The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.2 - TessaVaness's Task: What does home mean to you?

Please choose two different options below for your two books. REQUIRED: State in your post the options that you chose.

Option 1: For the first 5 years of my life we lived at my grandma’s house. These years were great ones. I remember so many things from this time: playing with cousins who were there too, picking black raspberries from her garden, playing games at the dining room table and working on jigsaw puzzles with her.


In honor of my grandma read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in GRANDMA WOLFE.

Option 2: The next house I lived in was right across the street from my grandma’s house. I was so lucky to grow up with a grandparent across the street and the other grandparent across the alley. I lived in this house until I moved out when I got married. It’s strange but everytime I dream about me being in a house it is always this house I dream of.

Read a book with all the letters of DREAM in the title. Ignore subtitles

Option 3: When I got married we bought a house that was located on Maple Street. I loved this little house, but we outgrew it quickly once the children started arriving.

Read a book that has a tree name from this list of tree themed street names in the title: https://localwiki.org/davis/Street_Na.... Ignore the variations of a street (i.e. Lane, Avenue, Place, Drive, etc.)

The street names are listed in post 2 of the help thread.

Option 4: We’ve lived in our current house 25 years and have no intention of moving at this time. This house is 2 stories with 4 bedrooms and was built in 1920.

Read a book that doesn't include any of these numbers in the page count: 0,1,2,4,5,9 .

Acacia Lane
Apple Lane
Aspen Place
Beech Lane
Carob Place
Cedar Place
Cherry Lane
Douglass Avenue
Elm Lane
Elmwood Drive
Eureka Avenue
Guava Lane
Holly Lane
Laurel Place
Lemon Lane
Linden Lane
Maple Lane
Mulberry Lane
Oak Avenue
Orange Lane
Peach Place
Pine Lane
Plum Lane
Redwood Lane
Sequoia Place
Sycamore Lane
Tamarack Lane
Toyon Place
Willow Lane

Eastern Group:
Alder Place
Balsam Place
Baywood Lane
Birch Lane
Camphor Lane
Chestnut Lane and Chestnut Place
Cork Place
Fig Place
Hemlock Lane
Manzanita Lane
Magnolia Place
Myrtle Place
Oleander Place
Palm Place
Pecan Place (Or pie as the sign says)
Poplar Lane
Raintree Place
Spruce Lane
Tea Place

Southern Group:
Tallow Place
Hackberry Place
Dogwood Place
Eucalyptus Street

and in (or east of) Willowbank:
Walnut Lane
Almond Lane
Cottonwood Drive
Redbud Place

Other Tree Streets:
Olive Drive - at The Worst Intersection In Davis
Olive Tree Lane - on Campus

Reserved

Reserved

This thread is now open.

To make sure I understand option 3, would the title just need to contain the tree name? For example, would Dogwood Hill or The Palm Beach Murders work?

Brooke wrote: "To make sure I understand option 3, would the title just need to contain the tree name? For example, would Dogwood Hill or The Palm Beach Murders work?"

Yes. Both of these work.

just checking that we can use Tree from Olive Tree Lane

TraceyL wrote: "just checking that we can use Tree from Olive Tree Lane"

Yes that works

For option 1, please verify whether A River Runs Through It, which has an illustrator as well as the author listed on the GR page. If I am reading the rules correctly, the illustrator's information is irrelevant and can be ignored. Is that correct?

Tess wrote: "Brooke wrote: "To make sure I understand option 3, would the title just need to contain the tree name? For example, would Dogwood Hill or The Palm Beach Murders work..."

Great. Thank you for clarifying!

Can a mod answer post 10 please?

Kim wrote: "For option 1, please verify whether A River Runs Through It, which has an illustrator as well as the author listed on the GR page. If I am reading the rules correctly, the illustrator'..."

The rules say that illustrators are not authors.

Does this work for option 1?

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

N and G for GraNdma wolfe? Or is the "de" a problem?

Cindie wrote: "Does this work for option 1?

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

N and G for GraNdma wolfe? Or is the "de" a problem?"

This will work. From the default rules: The general rule that the author’s last name is the final word in the name that is preceded by a space. Spaces determine names.

Mods please comment if this is incorrect. Thanks!

Tess wrote: "Cindie wrote: "Does this work for option 1?

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

N and G for GraNdma wolfe? Or is the "de" a problem?"

This will work. From the ..."

The rule as stated is correct. Note that the default rules provide that ALL initials must be used, unless the task specifically provides that only first and last initials are required. Here, the required initials would be NDG - but since all of those initials are found in GraNDma, the author works.

Sandy wrote: "Tess wrote: "Cindie wrote: "Does this work for option 1?

The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

N and G for GraNdma wolfe? Or is the "de" a problem?"

This will wo..."

thank you everyone

Helen B

Hi, for option 1 if the author uses a middle initial does that have to be in the target phrase or just first and last?
E.g. Richard S. Ford
Thank you!

Helen wrote: "Helen B

Hi, for option 1 if the author uses a middle initial does that have to be in the target phrase or just first and last?
E.g. Richard S. Ford
Thank you!"

It should have all initials.

Helen B

Thank you for clarifying. Helen