Reading with Style discussion

10.1 Series

Read a book from a series you have already started. This book may not be used for combo. This task may be used only once.

10.2 Pronouns

January is Yours, Mine and Ours Month-Read a book with a pronoun in the title, excluding forms of "it": I, we, you, he, she, they, me, him, her, us, them, myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves, mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.

10.3 Police

In honor of Peter Robinson, who wrote police procedurals, read any book whose main character is the police. No private eyes, civilian detectives or government spies for this

10.4 Twelve

December = 12; January plus February = 12 (1, 2). Read a book that has 12 or fewer letters in its title, including leading article if any. Task applies to title only, but your book may have a subtitle.

10.5 Journey

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Around the World in Eighty Days, read a book about a journey or voyage.

10.6 Map

In honor of Patricia A. McKillip, P.J. O'Rourke, and Nicholas Evans, read a book by one of the authors on their literature map:

McKillip: https://www.literature-map.com/patric...
O'Rourke: https://www.literature-map.com/p.+j.+...
Evans: https://www.literature-map.com/nichol...

10.7 Out of this World (Joanna's Task)

Read a book set 75% or more in a fictional setting. A fictional country, planet, space, or fantasy world works; a fictional city in a real state/country does not work.

10.8 The Threes (Rosemary's Task)

Read a book with a three-word title whose first word is ‘The’ (or equivalent if reading in another language). If there is a subtitle, it doesn’t count towards the number of words.

10.9 Covid 19 Hits (Rebekah's Task)

Fingers crossed, we’re over the hump of isolation, closed libraries, and virtual schooling.

For this task, read any nominated book from the Goodreads Choice Award Polls for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 in these genres: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Horror, Humor, Non-Fiction, Memoir/Autobiography, History/Biography, Poetry and Debut. (2022 list has been removed until Dec 8 when winners announced.)
Go to https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward... previous years are listed in the sidebar. Click on any genre to see nominated books. Again, side bar will have links to other genres. To lighten the load for the mods, when posting please include the year and the genre of the book you read.

10.10 Group Reads

Read one of the following books recommended by fellow RwS readers:

Kate: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Elizabeth: The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
Denise: Dark Passage by David Goodis
Kathleen (itpdx): Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Coralie: The Thing About December by Donal Ryan
Tawallah: The Trees by Percival Everett
Joanne: Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin
Kim: The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Tien: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
Anika: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
Karen Michele: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
Bucket: How to Be Both by Ali Smith
Deedee: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Katy: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Ed: Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
Ann: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Mary: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk W. Johnson
Norma: A Silent Death by Peter May

20 point tasks

20.1 Birthdays

Read a book published between the birth years of our honored authors. 1913-1952

20.2 Biography?

In honor of Nancy Milford, who wrote biographies, and Hilary Mantel, who wrote biographical fictions, read any biography or biographical fiction. Note: for this task, memoirs and autobiographies will not work.

20.3 NYRB

In honor of Jason Epstein, who was co-founder of the New York Review Books, read any book that is published by NYRB. The edition you read does not have to be an NYRB edition.

https://www.nyrb.com/

20.4 Southeast Asia

In honor of Thich Nhat Hanh and F. Sionil José, read any book set at least 75% in one of these Southeast Asia countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southea...

20.5 Books

In honor of Morton L. Janklow, who was a literary agent, and Jim Trelease, who was all about reading aloud, read a book whose MPG is Books About Books.

20.6 Industry

In memory of André Leon Talley, who was a fashion journalist and editor of Vogue, and Peter Bodganovich film director and writer, read any book about either the fashion industry or the film industry

20.7 Ratings

In memory of Ron Goulart and Robert Goolrick, read an extremely underrated book with fewer than 1000 ratings on GoodReads, or a popular book with over 75,000 ratings.

20.8 Short (Connie's Task)

To celebrate the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere (the Winter Solstice on December 21), read a book of Short Stories.

For the purpose of this task, each story in the collection must be 99 pages or fewer.

20.9 Translator (Kate S's Task)

In honor of Uri Orlev, read a book by an author who spent time as a translator.

For suggestions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

In honor of Stuart Woods and Angela Lansbury, read any book with an MPG of mystery.