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TASK HELP: Fall Challenge 2019
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25.2 - Nick KY's Task: A Visit to the Castle
OK for Opt. 1. Gothic genre
OK for Opt. 2. Humor genre
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please could you lock in Humor and Graphic for Dracula: The Graphic Novellooking at above requests I wonder if I have misunderstood this does it not HAVE to have one graphic novel?
Oh please i do hope i have misunderstood
Please lock in Humor for My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. It is the last in the Genre list.
Marie (UK) wrote: "please could you lock in Humor and Graphic for Dracula: The Graphic Novellooking at above requests I wonder if I have misunderstood this does it not HAVE to have one graphic novel?..."
A graphic novel is not required. You may, if you wish, read one graphic novel.
But Dracula: The Graphic Novel does not appear to have either genre of "Gothic" or "Humor." So it would not work for either option 1 or 2.
Deborah wrote: "Love this task!I'm planning on
Option 1) Carmilla for Gothic
Option 4) Thyme of Death using THYME"
Ha, ha! I was planning on a re-read of Carmilla for this task, too!
Suzanne wrote: "Hi! Could you verify genres:>GOTHIC for The Woman in Black
and
>HUMOR for Mort
please?"
Both work!
Bea wrote: "Please lock in Humor for My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. It is the last in the Genre list."It's good!
Nick wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "please could you lock in Humor and Graphic for Dracula: The Graphic Novellooking at above requests I wonder if I have misunderstood this does it not HAVE to have..."
Its OK Nick if we don't have to read a graphic novel I have no intention of doing so - I had misread the task thankfully
Melanie wrote: "Can I get Equal Rites and Jingo locked in for Humor?"Both are locked in for "Humor"!
Trish wrote: "Morning.Could I get The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion locked for humour? Thank you."
Looks good to me! "Humor" is there.
Nick wrote: "Trish wrote: "Morning.Could I get The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion locked for humour? Thank you."
Looks good to me! "Humor" is there."
Thanks!
Brooklyn wrote: "Can I get So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know locked in as Humor? Thanks."Done.
Can I also get How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler locked in for Humor?
Great task, Nick! I enjoyed revisiting the castle (I was "there" a few years ago ;)
Melanie wrote: "Can I also get How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler locked in for Humor?"Confirmed!
Ann A wrote: "Great task, Nick! I enjoyed revisiting the castle (I was "there" a few years ago ;)"So it's not just a novel? Ooooo---eeeee---ooooo.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Could I get The Circular Staircase noted for Gothic? It's pretty far down the list.... Thanks!"Confirmed!
Rina wrote: "Could you please verify Дело трезвых скоморохов for MPG Humor? Thank you."It's Greek to me. But sure. The MPG says Humor.
Want to verify that books set in EGYPT will qualify for option 5: A book set in Africa
Book Concierge wrote: "Want to verify that books set in EGYPT will qualify for option 5: A book set in Africa"Egypt is Africa. Yes.
Book Concierge wrote: "Please VERIFY mpg of GOTHIC for The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons"
Verification complete. You are good to go.
I would like the following MPGs verified. My paranoia is showing. :) for Gothic: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
for Humor: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?
Thank you!
Rhonda wrote: "I would like the following MPGs verified. My paranoia is showing. :) for Gothic: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
for Humor: [book:If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in..."
Both are good to go!
Bookwrm526Hi, I just wanted to get a quick verification of genre for Humor on Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard. Thanks in advance!!
Jessica wrote: "Bookwrm526Hi, I just wanted to get a quick verification of genre for Humor on Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard. Thanks in adva..."
Confirmed!
I will approve My French Whore for humor, in case I wish to read it. "Humor" is the fourth listed genre of the GR main page as of 5 October 2019, and it is written by funnyman Gene Wilder.
Sally wrote: "Can I have Rebecca verified for Gothic? Please and thank you!"Certainly!
And I will also verify My Cousin Rachel for myself, just in case.
Hi! Will
work for Option#4? Knightley has four or more letters, including GINT
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Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto is considered the first “Gothic” novel because the author termed it such. He did so because the castle of the title had Gothic style architecture. Only afterwards did the word “Gothic” begin to mean sinister, suspenseful, and spooky.
Let’s take a visit to Walpoles’s Castle of Otranto.
Read two books, one from each of two different options. REQUIRED: State the options you chose.
As this is a colorful, autumn task, one of your books may be a graphic novel/comic book according to SRC rules.
Option 1. Approaching the castle. AS we approach we notice the Gothic style and we are reminded of the spooky atmosphere of the “Gothic” genre. Read a book with a main page genre of “Gothic,” alone or embedded: “Gothic” “Horror > Gothic” “Gothic Romance” etc.
Option 2. Entering the castle, we hear spooky laughter in the foyer. Read a book with “Humor” as a main page genre, alone or embedded.
Option 3. Investigating, we find a secret panel behind the cobwebs in the library. Read a book with one of the following words in the title/subtitle: “Castle” “Monk” “Italian” “Moor” “Baron” “Frankenstein” “Abbey” “Cobweb.”
These are words from the titles of early gothic novels (plus the word “Cobweb” which I threw in as I thought it to be appropriate). Plurals and possessives are the only exceptions.
Option 4. We travel through the corridor behind the secret panel and come out the other side to find --- a Giant Flying Helmet! Yes, there is a giant flying helmet in The Castle of Otranto. Read a book with a word of 4 or more letters in the title/subtitle which has letters found in the phrase: GIANT FLYING HELMET. (Do not use the words “that” “than” or “then.”)
REQUIRED: State the word.
Option 5. Escaping out the back way, we are tempted to look back. This Task was shamelessly stolen from the 50-point task of the Challenge which was my first Challenge to create a task in, Autumn 2011. Thank you ButterflyCager for your idea of a trip through a haunted house!
(Let's Build a Haunted House-- I have tweaked the task to make it a trip through The Castle of Otranto.)
The Autumn 2011 Challenge had the theme of “Africa.”
For your final option you may “look back” and read a book with a setting in Africa. The setting must be clear from the GR description or “Setting” indication. At least 50% of the book should take place in Africa, and it may be fiction or nonfiction.