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Challenge #9: Task List and Q&A
Becky wrote: "Holly P wrote: "For 10.1 are we just going with first names or can we use any part of their full name? Hubby's name is Christopher which I'm not finding a lot of but I have a book that will fit if..."My husband's name is Christopher, also. Here's a book I found for it: Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford. Character's name is Christopher Tietjens.
Are Gabaldon Diana 's books (Outlander Series) considered HF?I really like the tasks for these challenges. :-)
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I really like the tasks for these challenges. :-)"
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Becky wrote: "April wrote: "for 10.1 husband's name is Christopher, but book has a Cristof, which is just a language change.Will this work?"
I would say that would be OK, but I'll let Jackie make the final ru..."
Yup that would work.
April, sorry I missed your questions!
How do we go about finding a book with a character who has our spouse's name? My husband's name is unusual - Kermit Dewitt - which is not your typical character's name unless it has Kermit the Frog and most of those are comics with less than 200 pages so would not qualify.
For 5.1 would this book qualify Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Margaret wrote: "For 5.1 would this book qualify Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen"Yes.
Heres the only books by anyone with the same last name as mine...The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining
And eleven subsequent editions about mid-wifery, ghosts, chicken fighting, coffin making, mule trading and such. Lol
I think I'll go with my maiden or first name haha. On the other hand, I just might learn something!
Quick question, does this challenge go to the end of March or April? Here it says March but on the other thread (Challenges 2012) it says April.Thanks,
My Nook died in December. Right when I had just started 2 books. I'm planning to read them from the beginning, obviously, because I've read probably read 50 books since then and I'd only made it about a chapter or two. Can I use the books for this challenge?
Margaret wrote: "Quick question, does this challenge go to the end of March or April? Here it says March but on the other thread (Challenges 2012) it says April.Thanks,"
March 31st. We need to amend the schedule. Thanks for pointing that out!
Shay wrote: "My Nook died in December. Right when I had just started 2 books. I'm planning to read them from the beginning, obviously, because I've read probably read 50 books since then and I'd only made it ab..."Yes, that would be fine.
Thanks. One was no big deal, I could always choose another book. The other is for the GR challenge task and another group I belong to has a GR Choice Awards challenge so I've already read a lot of the books that I want to read.
Whoa Shay! I just saw your goal for the year....400!! (O_O) What is your secret? Congrats on surpassing your goal for last year, btw!
I looked up the definition of micro history and it is "the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, the community of a village, a family or a person)." with that in mind I have a book that I think would qualify but wanted verification on that. It is Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them by Liz Curtis Higgs. What do you think? I will be reading it in March for a local event and wanted to incorporate it here, if possible.
LemonLinda wrote: "I looked up the definition of micro history and it is "the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, the community of a village, a fa..."I took a look at the reviews and it looks like it can qualify as a microhistory. It certainly sounds like an interesting book!
I have watched these challenges for a little while now and I have always wanted to participate, so now I am. I have a basic question, but I couldn't find the answer as I skimmed the feeds. If this question has been answered many times over, I am sorry for asking it again.Can one book be used to satisify multiple tasks? I have had Caleb's Crossing on my list for quite a while. Can I use it for 5.2 task and book 1 of the 100 task?
Jackie wrote: "Whoa Shay! I just saw your goal for the year....400!! (O_O) What is your secret? Congrats on surpassing your goal for last year, btw!"Mainly a combination of two things: I read really fast and I have insomnia. Let's say I'm reading a fluff book. I just read Eclipse and using GR updates, I checked how fast I was reading. I came in at about 160 pages per hour- not speed reading. About my normal reading speed for fluff type books. So, I can read a fairly non-taxing 300-ish page book in about 2 hours. In general, I would say I read about 100 pages per hour for other types. Maybe slower for really dense non-fiction or fiction. I also have insomnia, so I'm up around 3 am. The rest of the family doesn't wake up until 7 am, so that's a good 4 hours of reading. (If I weren't on GR so much) Plus I read off and on during the day and after the kids go to sleep.
Kirstin wrote: "I have watched these challenges for a little while now and I have always wanted to participate, so now I am. I have a basic question, but I couldn't find the answer as I skimmed the feeds. If this ..."Whoohoo for participating! Feel free to ask as many questions as you need to. :)
It's one book per task, so you would have to choose which task you want to use Caleb's Crossing for.
Jackie wrote: "LemonLinda wrote: "I looked up the definition of micro history and it is "the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, the community..."Thanks!
Also how about The Invisible Bridge for the war story from a noncombatant's view. I know it is about the Jewish viewpoint during WWII but am unsure whose voice it is in.
And for the task with a character with your spouse's name, if it is OK I will go with William as that is our last name and there just simply are no characters named Kermit. If that is OK then I think I have my books together for the challenge. Fun reading time ahead!
LemonLinda, I think The Invisible Bridge would work and yes, definitely use William. I don't think I've come across a character named Kermit other than on Sesame Street. lol
20.3 – Make Love Not War! Read a HF about war told from the point of view of a non-combatant Can I use Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor? It has multiple POV, but it's all set in a military prison. So, no one is really fighting battles in the Civil War.
I have selected a book which would work for two categories - Massachussetts by Nancy Zaroulis about New England and a book whose author's name is the same as mine, Nancy Zaroulis for Nancy. Can 1 book be used for two different tasks? The book is over 700 pages so I wouldn't feel guilty if the powers that be said yes or will understand if they say no.
I have my plan of attach and am bound and determined to follow-thru with atleast half of it. i can use a few of the books i currently have checked out from the library for theses tasks - YEAH!
Beth NC wrote: "Would At the Dark End of the Street work for microhistory?"It sounds like it would because according to the description and reviews it's more than just about Rosa Parks' biography.
Nancy wrote: "I have selected a book which would work for two categories - Massachussetts by Nancy Zaroulis about New England and a book whose author's name is the same as mine, Nancy Zaroulis for Nancy. Can 1 ..."It's one book per task.
Thanks Jackie. Now i have to find two books that fit the bill. What a burden! LOL
would you count this as gold or just yellow . . .
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I'm not sure I fully understand the concept of microhistory, so I'm just going to ask if a particular book will fit: The King's Speech?
Debbie wrote: "would you count this as gold or just yellow . . .?"It seems gold to me. *shrug*
LOL.
JenC. wrote: "I'm not sure I fully understand the concept of microhistory, so I'm just going to ask if a particular book will fit: The King's Speech?"This one seems more like a biography to me. If it were to encompass case studies on speech defects, therapies, etc over a long period of time then it can count as a microhistory, but really this is just focused on one person.
Thanks. I think I'll just pick something from a listopia list.
Can it be a microhistory of a place? Like London: The Biography? It's on the GR listopia list of microhistories. http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/10...
That would work Shay. If it's on the listopia list it should be fine.
Can historical non-fiction be substituted for any of the tasks that say HF? Would being able to communicate with ghosts be considered an enhanced sense? The book I am thinking of is historical fiction.
If it says HF it has to be historical fiction. I would take communication w/ ghost as an enhanced sense. To me it's a kind of psychic sense. For the enhanced sense task any book goes...it doesn't have to be HF, but if you read HF for the task you get an extra point.
For 15.1 would Leviathan work? It's an alternate history centered around the start of WW1 and I think Archduke of Austria is a main character.
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "For 15.1 would Leviathan work? It's an alternate history centered around the start of WW1 and I think Archduke of Austria is a main character."Nope. Alternative history is just another term for fantasy :)
10.2 – What’s in a Name? Read a book by an author that has the same first or last name as you do Do we need to find an exact spelling our first name? My name is Christina, if I read a book by Kristina would that count? Thus far, I have found a lot of romance novels by a Christina (Dodd), but I am more interested in Letters From Home by Kristina McMorris which is listed on the Choice Awards for HF.
Would I, Claudius work for the task on betrayal? I know there is a lot of intrigue in that one - just unsure it any of it is actually betrayal.
Christina wrote: "10.2 – What’s in a Name? Read a book by an author that has the same first or last name as you do Do we need to find an exact spelling our first name? My name is Christina, if I read a book by Kr..."
That would work.
LemonLinda wrote: "Would I, Claudius work for the task on betrayal? I know there is a lot of intrigue in that one - just unsure it any of it is actually betrayal."I haven't read it so I don't know. I know it was a group read so maybe someone here who has read it can help answer this.
That is the one I am planning to use based on the summary on GRs.
Jackie wrote: "LemonLinda wrote: "Would I, Claudius work for the task on betrayal? I know there is a lot of intrigue in that one - just unsure it any of it is actually betrayal."I haven't read it s..."
Yes I believe it would work. There are many different betrayals in I Claudius. Just Livia alone would qualify.
Nancy wrote: "Would?Someone Knows My Name work for the book about slavery"Yeah, it definitely applies.
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And slavery anywhere is OK, not just the US.