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Post 20 Valerie wrote: "10.9 Cheese!Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames
This was a very enjoyable cozy mystery. The main characters were fairly well established in the first book of the serie..."
+10 Female
15.2 SSBSquare N3 - Free choice
The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1916)
Task total = 20
Season Total = 65
Bingo: N2, N3
10.9 Cheese!Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
A character eats cheese on long slices of pear.
+10 task
Task total = 10
Season Total = 45
10.8 Are You a Bookshop or Library Person?The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
+10 task
+10 Female
Task total = 20
Season Total = 35
Owlette wrote: "Does MPG (main page genre) include the genres displayed after clicking “More”?"Yes! But not "show all", which takes you to another page.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "EDIT: We’re doing the same row it looks like."I also plan to do that row!
15.1 SSBSquare N2 - A book written by two authors
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total = 15
Bingo: N2
Added to the task description: or whose title contains the word "curious", "curiosity", or "wonder". Plurals and possessives are acceptable - no other variations.
At Karen Michele's suggestion, we have expanded the requirements for her task 10.7 a little. Please re-check the task thread or Task Overview.
Connie wrote: "Books of poetry and plays have been considered nonfiction for some tasks in the past. Are they both OK for this task?"No, this is different from "not a novel". We won't take poetry and plays for this one.
As Elizabeth says, we need all of the initials to be in ELMORE LEONARD, please.Also, letters can't be used more times than they appear in ELMORE LEONARD. So for example Naomi Novik will not work, because there's only one N.
Summer is over! Moving on to Fall...
Happy to see you back, Ed! Very best wishes.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Just because, I have a 3-word title on my shelf that I think qualifies. Although I was taught vowels are not alliterative, perhaps this works at RwS.Inspector Imanishi Investigates"
Yes! I can see where it could be argued that the middle word might have more of an ee sound, but we'll take it!
Most languages don't distinguish between our short i and our long ee. I trained to teach English as a foreign language years ago, and we used a book called Ship or Sheep? - the difference is very difficult for people from many countries to hear or say. I think this is the same in American and British accents.
Wow. That is fascinating. I'd never thought about those contronyms, nor heard the word. Language is so strange!
Owlette wrote: "Hi. Making a plan and would like to know whether India counts as a tropical/partially tropical country (square O3).Yes, India is partially tropical.
Elizabeth earlier linked to a useful map: https://worldpopulationreview.com/cou...
The green countries are fully tropical, the orange countries are partially tropical. If you hover over the map, it gives you the name of the country. It may be a surprise to see Alaska there, but the USA counts because of Hawaii.
For O5, alliterative title, what if a word is between the two words that start with the same letter? Example: Murder and Mayhem."
That doesn't work, sorry. The square says that ALL words must start with the same sound. In my own planning I've found some two-word titles that work, but nothing longer. I'm sure there are some, but I don't have any.
All tasks and group reads for Fall are now posted!If you submitted a task and we have changed it slightly, there will be a reason for this! Please reach out if you need explanations.
10.1 Member Lotto (Katy's task)In honor of heading back to school, read a nonfiction book that is not a biography, autobiography or memoir.
Please post your questions for task 10.1 here.
Please be aware that there are some children's books on the list that will not meet the Lexile rule: if any edition of a book is shelved Juv, YA, or Assignment at Brooklyn Public Library, it can be read for tasks (provided it has at least 100 pages in the MPE), but to qualify for styles it must either be on Bloom's Canon or have a Lexile rating of at least 700. If it is not on the Lexile site and is not on Bloom's Canon, it does not qualify for styles.Books with at least 100 pages that are not listed at Brooklyn and are not mostly pictures, do qualify for styles.
Books that have different Lexile ratings for different editions: we will take the highest rating.
Brooklyn Public Library: https://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary...
Lexile site: https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/
Bloom's Canon: http://sonic.net/~rteeter/grtbloom.html
10.7 Be Curious (Karen Michele's task)I think a lot of us read because we are curious about the world. For this task, read a book (that meets RwS requirements) that has been shelved at least 4 times as “curiosity” https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... or whose title contains the word "curious", "curiosity", or "wonder". Plurals and possessives are acceptable - no other variations.
Please post your questions for task 10.7 here.
