The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Diane Whitney's Task: Count 'em Up!

Read a book written by a single author whose last name* letter length is equal to the number of words contained in the book's title AND subtitle. The author’s last name is the name in the last position preceded by a space as it appears on Goodreads. Do not count punctuation: Edna O'Brien = Obrien (6), Pedro Calderón de la Barca = Barca (5). Only books with one author will be allowed: no co-authors or multiple contributors.
For example - The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon (5 word title, 5 letter last name)

The title word length will be determined from the book’s title AND subtitle as it appears on GoodReads. The word count will be determined by spaces between words. Articles, numbers, roman numerals, abbreviations and symbols, like A, 1, 2nd, III, P.S., Mr., &, etc. will count.
For example -
These Would Work:
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (11 word title and subtitle, 11 letter last name)
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler (6 word title and subtitle, 6 letter last name)
The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith The last name is Smith, the name in the last position preceded by a space (5 word title, 5 letter last name)

Books must be a minimum of 250 pages in length.
Required: In your post include title (and subtitle) word count and last letter count, as shown in examples above.

This help thread is open!

So, just checking : The Girl In Between would work for this because it's a 4 word title and the author's last name is KEMP, which is also 4 letters?

I have an odd question about Alexander McCall Smith---

When I go under My Books--- it lists him alphabetically by McCall as the last name. Is this a Goodreads thing? I would have used Smith.
(And you did.)

thanks

Goodreads added a compound name sort field last September. The data is still being updated. The SRC and this task use the name in the last position.

Super--- thanks!!!

Diane Whitney wrote: "The Girl In Between by Laekan Zea Kemp fulfills the task guidelines. However, it does not fulfill SRC ebook rules because for this task books must also be a minimum..."

I did check on that already, I just wanted to make sure I got the rules right on this one :D

The instructions say word count is determined by spaces between words. I was planning to use The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey by Dawn Anahid MacKeen. I considered Hundred-Year to be 2 words, so that the title would have 7 words, but since there's no space, would you consider this a 6 word title?

Katie wrote: "The instructions say word count is determined by spaces between words. I was planning to use The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey by Dawn Anahid MacKeen. I co..."

From FAQ
" a "word" in a title is a string of letters/punctuation marks with no spaces. So, a contraction is one word, as is a hyphenated word."