Fall/Winter 2014-2015: Questions, Task Help and General Discussion

[Tami]

All questions about specific tasks and also general discussion. We will be adding some lists for books that could fit some of the harder to find tasks and updating it when people make suggestions. Feel free to give suggestions on books you think would fit someone’s needs for a task.

[Daisy]

I'm having some trouble with 5.4, as I live in Holland we didn't really have a school mascot or school colours, that's just not a thing here. Any help?

[Tami]

Do you have a favorite sports team? If so, you could use their mascot and/or colors. Or maybe Holland's flag colors.

[Daisy]

I'm very much athletically challenged, so I don't have a favourite sports team... But I can work with our national flag colors or the sort of mascot, the lion. Thanks!

[Tami]

I was thinking if there is a movie that has an American high school in it that you have seen you can use that too. Usually somewhere in the movie there is a reference to the school colors and/or mascot.

[Laventeli]

I have the same issue, i was thinking using my university's logo and it's colours.

[Tami]

That would work too. :)

[Holly]

For task 5.3 does this cover count as something pink (The word Beastly)? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... Or do I need to find something where the pink is more prominent?

[Tami]

Holly wrote: "For task 5.3 does this cover count as something pink (The word Beastly)? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... Or do I need to find something where the pink is more prominent?"
On my screen it is pink, so I would say yes.

[Nicki]

For 25.3 Do the words have to be exactly the same? I have teenage and teenagers.

[Ashley]

For Pretty in Pink . I am almost done with Summer Island by Kristin Hannah and I wanna use the book for this task . However it's mainly purple but there is some pink in it . Is this ok? Can you check out the cover and let me know ? Thanks

[Holly]

Thanks!

[Tami]

Nicki wrote: "For 25.3 Do the words have to be exactly the same? I have teenage and teenagers."

That works Nicki.

[Tami]

Ashley wrote: "For Pretty in Pink . I am almost done with Summer Island by Kristin Hannah and I wanna use the book for this task . However it's mainly purple but there is some pink in it . Is this ok? Can you che..."

Yes, as long as there is some pink, you are good to go.

[Allison]

For Task 25.7 District 9 (read a book with an unnamed main character) would it work to read The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin? One of the main characters is the mother of the child the nanny watches and she is just referred to in the book as Mrs. X. She is never given another name as far as I know.

[Tami]

That would be fine Allison.

[Holly]

For task 10.5 Unlucky Day, does it have to be a picture of something "unlucky" or "lucky" on the cover or can if be a word in the title? For instance, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher?

[Tami]

Holly, that will work. I will adjust the task. Thanks.

[Holly]

Yah! Thanks, Tami!

[Laventeli]

Can I use Time machine for 10.4 even though it is only 118 pages long? I do have 478 pages long book for 5.1 so I though that balances it out.

[Tami]

that would be fine.

[Mickslibrarian]

For task 15.6, could you direct me to the blog thread? I'm not sure what I'm looking for.

[Allison]

For Task 5.4 School Spirit, could I use The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans? It is only 128 pages, but I have some longer books to balance it out.

[Tami]

Mickslibrarian wrote: "For task 15.6, could you direct me to the blog thread? I'm not sure what I'm looking for."

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Tami]

Allison wrote: "For Task 5.4 School Spirit, could I use The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans? It is only 128 pages, but I have some longer books to balance it out."

That is fine.

[Mickslibrarian]

Can I use The Zero Degree Zombie Zone for a 5 pt. task? It is 144 p.

[Tami]

Mickslibrarian wrote: "Can I use The Zero Degree Zombie Zone for a 5 pt. task? It is 144 p."
That's fine.

[Jasmine]

Question for Task 25.8 School Subjects (Chemistry): Can I use the author's initials backwards to make an element abbreviation? (Ie. Betty Smith for Sb, Antimony)

[Tami]

Jasmine wrote: "Question for Task 25.8 School Subjects (Chemistry): Can I use the author's initials backwards to make an element abbreviation? (Ie. Betty Smith for Sb, Antimony)"
Sure, that should work.