Reading with Style discussion

Our list of Group Reads for the Summer, as chosen by our Mega Finishers, Top Reviewers, and Moderators.

Liz M-White Noise by Don DeLillo
Elizabeth (Alaska)-Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
Kate S-Emma's War by Deborah Scroggins
Rebekah-Chiefs by Stuart Woods
Tien (aka Kazza)-The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Anika-Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Don-The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
nsfancy-Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
Ceraphina-The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Deedee-Watership Down by Richard Adams
Connie-The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Would it be ok to post style points here for these?

Sure, Connie - yours has a ton!

Ok, then!

This is what I found so far:

White Noise by Don DeLillo:
Combo +5 (20.1)
Oldies +5 (pub. 1985)

Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington:
Combo +10 (20.6, 10.7 (if you're female and non-US))
Oldies +10 (pub. 1921)

Emma's War by Deborah Scroggins:
Not-a-Novel +10

Chiefs by Stuart Woods
+5 Combo (20.2b)
+5 Oldies (pub 1982)

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Combo +10 (10.6, 20.7)
Oldies +5

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Combo +5 (10.8)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Combo +5 (20.6)
Oldies +5 (pub 1959)

Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Combo +10 (10.4, 10.5)

Watership Down by Richard Adams
Combo +5 (10.3)
Oldies +5 (pub 1972)

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Combo +25 (10.7 (if you're female and non-Russian); 20.1; 20.6; 20.10; 20.8 (published serially in Moscow Magazine))
LiT +10 (if you can't, or would prefer not to read Russian)
Oldies +5 (pub 1940)

I knew Master and Margarita was a high scorer. Did Bulgakov have a child who was an author? I saw his father was a professor, but didn't see he was an author.

oh, got the wrong number - I don't think he had children, but the novel got published as a serial in Moscow Magazine .

Connie wrote: "oh, got the wrong number - I don't think he had children, but the novel got published as a serial in the Magazine "Moscow"."

Aha!

Thanks for noticing it!
I'm sure I have missed some, not having read them, and possibly got some more wrong, too :)

The Handmaid's Tale should also get combo points for 20.7 (as I was thinking of even reading it for that task lol)

thanks! updated the post.

Watership Down should get 5 Oldies points, pub 1972.

Master and Margarita also qualifies for 20.1 (#38 on the best Dark Humor Listopia and the Wikipedia page for Satirical Novels).

thanks!

Thanks, Kate! I thought I'd seen it on a list.

Connie wrote: "The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Combo +25 (10.7 (if you're female and non-Russian); 20.1; 20.10; 20.98; 10.9 (if you go for Margarita ice cream)) ..."

I think the dessert word in the title should refer to the dessert, so in this case, Margarita does not earn combo points for 10.9.

I was disppointed that Best First Novel's would not work because Chiefs won that category in 1982. so no combo points.:-(
Then I found Stuart Woods was shortlisted for the Edgar in 1992 so the combo is saved! :-)

it's an Oldie, too!

Thanks, Rebekah!

The Golden Compass also gets a combo for 10.5 Teddy Bears' Picnic as it is on one of the lists (50 best every summer holiday books) under its brittish name Northern Lights.

Wow, it must be Monday, I somehow missed that this is already up there....

White Noise also qualifies for 20.1 - Make Me Laugh

Would The Golden Compass get combo points for Road Trip?
I think Watership Down was also given approval for road trip.

Ceraphina, I updated the post after yours :)
I figured that if we have a thread for it, we might just as well have all points in one post for easy c'n'p

Thanks, Liz, added.
Rebekah, Watership down already has the combo, Golden Compass is a no go, I think.

The group, Introducing Russian Literature, read The Master and Margarita for a group read last year. Those of you who have read it may be interested in these threads:

Book One Chapters 1-9

Book One Chapters 10-18

Book Two Chapters 19-25

and

Book Two Chapters 26-32 and Epilogue