The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

10.2 - Queen of Denial: Read a book with the word “no” “not” or “never” in the title/subtitle or a word beginning with a negative prefix: no-, non-, il-, im-, in-,ir-, dis-, un- For the purposes of this task, the prefix must make the root word into a negative, ex. unbroken= not broken, illegal= not legal, impossible= not possible, irresponsible= not responsible, incorrect= not correct, dishonest=not honest. Be careful, not every word beginning with those letters will work, you should be able to substitute "not 'word'" for the select word in the title.


If you have questions, need suggestions OR have suggestions for books to read for this task, please post them here.

approved words
Infidel
Immortal
Innocent
Insane
Nobody('s)
Unbearable
Uninvited

no, not, never compound words work
contractions of not- didn't etc. work

These don't work
until

I Was wondering if The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks would work?

Yay...I have had this book awhile and just want to make sure it will work...Nobody's Princess?

Randi wrote: "I Was wondering if The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks would work?"

yes

★Meghan★ wrote: "Yay...I have had this book awhile and just want to make sure it will work...Nobody's Princess?"

yes

in this post you said that it must make the root word into a negative and you used unbroken as an example but doesn't that make it a positve instead of a negative?

Jodi wrote: "in this post you said that it must make the root word into a negative and you used unbroken as an example but doesn't that make it a positve instead of a negative?"

negative as in "not broken"

Amanda wrote: "What about Neverwhere?"

That works

Would Unbearable Lightness work?
I just thought Unbearable would be a negative word.

insane would be OK right? insane = not sane

Melanie wrote: "Would Unbearable Lightness work?
I just thought Unbearable would be a negative word."

Unbearable works

Matt wrote: "insane would be OK right? insane = not sane"

yes, it works

i'm wondering if you would accept Infidel? the literal translation would be "one without faith."

from Wikipedia "The origins of the word Infidel date to the late 15th century, deriving from the French "infidèle" or Latin "infidelis", from in- ‘not’ + fidelis ‘faithful’ (from fides ‘faith,’ related to fidere ‘to trust’)."

thanks for your help! :)

kiki wrote: "i'm wondering if you would accept Infidel? the literal translation would be "one without faith."

from Wikipedia "The origins of the word Infidel date to the late 15th century, deri..."

I'll take it- your documentation makes it easy :)

great, thanks! :)

Thank you Dlmrose.

And innocent, would that work?

Tineke wrote: "And innocent, would that work?"

The "in" in this word means "no" sin, it works

Would 'until' work?

I'm kind of having an argument with myself about that one and need it cleared up.

Katrina wrote: "Would 'until' work?

I'm kind of having an argument with myself about that one and need it cleared up."

I can see the dilemma- I'll let the etymologists decide- the "un" in "until" is derived from the Old Norse und "as far as, up to", not a negative prefix.

What about

Ashlea wrote: "What about "

It works

Would No Passengers Beyond This Point work for this task?

Aneeqah wrote: "Would No Passengers Beyond This Point work for this task?"

Yes

Thank you! =)

would Unwind work

Jenn Renee wrote: "would Unwind work"

yes

(sorry, this got missed- I saw that you used another book)

I just finished up Unwind yesterday - highly recommend!!!

Dee wrote: "I just finished up Unwind yesterday - highly recommend!!!"

I love that book too.

apparently the next book is due out in 2012

Dlmrose wrote: "Jenn Renee wrote: "would Unwind work"

yes

(sorry, this got missed- I saw that you used another book)"

its ok. I had the one I used previously planned and thought I may change it but decided not to. lol. thanks though!

will work?

Laurie wrote: "will work?"

That works- didn't = did not

Dlmrose wrote: "Laurie wrote: "will work?"

That works- didn't = did not"

Thanks!!!