Reading with Style discussion

10.1 Over 60 Read any book from the list Protagonists Over 60

10.2 Moon and Sun In honor of Moon Tiger and A Thousand Splendid Suns, read a book with the word sun or moon in the title. Plural, possessives, and compound words included.

10.3 Vowels In honor of Irène Némirovsky, read a book by an author whose first name begins with a vowel: a, e, i, o, or u.

10.4 Debut (Tien's Task) Read a debut novel by a female author published in the last 10 years (2013-2023 inclusive)

10.5 October (Karen's Task) To me, October is a spooky time. Read any book by an author on this List of Horror Fiction Writers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

10.6 September (Valerie's Task) My birthday is in September. Read an author that was born in September.

10.7 Scrabble (Anika's Task) The popular word game finally hit it big when, in 1952, the owner of Macy's first played the game, loved it, and began stocking it at his famous store. Now it's 2023. Read a book whose title would score at least 23 points using the Scrabble scoring system:

1 Point - A, E, I, O U; L, N, R, S, T;
2 Points - D, G;
3 Points - B, C, M, P;
4 Points - F, H, V, W, Y;
5 Points - K;
8 Points - J, X;
10 Points - Q, Z

10.8 Friends (Mary's Task) In honor of the group’s history and the friendships we have built, read a book with the word “friend” in the title or subtitle. Any variant on the word FRIEND counts as long as those six letters are in order consecutively in either the title or subtitle.

10.9 Georgia (Apple's Task) My daughter Georgia's birthday happens during the Fall challenge. Read a book set at leat 51% in Georgia (US state or the Country).

10.10 Group Reads

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

Elizabeth (Alaska): The Absolutist by John Boyne
Joanna: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Anika: How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons by Barbara Kingsolver
Rosemary: The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse
Rebekah: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Katy: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Norma: The Bones at Point No Point by D.D. Black
Mary: The Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff
Joanne: Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Connie: The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van Hemert
Tawallah: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Marie: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Jayme: The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Denise: Land of the Blind by Jess Walter

15.1 - 15.10 Celebration of Styles

20.1 Author! Author!: Read a book where an author is the focus/main character. Author can be real or fictional, and your read can be either fiction or nonfiction.

20.2 War In honor of Howard Bahr and Anthony Doerr, read any book that has an MPG of War and Historical Fiction.

20.3 Dickens In honor of Charles Dickens, read any book by an author who lived during Dickens lifetime (1812-1870).

20.4 Golden Age In honor of the Golden Age of Science-Fiction, read any book of science fiction originally published in the 1930s, 1940s, or 1950s.

20.5 Scandinavian Noir To honor mystery authors from Scandinavia, read any book by one of the authors on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_...

20.6 Wilder In honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder, read a book with a child's Point of View. (Age 13 or younger)

20.7 Christie In honor of Agatha Christie, whose writing career spanned more than 50 years, read any book - fiction or nonfiction - whose events cover more than 50 years.

20.8 Morrison In honor of Toni Morrison, read any book by a woman who is also a person of color.

20.9 Popular Science In honor of Ed Yong, read a book with an MPG of Science and has a rating of at least 3.75.

20.10 Letters (Owlette's Task) Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) where a character writes a letter by hand (no typing). Tell us the name of the letter writer. Personal journal and diary entries are excluded.