Reading with Style discussion

Post 583 Tien wrote: "15.35 FA13 "Pick 'n' Mix"
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura
F3 - translated from Japanese

+15 Task
+5 Old (pub 2017)

Post total: 20
Season ..."

Not old enough! In fact it seems to be 2025, so I expect this is a copy/paste error.
-5 pts

15.47 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

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

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides, 16,316

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1220

Rosemary wrote: "Post 583 Tien wrote: "15.35 FA13 "Pick 'n' Mix"
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by Takuya Asakura
F3 - translated from Japanese

+15 Task
+5 Old (pub 2017)

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That is so weird because that line wasn't showing on my spreadsheet - it's meant for the next post, #593, and it's not showing there... sorry, don't know what's happened with my brain on that day!

15.38 FA13 "Pick 'n' Mix"
Faebound (Faebound #1) by Saara El-Arifi
E1 - Genre: Fantasy

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Season total: 945

15.23 Summer 2023: FAVORITES

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. You must state the season and the task (number and brief description) when posting your book claim.

Winter 24-25
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr

Read a book by C.J. Sansom, Caleb Carr, or any book with at least two of the following MPGs listed: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Crime, History.

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

+15 Task (mystery/crime)
+ 5 Old (1951)

+20 Task

Seasonal Total = 550

15.52 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency
decade of original publication
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
connection: "Shop" in both titles (previous title: Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1235

15.53 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto
connection: both books first published in the 2020s (this one was 2024, previous was 2020)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1250

15.54 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Siúil, a Rún: The Girl From the Other Side, Vol. 1 by Nagabe
connection: both authors born in/citizens of Japan (previous author, Miki Yamamoto)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1265

15.55 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth: 1
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
connection: both authors born in 1993

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1280

15.24 Summer 2023: FAVORITES

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. You must state the season and the task (number and brief description) when posting your book claim.

Winter 24-25
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr

Read a book by C.J. Sansom, Caleb Carr, or any book with at least two of the following MPGs listed: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Crime, History.

The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

+15 Task (mystery, crime)
+ 5 Before 2000 (1929)

Task total = 20

Season total = 570

15.48 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

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

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire, 11,793

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1295

15.28 SU 23 Favorites

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons.

SP 24 20.3 The Madonna of the Cat
Read a book where a character has a pet cat. Tell us the name of the character (and if you like, the name of the cat).

Cold Snap by Lindy Ryan

Christine and Billy Sinclaire have a cat named "Haiku."

Task total: 15
Season total: 635

15.29 SU Favorites

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons.

FA 2024 20.10 Zalphabetical

Read a book whose title contains at least three words that appear in reverse alphabetical order.

Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick

Task total: 15
Season total: 650

15.18 – SU 22 BINGO

Ulysse & Cyrano by Stéphane Servain

B7 Best books - rating 4,39 as of now

+15 Task

Task total = 15

Points total = 345
FA 23 Celebration of Styles: 10/10
SU 22 BINGO: 8/10

15.19 – SU 22 BINGO

Going Zero by Anthony McCarten

N31 New to me author

+15 Task

Task total = 15

Points total = 360
FA 23 Celebration of Styles: 10/10
SU 22 BINGO: 9/10

15.20 – SU 22 BINGO

Don't Let Go by Michel Bussi

G48 title has “Go”

+15 Task
+100 Completion

Task total = 115

Points total = 475
FA 23 Celebration of Styles: 10/10
SU 22 BINGO: 10/10

15.38 SU 23 Favorites

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. State the season and the task (number and brief description).

WI 22-23 20.10 Mystery
Read any book with an MPG of mystery.

Flying Finish by Dick Francis

+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1966)

Task total = 20
Season total = 860

15.39 SU 23 Favorites

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. State the season and the task (number and brief description).

FA 22 20.9 ABCs
Read a book in which the author's initials appear in alphabetical order.

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price

+15 Task

Task total = 15
Season total = 875

15.56 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth: 1
decade of the author's death
author's first name: 1
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
connection: same first name (Alice Oseman => Alice Hoffman)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1310

15.16 Olympic Scavenger SU 24

Horse or horse-riding, Option A: "Read a book where a person engages in one of the listed activities."

The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope

+15 Task (19th century, rural setting; MC Dr. Crofts rides a horse to visit other MCs.)
+5 Old (1864)
+5 Big (695 pages)

Post total: 25
Season total: 305+25=330

15.21 SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - Favourites
Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. You must state the season and the task (number and brief description) when posting your book claim.

WI 17-18 Task 20.1 Lifetime Read a book written by any author born during Muriel Spark's lifetime (1918-2006).

Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

15 pts 15.21 born 1961 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ja...


Total Task: 15 pts
Total Season: 280 pts

15.30 Eyes on the Prize Redux from Fall 22

Ferro-Grumley Award 2001

Affinity by Sarah Waters

15 task
150 finisher bonus (#3)
_______
165

Final total: 920

15.30 FU 2023 Favorites

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons.

WI 2021-22 20.8 Dead Sea

Read a book in which the author's first and last initial can be found in "KHIRBAT QUMRAN"

Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott

+15 task
+ 5 oldie (pub 1984)

Task total: 20
Third sub-challenge completer bonus: 150
Season total: 820

15.39 FA13 "Pick 'n' Mix"
Strangers in Time by David Baldacci
C6 - 400-500 pages (435p)

+15 Task

Post total: 15
Season total: 960

Sub Challenge #3
Celebration of Styles from Fall 2023 by Elizabeth

Read 10 books by 10 different authors where each would qualify for one of the below RwS styles.
Styles for this sub-challenge:

Lost in Translation
Non Western
1001
Canon
Not a Novel
Aged / 70 or older
Young / 50 or younger

15.28 - 1001

Dog Years by Günter Grass

+15 Task
+ 5 Big
+ 5 Old

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 935

Sub Challenge #3
Celebration of Styles from Fall 2023 by Elizabeth

Read 10 books by 10 different authors where each would qualify for one of the below RwS styles.
Styles for this sub-challenge:

Lost in Translation
Non Western
1001
Canon
Not a Novel
Aged / 70 or older
Young / 50 or younger

15.29 - Not a Novel

A Poem for Every Summer Day by Allie Esiri

+15 Task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 950

15.25 Summer 2023: FAVORITES

Read 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. You must state the season and the task (number and brief description) when posting your book claim.

Winter 24-25
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr

Read a book by C.J. Sansom, Caleb Carr, or any book with at least two of the following MPGs listed: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Crime, History.

Murder in the Mill-Race by E.C.R. Lorac

+15 Task (Mystery & Crime)
+ 5 Before 2000 (1952)

Task total = 20

Season Final Total = 590

15.30 FA 19 Pick 'n Mix 2

The goal is to read 10 books that fit in 10 different sub-categories. No letter can be used more than twice and no number can be used more than twice.

C4. Third Person Narrator

The Man Within by Graham Greene

+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1929)
+150 Third subchallenge finish

Task total = 20
Season total = 1045

Sub Challenge #1
15.1
WI 17-18 Page Count Overview
Read books of varying length written by different authors
15.10- 500+ pages

The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas-

765p.
pub. 1866

Task total=15
Old=5
Big=5
Total=25
Grand Total=25

Sub Challenge #1
15.2
WI 17-18 Page Count Overview
Read books of varying length written by different authors
15.6 300-349p

Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood-4/6/25
300p.

Task total=15
Grand Total=40

Sub Challenge #1
15.3
WI 17-18 Page Count Overview
Read books of varying length written by different authors
15.9 450-499p

-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion by Michael Taylor
496 p.

Task total=15
Grand Total=55

tasks completed-15.6; 15.9; 15.10

Sub Challenge #1
15.4
WI 17-18 Page Count Overview
Read books of varying length written by different authors
15.5 250-299p

Eye of the Storm by Marcia Muller-7/5/25
256p.; pub. 1988

Task total=15
Old=5
Grand Total=75

tasks completed-15.5; 15.6; 15.9; 15.10

Sub Challenge #1
15.5
WI 17-18 Page Count Overview
Read books of varying length written by different authors
15.4 200-249p

The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham-7/14/25
208p,; pub. 1929

Task total=15
Old=5
Grand Total=95

tasks completed-15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.9; 15.10

Sub Challenge #2
15.11

WI 19-20 Choose Your Own Adventure
C1- Read a book by an author you have not read before

Marshall's Gold by Kevin R. Hill-

Task total=15
Grand Total=110

tasks completed- Sub-Challenge 1:
15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.9; 15.10

Sub-challenge 2- C1

Sub Challenge #2
15.12

WI 19-20 Choose Your Own Adventure
A-4. Author's first or last name contains a double letter

Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope-8/16/25
752p.; pub. 1869

Task total=15
Old=5
Big=5
Grand Total=135

tasks completed- Sub-Challenge 1:
15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.9; 15.10

Sub-challenge 2- A4; C1

Sub Challenge #1
15.6

WI 17-18 Page Count Overview
Read books of varying length written by different authors
15.8 400-449p

Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo
437p; pub. 1923

Task total=15
Old=5
Grand Total=155

tasks completed- Sub-Challenge 1:
15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10

Sub-challenge 2- C1

15.18

Fall 2016 How to Play Half and Half

Author first name and surname initials must be in the same half of the alphabet, first name initial appearing earlier than surname initial
De keizer van Gladness
Ocean Vuong

15 points
Total: 1000 points

15.9 SU 18 Listopia Tag

Read 10 books found on 10 different Listopia lists using different list 'tags' for selection

Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer
Pullitzer Winners: History https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
Tag: award
+15 task
+5 big
Task total: 20
Season total: 195

15.40 FA13 "Pick 'n' Mix"
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang
A4 - setting: Asia (Korea)

+15 Task
+150 points for your third and subsequent subchallenge completions.

Post total: 165
Season total: 1,125

15.49 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

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

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore 321,757

+15 Task
+5 Old, pub. 1990

Task total: 20
Season total: 1330

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