A challenge of relative ease and merriment 2018 discussion
Welcome - clarifications and questions
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This is my first time doing the challenge - how do we report on what we're reading? Do each of us have a thread that we edit as we read? Do we do it at the end when we've finished? Just keep track on our own?Thanks!
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After giving everyone some time to read I will make a Progress topic where you can report every now and then how it's going, if you want to. There is absolutely no need to do it if you'd rather keep your progress to yourself.
Sometime in December I will then create another topic for final results where you can post a list of what you read for each category. You can change things along the way too if you feel like what you chose for once category early on is better for another that turned out to be harder to fill for example. Or like me, who want my final result to have books I really enjoyed if possible, or that fit the category really well.
So in general I say keep track on your own overall, but feel free to report in every now and then. And if you want you can also add books to the group bookshelf to give others some ideas if they're struggling with some categories!
Does a translator count as a second author?
Could one read an alt or fantastical history for "set before 1940"? Like, say, a Lady Trent book?
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A translator is definitely not a second author. And I don't think that alt or fantastical history would count either, at least not on the level of Lady Trent. That is straight up fantasy set somewhere very similar to early victorian Europe. But for example, a story set in 17th century Prague where alchemy is "real" and finally working (rather than trying really hard) would still be historical. So history with some fantastical elements rather than fantastical history.
Thanks. I forgot they used fictional place names for some reason in those books...
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Also, "kids book" does that have to be Children's, specifically, or is MG ok? I feel like I asked this before, somewhere, but I don't remember if I got an answer.
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Does the disability need to be one they were born with or can it be something acquired later in life (physical injury due to an accident or a trauma that led to PTSD, for example)?
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I'll probably finally read a book I've had around for a few years and have really wanted to read - a funny biography (sort of) by a guy who lost his leg to cancer in his youth.
Pocki wrote: "It can definitely be something acquired later in life. But I'd say not like... halfway through the book. But if the book starts with the trauma or whatever (or obviously if it happened before the b..."Okay, thank you! The book I am reading I think suffices, then. The book you chose for this sounds very interesting!
A lot of you have probably come from 2017, or even been with us since the original 2016 challenge. If so, welcome back! And to the newbies: welcome welcome!
Feel free to invite anyone you want, and remember that it is never too late to join. Whatever you've read during the year counts. So if you find us in November and still want to give it a go, just go through your Read list for the year and start shoving books into categories!
And that's why we're here really... the categories. As always we have some oldies but goodies on the list, and some new ones. And there is bound to be confusion about what I mean. So here are some explanations, and just ASK about the rest. No question is stupid!
How-to can be any book telling you how to do, or deal with, something. It can be your classic DIY books, cookbooks, crafting, how to survive in nature, taking care of exotic birds, travelling on a budget etc etc. But it doesn’t actually have to be properly factual. Guides on how to survive your first year as a werewolf, how to conduct yourself when travelling through time etc, or how to best prep for the impending zombie apocalypse (or any apocalypse really, some of those might be more factual than others).
Death can mean many things. Your classic mystery/detective novel, ghost stories, dealing with a terminal illness, the death of a nation, etc. It doesn’t have to be personal and it doesn’t have to be fictional.
More than one author could be a collaboration with both (or more) authors’ names on the cover, more than one author under a single pseudonym, or a collection of short stories or essays by a bunch of different authors. An illustrator does not count as a second author for this.
A classic in this case can be a lot of things: myths, fairytales, Shakespeare, Alice in Wonderland… I think you get the drift.
So, questions?