30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance

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30.2 - Dlmrose's Task: In Balance

In the astrological zodiac, September 23 - October 22 is identified as the sun sign of Libra, the Balance.

Read 2 books where both books have the same number of words in their titles AND the same number of characters in their authors' names. Subtitles should be ignored. Spaces determine words.
All name parts count. Punctuation, symbols and numbers count as a character, spaces do not. Each book must be written by a single different author.

Ex.
The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks 3 word title, 11 character name
She's Leaving Home by William Shaw 3 word title, 11 character name

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[Dee]

devious - i like! ;)

[Melanie]

A few authors with the same number of letters in the title:

8
J. D. Robb (mystery)
J.R. Ward (PNR)

9
Lora Leigh (romance)
Lucy Foley (mystery)
Jen DeLuca (romance)

10
Ann Aguirre (sci-fi/fantasy/space opera)
Helen Hoang (romance)
Delia Owens (fiction)

11
Iain M. Banks (sci-fi)
Lynsay Sands (romance)
Lisa Kleypas (romance)
Amanda Quick (romance)
Eloisa James (romance)
Alexis Daria
Diana Palmer (romance)
Pierce Brown (fantasy)

12
Loretta Chase (romance)
Sarah MacLean (romance)
Julie Garwood (romance)
Jamie Maguire (romance)
Jared Diamond (non-fiction)
Frank Herbert (sci-fi)

13
Liane Moriarty (fiction)
Simone Elkeles (YA)
Lorraine Heath (romance)
Kristen Ashley (romance)
Colleen Hoover (romance/YA/fiction)
Rosalind James (romance)
Jeaniene Frost (PNR)

edit: fixed to include punctuation :)

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Melanie wrote: "A few authors with the same number of letters in the title:

Be careful
author require:
the same number of characters in their authors' names.
All name parts count. Punctuation, symbols and numbers count as a character, spaces do not.
J.D. Robb has 8, not 6

[Aprilleigh]

Dee wrote: "devious - i like! ;)"

Devious, yet fairly open-ended at the same time. I like, too!

[Melanie]

Whoops!!
So J.D. Robb and J. R. Ward should be 8 each. Sorry about that! Thanks:)

[Stacey]

I may be overthinking -- but can read 2 books by the same author? I know that takes away all the fun....

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Stacey wrote: "I may be overthinking -- but can read 2 books by the same author? I know that takes away all the fun...."

No, the task states "Each book must be written by a single different author."

[Trish]

Just to be paranoid, for the purposes of this, J.R.R. Tolkien is 13 letters, right?

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Trish wrote: "Just to be paranoid, for the purposes of this, J.R.R. Tolkien is 13 letters, right?"

13 characters, Right

[Trish]

Thanks.

[Jecca]

Can the books both have a one-word title? It says number of words, plural, so I wanted to check first.
Thanks

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Jecca wrote: "Can the books both have a one-word title? It says number of words, plural, so I wanted to check first.
Thanks"

yes

[Julia]

Making sure I understand the counting:

Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator by Doris L. Rich
and
Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II by J. Todd Moye
both have two word title (ignoring subtitle) and both authors have 10 characters. Is that right?

(I have a list of possibilities for 25.9 (Black Books Matter), and noticed that these might work here as well.)

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Julia wrote: "Making sure I understand the counting:

Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator by Doris L. Rich
and
Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II by."

Punctuation must be counted
Doris L. Rich = 5+2+4 = 11
J. Todd Moye = 2+4+4 = 10

[Cindie]

So could I read Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait and The Kiss Quotient? Both books have 3 words in title and both authors have 10 letters in name, correct?

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Cindie wrote: "So could I read Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait and The Kiss Quotient? Both books have 3 words in title and both authors have 10 letters in name, correct?"

Correct.

[Cindie]

Dlmrose wrote: "Cindie wrote: "So could I read Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait and The Kiss Quotient? Both books have 3 words in title and both authors have 10 letters i..."

thank you

[Kathy KS]

Kathy KS

Just checking...
since it says spaces determine words, then is
Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse
a 3-word title? That's how I interpreted it.

Kathy

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Kathy wrote: "Kathy KS

Just checking...
since it says spaces determine words, then is
Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse
a 3-word title?..."

That is a 3 word title.

[Kathy KS]

Great, thanks.

Dlmrose wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Kathy KS

Just checking...
since it says spaces determine words, then is
Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse
a..."