Reading with Style discussion

Please post any questions about our Winter sub-challenge in this thread.

Suggestion: Make a copy for yourself. The option to do so is under the File drop down. Kate and I needed to do this to color in squares as we used them.

Please feel free to lock in Main Page Genres. I probably will not acknowledge them as you do so, but that way you'll have them.

Example:

RID for Dressed for Death by Donna Leon:
R-B (Series has an R)
I-B (takes place on an island - Venice)
D-E (double letters)

On your My Books, Goodreads Authors are shown with an asterisk.

Reminder: To find ratings by other group members, search on the Bookshelf for your book title. Click on "View Group Reviews" on the results page. Only group members will be displayed there. Members do not have to be active members of the group.

As you've probably seen, there will be another year of Goodreads Choice Awards in early December. The Awards list will be updated as soon after the announcement as I can get to it.

I have some MPG to lock in:

Nordic Noir, for The Exiled

Thriller & Mystery for In Pale Battalions

So.... we can use two or more letters for each book I presume?

Ed wrote: "So.... we can use two or more letters for each book I presume?"

All words should be 3 letters or longer. This is a lot like Blackjack where you added up the numbers on the cards, but in this one you make words with the letters.

Ahhhhh.... I was misunderstanding.... each book must fit 3 or more squares spelling a word. I was thinking that we had to read multiple books corresponding to a letter to form a word.

I'm glad you asked and sorry we weren't clearer. For future, you can be assured RwS won't have tasks where you'll need to read more than one book to fulfill the requirement.

I've edited my post #2 with a sample.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I've edited my post #2 with a sample."

Thanks for the example. I didn't understand last night, but I thought maybe it was bc I was tired! ;)

Is it OK to use the same 3 or 4 letter word more than once, using different squares?

Connie wrote: "Is it OK to use the same 3 or 4 letter word more than once, using different squares?"

Yes! The restriction is different squares.

Possible strategy: I ensured all 3 letter words and then I looked for squares I had not used that might turn a 3-letter word into a 4-letter one.

Thanks for the example --- now I've got it! I was thinking of it like you were, Ed;)

This is so much fun! :)

Does Great Britain count as an island?

Rosemary wrote: "This is so much fun! :)

Does Great Britain count as an island?"

Ha! Yes!

I'd like to lock in:
MPG Romance for You Don't Know Me
MPG Thriller and Mystery for Red Harvest
MPG LGBT for Boyfriend Material
MPG Historical Fiction for The Story of the Lost Child

Also to note that The Critical Path is currently the author's last book (first, last, and only), and I hope it stays that way...

And that Dick Francis is on the Literature Map for Agatha Christie.
https://www.literature-map.com/agatha...

Nice comment on the last published book, Rosemary. I'll make the same claim for

Washington Black

I think the literature map is pretty stable, but Ruth Rendell is also on the lit map for Christie.

For GR Authors.... the link provided also lists nominees.... but you just want winners, correct?

For Goodreads Choice Awards, just winners. But there is another square for GR authors and all of those work.

L-D says “an author’s last or most recent novel (book)”
Do non-novels qualify?

Is the next to the last square in column D meant for novels only? I can't figure out why it says "book" in parentheses. Apologies for being dense!

An author's last or most recent novel (book)

You're both on the same wavelength!

This appears to be one we didn't clean up after we finished brainstorming. We will accept either and not require the "last" to be one or the other. In other words, you may use it for last novel even if a non-fiction/story collection has been published later and vice versa.

Argh, I didn't see the post before mine. Thanks for the reply!

No apologies - just proves you two proofed better than I did!

We still have to read 10 books, right? So in your example, you could make a 7 letter word to go with RID? Or a 4 letter word (WITH ) and a 3 letter word (SLY)? And do we have to can we take letters from multiple words to make just one (DEW)?

Oh and don’t forget the Plan post please!

Published in the teens - any century....please define teens.

Is it only those years with teen in the name of the number 13-19 or is it any year with a 1 as the first number of the two?

I'm particularly wondering in 2011 would work?

Rebekah wrote: "We still have to read 10 books, right? So in your example, you could make a 7 letter word to go with RID? Or a 4 letter word (WITH ) and a 3 letter word (SLY)? And do we have to can we take letters..."

My example is just one book. Several seasons back we asked what kinds of things you'd like for sub-challenges and one of the recurring comments was a way to have combos. Think of it this way: You choose a book that fits one of the task squares. Now you have to find at least 2 other squares that fit that book and that will make a word; OR (another way to say it) you choose a task and 2 combo tasks. In this, you don't get to use the combo tasks over again.

Yes, you read 10 books. Your 10 books will be chosen so as to use at least 3 squares where the letters in the rows make a word. Yes, WITH and SLY are possibles. Fortunately "Reading With Style' has a lot of common letters!

Goodreads has now restricted the number of threads one can open in an hour, so things might be slow in coming.

Bea wrote: "Published in the teens - any century....please define teens.

Is it only those years with teen in the name of the number 13-19 or is it any year with a 1 as the first number of the two?

I'm partic..."

Yes, "teens" are 13-19. No, 2011 won't work for that square.

Rebekah wrote: "We still have to read 10 books, right? So in your example, you could make a 7 letter word to go with RID? Or a 4 letter word (WITH ) and a 3 letter word (SLY)? And do we have to can we take letters..."

I'm not sure if you have got it, Rebekah! When we have plan posts, I think you will see how the whole 10 books works.

Taking note here that The Hound of the Baskervilles has an MPG of 'thriller'.

Rosemary wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "We still have to read 10 books, right? So in your example, you could make a 7 letter word to go with RID? Or a 4 letter word (WITH ) and a 3 letter word (SLY)? And do we have to can..."

You’re right. I’m slow on catching on, even in school, I would ask for examples in concrete form. ( smile )

I think I should also lock in Buried Alive having 172 pages, in case the most popular edition changes

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Bea wrote: "Published in the teens - any century....please define teens.

Is it only those years with teen in the name of the number 13-19 or is it any year with a 1 as the first number of the two?..."

That was my worry. OK...

Does MPG mean the most popular genre meaning the first one listed on the book’s page or can it be any genre listed on the book’s page?

If latter is true I’d like to Locke in “adventure” for Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Rebekah wrote: "Does MPG mean the most popular genre meaning the first one listed on the book’s page or can it be any genre listed on the book’s page?"

MPG means Main Page Genre. You're good with that, Rebekah.

May be a stupid question but... just making sure 'YIN' is an acceptable word for this?

Locking in MPG:

Adventure - The Last Wish
Thriller - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Historical Fiction - Mother Earth Father Sky

I don't see the restriction about using 10 different authors which Blackjack had. I hope I'm not overlooking it?

Tien wrote: "May be a stupid question but... just making sure 'YIN' is an acceptable word for this?"

There are no stupid questions. Yes, to YIN. (I think the Y has interesting applications in this game.)

Denise wrote: "I don't see the restriction about using 10 different authors which Blackjack had. I hope I'm not overlooking it?"

There is no restriction and you may repeat authors.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Denise wrote: "I don't see the restriction about using 10 different authors which Blackjack had. I hope I'm not overlooking it?"

There is no restriction and you may repeat authors."

Yay, thank you! I hope to repeat some favorite mystery authors.

Denise wrote: "I hope to repeat some favorite mystery authors."

And there will be other opportunities!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Denise wrote: "I hope to repeat some favorite mystery authors."

And there will be other opportunities!"

That is good news!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Tien wrote: "May be a stupid question but... just making sure 'YIN' is an acceptable word for this?"

There are no stupid questions. Yes, to YIN. (I think the Y has interesting applications in this..."

Thanks, Elizabeth.

I would like to lock in MPG LGBT for No Night is Too Long by Barbara Vine.

Denise wrote: "I would like to lock in MPG LGBT for No Night is Too Long by Barbara Vine."

That looks sooo good! Added to my overburdened wish list!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Denise wrote: "I would like to lock in MPG LGBT for No Night is Too Long by Barbara Vine."

That looks sooo good! Added to my overburdened wish list!"

And it is set at least partly in Alaska, which made me think about you. I thought it was really neat that she took a boat trip along the Alaskan coast. It will be my first book of the new season, and I am looking forward to it!

Great game! One question though . . .

Can you explain cell D8 Wild Card. How is it used? Can it only be used for a “W” or could you use it for another letter that is not in “reading with style” (say “P”) in the word you are claiming