The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

Kathryn wrote: "I have another couple of questions...

(1) For the 1, 2, 3 word task, would the word "the" count as a word? It is somewhat difficult to find a one word title that doesn't have "the" in front (i.e..."

1. Yes the word the counts as a word so those books would be 2 word titles. 2. I would think it could count as person or place because Tiffany is also a name but check with Cait. 3. Nightmare is a noun but the others are fine. 4. Yes homecoming would be fine.

Kathryn - There are a lot of one word titles out there. Here are the one word titles that are on my shelves.

Young Adult
Twilight
Eclipse
Uglies
Inkheart

Classics
Utopia
Macbeth
Hamlet
Foundation
Roots
Despair
Mary
Glory
Ulysses
We
Island

Other
Bitten
Kiss
Away
Disgrace
Blindness
Forever

Manday wrote: "Kathryn - There are a lot of one word titles out there. Here are the one word titles that are on my shelves.

Young Adult
Twilight
Eclipse
Uglies
Inkheart

Classics
Utopia
Macbeth
Hamlet
Foundation..."

A few more from my challenge task list are:

Gilead A Novel
Home A Novel
March
Sorceress

Could I read The Ressurectionist as a thing for the noun challenge? Is a ressurectionist a thing?

Hi, Cynthia. I'm wondering if Bear Daughter by Judith Berman would count toward the Native American Heritage task. It's fantasy, but based very strongly on Native American mythology, and with characters who appear to be Native Americans (although this isn't explicitly stated). I'm torn because I'm not sure how much influence the fantasy element has and how much is actually based on the Native American mythology, and where you want the line to be on this one.

For the "watch a movie/read a book" task, would New Moon work if I didn't claim the points until after the movie comes out in Nov. and I get to go see it?

Heather in KS

Donna Jo, I have a question for you. I want to use Stephen King/Joe Hill for the author relationship task. I have The Journals of Eleanor Druse My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident in my TBR pile and it's been there FOREVER! Would it count as authored by Stephen King? He is listed on Goodreads as the author, but I thought I would see your opinion on this before I added it to my challenge list. Thanks!

Heather in KS

Tracy wrote: "Could I read The Ressurectionist as a thing for the noun challenge? Is a ressurectionist a thing?"I don't think that would qualify

Heather wrote: "For the "watch a movie/read a book" task, would New Moon work if I didn't claim the points until after the movie comes out in Nov. and I get to go see it?

Heather in KS"That should be fine

Tani wrote: "Hi, Cynthia. I'm wondering if Bear Daughter by Judith Berman would count toward the Native American Heritage task. It's fantasy, but based very strongly on Native Amer..."As you said it doesn't specifically state they are Native American so I'm going to say no on that one.

Heather wrote: "Donna Jo, I have a question for you. I want to use Stephen King/Joe Hill for the author relationship task. I have [book:The Journals of Eleanor Druse My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Inc..."

Yes, go ahead with it, Heather.

Sweet! THANKS!!! I love clearing books out! :)

Tracy wrote: "Could I read The Ressurectionist as a thing for the noun challenge? Is a ressurectionist a thing?"

hey this conversation sounds familar LOL

we did this a while ago on another thread, according to dictionary.com there is no singular form so adding S we get

res⋅ur⋅rec⋅tion⋅ist  /ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃənɪst/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [rez-uh-rek-shuh-nist:] Show IPA
Use Resurrectionists in a Sentence
See web results for Resurrectionists
See images of Resurrectionists
–noun 1. a person who brings something to life or view again.
2. a believer in resurrection.
3. Also called resurrection man. a person who exhumes and steals dead bodies, esp. for dissection; body snatcher.

Tracy wrote: "Could I read The Ressurectionist as a thing for the noun challenge? Is a ressurectionist a thing?"

I'm sorry, that won't work for the task since it's a type of person.

Kathryn - here are some one word titles from my shelves (sorry if any are repeated):

Fool A Novel - Christopher Moore
Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
Seeing - Jose Saramago
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Underworld - Don DeLillo
Hope - Glen Duncan
Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto
Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
Clockers - Richard Price
Evening - Susan Minot
Emma - Jane Austen
Persuasion - Jane Austen
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
Unwind - Neal Shusterman
Saturday - Ian McEwan
Tethered A Novel - Amy MacKinnon
Naked - David Sedaris
Watermelon - Marian Keyes
Testimony - Anita Shreve
It - Stephen King
Neverwhere A Novel - Neal Gaiman
Watchmen - Alan Moore
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
Election - Tom Perrotta
Mercy - Jodi Picoult
Flight A Novel - Sherman Alexie
Flashforward - Robert J. Sawyer
Night - Elie Wiesel
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Dedication - Emma McLaughlin

Cynthia wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Could I read The Ressurectionist as a thing for the noun challenge? Is a ressurectionist a thing?"I don't think that would qualify

Heather wrote: "For the "watch a movie/read a book"..."

Thanks for the quick response, Cynthia.

Heather wrote: "For the "watch a movie/read a book" task, would New Moon work if I didn't claim the points until after the movie comes out in Nov. and I get to go see it?"

Hey — If anyone is still trying to figure out what they're going to watch/read, I just had one approved by Candace yesterday: Just Like Heaven (2005) and the book it was based on, If Only It Were True by Marc Levy (2000)

In the spirit of children being our future, could a book for the first 5 pointer have "baby" in the title?

Lauren wrote: "In the spirit of children being our future, could a book for the first 5 pointer have "baby" in the title?"I would like to stick only to the words listed so no.

For "Terrifying Titles", may I use "Soulless"?

Was it ever officially determined if "Hunger Games" could be used for science fiction or alternative history? I want to use the sequel somewhere in this challenge, possibly for one of those two tasks.

Could I use "The Last Dickens" for CAIT'S TASK? Or would it have needed to be "Charles Dickens" rather than just Dickens?

Jennifer wrote: "For "Terrifying Titles", may I use "Soulless"?

Was it ever officially determined if "Hunger Games" could be used for science fiction or alternative history? I want to use the sequel somewhere in t..."

Soulless is fine.

Hunger Games is fine for Science Fiction but not Alternative History as it takes place in the future and is therefore not history.

Dickens would be a last name so that is fine.

Thanks, Cynthia! I've already started on "Soulless" so that is excellent news!

I can't wait to read "Catching Fire"!

I have a review due for "The Last Dickens" for luxuryreading.com, so that is also perfect timing.

Cynthia, for the adoption task, would it be ok to use one of the books from the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay? Dexter Morgan was adopted. The story doesn't focus on adoption, but more on Dexter's internal struggle with his inhuman desires. However, his adopted father had a huge impact on how Dexter deals with his need to kill.

Jennifer wrote: "Thanks, Cynthia! I've already started on "Soulless" so that is excellent news!

I can't wait to read "Catching Fire"!

I have a review due for "The Last Dickens" for luxuryreading.com, so that is a..."

Jennifer - Catching Fire is SOOOO good. I just finished it a couple of days ago for one of my partial tasks and now I'm going nuts waiting to find out what will happen next!!

Oh, Candace, I'm so glad to hear that! I have some other things to read first (I am in desperate need of credits on PBS) so I'm going to read the books that I know will get me credits, and then read "Catching Fire". I will not ever swap those books!

Jennifer wrote: "Oh, Candace, I'm so glad to hear that! I have some other things to read first (I am in desperate need of credits on PBS) so I'm going to read the books that I know will get me credits, and then rea..."

What is PBS and how does it give you credit for reading books???

It's PaperBack Swap. You get credits for swapping/trading books with other members of that site.

Jennifer wrote: "Cynthia, for the adoption task, would it be ok to use one of the books from the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay? Dexter Morgan was adopted. The story doesn't focus on adoption, but more on Dexter's i..."As long as the book in question mentions that he was adopted I'll take it.

I'm sure it does. I'll try and find a page quoting it when I read it. The TV series constantly mentions he was adopted. It's been awhile since I read the first book, but it's the same there as well.

Jen wrote: "It's PaperBack Swap. You get credits for swapping/trading books with other members of that site."

Just a warning though --- I've found this site to be VERY addictive. :-) I now have even MORE books on my TBR shelf than before I joined, and I am haunting used book stores more than ever before. I'm looking for books that I want, and books that other members have put on their 'Wish List' on the site so I can get more credits for my account.

What is the point of getting credit?

I posted this in the Alternative History thread, but I thought I'd ask here, too.

Is The Patriot Witch acceptable for the Alternate History task? As I understand it it's The American Revolution with magic.

Kathryn wrote: "What is the point of getting credit?"

Hi Kathryn: 1 credit = one free book from the website. (Audiobooks cost 2 credits)

I'm happy to talk about this more if you'd like. You can send a note directly to me. I think this is a great website.

About Halloween-related adjectives...will "bloodsucking" work? Seems appropriate with the whole vampire thing.

Sam wrote: "About Halloween-related adjectives...will "bloodsucking" work? Seems appropriate with the whole vampire thing. "Yeah that's ok

Adrienne wrote: "I posted this in the Alternative History thread, but I thought I'd ask here, too.

Is The Patriot Witch acceptable for the Alternate History task? As I understand it it's The Americ..."Yes

Sara ♥ wrote: "Heather wrote: "For the "watch a movie/read a book" task, would New Moon work if I didn't claim the points until after the movie comes out in Nov. and I get to go see it?"

Hey — If ..."

Hey Just Like Heaven is a great choice: a fun movie (total chick flick w/ great views of San Francisco).

DJ--I even own the DVD. Still, either Marie Antoinette or The Solist is fine by me. So many choices...

Does anyone have any suggetions for Diane's Task #25.9? I read Julia's Chocolates for the second part of it, but I'm in need of a book for the first part - self help. Thank you

Task 5.9 (coming of age or senior citizen main character) says novel, but would a memoir work? I'd like to use An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland.

If not, would The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks count as a senior citizen main character?

Barbara wrote: "Does anyone have any suggetions for Diane's Task #25.9? I read Julia's Chocolates for the second part of it, but I'm in need of a book for the first part - self help. Thank you"

Barbara - (hi mom!) you can read a cookbook, or a do-it-yourself book. Maybe you could check out a book on what to do when you are retired? or how to kayak? or something like that? Or a computer program manual?

Barbara wrote: "Does anyone have any suggetions for Diane's Task #25.9? I read Julia's Chocolates for the second part of it, but I'm in need of a book for the first part - self help. Thank you"

There is a whole thread dedicated to help for Diane's task. Lots of great books were mentioned there. It may spark more ideas for you. It's labelled 'Diane's Task' in the TASK HELP folder.

Here's the link:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Barbara wrote: "Does anyone have any suggetions for Diane's Task #25.9? I read Julia's Chocolates for the second part of it, but I'm in need of a book for the first part - self help. Thank you"

I was going to suggest a cookbook too. Also (and you might have to get this ok'd by Diane), maybe
1001 Books for Every Mood A Bibliophile's Guide to Unwinding, Misbehaving, Forgiving, Celebrating, Commiserating or Book Lust Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason. I think they would count, since they're designed to help you expand your reading horizons.

5.9 Another good coming of age would be Water for Elephants

Cynthia,

Would Dread work for task 5.6? I was going to read Wicked Game, but am now #1 on my library hold list for The Secret of the Dread Forest (the third in a series I really enjoy). I will read it either way, but thought it would be nice to fit it into the challenge if possible.

Thanks,

Rachel

Rachel Lee wrote: "Cynthia,

Would Dread work for task 5.6? I was going to read Wicked Game, but am now #1 on my library hold list for The Secret of the Dread Forest (the third in a series I really enjoy). I will..."I'll take dread.

Katie wrote: "Task 5.9 (coming of age or senior citizen main character) says novel, but would a memoir work? I'd like to use An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland.

If not, would [book:The N..."The memoir is fine.

Im not sure if anyone asked this yet, but can I read Man in the Dark by Paul Auster for my alternative history book? At some point, the main character wakes up in a world where civil war has broken out in the US after the Supreme Court decision after the 2000 election.

Sara wrote: "Im not sure if anyone asked this yet, but can I read Man in the Dark by Paul Auster for my alternative history book? At some point, the main character wakes up in a world where civil..."That book is fine.

Cynthia - Will MythBusters count as a science movie if I watch two of them?

Bridgit wrote: "Cynthia - Will MythBusters count as a science movie if I watch two of them? "Sure

I was planning to read Playing the Moldovans at Tennis as my "physical education" book (15.7) but after re reading it I am not sure it works, so I thought I better ask.

Whatya think Cynthia?

I was wondering if The Abstinence Teacher would count for a positive gay character? I am only at the beginning, but there seem to already be two positive gay characters in it.

Manday wrote: "I was planning to read Playing the Moldovans at Tennis as my "physical education" book (15.7) but after re reading it I am not sure it works, so I thought I better ask.

Whatya think ..."This book would be fine and it fact it gives you 2 options (assuming your talking about using task option 2 not the audio option) - you could either watch/play soccer because there are soccer players or watch/play tennis as they play tennis at least I gather as much from the Amazon description.

thanks! That is exactly what I was thinking! I already have been watching the U.S. Open to complete the sports half!