Reading with Style discussion

Here's the place for your general planning for this season!

10.1 Pick a Year
Pick any year and read a book first published in that year

10.2 10.2 April Showers
"shower" or "drizzle" found somewhere in the text

10.3 Oscars
all the letters of OSCAR in the title

10.4 10.4 Spring Festivals: Vesak
set at least 51% in China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, South Korea

10.5 All Fools' Day
MPG of Humo(u)r, Comedy, or Satire

10.6 Formal Introduction
title contains a character’s first and last name

10.7 International awards

10.8

10.9 Narrators
read a book from lists of unreliable/unnamed/unique narrators

10.10 Group Reads
The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy


20.1 National Book Critics Circle Award
has won a NBCC Award
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

20.2 PEN Awards
originally published in Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, German, or Norwegian
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll
The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse by Hermann Hesse

20.3 CWA Diamond Dagger
from a series that has at least 10 books
Louise Penny
Ruth Rendell
Georges Simenon

20.4 SFF Hall of Fame
author who has been inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
Philip K. Dick
Roger Zelazny

20.5 Governor General's Award
author born in Canada or set at least 75% in Canada
Louise Penny
Iain Reid - We Spread

20.6 Pulitzer Prize
author’s first and last initials are found in PULITZER or whose first name is John, Harper, or Alison
Pamela Erens - The Understory
Tony Earley - Here We Are in Paradise: Stories
Louise Erdrich
Ursula K. Le Guin
Penelope Lively
Louise Penny
Richard Price - Lazarus Man
Thomas Pynchon - Shadow Ticket
Iain Reid - Foe
Philip Roth
Rose Tremain
Roger Zelazny

20.7 Life
MPG of autobiography, memoir, or biography
Erma Bombeck: A Life in Humor by Susan Edwards
The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck

20.8 Books in Books
novel in which at least one other real book is mentioned

20.9 Birds Return
about birds, bird watching, or with the word "bird" or the name of a bird in the title
One Bird's Choice: A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-Something Who Moves Back Home by Iain Reid

20.10 Paris in the Springtime
a character spends time in Paris
Maigret Gets Angry by Georges Simenon

Planning

10.1 Pick a Year
?Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 2021

10.2 April Showers (shower or drizzle in text)
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi (book 20.8)

10.3 The Oscars
The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner (bird 20.9)

10.4 Spring Festivals: Vesak (>51% in China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, South Korea)
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum (S. Korea)

10.5 All Fools' Day (MPG of Humor, Comedy, or Satire)
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

10.6 Formal Introduction (Title has a character's first and last name)
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

10.7 International Awards (Book published in non-English language, and has won an award in a country where English is not an official language)
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan)

10.8

10.9 Who's the Narrator (Unreliable narrator, unnamed narrator, unique narrator lists)
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford

10.10 Group Reads
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén (combo 10.7)

20.1 National Book Critics Circle Award (any book which has won a NBCCA in any category)
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

20.2 PEN Awards (book originally published in Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, German, or Norwegian)
The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad (Norwegian)

20.3 CWA Diamond Dagger (book from series that has at least 10 books)
Louise Penny

20.4 SFF Hall of Fame (book by author inducted into the SFF Hall of Fame)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

20.5 Governor General's Award (book written by author born in Canada or set >75% in Canada)
Margaret Atwood
Louise Penny

20.6 Pulitzer Prize (author's first and last initials are found in PULITZER or whose first name is John, Harper, or Alison)
Playground by Richard Powers

20.7 That's Life! (MPG of autobiography, memoir, or biography)
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs

20.8 Books In Books (novel where at least one book is mentioned in main text)
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Chapter III - Bible)

20.9 Birds Return (book about birds, bird watching, or with the word "bird" or the name of a bird in title)
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (memoir 20.7)

20.10 Paris in the Springtime (character spends time in Paris or author was born in France)
Christmas in Paris by Anita Hughes

Planning:

10.1 Pick a Year
Something that won't fit anywhere else
10.2 April Showers
Plenty of choice
10.3 The Oscars
Sacred Country by Rose Tremain (aged)
American Pastoral by Philip Roth (aged, 1001)
10.4 Vesak
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
10.5 All Fools' Day
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
10.6 Formal Introduction
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
10.7 International Awards
The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier
10.8

10.9 Who's the Narrator?
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
10.10 Group Reads
Something by Georges Simenon (aged)
20.1 NBCC Award
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald (aged, 1001)
20.2 PEN Awards
The Lazarus Solution by Kjell Ola Dahl
20.3 CWA Diamond Dagger
Clown Town by Mick Herron
20.4 SFF Hall of Fame
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (aged, 1001 - yes, really!)
20.5 Governor General's Award
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
20.6 Pulitzer Prize
Forest Of The Hanged by Liviu Rebreanu (1001)
20.7 That’s Life!
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin (aged)
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
20.8 Books in Books
Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
20.9 Birds Return
Martin Pippin in the Daisy-Field by Eleanor Farjeon (aged)
20.10 Paris in the Springtime
Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian (1001)

10.1 Pick a Year - 2014
The Children Return

10.2 April Showers
The Stone Sky

10.3 The Oscars
Daughters of Copper Woman

10.4 Vesak
The Mountains Sing

10.5 All Fool's Day
Pyramids

10.6 Formal Introduction
Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall

10.7 International Awards
The Tin Flute

10.8

10.9 Who's the Narrator?
A Clockwork Orange

10.10 Group Reads
When the Moon Hits Your Eye

20.1 NBCC Award
My Friends

20.2 PEN Award
The Leopard

20.3 CWA Diamond Dagger
A Monstrous Regiment of Women

20.4 SFF Hall of Fame
Exhalation

20.5 GG Award
Son of a Trickster

20.6 Pulitzer Prize
The Night Manager

20.7 That's Life!
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

20.8 Books in Books
READ > The Echo of Old Books

20.9 Birds Return
The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany

20.10 Paris in the Springtime
In the Café of Lost Youth