The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jingles's task: Another Time, Another Place

Choose one of the following options for this task:

(A) Another Time: Read a book that involves time travel. Required: 'Time Travel' must be a genre listed on the book's main page.

(B) Another Place: Read a book that takes place in a country other than where you live. The book's setting must be a real place, not a fictional one.Required: When posting, include the country where the book takes place and the country where you live.

(C) Time: Read a book with a time device found on the cover or in the title. Subtitles may be used, but not series titles. Required: If choosing the cover option, book cover must be included in your post.

(D) Place: Read a book whose title or author contains an actual place. Subtitles may be used, but not series titles. Example: Paris in Love,New York,The Call of the Wild by Jack London. REQUIRED: If the place is not well known, include a reference in your post to establish that it is a place.

Required: State the option you chose in your post.

Approved Books


(A) - Time Travel
Waterfall|Lisa Tawn Bergren
Hollow City|Ransom Riggs
My Name Is Memory|Ann Brashares
Outlander|Diana Gabaldon
Landline|Rainbow Rowell
The Here and Now|Ann Brashares
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(B) - Setting
Below is a list of books and settings that may be helpful for Option B.

wiedźma.com.pl|Ewa Białołęcka (Setting: Poland)
Chestnut Street|Maeve Binchy (Setting: Dublin, Ireland)
All That Is Solid Melts into Air|Darragh McKeon (Russia|Belarus)
The Scapegoat|Daphne du Maurier (France)
Broken|Daniel Clay (England)
Crome Yellow (England)
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(C) - Time Device - Cover

Time Device - Title
The Night Watch|Sarah Waters
A Clockwork Orange|Anthony Burgess
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(D) - Place
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Bridge to Haven (Haven, KS)
The Prague Cemetery
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
Around India in 80 Trains
The Greenland Breach

Author = Dylan Madrid

Not Approved


(D) - Place
American Gods
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

This thread is now open.

Will the hourglass on this one work for Option C?

Hi Jingles! For Option A, does Time Travel need to be a stand-alone genre?

I am thinking about which has Science Fiction > Time Travel on the main page.

to confirm for option B, I live in the UK and book is set in Poland
wiedźma.com.pl

Cait wrote: "Will the hourglass on this one work for Option C?

"

Yes Cait, it sure will.

Rebecca NJ wrote: "Hi Jingles! For Option A, does Time Travel need to be a stand-alone genre?

I am thinking about [bookcoverWaterfall|7879278] which has Science Fiction > Time Travel on the main page."

No Rebecca, it doesn't have to be a stand-alone genre.

Aleksandra wrote: "to confirm for option B, I live in the UK and book is set in Poland
wiedźma.com.pl"

Give me just a bit, Aleksandra. I'm checking on this one for you :)

Yay, Jingles ! I am SO glad to see your task in here !
WTG, gurl ! :)

Nice going jingles. Great task.

Thank you, Apoorv and Sheila. I had a lot of fun doing it :)

Hey, Jingles! Excited to see your task.

Have a question for you. Option B says that it must be a real place.

Here's the book I'd like to read, but I'm not sure how far the real needs to go. The large setting is Dublin, Ireland, which is a real place. But the location of Chestnut Street is imaginary. So can it be an imaginary street in a real town?

Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy

Will this book work?

Thanks!

Aleksandra wrote: "to confirm for option B, I live in the UK and book is set in Poland
wiedźma.com.pl"

Aleksandra - yes, this one will work.

Pat wrote: "Hey, Jingles! Excited to see your task.

Have a question for you. Option B says that it must be a real place.

Here's the book I'd like to read, but I'm not sure how far the real needs to go...."

Thanks, Pat!

I'm not familiar with this book, but if the setting is a fictional place, it wouldn't work.

Hollow City Currently shows 'Science Fiction > Time Travel' on the main page. (92 users) (but I'm paranoid. lol.)

Congrats on the task!

Morgan wrote: "Hollow City Currently shows 'Science Fiction > Time Travel' on the main page. (92 users) (but I'm paranoid. lol.)

Congrats on the task!"

'Time Travel' noted for this one, Morgan.

And I completely understand. I had this very thing happen in the last challenge with 'humor'.

Thanks! It was fun doing the task :)

For time travel, My Name Is Memory?

jingles wrote: "Thanks, Pat!

I'm not familiar with this book, but if the setting is a fictional place, it wouldn't work."

That's the thing. The overall setting of Dublin, Ireland IS a real place. It's the Chestnut Street houses and the characters that live in them that are fictional.

I'm ok with the ruling, as long as you're clear about the overall setting of the book. The city and country are real, the street is not. The task specifies a COUNTRY other than where I live… so I'm hoping that you'll count it.

So … what do you think? See my VERY big smile? And here's a cookie too. (wink wink)

lol

KSMary wrote: "For time travel, My Name Is Memory?"

'Time Travel' noted for this one, KSMary.

For Option D, does actual place refer to a city (examples provided were all cities) or can it be a state/country in the title? Thanks;

Tara Jo wrote: "For Option D, does actual place refer to a city (examples provided were all cities) or can it be a state/country in the title? Thanks;"

It can be a state or country, Tara Jo.

Pat wrote: "That's the thing. The overall setting of Dublin, Ireland IS a real place..."

Okay Pat, you're good to go :)

Oh THANK you great task leader! Thanks you. Enjoy the cookie!

:-D

re:

Jingles,
I've read a several of Maeve Binchy's works. Even if the specific street, or hospital or hotel that is the focus of the book is fictional, the general setting of Dublin Ireland is very real, indeed.

Binchy's books are realistic fiction. It's not a fantastical setting like Jasper Fforde's England in The Last Dragonslayer or Shades of Grey.

Obviously, it's your call, but I just wanted to give you this additional information.

Thank you very much, BC, because this was almost exactly my problem.

While I understand Dublin, Ireland is a real place (one I hope to visit someday), the book's description is somewhat vague (meaning there is reference to Dublin, but nothing about Ireland--yet it is tagged as 'Ireland'), and lastly the setting info is missing from the book's homepage altogether (though if I understand correctly, this is a common thing).

Had we been talking about Nora Roberts, I would have been on more comfortable ground :)

Pat, I hope this explains my hesitation as well.

Rebecca NJ wrote: "Hi Jingles! For Option A, does Time Travel need to be a stand-alone genre?

I am thinking about which has Science Fiction > Time Travel on the main page."

Thanks for fixing the book link, Rebecca :)

'Time Travel' noted for you on this one.

jingles wrote: "Thanks for fixing the book link, Rebecca :)

'Time Travel' noted for you on this one. "

Thank you! I don't know what happened with that book link before.

jingles wrote: "Thank you very much, BC, because this was almost exactly my problem.

While I understand Dublin, Ireland is a real place (one I hope to visit someday), the book's description is somewhat vague (m..."

Jingles - I'd say Maeve Binchy's works are every bit as realistic (in terms of setting) as Nora Roberts. Or think of Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove books - a made up street, but clearly an Oregon town.

jingles wrote: "Thank you very much, BC, because this was almost exactly my problem...

Pat, I hope this explains my hesitation as well. "


Hey, as long as you rule in my favor, it's all good! (rofl) You're the task master, so your call is word, as far as I'm concerned, and I'd have understood if you'd ruled the other way. I'm set, and happy -- I'd wanted to read this book for summer and couldn't get to it. I'm trying to move as many from my summer unread list to fall as possible.

So I don't have to search, and I'm happy!

Did I mention that I'm happy?

@Pat,
I try to move my unread books from the last challenge to the new challenge as well.

Pat wrote: "Oh THANK you great task leader! Thanks you. Enjoy the cookie!

:-D"

Lol.

Does a watch count in option C as a time device? I want to read The Night Watch

Cindy wrote: "Does a watch count in option C as a time device? I want to read The Night Watch"

Yes Cindy, that will work.

For option D, can I use Emily St. John Mandel, since St. John is an island that's in the US Virgin Islands?

For option D, I'd like to use How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid. Will that work? Thanks!

Rachel wrote: "For option D, can I use Emily St. John Mandel, since St. John is an island that's in the US Virgin Islands?"

Yes Rachel, that will work.

Cheri wrote: "For option D, I'd like to use How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid. Will that work? Thanks!"

Yes Cheri, that will work.

Book Concierge wrote: "Or think of Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove books - a made up street, but clearly an Oregon town...."

Now this makes much more sense to me :) I'm on book #4 of this series, BC.

Pat and Jayme, I find myself trying to move books over from the summer challenge as well. The summer challenge was the first time I planned my books out for the challenge (only my second time to participate in the challenge), and I did that very late into the challenge.

This time around, as soon as I saw the tasks posting, I started looking at the books I didn't get to, to see if I could fit them into this one.

Hi Jingles - Great task!!!! For option D: Does Haven work. Book - Bridge to Haven. Here is a reference for Haven, Kansas - http://www.havencityhall.org/

Jingles for b) All That Is Solid Melts into Air - set in Moscow (Russia) and Belarus (no town/city mentioned, but its a small country)

Hi Kathryn! Glad you like the task :)

Yes, this will work. When you post your task, please include the link to Haven, KS.

Yes Dee, that works.

Option D - Books Whose Title Contains a Place - The Prague Cemetery

Navarra wrote: "Option D - Books Whose Title Contains a Place - The Prague Cemetery"

Yes that works, Navarra.

Congrats jingles :D
I'm leaning towards Option B but wanted to check out Option D once too. How many of these work?

Option D :
American Gods
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Around India in 80 Trains

Thanks, Arshiya! It's great to see you in the SRC group, participating in the chalelnge!!


American Gods does not work, because American is not a place.

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy would work (India).

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian would not work because Indian is not a place.

Around India in 80 Trains would work (India).

I joined SRC when you mentioned it but thought I'd wait till the fall challenge to start :D

Thanks! Both for telling me about SRC and for the doubt clarification :D