Reading with Style discussion

Here's a space for your (optional) plans for the Fall season.

the thinking so far:
10.1 Member's Lottery - Katy
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx

10.2 Bookshops of Melbourne
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

10.3 1925 Movies
The Devil's Cave by Martin Walker

10.4 Fall Birthdays
City Primeval by Elmore Leonard

10.5: Leo Tolstoy
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

10.6 Ninetieth
The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes (p. 1940)

10.7 Be Curious
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

10.8 Are you a bookshop or library person?
I think this will be an impulse read based on what crosses my desk at work!

10.9 Cheese!
Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames

10.10 Group Reads
A Town with Half the Lights On by Page Getz

20.1 Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!
3.75+ rating/<1001 ratings
Punks: New & Selected Poems by John Keene

20.2 War Babies (Fall 2014)
Elizabeth Costello by J M Coetzee

20.3 Debut (Summer 2017)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

20.4 Uncommon Letter (Fall 2017)
q, x, z = first or last in title or name
That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx

20.5 Elizabeth's Comfort Zone (Sp 2018)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

20.6 Fall Equinox (Fall 2018)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

20.7 500 Great Books by Women
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
The Land of Little Rain by Mary Hunter Austin

20.8 A Touch of Magic
Babel by R.F. Kuang

20.9 Olivia Laing
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

20.10 Fall Vacation
Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

30.1 Go for the Green!

It's fun to plan, although I'll never have time to read them all.

10.1 Member Lotto - Nonfiction book that is not a biography, autobiography, memoir
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster

10.2 Bookshops of Melbourne - Shelved at least 225 X as Lit Fiction
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 328 X

10.3 1925 Movies - Set at least 75% in France
A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable

10.4 Fall Birthdays - Author initials in ELMORE LEONARD
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

10.5 Leo Tolstoy - MPG Food
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

10.6 Ninetieth - 9 and 0 in the year of first pub
The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene 2019
The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok 1990

10.7 Be Curious - Shelved at least 4X as "curiosity," or title contains "curious," "curiosity," or "wonder."
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 4X

10.8 Are You a Bookshop or Library Person? - Either "bookshop/bookstore" or "library" in the title
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

10.9 Cheese! - Character eats cheese or a specific kind of cheese is mentioned
The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick

10.10 Group Reads
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout

20.1 Happy Birthday Elizabeth! - rating >3.74 and <1001 ratings
The Elements by John Boyne 4.65/225
Life Sentences by Billy O'Callaghan 4.03/814

20.2 War Babies - born in the years 1914-1918 or 1939-1945
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
Selected Poems 1: 1965-1975 by Margaret Atwood

20.3 Debut - first novel of established author with at least 3 other books
If Morning Ever Comes by Anne Tyler

20.4 Uncommon Letter - Q, X, Z
What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez
Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books by Lynne Sharon Schwartz

20.5 Elizabeth's Comfort Zone - published in 19th Century, born in France or UK
Northhanger Abbey by Jane Austen 1817
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens 1844

20.6 Fall Equinox - AEIOU
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

20.7 500 Great Books by Women - Read a book from the list
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

20.8 A Touch of Magic - MPG Magical Realism or book about witch/witchcraft
The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi (Japan) (Magical Realism)

20.9 Olivia Laing - author on her literature map
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy

20.10 Fall Vacation - born in Japan or S Korea, or set >50% in Japan and/or S Korea
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata Japan
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami Japan
I Am the Clay by Chaim Potok South Korea

I always over plan ...

20.1 avg 3.74+ and <1000 ratings
A Bitter Veil by Libby Fischer Hellmann (4.05/937 and female)

20.2 - War Babies (born 1914-1918; 1939-1945)
The Moon in the Gutter by David Goodis (1917)
The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain (1943 and female)

20.3 Debut Novel
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

20.4 - Uncommon Letter
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (20.6, female, personal mysteries challenge)

20.5 My Comfort Zone (19th C & born UK/France)
Fenton's Quest by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (20.1; personal 19th C challenge; female)
The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth (personal 19th C challenge; female)
Zastrozzi by Percy Bysshe Shelley (19th Century and fits my personal challenge)

BUT there are really way too many I'd like to read to say I'm really planning them. We'll see how the season goes. 😉

20.6 - Fall Equinox
Wilful Behavior by Donna Leon (b. 1942, female, fits Elmore Leonard)
The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude (debut, ticks a year in my MidCentury Mysteries)
Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Various Miracles by Carol Shields
The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill


30.1 - I've been whittling away this summer. More are possible:
Saint Helena - Finding Napoleon by Margaret Rodenberg (female, fits Elmore Leonard)
Mayotte - Perfume Island: A Magali Rousseau Mystery by Curtis Bausse
Gibraltar - Rock Black: Ten Gibraltarian Stories by M.G. Sanchez
Kiribati - One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa by John Wukovits (b. 1944) (also 20.2, 20.6)

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

Apple wrote: "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..."

Wow, that seems very ambitious! I was happy I found one book for the task.... ha, ha. I'll be looking forward to your progress!

I have quite a few for 20.6, but I’ll never get to them all. As you can well imagine, I’m spoiled for choice for tasks this season.

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

And I thank you for all the red ribbons. 😄

Edit: In case anyone is interested, I added my other choices for 20.6 above, and noted 20.6 combos for a couple of others.

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