25.3: KMarieD: What’s your favorite challenge type?

[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

This is a 2-book task based on common task challenges. Pick an option and read a book for each category in that option. You may read one book that is 500+ pages if it fits both categories of your chosen option.
REQUIRED: state the option you have chosen

I have found that challenge tasks seem to be categorized into 3 main types with variations within. Each option deals with two variations of one of these main types.

Option 1 – Using a phrase to spell title words or contain author initials, letters can only be used as often as they appear
Category 1 – Be sure to check those uncommon words because they have often surprised me by fitting in a challenge like this. Read a book with at least a four letter word in the title or subtitle that can be spelled from the phrase TITLE WORD SPELLED FROM PHRASE. (Apostrophe's can be ignored)
REQUIRED: State the word
Category 2 – One of the easiest challenges for me to complete since I read a wide range of books and work in a library. I can usually just go to the shelves and scan for a book that fits that I wouldn’t mind reading. Read a book with all author initials, middle initials count if the author has one, in the phrase AUTHOR INITIALS CONTAINED IN PHRASE

Option 2 – Finding items or colors on the cover
Category 1 – I remember my mother constantly trying to get me to wear colors other than black during my teen years. It’s not that I didn’t like color, I just wasn’t very fashionable and black goes with everything. Read a book with at least 6 different colors on the cover according to TinEye. A guide to using TinEye can be found here
Category 2 – While I am not very talented and have only taken lessons sporadically, I like to play the piano and can play simple tunes on my recorder and dulcimer. Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
REQUIRED: Post the cover

Option 3 – Choosing a book from genres or lists
Category 1 – Based on probably my most read genre (many books I read in other genres also have a subtext of romance), read a book with a MPG of Romance, genre may be embedded such as Historical Romance
Category 2 – Mysteries is my first love in books. Over the years, I have discovered that some of the best come from Scandinavian countries. Read a book from one of these lists
REQUIRED: state the list and page where your book was found
Nordic Scandinavian Mysteries Female
Scandinavian Nordic Mysteries
Murder Most Cold

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Book that will work:

Option 1:
(1 book option)

Option 2:
(this cover works, but check the edition if wanting 1-book option)
Cat 2:

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Reserved

[Fiona (Titch)]

Can you tell me if these are ok please?

OPTION 1/CAT1 : - Dorothy Koomson FROM & OPTION 3/CAT 2: - Camilla Läckberg Scandinavian Nordic Mysteries Page 1

Many thanks x

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Can you tell me if these are ok please?

OPTION 1/CAT1 : - Dorothy Koomson FROM & OPTION 3/CAT 2: - [..."

Those books work for those categories.

However, be aware that the task requires you to read both categories from the SAME OPTION. The first book would fit into Option 3/Category 1 so could both be used to fulfill this task.

For a side note, Camilla Lackberg is one of my favorite Scandinavian authors.

[Fiona (Titch)]

KmarieD wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Can you tell me if these are ok please?

OPTION 1/CAT1 : - Dorothy Koomson FROM & OPTION 3/CAT 2: [bookcover:The Ice..."

Could you explain this a bit more to me? However, be aware that the task requires you to read both categories from the SAME OPTION. The first book would fit into Option 3/Category 1 so could both be used to fulfill this task.

Sorry if I sound stupid, I'm tired from not enough sleep (my sleep pattern is mucked up with current medication) x

[Rhiannon]

Would this book work for Option 2 for the 1 book option? Lessons: A novel

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Rhiannon wrote: "Would this book work for Option 2 for the 1 book option? Lessons: A novel"

If you are reading the specific edition you linked it will work. When I checked the cover you have linked on Tineye, I found more than six colors listed. But there were editions where it wouldn't reach the page requirement for a 1 book option.

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "KmarieD wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Can you tell me if these are ok please?

OPTION 1/CAT1 : - Dorothy Koomson FROM & OPTION 3/CAT 2: [b..."

Actuallly, now that I look again, you could use both those books for either option, but this is how you would have to do it:

Pick Option 1, then your books would fit like this:
Cat 1 - That Girl From Nowhere, using FROM in the title
Cat 2 - The Ice Princess, using initials CL which are in the phrase

Or, pick Option 3, then your books would fit like this:
Cat 1 - That Girl From Nowhere, using MPG Romance
Cat 2 - The Ice Princess, using pg 1 of the list

[Robin P]

Can I use for Option 1, the one-book option

The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon - Alexandre Dumas, where LAST is found in the 1st phrase, initials AD are found in the 2nd phrase and the book is 752 pages?

[Fiona (Titch)]

KmarieD wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "KmarieD wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Can you tell me if these are ok please?

OPTION 1/CAT1 : - Dorothy Koomson FRO..."

Oh I get it now. Thanks lovely x

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Robin P wrote: "Can I use for Option 1, the one-book option

The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon - Alexandre Dumas, where LAST is foun..."

Yes, that book will work.

[Robin P]

KmarieD wrote: "Robin P wrote: "Can I use for Option 1, the one-book option

The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon - Alexandre Dumas, wh..."

great, thanks!

[Kathy KS]

Would a word with an apostrophe work for option 1, category 1?
e.g., Moyer, Jaime Lee. Delia's shadow

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Kathy KS wrote: "Would a word with an apostrophe work for option 1, category 1?
e.g., Moyer, Jaime Lee. Delia's shadow"

I am willing to accept that.

I will see if the mods want to adjust the task to say that apostrophes do not count as a letter, or if is still fine as it is

[Kathy KS]

KmarieD wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Would a word with an apostrophe work for option 1, category 1?
e.g., Moyer, Jaime Lee. Delia's shadow"

I am willing to accept that.

I will see if the mods want to adjust the tas..."

Thanks

[Kathy KS]

Another. This time for Option 2, category 2. Would a church bell be counted as a musical instrument? I know there have been competitions over the years in some places.

[KmarieD, Moderator]

I did just rewatch a British mystery where a bell competition was a major component.

My initial instinct is to say no, because I think that it takes a group of bells to actually produce music out of them. But I want to check with the mods because of the way the task is worded.

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Kathy KS wrote: "Another. This time for Option 2, category 2. Would a church bell be counted as a musical instrument? I know there have been competitions over the years in some places.
[bookcover:The Body in the Be..."

After talking to the moderators, and not wanting to make the task harder to moderate, the church bell is accepted as a musical instrument. The task does not require the entire instrument to be on the cover, and I am going to assume that it could be part of a bell competition.

[Kathy KS]

KmarieD wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Another. This time for Option 2, category 2. Would a church bell be counted as a musical instrument? I know there have been competitions over the years in some places.
[bookcover:T..."

Thanks for checking!

[Jen B]

For option 1, can it be a proper noun? (PARIS)

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Jen B wrote: "For option 1, can it be a proper noun? (PARIS)"

Yes, that works.

[C]

For option 2, category 2, does the shadow of a musical instrument work? I'm specifically looking at:

[KmarieD, Moderator]

C wrote: "For option 2, category 2, does the shadow of a musical instrument work? I'm specifically looking at:
"

That looks acceptable to me. It is obviously a guitar and the task does not specify real versus a picture of the instrument.

[C]

Thank you! :)