Apple’s Comments (group member since Aug 28, 2021)

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yep, I'm starting to miss such things, which is one of the many reasons I decided I had to give up being a mod.

Tim Winton is wonderful. I hope you enjoy that!"

I have read a LOT of Tim over the last .... 35 years. OMG, that is a LONG time, lol

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Apple wrote: "I finally found the "No "E" in title or authors name" task. Had been driving me crazy!"

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

I don't have this one ..."

No, it has "the", which is where i kept coming unstuck. I have Scission by Tim Winton, and it's about time I got this off my shelf, it's been sitting there awhile!

Due to distraction yesterday, I left my tablet at home so could not finish the book I was reading. This gave me the opportunity to review my bedroom bookshelves, and I finally found the "No "E" in title or authors name" task. Had been driving me crazy!

I Have so far found 34 books for 20.6, now the challenge will to be to see if they work elsewhere!

I should hope you were, Elizabeth! It was our birthday gift to you!

My plan for this season is to have every (non Bingo) read qualify for 20.6 Fall Equinox. I think I am going to try to get books for all tasks, so it just has to at least combo for inclusion of A, E, I, O & U.

Just started going through my “oh, that looks interesting!” list on Libby, and I have found 5 books that qualify, so I am confident I can make this work

15.66: SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ...

10.6. Number (6 / 7 / 8) is in year of Author birth

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Born 1977

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1505

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50
15.51;
15.61; 15.62; 15.63; 15.64; 15.65; 15.66;

Thanks, acknowledged :)

15.65: SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ...

10.3. Number (6 / 7 / 8) of words in subtitle

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory] by Caitlin Doughty

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1490

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50
15.51;
15.61; 15.62; 15.63; 15.64; 15.65;

15.64: SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ...

10.2. Number (6 /7 / 8) of words in title

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1475

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50
15.51;
15.61; 15.62; 15.63; 15.64;

15.63: SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ...

10.1. Number (6 /7 / 8) of letters in author's first or last name.

Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing
Downing, 7 letters

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1460

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50
15.51;
15.61; 15.62; 15.63;

15.62: SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ...

10.7. Number (6 / 7 / 8) is in original pub date

Contact by Carl Sagan
First published 1985

+15 task
+5 oldies

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1445

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50
15.51;
15.61; 15.62;

15.61: SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ...

10.10. Title begins with the 6th, 7th, 8th letter of the alphabet (F, G, H). Leading articles of The, A, and An can be ignored.

The History of Everything: A Graphic Novel by Victoria Evans

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1425

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50
15.51;
15.61;

15.51 - FA19 Pick 'n Mix 2

E6 - Title contains a Q, X, or Z

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1410

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50
15.51;

15.50: FA23 Celebration of Styles (2)

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Young, born 1989

LiT, 3
Aged, 2
NaN, 4
Young, 1

+15 task
+5th finisher bonus, 150

Post Total: 165
Season Total: 1395

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;15.50

15.49: FA23 Celebration of Styles (2)

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
Not a Novel

LiT, 3
Aged, 2
NaN, 4

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1230

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;15.49;

15.48: FA23 Celebration of Styles (2)

The Years by Annie Ernaux
LiT

LiT, 3
Aged, 2
NaN, 3

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1215

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47; 15.48;

Oh wow, they are all tied! I wonder if all 3 have tied before?

15.47: FA23 Celebration of Styles (2)

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne
Not a Novel

LiT, 2
Aged, 2
NaN, 3


Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1200

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 15.46; 15.47

15.30: WI 13/14 Travel the Pacific Rim
Read 10 books, from 10 different countries according to the list in post 2.

A Carnival of Atrocities by Natalia García Freire
Ecuador

Task Total = 15
4th Finisher Bonus: 150

Post Total: 165
Season Total: 1185

15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23; 15.24; 15,25; 15.26; 15.27; 15.28; 15.29; 15.30
15.31; 15.32; 15.33; 15.34; 15.35; 15.36; 15.37; 15.38; 15.39; 15.40
15.41; 15.42; 15.43; 15.44; 15.45; 14.46;