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30.1 - Amanda A's task: Like Letters
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Nicole wrote: "Are we allowed to include subtitles? I was wondering about this title:Wonder Woman: Warbringer"
Subtitles may be excluded or included. The task requires at least three words in the title (before the colon) so this book will not work. Sorry!
Amanda A wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Are we allowed to include subtitles? I was wondering about this title:Wonder Woman: Warbringer"
Subtitles may be excluded or included. The task requires at least t..."
Well then it is good I found a back up. I am not sure if you realize this but there are very few titles longer than 2 words that have the same letter in every word. I think you listed most of them!
When We Were Worthy
I agree with Nicole that there are not very many books that fit this criteria. I did find a few others: Sit! Stay! Speak!, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life; The Third Translation, The Tale Teller, and When We WakeThe Time Thief (several different books)
I managed to find one on my TBR list that meets the criteria for book 1, in case this helps anyone else. Traitor to the Throne
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Cold Case Cop
Cold Case Colton
Cold Case Christmas
etc
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
Deep Down Dead
Girl Gone Greek
Girl Gone Ghost
Ghost Girl Gone: A Paranormal Mystery Thriller
Murder Most Malicious
Murder Mysteries Most Malicious
Make Mine Music
in just a few minutes of looking
Amanda A wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Are we allowed to include subtitles? I was wondering about this title:Wonder Woman: Warbringer"
Subtitles may be excluded or included. The task requires at least t..."
Shouldn't the instructions state "Subtitles ARE excluded" if we can't use them in the three words?
Pam wrote: "I agree with Nicole that there are not very many books that fit this criteria. I did find a few others: Sit! Stay! Speak!, [book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life|..."Bird by Bird is one of my favorites! I may need to reread it for this task. THANKS!
Dlmrose wrote: "There are more than you thinkCold Case Cop
Cold Case Colton
Cold Case Christmas
etc
[book:Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a ..."
Do you have a special way of searching because I have tried a few searches and can't find a way to search effectively
DLMRose, thank you for the listing. The book I had planned, I was going to have to purchase as it was not in my two library systems. However, I found one in your list that is available to me without purchase.
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Start with a same letter phrase, use quotes around it, restrict by title and page through the results
My library system lets me search the catalog with wildcards
"An American" A*
An American Adventure: From Early Aviation Through Three Wars to the White House
An American Album: 150 Years of Harper's Magazine
An American Aristocracy: The Livingstons
"Women Who" W*
Women Who Win: Female Athletes on Being the Best
Women Who Write
Women Who Write: From the Past and the Present to the Future
"The Third" T*
The Third Target
The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing
The Third Translation
The Third Twin
The Third Twin
"B* by B*"
Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our World
Bloomberg by Bloomberg
Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow
Bone by Bone
Bone by Bone by Bone
Bone by Bone
Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life
Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation
Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
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Glad it helped
More potential titles for those having a hard time...Aiding and Abetting
Big Bad Beast
Big Bad Bite
British Bad Boys
Chili Con Corpses
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dear Dead Days: 1972 Mystery Writers of America Anthology
Dear Dead Days
Fuel for Fire
Mango Madness Murder
Red Right Return
Sit, Stay, Slay
Through the Tears
To Taste Temptation
Vintage Vermont Villainies
This pair would also work for task 30.8 (one author's name is Smith)
To Tell the Truth
To Tell The Truth
There were loads of different books with this title
Out of Order
Out of Order
Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Out of Order
Out of Order
Out of Order
Out of Order
Ann A wrote: "Shouldn't the instructions state "Subtitles ARE excluded" if we can't use them in the three words?"The title must contain at least three words, so there should be three words that start with the same letter before the colon if there is a subtitle. Subtitles may be excluded or included if it begins with the same letter.
Nicole wrote: "Do you have a special way of searching because I have tried a few searches and can't find a way to search effectively.I had this problem too. I ended up listening to an audiobook and scrolling through my calibre library of 10,000 books until I found one. Fortunately I found one that started with B. Just dumb luck though. I don't think I really WANT to read it, but I own it and I think I can read it faster that I can find another one I'm interested in.
Brothers by Bond
and I also found
Bound by Blood - there a few with this title
YIKES! This isn't a complaint. It's a clever task.
What is the ruling on authors with names like Daphne du Maurier please? I think it's classed as D & D the same way as it is filed in libraries but i want to have it confirmed before posting.
Nicola wrote: "What is the ruling on authors with names like Daphne du Maurier please? I think it's classed as D & D the same way as it is filed in libraries but i want to have it confirmed before posting."From the FAQ:
AUTHORs
1. If a task calls for author’s initials, what name do I use for the last initial?
While there are great variations in names, we work with the general rule that the author’s last name is the final word in the name that is preceded by a space. We realize that this may not be technically accurate in every case, but this is the default rule.
Based on the SRC default rule, Maurier is the last name since it is the final word in the name preceded by a space.
Aprilleigh wrote: "More potential titles for those having a hard time...Aiding and Abetting
Big Bad Beast
Big Bad Bite
British Bad Boys
[book:Chili Con Cor..."
These lists really helped me find some book options, thanks all!
Tracey wrote: "Aprilleigh wrote: "More potential titles for those having a hard time...Aiding and Abetting
Big Bad Beast
Big Bad Bite
British Bad Boys
..."
Glad to help
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read two books, one from Book 1 and one from Book 2.
The books must have a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book where every word in the title begins with the same letter. The title must contain at least three words. Subtitles may be excluded. For the purposes of this task, an ampersand (&) will be considered an A.
Ex: The Thirteenth Tale; The Two Towers; Love's Labour's Lost; Sun, Sand, Sex; Ashes and Arsenic; Murder Most Maine
Book 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials are the same letter. All initials count.