25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne

[Kristina Simon]

25.1 - Coralie's task: Winter in Melbourne
It’s winter in Melbourne, Australia which is a time when almost everyone wears black and talks about the football – that is the Australian Football League. Not all Melbournians are quite the same and I have identified four distinct types.

Read 2 books BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS from the following options. You MAY do the same option twice.

Option 1 – THE TEAMS
For some people, it is all about the team. Because there are 18 teams in the competition and 18 players in a team read a book with 18 letters in the title (NOT including subtitle or series name) or 18 letters in the author’s name (as shown on Goodreads). Symbols, such as hyphens and apostrophes, do not count -- only letters.

Option 2 THE GAME
Some people really enjoy analysing every game. As much of the play involves ‘marks’ read a book by an author with MARK, MARC or MARQ intact somewhere in the author’s Goodreads name.

Option 3 THE CODE
For some people, one football code is not enough. They also follow a Melbourne team in one of the other football codes. They include STORM for Rugby League, REBELS for Rugby Union and HEART and VICTORY for Soccer. Read a book with ‘storm’, ‘rebel’, ‘heart’ or ‘victory’ in the title or subtitle. I will accept variations as long as the meaning remains intact (Victoria is acceptable as a variation of Victory as the state’s name is the origin of the team name). Other examples of words that will work include: rebellion, rebellious, victorious, heartstrings, sweetheart, stormy, etc. The word "hearth," however, would NOT work.

Option 4 THE ALTERNATIVE
As everywhere, there are exceptions to the rule and some Melbournians would rather be seen as weird than talk about sport. Read a book with WEIRD as part of the genres on the main Goodreads page. Any subgenre is acceptable as long as ‘weird’ is one of the words.

Required: State which options you chose when you post.

[Coralie]

Approved for Option 2 Gabriel García Márquez

Approved for Option 3 Steelheart
Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay
The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm
Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria

Approved for option 4 The Drowning Girl
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists

[Coralie]

Reserved

[Kristina Simon]

This thread is now open!

[Dee]

luv it!! are you a demons fan or someone else? (r they still the demons) - i'm a crows girl all the way

[Dee]

coralie - can I get The Drowning Girl approved for option 4 - because Weird Fiction is close to the bottom and I don't want it to fall off

[Rebecca NJ]

Hi! Can I get approved for option 4? 2 people have shelved it as Fantasy > Weird Fiction which is close to the bottom of the page and like Dee, I don't want it to fall off. Thanks!

[Coralie]

Dee, yes they're still the demons but I'm not a fan. I don't think they have many fans this season. The crows are playing at the stadium next door tomorrow (Sunday) so I'll think of you.

The Drowning Girl is approved for option 4. It's definitely weird.

[Coralie]

Rebecca The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists is approved.

[Chaitra]

Will Steelheart work for Option 3?

[Coralie]

Chaitra wrote: "Will Steelheart work for Option 3?"

Yes.

[Chaitra]

Thank you!

[[deleted user]]

would this be acceptable for Option 3 Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay?

[Coralie]

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "would this be acceptable for Option 3 Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay?"

Yes, that works.

[Lois]

For Option 3, can the word be in the subtitle?
I'm wondering about The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm.

[Coralie]

Lois wrote: "For Option 3, can the word be in the subtitle?
I'm wondering about The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm."

Yes, subtitle is fine for Option 3 (but not option 1).

[Tien]

*sighs* Melbournites and AFL!
LOL

[Rebecca NJ]

Thank you Coralie!

[Lois]

Coralie wrote: "Lois wrote: "For Option 3, can the word be in the subtitle?
I'm wondering about The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm."

Yes, subtitle is fine for Option 3 (but not option 1)."

Thanks, Coralie!!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I am not finding any books for option 4 that has weird in the genre. I looked on several; listopias as well.

[Bec]

Tien wrote: "*sighs* Melbournites and AFL!
LOL "

Can I just say, "CARN THE CROWS".

You can have your task thread back now - unless any other Aussies show up.

[Bea]

Here are two lists that I found:

Best Weird Fiction Books

Weird Westerns

[Bec]

I'll be helpful now - Jamye, I found the "weird" genre page, and I noticed a couple of the books, such as Perdido Street Station have a genre that has weird in it. The weird genre page can be found here. I've noticed some of the books don't have weird listed on their actual pages tho, so be careful!

[Bea]

OK....I guess Jayme is right. I looked at several books on the BEST WEIRD FICTION list and only one of the several I looked out had a genre of Weird.

So I tried going to the Genre list and found this page:

Weird Fiction>Most Read This Week.

Perhaps that will help.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

thanks I will look at those. I noticed even though it is on a weird list, it doesn't say weird on the goodreads page.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Bea, the link you gave said it can't be displayed.

[Bea]

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Bea, the link you gave said it can't be displayed."

I edited it so that it works now, Jayme.

[Jenifer]

I found this link as well:

http://www.goodreads.com/genres/new-w...

[Kristine]

Would Markus work for option 2?

[Coralie]

Kristine wrote: "Would Markus work for option 2?"

Yes, certainly.

[Fiona (Titch)]

So we can read 2 books by authors who's name is Mark?

Mark Billingham & Mark Gimenez?

[Coralie]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "So we can read 2 books by authors who's name is Mark?

Mark Billingham & Mark Gimenez?"

Yes, just not two by the same author.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Coralie wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "So we can read 2 books by authors who's name is Mark?

Mark Billingham & Mark Gimenez?"

Yes, just not two by the same author."

I have books by both the 2 authors I have mentioned :D

[Kristine]

For Victoria we could read Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria ?

[Coralie]

Kristine wrote: "For Victoria we could read Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria ?"

Yes, that definitely works.

[Kristine]

Thanks again. =)

[Ann A]

For option 2, I think this would work, but just wanted to confirm because of the accent:

Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

[Coralie]

Yes, he works (and I used him myself).

[Ann A]

Coralie wrote: "Yes, he works (and I used him myself)."

Great! I'm just finishing up "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (what a book), so I'll slot it here.

[Claire]

Option 1 - The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin (18 letters)

Option 2 - A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon