30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning

[Kristina Simon]

30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got way too many books on my shelves at home. I’m not even sure how they all got there – perhaps the book gnomes have been leaving them, or perhaps I’ve been shopping in my sleep. Anyway, I’m hoping to cross a whole bunch of them off my list during this challenge, and it occurred to me that I could start with my own task. So here’s what I did: I grabbed a random stack off my TBR shelf and chose task options to fit them.

For this task, please choose two of the options below and read one book for each. When posting, please state which options you selected. And please also note: your books don’t have be the same as mine, although you are certainly free to read one or two off my list.

1. Resistance by Anita Shreve – Read a book with Historical Fiction on its main genre page.

2. London by Edward Rutherfurd – Read a book with the name of a real-life place where people live in the title or subtitle. This could be a country, state, province, city, town, autonomous region, crown dependency, etc.

3. Dingley Falls by Michael Malone – Read a book whose author’s first and last names begin with the same letter. Authors with middle names, initials, or hyphenated names won't work for this one. Two initials only, same letter.

4. The Magic Circle by Katherine Neville – Read a book that has Adventure listed on its main genre page.

5. Sixpence House: Lost In A Town of Books by Paul Collins – Read a book with Books About Books on its main genre page (can be fiction or non-fiction).

6. Three Junes by Julia Glass – Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle (not series title). The number may be written out or in numerical form. Cardinal numbers only, no ordinals (so 3 will work, but 3rd won't).

7. Elfland by Freda Warrington – read a Big Book (over 500 pages). General rules for determining page count of ebooks, audiobooks, and large print books apply (see rules #5 and #7). Readers of alternative formats (ebooks, audiobooks, and large print books) must link to the mass market paperback or other edition used to establish number of pages.

[Butterflycager]

Reserved

[Butterflycager]

Reserved

[Aleksandra]

Would you accept Chelsea Wives for option 2?

[Butterflycager]

Aleksandra wrote: "Would you accept Chelsea Wives for option 2?"

I can see why you asked - Chelsea tends to describe a neighborhood within a larger city rather than a town or city itself. But there is a town in Michigan called Chelsea (and probably there are other Chelseas in other states as well), and I'm only interested in the title here, not the setting. So I will accept it.

[Aleksandra]

Butterflycager wrote: "Aleksandra wrote: "Would you accept Chelsea Wives for option 2?"

I can see why you asked - Chelsea tends to describe a neighborhood within a larger city rather than a town or city itself. But the..."
That's great. Thank you :)

[Cassie]

Would you accept Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires for option 2? I wasn't sure if you'd take "New England" or if I could just go by "England".

[Butterflycager]

Cassie wrote: "Would you accept Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires for option 2? I wasn't sure if you'd take "New England" or if I could just go by "England"."

"England" works - I'll take it. In fact, I might read that one myself for this task - I've had that book on my shelf for two years now.

[Cassie]

Thank you!

[Wendy UK]

Will you accept:


One Million Tiny Plays About Britain for option 2

Don DeLillo for option 3 - his last name seems to be written as just one word even though it has a capital letter in the middle!

[Butterflycager]

Wendy UK wrote: "Will you accept:


One Million Tiny Plays About Britain for option 2

Don DeLillo for option 3 - his last name seems to be written as just one word even though it has a capital letter in the middle!"

I'll accept both of them.

[Wendy UK]

Butterflycager wrote: " Wendy UK wrote: "Will you accept:


One Million Tiny Plays About Britain for option 2

Don DeLillo for option 3 - his last name seems to be written as just one word even though it has a capital l..."


Thanks Butterflycager

[Candy]

Would you except The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for option 2?

[Jana]

Will you accept the city name in the subtitle? I'm thinking of A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown

[Butterflycager]

Candy wrote: "Would you except The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for option 2?"

Let's see...Guernsey is a British Crown Dependency, so not really a state or country...you know what? I'm going to take it, and I'm going to amend the wording of the task a little bit to include places like that. What I was really after was the name of a real place, and Guernsey definitely fits that.

[Butterflycager]

Jana wrote: "Will you accept the city name in the subtitle? I'm thinking of A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown"

Yes, I'll accept that book, and I'll amend the wording in that option to include subtitle. Thanks for catching that!

[Candy]

Butterflycager wrote: "Candy wrote: "Would you except The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for option 2?"

Let's see...Guernsey is a British Crown Dependency, so not really a state or country...you know what..."

Thanks :)

[Sam]

Would Living Dead in Dallas work for option #2?

[Butterflycager]

Sam wrote: "Would Living Dead in Dallas work for option #2?"

Sure, that would work fine.

[Serenity]

For option 6, I want to read 1Q84, but Murakami. I own the 3-book US paperback set, but the hardback US version has all 3 books combined into one. It was originally published in Japan as 3 books in a series, though. So can I count only 1 volume for option 6, and use the other 2 volumes for other tasks?

[Kayleigh]

For option 2, I just want to check on using Manhattan for a place, since is isn't really a city it is a borough. I was thinking Shopaholic Takes Manhattan.

Thanks:)

[Butterflycager]

Keltie Lee wrote: "For option 2, I just want to check on using Manhattan for a place, since is isn't really a city it is a borough. I was thinking Shopaholic Takes Manhattan.

Thanks:)"

Manhattan is definitely a place where people live, and I'll accept it.

[Butterflycager]

Serenity wrote: "For option 6, I want to read 1Q84, but Murakami. I own the 3-book US paperback set, but the hardback US version has all 3 books combined into one. It was originally published in Japan as 3 books in..."

Hey, Serenity - this question is a little above my pay grade. Let me check with a mod and get back to you on this one...

[Kristina Simon]

Serenity wrote: "For option 6, I want to read 1Q84, but Murakami. I own the 3-book US paperback set, but the hardback US version has all 3 books combined into one. It was originally published in Japan as 3 books in..."

The general rules of the challenge state: "7. Each book must be read completely and can be counted only once per challenge. All elements of books separated into multiple audio or paperback parts (often identified as “Part 1”, “Part 2”, etc.) must be read." So, no, you can't split them up.

[Serenity]

Okay thanks!

[Claire]

Option 1 - Changeling - Philippa Gregory

Option 2 - Daughters of Iraq - Revital Shiri-Horowitz

[Chris]

For Option 2, would you accept Xtabentum: A Novel Of Yucatan? According to Wikipedia, Yucatan is a "federal district" (the equivalent of a state) in Mexico.

[Butterflycager]

Claire wrote: "Option 1 - Changeling - Philippa Gregory

Option 2 - Daughters of Iraq - Revital Shiri-Horowitz"

Both of these will work fine. Good choices!

[Butterflycager]

Chris wrote: "For Option 2, would you accept Xtabentum: A Novel Of Yucatan? According to Wikipedia, Yucatan is a "federal district" (the equivalent of a state) in Mexico."

I'll accept it.

[KarenF]

I think this is similar to the "Chelsea" question but wanted to double-check. For option 2 is Moon Over Soho OK?

[Butterflycager]

KarenF wrote: "I think this is similar to the "Chelsea" question but wanted to double-check. For option 2 is Moon Over Soho OK?"

Sure, I'll accept it.

[JennRenee, Moderator]

would Earth work for option 2

[Butterflycager]

JennRenee wrote: "would Earth work for option 2"

Well, it's definitely a real place where people live. I'll take it.

[JennRenee, Moderator]

Butterflycager wrote: "JennRenee wrote: "would Earth work for option 2"

Well, it's definitely a real place where people live. I'll take it."
awesome Thanks!

[Soelo]

I want to check and make sure that The Twenty-One Balloons will be okay to use for option six. I know the title works, but it may be considered a "Young Reader" book and ineligible for a 30 point task.

[Butterflycager]

Sarah wrote: "I want to check and make sure that The Twenty-One Balloons will be okay to use for option six. I know the title works, but it may be considered a "Young Reader" book and ineligible for a 30 point t..."

Hi, Sarah. I've never read this book, so I'm not sure about its eligibility. Let me see if any of the mods have read it and what they think, and I'll get back to you.

[Butterflycager]

Sarah, I looked at The Twenty-One Balloons via Amazon's Look Inside feature, and I talked with Kristi about it. Since this book has rather advanced vocabulary and style, and since it doesn't have illustrations on every page, it's not really a young reader book. So it is eligible for this task, and I will accept it.

[Soelo]

Thank You =)