25.10 - Stacie MI's Task: Nutcracker Tradition

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition

I’ve always loved the music from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and I finally got to see the ballet performed live just before the start of this season of the Seasonal Reading Challenge. I figured, what better inspiration for my task than this holiday tradition that is beloved by so many!

For this task, choose two of the options below and read a book for each.

Required: Please indicate which options you chose when you post.

Option 1. The original ballet The Nutcracker premiered on December 18, 1892. Read a book whose page number contains two of the following numbers: 1, 8, 9, 2.
Required: Please include the page numbers when you post.

NOTE: ebooks without print versions cannot be used for tasks requiring a specific number of pages. If you read an ebook or listen to an audiobook, use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition.

Option 2. The infamous score of The Nutcracker was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in TCHAIKOVSKY. Letters can be used in any order, but they can only be as many times as they appear, so the only letter that can be used twice is K. Hyphenated names will be treated as one word and middle names/initials can be disregarded.
Examples:Stephen King, Kody Keplinger, Suzanne Young, Kurt Vonnegut

Option 3. The Nutcracker is just one of many gifts brought by Clara’s godfather Herr Drosselmeyer. Because the gifts are given to the children, read a book with the genre “Children” on its main GR page.

Option 4. One of my favorite part of the ballet was in the second act, when Clara and her Nutcracker Prince are treated to sweets and performances from around the world.
Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in one of these places:
*Hot Chocolate from Spain
*Coffee from Arabia (I’ll accept the countries of the Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia)
*Tea from China
*Candy Canes (or Matrioshkas in more recent versions) from Russia
*Marzipan Shepherdresses from Denmark
*Mother Ginger and her Polichinelles from France
Required: If the setting is not evident in the Goodreads description, please state how your book fits the task.

Option 5. One of the best parts of my entire Nutcracker experience had nothing to do with the ballet itself, but with getting to see almost everyone who attended all dressed up. Nothing is cuter than little girls dolled up with frilly and poofy dresses and little boys donning ties and sweater vests! Read a book whose cover shows someone all dressed up, i.e. suit and tie, ball gown
Examples:
Required: Include the cover

Option 6. As I stated earlier, seeing The Nutcracker live truly has become a holiday tradition for many, seeing it year after year. In fact, I’m definitely thinking of making it one of my personal holiday traditions!
Revisit one of your literary traditions and reread one of your favorite books.

NOTE: Children’s books 100+ pages may be used for this task.
NOTE: Genres “Graphic Novels,” “Sequential Art,” “Comics,” and “Manga” may be used for this task.

[Stacie]

Approved for option 4:
Invisible Murder - set in Denmark

Approved for option 5:

[Stacie]

Not Approved

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

This help thread is open!

[Ty]

fyi. Task 25.10 in the main task thread is cut off.

cute task! for option 1, can the digits be repeated?

[Dionisia]

Cover image is blurry. Would this work for option 5? It looks like he's in a tux.

[Stacie]

Ty wrote: "fyi. Task 25.10 in the main task thread is cut off."

Thanks Ty! I'll let the moderators know

[Stacie]

Dionisia wrote: "

Cover image is blurry. Would this work for option 5? It looks like he's in a tux."

I'll accept it

[Dionisia]

Stacie wrote: "Dionisia wrote: "

Cover image is blurry. Would this work for option 5? It looks like he's in a tux."

I'll accept it"

Thanks! It has been on my to-read list since 2009. Maybe this will be the season I finally get to it.

[Erin (NY)]

For option 5, will you accept ? or ?

[Stacie]

Erin (NY) wrote: "For option 5, will you accept ? or ?"

Either will work

[Fandury]

Will this work for option 5:

[Stacie]

Fandury wrote: "Will this work for option 5:

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I'd say that looks fancy

[Sassafrass]

How about this gown for option 5?

[Stacie]

Sassafrass wrote: "How about this gown for option 5?
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That will work

[Sassafrass]

Stacie wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "How about this gown for option 5?
"

That will work"

thanks!

[Sheila]

Stacie would this work?

Option 4. Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbøl (set in Denmark)

From the description it sounds like the book is going to flip back and forth between 2 locales.

[Pamela Su]

Just want to be sure that this cover will work for the suit & tie option 5:



(The e-book has been approved for length already)

[Stacie]

Sheila wrote: "Stacie would this work?

Option 4. Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbøl (set in Denmark)

From the description it sounds like t..."

The book's main page has the setting listed as Copenhagen, so I'll accept it.

[Stacie]

Pamela Su wrote: "Just want to be sure that this cover will work for the suit & tie option 5:



(The e-book has been approved for length already)"

Yes, that will work

[Ann A]

I have the same question as Ty in message #5 (I didn't see an answer). For Option 1, can the digits be repeated - for example, can I read a box with 288 pages?

ETA: I meant, read a "book"! Must have been typing in a real hurry...

[Dee]

i'm assuming works for the dress option?

[Stacie]

Ty wrote: "fyi. Task 25.10 in the main task thread is cut off.

cute task! for option 1, can the digits be repeated?"

Ann A wrote: "I have the same question as Ty in message #5 (I didn't see an answer). For Option 1, can the digits be repeated - for example, can I read a box with 288 pages?"

Sorry Ty! Totally did not see the question in your post (I was too focused on the fact that my task was cut off!). Yes, I'll allow the digits to be repeated

[Stacie]

Dee wrote: "i'm assuming works for the dress option?"

Your assumption is correct!!

[Ty]

Stacie wrote: "Ty wrote: "fyi. Task 25.10 in the main task thread is cut off.

cute task! for option 1, can the digits be repeated?"

Ann A wrote: "I have the same question as Ty in message #5 (I didn't see an a..."

no worries. and thanks! :)

[Susan A]

Approval for option 5 please

[Stacie]

Susan A wrote: "Approval for option 5 please

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Yes, that will work

[Claire]

Option 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (217 pages)

Option 2: Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende (I and A)

[Stacie]

Claire wrote: "Option 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (217 pages)

Option 2: Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende (I and A)"

Those will work!

[Elizabeth]

Is this acceptable for option 5?

[Stacie]

Elizabeth wrote: "Is this acceptable for option 5?"

Yes that will work

[Stacie]

Allison wrote: "

Will this count as dressed up for #5? They are dressed for a wedding in saris."

I'll accept it!