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WINTER CHALLENGE 2014
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Emurphy's task: 2 Sides to Every Coin
Approved books/Opposites Option 1
Light a Penny Candle
The Girl from Penny Lane
The Penny Pinchers Club
Option 2
life/death
Lost and Found
Lost & Found
The Department of Lost & Found
The Rise & Fall of Great Powers
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Death Class: A True Story About Life
One Corpse Too Many
The Once and Future King
Born in Death
Heaven and Hell
Seriously... I'm Kidding
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands
Question: For Option 2, the "Opposites" list has "alive/dead". Are "life/death" acceptable variants?
Would books with 'childrens' be allowed if they met the requirments for SRC? [I'm assuming no since it's not noted, but figured it couldn't hurt to ask just in case.]
Will these ones meet the requirements for Option 2/Opposites?The Department of Lost & Found
Lost and Found
Lost & Found
Christine wrote: "Question: For Option 2, the "Opposites" list has "alive/dead". Are "life/death" acceptable variants?"Yes, that would work!
Julie wrote: "Will these ones meet the requirements for Option 2/Opposites?The Department of Lost & Found
Lost and Found
Lost & Found"
Yes, lost and found are acceptable!
Do plurals and possessives work for option 2 as well?
Morgan wrote: "Would books with 'childrens' be allowed if they met the requirments for SRC? [I'm assuming no since it's not noted, but figured it couldn't hurt to ask just in case.]"Yes, children's books are allowed, as long as they meet the SRC requirements!
Diane Whitney wrote: "Raise/Lower is on the list, will you accept Rise/Fall? I'm hoping to read The Rise & Fall of Great Powers"Yes, rise and fall is fine!
Beth F. wrote: "Do plurals and possessives work for option 2 as well?"yes, plurals and possessives are fine
Thanks Emurphy. :) Right now I'm thinking: The School for Good and EvilEven the two main characters are opposites. Looks cute.
Nicola wrote: "I'm probably not going to use it but is this one allowed? The Threepenny Novel"No, I think it's a variation of penny.
Pia wrote: "Would this book work?Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"
Absolutely! One of my favorites!
I might be trying to stretch the rules a little too far here, but I was wondering if The Laughing Corpse might be acceptable for option 2 (given that laughing is incompatible with being a corpse)
Catie wrote: "I might be trying to stretch the rules a little too far here, but I was wondering if The Laughing Corpse might be acceptable for option 2 (given that laughing is incompatible with be..."I think that is a stretch, sorry!
Rachel wrote: "Will Not My Father's Son work for option 2 with Father/Son being opposites?"No, I don't think father/son is an acceptable opposite, sorry.
I was wondering whether any of these would work for option 2?One Corpse Too Many (one/many)
The Once and Future King (once/future)
These two might really be stretching it too far, but I thought I'd just as well include them while I was asking:
Inside Out/Outside In
Plus, a book that might work in the German version:
Grieche sucht Griechin. The title would loosely translate to "Greek searches for Greek", as in Greek man searhes for Greek woman.
These would be a good choices (as long as you agree, Emurphy) for opposites in case anyone wanted more ideas:The Death Class: A True Story About Life
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Other options that should work:Big Little Lies
Little, Big
I'm planning on reading Big Little Lies, as long as my library copy comes in on time. :)
Kate wrote: "Other options that should work:Big Little Lies
Little, Big
I'm planning on reading Big Little Lies, as long as my library copy comes in on time. :)"
Oooh! Excellent idea! I liked the Husband's Secret a lot! I may add this one too!
Isabell wrote: "I was wondering whether any of these would work for option 2?One Corpse Too Many (one/many)
The Once and Future King (once/future)
These two might really be stretching..."
Inside Out/Outside In would work, the others would not
Nicole wrote: "These would be a good choices (as long as you agree, Emurphy) for opposites in case anyone wanted more ideas:The Death Class: A True Story About Life
[book:Wild: From Lost to Foun..."
Yes, these would work. Death/life is not on the list, but I will accept them as opposites
Kate wrote: "Other options that should work:Big Little Lies
Little, Big
I'm planning on reading Big Little Lies, as long as my library copy comes in on time. :)"
And these would definitely work!
Emurphy wrote: "Isabell wrote: "I was wondering whether any of these would work for option 2?One Corpse Too Many (one/many)
The Once and Future King (once/future)
These two might real..."
Thanks for checking.
I just realized that I probably posted the Inside Out/Outside In books in an awkward manner. So just to be sure: These are actually two books, belonging to the same series:
Inside Out
Outside In
So just double checking: Do they still work as such?
And just so understand why the other books don't fit (I'm fine with them not fitting the task): Do the conflicting/opposite words actually have to be on that list? From the wording in the task I was taking the list just as inspiration for the task, not a requirement? For example "The Once and Future King", where once has the meaning of "at some time in the past". That sounds like the opposite of "future" to me.
Again, I'm fine with the books not fitting the task, just trying to understand the reason so I don't make the same mistake again.
Isabell wrote: "Emurphy wrote: "Isabell wrote: "I was wondering whether any of these would work for option 2?One Corpse Too Many (one/many)
The Once and Future King (once/future)
Thes..."
Outside In and Inside Out are acceptable. I do see your point about the other books. The opposite words do not have to come from the list, I am using them as guidance. I could accept them if you wanted to use them.
Emurphy wrote: "Isabell wrote: "Emurphy wrote: "Isabell wrote: "I was wondering whether any of these would work for option 2?One Corpse Too Many (one/many)
The Once and Future King (on..."
That's alright, I'll take your first ruling on these books, it's your task after all. I'll just read the inside/outside series (one of them, at least) for this task. I've been wanting to read them for ages, so that's the perfect opportunity to get them off my TBR shelf. I've got another spot for one of the alternative books and that's the only one I really needed to fit anywhere since that's the one I already read this month.
Thanks again for taking the time to look at these books.
I took a glance at my 2015 TBR, and I have LOADS of books that probably qualify for task 20.5, for having opposites in their title.Obviously I'll only be using one for that purpose. But would it be polite to list all of the books here to assist other readers? Or would that be a nuisance to you?
Happy wrote: "I took a glance at my 2015 TBR, and I have LOADS of books that probably qualify for task 20.5, for having opposites in their title.Obviously I'll only be using one for that purpose. But would it ..."
If you list them, I can go through them and add them to my approved/unapproved lists. About how many are you listing?
Happy wrote: "Somewhere between 5 and 10."Oh yeah, that would be fine, I can look through them!
1. The True Deceiver2. I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia
3. The Female Man
4. Good Kings Bad Kings: A Novel
5. Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment (Oppression / Empowerment)
6. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (Prehistoric / Modern)
7. Wooing Mr Wickham: Stories Inspired by Jane Austen's Heroes and Villains (Heroes / Villains)
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Life / Death)
9. I Might Be You: An Exploration of Autism and Connection (I / You)
10. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
11. Near + Far
12. When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time (Life / Died)
13. Thinking, Fast and Slow
(Er... I may have had more than ten *whistles innocently*)
Happy wrote: "1. The True Deceiver2. I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia
3. The Female Man
4. Good Kings Bad Kings: A Novel
5. [book:Nothing Ab..."
All of those sound like great ideas!
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My 2 1/2 year old daughter's personality is developing into such a complex thing. On one hand she is compassionate and nurturing, but on the other hand she is hilarious and stubborn. She reminds me that we all have this duality in our own personalities, like the two sides of a coin.
Read ONE book from one of the following options. REQUIRED: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 1: Read a book that has the word "coin", or the name of a US coin (defined as: penny, nickel, dime, quarter) in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
Option 2: Read a book whose title or subtitle has two words that are conflicting or opposites. Here's a list that may help: Opposites