Claire ’s Comments (group member since Jan 11, 2025)

Claire ’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Sweet sixteen Bingo 15.2.3

B1 Author has a equal number of letters in their first name and their last name.

Motive X
Stefan Ahnhem

15 points
Total: 930 points
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Apple wrote: "Hi Claire, I had a similar one, thinking I might read World War Z, but neither X or Z are letters that have a commonly understood linguistic meaning (although they do in mathematics ), so we feel t..."

Okay, thanks for the answer.

Sweet sixteen Bingo 15.2.2

O5 A book with an alliterative title (at least 2 words, all words must start with the same sound)

Late liefde
Jannetje Koelewijn

15 points
Total: 915 points
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Would the book Motive X fit this task?

10. .1 Member Lotto (Katy's task)
In honor of heading back to school, read a nonfiction book that is NOT a biography, autobiography or memoir.

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal

10 points + 5 award
Total: 900 points

Sweet sixteen Bingo task 15.2.1

I1 title and subtitle don’t contain’the’

Perfection
Vincenzo Latronico

15 points
Total points: 885 points


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Sweet sixteen Bingo 15.25
I4 a book of short stories or essays

Anything Is Possible
Elizabeth Strout

15 points + 150 points card finished
Total: 870 points

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Sweet sixteen Bingo 15. 24

G4 16 is the perfect square of 4 - A book with a four-word title


Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

15 points
Total: 705 points


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Sweet sixteen Bingo 15. 23

N1 A book by a winner or finalist of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature

The End of Days
Jenny Erpenbeck

15 points
Total: 705 points


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Sweet sixteen : Bingo
15.22

G5 A book with Fall, Autumn, or Leaf/Leaves in the title or subtitle

A Fatal Fall
Matthew Costello

15 points
Total: 690 points

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Correction with replacement for post 260

20.3 Debut

Mara
Sterre Carron

20 points + 10 points female = 30 points
Total points: 690 points

Correction with Replacement post 229

Sweet sixteen
15.18

O4 Neither title nor author name contain the letter E (subtitles can be ignored)

Lyssa
Tom Hofland


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15 points
Total points: 630 points

Rosemary wrote: "Post 229 Claire wrote: "Sweet sixteen
15.18

O4 Neither title nor author name contain the letter E (subtitles can be ignored)

Tikkop
Adriaan van Dis

I'm sorry, C..."

Rosemary wrote: "Post 260 Claire wrote: "20.3 Debut

Hee mooie ziel
Fleur Overgaag

20 points + 10 points female = 30 points
Total points: 690 points"

Sorry Claire, this doesn't ..."

This is a Dutch book that has been translated later in English. Do I need to use the English edition also for these? I was not aware, and I think it is strange, but I will read another book.

For the book Hee mooie ziel. I’ll substract the points in my next post.

Sweet sixteen Bingo
15.21

B4 title starts and end with the same letter
Amla
Sterre Carron

15 points
Total: 675 points


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20.3 Debut

Hee mooie ziel
Fleur Overgaag

20 points + 10 points female = 30 points
Total points: 690 points

Sweet sixteen Bingo
15.20


The End of the Ocean
Maja Lunde

15 points
Total: 660 points

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Sweet sixteen Bingo
15. 19

O1 A book with a single word title that contains at least 10 letters (subtitles can be ignored)

Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer

15 points
Total points: 645 points

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Sweet sixteen
15.18

O4 Neither title nor author name contain the letter E (subtitles can be ignored)

Tikkop
Adriaan van Dis


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15 points
Total points: 630 points

Sweet sixteen Bingo
15.16

O3 A book set at least 51% in a country that is partly or wholly in the tropics
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Abi Daré

15 points + 50 points second line
Total: 615 points

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G1 Author's 1st, 6th, or 16th book

De beesten
Gijs Wilbrink
First book

15 points
Total points: 550 points

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