Reading with Style discussion

Please post any general questions about the Fall 2024 challenge here.

For the Series style, is it still that there must be at least 3 books to make a series for RwS purposes?

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "For the Series style, is it still that there must be at least 3 books to make a series for RwS purposes?"

Yep!

For Young, are we using the age at death, that is the author lived to 50 years of age or less?

Owlette wrote: "For Young, are we using the age at death, that is the author lived to 50 years of age or less?"

Yep. If the author is still living, they must be born no earlier than 1974. If the author is no longer living, they must have died no later than the year when they would have turned 50.

(Our database only uses the year of birth/death, so we won't consider the actual birthdate -- someone born Dec. 1, 1900, will count if she died in 1950 or before, but we won't carry over into 1951 even though she would still have been 50 for most of that year.)

Got it! Thank you.

I have an addition for Young
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katheri...
Born 1987

I'm using her for trilogy
The Winter of the Witch

Joanna wrote: "Owlette wrote: "For Young, are we using the age at death, that is the author lived to 50 years of age or less?"

Yep. If the author is still living, they must be born no earlier than 1974. If the a..."

Darktown by Thomas Mullen

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoma...

Do authors born in 1974 qualify for Young points?

Denise wrote: "Joanna wrote: "Owlette wrote: "For Young, are we using the age at death, that is the author lived to 50 years of age or less?"

Yep. If the author is still living, they must be born no earlier than..."

Yes, we will count authors born in 1974.

for Alice Feeney this is the information I can find regarding her age:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_F...

'She started writing her first novel, Sometimes I Lie, when she was 30, writing in her spare time and on the train to work.'

Sometimes I Lie was published in 2018.

So, I believe she qualifies for the 'young' style.

Joanna wrote: "Denise wrote: "Joanna wrote: ". Yes, we will count authors born in 1974."

Thank you. I had noticed there weren’t any authors on the spreadsheet born in 1974, and wanted to verify. Just a coincidence I guess.

Denise wrote: "Joanna wrote: "Denise wrote: "Joanna wrote: ". Yes, we will count authors born in 1974."

Thank you. I had noticed there weren’t any authors on the spreadsheet born in 1974, and wanted to verify. J..."

No, I set it to the wrong year. :-(

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "No, I set it to the wrong year. :-("3

Aha! That explains it. Thanks!

I have updated the spreadsheet to include authors born in 1974:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

The other spreadsheet wasn't affected.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Is the family sagas link broken for everyone else?

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I have updated the spreadsheet to include authors born in 1974:..."

And that added 118 authors. Thank you!

Apple wrote: "Is the family sagas link broken for everyone else?"

Yes, but you can access it through the polls. It's in the comments link.

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

In the spreadsheet, the birth and death years for Beatrix Potter seem off.

Owlette wrote: "In the spreadsheet, the birth and death years for Beatrix Potter seem off."

Thanks. Her birth year is entered incorrectly - it should be 1866 not 1966. I have deleted her from the sheet. The mods will need to edit her entry in the database to fix it permanently.

Thanks!

Can we get a second halfway finisher if we complete the 20-pointers a second time?

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Can we get a second halfway finisher if we complete the 20-pointers a second time?"

Sorry for the delay--we were discussing.

Yes, you can get a half-way finish for each time that you complete the 20-pt. tasks. Same for the 10-pt. tasks. In some seasons, it won't be possible to complete a set more than once because sometimes there's a task that can only be completed one time.

The scrabble finishes this season can be repeated, but tiles can't be reused, so you're limited to the number of tiles available and the requirement to use them in 10-tile sets to make words.

Mega-finish is only awarded one time for finishing all 30 tasks one time.

Yay! Thank you!

Another addition for Young:

Peter Swanson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_S...

ugh

My goodness, sorry for the bad adding Joanna.

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Edmund Conway

+20 task MPG Science
+5 combo 10.6 “…the molten liqu..."

+10 Young (b. 1979)

Thank you, Joanna. I looked all over for a birth year for Conway and couldn’t find it.

Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Edmund Conway

+20 task MPG Science
+5 combo 10.6 “…the molten liqu..."

+10 Young (b. 1979)

Thank you, Joanna. I looked all..."

It's in his wiki history. I think he must have taken it down, but it still shows in the edit history. That's good enough for me.

Joanna wrote: "Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Edmund Conway

+20 task MPG Science
+5 combo 10.6 “…the molten liqu..."

+10 Young (b. 1979)

Thank ..."

Never thought to look at the wiki history!

Will Bo Seo qualify for the "Young" style (or the "Young" scrabble tile)? His birthdate isn't listed anywhere but in his book he describes being in 5th grade in 2005 and he won a high school debating championship in 2013 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Seo

Katy wrote: "Will Bo Seo qualify for the "Young" style (or the "Young" scrabble tile)? His birthdate isn't listed anywhere but in his book he describes being in 5th grade in 2005 and he won a ..."

We'll take that; we plan to record him as 1994 for the database.

Laura Wood is listed on the University of Warwick as completing her PhD (in Literature) in 2016. Even if she dragged her education out, she is probably under 40 yo. In her author photo from her book Under a Dancing Star pub. 2019 she looks young.

Will she qualify for young points?

Also, re: post 10 does Alice Feeney qualify?

Valerie wrote: "Laura Wood is listed on the University of Warwick as completing her PhD (in Literature) in 2016. Even if she dragged her education out, she is probably under 40 yo. In her author ..."

We will accept both of these.

Given how difficult it has turned out to be to find birthdates for younger authors, we have decided to allow this sort of guestimation for young style points. Please continue to post the basis for it here.

Matthew Walker

Born 1974

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv...

Joanna wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Laura Wood is listed on the University of Warwick as completing her PhD (in Literature) in 2016. Even if she dragged her education out, she is probably under 40 yo..."

Thank you, Joanna!

Clarification on series. Is it still that you can claim the Series style for the same series only once for a task?

I claimed Nero Wolfe for 10.7. If I have another Nero Wolfe that works for 10.7, I can't claim 5 series points again.

Bump. Have we clarified whether the Series style can be claimed for the same series on the same task?

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Bump. Have we clarified whether the Series style can be claimed for the same series on the same task?"

You can only claim the series once per task.

Thank you.

I think I misunderstood the series style. If the book is part of a series you get +5 for the book if it is the first time you have read the series in the Fall challenge?

Example:

Read series “A” for 20.10 - 5 Series points
Read series “A” for 20.3 - 10 Series points

As long as you keep finding different tasks for the same series, the points compound. If you read series “A” for 20.10 again, you get no series points. BUT, you still get the 5 points for multiple this season.

an addition for young:

Isabel Cañas

From Facebook:

Isabel Cañas - I'm 31 today. Happy birthday to me—this...

Facebook · Isabel Cañas
8 reactions · 2 years ago
Isabel Cañas is in Park Slope, Brooklyn ... Nov 8, 2021 ... I'm 31 today. Happy birthday to me—this office is the best gift a writer could ask for ...

Does the definition for series still include series that are at least three long?
In post 83, I posted A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Goodreads has the book as part of a two book series Monk and Robot. Does it qualify for the series style?

Bump. Does the definition for series still include series that are at least three long?
In post 83, I posted A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Goodreads has the book as part of a two book series Monk and Robot. Does it qualify for the series style?

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

I asked that question above, and yes it is still a minimum of 3 installments.

Aha! Thanks Elizabeth

I have another young author to add:
Bae Myung-hoon 1978

https://www.google.com/search?q=bae+m...

Not sure if this is the right place to place this,
apparently I misunderstood task 20.3 and missed some combos
and I don't want to confuse the completed tasks.

Post 395
Paula Hawkins : Pa - Protactinum
U - Uranium
La - Lanthahum
In - Indium


Post 396
Dionne Irving : Ir : Iridium
I: Iodine
Ne: Neon
In : Indium

Post 400
Josephine Tey : O : Oxygen
Se: Selenium
In : Indium
Te : Tellerium

Tawallah wrote: "Not sure if this is the right place to place this,
apparently I misunderstood task 20.3 and missed some combos
and I don't want to confuse the completed tasks.

Post 395
Paula Hawkins : Pa - Pro..."

Great! I've picked these up and added to the update I'm doing today.

Will Emma Southon qualify as young? The only reference to her age or birth year I can find is «  c. 1985 » https://www.librarything.com/author/s...