The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.7 Brooke TX's Task: It's Our First Anniversary, SRC!
This year's fall challenge marks my first anniversary with the Seasonal Reading Challenge - I started participating last September. It's been a fun, book-filled year, everyone!

Pick one option below. You may read one or two books for this task, but the total number of pages read must be at least 600. If you choose to read two books, both must qualify for the same option.
Required: Indicate the option.

Note: Books with the genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used.

Option 1: Read a book (or books) by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY." Letters may only be used as often as they appear. If you are using the two book option, your books do not have to be by the same author. If a book has multiple authors, all authors must fit the requirements. Middle initials may be ignored.

Option 2: Banned books week always falls during the Fall Challenge. Read a book (or books) from this list of Most Frequently Challenged Books.
Required: State the page(s) where your book(s) can be found.

Option 3: I set a mini-challenge for myself during the Summer Challenge: to finish all of the Hugo Award Best Novel nominees before this years winner was announced on August 20. I succeeded, though I was racing through Neal Stephenson's Seveneves right up to the last day.
For this option, read a Hugo Award winner or nominee. The award or nomination MUST be indicated in the book's Goodreads award metadata. Here's a list to get you started: Hugo Award Winners.

Option 4: This season is the last of the art-themed challenges, and we select next year's themes during the fall challenge. In honor of new beginnings, read a book that is #1 in a new to you series. The book must be identified as (Series #1) on Goodreads in the series metadata.
Required: Indicate when posting that the series is new to you.

Reserved.

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This help thread is open!

nice task Brooke! i was looking for a place for a #1 series...and gawd knows why not start another series ;)

Hi,
The books I want to read are by author Erik Axl Sund, which is the pen name for 2 writers.
Will it work for option 1?

These are the books:




Each are 408 pages long

So if we read two books both books must be from say option 4 and not one book from option 4 and another from option 2?

Hmm. I wonder what it says about my reading habits that of the Top 20 challenged books, I've read 16 of them, and two more are on my TBR list. Maybe I should just add the other two for a clean sweep!

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "So if we read two books both books must be from say option 4 and not one book from option 4 and another from option 2?"

Yes, both books must be from the same option.

Pia wrote: "Hi,
The books I want to read are by author Erik Axl Sund, which is the pen name for 2 writers.
Will it work for option 1?

These are the books:


[book..."

Yes, that works.

Trish wrote: "Hmm. I wonder what it says about my reading habits that of the Top 20 challenged books, I've read 16 of them, and two more are on my TBR list. Maybe I should just add the other two for a clean sweep!"

I have read a bunch of banned books.

Great, thanks!

I'm assuming Seveneves works for option 3?

Paula wrote: "I'm assuming Seveneves works for option 3?"

Yes!

Would Amy Hatvanty count for the Happy Anniversary option for this task.

Rachael wrote: "Would Amy Hatvanty count for the Happy Anniversary option for this task."

Yes!

May I use The Fellowship of the Ring for 1 of my books for Option 2? It's on page 1 of the Most Frequently Challenged Books list, but only as The Lord of the Rings #1-3.

Sam F wrote: "May I use The Fellowship of the Ring for 1 of my books for Option 2? It's on page 1 of the Most Frequently Challenged Books list, but only as The Lord of the Rings #1-3."

From FAQ
"If the entry on a list is a box set, you cannot substitute an individual book from the set, and if the book on the list is in a series, you cannot substitute a different book in the series."

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson has a foreword by Jessica Williams. Does she count as an author for Option 1?

I tried reading all the FAQs and rules, but I'm still not sure about this one: I'm thinking of choosing option 4, new series. Is a season number considered equivalent to series number? Specifically, I'm hoping to read Yesterday's Gone: Season One, which is named as season one containing episodes 1-6.

ETA: Duh, never mind my question, I realised it's only been published as ebooks and audio, so it won't work for the task.