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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2014
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25.6 - Sandi's Task: I could use a little help here!
Book Approved/Not Approved ListFor Lifeline Options 1 and 2
Approved for fitting task:
(If only available in ebook format, remember to get approval for length)
50/50 (Specific Books):
50/50 by Author Name:
AB - Anthony Burgess
AC -
AD - Andrew Davidson
BA -
BC -
BD -
CA -
CB - Carol Rifka Brunt -- Cat Bauer -- Celeste Bradley
CD - Charles de Lint
DA -
DB -
DC - Drusilla Campbell
NOTE: If author's surname in final position is a hyphenated name, the first letter of the hyphenated name will be the qualifying letter.
Phone-A-Friend:
NOT APPROVED:
Book Approved/Not Approved ListFor Lifeline Options 3 and 4
Approved for fitting task:
(If only available in ebook format, remember to get approval for length)
Ask The Audience:
Switch the Question:
Espionage genre
Trans/Transgender genre
Shapeshifters
NOT APPROVED:
Mod
Awesome task! I've picked out a couple of books I've been wanting to read for AGES! 50/50 : Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Ask The Audience (May 2014 #3) : We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Sandi --Does Trans > Cross Dressing work?
I think this is an old-style cellphone at the top left...?
Can I get the following book approved for "espionage"? You know how those genres keep jumping around!The Polish Officer
Pat wrote: "Awesome task! I've picked out a couple of books I've been wanting to read for AGES! 50/50 : Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Ask The Audience ..."
Looks good! -- Hope you enjoy them and glad you found a place to claim them once read.
Susan A wrote: "Sandi --Does Trans > Cross Dressing work?"
Yes that works.
Rosemary wrote: "I think this is an old-style cellphone at the top left...?"Looks like an old cordless phone . . .good to go!
ETA enlarged view:
Enjoy
Ann A wrote: "Can I get the following book approved for "espionage"? You know how those genres keep jumping around!The Polish Officer"
noted. . . .
Spy Thriller > Espionage
29 users
Enjoy!
Dee wrote: "ohhh soo creative!"Thanks Dee!
Deborah wrote: "Need approval for Genre Trans for Freakboy"noted for genre --
Glbt > Trans 5 users
Enjoy!
Can I please get approval for-4) Switch the Question- Caught
trans > cross dressing 11 users
and 2) Phone-A-Friend- Phone Kitten
and Landline
Fran wrote: "Can I please get approval for-4) Switch the Question- Caught
trans > cross dressing 11 users
and 2) Phone-A-Friend- Phone Kitten[bookcov..."
All approved for fitting the task
[bookcover:Phone Kitten|11222521]
This works! Funny . . . I was looking at using this one myself!
appears to be available in ebook format only so will need to get verification for length
Good to go!
noted for genre . . .
Trans > Cross Dressing 11 users
appears to be available in ebook format only so will need to get verification for length
Amy wrote: "Will this work for espionage...The Killer"
Yes -- genre noted -- Spy Thriller > Espionage 2 users
Enjoy!
Mod
JennRenee wrote: "will this work for 4. Switch the question. it has shapeshifter as a genre on the main page.Etiquette & Espionage"sure does!
genre noted -- Shapeshifters > Werewolves 128 users
Enjoy!
Dee wrote: "Can I get Bear With Me for shapeshifter - only 4 ppl right now"noted -- Paranormal > Shapeshifters 4 users
ETA -- Looks like only available as ebook so will need to get verification for length
Enjoy!
OPTION 4 - Switch the Question
- "espionage" on main page
Book Concierge wrote: "OPTION 4 - Switch the Question - "espionage" on main page"genre noted -- Spy Thriller > Espionage 88 users
Enjoy!
Option 2: The Telephone Booth Indian by A.J. Liebling
Option 4: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs Shapeshifters > Werewolves
Claire -- Those both work!Genre noted for Moon Called -- Shapeshifters > Werewolves 710 users
Enjoy!
Delmy -- Those both work!The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Genre noted for Shiver
Shapeshifters > Werewolves 1,392 users
Happy reading!
Will these work:Harley's Ninth for option 1 (Cat Bauer, so CB)
A + E 4ever for option 4 (Trans with 6 users)?
Thank you!
Ms. Anderson -- Yes these both work!!Harley's Ninth by Cat Bauer
Genre noted for A + E 4ever
Glbt > Trans 6 users
Enjoy your reads!
Sandi wrote: "Ms. Anderson -- Yes these both work!!Harley's Ninth by Cat Bauer
Genre noted for A + E 4ever
Glbt > Trans 6 users
Enjoy your reads!"
Yay! Thank you :D
Nicole wrote: "I chose:Option 1: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (AB)
Option 2:
YAY!"
Those both work -- Enjoy!!
Dee wrote: "i'm hoping enough of a phone - "Yep that works! -- Enjoy!
Jenifer wrote: "Can I get Stormbreaker approved for "espionage" genre, please?"genre noted -- Spy Thriller > Espionage 144 users
Happy Reading!
I just realized I read a book yesterday which might work for one of these, can I still use it if it's approved?It would be for Option 4 / Switch the Question
Would I be able to get
approved. It has Trans>Cross Dressing on main page genres.Thank you!
Jamie -- Yes, you can use it since it's a book you read during this season.Sidelined noted for main page genre -- Trans > Cross Dressing 3 users
Thanks!Now, do I wait until I complete the other part of the task to post it?
Yes, both books must be read in order to post in the completed tasks thread for credit.
Hi Sandy.. I want to make sure I get this one approved.. I have the other Option: Option 3: May 2014 List -- #48 -- Bang
Angel **Book Junkie** wrote: "Hi Sandy.. I want to make sure I get this one approved.. I have the other Option: Option 3: May 2014 List -- #48 -- Bang"
Noted at spot #48 of May 2014 list on June 3rd
Enjoy!!
Sandi I must be having a senior moment or something but are the initials AB, AC, AD, BA, BC, BD, CA, CB, CD, DA, DB, DC that you mention the actual initials for the authors or are we striking out the a and d ones and using the others? For example the first 2 are AB and AC so if you strike out the a's you end of with b and c. is that right?
Those are all the possible combinations when you eliminate two of the lettersExample: By eliminating the 'C' choice and the 'D' choice, you'd get either an AB or a BA combination to use.
So all the possible combinations . . . the Author's Name in the first position and the Author's Name in the last position would need to be
one of the following:
AB AC AD
BA BC BD
CA CB CD
DA DB DC
Make sense?
ETA: added another post for further clarification -- it happened to be post 51 so is on next page.
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As has been mentioned in several tasks for this season, Trivial Pursuit is a board game where players need to answer multiple trivia questions. While I was pondering this, I thought that the same is true for multiple TV Game Shows. Therefore, this task will focus on the lifelines from the Game Show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" (but NOT it's spinoff "Super Millionaire" which I may use in future task or maybe someone will use this idea for their task this season).
For more information on the game show, see this Wikipedia article
When the show was first introduced to the USA there were three lifelines. In later seasons of the original show, a fourth lifeline was introduced.
This is a 2 book task. Choose 2 different options and read a book for each.
1) 50/50 -- By using this lifeline, two of the four possible answers labeled A, B, C, and D were removed leaving the player with only two possible answers to choose from.
For this option, read a book in which the Author's first and last name initials (disregard any middle initials) are any of the letter combinations that result when removing two of the A - D choices. So possible 2 letter combinations are: AB, AC, AD, BA, BC, BD, CA, CB, CD, DA, DB, DC -- NOTE: If a book has two authors, only one of the coauthors initials must meet the criteria. Books by more than two authors will NOT work for this task. An author whose last name (name in the last position) includes a prefix: Al, bin, D', Da, De, Del, De la, Della, Den, Des, Di, Dos, Du may be used for this task
2) Phone-A-Friend -- By using this lifeline, the call was placed to a contestant's friend of choice and given the opportunity to read the questions, possible answers, and get the friend's opinion during a 30 second phone call.
For this option, read a book with a telephone on the cover. It must be a phone (i.e. rotary, touch tone, cell, pay phone, phone booth, etc.) and not an alternate electronic device capable of communication similar to telephones.
Required: Include the cover with your post.
3) Ask the Audience -- By using this lifeline, the audience members were asked to vote for which of the four possible answers he/she believed to be the correct choice. The contestant would then see the percentage of each possible answer and most frequently would choose the option most popular from the audience vote.
For this option the audience will be the Goodreads members as a whole. At the top of your Goodreads page choose the down arrow next to the word 'Explore' and choose the option marked 'popular'. Set the "month" selector with a month during the Summer Challenge (May 2014-August 2014), read a book from the resulting list.
Required: State the month you used, the book's numbered position and the date you found the book.
4) Switch the Question -- By using this lifeline, the contestant was able to replace this question with a new one at the same dollar level.
For this option read a book with one of the following genres that revolve around switching one's identity
A) Shapeshifter
B) Transgender (or Trans)
C) Espionage
The chosen genre must be on the book's Goodreads main page. Genres may stand alone or be embedded.
Note: books with genre "Children's" or "Kids" that are at least 100 pages and conform to all other SRC rules may be used for this task, and
Note: books with genres “Graphic Novel,” “Sequential Art,” “Comics,” and “Manga” that conform to all other SRC rules may be used for this task.
Required: Indicate the options