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message 1: by SRC Moderator, Moderator (last edited Sep 13, 2017 03:20AM) (new)

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20.8 - Nickels and Dimes - MegSCL's task: My own wonder of nature

I'm currently experiencing a personal natural wonder - being pregnant with my first baby. So I thought I'd frame a task around this wonderful experience and some of the most common things I get asked about.

The task has three options, choose ONE book from one option. The genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" are allowed for this task.

Required: Indicate which option you used when you post.

1. When are you due?
January 2018 - to celebrate January babies read a book first published in January of any year.

2. Boy or girl?
I do know the answer to this, but I'm not telling. So I'm always careful to use gender neutral pronouns. Read a book with one of the following gender neutral pronouns in the title/subtitle: It, Its, Itself, They, Them, Their, Theirs, Themselves. The word must match exactly, no variations.

3. How will you manage?
This is a good question! I'm going to be a solo parent so some things are going to be tough. To inspire me, read a book from this listopia of novels featuring single parents: Novels Featuring Single Parents


message 2: by Meg (last edited Sep 10, 2017 10:11PM) (new)

Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments Note re Option 2: No variations on the list of words. For example It's is not allowed.


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Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments reserved


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Dee (austhokie) | 8947 comments Congrats MEg!


message 6: by Brooke (new)

Brooke | 1109 comments Congratulations!! What a way to start the new year. :-)


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Emily | 782 comments Congratulations!

Question about Option 2 - since it's not specified, can the word be found in the subtitle, or does it have to be in the title?


message 8: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments Thanks all
Re option 2 - yes happy to include subtitle - I'll ask the mods to update in the description.


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3040 comments Congratulations on your bundle of joy.


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Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments And congratulations on your upcoming new "edition"!


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Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments Book Concierge wrote: "Does a contraction work for Option 2: It's
It's All In The Frijoles: 100 Famous Latinos Share Real Life Stories Time-Tested Dichos, Favorite Folktales, and Inspiring Words of Wisdom"


Thank you :)
But no, sorry. No variations on the listed words


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Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments What about 'You'? ... definitely a gender-neutral pronoun.


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Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments Book Concierge wrote: "What about 'You'? ... definitely a gender-neutral pronoun."

It is, and I did discuss with the mods whether to include things like 'you' 'we' 'I', but in the end decided to just stick to the specified list. It and They are the type of pronouns I would use in this circumstance (talking about the baby to someone else). So, no just those on the list.


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Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 4447 comments Okay .. I get it ... you want only third-person pronouns.


message 16: by Brooke (new)

Brooke | 1109 comments Would the book It by Stephen King ? Only double-checking so I don't dive into this massive book without approval. The task doesn't specify it must be a multi-word title, but better safe than sorry!


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Meg (megscl) | 2466 comments Brooke wrote: "Would the book It by Stephen King? Only double-checking so I don't dive into this massive book without approval. The task doesn't specify it must be a multi-word title, but better safe than sorry!"

One word title is fine. Go for It!


message 18: by Brooke (new)

Brooke | 1109 comments Meg wrote: "One word title is fine. Go for It! ..."

I see what you did there. ;-)
Thank you!


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