uzbekistan

Meet Me At Tamerlane's Tomb by Barbara Corcoran

50 pts Uzbekistan
5 pts 10.2 Jackson’s Dilemma
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:: 80 pts
Season total: 1640. Pts

50.1 Macao

Look Behind You, Lady by A.S. Fleischman

50 pts Macao
5 pts Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts Multiple
5 pts Oldies

Task total 70 pts
Season total: 1710 Pts

15.9 Ratings Game

15,000 - 24,999

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

Task total = 30 (good thing I locked this in !)

Season total = 600

50.1- Seychelles

Stranded in the Seychelles by Bev Spicer

(yeayyyy...not a clunker!)

Task=50
Combo= 5 ( 20.6)
Multiple=5
(I'm fairly certain that the author is under 50...but couldn't find any confirmation...perhaps Elizabeth can fire up her magical internet machines?)

Task Total: 60

Grand Total= 1685

Completed Tasks: (40)
✔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 (35)
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); 50.1 (11x)(60); 50.1(12x)(60); 50.1 (13x)(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

20.6 Characters:

The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

Only three characters are named on Goodreads, but two of them have "a son" mentioned (both were named in book and were major characters), and the third had 8 children, all named characters. This all without mentioning their spouses and various named minor characters.

+20 task
+5 combo (10.3 Summer 2017, the name contains no letter I)
+10 young (Maja Lunde is born in 1975, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Lunde)

Task total: 35
Grand total: 45

10.5 D-Day

The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

+10 Task
+20 Combo: 10.3 Summer 2016 / 10.6 Author Lifetime Awards / 20.1 Iris Murdoch / 20.6 Characters
+ 5 Oldies

Task Total: 35
RwS Finish: 100
Season Total: 1000

20.3- A Severed Head

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franken...

Task: 20
Combo- 20 (10.3, 10.4- Catching up with Classics 2018,20.4, 20.10)
Oldies: 15 -first published in 1818

Total: 55
Season total: 680

10.4- Visiting

From Historical Fiction Shelf
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom

Task: 10
Combo- 10 (10.3, 20.6)

Post total: 20
Season total: 700

10.10 Group Reads

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

+10 task
+5 combo (20.6)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 335

15.3 RG

15,000-24,999 Ratings

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 355

20.5 London

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

+20 Task
+5 Combo 20.6
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1976)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 1125

15.4 RG
75,000 - 99,999
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

+15
+5 nonfiction
+5 big
Task total 25
Season Total: 165

50.1 St Lucia

Voyage to the Island by Raija Nieminen

50 pts St Lucia
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts Multiple
5 pts Oldies

Task total: 70 pts
Season total: 1780 pts

20.6 Characters

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.3
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 1155

15.4 Ratings Game

Rating range: 75,000 - 99,999

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

Actual rating: 85,728

+15 Task
+5 Old (published 1940)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 145

I just noted that, in message #87 (for my 15.2 book), I failed to claim +5 for NF. This book was a memoir. Please add in the extra points.

20.10 Historical (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.1)
+10 Old (1924)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 185

20.5 London

The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.8)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 210

20.1 Design Your Own Task

My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).

The Medusa Amulet by Robert Masello

+10 Task

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 220

20.1 Design Your Own Task

My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).

Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 235

20.1 Design Your Own Task

My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).

Insight by Diana Greenwood

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 250

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 669 Anika wrote: "15.8 RG, 250,000+

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

+20 Task
+5 Old

Task total: 25
Season total: 880"

Anika, I'm sorry, but this title is YA A..."

Humbug! I thought I checked that one. Hate when I do that to myself...ah, well. Glad it'll fit somewhere else, at least! Let's move it to:

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Season total: 875

Anika wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 669 Anika wrote: "15.8 RG, 250,000+

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

+20 Task
+5 Old

Task total: 25
Season total: 880"

Anika, I'm so..."

I'm not sure if you've already recorded my reply from 19 minutes ago, so I'm reposting just in case...I'd actually like to use it for 20.2 Oxford Authors rather than for 20.1. Sorry for the indecision there... :-/

20.1 Iris Murdoch

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (1030 Lexile)

+20 Task (Aww, Beth, that was a good one...it was Harry Potter and Game of Thrones and Sabriel with a little Sword in the Stone and even a little Austen all wrapped up in one delicious fantasy package! Thanks for the recommendation)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1982)
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.6)

Task total: 35
Season total: 910

15.9- 250 - 999 Ratings

The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow-376 ratings

Task=30
Old=5
Task Total: 35

Grand Total= 1720

Completed Tasks: (41)
✔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 (35)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25); 15.8 (25); 15.9 (35)
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); 50.1 (11x)(60); 50.1(12x)(60); 50.1 (13x)(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

Death Sentence by Maurice Blanchot (81 pages)
and
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (96 pages)

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.1 1948 & 1977)
+ 5 Oldies
+ 5 Multiple

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 500

I just realized, thanks to Rosemary, that I forgot to claim a combo 20.1 for my 10.7 task. The years were 1923 + 1977. It is back at post 503. So, should be +5 to my running total. Thanks.

Post 694 Jennifer wrote: "20.2 Oxford Authors

Stratton's War by Laura Wilson

+20 task (Somerville)
+ 15 combo (10.2, 20.6, 20.5)
+5 jumbo

Task total: 40
Season total: 195"

FYI, this was originally published as The Innocent Spy and that is the MPE. However, your edition was not combined (I have now done that) and there was probably not a way for you to know. We will allow the claim for 10.2 as an exception.

Post 706 Connie wrote: "20.6 Characters

50 Modern Artists You Should Know by Christiane Weidemann

+20 task
+ 5 multiples

Task total: 25
Season total: 720"

You'll be pleased to know I found a 1972 birth date for her. Young points!

20.6 Characters

Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon by Mark Hodder

+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.3, 10.8
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1190

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Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 706 Connie wrote: "20.6 Characters

50 Modern Artists You Should Know by Christiane Weidemann

+20 task
+ 5 multiples

Thanks for the young points, Elizabeth. You're a super researcher!
Task total: 25
Season total: 720"

You'll..."

Note: replacing post 737

20.6 Characters

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

BLP Assignment but in Canon

20 pts. 20.6 Characters
5 pts 10.2 Jackson’s Dilemma
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts Multiple
10 pts Oldies

Task Total: 45 pts
Season total: 1825 pts

15.5 RG
25,000 - 74,999
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker

+15
Season total: 180

15.7 Ratings Game 10,000 - 14,999

Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet

20 pts Ratings Game 10,000 - 14,999
5 pts Old

Task total,25 pts
Season total 1850 pts

50.1 Project
St Helena
Napoleon's Last Island by Thomas Keneally

+50 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.2, 10.3, 20.6)
+ 5 pts - multi

Task Total - 70 pts
Season Total - 750 pts

15.5 RG (Round 2)
5,000 - 9,999 Ratings

After the Storm (Kate Burkholder #7) by Linda Castillo

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1,065

10.8 Series
Love's Pursuitby Siri Mitchell
#2 in the series

Task +10
Combo 10.2 (Love's) +5
Multiple +5
Book Total: 20
Grand Total: 125

10.4 Visiting

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

+10 task (from Historical Fictionistas bookshelf)
+5 combo (20.6)
+10 young (born 1981)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 380

20.7 Shakespeare

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

+20 task (retelling of Taming of the Shrew)
+15 combo (10.3, 10.8, 20.6)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 415

20.5 London

Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark

+20 task
+20 combo (10.6, 10.10, 20.1, 20.6)
+ 5 oldies (1981)

Task total=45
Grand total=1185

20.1. Iris Murdoch

Craig's Wife by George Kelly

20 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 10.2 Jackson’s Dilemma
5 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts Multiple
10 pts Oldies

Task total: 50 pts
Season total: 1900 pts

Task 20.9 Apollo 11 (Kate S's Task)
50 years ago, we landed on the moon. Let's celebrate by reading a book shelved as space by at least 30 members.

Specifically approved by Kate S.!

American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (2019) by Douglas Brinkley [629.409] (Hardcover, 576 pages)

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.6 >= 9 named characters)
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30

Grand Total: 265 + 30 = 295

20.6 Characters

Evil Eye: Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong by Joyce Carol Oates

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3, 10.6, 10.7)
+ 5 Multiple

Task total=40
Grand total=1225

(ETA Multiple points)