30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera

[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

30.8 - Delicious Dee's Task: Codex Alera

Sometimes I’m amazed when I find a book that has been lost on my TBR shelf for a while and when I read it, I’m like why did I wait so long? The first book in the Codex Alera series was one of those books and over the last year, I’ve been working on finishing it up.
For this task, you will pick one option (A, B or C) and read book A and book B from that option. Your page count needs to be more than 500 pages (so 501+) and at least one of the authors must be NEW TO YOU. No children’s books allowed. No graphic novels/comics.
Required: specify which option you chose and state the new to you author(s) in your post.


Option A – The Series
The series is centered around the character, Tavi of Calderon and his adventures in the land of Alera.
Book A - Read one of the books in the Codex Alera series
Book B - Read a book with a single author whose initials can be found in JIM BUTCHER – all initials count

Option B – The Titles
All of the titles in the series have either the word FURY or its plural FURIES in it.
Book A - read a book with a word from the singular side of this list in the title: https://englishwithasmile.org/2016/01...
Book B – read a book with the plural of the word you read for Book A found in your title (excluding subtitle).
For example, you might chose to use Pretty Baby - Mary Kubica for Book A and then you could use Babies by Design – Ronald M. Green

Option C – The Furies
The people of Alera use elemental spirits called FURIES, which can aid them in daily tasks, as well as types of sorcery. There are six different furies that a person can wield – sometimes they can control more than one. The six furies are air/aeris, water/aqua, fire/ignus, earth/terra, metal/ferrous and wood/flora.
Required: State which fury you picked.

Book A - Pick one of the furies listed above – read a book where all the letters of the fury can be found in the title (excluding subtitle).
Book B - Using the same fury than the book you used for Book A and read a book where all the letters of the alternate name can be found in the authors name.
For example, you may opt to use AIR for book A and then you would use AERIS for book B

[Dee]

The furies agree (approved)

[Dee]

The furies are in disarray (disapproved)

[KmarieD, Moderator]

For option C, could you reverse the order you use the names?

For example:
Book A uses AERIS and then Book B uses AIR

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

For B, can you include series title herald spy, family of spies

[Dee]

KmarieD wrote: "For option C, could you reverse the order you use the names?

For example:
Book A uses AERIS and then Book B uses AIR"

Sorry - I want to keep it as written

[Dee]

Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "For B, can you include series title herald spy, family of spies"

Series not included - sorry

[KmarieD, Moderator]

Dee wrote: "KmarieD wrote: "For option C, could you reverse the order you use the names?

For example:
Book A uses AERIS and then Book B uses AIR"

Sorry - I want to keep it as written"

Thanks for clarifying the example. In my experience, many times using the slash between the words means they are interchangable.

[Emily]

Could I get the green light for the following
AIR/AERIS
Option C Book 1: Can I use the book When Breath Becomes Air
Option C Book 2: Can I use the author Christina Lauren

Just want to double check that I am doing this right

[Dee]

Emily wrote: "Could I get the green light for the following
AIR/AERIS
Option C Book 1: Can I use the book When Breath Becomes Air
Option C Book 2: Can I use the author Christina Lauren

Just want to double check..."

yes those work, as long as the page count works and one of them is a new to you author

[Kathy KS]

For option B--
Do the words need to be in primary title only, or can they be in subtitles, too?

[Dee]

Kathy KS wrote: "For option B--
Do the words need to be in primary title only, or can they be in subtitles, too?"

I had planned on title only, excluding subtitle - i'll get the mods to clarify

[Kathy KS]

Dee wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "For option B--
Do the words need to be in primary title only, or can they be in subtitles, too?"

I had planned on title only, excluding subtitle - i'll get the mods to clarify"

OK, thanks.

[Kim, Moderator]

Could you confirm this pairing for air/aeris?

Murder at the National Cathedral (338 pages, familiar author)

What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster (341 pages, new author)

[Dee]

Kim wrote: "Could you confirm this pairing for air/aeris?

Murder at the National Cathedral (338 pages, familiar author)

What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster (..."

yes - those work!