The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

50.1 Coralie's task: Moonshadow – the Musical
Everywhere you go around town at the moment you see ads for the world premiere of Moonshadow the musical by Cat Stevens. So, to get in the spirit..

Choose three of the following options and read a book for each of them.

Option 1 - Read a book with the word "moon" or "shadow" in the title/subtitle ex. Carolina Moon, A Fall of Moondust, Seduced by Moonlight, Shadowmarch
OR
read a book with "cat" or "steven" in the author’s name. ex. Catherine Coulter, Edwidge Danticat, Willa Cather, Robert Louis Stevenson, Steven D. Levitt

Variations are permissible as long as the entire word is included consecutively.

Option 2- Read a book that has been made into a stage musical, movie musical, or opera. Here's a list of musicals to get you started but there are more
Required: Please identify the musical or opera when you post. Please explain the connection if it isn't apparent in the book description

Option 3 - Read a book about Islam or set in a country where Islam is the major religion or with a main character who is a Muslim.
Required: Please identify the country setting or Muslim character when you post.

Option 4 – Cat Stevens and Yusuf are the same person performing under different names. Read a book written by an author who writes under more than one name.
Required: Please include a Goodreads link to the author and identify at least one of the author's pseudonyms when you post. Include an offsite reference if the pseudonym is not included in the author's biography.

Option 5 - The musical is being performed in Australia, so read a book set in Australia.

Option 6 – The musical Moonshadow is described as an epic fantasy. Read a book that has ‘epic fantasy’ as a genre on its main Goodreads page.

Option 7 – Read a book where the complete title of one of Cat Stevens’ or Yusuf’s songs appears in the title and/or subtitle ex. Moonshadow, Blue Monday, Bitterblue, Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son (Father and Son)
Required: Please include the song title when you post

Option 8 – Yusuf Islam was born in England to a Greek-Cypriot father and a Swedish mother. Read a book by an author who was born in the UK, Greece, Cyprus or Sweden.
Required: Please include in your post a Goodreads link to the author and an offsite reference if the author's birthplace is not identified on Goodreads

Required: Please state the options you chose when you post.

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This help thread is open!

In option 7, the title can be within the book title?

"The Wind"
http://www.poemhunter.com/lyrics/cat-...

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

Thank you!

If the above doesn't work "because the title is broken up" does this one work?

The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin

Thanks

How fun! I think this is what I'll be doing:

Option 1: Shadow and Bone
Option 2: Anna Karenina
Option 7: Ready Player One (or The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer or Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void)

These are all on my TBR, and I'm glad there's a place for them in this challenge!

Great task!

Kathy G. wrote: "If the above doesn't work "because the title is broken up" does this one work?

The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin

Thanks"

A Wind in the Door doesn't work but The Wind's Twelve Quarters does.

Kara wrote: "How fun! I think this is what I'll be doing:

Option 1: Shadow and Bone
Option 2: Anna Karenina
Option 7: Ready Player One (or The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer or Packing for ..."

They all look fine.

oh this is great - I was looking for a way to fit Anne of Avonlea into the challenge and I jsut saw that there was a musical Anne & Gilbert based on both it and Anne of the Island - Coralie, you might be my new favorite person ;)

It's amazing just how many musicals there are out there that I've never heard of. I put that option there to encourage myself to finally finish Les Misérables.

I love Les Mis the musical, but have never dared the book

That book is like 1000 pages.

Thank you Coralie

Just want to check:
Option 1-Once in a Full Moon
Option 4-40 Love: A Novel (Madeleine Wickham/Sophie Kinsella)
Option 7-Crazy For Love (Crazy)

★Meghan★ wrote: "Just want to check:
Option 1-Once in a Full Moon
Option 4-40 Love: A Novel (Madeleine Wickham/Sophie Kinsella)
Option 7-Crazy For Love (Crazy)"

They look fine.

Great task, Coralie! I LOVE Cat Stevens!

Ann A wrote: "Great task, Coralie! I LOVE Cat Stevens!"

Me too!

I wanted to see if would work for option 4. Larissa Ione is part of a duo that writes under pen name Sydney Croft. Larissa Ione

★Meghan★ wrote: "I wanted to see if [bookcover:Pleasure Unbound] would work for option 4. Larissa Ione is part of a duo that writes under pen name Sydney Croft. Larissa Ione"

Yes, I would accept that as writing under two names.

Just wanted to check these books work for options 3 & 5.

3. The White Pearlby Kate Furnivall which is set in the 1940s in Malay which I believe is now Malaysia which is on the list of countries where Islam is a main religion

5. Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman- Set mainly in Australia.

For Option 1, "Cat" can't be in the title of the book, can it? For example, Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter?

Sam - Yes, I will approve those.

Ashley - No, 'cat' is for the author only.

1. Carolina Moon - Nora Roberts

2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

4. Shopaholic Ties The Knot - Sophie Kinsella

Claire wrote: "1. Carolina Moon - Nora Roberts

2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

4. Shopaholic Ties The Knot - Sophie Kinsella"

They look good to me.

My current choices are:

1. Finding Moon

3. The Places in Between - set in Afghanistan

8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - British author

However, I really wanted to do option 4. Does anyone have the link from a past SRC task where we had to find an author who wrote under another name?

Coralie wrote: "Sam - Yes, I will approve those.

Ashley - No, 'cat' is for the author only."

Thanks Coralie. I just need to decide on my 3rd option now.

Hello, I'd like to use a book by John Sanford for option 4. John Sanford is a pseudonym for John Camp, and he has published under both names. http://www.johnsandford.org/author.html Does this work?

Christina wrote: "Hello, I'd like to use a book by John Sanford for option 4. John Sanford is a pseudonym for John Camp, and he has published under both names. http://www.johnsandford.org/author.html Does this work?"

Yes, I will accept it.

Thank you Coralie!

Just want to check on the ability to use one-word song titles for option 7. For instance:

"Life" in "Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat"

or

"Time" in "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

Deana wrote: "Just want to check on the ability to use one-word song titles for option 7. For instance:

"Life" in "Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Won..."

Yes, they both work.

Thanks!

For option 1, would "Shadows" count as a variation of the word? I didn't see a comment on plural forms.

Thanks and sorry for the late question!

Judithe wrote: "For option 1, would "Shadows" count as a variation of the word? I didn't see a comment on plural forms.

Thanks and sorry for the late question!"
Yes, 'shadows' is fine.

Thank you!