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FALL CHALLENGE 2016
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25.5 - Jamie NYC's Task: Shared Love of Reading
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Dee wrote: "can i get Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War genre of science approved"Science is noted
Could you verify this one for genre Humor please? It's there as I'm posting...Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style
Suzanne wrote: "Could you verify this one for genre Humor please? It's there as I'm posting...Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style"
Humor is noted
Jamie wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Could you verify this one for genre Humor please? It's there as I'm posting...Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style"
Humor is noted"
thank you! :D
Valerie wrote: "Please note The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo for Humor. Thanks and great task :-)"Humor is noted
And thanks!
Please verify for HUMOR
(not sure which one I'll use ...)
Book Concierge wrote: "Please verify for HUMOR(not sure which one I'll use ...)"
Both have Humor as a main page genre, enjoy whichever you choose
Since Pretty Little Liars is on the list for option 3 Books Into Films or TV Shows, can we read any book from the series?
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Since Pretty Little Liars is on the list for option 3 Books Into Films or TV Shows, can we read any book from the series?"Let me check with the mods
I just wanted to confirm that books with Childrens' as a genre were allowed for this task. Ashamed as I am to admit it, I've never read The Neverending Story, which is near the top of the Quests lists, so I wanted to see if it was a possible for Option 1.
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Childrens books that meet SRC requirements are allowed for any task that does not explicitly exclude them.
Sandy wrote: "Trish wrote: "I just wanted to confirm that books with Childrens' as a genre were allowed for this task. Ashamed as I am to admit it, I've never read The Neverending Story, which is ne..."Cheers.
Jamie wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Since Pretty Little Liars is on the list for option 3 Books Into Films or TV Shows, can we read any book from the series?"Let me check with the mods"
I am talking about this with mods still to determine the rules
Jamie wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Since Pretty Little Liars is on the list for option 3 Books Into Films or TV Shows, can we read any book from the series?"Let me check with the mods"..."
okay, thank you.
I would like to read a book from the Chesapeake Shores series by Sheryl Woods. I have read the first 4 books and would like to read #5 for this task. Chesapeake Shores is a new Hallmark TV series based on this series of books. I wanted to make sure this is okay. It looks like other book series, like Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series, shows individual books in the list you posted for suggestions.
I've changed the wording in the task:"Read a book (or any book from a series) that inspired a movie or television show."
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Since Pretty Little Liars is on the list for option 3 Books Into Films or TV Shows, can we read any book from the series?"
Lisa wrote: "I would like to read a book from the Chesapeake Shores series by Sheryl Woods. I have read the first 4 books and would like to read #5 for this task. Chesapeake Shores is a new Hallmark TV series b..."
Yes, any book in the series works
Heather(Gibby) wrote: "I learned my lesson last challenge, so I am locking in the genre "adventure" for The Mountain Story"Adventure noted
Can I get
verified for Adventure, please?Thanks!
Kim wrote: "Can I get verified for Adventure, please?Thanks!"
Adventure noted, enjoy
Pamela wrote: "Can I get Treasure Island verified for Adventure MPG for option 2? Thanks!"Adventure is noted
Please verify SCIENCE on main page (Option 5)The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Book Concierge wrote: "Please verify SCIENCE on main page (Option 5)The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II"
Science is noted, looks good!
For option 6 what if your author only has the one Goodreads name?
Nicola wrote: "For option 6 what if your author only has the one Goodreads name?"If you have one author with initials that work for CLASSIC ROCK, that's fine.
The note in Option 6 is for books authored by 2 people which will work so long as one author fits the requirement, but a book with more than 2 authors does not work for Option 6.
Sandy wrote: "Please verify "humor" as a main page genre for Crosstalk. Thanks!"Humor is noted, enjoy!
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At the end of June I read The Name of the Wind for Summer Task #5.9. My younger son has been telling me to read this book for at least 5 years. He read it in camp and loved it and thought I would too. He was right. When we were discussing the book on our drive to NH in August, I decided to base my task for this fall around him!
When he was little I was thrilled to find that we shared a love for reading. Over the years he has told me about the books he loves and I have tried to read many of them. I find he's usually quite right about the books he's recommended to me, I enjoyed Peter and the Starcatchers, Eragon and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection. To encourage his love of reading I have taken him to meet some of his favorite authors, we've met Rick Riordan and Dave Pilkey of The Adventures of Captain Underpants fame!
When he was older he started on more sophisticated authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, F. Scott Fitzgerald. I would read some of the books he was reading if I hadn't yet read them, that's how we both came to read A Confederacy of Dunces. He was much more critical of the story than I was.
This is a two book task, pick two different options and read one book for each.
Option 1 - Quests - One common theme of the books we've shared is a protagonist on a search or a journey, read a book from Quests or Long Journey on Foot listopias. (You'll find the inspiration for my avatar on the Long Journey list!)
Required: Identify the list used and state the page where the book appears.
Option 2 - Common Elements - Adventure and Humor are often found in the books my son likes best so read a book with a main page genre "Adventure" or "Humor", embedded is okay.
Option 3 - Book to Film - We also like to discuss books that have been made into movies. In particular I recall when he read Jane Eyre, it was around the time that Mia Wasikowska's movie version was released and we had a great discussion afterwards about the similarities and differences.
Read a book (or any book from a series) that inspired a movie or television show. There are some listopias such as Book That Was Better Than The Movie, The Movie Was Better Than the Book, or Books That Are TV Shows for some ideas, but you don't have to read a book from one of these lists.
Required: Include a link to IMDB, Wikipedia or another reference to the movie or tv show.
Option 4 - Satire - a favorite author for my son is Kurt Vonnegut, best known for the darkly satirical Slaughterhouse-Five. Read a book from the listopia Best Social & Political Satires.
Required: State the page where the book appears.
Option 5- Science - my son is double majoring in English and Bioengineering. Read a book with "Science" as a main page genre. The genre may be stand alone or embedded as in Science > Technology, but the genre "Science Fiction" is NOT included.
Option 6 - Old and New - I asked my son if he had any ideas for creating this challenge, he mentioned that it makes him happy that he can read and enjoy books that were popular when I was growing up and vice versa. I think he's also been surprised to find that he enjoys a lot of the same classic rock songs that I have listened to for many years.
Read a book where the author's first and last name initials are found in CLASSIC ROCK. One qualifying author in a book by 2 co-authors works, but NOT a book with more contributors.