Apple’s Comments (group member since Aug 28, 2021)

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

I too say caught and court the same way, Both my parents were born in the UK but moved over to Australia at the same time decimal currency was introduced, 1967, but they came from completely different parts with completely different accents.

That said, I could not hear an accent in my parents speech, but I could with my grandparents. My mother-in-law was from a different region again.

The ONLY word I have ever noticed them saying differently was my brother’s name, Grant.

15.16 Sweet Sixteen Bingo
O1: A book with a single word title that contains at least 10 letters

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

Task total: 15
Season Total: 575

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x4); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6 (x2); ...; 20.8; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; I4; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; G3; G4
O1; O2; ...; O4

15.15 Sweet Sixteen Bingo
G3: A book set in the future (at the time it was written)

The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi

Task total: 15
Season Total: 560

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x4); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6 (x2); ...; 20.8; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; I4; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; G3; G4
...; O2; ...; O4

15.14 Sweet Sixteen Bingo
I4: A book of short stories or essays

A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit

Task total: 15
Season Total: 545

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x4); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6 (x2); ...; 20.8; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; I4; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

20.8 A Touch of Magic (Anika's task)

The Something Girl by Jodi Taylor
MPG of Magic Realism

+20 task
+10 female
+5 combo (10.9 - "..., and then your brain turns to cottage cheese and trickles out of your nose.")

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 530

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x4); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6 (x2); ...; 20.8; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

20.6 Fall Equinox (Fall 2018)

The House of Madelaine by Elaine Kraf

+20 task
+10 female

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 495

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x4); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6 (x2); ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

10.6 Ninetieth (Rosemary's task)

Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

+10 task
+10 female
+5 prizeworthy ( PEN/Jean Stein Book Award (2020))

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 465

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x4); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

10.6 Ninetieth (Rosemary's task)

Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder by Tonya Kappes

+10 task
+10 female

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 440

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x3); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

10.6 Ninetieth (Rosemary's task)

Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers by Tonya Kappes

+10 task
+10 female

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 420

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6 (x2); 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

10.6 Ninetieth (Rosemary's task)

Hitches, Hideouts, & Homicides by Tonya Kappes

+10 task
+10 female

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 400

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; 10.6; 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

10.4 Fall Birthdays

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

+10 task

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 380

...; ...; 10.3; 10.4; ...; ...; 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

10.3 1925 Movies

Someone to Talk To by Grégory Panaccione
Graphic Novel, No Styles

+10 task

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 370

...; ...; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

All of the above acknowledged

Coralie wrote: "I would like to lock in Saint Death's Herald by C.S.E. Cooney currently 253 ratings and 4.17 average"

Noted

For me, audiobooks are like listening to radio dramas, IF the narrator is good. I don’t watch television.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Apple wrote: "Still not sure how people manage to finish over there, it’s at least 75 books a season…"

I'm not sure either, but they have no page minimum, for one thing, so a book of only 40 or 50..."

100 page minimum, and YA is fine, but there is a requirement to meet a lexile on children's books.

Someone seems to get there very quickly, I have no idea how, and I can listen to 6 hours of an audiobook a day ...

I joined SRC long after joining here. The tasks here are generally more thoughtful/thought provoking, and I try to plan as many crossovers as possible, but at since I read so many books I thought I may as well try.

Still not sure how people manage to finish over there, it’s at least 75 books a season…

Surprisingly, if you know me well, I have commitment issues.... This is a failing I accept in myself, and the only part of my life where I have overcome this is, thankfully for my husband, is my marriage :P

Looking at my reading, I have 6 books I have read for another group (come on, I see half of you over there!) that don't qualify for 20.6, but I can use if I ignore this. So, I am breaking with my plan, and just going to record my books as I read them.

I am disappointed in me, for about 5 minutes anyway, because par for the course .... lol

10.9 Cheese! (Marie's task)

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

and I dare say you could find a nice piece of Stilton at Abbot’s. I have always heard that gentlemen like a nice piece of Stilton,

+10 task
+10 female
+5 combo (20.6)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 360

...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.7;...; 10.9; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
...; O2;...; O4

15.14 Sweet Sixteen Bingo
O1: A book with a single word title that contains at least 10 letters

Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder by Tonya Kappes

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 350

...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.7;...; ...; 10.10
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; 20.10

...; B2; B3;
I1; ...; I3; ...; I5
...; ...; N3; N4; N5
G1; G2; ...; G4
O1; O2;...; O4

Apologies, does not qualify, I misread the task