20.1 - MegSCL's Task: Pick A Card

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

20.1 - Most Improved - MegSCL's task: Pick a card

First, draw a random card. You can use a real shuffled deck or go to random.org (don’t change any of the options on the screen, just hit ‘Draw Cards’ at Step 4). Use the first card drawn to define your book.

This is a ONE book task. The book you read must meet the suit AND the face value of your card as described below.

>The suit you draw determines the book genre. One of the listed genres must be present on the book's main page genre list….
Hearts: Romance or Young Adult or Mystery
Spades: Crime or Science Fiction or Memoir
Diamonds: Fantasy or Non Fiction or Chick Lit
Clubs: Historical Fiction or Contemporary or Horror

>If you draw a number card, this determines the number of letters OR words in the title. Aces are 1.
For example, if you draw a 2, you need a book with a two letter title like Us OR a two word title like Jane Eyre.
You can include subtitles if you wish but don’t have to. Ignore symbols and punctuation when counting letters or words.

>If you draw a court card you need to find the letter: J for Jack, Q for Queen, K for King somewhere in the title or subtitle.

Examples:
Card=King of Spades The Cuckoo's Calling (K in title and Crime genre)
Card=Nine of Diamonds Feverborn (9 letters in title and Fantasy Genre)

Required: State the card you drew, the suit genre you selected and whether your title count is letters or words.

[Meg]

Notes:
Digits count as letters. So Size 12 Is Not Fat is 5 words and 14 letters
Punctuation and other symbols do not count. So Bone & Bread has 2 words and 9 letters.
Embedded genres are fine. So science fiction > fantasy can be used for spades or diamonds

[Meg]

reserved

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

This help thread is open!

[JennRenee, Moderator]

I love the way this was done. Nice job. Something different and new and fun. :)

[Kim]

I drew a 5 of diamonds. Would this work for a 5-word title in the fantasy genre? The Book of Lost Tales, Part One Would Part One be considered a subtitle and therefore could be ignored?

Thanks.

[Meg]

I think a subtitle needs to be indicated by a colon. But part one seems like it should be a subtitle. Maybe you could ask a goodreads librarian to change it?

[Meg]

JennRenee wrote: "I love the way this was done. Nice job. Something different and new and fun. :)"

Thank you!

[Dee]

so i drew a 9 of hearts - so that means a Romance or Young Adult or Mystery with either 9 letters or 9 words in the title - to make sure i'm tracking

[Pia]

What about books that have "embedded" genres?

For example mystery > crime
science fiction > fantasy
historical fiction > romance

[Chandni]

This book has an ampersand, would this count as two words or three words? Bone & Bread

[Meg]

Dee wrote: "so i drew a 9 of hearts - so that means a Romance or Young Adult or Mystery with either 9 letters or 9 words in the title - to make sure i'm tracking"

Correct!

[Meg]

Pia wrote: "What about books that have "embedded" genres?

For example mystery > crime
science fiction > fantasy
historical fiction > romance"

Embedded genres are allowed

[Meg]

Chandni wrote: "This book has an ampersand, would this count as two words or three words? Bone & Bread"


I will make the ruling that punctuation is not counted. So Bone & Bread has 2 words and 9 letters.

[Pia]

So we can use them for either genre, right?

[Donna]

can you please verify this book for contemporary genre? It is the very bottom one.

Blood Vines

[Meg]

Pia wrote: "So we can use them for either genre, right?"

Yep, so science fiction > fantasy can be used for spades or diamonds

[Meg]

Donna wrote: "can you please verify this book for contemporary genre? It is the very bottom one.

Blood Vines"

verified :)

[Pia]

Meg wrote: "Pia wrote: "So we can use them for either genre, right?"

Yep, so science fiction > fantasy can be used for spades or diamonds"

Great! I haven't yet drawn a card, but I was looking through my books and many have embedded genres.

Thanks!

[Trish]

Meg wrote: "Pia wrote: "What about books that have "embedded" genres?

For example mystery > crime
science fiction > fantasy
historical fiction > romance"

Embedded genres are allowed"

Okay, so just to double check, a book that has the genre Mystery > Crime, that would be okay for both Hearts and Spades?

[Meg]

Trish wrote: "Meg wrote: "Pia wrote: "What about books that have "embedded" genres?

For example mystery > crime
science fiction > fantasy
historical fiction > romance"

Embedded genres are allowed"

Okay, so j..."

Correct!

[Book Concierge]

Meg wrote: "Chandni wrote: "This book has an ampersand, would this count as two words or three words? Bone & Bread"


I will make the ruling that punctuation is not counted. So ..."

Actually, Meg, an ampersand is not punctuation .... it's a logogram representing the word "and"

[Meg]

Book Concierge wrote: "Meg wrote: "Chandni wrote: "This book has an ampersand, would this count as two words or three words? Bone & Bread"


I will make the ruling that punctuation is not counted. So ..."..."

Yikes! Maybe I will check this with the mods

[Meg]

Book Concierge wrote: "Meg wrote: "Chandni wrote: "This book has an ampersand, would this count as two words or three words? Bone & Bread"


I will make the ruling that punctuation is not counted. So ..."..."

I have decreed that all symbols, punctuation and logograms do not count as letters. Thanks for checking

[Lois]

Could I get verification for Contemporary genre for Babyville

[Meg]

Lois wrote: "Could I get verification for Contemporary genre for Babyville"

verified

[Ana]

I drew a spade does this book work the main page genre is Science Fiction Fantasy

[Meg]

The genre is OK, so as long as the word/letter count works that is fine.