The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.2 - Amanda A's Task: March Madness

March Madness, the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, is one of my favorite times of the year.

Please choose two different options and read a book for each. The combined pages of both books must be at least 500 pages. No books with a main page genre of Childrens or Kids may be used for this task.

REQUIRED: State the options you chose in your post.

Option 1: The NCAA tournament will begin on March 19th with a field of 68 teams.
a) Read a book FIRST published in March of any year
or
b) with '68' intact in the page number.

Option 2: My favorite team is the Duke Blue Devils. Read a book with a cover that is at least 50% blue according to TinEye. To extract colors in TinEye, use the picture on the book's main page (as-is, not enlarged) and uncheck the boxes that say "Exclude background color from extracted colors" and "Exclude interior background color from extracted colors," if they are checked. Further directions on how to use TinEye can be found in message 4 of this help thread.

Examples:

Option 3: Duke has won the National Championship five times: 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 and 2015.
a) Read a book with a five word TITLE which also contains at least one of these numbers in the page count: 1, 2, 5, 9, 0. Ignore subtitles.
or
b) Read a book that is #5 in a series which also contains at least one of these numbers in the page count: 1, 2, 5, 9, 0.

Option 4: The 2019 Final Four will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The last two times Minneapolis hosted the Final Four, Duke won the National Championship. I hope this year has the same result!
Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA. Letters may only be used as often as they appear in the target. All initials count.

.

.

To use TinEye

• Navigate to the main page of the book you've chosen
• Right click on the picture of your book (as-is on the main book page)
• Choose "copy image address" or just "copy"
• Paste the image address in the box that says "enter image URL"
• As an alternative, you may drag-and-drop your cover image onto the TinEye page. Or, you can choose "open image in a new tab" (or window) and copy the URL in the address bar and paste that into TinEye.
• Go to https://labs.tineye.com/color/
• Click "extract colors"
• Scroll down and uncheck the boxes that say "Exclude background color from extracted colors" and "Exclude interior background color from extracted colors," if checked
• Add the percentages listed beside any color that has blue in parentheses beside it

EX.
#28515e 89.4 % Arapawa (Blue)
#73692f 2.0 % Himalaya (Green)
#9e913f 1.8 % Highball (Green)
#494c30 1.5 % Waiouru (Green)
#4f6758 1.3 % Mineral Green (Green)
#e5b10a 1.3 % Gamboge (Yellow)
#bf9c23 1.2 % Buddha Gold (Yellow)
#92cbd7 0.9 % Morning Glory (Blue)
#818959 0.7 % Clay Creek (Grey)

This help thread is open

For option 3a, include subtitles or not?

Thank you.

Kim wrote: "For option 3a, include subtitles or not?

Thank you."

Exclude subtitles.

Great task, Amanda!

Book Concierge wrote: "Great task, Amanda!"

Thanks!

Seeking approval for:

Option 2- TinEye has it as 57.5% Blue(This is the addition that I have)

Option#4-Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron

Wanda wrote: "Seeking approval for:

Option 2- TinEye has it as 57.5% Blue(This is the addition that I have)

Option#4-Christmas Mourning by [author:Margare..."

Both books fit the task requirements.

Will these work?

Option 1: Dearly Devoted Dexter, first published March 15, 2005

Option 4: Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer

Aprilleigh wrote: "Will these work?

Option 1: Dearly Devoted Dexter, first published March 15, 2005

Option 4: Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer"

Yes.