The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.4 - Golden Oldies - Paula S's Task: Autumn in Sweden

When I was a child we didn't have any days off school during the autumn, just a long row of dark and rainy days. Nowadays we have imported the Halloween festivities from US, and the kids get a week off from school around that time. The teachers try to call it a reading holiday, and some older people are upset that a fun holiday focused on getting candy is competing with the old tradition of remembering the dead by putting lit candles on their graves. I'm just pleased that there finally is something to break up the monotony of rain and darkness. This task is based around these old and new traditions.

Required: State the options chosen.

Option 1: Read a book with one of the words RAIN, RAINY, RAINS, RAINING or RAINED in the title or subtitle. Only these words work, no variations.
E.g. Henderson the Rain King, The Art of Racing in the Rain

Option 2: Read a book with a lit candle on the cover.
E.g.
Required: Post the cover.

Option 3: Read a book with MPG Halloween
E.g. Hallowe'en Party, A Night in the Lonesome October

Option 4: Since this is the golden oldies task, read a book from this list of Great Children's Books Written Prior to the 1950s: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Required: State in your post the PAGE of the list on which your book is found.
NOTE: All SRC rules such as page length and the Childrens book rules apply, even if a book appears on the list.

Approved

Not approved

Please can you approve Cackle for Halloween it appears if you press more

Can I get approval for Halloween MPG for Midnight Is the Darkest Hour? Thank you!

Could I please get this edition of Jane Eyre checked for option 2?



At first glance it looks like an extinguished stub but there is a flame, it just sort of melds into the smoke.

Is this a good one for option 2?

Marie (UK) wrote: "Please can you approve Cackle for Halloween it appears if you press more"

approved

Angela wrote: "Can I get approval for Halloween MPG for Midnight Is the Darkest Hour? Thank you!"

I can see mpg Halloween. Approved!

Jayne wrote: "Could I please get this edition of Jane Eyre checked for option 2?



At first glance it looks like an extinguished stub but there is a flame, it just sort of melds in..."

I agree, the flame is still there. Approved.

Joop wrote: "Is this a good one for option 2? "

Sorry, I can't tell if it is a candle or something else on fire. Not approved.

Paula wrote: "Joop wrote: "Is this a good one for option 2? "

Sorry, I can't tell if it is a candle or something else on fire. Not approved."

Thanks for the swift response. I have found something else.

Would be ok for a candle?

Can I get approval for Halloween MPG for
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
?
Thank you!

Can I have approved for option 2 please,

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Would be ok for a candle?"

Yes, I can see a lit candle. Approved.

Ines wrote: "Can I get approval for Halloween MPG for
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
?
Thank you!"

Sorry, I can't see Halloween among the main page genres. Not approved at this time.

Apple wrote: "Can I have approved for option 2 please,

"

There is a lit candle on the cover. Approved for option 2.

I think that the candle the woman is holding has a silhouette of a flame on the top. Do you agree? or will it not work?
Thanks!

Cat wrote: "

I think that the candle the woman is holding has a silhouette of a flame on the top. Do you agree? or will it not work?
Thanks!"

I agree. Approved

Fab, thanks Paula!

Could you please confirm/ lock in MPG Halloween for Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology?

Jen K wrote: "Could you please confirm/ lock in MPG Halloween for Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology?"

I can see Halloween. Approved.
Looks like an interesting collection, by the way.

Paula wrote: "Jen K wrote: "Could you please confirm/ lock in MPG Halloween for Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology?"

I can see Halloween. Approved.
Looks like an intere..."

Thanks!! I'm excited for it.

i don't thik the genre will disappear - but can i get Spookily Yours for halloween

Dee wrote: "i don't thik the genre will disappear - but can i get Spookily Yours for halloween"

It's still there. Approved.