The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.1 - Ava Catherine’s Task: A Great Dame

This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options or two books from one option.

REQUIRED: Identify which option or options you select when you post.
No books with the genre Childrens or Kids may be used.

“I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.” __Marie Curie

Madam Curie became a real person for me while I was studying chemistry in graduate school, and I grew to deeply respect her intellect, perseverance, and bravery. (She died from aplastic anemia believed to have been caused by radium poisoning.) Although no one’s dainty damsel, Marie Curie was certainly a great dame and a template for a strong, smart, and independent woman.

Option 1: A Woman of Science

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the first person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice. She was also the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields. Marie Curie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and physicist Henri Becquerel, and she won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Read a nonfiction book with the mpg science or biography. These should be standalone genres.

Option 2: Applied Science

Marie Curie’s achievements included the development of the theory of radioactivity, a term she coined, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements: polonium and radium. During WWI she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals.

Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) with the mpg World War I, World War II, medical or medicine. These genres may stand alone or be embedded.

Option 3: Radium
Radium is a chemical element with the symbol Ra and the atomic number 68.

Read a book by a single author whose name contains the letters RA in any order. All names and initials included in the Goodreads record can be used.
examples:
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood - RA=mARaret atwood
Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien - RA =ednA o’bRien

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Please verify Regeneration for World War I.

Melanie thanks you reminded me i have more in that series to read.

Connie please could you lock in Genre The Eye in the Door for World War I

Would you lock in Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World for the genre Science?
Thank you

Morning

Could you genre lock Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park for War > World War II?

Thank you.

Melanie wrote: "Please verify Regeneration for World War I."

genre noted

Marie (UK) wrote: "Melanie thanks you reminded me i have more in that series to read.

Connie please could you lock in Genre The Eye in the Door for World War I"

genre noted

Deborah wrote: "Would you lock in Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World for the genre Science?
Thank you"

genre noted

Trish wrote: "Morning

Could you genre lock Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park for War > World War II?

Thank you."

genre noted

Thanks!

Can you please verify for World War II?

It's currently last on list with 61 users.

Thanks!

Pia wrote: "Can you please verify for World War II?

It's currently last on list with 61 users.

Thanks!"

genre noted

Sticking with the theme, can I get The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women approved for "Science" for Option 1?

Emily wrote: "Sticking with the theme, can I get The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women approved for "Science" for Option 1?"

genre noted

Do either of this work for option 2:

The Shattered Tree or The Sandcastle Girls?

Thanks!

Cindie wrote: "Do either of this work for option 2:

The Shattered Tree or The Sandcastle Girls?

Thanks!"

I am sorry, but neither book qualifies. You need a book with one of these main page genres: World War I, World War II, medical, or medicine.

The Shattered Tree listed main page genres are
Mystery 209 users
Historical > Historical Fiction 118 users
Fiction 45 users
Mystery > Historical Mystery 40 users
Historical 37 users

I have not read this book, but it might work for task 15.2 ; Book 1. I don't know how much illness is a part of the book, but it seems you have the main character as a nurse.

Although The Sandcastle Girls has War as a mpg, this does not qualify because you need the specific mpg World War I or World War II.
These are the listed main page genres for your book:
Historical > Historical Fiction 927 users
Fiction 448 users
Historical 120 users
War 82 users

Connie (Ava Catherine) wrote: "Cindie wrote: "Do either of this work for option 2:

The Shattered Tree or The Sandcastle Girls?

Thanks!"

I am sorry, but neither book qualifies. You need a book w..."

wow, thanks for such a detailed response! So glad I asked!!!!

You are welcome. The Sandcastle Girls is a good book, so I hope you can fit it in for another task.
The Shattered Tree sounds interesting. I have read books by this author and enjoyed his work.

Bookwrm526

Could I get Science noted as a genre for Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright? It's low on the list and I don't want it to fall off!

Thanks.

Jessica wrote: "Bookwrm526

Could I get Science noted as a genre for Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright? It's low on the list ..."

genre noted

Can I have Munich noted for genre World War II ? Thanks

Anja wrote: "Can I have Munich noted for genre World War II ? Thanks"

genre noted

Hi! Please confirm if these work:
Options 1 or 2: (MPGs Science & Medicine)
Option 3: by lucinda bRAnt

Midu wrote: "Hi! Please confirm if these work:
Options 1 or 2: (MPGs Science & Medicine)
Option 3: by lucinda bRAnt"

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
mpg science noted for option 1 (and also mpg biography noted for option 1)
mpg medicine noted for option 2

Option 3: book and author Lucinda Brant approved

Connie (Ava Catherine) wrote: "Midu wrote: "Hi! Please confirm if these work:
Options 1 or 2: (MPGs Science & Medicine)
Option 3: by lucind..."
Thanks!

i think this works:
In an Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire - AR in any order A in Seanan and R in McGruire

Dee wrote: "i think this works:
In an Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire - AR in any order A in Seanan and R in McGruire"

Approved

Please Verify The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest for MPG science

Never mind, the genres changed. I'll have to find somewhere else for it

Shanna_redwind wrote: "Never mind, the genres changed. I'll have to find somewhere else for it"

I am sorry.

Thats ok, I'm sure it won't be hard to find a spot for it. And the science designation of that book was rather dubious anyway.

Shanna_redwind wrote: "Thats ok, I'm sure it won't be hard to find a spot for it. And the science designation of that book was rather dubious anyway."

Nicks task (I think) requires a book shelved as humor and this would f it :)

Dee wrote: "Shanna_redwind wrote: "Thats ok, I'm sure it won't be hard to find a spot for it. And the science designation of that book was rather dubious anyway."

Nicks task (I think) requires a book shelved ..."

You are so correct, Dee! Nick’s task is 25.2. Thanks ever so much, Dee! 😊

Perfect, thanks!

Could I please get Old in Art School locked in for biography? I'm afraid it might drop off by the time I report the task.

Thanks!

Stephanie (Librarianish) wrote: "Could I please get Old in Art School locked in for biography? I'm afraid it might drop off by the time I report the task.

Thanks!"

genre noted

Please could you lock in MPG science for option 1 The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

Marie (UK) wrote: "Please could you lock in MPG science for option 1 The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design"

genre noted

Please verify The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I for biography.

Nicola wrote: "Please verify The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I for biography."

genre noted