The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.2 - Mazza1's Task: Discussions with Santa

I love winter and Christmas. I have 3 sons and 7, soon to be 8, grandchildren so there are a lot of discussions with Santa. For James and Arianna, Thomas, Avelyn and Sebastian, Melissa and Hannah these discussions have become complicated this year

Choose ONE of the Following 3 options and Read BOOKS 1 and 2 from that option.
Your books should total at least 500 pages
No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used.

Option 1
My eldest Son, Andrew and his wife Vanessa have decided to go plastic free and to join something that seems to be a Toy Library called “Whirli” So no plastic presents allowed (although Lego has been given an exception to the rule).

For this option
Book 1 - Read a book with ALL the letters of NO PLASTIC in the title and / or subtitle

AND

Book 2 - Read a book which contains the word “TOY”, “LIBRARY ” or "WHIRL" in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded. The word must match exactly.

Option 2
Michael, my middle son and his partner Emma have 3 children (2 his partners from a previous marriage) and number 4 is expected early January. Space is at a premium in their home so their stipulation for Christmas is “Nothing that takes up space”

For this option
Book 1 - Read a book set in Space - For this task Space is intended to mean on a planet other than EARTH or in the space surrounding those planets in a Spaceship. The book may be Fiction or Non-Fiction.
For example The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Required: If the setting is not evident from GR information you should provide evidence of how it fits.

AND

Book 2 - Read a book with the word “NOTHING” in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded. The word must match exactly.

Option 3
The baby of the family, Christopher and his wife Sarah are currently based at SHAPE HQ in Belgium where he is in the RAF aerials section. Sending Parcels to a BFPO address can be fraught with delays at Christmas so Money is the order of the day here. This year their intention is to buy Water Park Tickets for their annual holiday with any money sent.

For this option
Book 1 - Read a book written by a single author whose first AND last name starts with any of the letters in MONEY. You CAN use the same letter for both names, e.g .Nuala Ellwood, Nicola Moriarty, Naomi Novik

AND

Book 2 - Read a book that has either of the words “Water” or Park” in the TITLE. Subtitles are excluded. The word must match exactly.

approvals
Option 2 book 1
This Shattered World (with qualifying proof see post 10)

Option 3 Book 2
Eleanor & Park

Words must be exact no plurals

Compound words e.g Toymaker won't work

This help thread is open.

For option 1 book 2 would The Toymakers or Curious Toys count for the word toy?

Tracey wrote: "For option 1 book 2 would The Toymakers or Curious Toys count for the word toy?"

neither would work sorry the word needs to be exact

For option 3/book 2, will this book work?

Eleanor & Park

Pia wrote: "For option 3/book 2, will this book work?

Eleanor & Park"

yes that will work

For Opt 2 Book 1 set in space, would you accept This Shattered World. Is the GR description enough for you to verify that it is set on another planet. Book 1 of the series These Broken Stars may help.

Thanks!

KSMary wrote: "For Opt 2 Book 1 set in space, would you accept This Shattered World. Is the GR description enough for you to verify that it is set on another planet. Book 1 of the series [book:The..."

I think I would accept this - for proof you could cite the relationship to These Broken stars but also there is a review by
Hailey (Hailey in Bookland)) who describes it as Romeo and Juliet in space which could be used as proof just remember to link to this proof when you post

Hi there, checking in on option 2, book 1 - set in space.

I just finished Good Morning, Midnight. It alternates perspectives between one character in Antarctica and another on a spaceship returning from Jupiter -- so about 50% set in space.

This is described in paragraph #2 of the book page's description. Will that work, or just it need to all be in space?

Thank you for considering!

I'd like to get this one approved as it's a space opera The Forever War

Bucket wrote: "Hi there, checking in on option 2, book 1 - set in space.

I just finished Good Morning, Midnight. It alternates perspectives between one character in Antarctica and another on a s..."

I am going to say no to this sorry - I think the book needs to be almost entirely in space e.g. they can set off from earth for a space voyage but the narrative is about the space element

KSMary wrote: "I'd like to get this one approved as it's a space opera The Forever War"

Having read the synopsis and some of the reviews i would say this works as happening in planetary space