Reading with Style discussion

Here's a sample plan:

BBR: Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Task A:
Character - Jake Baldwin --> The Waste Lands by Stephen King --> Jake Chambers

Task B:
Character - Mathilda Morrison --> Crow Lake by Mary Lawson --> about the Morrison family

Task C:
Setting: Chicago --> Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

Task D:
Time period: contemporary 2020s/near future --> Recursion by Blake Crouch

Task E:
Same author: Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

Task F:
Same MPG: Fiction --> Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Task G:
Same publication year: 2023 --> Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson

Task H:
Same number of words in title: 2 --> Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

Task I:
Different original language: pub. not in English --> The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon by Sei Shōnagon

Task J:
RWS favorites/5-star: read by Landice, who gave five stars to: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

BBR:A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving,
my all-time favorite novel

Can't make this work

for a plan

try - A Trick of the Light

A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.

Ruth Zardo - Ruth Ware

B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR.

All the Devils Are Here -> READ

C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR.

The Madness of Crowds

D. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR.

contemporary - False Value

E. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.

A World of Curiosities

F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.

mystery, fiction, audiobook - The Doorbell Rang

G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.

2011 - First Grave on the Right >READ

H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.

5 -
The Wisdom of Father Brown (hoopla)
The Lost Art of Gratitude
The Shadow of the Empire: A Judge Dee Investigation (hoopla)
The Atomic Weight of Love


I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in.

English - org. in Swedish: The Return of the Dancing Master


J. Choose a RwS member who has also read your BBR, and read a book from that member's "favorites" shelf or that the member rated 5-stars.

Krista rated above 5* - also rated: The Inimitable Jeeves 5* >READ

Can I use this to read a bunch of books from the same series?
--> Yes, go for it. Tasks A, B, C, D, E, and F will definitely allow that.

Plan

BBR: The Women by Kristin Hannah

A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.
Character: nurse Ethel Flint
The Hours Count by Jillian Cantor (which has the character Ethel Rosenberg)

B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR. Character: neurosurgeon Captain Ted Smith
✓ Autumn by Ali Smith

C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR. Vietnam
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

D. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR. Set in 1970s.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

E. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah

F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR. MPG: Historical fiction, Fiction, or Audiobook.
Augustus by John Williams - Historical Fiction

G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR. Pub in 2024.
✓ The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR. Two word title.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato

I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in.
The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato
The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre

J. Choose a RwS member who has also read your BBR, and read a book from that member's "favorites" shelf or that the member rated 5-stars. Joanna read it, lots of great reads on her 5 star list! Check library.
Last Orders by Graham Swift
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

Plan, subject to change

Change so complete, I scrapped my BBR. Will post as I read.

PLAN ✔️

BBR: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) (2017) by Martha Wells

A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.

Name: Murderbot

B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR.

Name: Doctor Mensah

C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR.

Same location would be Deep Space far away from Earth.

D. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR.

Same time period: far future

E. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.

Martha Wells

✔️F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.

Science Fiction
Fiction
Audiobook

BOOK: Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #1) (2017) by Jim C. Hines (Paperback 379 pages) (#0392)

The top-three MPG for TERMINAL ALLIANCE are:

Science Fiction
Humor
Fiction


✔️ G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.

published 2017

Once There Was a Way: What if The Beatles Stayed Together? (2017) by Bryce Zabel (#0337)

✔️ H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.

Three word title
Dogs and Monsters: Stories (2024) by Mark Haddon (Hardback 273 pages) (#0246)
Note: "Stories" is sub-title; so Title is 3 words, 'Dogs and Monsters'

✔️ I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in.

Original language: English
So, any language except English

Written originally in Icelandic:
The Night Guest (2021) by Hildur Knútsdóttir; translated from Icelandic by Mary Robinette Kowal (Hardback 197 pages) (#0487)

J. Choose a RwS member who has also read your BBR, and read a book from that member's "favorites" shelf or that the member rated 5-stars.

still looking

Okay, I am sticking with my season plan of not planning, but recording that I am going to use a favorite from this season for the sub-challenge, which will be Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.

The only part that is difficult will be when it was set, as this is not clearly defined, other than it is the near future (although, I suppose, since we don't know how near, and the time-frame covers 12 years, it could also be the present).

Apple wrote: "Okay, I am sticking with my season plan of not planning, but recording that I am going to use a favorite from this season for the sub-challenge, which will be Migrations by [author:..."

Apple, I read "Migrations" and loved it too. You might find some ideas for the near future in this Goodreads list:

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

Thanks Connie! I have read a few, and own a few others, so I think it will be up my ally 😉

Plan using Slow Horses by Mick Herron

✔ 15.1 D. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR.
Also published 2010 and set at that time
The Executioner by Chris Carter (audio)

✔ 15.2 I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in.
Anything except English
Miramar by Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic)

✔ 15.3 H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.
Two words
Great Apes by Will Self

✔ 15.4 F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
Mystery, Thriller
The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

✔ 15.5 J. Choose a RwS member who has also read your BBR, and read a book from that member's "favorites" shelf or that the member rated 5-stars.
The Circle by Dave Eggers
5 stars from Bonnie B https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

✔ 15.6 B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR.
Character Jackson Lamb in both books
Joe Country by Mick Herron

✔ 15.7 C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR.
London
Slough House by Mick Herron

✔ 15.8 G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.
2010
Heresy by S.J. Parris

✔ 15.9 A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.
Character Catherine Standish in Slow Horses
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Main character is Catherine of Stonebridge

E. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.
Bad Actors by Mick Herron

Plan

BBR - Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

Task A:
Character - Jeffrey Tolliver - Kisscut by Karin Slaughter - Jeffrey Tollier

Task B:
Character - Tess Linton - A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter -
sister to Sara Linton

Task C:
Setting - Heartsdale, Grant County, Georgia - Indelible by Karin Slaughter

Task D:
Time Period - Present day - Faithless by Karin Slaughter

Task E:
Same author - Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter

Task F:
Same MPG - mystery, thriller, crime - Triptych by Karin Slaughter

Task G:
Same publication year - 2001 - Right as Rain by George P. Pelecanos

Task H:
Same number of words in title 1 - Trapped by Camilla Lackberg

Task I:
Different original language (published in English) - Hidden in Shadows by Viveca Sten - Swedish

Task J:
RWS favorites/5-star: read by Heather (DeathbyBooks) - All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Chosen Book A Marvellous Light

What are the names of the characters?
Sir Robert Blyth (AKA Robin), Adelaide Morrissey, Flora Sutton
Where was it set (city/country/or imagined world if it's fantasy)?
England
When was it set (time period)?
Edwardian
Who wrote it?
Freya Marske
What are its top three MPGs (most popular genres)?
Fantasy, Romance, Historical fiction
What year was it published?
2021
How many words are in the title?
3
In what language was it originally published?
English
What other RwS members have read it?
TBD
That's enough planning for now.

BBR: The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine

It was a challenge to find a book that met all 10 tasks. This was my fourth choice and has just squeaked by thanks to Rosemary (see Task J). All tasks will be completed by a book that is already in my existing unread stash.

A. Same first name: TBD
B. Same last name: True North by Jim Harrison
C. Same country: Pomfret Towers
D. Same time period: TBD
E. Same author: A Dark-Adapted Eye
F. Same top three MPG: Death on the Nile
G. Published same year: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, High Fidelity, or Notes from a Small Island
H. Same number of title words: TBD so many choices!
I. Different language: NP
J. Had been read by RwS member: Emma one of Rosemary’s favorites.

BBR: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

A. Clare Cassidy=> Clare Mackay (See Them Run by Marion Todd)

B. Harbinder Kaur => Rupi Kaur (The Sun and Her Flowers)

C. Sussex: The Last Word

D. Modern day/present: Blue Sisters

E. Same author, The Postscript Murders

F. MPG, Fiction: Anxious People

G. Pub. 2018: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

H. 3 words in title: Cassandra in Reverse

I. Different language: The Girl Who Reads on the Métro, written in French

J. RwS member: Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie was a 5-star read for Rosemary

Second PLAN ✔️

BBR: The Jekyll Revelation (2016) by Robert Masello

A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.

Name: RAFAEL Salazar environmental scientist

Name: ROBERT Louis Stevenson

B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR.

Name: Rafael SALAZAR environmental scientiest
Noelle Salazar -- The Roaring Days of Zora Lily

Name: Robert Louis STEVENSON
Benjamin Stevenson -- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR.

53.6% Set in:
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (includes Santa Monica & Hollywood)

D. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR.

53.6% Set in:
Present-day 2010s

E. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.

Robert Masello

F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.


Historical Fiction
Fiction
Mystery


G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.

published 2016

H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.

Three word title

I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in.

Original language: English
So, any language except English

J. Choose a RwS member who has also read your BBR, and read a book from that member's "favorites" shelf or that the member rated 5-stars.

still looking