The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.1 – Schatzie’s task: Villain One-liners
This is a two book task. Pick two different options.
Required: state your options when posting

Option 1: “My Precious.”
Golem loves his ring. He even gave it a special term of endearment. Schatzie is also a term of endearment in German, meaning hun or sweetheart. For this option, read a book with one of the terms of endearment from this list Popular Terms of Endearment in the TITLE, not subtitle. Plurals are allowed, otherwise, words must match exactly.

Option 2: “I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too.”
Not many female villains have such a memorable one-liner. For this option, read a book written by a single female author AND the cover has a domestic dog on it.
Required: Post cover. Include a reference to establish the author's gender if it is not included on the author's GR page.

Option 3: “I am your father.”
I worked at a theatre when this movie “Empire Strikes Back,” came out and when this line was spoken there were many viewers having a v-8 moment and smacking their heads. It was all anyone talked about in the lobby after the movie ended and many ‘second’ tickets were purchased to see it again. For this option, read a book that is the second book in any series. It must be identified in the Goodreads metadata and follow the title/subtitle on the book's main page (series #2).

Option 4: “Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.”
The Joker was a great supervillain. Jack Nicholson brought a level of creepiness to that role, as did Heath Ledger, especially with the memorable red lips.
For this option, read a book with red text on the cover. All of the text need not be red, but at least one entire word has to completely red.
Required: Post cover.

list of terms of endearment:
sugar
honey
pumpkin
muffin
sweetie pie
bae
boo
babygirl
love
baby
angel
lover
sweetheart
sunshine
doll
hun
hubby
wifey

Approved:

Opt. 1:
The Fifth Doll

Opt. 3:
A Bone to Pick

Opt. 4:The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother
The Great Train Robbery
Fantasmas Do Século XX
Cat About Town

Not approved:

Opt. 4: Beauty and His Beast
Don't Let Go
A Contrary Wind: a variation on Mansfield Park

This help thread is open.

SRC Moderator wrote: " from this list Popular Terms of Endearment"

The link isn't working.

It’s working for me tien

oh really? I just tried it again and it's still saying, "This site can't be reached"

ETA: I tried website on my phone (mobile data) & it works. Must be some firewall with the laptop (wifi)

Tien wrote: "oh really? I just tried it again and it's still saying, "This site can't be reached"

ETA: I tried website on my phone (mobile data) & it works. Must be some firewall with the laptop (wifi)"

Sorry for your troubles. I'll list the names in msg. 2.

Does this work for option 4:

Cindie wrote: "Does this work for option 4:

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Yes, Cindie, that works.

Donna wrote: "Cindie wrote: "Does this work for option 4:

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Yes, Cindie, that works."

thank you

Please verify for Option 4 - Text in Red (author's name)

Book Concierge wrote: "Please verify for Option 4 - Text in Red (author's name)
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That works.

Would work for option 4? The author's name (Joe Hill) at the top looks red to me.

Amanda wrote: "Would work for option 4? The author's name (Joe Hill) at the top looks red to me."

that works Amanda.

Afternoon.

Is this okay for red text? It looks red to me, but I thought I'd better check.



Thank you.

Trish wrote: "Afternoon.

Is this okay for red text? It looks red to me, but I thought I'd better check.



Thank you."

It looks red to me too. Happy reading.

Thank you.

Seeking approval for:for
for
Option #1-The Fifth Doll

Option #3-A Bone to Pick

Wanda wrote: "Seeking approval for:for
for
Option #1-The Fifth Doll

Option #3-A Bone to Pick"

Those work Wanda.

Thank you. This is a great task!

Does this work for option 4?

from tineye
35.4 %Seal Brown (Black)
33.3 %Storm Dust (Grey)
14.6 %Silver (Grey)
8.4 %Bud (Green)
2.1 %Rain Forest (Green)
1.9 %Solid Pink (Brown)
1.3 %Roman (Red)
1.3 %Mongoose (Brown)
1.2 %Saratoga (Green)
0.6 %Sante Fe (Brown)

I' m sorry to ask. I'm so terrible with determining color.

Susan A wrote: "


Does this work for option 4?

from tineye
35.4 %Seal Brown (Black)
33.3 %Storm Dust (Grey)
14.6 %Silver (Grey)
8.4 %Bud (Green)
2.1 %Rain Forest (Green)
..."

I'm not sure tin eye works for a specific item on a cover. This option just needs to have one word on the cover that is red. "Beauty" on this cover looks pink to me, so I'm sorry, that won't work.

Suzannesea

Do you think this is enough red text for Option 4?



Thanks!

Suzanne wrote: "Suzannesea

Do you think this is enough red text for Option 4?



Thanks!"


I'm sorry Suzanne. It just needs to have one word that is completely red and I only see 'partly red'.

Does this work for #4?


TinEye calls the title color Persian Plum (Red)

Julia wrote: "Does this work for #4?


TinEye calls the title color Persian Plum (Red)"

Hi Julia, I'm sorry. This one looks purple to me. These color tasks are tricky because colors can vary from screen to screen. I double checked on my home computer, my phone, my husband's computer and my daughter's. It looked purple.

Donna wrote: "Julia wrote: "Does this work for #4?


TinEye calls the title color Persian Plum (Red)"

Hi Julia, I'm sorry. This one looks purpl..."

That's OK. I thought it was borderline and mainly asked because of TinEye. Their classification as red is odd because Plum is normally considered purple.

How about these titles for option 3?

Dearly Devoted Dexter or Body of Evidence

Aprilleigh wrote: "How about these titles for option 3?

Dearly Devoted Dexter or Body of Evidence"

They both have the designation of being #2, so either work.

Option 4?

Emurphy wrote: "Option 4?

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Sorry Emurphy, just one word needs to be solid red and I didn't see that.

Would this title work for option 4 (red text on cover)?