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50.1 - Trishhartuk's task: Remembering Neil Peart
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Note: All three books can be either fiction or non-fiction. These work:
Book 1: Canadian authors
Kathryn Smith aka Kate Locke Kate Cross, Kady Cross, Kate Kessler and Kate McLaughlin
Vicki Delany aka Eva Gates
L.M. Montgomery
Book 3 - classics
My Ántonia, Willa Cather
Lieutenant Hornblower, CS Forester
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories", HP Lovecraft
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie
Solaris, Stanislaw Lem
Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son, Sholom Aleichem
Conditional: Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne of Ingleside, Rilla of Ingleside, The Blythes Are Quoted, L.M. Montgomery - before claiming any of these, check the MPGs, as Children's comes and goes.
Book 3 - Retellings
A Study in Charlotte, The Last of August, Brittany Cavallaro
Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility, Hilary Manton Lodge
The Shadow Queen, CJ Redwine
Thorn, Intisar Khanani
Once & Future, Amy Rose Capetta
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Gregory Maguire
The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker
The Afterlife of Holly Chase, Cynthia Hand
These don't:Book 1
Linwood Barclay - he was born in the US, even though he lives in Canada now.
Book 3
Curvy Ever After: Forbidden Curvy Girl Fairy Tales - not showing retellings as an MPG
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I don't see any mention of fiction and nonfiction. I assume one of the three has to be nonfiction and the other two fiction. Is that correct?Thanks,
Andy
Hi ho! I've got my books picked unless there's a nonfiction requirement. Of the three I've got picked, could you verify My Ántonia for mpg Classics please? I don't really expect it to slip off, but... *shrug*
Andy wrote: "I don't see any mention of fiction and nonfiction. I assume one of the three has to be nonfiction and the other two fiction. Is that correct? Thanks,Andy"
Nope. They can all be fiction.
Rebecca and Dee, both those two are fine.
Suzanne wrote: "Hi ho! I've got my books picked unless there's a nonfiction requirement. Of the three I've got picked, could you verify My Ántonia for mpg Classics please? I don't really expect it ..."Better safe than sorry! Yes, that's fine.
Hi,Can I get approval for Kathryn Smith as a Canadian author? Kathryn Smith is a pen name for Kate Locke - here is the link to her Wikipedia page where it states she was born in Canada.
Many thanks!
Trish wrote: "Andy wrote: "I don't see any mention of fiction and nonfiction. I assume one of the three has to be nonfiction and the other two fiction. Is that correct? Thanks,Andy"
Nope. They can all be fiction."
Thanks,
Andy
Could I please get the MPG Retellings confirmed for Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility?Thank you!
Lauren wrote: "Hi,Can I get approval for Kathryn Smith as a Canadian author? Kathryn Smith is a pen name for Kate Locke - here is the link to her Wikipedia page where it states she was born in Canada.
Many th..."
Looks okay - but I suggest you include the wikipedia link when you post the task, to make life easier for the mods.
Lois wrote: "Could I please get the MPG Retellings confirmed for Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility?Thank you!"
Lauren wrote: "Please confirm The Shadow Queen for retellings. Thanks."
Both of these are confirmed. I've added them to the approved list.
For Option 3: Please confirm main page genre CLASSICS for: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
This looks like a good time to re-read the Anne of Green Gables series. Can you please verify that these all have MPG Classics and are set in Canada:Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne of Ingleside
Rilla of Ingleside
The Blythes Are Quoted
(All the others are showing MPG Children)
Joanne wrote: "Could you confirm Lieutenant Hornblower for Classic"Book Concierge wrote: "Please confirm main page genre CLASSICS for:
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories"
Aprilleigh wrote: "Please verify MPG Classics for Fahrenheit 451."
All of these are confirmed
Julia wrote: "This looks like a good time to re-read the Anne of Green Gables series. Can you please verify that these all have MPG Classics and are set in Canada:Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne of Ingleside
Rilla of Ingleside
The Blythes Are Quoted"
All look okay to me for both classics and Canada - I've listed the author up in the help message. I'm not seeing Children's right now, but you might want to double check that it hasn't magically appeared when you post the task.
Hi! Can I get Retelling verified as a main page genre for Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta? Thanks!
Jessica wrote: "Hi! Can I get Retelling verified as a main page genre for Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta? Thanks!"Yep. I'm seeing Retellings.
Sandy wrote: "Please verify The Silence of the Girls for Retellings. Thanks!"I can just see it hanging on at the bottom of the list! I'll add it to the approved message.
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I can just see it hanging on at the bottom of the list! I'll add it to the approved message."
Thanks, Trish!
can i please get The Afterlife of Holly Chase approved for retellings? currently 272ppl but only 5 genres showing
Dee wrote: "can i please get The Afterlife of Holly Chase approved for retellings? currently 272ppl but only 5 genres showing"That's fine. I'll pop it in the approved message.
Never mind. I asked and was approved on May 5 in the Genre verification thread.Kathy wrote: "Kathy KS
Please verify MPG for Classics...
Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem
Classics 373 users"
No worries. I'll pop it in the approved message here, as well. Let me know what it's like, as its been on my TBR for a while.
I finished Solaris. I didn't like it at all. Others like it. My husband says his other books are much better.
Is Linwood Barclay acceptable as a Canadian author? His bio states he was born in the US, but moved to Canada when he was 4 and has lived there since.
Stacey wrote: "Is Linwood Barclay acceptable as a Canadian author? His bio states he was born in the US, but moved to Canada when he was 4 and has lived there since."No. He needs to have been born in Canada.
However, if the book you're thinking of reading is set in Canada, that would work.
can i please get Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son approved for classics - currenly 11ppl
Dee wrote: "can i please get Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son approved for classics - currenly 11ppl"That's fine. I see Classics.
Emtecia wrote: "can i please get Curvy Ever After: Forbidden Curvy Girl Fairy Tales
approved for retelling"
I'm not seeing retellings as an MPG, I'm afraid, so this wouldn't work.
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One of my favourite bands is Rush. Sadly, the drummer, Neil Peart, died this January. During his career with the band, Rush won nine Junos (a Canadian music award) and was nominated for seven Grammys, although it never won one. Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2013.
This is a three-book task. No books with Children or Kids as a MPG may be used. The total page count for the three books must be at least 750 pages.
1. Rush is (or, sadly, perhaps was) a proudly Canadian band. Read a book set at least 50% in Canada or written by a single author who was born in Canada.
Required: If the setting or author's place of birth is not obvious on the book’s or author's main Goodreads page, provide a reference to establish setting or birthplace when you post.
2. Peart joined Rush in 1974, and the Rush R40 box set was released in September 2014, commemorating 40 years since their first album, Rush, was released. His last live performance with the band was on the R40 tour, in August 2015. Read a book first published between 1974 and 2015, inclusive.
3. As well as being an amazing drummer, Peart was also Rush’s lyricist, and among other things, wrote the lyrics for my one of my favourite rock tracks ever: Xanadu, based on the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which was first published in 1816. Read a book with an MPG of either Classics or Retellings. Genres may be standalone or embedded.