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Task 16-20 planning and points
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Reading starts on 1 May 2013!
16) Read a book about an alternate history of Earth
17) Read a book in which the main character travels a lot.
18) Read a book in which at least one of the main characters is gay.
19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc.
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.
If you have doubts if a book will count, just ask in this thread.
The books of the series itself will only count for bonuspoints and can not be used for the tasks.
This thread is for planning your challenge and updating your points. Please post your progress in a new message stating the book you've read and the task you read it for and not just in your planning.
Reading for these 5 tasks will start on 1 May 2013 and the final day of reading will be on 30 June 2013. If you are more than halfway in a book you may finish it. However when this thread is closed you will be too late and the book will not count.
This thread will be closed again on 4 July 2013.
Tasks 21-25 will be announced on 24 June 2013 and that thread will be opened on that day.
Happy reading and good luck!
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17) Read a book in which the main character travels a lot. Gulliver's Travels
18) Read a book in which at least one of the main characters is gay. Undead and undermined
19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc. Dawn
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series. First Among Sequels
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16) Read a book about an alternate history of Earth20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.
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Are these meant to get progressively harder or did it just turn out that way?And, argh! I just read an alternate history novel!
Also, recommendations for series with spin-offs, anyone?
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0/5 (15/25 & 5/5)
16) Alternate Earth Kushiel's Dart
17) Travels a lot Epic
18) Gay Cut & Run
19) Family type unit The Kiss
20) Spin off Children of the Mind (Shadow Saga is spin off of Ender's Saga series)
Barbara wrote: "In task 4 I put the word family in brackets so it doesn't have to be a family but something that functions similar to a family."Does a normal family count? Assuming they're close-knit and the family is important to the character, plot.
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And, argh! I just read an alternate history novel!
Also, recommendations for series with spin offs, anyone?"
I am so sorry. I don't think the task are getting harder, but maybe that is just me.
Fortunately there are lots and lots of alternate history books out there. Just to give an idea the books by Jacqueline Carey that I nominated for the Deserted Island challenge count for that one. So if you read that you will be able to use it in number of challenges.
What are you in the mood for concerning the spinn-offs?
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Does a normal family count? Assuming they're close-..."
They have to stand apart from the rest of the world in some way. So for example a family that lives way out in the forest or something would count. Or a family that keeps to themselves for some reason. What book are you thinking off?
I was thinking of The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale. But I don't think it would count, based on your specifications. The main character is adopted, but otherwise just seems to be part of a normal family.It's easy to find alternate history books, I was just annoyed that I'd missed out on the chance to use the one I'd just read. If Kushiel's Dart fits then it'd be an excellent option.
The spin-off task: sci fi, fantasy or crime. But not epic fantasy or hard sci fi.
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I know. It can be a pian in the you know what when a challenge comes up and you just finished a book you could have used. I too have a frustrating "problem", but with me it is the other way around. I just realised that the two books I want to read right now are two books that have to wait till next week because I can use them in a challenge.
I will do some research on the spin off task. I am not too sure what I am going to read for that one.
@Varla Fiona: Will the wizard live in that tower his entire live or just during his education? Because if it is the latter than it is just a school and not the tight unit that the task is asking for.
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How do you like that series?
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16) Read a book about an alternate history of Earth
✔17) Read a book in which the main character travels a lot. The Oathbreaker's Shadow
18) Read a book in which at least one of the main characters is gay.
19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc.
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.
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I know, it is only a week, I will cope.
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Completed Fatherland
17) Read a book in which the main character travels a lot.
Completed To War with Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945
18) Read a book in which at least one of the main characters is gay.
Completed Tell the Wolves I'm Home
19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc.
Completed The Night Circus
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.
Completed The Lightning Thief
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And, argh! I just read an alternate history novel!
Also, recommendations for series with spin-offs, anyone?"
Trust me, it's not your imagination, Barbara is being extremely creative in her approach to this challenge. She lured us in with the first 5 tasks which in retrospect were a breeze and is now finding progressively more fiendish tasks for each round...
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Room - I assume I can use it for task 19?
A Discovery of Witches or The Shadow of the Wind or The Night Circus or Gone Girl?
I have two books on the Big Bang theory and all the physics of the actual world in my TBR pile, but alternate ones???
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@Carolien: LOL! I thought you guys were tough enough to handle it, but maybe you're not the experienced readers I imagined you to be. :P
I really based all the tasks on the 5 books in the series and can tell you were each fits in so don't blame me, but blame Gail Carriger for writing the books the way she did. At least there isn't a task about ladybugs. :) Or is there?????
No Room is not a book you can use for task 19. The Night Circus is. The people in the circus can be considered a tight (family) unit. Not too sure if and how you can fit the other ones in.
Are you struggling with what is meant by an alternate history of Earth book? Or do you just not have any books that you can read? If the first than look at the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternat... if the latter let us know and we will be able to suplly you with plenty ideas. :)
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I mentioned that they are aimed at kids, as I know that puts some people off. If I like them, I'm sure there are other adults who do as well. Those two series look awesome, especially the heroes in training ones. I will look out your them. Thanks for the tip!
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17) Read a book in which the main character travels a lot.- Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
18) Read a book in which at least one of the main characters is gay.- The Unidentified Redhead
19) Read a book in which the main character belongs to a tight (family) unit like a clan/hive/commune etc. -The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Highland Pleasures, #1)
20) Read any book in a series that has a spin off series. Only the book in the original series counts, not the spin off series.-Virgin River-Thunder Point
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I was wondering where you went. Everything ok? Are you just have a reading slump or is life very busy?
You have 2 months so 5 books should be something you can manage.
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A question for the clan task: I'm reading a book about a research project where human and alien babies are bred and raised together in a compound with all the relevant scientists, doctors, teachers, etc. Unfortunately, the book is not very clear on how self-contained the compound is and does not mention how often the staff are allowed to leave, but the children have never left the compound, and I'm almost halfway through the book. The mothers also live there in cottages and it's seems that most of them haven't been outside in almost a decade, so obviously all their needs are taken care of. Would this be suitable for the task?
Cool, thanks!It's potentially interesting, but poorly structured and very short-sighted in terms of worldbuilding, character behaviour, etc.
Would Let them eat teacount towards the Alternate history task? It is set in the future in the US where they have stopped all vaccinations and public health programmes and disbanded the CDC and NIH. The one group are also trying to put a stop to employee rights etc.
Jennifer wrote: "Would Let them eat teacount towards the Alternate history task? It is set in the future in the US where they have stopped all vaccinations and public health programmes and disbanded the CDC and NIH..."I don't know if alternate history can be set in the future, unless perhaps it's a future extrapolated from major historical changes eg. if the Nazis had prevailed in WW2 or if Queen Victoria became a vampire and never died (which happens in God Save the Queen by Kate Locke).
I've read Twin-Bred by Karen A. Wyle for task 19: 1/5
Thanks for the feedback, will find something else for the task
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@ Jennifer: what Lauren S said is right. Keep looking there are lots of books out there you could read.
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Total 3/5
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5/5 Finished!
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I still need two books but I can also use those in the Mishmash challenge.
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