30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!

As we begin our 4th year as SRC moderators, I would like to think that Sandy, Kristi and I make a pretty good team. As we go forward, we remember:

There’s no “I” in team-
Book 1: Read a book with all the letters T, E, A, M, but not the letter "I" found in any order in the title. Subtitles may be used or ignored.
ex Matterhorn
MATtErhorn, no I

and

We have to have fun-
Book 2: Read a book with the word "fun" found intact in a word in the title and/or subtitle
ex. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Book 1: The letters may appear more than once.

The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand = OK, no I in 39

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Book 2: "Fun" as a stand-alone word works

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

This thread is now open!

[Kathy G.]

The letters don't have to appear once do they?

How's this for TEAM

Death Comes to Pemberly
P.D. James

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Kathy G. wrote: "The letters don't have to appear once do they?

How's this for TEAM

Death Comes to Pemberly
P.D. James"

The letters may appear more than once.
That works

[Deborah]

For fun intact:
The Talk-Funny Girl
After the Funeral

Team:
Charmed to Death

[[deleted user]]

i am going to read these for this challenge

book 1:Pet Sematary

book 2:It's Kind of a Funny Story

[Jennifer W]

I went through my TBR and found a ton of books that will work for TEAM, if anyone needs some ideas (ignore all subtitles):

The Club Dumas
The Flame Tree
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Madness of Adam and Eve
Water Marked
The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths
MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
The Memory of Water
Can't Buy Me Love
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
The Other Woman
Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918
The Map of True Places
The Mouse's Tale
Three Apples Fell From Heaven
The Tempest Tales
The Freedom Star


Oddly enough, not one book on my TBR works for the FUN option. I think I'll go with Delmy's choice.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I looked up fun in book titles and I had to go 17 pages in to find one I liked.

[Claire]

I'm going to read Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes.

[[deleted user]]

Jennifer W wrote: "I went through my TBR and found a ton of books that will work for TEAM, if anyone needs some ideas (ignore all subtitles):

The Club Dumas
The Flame Tree
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most T..."

I had a hard time finding one for the FUN option in my TBR as well, hope this book is good i have been wanting to read it for a while now... :)

[Bec]

Claire, Matterhorn is one of my favourite books... hope you enjoy it. :)

[Rosemary]

'Funeral' is a useful word :)

I have Funerals for Horses and The Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals on TBR

[Deborah]

It seems wrong. Fun. Funeral
Yet I'm using funeral as a potential to fulfill the task.

[Donna Jo]

I have gone through my books for FUN and found:

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
The Teacher's Funeral : A Comedy in Three Parts
It's Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks

[Cindy]

Jennifer W wrote: "I went through my TBR and found a ton of books that will work for TEAM, if anyone needs some ideas (ignore all subtitles):

The Club Dumas
The Flame Tree
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most T..."

Quite a few of these title have an I in them as well, as I understand;) these don't work.

[Karen Michele]

Donna Jo wrote: "I have gone through my books for FUN and found:

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
The Teacher's Funeral : A Comedy in Three Parts
It's Good to Be the King: The S..."

I looked at The Teacher's Funeral : A Comedy in Three Parts, especially since it's a comedy even though the word is "funeral", but it has "childrens" on the main page and is too few pages to qualify, so it won't count.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Cindy wrote: "Jennifer W wrote: "I went through my TBR and found a ton of books that will work for TEAM, if anyone needs some ideas (ignore all subtitles):

The Club Dumas
The Flame Tree
The Ghost Map: The Story..."

You can ignore subtitles, so The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World and others with "i" subtitles will work

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Karen GHHS wrote: "I looked at The Teacher's Funeral : A Comedy in Three Parts, especially since it's a comedy even though the word is "funeral", but it has "childrens" on the main page and is too few pages to qualify, so it won't count. "

That's correct

[KarenF]

This might be kind of a silly question but I'm not seeing it in any examples. Can the word "fun" stand on its own as well? Or is it only OK as part of another word?

Thanks!

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

KarenF wrote: "This might be kind of a silly question but I'm not seeing it in any examples. Can the word "fun" stand on its own as well? Or is it only OK as part of another word?

Thanks!"

"Fun" alone is fine

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

What a depressing combination of titles :D


Lament for a Lost Lover - Lament
After the Funeral - Funeral

[Sue]

Will The 6th Man work?

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Sue T wrote: "Will The 6th Man work?"

Sue, that really looks like a typo title- all the other edition use The Sixth Man- and that's what the author and publisher report.
Sorry, it won't work

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "What a depressing combination of titles :D


Lament for a Lost Lover - Lament
After the Funeral - Funeral"

But they fit! And maybe they will be good

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Dlmrose wrote: "Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "What a depressing combination of titles :D


Lament for a Lost Lover - Lament
After the Funeral - Funeral"

But they fit! And maybe they will be good"

Well, I've enjoyed most of the Agatha Christie books I've read so far and I hope this will be one I like as well. As for "Lament", I read it back in the 80's as a teenager. Re-reading this series 20-odd years later has been interesting. :)

[Sue]

Dlmrose wrote: "Sue T wrote: "Will The 6th Man work?"

Sue, that really looks like a typo title- all the other edition use The Sixth Man- and that's what the author and publisher report.
Sorry, it won't work"

That's OK - I've got other options.

[Megan]

So if there's a number written in numerals, it'll be okay for the TEAM book, even if the number, if written out, would have an I?

I'm looking at The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand, since I'm working on fitting all the awesome library books I've found into the current tasks.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Ms Anderson wrote: "So if there's a number written in numerals, it'll be okay for the TEAM book, even if the number, if written out, would have an I?

I'm looking at The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand, since I'm working on ..."

Yes, that would work- the 39 is OK for this one

[Megan]

Dlmrose wrote: "Ms Anderson wrote: "So if there's a number written in numerals, it'll be okay for the TEAM book, even if the number, if written out, would have an I?

I'm looking at The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand, s..."

Awesome! Thank you :D

[Diane L]

I'm planning to read
1. Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm - ignoring the incredibly long subtitle.

2. The Funhouse by Dean Koontz

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Evana wrote: "I'm planning to read
1. Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm - ignoring the incredibly long subtitle...."

enjoy

[Angela Sunshine]

For TEAM I found:
Her Fearful Symmetry
The Murderer's Daughters

For FUN I found:
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Life is Funny

[Karen Michele]

Angela Sunshine wrote: "For TEAM I found:
Her Fearful Symmetry
The Murderer's Daughters

For FUN I found:
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Life is Funny"

I was excited about Life is Funny because I have wanted to read something by the author for a long time. Unfortunately, when I double checked, 2 people had put it in Childrens, where , of course, it definitely doesn't belong, darn it! Also, it's 272 pages, so it won't work for a 30 point task.

[Amanda]

ok here are my ideas, I wanted to get them approved. Option 1 - Tumble & Fall

Option 2 - It's Kind of a Funny Story

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Amanda (Pearl the Book Girl) wrote: "ok here are my ideas, I wanted to get them approved. Option 1 - Tumble & Fall

Option 2 - It's Kind of a Funny Story"

They work