The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe

One of the things I like most about spring is putting away the heavy sweaters and long underwear, and breaking out the short sleeves and lighter-colored clothing. With this task, you can clean out the closets and get ready for spring.

Select one (1) book for this task.

Option A: Cleaning Out the Closets
Select a book that has been on your Goodreads “To Be Read” list for over one year, or if you do not use this feature, select a book that was published in the year 2011 or earlier.

Option B: Cleaning Out the Closets II
Select a book that has a lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender main character, or which is shelved under the genre "GLBT" on the book's main Goodreads page.

Option C: Thrift Shop
When cleaning out the closet, it’s great to take some of the clothes you haven’t worn to the thrift shop, and to pick out some new clothes for the season. And I can’t get the song “Thrift Shop,” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, out of my head these days. Video*. *adult language
Select a book with a person wearing a fur coat or pajamas on the cover.

Option D: Thrift Shop II
Select a book that came to you used, either from a used bookstore, loaned from a friend, or from the library. Any book that you did not purchase new is fine for this task.
Required: Please identify the source of your book

Option E: Spring Wardrobe
It’s time for that brighter and lighter wardrobe!
Pastel colors are the colors we associate with Easter and spring time. Select a book with a predominately pink cover (at least half the cover).
ex.

Option F: Spring Wardrobe II
Starting in the spring, you can show more skin when selecting your wardrobe.
Select a book with a person on the cover showing skin. For this task "showing skin" will be: shirtless or wearing a sleeveless top with bare arms; showing bare legs (no visible stockings or other leg covering) with the knees showing; wearing a swimsuit
ex. ,

Required: Please state the options you selected when you post. If using cover options, please post a link to the book’s cover. If your choices aren’t obvious, please explain the connection.

Approved:

all the pink books in Melanie's message 12

books from Goodwill for Option D

non-fiction/biography/memoir where the person under discussion is gay for option B (include a link that mentions sexual orientation if it's not included in the Goodreads book summary or shelved as GLBT)

reserved

reserved

This help thread is open!

ohhh, love your option B ;) there is such a dearth of good books out there now featuring glbt characters - Julie Anne Peters is a favorite author of mine

Dee wrote: "ohhh, love your option B ;) there is such a dearth of good books out there now featuring glbt characters - Julie Anne Peters is a favorite author of mine"

I was able to meet David Levithan and Ellen Hopkins last year, both of whom have WONDERFUL LGBT characters in their amazing books. Julie Anne Peters is wonderful, too, and, oh, wow, I'm so excited!

there are a couple of good anthology type books out there - like The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

Ooh, I like this task! Pity I went through all of Emma Donoghue's bibliography last challenge. Most of her books are shelved GLBT.

You just reminded me I have been dying to listen to Macklemore's 'Can't Hold Us' for a couple of days but keep forgetting. Currently dancing!

Awesome task, Peebee!

Great task!
Although I'll probably be going with option B, I have a list of pink cover books from another SRC challenge, for those who are looking:)



For the Jane Austen fan:

My eyes! (Very bright post, LOL!)

OMG I love that song!!!! I have the lyrics stuck in my head now LOL I'm definitely going for Option C or Option D!!! Great Task PeeBee!!!

I wear your grandad's clothes,
I look incredible,
I'm in this big a$$ coat
from that thrift shop down the road.

I'm gonna pop some tags,
only got $20 in my pocket
I'm huntn' lookn' for a come up
this is *bleep* awesome

(little girl voice)Is that your grandma's coat?

Ms Anderson wrote: "Dee wrote: "ohhh, love your option B ;) there is such a dearth of good books out there now featuring glbt characters - Julie Anne Peters is a favorite author of mine"

I was able to meet David Lev..."

I love Ellen Hopkin's books!!! She is one of my all time favorite authors!!!

Oh yeah, for option D does the Goodwill count as a source?

Robin, yes, Goodwill counts...any used book works.

I know -- Thrift Shop is such a catchy tune, it's hard to get out of your head. I also saw some people do it at karaoke last night, so it's back!

One amazing book that I highly recommend for Option B: one of my favorite books of 2012, is John Irving's In One Person. I've been a fan since the unforgettable character of Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp and his latest work continues in that fine tradition.

for option B, will you accept non-fiction? i was hoping to read The Fry Chronicles. fry is gay, but it's not shelved as GLBT. thanks for your help! :)

I will accept non-fiction/biography/memoir where the person under discussion is gay. (And I rather like it that not every book about a LGBT person gets shelved that way.)

However, to make it easier on the moderators, if sexual orientation is not mentioned in the summary of the book, please include a link to something that mentions the person's sexual orientation: Wikipedia entry, interview, gossipy piece with their same-sex partner, something that makes clear that the person personally identifies as LGBT. (Or has been posthumously outed, in the case of people like J. Edgar Hoover.)

great, thank you! :)

I'm going to read...

Option A: Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes - on my TBR pile since Nov 08.

For F does 1 bare leg work?

Dee wrote: "For F does 1 bare leg work? "

yes, that's approved....

sorry about question - - is that enough for the legs, you can see the back of the knees - but wanted to check

Dee wrote: "sorry about question - - is that enough for the legs, you can see the back of the knees - but wanted to check"

Just fine!

thanks - trying to stay off the wall of shame ;)

It's so funny...I'm experiencing the Sports Illustrated curse...just as soon as I was named Moderator's Pet for staying clean last time, I've been on there several times this quarter. :-(

Does breastfeeding count as "showing skin" for this task?

Karen wrote: "Does breastfeeding count as "showing skin" for this task?
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I'll allow it.

Is this pink enough?

Penny wrote: "Is this pink enough? "


I don't think I would call that predominant or at least half the cover, so I'm going to have to say no.

Ok, thank you.

I'm planning to use

for Option E. It's dark pink and purplish pink, like alot of the ones in Melanie's post #12 (but then I realized Melanie is not the task creator on this one LOL)

I added The Santaroga Barrier to my goodreads TBR in 2012; however, the physical book has been following me around since the 1970s; so if it isn't pink enough for Option E, maybe it will count for Option A? (oh, and it was published in 1968 so I guess it would count for the "published in the year 2011 or earlier" part of the task)

Deedee: this is plenty pink to me, or since it's a one-book task, you can put it under any of the other subtasks you've identified.

For option A, I guess it's alright to read a classic that was published in 1900, isn't it??

Yes, definitely!