The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Pamela Su's task: Fun in a Box!

I really enjoy playing board games but I seldom have opportunities to indulge in this pastime. Last month, my friends brought me to a European board game cafe and we played games we had never heard of before!

Please select ONE book from the following options:

1. LADY ALICE: A game of intrigue, flair, bluffing, and mischief. The players are the Baker Street Kids under Sherlock Holmes' tutelage. Henry Morton Stanley has been kidnapped and it is up to the players to deduce the culprit, the time and place of the kidnapping occured and the stolen object.

Read a book that contains one of the following words in the title/subtitle: Intrigue, Flair, Bluff, Mischief, Baker, Street, Sherlock, Kidnap, Who, What, When, Where.

The chosen word MUST match exactly.

REQUIRED: Please state the word used.

2. PACK & STACK: It's moving day! Players have lots of boxes to load and they need to figure out how to fit them on the truck they receive. A fast and funny game where players try to grab someone else's truck while gambling on their packing and stacking skills. Players pay a fine for empty spaces or leaving pieces behind.

Read a book with a truck (or lorry for those who use UK English) on the cover.

REQUIRED: Post your cover.

3. TICKET TO RIDE: A fun cross-country train adventure where players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America.

Read a book where the main character has a hobby that involves collecting items (stamps, butterflies, figurines, etc.) OR a non-fiction book about a collection hobby (as per previous examples).

REQUIRED: If the Goodreads description doesn't make it obvious, please explain how your book fits the task when you post.

Optional: Try out a board game or card game you haven't played before!

Approved Books
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1. LADY ALICE
✓ When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
✓ When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism
✓ What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
✓ I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
✓ Mischief
✓ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

2. PACK & STACK
✓

3. TICKET TO RIDE
✓ Comic book collection
✓ Hit and Run, Hit List (stamp collection)
✓ Dexter in the Dark (blood collection)
✓ The Island of Dr. Moreau (butterfly collection)
✓ The Signature of All Things (moss collection) - yes on the condition that it be explained during the posting of the task.

Not Quite
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1. LADY ALICE
✗ A Study in Scarlet

2. PACK & STACK

3. TICKET TO RIDE
✗ NOS4A2: A Novel

This thread is now open!

Would need approval for either of these two books :

Option 1 : When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin

OR

When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism by Bill Maher

Both titles have the word 'WHEN' in it as per the requirement.

would this work?

For Option 1: A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle

Apoorv wrote: "Would need approval for either of these two books :

Option 1 : When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin

OR

[book:When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin ..."

Hi Apoorv!

Yes, both books work.

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "would this work?

For Option 1: A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle"

No. None of the words appear in the title or subtitle.

Sherlock is part of the series name and doesn't meet the requirement.

Option 3 - comic books collection?

OK. I am reading this one-->

Option 1: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver (word: What)

Approval request - PACK AND STACK - truck on cover

... it's a pick-up truck rather than a larger vehicle.

I'm thinking of using one of Lawrence Block's books in his Keller series like Hit and Run or Hit List. Keller is a paid assassin who collects stamps. Is this ok for option 3 ticket to ride?

I am going to read Mischief by Amanda Quick for Option 1.

Dee wrote: "Option 3 - comic books collection?"

Oh my gosh. I am so sorry for not replying sooner. I thought I had, but it looks like I only answered it in my head. Oops.

Anyway, YES! Someone who has a comic book collection will work. :)

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "OK. I am reading this one-->

Option 1: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver (word: What)"

Yes, this works! Sorry for not replying sooner.

Book Concierge wrote: "Approval request - PACK AND STACK - truck on cover

... it's a pick-up truck rather than a larger vehicle."

Yes. This works because it carries cargo. :)

Andy wrote: "I'm thinking of using one of Lawrence Block's books in his Keller series like Hit and Run or Hit List. Keller is a paid assassin who collects stamps. Is this ok for opt..."

Yes, I can see stamp collection is a hobby of his for both books. :)

That's hilarious. I'm adding the series to my TBR.

Allison wrote: "Can I get approval for I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Who) for Option 1?"

Yes, this works.

Claire wrote: "I am going to read Mischief by Amanda Quick for Option 1."

Yes, this works. :)

Pamela Su wrote: "Andy wrote: "I'm thinking of using one of Lawrence Block's books in his Keller series like Hit and Run or Hit List. Keller is a paid assassin who collects stamps. Is th..."

Thanks, Block is a terrific author, funny yet you learn something too

For option 2, a truck on the cover.... . The truck is the red vehicle to the left. If you look at the audible version cover you can see it better. I am reading it though, not listening. But, it is the same picture cropped a little bit. Thanks.

Kristine wrote: "For option 2, a truck on the cover..... The truck is the red vehicle to the left. If you look at the audible version cover you can ..."

Hmmm...I'll accept it. I will update the book in the approved list. :)

Thank you :)

Welcome, Kristine. Please make sure you mention that this was approved when you post the book.

For option 1, can the word be part of another word, for example: Elsewhere contains "where"?

Sarah wrote: "For option 1, can the word be part of another word, for example: Elsewhere contains "where"?"

Hi Sarah,

No. It must be a word by itself.

Hello! How about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for option one? It has Sherlock in the title but it's also 12 separate stories all published together and I wasn't sure. Thanks!

Elizabeth wrote: "Hello! How about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for option one? It has Sherlock in the title but it's also 12 separate stories all originally published together and I wasn't sure. ..."

That's fine. :)

Hello, for Ticket to Ride I would like to read Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay. The main character, Dexter, collects blood drops from his murder victims as a little memento ;)

Tineke wrote: "Hello, for Ticket to Ride I would like to read Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay. The main character, Dexter, collects blood drops from his murder victims as a little memento ;)"

LOL. Okay, I'll allow this one.

Would a fire truck count as a truck for Option 2 (Pack & Stack)...it is not a lorry, so I was not sure.

by J.J. Cook

Liora wrote: "Would a fire truck count as a truck for Option 2 (Pack & Stack)...it is not a lorry, so I was not sure.

by J.J. Cook"

Yes, it's a type of truck that does transport things (in this case, transports firemen [yum!] and things to put out fires).

I'll accept it. :)

I have just finished reading The Island of Dr. Moreau in which it is mentioned a couple of times that the narrator is a butterfly collector. Would this be sufficient for Option 3?

Coralie wrote: "I have just finished reading The Island of Dr. Moreau in which it is mentioned a couple of times that the narrator is a butterfly collector. Would this be sufficient for Option 3?"

Yes, this works.

Thank you. That solves two problems.

What do you think of The Signature of All Things for Option 3? The main character becomes a collector of plants/mosses. Her collecting expands beyond a hobby to a lifelong obsession and she becomes a botanist.

Janet F wrote: "What do you think of The Signature of All Things for Option 3? The main character becomes a collector of plants/mosses. Her collecting expands beyond a hobby to a lifelong obsession..."

Hi, I will say yes with the condition that you explain the task as you post.

It sounds fine but I am unable to find any references to her specifically collecting plants/mosses as a hobby. I only see references of her being a researcher.

The task only requires that you explain how your book fits the task when you post if it is not obvious from the book description.

Would NOS4A2: A Novel work for Option 3? Charlie Manx collects children for Christmas Land.

Alexis wrote: "Would NOS4A2: A Novel work for Option 3? Charlie Manx collects children for Christmas Land."

I went through the reviews and the book description which describes Charlie as a being who abducts children and uses them in a way for his survival. This does not work as a collecting hobby.