20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On

[Kristina Simon]

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
London has had a lot of focus in recent months with the Queen celebrating her Diamond Jubilee and hosting the 2012 Olympics. All of which has made me very proud to be a Londoner, however, one thing that seemed to be affected by the Olympics, despite London being full of tourists were the amount of people going to see West End shows. I live just 30 minutes from the hustle and bustle of the West End and I love being able to jump on the tube to go and see a musical.

So in order to celebrate London’s West End & the many fantastic musicals I am asking you to pick one of my top 5 musicals and read one book that fits that option.

Required: Please state which musical you chose when you post.

1. Wicked - I have seen this show at least 3 times now and love the twist it puts on The Wizard of Oz story. The musical is based on the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire which has been shelved mainly as fantasy. For this option select a book that has been shelved as Fantasy on its main page.

2. The Lion King - This has always been a favourite of mine, from the songs to the costumes to the staging it gives me goosebumps every time. One line everyone must know from this musical be it from the show or the film is ‘Hakuna Matata means no worries’. For this option read a book with a word in the title or sub-title of at least 3 letters, that can be anagrammed from the words HAKUNA MATATA and/or NO WORRIES. Ex: All I Want Is Everything - anagrammed word = "want" - W from worries, AN from hakuna, T from matata
Required: Please state the anagrammed word when you post.

3.Legally Blonde - I only went to see this musical as my eldest daughter was desperate to see it so I took her rather reluctantly during opening week. OMG! It was full of fun, laughter and all things pink. I really wasn’t expecting to enjoy it, let alone it become one of my favourite musicals. The main character, Elle Woods is a blonde sorority queen who goes to Stanford Law to win back her boyfriend so in Elle’s honour read a book that is either shelved as a chick-lit or as a legal thriller on its main page. These links may help you: Chick Lit and Legal Thrillers

4. We Will Rock You - I only went to see this after my daughter was chosen to play the female lead of Scaramouche in her school production. I was blown away by the whole concept of the show and how the music of Queen was used throughout. I was equally blown away by my daughter’s performance so for this option I am going to focus on my favourite songs performed by Scaramouche in the show. Please read a book where the title or sub-title features one or more words from one of the following song titles: I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love and Who Wants To Live Forever. The words I & To cannot be used for this option.
Required: Please state which song you chose when you post

5. Miss Saigon - Unfortunately this show closed in London back in 1999 but I was lucky enough to see it a second time in its last few weeks. Such an emotional show! Lea Salonga played the female lead, Kim in the original London cast and she was born and grew up in the Philippines. As the show is set in Vietnam and Salonga is from the Philippines please read a book that is set in one the following countries: Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore or Vietnam.
Required: Please state which country your book is set in if it isn’t obvious from the books Goodreads main page.

[Sam]

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[Sam]

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[Kristina Simon]

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[Connie]

A fun task, Sam!

[Kate]

Great task! I went to see Legally Blonde the Musical on Broadway a few years ago in NYC. I LOVED it. I bought the soundtrack and I still listen to it quiet a bit.

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

This is kind of a stupid question but I am a newbie to what counts and what doesn't in the genre dept LOL. When looking at a book's homepage at the genres...does the listing Womens Fiction > Chick Lit qualify a book for Option 3?

The two books I am looking at for this task are or

[Kara]

For option 2, does the word THE count? The letters are in HAKUNA MATATA and NO WORRIES, but I wanted to check.

[Sam]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "This is kind of a stupid question but I am a newbie to what counts and what doesn't in the genre dept LOL. When looking at a book's homepage at the genres...does the listing Womens Fiction > Chick ..."

Hi Robin
Either of those books will work for option 3

[Sam]

Kara wrote: "For option 2, does the word THE count? The letters are in HAKUNA MATATA and NO WORRIES, but I wanted to check."

The works fine for option 2

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Sam wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "This is kind of a stupid question but I am a newbie to what counts and what doesn't in the genre dept LOL. When looking at a book's homepage at the genres...does the listing Womens..."

Thanks Sam ☺

[Cindy]

For option 5?

[Sam]

Cindy wrote: "For option 5? "

Yep that works. Looks good.