30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?

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30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Are we Going to Scarborough Fair?

I recently had my online shop delivered and realised I had bought - Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. It wasn't long before I was humming the Tune known as Scarborough Fair as I put the shopping away.
Scarborough Fair is the title song on the third studio album by music duo Simon and Garfunkel. The album peaked at number four on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The task is based on this Album and Information from the following wikipaedia page: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

The task is a 2 book task choose one option and read BOTH books for that option.

Required: Identify the option when you post.

OPTION 1
A) Read a book that has a TITLE that includes all the letters of one of these words: PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, or THYME. Subtitles may not be used. All occurrences of the letters must be found in the book title (i.e., if using ROSEMARY, book title must have 2 Rs).
B) Read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in the SAME herb as the one used for book A. Middle names/initials may be ignored. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the target word.
Required: Identify the word used when you post.
Example:
Book A: The Year Without Summer contains all the letters of ROSEMARY
Book B: The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh (SM in ROSEMARY)

OPTION 2
A) Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in its TITLE that matches one of the words in the album's song titles (a list of song titles can also be found in POST 2 of the help thread). Subtitles may not be used. Words must match exactly.
B) Using the same word chosen for Book A, read a book where the author's first and last initials appear in that word. Middle names/initials may be ignored. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the chosen word.
Required: Identify the word used when you post.
Example:
Book A: The Green Mile – GREEN in the song: The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
Book B: Red Lily by Nora Roberts - NR found in GREEN

OPTION 3
A) Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the people involved in making the album. (The personnel involved will also be listed in POST 3 of the help thread). Names must match exactly but may be in any position.
B) Read a book which contains all the letters of the name you used for Book A in its TITLE. Subtitles may not be used. Letters can only be used as often as they appear in the book title.
Required: Identify the name used when you post.
Example:
Book A: Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving author shares first name with John Meszar
Book B: The Ten Thousand Doors of January contains all the letters of JOHN in the title

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Option 2: SONGS

• Scarborough Fair / Canticle
• Patterns
• Cloudy
• Homeward Bound
• The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
• The 59th Street Bridge song (Feelin' Groovy)
• The Dangling Conversation
• Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall
• A Simple Desultory Phillipic (or How I was Robert McNamara’d into Submission)
• For Emily Whenever I May Find Her
• A Poem on the underground wall
• 7 O’clock news / Silent Night

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Option 3: PERSONNEL

Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel
Hal Blaine
Joe South
Carol Kaye
John Meszar
Eugene Wright
Joe Morello
Charlie O’Donnell
Bob Johnston
Roy Halee
Bob Cato

[Marie (UK)]

for questions

[Marie (UK)]

Option 3A the matched name can be in any position e.g. Paul Simon can be matched with an author whose first name is Simon or surname Paul

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This thread is now open!

[Book Concierge]

For Option 3 A

Would author SIMON Winchester be a match for Paul SIMON?

OR ... .... must the name be in the same position? (i.e. first name match to first name)

[Marie (UK)]

Book Concierge wrote: "For Option 3 A

Would author SIMON Winchester be a match for Paul SIMON?

OR ... .... must the name be in the same position? (i.e. first name match to first name)"

that would work fine

[Pia]

Is o'clock one word or can we use the word clock only?

Thanks!

[Marie (UK)]

Pia wrote: "Is o'clock one word or can we use the word clock only?

Thanks!"

sorry it is one word

[Kristen]

Just to clarify, if I use "Charlie" for Option 3A (author Charlie Lovett), does 3B have to include all of the letters of just "Charlie" or the complete name "Charlie O'Donnell" ?

Thanks!

[Marie (UK)]

Kristen wrote: "Just to clarify, if I use "Charlie" for Option 3A (author Charlie Lovett), does 3B have to include all of the letters of just "Charlie" or the complete name "Charlie O'Donnell" ?

Thanks!"

the name you are matching is CHARLIE so the second book has to contain all the letters of Charlie other names can be ignored