Anika’s Comments (group member since Dec 25, 2011)

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

15.4 SSB, N2

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

+15 Task, book with two authors

Task total: 15
Season total: 285

20.9 Olivia Laing

Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

+20 Task
+10 Female
+5 Combo: 10.4

Task total: 35
Season total: 270

20.6 Fall Equinox

Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood

+20 Task, mUrdEr On trAIn
+10 Female
+5 Combo: 10.9, "Mr. Burton had water biscuits and stilton cheese."

Task total: 35
Season total: 235

10.4 Fall Birthdays

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

+10 Task
+10 Female
+15 Combo: 10.1; 10.5; 10.9, "Oddly, the highest hydrogen level came out from the prisoner who had eaten...Gruyere cheese and 'prison bread.'"

Task total: 35
Season total: 200

20.8 A Touch of Magic

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

+20 Task, both about witches and has MPG "Magical Realism"
+10 Female
+5 Combo: 10.9, "...Ben fixed carrot soup the next evening, a salad of leaf lettuce, and a pot of Welsh rabbit, which Gillian was extremely relieved to hear was nothing more than melted cheese served with bread."

Task total: 35
Season total: 165

10.3 1925 Movies

The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

+10 Task, set 98% in France
+10 Female

Task total: 20
Season total: 130

10.8 Are You a Bookshop or Library Person?

The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves by Christine Nolfi

+10 Task
+10 Female
+5 Combo: 10.9, "From wicker baskets, they handed out afternoon snacks--cheese and crackers, bags of cherry tomatoes, and cookies."

Task total: 25
Season total: 110

15.3 SSB, I1

Sociopath by Patric Gagne

+15 Task, no "the" in title or subtitle

Task total: 15
Season total: 85

10.10 Group Reads

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

+10 Task
+10 Female

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Season total: 70

15.2 SSB, G2

The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths, pub. 2025

+15 Task, orig pub date 2021-2025

Task total: 15
Season total: 50

15.1 SSB, O2

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

+15 Task, author 6-letter last name

Task total: 15
Season total: 35

10.9 Cheese!

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

+10 Task, "For five days, the farmer's wife came to me with meals. Breakfasts of fresh eggs and rye toast and gooseberry jam, lunches of sliced cheese on thick hanks of bread..."
+10 Female

Task total: 20
Season total: 20

Mary wrote: "Mary wrote: "Falklands (Malvinas)

Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin"

Read 30 August 2025"

Excellent! So excited to see the country spreadsheet turning green!

15.49 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore 321,757

+15 Task
+5 Old, pub. 1990

Task total: 20
Season total: 1330

15.56 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth: 1
decade of the author's death
author's first name: 1
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
connection: same first name (Alice Oseman => Alice Hoffman)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1310

15.48 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire, 11,793

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1295

15.55 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth: 1
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
connection: both authors born in 1993

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1280

15.54 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Siúil, a Rún: The Girl From the Other Side, Vol. 1 by Nagabe
connection: both authors born in/citizens of Japan (previous author, Miki Yamamoto)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1265

15.53 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto
connection: both books first published in the 2020s (this one was 2024, previous was 2020)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1250

15.52 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency
decade of original publication
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
connection: "Shop" in both titles (previous title: Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1235