20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend

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20.3 - Best Review - Katy's Task: On Trend

When I visit bookstores, I'm always fascinated to see trends come and go. For this task, pick a trend and read a book that fits the trend:
Required: State the option.

1. The "book blob" -- Have you noticed the countless covers that are just splashes of abstract color blobs? For this trend, read a book from this list Colorful Blob Book Covers
Required: State the page.

2. The Mad Lib Title - Read a book with a title that fits this pattern:
The ___ (Adjective/s) ___ (noun) of ___ (proper name). Subtitles are excluded.
Examples - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle,
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane,
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester,
The 22 Murders of Madison May

3. Names and Sentences - Read a book with a title that consists of a complete sentence that includes a proper noun. A complete sentence includes a subject and an action. A proper noun is a name used for an individual person, place, or organization. Imperative and interrogative sentences that include a proper noun work. Subtitles are excluded.
Examples: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine,
Delilah Green Doesn't Care,
They Call Me Alexandra Gastone,
Get a Life, Chloe Brown,
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

4. Direct Address - Read a book that uses "you" or "your" in the title. The word must match exactly- no variations.
Examples: Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide,
Your Driver Is Waiting,
I Have Some Questions for You,
You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories,
Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

[Katy]

For option 3 - some reference points!

The subject of the sentence is what (or whom) the sentence is about. In the sentence “The cat is sleeping in the sun,” the word cat is the subject. The action or predicate is the part of a sentence, or a clause, that tells what the subject is doing or what the subject is.

The subject will be a noun or pronoun. The predicate will contain a verb in addition to a possible modifier.

Evvie Drake Starts Over
Who is doing it? Evvie Drake; What is she doing? Starts over

Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the Baskervilles
Who is doing it? Sherlock Holmes; What is he doing? Was wrong

An imperative sentence is a sentence that expresses a direct command, request, invitations, warning, or instruction. Imperative sentences do not have a subject; instead, a directive is given to an implied second person. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café - the "who is doing it" is the implied YOU, the what are they doing is meeting me at the cafe.

An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question. Interrogative sentences can be direct or indirect, begin with or without pronouns. Interrogative sentences often end with a question mark and start with interrogative pronouns: who, what, where, when, why, how
When Did We Lose Harriet?

[Katy]

Note for option 2 -- two or three proper names will be okay instead of just 1! (Eg "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde")

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This help thread is open.

[Dee]

For 2 confirming The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

[Robin P]

I love this task, I want to do all of them!

[Trish]

Morning.

Fun task.

Just to confirm, for Option 3, does it need to be the full name? Or would Scharlette Doesn't Matter and Goes Time Travelling work?

Thanks.

[Marie (UK)]

i have 3 books that I am considering

The Collected Regrets of Clover
Arthur And Teddy Are Coming Out
The Story of Arthur Truluv

Do Any of these fit option 2 or 3?

[Tammy AZ]

Does Olga Dies Dreaming work for Option 3?

[Katy]

Dee wrote: "For 2 confirming The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks"

Dee wrote: "For 2 confirming The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks"

Confirmed!

[Katy]

Trish wrote: "Morning.

Fun task.

Just to confirm, for Option 3, does it need to be the full name? Or would Scharlette Doesn't Matter and Goes Time Travelling work?

Thanks."

That would work - does not have to be a full name, just a proper name.

[Katy]

Tammy AZ wrote: "Does Olga Dies Dreaming work for Option 3?"

Yep!

[Katy]

Marie (UK) wrote: "i have 3 books that I am considering

The Collected Regrets of Clover
Arthur And Teddy Are Coming Out
The Story of Arthur Truluv

Do Any of these fi..."

The first book works for option 2
The second book works for option 3 - I hadn't considered a complete sentence with TWO proper names :) But that works!
The third book (Arthur Truluv) doesn't work for either - it's not a complete sentence so it doesn't work for 3, and there's no adjective modifying "story" so it doesn't work for option 2.

I hope one of the other two works out for you!

[Marie (UK)]

Katy wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "i have 3 books that I am considering

The Collected Regrets of Clover
Arthur And Teddy Are Coming Out
The Story of Arthur Truluv
..."

that's great thanks Katy

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Would this book work for option 3? It has a proper name (Gucci), although in this case it is being used as an adjective.

Gucci Girls Don't Date Cowboys: A Sweet Small-Town Romance

[NancyJ]

This is so much fun!

I’m thinking of:
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox byMaggie O'Farrell for #2
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney for #3
Carrie Soto Is Back fits #3 too I think.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone for #4.

I really liked The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (both for #2). I just picked up Maureen, aka Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North. It’s too bad neither Maureen title seems to fit.

[Trish]

Katy wrote: "That would work - does not have to be a full name, just a proper name."

Thanks.

[Katy]

NancyJ wrote: "This is so much fun!

I’m thinking of:
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox byMaggie O'Farrell for #2
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by [author:Kathleen Ro..."

All of those look great! (And I read Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and thought it was really good!)

[Katy]

KmarieD wrote: "Would this book work for option 3? It has a proper name (Gucci), although in this case it is being used as an adjective.

Gucci Girls Don't Date Cowboys: A Sweet Small-Town Romance"

Unfortunately this doesn't work because Gucci isn't being used as a name (as in a proper noun) -- we're going to clarify that language in the task!!

[Julia]

Does this work for Option 2?

The Great Book of King Arthur: and His Knights of the Round Table

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Katy wrote: "KmarieD wrote: "Would this book work for option 3? It has a proper name (Gucci), although in this case it is being used as an adjective.

[book:Gucci Girls Don't Date Cowboys: A Sweet Small-Town Ro..."

That's all right, that is why I asked the question. I have another book I can use, it will just take me longer to read it.

[Katy]

Julia wrote: "Does this work for Option 2?

The Great Book of King Arthur: and His Knights of the Round Table"

Yes - the second part seems to be a subtitle so it won't be relevant - the main title fits!

[Julia]

Katy wrote: "Julia wrote: "Does this work for Option 2?

The Great Book of King Arthur: and His Knights of the Round Table"

Yes - the second part seems to be a subtitle so it won't be relevant ..."

Thanks! I wasn't sure whether "King Arthur" worked since it included a title (honorific) as part of the name.

[Katy]

Julia wrote: "Katy wrote: "Julia wrote: "Does this work for Option 2?

The Great Book of King Arthur: and His Knights of the Round Table"

Yes - the second part seems to be a subtitle so it won't..."

Yep, honorifics/titles work as long as there is a name attached (so "the king" doesn't work but "King Arthur" works).

[RedSycamore]

A couple of questions:

Based on The 22 Murders of Madison May, it seems like quantifiers are okay for option 2, like in The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet?

Do multiple adjectives (rather than adverb + adjective) also work? The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Just wanted to double check!

[Katy]

RedSycamore wrote: "A couple of questions:

Based on The 22 Murders of Madison May, it seems like quantifiers are okay for option 2, like in The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet?

Do m..."

Yes, Thousand Autumns definitely works!

Brief and Wondrous doesn't - we're sticking with adjectives.

:)

[RedSycamore]

Thanks!

[Trish]

Morning.

I just wanted to check if this counts okay for multiple flowers for Option 2. I think I see two sprigs of lilac (unless the individual bloomblets are okay in and of themselves):



Thanks.

[Katy]

Trish wrote: "Morning.

I just wanted to check if this counts okay for multiple flowers for Option 2. I think I see two sprigs of lilac (unless the individual bloomblets are okay in and of themselves):

[bookc..."

I think you might have posted this for the wrong task!

[Trish]

Yep. doh. sorry.

[Hannah]

Would "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" work for option 2?
(Sorry, without the link because finding the right one took me forever... I will add a link if you need.)

[Katy]

Hannah wrote: "Would "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" work for option 2?
(Sorry, without the link because finding the right one took me forever... I will add a link if you need.)"

That will be okay!

[Hannah]

Katy wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Would "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" work for option 2?
(Sorry, without the link because finding the right one took me forever... I will add a link if you need.)"

That ..."

Thank you! :)