SRC Moderator’s Comments (group member since Aug 19, 2016)

SRC Moderator’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

This thread is for "marking" a book genre. It is not for assigning genres - only for locking in genres that currently appear on the book's main page.

The verifications in this thread apply only to the Fall 2024 challenge - they do not carry over to future challenges and genre verifications from the past challenges do not carry forward - verifications are only applicable to the current challenge.

A book need only be verified once in the thread - then it can be used by any participant in the Fall 2024 challenge.

Please do not post task-specific questions here ("is this cover green enough?") and other such questions.

If you are planning to use a book for a genre task and fear that the genre may disappear, post a link to the book in this thread. We will not "lock in" the lack of a childrens or kids genre on the main page.

When you post your book, if the genres have changed, just link to the post in this thread in which it was verified and you'll be good to go.

Because of the volume of verification requests in this thread, I will not be trying to compile any sort of master lists. If the book you are using does not have the required genre at the time of posting, but has been verified in this thread, please link to the post in which it was verified in your completed task posting. If the book you are posting still has the genre on the main page, there is no need to refer to any posts here or in other help threads - if it's there on the main page, you're all set.

Have a book and don't know what tasks it may work for? Ask here!

30.1 Susan A's Task: Letter Frequency

This is a two book task, read one book for each option.

You may use one children's book/graphic novel for this task as long as it meets SRC guidelines.

Letter Frequency in the English Language
The 5 least frequently occurring letters in English words are: K X J Q Z

Book 1:
Read a book with at least 2 of the five letters in the title. Ignore subtitles.
Required: State the letters.

Examples:
The Duke at Hazard - K, Z
Next of Kin - X, K



Book 2: Read a book by an author whose first, last or middle initial is any one of the letters K X J Q Z. For multiple authored books, only one author needs to work.
Required: State the letters.


Examples:
Neon Prey by John Sandford - J
A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn - Q
Open Season by C.J. Box - J

14 AUG Midnight EST = Logo Contest Cutoff
14 AUG Midnight EST = 30 Point Task Creators identified
15 – 31 AUG= Logo poll for Fall challenge
15 AUG - Group reads runoff polls open (if required)
15 AUG= 5/10/15/30 Point Tasks posted for Fall challenge (as available)
31 AUG Midnight EST = SUMMER Challenge Ends

1 SEP 12:01am EST = FALL 2024 Challenge starts
1 SEP = 20/25 Point Task Creators identified
2 – 7 SEP = 20/25 Point Tasks posted when available
12 SEP = All Tasks proofread and FINAL or *5 days after the last task is posted.

12 SEP - 30 SEP = Challenge Theme Brainstorming for 2024-2025
1 OCT- 13 OCT = Challenge Theme poll - round 1
14 OCT - 20 OCT = Challenge Theme poll - final round

15 SEP- 5 OCT= 50 Point Task Idea Submission Thread Open
6 OCT- 12 OCT= 50 Point Task Idea Poll
13 OCT- 15 OCT= 50 Point Task Idea Poll Runoff if needed
15 OCT= Logo Contest for Next Challenge begins

15 OCT Midnight EST = Midpoint Cutoff
16 – 20 OCT= 50.1 Midpoint Task posted
16 – 31 OCT = Group Reads Books nominated for next challenge

1 – 14 NOV= Group Reads polls for next challenge
1 – 12 NOV= Task Ideas brainstorming for next challenge
14 NOV Midnight EST = Logo Contest Cutoff
15 – 30 NOV= Logo poll for next challenge
15 - NOV Midnight EST = Cutoff for 30 Point Early Finishers
16 NOV= 30 Point Task Creators Identified

30 NOV Midnight EST - Fall challenge ends.

If you would like a place to plan or share what you'll be reading for the Fall 2024 Challenge you may post a list in this thread. You are NOT required to post here to participate in the challenge.

Reserved

Reserved

15.10 - That's Not Trivial Pursuit...

Imagine a game where you roam around a board, trying to collect a full set of colour-coded tokens to fill the space in your playing piece, before racing to the centre of the board to win. No, it's not Trivial Pursuit: this is The Great Penguin Bookchase, possibly one of the most apt board games for bookworms everywhere. Instead of your typical general knowledge categories, each book for your bookshelf represents a different genre of books.

Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that can be made from THE GREAT PENGUIN BOOKCHASE. Letters may only be used as often as they appear.

Required: State the word.

Reserved

Reserved

15.9 - Shifting Sands

In Forbidden Desert, players are survivors of a airship crash in the desert. In order to win, they must explore a board of tiles to find the broken parts of their vessel and get back to the launch site. At the same time, they must fend off the dual threats of the relentless sun and the looming sandstorm, which risks stopping them in their tracks, or worse - burying them under the dunes.

Choose a desert from the Wiki list of the largest deserts by area and read a book set at least 50% in a nation listed for that desert. For example, if you pick the Kalahari, you can read a book set in either Botswana, Namibia, or South Africa. As we're specifically looking for sandy deserts, the Antarctic and Arctic deserts are excluded for this task. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Required: State the desert and the country setting. If the setting is not obvious from the GR book description or metadata, provide a reference.

Reserved

Reserved

15.8 - Read My Mind

The Mind is a very simple game about playing numbered cards in the correct order. Easy, right? There's just one catch: players can't speak or communicate with each other, relying instead on intuition (and possibly some low-level psychic abilities) to know when to play their cards.

Read a book in which a main character exhibits (or pretends to have - we'll accept charlatans for this task!) some sort of psychic ability, e.g. clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, mediumship etc.

Required: if the ability is not obvious from the GR book description, provide a reference.

Reserved

Reserved

15.7 - Whose Side Are You On?

Codenames is a game where two teams compete to find their field agents on a board of tiles, each of which has a word on it. The team's spymaster must attempt to guide their teammates to the correct tiles by providing a single-word clue which connects the words on the tiles by their meaning. Be warned though: among the agents (of either alignment) and innocent bystanders, there lurks an assassin. Discover them, and your team loses!

Read a book with a single-word title (of any length).

Reserved

Reserved

15.6 - Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

Cthulhu (and the extended Lovecraft mythos) is a perennial theme in the world of board gaming, making appearances in so many games (Lovecraft Letter, Arkham Horror, and Shadows Over Normandie to name but a few) that we'd go insane from the horror of trying to count them all. Still, it's spooky season, so let's dive into the madness anway.

Read a book from the first 25 pages of this Lovecraftian list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Required: State the page of the list your book is found on.