Reading with Style discussion

10.4 - 9, 10, 11: This challenge includes the 9th, 10th and 11th months of the year. Read a book with a 9-, 10-, or 11-letter word in the title.

Does The Handmaid's Tale work ? I would be using it for combo as 3 books on my library pile already work for this, but wondering how the apostrophe works.

Will subtitles be included, or just the main title?

Yes, possessives, plurals etc. will count. Subtitles also count, except the generic type as, xxxxx: a biography.

thank you!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, possessives, plurals etc. will count. Subtitles also count, except the generic type as, xxxxx: a biography."

Thanks, Elizabeth!

Would these work?
The Axe (The Master of Hestviken, #1) Hestviken 9 letters
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) Stormlight 10 letters

I'm sorry. Both of those longer words are in the series title, not the volume title and won't work for this task.

Thanks, Elizabeth. I thought not, but perhaps some of the unpublished tasks will accommodate them. I'm finding that several books I plan to read don't yet fit the Fall tasks.

Off the top of my head, I'm 99% sure The Axe will fit an unpublished task. Not sure about the other one.

Thanks, Elizabeth. I must be patient!

Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "Thanks, Elizabeth. I must be patient!"

You note the 99% - I have to hedge a bit, because until they're posted, they're not the tasks. I'm not sure when Liz will post, but likely Monday, or late Sunday, after everyone has posted all of their summer books.

Can't wait!

When you say possesives count do you mean the apostrophe counts as a letter or the letter after an apostrophe can be counted. For example:

Lisette's List: A Novel

Is this 9 or 8 in the count?

You should be counting letters only.

Possesives count as as single words, however only the letters count. Therefore, Handmaid's is a nine-letter word and Lisette's is an eight-letter word.

Liz M wrote: "Possesives count as as single words, however only the letters count. Therefore, Handmaid's is a nine-letter word and Lisette's is an eight-letter word."

Thanks Liz and Elizabeth.

Would adventure or adventures in the title such as The Adventures of Robin Hood count or is that considered generic?

Yes, Adventures is a legitimate part of the title and qualifies for this task.

Thank you.

Does only the original title count or only the English title, or the title of the language I'm reading it in?
E.g., I'm reading Mike Horn in German, who actually wrote it in French. It doesn't matter with this because there is a long enough word in each title (even the English one), but sometimes there can be differences.

Phoebe wrote: "Does only the original title count or only the English title, or the title of the language I'm reading it in?
E.g., I'm reading Mike Horn in German, who actually wrote it in French. It doesn't matt..."

We will use the English title for word-length.

Ok, thanks!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, possessives, plurals etc. will count. Subtitles also count, except the generic type as, xxxxx: a biography."

Does A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany fall into the 'generic' category? It seems a little more specific, but I could see it going either way.

Tony wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, possessives, plurals etc. will count. Subtitles also count, except the generic type as, xxxxx: a biography."

Does
A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany
fall i..."

You're good to go on this one!

You're good to go on this one!

Excellent. Thanks.

If we are counting subtitles, do we use the one on the edition of the book we are actually reading or the one for the most popular edition (like we do for page numbers)?

I am reading The Tall Man : Death and Life on Palm Island for which the most popular edition is Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee.

Coralie wrote: "If we are counting subtitles, do we use the one on the edition of the book we are actually reading or the one for the most popular edition (like we do for page numbers)?

I am reading [book:The Tal..."

We'll be using the most popular English language print edition, so you win on this one! ;-)

Thank you. That's one off my pile of square pegs.

I have a book I'm wanting to use for this challenge, but it's not in the Goodreads database at all. It's Romans Were Known For Their Aquaducks: And Other Gems of Wit and Wisdom in Western Civilization. It was only published last month, so that may be why. The link is below.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N...

Heather wrote: "I have a book I'm wanting to use for this challenge, but it's not in the Goodreads database at all. It's Romans Were Known For Their Aquaducks: And Other Gems of Wit and Wisdom in Western Civilizat..."

I added both the kindle and paperback editions, so you should be good to be able to claim it for the challenge.

Do coumpound words work ?

I'm reading The Demi-Monde: Winter, I wanted to know if it fits this category.

Marie wrote: "Do coumpound words work ?

I'm reading The Demi-Monde: Winter, I wanted to know if it fits this category."

Yes, compound words are good for this.

I have another one that's not in the database... Best Autocorrect Fails: Text Messages That Didn't Mean to Send. can you enter it for me so I can claim it? thanks!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M...

Heather wrote: "I have another one that's not in the database... Best Autocorrect Fails: Text Messages That Didn't Mean to Send. can you enter it for me so I can claim it? thanks!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product..."

Added - you should be good to go on this one too!

I read A World Lit Only by Fire which has the sub-title The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance but the subtitle isn't included when I add the book title (though, if you click the included link, you can see on the page that it's listed under "original title"). Am I still able to count this even though it's not coming up properly with the goodreads link?

Anika wrote: "I read A World Lit Only by Fire which has the sub-title The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance but the subtitle isn't included when I add the book title (though, if you click the includ..."

Yes, we'll accept that. The sub-title is clearly on the cover, and some of the editions include it. But, this older mind might need a nudge, so please include a reminder when you post.