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50.1 - Donna Jo's Task: 1-2-3-Go!
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Donna Jo wrote: "Cindie wrote: "How aboutOption 1: Jerusalem: A Family Portrait
option 3: The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind ..."
oops! Thanks! I will still read it anyway -- just find somewhere else to put it! Thanks!
Option 1: ArtifactsOption 2: Flesh and Blood
Option 3: How about Jaqueline Winspear
3 e's
All have >250 pages
OK, you've already approved Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time for my #1.Is The September Society listed as (Charles Lenox #2) on the main page, ok for #2 and is
My Word is My Bond by Roger Moore (3 o's) workable for #3?
Suzanne wrote: "OK, you've already approved Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time for my #1.Is The September Society listed ..."
The September Society is good.
My Word is My Bond will need to be cleared through the Not Really For Kids thread under General Help below,as someone has listed it as a Children picture book.(Really? Come on, people!) Otherwise it will work.
Donna Jo wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "OK, you've already approved Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time for my #1.Is The September Society
Well, it does have a picture section and some of them ARE of Moore as a boy, but wow, that's the last of my books for this task I thought would give trouble!
But I do have Pretty Little Liars in my queue and Sara Shepard is already approved (3 a's). :D
Suzanne wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "OK, you've already approved Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time for my #1.Is [book:The S..."
i'll bet the Moore would be approved as an adult book if you submit it.
Cindy wrote: "Option 1: ArtifactsOption 2: Flesh and Blood
Option 3: How about Jaqueline Winspear
3 e's
I just managed to erase the original reply to you, but all three books are good.
All have >250 pages"
Suzanne wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "OK, you've already approved Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time for my #1.
Is [book:The S..."
w00t, the Not Really For Kids mods certified the Roger Moore memoir as Really For Grownups! And I just finished September Society. So now I just gotta finish My Word Is My Bond and for once the 50 pointer will be MINE bwaahahaha! :D
Suzanne wrote: "w00t, the Not Really For Kids mods certified the Roger Moore memoir as Really For Grownups! And I just finished September Society. So now I just gotta finish My Word Is My Bond and for once the 50 ..."So glad you could get that one in!
Bk 1 - Euphoria - 256 pgsBk 2 - Notorious Pleasures (Maiden Lane #2) - 371 pgs
Bk 3 - Mariana by Susanna Kearsley (3 S's and 3 A's) - 352 pgs
Will these all work?
How about Kate Anderson Brower? She has 3 R's in her name. The book is The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
KSMary wrote: "Bk 1 - Euphoria - 256 pgsBk 2 - Notorious Pleasures (Maiden Lane #2) - 371 pgs
Bk 3 - Mariana by Susanna Kearsley (3 S's and 3 A's) - 3..."
These look good. Have fun with them.
Cindie wrote: "How about Kate Anderson Brower? She has 3 R's in her name. The book is The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House"Cindie, Kate Anderson Brower works as an author name, but the book you've chosen does not have page numbers listed. Make sure it has at least 250 pages and have a librarian fix the records for you before you post it.
Donna Jo wrote: "Cindie wrote: "How about Kate Anderson Brower? She has 3 R's in her name. The book is The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House"Cindie, Kate A..."
Great! Thank you. My copy has 304 pp
Hello. For this challenge I plan to read the following books, can you please let me know if they all meet the requirements? Also, for Book 3, the author has 3 As and 3 Rs. When posting this as a completed task, should I specify both letters or just one? Thanks!Book 1: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Book 2: Speaker for the Dead
Book 3: Dead Until Dark
Lara wrote: "Hello. For this challenge I plan to read the following books, can you please let me know if they all meet the requirements? Also, for Book 3, the author has 3 As and 3 Rs. When posting this as a co..."Lara, your choices are good. For posting #3, as long as you post one letter it's okay, but you can post both if you wish (just to show you are aware of both).
I've read all of these books--my advise is not to read chapter 1 of Stiff while eating! Other than that it's a great book.
Donna Jo wrote: "Cindie wrote: "How about Kate Anderson Brower? She has 3 R's in her name. The book is The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House"Cindie, Kate A..."
Hi again, someone must have fixed it since you looked: I requested a librarian to add page numbers then looked up the pp number myself and saw that it is listed as 352 pp. Thanks!
Cindie wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Cindie wrote: "How about Kate Anderson Brower? She has 3 R's in her name. The book is The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House..."Sounds like you are all set up.
Donna Jo wrote: "Cindie wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Cindie wrote: "How about Kate Anderson Brower? She has 3 R's in her name. The book is [book:The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White ..."yup! thanks
Melanie wrote: "For # 3 - can I get approval for Elizabeth Wein - 3 E's.Thanks :-)"
As long as the book you chose fits for length and meets general criteria, she's a good fit.
Just a heads Up. Sandy has alerted me to the fact that the book Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is not long enough to qualify for this task, so I am taking it off the list.I apologize to those of you that I misled.
Donna Jo wrote: "Melanie wrote: "For # 3 - can I get approval for Elizabeth Wein - 3 E's.Thanks :-)"
As long as the book you chose fits for length and meets general criteria, she's a good fit."
Great. I think I am going to read Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
There is no mass market paperback yet but hardcover is 368 and paperback says 480 pages.
This is my plan:
1. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - 370 pages
2. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik - 398 pages
3. Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein - 368/480 pages
Melanie wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Melanie wrote: "For # 3 - can I get approval for Elizabeth Wein - 3 E's.Thanks :-)"
As long as the book you chose fits for length and meets general criteria, she'..."
This looks great (in fact, I quickly whipped over to put it on hold at the library). According to SRC rules, use the paperback for paging purposes.
Option 1: Summertime by Raffaella BarkerOption 2: The Angel's Game(The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Option 3: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
Claire wrote: "Option 1: Summertime by Raffaella BarkerOption 2: The Angel's Game(The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Option 3: [..."
Claire, the first two look good. but Tea Time is too short.
So, I'm assuming that as long as AR requirements are met, children's as a genre is OK?
Valerie wrote: "So, I'm assuming that as long as AR requirements are met, children's as a genre is OK?"Valerie, as long as the book meets the AR requirements AND the task requirements, Children's as a genre is okay.
Melissa wrote: "Fun task! Conveniently (serendipitously? "the universe is creepin' on me"-ly?), the stack of books next to my chair had three books already in it to fit this task.Book 1: Hausfrau..."
I may have to trade out Book 2 since I don't think I'll get to the Holsinger book before the end of the challenge. So I think I'll sub in
by Margaret Atwood, which is the second Maddaddam book. I'm about half-way through the audio right now so it's a good bet I'll get this one done. :) (Have to recommend this audio version - they composed music and sing all the Gardener hymns which is nice and also kind of creepy because of the whole cult thing)Also going to shift The Book of Unknown Americans to 25.7 (Awards Season - TOB longlist!) - I needed to put Sweet Revenge by Lynsay Sands somewhere and Sands does have three S's in her name.
Ch-ch-changes!
Melissa wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Fun task! Conveniently (serendipitously? "the universe is creepin' on me"-ly?), the stack of books next to my chair had three books already in it to fit this task.Book 1: [book:Ha..."
Melissa, Change away. Don't forget when you post Year of the Flood that you'll also need a link to the paper copy for page length.
I'd like to read Promise Not to Tell for option 2. I have the kindle edition, but looks like the MMPB edition ends in 2 for page numbers, with 272 pages.Most of the page number counts in the list are over 250.
Works?
Deana wrote: "I'd like to read Promise Not to Tell for option 2. I have the kindle edition, but looks like the MMPB edition ends in 2 for page numbers, with 272 pages.Most of the page number coun..."
Looks like it works for this. Be sure you link to both the kindle edition you read AND the MMPB. Looks good.
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Option 1: Jerusalem: A Family Portrait
option 3: The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind Barbara Strauch..."
Cindie, Jerusalem is fine.
Barbara Strauch is fine but that particular book doesn't have enough pages. If you are reading an edition with 250+ pages it's fine, but be sure you link to the correct edition.