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25.8 - Mstan's task: The Long, the Short, and the Diacritical
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More possible choices...A
William Shakespeare
Jordan Sonnenblick
Paul Hornschemeier
Erin Morgenstern
Yotam Ottolenghi
Neal Shusterman
Neal Stephenson
B
J.D. Robb
P.G. Wodehouse
C.S. Lewis
J.K. Rowling
Maureen F. McHugh
E. Lockhart
L.M. Montgomery
Jennifer L. Holm
Hunter S. Thompson
Patricia C. Wrede
J.D. Salinger
T.H. White
Ursula K. Le Guin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
For Option B, the 10 letters must come together, with no other characters or spaces in between. For this reason, last names like 'van _____' would not work.
love it, love it love it!! I've wanted a diacritics task for a while ;)
Perfect place for the new J. D. Robb which comes out next week.
Funny, I was just noticing today how many authors I have that go by their initials.
Bea wrote: "What about names such as Eric Van Lustbader? Is the Van part of the last name or a middle name?"Hi Bea, I was thinking more of 10 letters with no spaces or other characters in between. This would exclude hyphenated surnames and two-word last names. I will ask the mods to help me change the task description to clarify this.
mstan wrote: "Bea wrote: "What about names such as Eric Van Lustbader? Is the Van part of the last name or a middle name?"Hi Bea, I was thinking more of 10 letters with no spaces or other characters in between..."
OK, thanks.
mstan wrote: "I was thinking more of 10 letters with no spaces or other characters in between. This would exclude hyphenated surnames and two-word last names. I will ask the mods to help me change the task description to clarify this. "Got it.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "mstan wrote: "I was thinking more of 10 letters with no spaces or other characters in between. This would exclude hyphenated surnames and two-word last names. I will ask the mods to help me change ..."Thanks for the quick response and help, Kristi!!
Katie MacAlister would work for option A, right? Or is the fact that the name has two capitals a problem?
Marscha, yes that would work.Bea, both would work.
Happy reading!
Vi wrote: "Ben Aaronovitch and Franny Billingsley both would for Option A, right?"Yes, either one works, but you would need a 'B' or 'C' book for your second book.
Thanks! I'm just trying to have some choices. I have 3 authors lined up for Option B and 1 for Option C. I now end up having too many choices.
Diane Whitney wrote: "Will you accept Zoe Archer for option C, diacritical marks? I just finished one of her books and she is a goodreads author, on her page I noticed the marks above the e in Zoe and clicked on the lin..."Hi Diane
I checked with the mods and they prefer to adhere to what is stated in the task description in post #1:
*Goodreads will be used to determine which category the author's name belongs to, so if his/her full name is entered on Goodreads even if he/she is commonly known by his/her initials, (B) wouldn't work. Please ensure that the Goodreads page for the book you read and link to in your post contains the necessary features of the author's name.
I tried amending Zoe Archer's name for you but since she is a GR author, only she can amend her own data. You would have to post on the GR librarians' group page to ask for help (or perhaps email the author?). Until her name is amended, any book of hers cannot be accepted for Option C.
mstan in her author's bio on goodreads it has the diacritical mark: About this author
Zoë Archer is an award-winning romance author who thinks there's nothing sexier than a man in tall boots and a waistcoat. As a child, she never dreamed about being the rescued princess, but wanted to kick butt right beside the hero. She now applies her master's degrees in Literature and Fiction to creating butt-kicking heroines and heroes in tall boots. She is the author of the acclaimed BLADES OF THE ROSE series. December marks the beginning of her new paranormal historical romance series, THE HELLRAISERS. Zoë and her husband, fellow romance author Nico Rosso, live in Los Angeles. Please visit her on the Web at http://www.zoearcherbooks.com/
Will that count?
Sassafrass wrote: "mstan in her author's bio on goodreads it has the diacritical mark: About this author
Zoë Archer is an award-winning romance author who thinks there's nothing sexier than a man in tall boots and..."
Hi Sassafrass, no that won't work because of this instruction: "Please ensure that the Goodreads page for the book you read and link to in your post contains the necessary features of the author's name."
Ahh, ok, got it. thanks for clearing it up.
and unfortunately, since she is a GR author it can't be fixed either - diacretics keep me majorly busy fixing profiles here
Alyson Noel also has a diacritical mark in her name but they aren't used here on GR....but if you look at her book covers the marks are there. So I am assuming from what I've read, we can't use her books for this task either :(
♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Alyson Noel also has a diacritical mark in her name but they aren't used here on GR....but if you look at her book covers the marks are there. So I am assuming from what I've read, we can't use her..."That's right Robin - it's the same situation as with Zoe Archer. Sorry about that.
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Read two books for this task. You can choose A+B, B+C or A+C, but not the same option twice.
*Goodreads will be used to determine which category the author's name belongs to, so if his/her full name is entered on Goodreads even if he/she is commonly known by his/her initials, (B) wouldn't work. Please ensure that the Goodreads page for the book you read and link to in your post contains the necessary features of the author's name.
A - Read a book by an author who has a LAST name which is at least 10 letters long -- e.g. Fyodor Dostoyevsky (11). All 10+ letters must come together with no other characters or spaces in between (so hyphenated names and names like Van Lustbader would not work).
B - Read a book by an author who uses at least one initial in his/her name, e.g. M.T. Anderson, S.J. Bolton or Matthew F. Jones.
C - Read a book by an author whose name contains a diacritical mark, e.g. Junot Díaz, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Åke Edwardson, Maj Sjöwall, Zoë Ferraris
Required: State which options you chose when you post.