Reading with Style discussion

Karen Michele wrote: "I've just finished my first book set in Lebanon, Shatila Stories by Omar Khaled Ahmad and 8 other authors all who live in Lebanon and are refugees from Syria. Can ..."

Yes, please note that he was born in Syria when you post.

A question about the 15 point tasks. I understand that we cannot claim a combo style for a 15 point task. Ie The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck can be claimed for 15.7; but, even though it qualifies for 20.3, it is not eligible for an extra 5 points for the 20.3 combo style.

But does it work the other way around? For example, if I read a book set in a small town in China The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and want to claim it for 20.3, can I add 5 combo points because it also qualifies for 15.7?

No combos either way.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "No combos either way."


Thank you! I may have been over thinking this. But I like the new format!

Mary wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "No combos either way."


Thank you! I may have been over thinking this. But I like the new format!"

I'm sure there will be sub-challenges in your future, but we are glad you like this bit of change.

I see Kate would like to give me +10 non-western points for Jessica Hagedorn. However, I am pretty sure she does not qualify, but would like to confirm this with a higher authority (meaning the mods!). See wikipedia entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica...

Valerie wrote: "I see Kate would like to give me +10 non-western points for Jessica Hagedorn. However, I am pretty sure she does not qualify, but would like to confirm this with a higher authority (m..."

I looked again at that, too, since I'm the one who does the entering. She has dual citizenship in both the Philippines and US and I erred on the side of nonwestern. I think we have not been entirely consistent, that in that in the past we have marked such authors as western. We will stand by that decision for this author, for this season. I'll try to do better in the future. ;-)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I see Kate would like to give me +10 non-western points for Jessica Hagedorn. However, I am pretty sure she does not qualify, but would like to confirm this with a hig..."

Ok thanks! Not a criticism, by the way. I just wanted to be sure, especially since I sometimes get confused either by the rules or just in general..... ha, ha!

Valerie wrote: "I just wanted to be sure, especially since I sometimes get confused either by the rules "

I'll 'fess up - apparently I was confused, too. ;-)

It should be the same as we treat Kazuo Ishiguro and Isabel Allende.

I'm currently reading a book by Layla AlAmmar and I am not sure if she would count as Non-western.

Coralie wrote: "I'm currently reading a book by Layla AlAmmar and I am not sure if she would count as Non-western."

She speaks of herself as being "from Kuwait" rather than being Kuwaiti but she also doesn't refer to herself as being British though she lives there. Without the UK citizenship or reference, we will count her as nonwestern. (And, as usual, please remind me when you post.)

Is it too late to go back and add combo points for the completed tasks we had submitted before the polls and individually created tasks were posted?

Rebekah wrote: "Is it too late to go back and add combo points for the completed tasks we had submitted before the polls and individually created tasks were posted?"

No, it isn't too late, but remember the 15-pointers don't get combos.

If you have scoring adjustments, you should make a new post and reference the original post.

Too fast! I just went back and looked that all the tasks were ineligible for combos that I had posted before that time.

Forgive me, I did get confused about 15 point task. Just one day I must have woke up thinking that, because in earlier ones I didn’t do combos, then in post #23, I wrote in combo points but didn’t add them to the total (🤪😵‍💫) then after that I just started adding the combos and giving myself points.

Mind is getting foggier and foggier. I went back and corrected it

Would Raouf Mama be considered Non Western?

https://www.easternct.edu/news/_stori...

Thanks

Mary wrote: "Would Raouf Mama be considered Non Western?

https://www.easternct.edu/news/_stori...

Thanks"

I can find no evidence he is of other than Benin citizenship. Yes, you may claim nonwestern for him. Please remind me when you post.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "Would Raouf Mama be considered Non Western?

https://www.easternct.edu/news/_stori...

Thanks"

I can fi..."

Thanks for the help

Do the Lexile rules apply to poetry? It appears that Lexile doesn't assign scores to poetry and instead marks it "NP" for "non-prose".

Joanna wrote: "Do the Lexile rules apply to poetry? It appears that Lexile doesn't assign scores to poetry and instead marks it "NP" for "non-prose"."

I"m sorry the answer is "it depends" - which book?

Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye

Joanna wrote: "Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye"

We will allow this one.

Good morning!

Could you take a look at the copyright date for

Further Poems by Emily Dickinson

It looks like the correct date is 1920 or 1930
https://www.worldcat.org/title/furthe...

Thanks.

Mary wrote: "Good morning!

Could you take a look at the copyright date for

Further Poems by Emily Dickinson

It looks like the correct date is 1920 or 1930
https://www.worldcat.o..."

Thank you. Worldcat shows an edition originally published in 1929 and now that edition reflects that.

Thank you for the non western points for Marlon James. Would Hamid Ismailov work as non western as well? There's not much on his Goodreads profile but Wikipedia says he is an Uzbek journalist forced to flee his country:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_I...
I'm using it for a 15 point task, so 20.7 doesn't come into play.

Karen Michele wrote: "Thank you for the non western points for Marlon James. Would Hamid Ismailov work as non western as well? There's not much on his Goodreads profile but Wikipedia says he is an Uzbek ..."

Yes, nonwestern. He isn't shown as Uzbek-British, for example, which would disqualify him.

Would a librarian take a look at The Young Man from Atlanta by Horton Foote? MPE has a page count of zero. The version I am reading is here. https://archive.org/details/youngmanf...

Thanks

Mary wrote: "Would a librarian take a look at The Young Man from Atlanta by Horton Foote? MPE has a page count of zero. The version I am reading is here. https://archive.org/details..."

It appears WorldCat does not shelve that edition. I have added the page count from Amazon, but that is only 72 pages. We have to go with approved online sources unless you have that edition in hand and can confirm it has more pages.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "Would a librarian take a look at The Young Man from Atlanta by Horton Foote? MPE has a page count of zero. The version I am reading is here. https://archiv..."

Thanks. Plays are odd, and the page counts tend to have problems. I appreciate the help!