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

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

25.7 - MegSCL's Task: It's Called Autumn!!

Even after nearly 10 years in SRC, I still find the season "Fall" sounds strange. So this task is inspired by differences between American and British English.

Book 1: Read a book with a term in the title or subtitle from this list of differences between American and British English. https://www.thoughtco.com/american-en... - in the table on this page. You can use the term from either language. Plurals/singulars are allowed. No other variations - where a word on the list appears hyphenated, it must be hyphenated in the book title/subtitle; if a term is a two-word phrase, both words must be present.
Required: state the term.

Book 2: Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is spelled differently in the two languages using one of the rules below. It doesn't have to be one of the example words given (e.g. you can use any word that ends in -our in British and -or in American, not only color/colour), but it must relate to one of the 8 rules listed below. You can use the word from either language. "variations that maintain the rule and meaning of the word are allowed, e.g. coloured, colorful, analysing, kilometer"
Required: state the word and rule used.

Spelling rules:
-our (British) vs. -or (American) eg. colour vs. color
-ise or -ize (British) vs. only -ize (American) eg. apologise vs. apologize
-yse (British) vs. –yze (American) eg. analyse vs. analyze,
AE (British) vs. E (American) eg. leukaemia vs. leukemia
-ence (British) vs. -ense (American) eg. defence vs. defense
-ogue (British) vs. -og or -ogue (American) eg. dialogue vs. dialog
-re (British) vs. -er (American) eg. metre vs. meter
Double L in a verb conjugation (British) vs. single L (American) eg. travelled vs. traveled

25.6 - Robin P's Task: Four and More

Read 2 books as described below:

Book 1 – There is at least one word of exactly 4 letters in the title (not subtitle). You will want to choose based on Book 2. You can ignore apostrophes, for example you could use MANS in Man's Fate or ISNT in Tepper Isn't Going Out. There could be more than one word of 4 letters in the title but you will only use one for this task.
Required: State the word.

Book 2 – There is one word of 5 or more letters in the title (not subtitle) which contains the 4 letters in your first title. See examples and important exception below.
Required: State the word.

Example: Book 1: Big Little Lies – 4-letter word LIES
Book 2: Letters of LIES can be in the same order – The Lilies of the Field has LIES
OR letters can be in a different order – The Silent Patient has SILE
OR letters can be separated – Slippery Creatures has SLIE within the word
All the letters must be within one specific word of 5 or more letters

Important Exception - Plurals and possessives formed with “s” are not acceptable for Book 2, so, for example, you can’t use The Tale of the Body Thief and Tales of the City as your two books, and you can't use Lady Boss and The Boss's Daughter.

Letters of the 4-letter word do not have to be 4 different ones – you could use the word MOON as in Moon Tiger, then use The Unhoneymooners, Song of Solomon, etc. for your Book 2. For Book 2, you can use a longer version of the word in Book 1, such as BOOK and BOOKSELLER, BOOKSTORE, NOTEBOOK, etc.

It's A Fact Updated to end of challenge

Lucy - Bookworm 14
Kathy P 12
Jen K 8
Emurphy 8
Jammin Jenny 8
Joanne MI 7
Aimee G 7
MegSCL 7
Kathy KS 6
Kristen IA 5
MaryPDX 5
RedSycamore 4
Sarah E 4
Kim O 4
Molly 4
Apple 3
Trishhartuk 3
Erica H 3
Rachel CA 3
Julia103 3
SarahBR 3
Jenny H 3
Angela IL 3
EmilyGraceR 3
Fly 2
Heather(Gibby) 2
Joop 2
Deedee 2
Peg W 2
KSMary 2
Laurah30 2
Ed 1
Chris MD 1
Megs 1
Kristina Simon 1
Christine V 1
Brigia 1
Cindy F 1
Nikki B 1
CathyG 1
Maria Jo 1
Lisa MD 1

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Golden Oldies Updated to end of challenge

Joop 11
Julia103 7
Keli 7
Lucy - Bookworm 3
Aimee G 3
Apple 3
Sarah E 3
RedSycamore 3
Rachel CA 2
Kim O 2
Heather(Gibby) 2
Kristina Simon 2
MaryPDX 2
Fly 2
Ed 2
Peg W 2
Trishhartuk 1
Kristen IA 1
MegSCL 1
Jammin Jenny 1
Brigia 1
Ana 1
Emurphy 1
Christine V 1
Mai 1
Megs 1
SarahBR 1



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Big Book Tickets Updated to end of challenge

Jenny H 11
Jen K 10
Fly 8
Sarah E 7
Michelle in Alaska 7
SarahBR 7
Joanne MI 6
Aimee G 6
Kristen IA 6
Heather(Gibby) 5
RedSycamore 5
Kathy KS 5
Trishhartuk 4
Julia103 4
Brigia 4
Lucy - Bookworm 3
MegSCL 3
Cindy F 2
Erica H 2
Cindie 2
MaryPDX 2
CathyG 2
Rachel CA 2
Kristina Simon 2
Laurah30 2
Christine V 2
Emurphy 1
Jammin Jenny 1
Chel-c 1
Kathy P 1
Joop 1
EmilyGraceR 1
Angela IL 1
Molly 1
Barbara ★ 1
Peg W 1


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ALPHA READERBOARD Updated to end of challenge

Aimee G 405
Amy B 720
Amy FL 950
Ana 205
Andy P 900
Angela IL 545
Ann A 120
Apple 395
Ashheff 55
Barbara ★ 650
Bookwrm526 875
Boston Kate 90
Brigia 275
Cat 950
CathyG 370
Chel-c 60
Chris MD 255
Christiana L 125
Christine US 10
Christine V 180
Cindie 115
Cindy F 130
Dana 20
Deborah 225
Deedee 310
Delicious Dee 950
Dilan 115
Ed 105
EmilyGraceR 200
Emurphy 465
Erica H 185
Eshay 25
Fiona (Titch) 65
Fly 170
Gita 170
Heather(Gibby) 280
Ines 80
Inge1990 400
Jammin Jenny 350
Jasmiina F 100
Jayme(The Ghost Reader) 80
Jayne 85
Jen B 190
Jen K 765
JennRenee 950
Jenny H 250
Joanne MI 250
Joop 430
JP 255
Julia103 605
Kai 330
Karen Michele 350
Kathy KS 635
Kathy P 275
Katrisa 950
Katy 90
Keli 540
Kim O 155
KmarieD 640
Kristen IA 490
Kristina Marie 880
Kristina Simon 415
KSMary 435
Laurah30 235
Lauren Jodi 25
Line 5
Lisa MD 295
List_Addict 30
Lois 800
Lucy - Bookworm 540
Mai 610
Maria Jo 90
Marie-Anne 355
Mary P 205
MaryPDX 460
Mazza1 950
Megs 100
MegSCL 730
Michelle in Alaska 140
Molly 80
Moni 80
MX.Shining 50
Navi 130
Nick KY 950
Nikki B 25
OceaneMontanea 130
Paula S 105
Peg W 215
Pinar 65
Rachel CA 230
Rebecca NJ 390
RedSycamore 310
Rhiannon 150
Ritika 40
Robin P 950
Rockynook 135
Sarah E 750
SarahBR 265
SashaMae 55
Shanna_Redwind 300
StaceyNC 400
Stephanie127 25
Susan A 950
Tammy AZ 240
Terri FL 50
TessaVanessa 720
Theresa 115
Tien 695
Trishhartuk 790
Wanda 110
Wayne 20
Zach 40


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READERBOARD Updated to end of challenge

Completed:
Mazza1 950
Katrisa 950
Cat 950
Nick KY 950

Susan A 950
Robin P 950
Amy FL 950
Delicious Dee 950
JennRenee 950

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Andy P 900
Kristina Marie 880
Bookwrm526 875
Lois 800
Trishhartuk 790
Jen K 765
Sarah E 750
MegSCL 730
TessaVanessa 720
Amy B 720
Tien 695
Barbara ★ 650
KmarieD 640
Kathy KS 635
Mai 610
Julia103 605
Angela IL 545
Keli 540
Lucy - Bookworm 540
Kristen IA 490
Emurphy 465
MaryPDX 460
KSMary 435
Joop 430
Kristina Simon 415
Aimee G 405
StaceyNC 400
Inge1990 400
Apple 395
Rebecca NJ 390
CathyG 370
Marie-Anne 355
Karen Michele 350
Jammin Jenny 350
Kai 330
RedSycamore 310
Deedee 310
Shanna_Redwind 300
Lisa MD 295
Heather(Gibby) 280
Kathy P 275
Brigia 275
SarahBR 265
JP 255
Chris MD 255
Jenny H 250
Joanne MI 250
Tammy AZ 240
Laurah30 235
Rachel CA 230
Deborah 225
Peg W 215
Mary P 205
Ana 205
EmilyGraceR 200
Jen B 190
Erica H 185
Christine V 180
Fly 170
Gita 170
Kim O 155
Rhiannon 150
Michelle in Alaska 140
Rockynook 135
Cindy F 130
Navi 130
OceaneMontanea 130
Christiana L 125
Ann A 120
Cindie 115
Dilan 115
Theresa 115
Wanda 110
Paula S 105
Ed 105
Jasmiina F 100
Megs 100
Maria Jo 90
Katy 90
Boston Kate 90
Jayne 85
Jayme(The Ghost Reader) 80
Moni 80
Molly 80
Ines 80
Pinar 65
Fiona (Titch) 65
Chel-c 60
Ashheff 55
SashaMae 55
MX.Shining 50
Terri FL 50
Ritika 40
Zach 40
List_Addict 30
Stephanie127 25
Lauren Jodi 25
Nikki B 25
Eshay 25
Dana 20
Wayne 20
Christine US 10
Line 5



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The Fall 2023 Challenge will begin at 00:00, ET September 1, 2023, and end at midnight, 24:00, ET, November 30, 2023.

This is where you will need to post information about completed tasks - updates to the Readerboard will be based on what is posted HERE AND ONLY HERE.

Please do not delete or edit any post in this thread!! Even if the post is not reflected on the Readerboard yet, I've often logged the post on my spreadsheet already and I will not know that you've made the changes. I do not go backwards in this thread to pick up points. If you need to make a change, just make a new post.

All books posted for points in the SRC must adhere to The Rules of the Challenge. This includes the Rules of the Challenge as well as the Default Rules and FAQs

All posts must adhere to the Posting Requirements.To avoid problems with your posts, please review these documents (even if you've read them before). They will not change mid-season, but they may be updated between seasons.

Any problems with task postings will be posted in the Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks thread. Please post there if you have a question about your points, Golden Oldies It's A Fact, or Big Book tickets.

Good luck and have fun!

Questions or problems with completed task posts will be posted here.

If you have questions about your points on the Readerboard:

1. Make sure that the Readerboard has been updated through the post that you are concerned about.
2. Please check your math.
3. Check to see if one of your posts is listed in this thread with a question. If so, please make a NEW POST in the Completed tasks thread to clear up the question. DO NOT go back and edit the original post. I will not go backwards in the completed task thread to pick up points.
4. To avoid further questions/problems, please refer to the TASK DESCRIPTIONS and The Rules of the Challenge.

Thank you for helping keep the record keeping for the challenge as manageable as possible.

25.5 - Lois' Task: Hear! Here!

Misuse of homophones, words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings, has been a lifelong pet peeve of mine, and the abuse seems to be getting worse all the time!

Using this list of 101 English homophones https://onlineteachersuk.com/english-... choose a set of homophones and read two books, each with one of your chosen homophones in the title. You may include subtitles. Words must match exactly, no variations.

For example, if you’ve chosen the homophones Their and There:
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
And Then There Were None

Required: State the set of homophones.

25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: Sailing Abaco
Task created on behalf of Wanda

We have a boat! We are currently waiting out hurricane season on the hard in St. Augustine, Florida. Once the hurricane threat (and the heat) ease up, we'll be working on boat projects with an eye toward splashing the boat this winter. Come along for the adventure!

This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Required: State the options.

Option 1: Our boat is a Seawind 1000. She's an Australian design that has traveled the world to end up in a Florida boatyard when Covid hit. For this option, read a book written by an author found on this list: Books by Australian Authors https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Books with multiple authors will work as long as least one of the author appears on the provided list
The book you read does not need to appear on the list, but the author must.
Required: State the page the author can be found on when you post.

Option 2: Our boat was built in 2000. She's 23 years old! For this option, read a book that was first published in 2000.

Option 3: The Seawind 1000 is a catamaran design, which means it has two hulls. For this option, read a book that is #2 in a series. The series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.

Option 4: One of the boat-projects-to-come will include a renaming ceremony. We've decided to name her Abaco, in homage to one of our favorite island chains. For this option, read a book with all the letters of ABACO found in any combination of the title/subtitle/series name/author's name.
Required: If using the series name, include the series title when you post.

Option 5: Once the boat is in the water, we plan to cruise the Gulf Coast (Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas), the Eastern Seaboard (Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia), and the Bahamas. For this option, read a book set at least 50% in one or more of the locations listed.
Required: If the setting is not obvious from the GR metadata or description, provide a reference to establish location.

Option 6: Starlink has opened up the possibilities of living a cruising lifestyle without having to give up paying work. It will allow us to connect not only with work, but also with family, friends, and (most importantly) my library's e-collections and Goodreads! For this option, read a book with an 8-letter compound word that is made up of two 4-letter words in the title/subtitle. Ex: starlink (star/link), sailboat (sail/boat), boatyard (boat/yard) hometown (home/town), bookmark (book/mark), barefoot (bare/foot)

25.3 - Jen B's Task: Grease (Is the Word)

I missed the 1950s by a few decades, but as a kid, I became obsessed with the era thanks to the movie Grease. The movie takes place in and around a 1950s American high school, and chronicles the adventures, loves, and antics of greaser Danny and Aussie exchange student Sandy. In honor of this classic, choose two books that fit the options below:

Required: State the options chosen.

Option 1: Summer Nights
According to the story, Danny meets Sandy on summer vacation and the pair have a summer romance. The two are depicted alone on the beach in the film's first scene. Read a book with the MPG Romance that has exactly TWO people on the cover. Animals, etc. are okay, but only two people.

Required: Post the cover

Option 2: We Go Together
The pair meet again when Sandy, whose family has "had a change of plans" begins attending Rydell High School with Danny. Sandy becomes immersed in American High School culture by joining the cheerleading squad and attending a sleepover.

Read a book that meets SRC rules from one of these lists:

Books Set in High School (686 books) |https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

50 Must-Read Books Set in School For Your TBR | Book Riot
https://bookriot.com/must-read-books-...

School Novels (97 books) | Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

50 of the Most Essential High School Stories - B&N Reads (barnesandnoble.com)
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/5...

Required: State the list you used, and if using the GR "Books Set in High School" list, specify the page of the list where the book was found.

Option 3: Hopelessly Devoted To You
The guys and the girls show their devotion to their friends by sticking with their cliques -- the T Birds and Pink Ladies.

Read a book with a two word title, where the first letters of both words can be found in either TBIRDS or PINKLADIES

Required: state which of the phrases TBIRDS or PINKLADIES you used.

Option 4: Greased Lightnin'
Apparently, the film's title was chosen because of its multiple meanings. Danny and the T Birds put grease in their hair to style it. They also get grease on their hands from working on their car (Greased Lightnin'). And, the French fries and burgers the group snacks on at the diner sure are full of grease.

Read a book with a word from this list of words with multiple meanings in the title. Plurals and possessives are acceptable.
https://word-lists.com/word-lists/100...

Required: State the word

Option 5: Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay
I finally got to see Grease on the big screen in college when a Grease Singalong was released for the film's 20th anniversary. The soundtrack has long been a favorite that I turn to when I need a pick me up.
Read a book with a word in the title of four or more letters that matches a word in one of the song titles.
https://www.discogs.com/master/97901-...
Words must match exactly, with the exception of lightnin' (can use Lightning). Hyphenated words can be separated (i.e. can use Drive instead of Drive-In)

Required: State the word and the song.

25.2 - Delicious Dee's Task: The Big Bang Theory

So as truth would have it, I probably would have wrapped up this last season of SRC a lot sooner than I did, if I hadn’t decided to do a complete series watch of the Big Bang Theory. I was one of those people who held out for the longest time from watching it – so it wasn’t until one of my international trips this past year where it was an option on the plane that I started watching and then I had to go back to the beginning.

So help me celebrate Sheldon, Leonard, Penny, Howard, Raj, Bernadette and Amy with my task this season.

For this task you will pick one of the THREE options. Options 1 and 3 have a Book A and Book B option. Option 2 allows you to pick 2 books from a series of shelves.

No Children’s Books or Graphic Novels allowed.

Required: State the options chosen.

Option 1
Book A: The Big Bang Theory introduced us to the characters of Sheldon Cooper, Leonard Hofstadter, Penny (no last name, at least at the beginning of the series), Howard Wolowitz, Raj Koothrappali, Bernadette Rostenkowski and Amy Farrah Fowler.
Read a book where the MAIN character shares a name part with one of the BBT bunch. The name MUST appear in the book description or the Goodreads character list. Names MUST match exactly but may be in any position (and all three of Amy’s names may be used)
Example: Misery - Paul "Sheldon" for Sheldon Cooper

Required: State the character names.

Book B: The BBT bunch were played by Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, and Mayim Bialik
Read a book by a SINGLE author, who shares a name part with one of the main actors from the Big Bang Theory. Names must match exactly but may be in any position.
example: The Hazel Wood - Melissa Albert - Melissa Albert for Melissa Rauch (Bernadette)

Required State the actor name.

Option 2
Sheldon, Leonard, Raj and Amy are all PhD’s working at CalTech. Howard is an engineer who is on loan to CalTech and Bernedette receives her PhD mid-way through the series. Penny is a waitress/actress.

Pick TWO different options from the following shelves and read a book from the first 5 pages of each shelf. One of your books MUST be Non-Fiction:

Astrophysics (for Raj) - Astrophysics Books

Physics (for Sheldon and Leonard) - Physics Books

Neuroscience (for Amy) - Neuroscience Books

Microbiology (for Bernadette) - Microbiology Books

Engineering (for Howard) - Engineering Books

Actress (for Penny) Actress Books

Required: State the shelves you used and the page number the book was located on.

Option 3
BBT was 12 seasons long, running from 2006 through 2019. Using the following link, spin the wheel – that is your season - https://wheelgenerator.com/random-num...

Book A – read a book with AT LEAST a three-letter word in the title (excluding the, and) that shares a word with one of the seasons episodes from this list. For series episodes that have a hyphenated title (i.e. Season Two’s "The Lizard–Spock Expansion" – you can use either word – lizard or spock): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Required: - State the season number, Episode Title and Word

Book B – read a book whose number in a series corresponds to the season number you spun. The series must have a minimum of three published books, and the series name and number must be indicated in the GR title listing in grayscale parentheses following the title or grayscale italics above the title.
Required – state the season number.

25.1 - Andy P.’s Task: “Eat Your Words”

As a retired Librarian I try to adhere to the practice of respecting Intellectual Property . I therefore recognize that the idea for this task came from the June 2016 edition of Games Magazine. The creator of the puzzle “Eat Your Words” is Stephen Sniderman. Mr. Sniderman’s puzzle is more complex than my task which I have adapted to create a Seasonal Reading Challenge.

First and foremost, this task is intended for adults, so no book that has Childrens, or Sequential Arts, Comics or Manga as a genre may be used.

This is a two book challenge, and the combined page count for these books must total 500 pages or more.

For this task you will read two books that satisfy the following conditions:
Select a word that is “hungry” enough to “eat” another word Your word must “eat” another word (minimum of two letters, not a proper noun such as a name) in its entirety. In other words, the eaten word appears intact with all the letters together in the same order within the hungry word’s letters.

Examples of hungry word eats word:

Relic can eat Pub to become Republic
Magic can eat Net to become Magnetic
Swing can eat Allow to become Swallowing
Seated can eat Par to become Separated

Please note that both words retain their letter sequence and the word that is doing the eating surrounds the eaten word.
You now have three words, the beginning word (Relic), the eaten word (Pub) and the newly created word (Republic).

Read two books, each of which has a title and/or subtitle that matches a different word selected from the three in your creative endeavor.

Required: State your hungry word, your eaten word, and the word it has created.

There are just a few days left in the Summer 2023 Challenge, so there are some things you need to do NOW!


1. Post any tasks that you have already completed NOW. If your tasks are not posted completely and correctly by midnight Eastern time on August 31, you don’t get credit for them, no matter why they didn’t get posted.

If you post tasks at the last minute, problems may not be identified in time for you to deal with them and get credit for the task. Sometimes the problem is that you forgot to include required information, but if you don’t post until the last day, there may not be time for me to identify the problem and for you to correct it before midnight. This is especially true this season as your reviewing mod is in a different time zone (BST).

To get credit for a task, it must be posted with all necessary requirements in the post and the books must fit the task. If you have any doubts about a book that you’re planning to read at the last minute, you should get it approved in the help thread (and include that information in your post) to avoid any last minute disappointments.

If you're claiming a children's book, I suggest including the AR Bookfinder information, even if you don't notice the genre childrens on the main page. That may avoid problems.

2. From here on out, you should post tasks as you finish them, rather than holding them to post a bunch at a time. And, please, before you post, read the task requirements. If something says REQUIRED, you must include it. Read through the task requirements one last time before you post, to make sure that your book actually works for the task and that you’ve included everything. And, for a list task, check again to make sure the book is actually on the page of the list that you're saying - if you found it on the list 2 months ago, it may well have moved.

Just do your posting as you read, and avoid any unnecessary problems.
Many posts at the end of the challenge make your moderators cranky. Please avoid that.

2. If you’re planning on reading any books that only exist in e-book form, make sure that they’ve been approved for length. Check the spreadsheet linked in post 1 of the ebook verification thread first, and if your book hasn’t already been approved, post in the approval thread NOW, so that there will be time to do the research and give you approval.

Remember that the spreadsheet line or post # MUST be listed in your completed task post for any book that only exists in ebook form, and ebook only formats may not be used for tasks that require a specific number of pages or page limit.

3. Check your Readerboard totals for points, Golden Oldies, It's A Fact, and Big Books NOW. If they don’t agree with your records, first make sure that you check the post through which the Readerboards have been updated. Then check your maths, check to see if you have messages in the ?/problem thread, check to make sure that you’ve actually posted the tasks that you think you have – GR has been known to eat messages! If checking all of those things doesn’t resolve the discrepancy, post in the ?/problem thread right away, giving as much info as possible so that I can try to resolve it.

If a problem was noted with one of your posts, be sure that you reposted the task in the regular posting thread - an edit to the old post, or a note in the ?/problems thread amending the post is not sufficient.

Let's try to have a smooth and problem-free end to the Summer Challenge.

30.5 - Nick KY's Task: True Chills

An Octoberly cool and scary task. Read two books from two different options. The total page count must be 500+ pages.

Required: state the options.

Opt. 1. Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir. The book must be nonfiction (NOT a biographical novel).

Required: If the book does not have an MPG of “Biography” or “Autobiography” or the (auto)biography genre is not obvious from the GR blurb, provide a reference.

Opt. 2. Every October, I have a tradition of re-reading Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw” in one sitting every October. The first time I did so, the experience was one of the spookiest reads ever, and the chills continue every time I pick it up. Read a book from the first 25 pages of this list:
Psychological Horror Books

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

Opt. 3. October 14. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. In today’s world, we view Columbus critically, questioning his motives, the motives of his patrons, and the merits of Western expansion in general. Read a book from the first 25 pages of this “Postcolonialism” list: Postcolonialism Books

OR – because I realize that the world of postcolonial theory may not interest everybody, read a book from the first 25 pages of this “Colonial Romance” list: Colonial Romance Books

Required: State which list you used and on what page of the list your book is found on.

Opt. 4. Truly Cold. Read a book with the word “Cold” or the word “Frozen” in the title/subtitle. The word must be stand-alone and be exact.

30.4 - Katrisa's Task: Going Home

This summer I had a chance to visit my hometown of San Diego for the first time since the pandemic. For this trip I went with my sister who had been adopted and found us 5 years ago thanks to a DNA company. For this 2 book task choose two different options (for options with an A or B you must choose only one sub-option). For this task you may use 1 book with a children’s genre listed as long as it fits SRC criteria - no graphic novels/comics. Total page count of the two books must be at least 500 pages. Where a book appearing on a list is part of a series, you may use another book from that series. However, you MUST specify the original book from the list and the series MUST appear in greyscale on the GR book page.

Option 1 - First I flew to Oregon and the two of us drove down the coast. Our first stop was the redwoods. As a So Cal native I had never been to the northern part of my home state. The redwoods were absolutely breathtaking! As we were wandering through the massive trees I couldn’t help but feel like I was in a fairy land. Read a new-to-you book from the first 20 pages of the Fae Book Shelf https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fae
Required: State the page of the list the book is on and that the book is new-to-you.

Option 2 - Growing up in San Diego means I grew up loving the beach! To this day I feel like a piece of me is missing because I am in a landlocked state now. I was excited to share my home beaches with my sister. For this task read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that matches one of the “beaches in the city of San Diego” beaches from this wiki list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Word must match exactly with the exception that you can disregard an ‘s (for example you can use children for Children’s Pool Beach). You may not use the words state, city, beach or surf park - just the names of the beaches. You also can’t use things on the list that are not names of beaches like “access to tidepools” or “fishing pier”.
Required: State the name of the beach.

Option 3 - This was the first time I got to hang out with my sister that I met in my 40s for an extended period by ourselves.

Required: State the sub-option.

A - Read a book from this list of “Must Read Books About Sisters”
https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-bo...
Required: state the number your book was on the list

B - Read a book from this list of books with adopted characters
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Required: State the page of the list your book was on.

Option 4 - One of the funniest things I found when I was home was how literally everyone apologized for the “bad weather” while we were there (in June) because it was in the high 60s and overcast most of the time. The average high temperature in San Diego only fluctuates 11 degrees all year! I live in Utah now where I have seen a 30 degree difference in temperature happen overnight. My current city’s average high temperature fluctuates by 56 degrees over the year.

A - San Diego: Read a book with a page count that has two of the same digits next to each other (ex. 117 or 266)
B - Salt Lake City: Read a book with a page count that has two consecutive numbers in its digits (ex. 236 or 412)

Required: State the sub-option.

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