The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

50.1 - Jen B's Task: ‘Bored’ Games

When my boys were little, entertaining them during long waits was always a challenge. So, we would play “Bored Games” – quick things that we could do with whatever pens and paper were in my purse. Now they are typical phone-wielding American teenagers, but occasionally I can get them to take a little trip down memory lane with me to play one of our old favorites.

This task requires three books totaling at least 750 pages.
No books with the genres children or kids on the main book page may be used.
Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may not be used.

Choose one of our Bored Games below and read 3 books to satisfy each option listed for that board game.

Required: State the option.

Option 1: Tic Tac Toe
Pretty much everyone knows this game in some form. The idea is to match three Xs or Os either horizontally, diagonally, or vertically in a grid of 9 squares.

For this option, read 3 books by 3 different authors who share the same name. The names must be in the same position (first, middle, or last) and must match exactly. So, if they are a nickname or variation, they must all be that nickname/variation. For example,
Jennifer Weiner and Jen Lancaster and Jenny Colgan would NOT work because they are all different variations.
However, Kate Quinn and Kate White, and Kate Spencer do work since they are the same variation.

Option 2: MASH
MASH was an 80s elementary school favorite that my thoroughly modern kiddos ended up finding hilarious. In this game, you “predict” your future life by listing multiple options in different categories, like marriage partners, cities to live, jobs, and whether your home will be a Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House (hence, MASH). Then, you pick your magic number from 1-10 and count your way through all the options in your categories using that number, crossing off each option that you land on. Eventually, you are left with one option in each category and, voila! That’s your future! You can even play it online!
https://mashapp.com/play-mash-online-...

Book 1 - Read a book with the word Mansion, Apartment, Shack, or House in the title. Plurals and possessives are ok, but no other variations.
Book 2 - Read a book with a person’s name in the title
Book 3 - Read a book with a city name in the title
Required: If the city name is not obvious (i.e. it is a well known city), please provide a reference.

Option 3: Draw It!
For this one, I’d pull out my phone and someone would choose an object to Google a picture of. We’d land on a picture, and then we’d all have to draw whatever it was. This produced some good drawings, and some hilarious ones.

Book 1 - Read a book whose main character is an artist
Required: if not evident from the book's description, provide a reference
Book 2 - Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are in DRAW
Book 3 - Read a book with a writing utensil (pen, pencil, crayon, paintbrush, chalk, etc) on the cover. This list may help (but your book does not have to be from the list) https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Required: Post the Cover

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For option 2, does the city need to be a real one? I'm thinking of the book Paradise Peak by Janet Dailey.

With a wildfire burning its way toward Paradise Peak, Tennessee, folks are drawing together to save the small mountain community.

For Option 3, Book 3:

Would you accept the following cover?



At the bottom left of the image on the cover, there's a notbook (or possibly a calendar) with a pen or pencil next to it. There's also what appearsto be an old-school pen holder with, I think, a pen toward the right front, just below the edge of the lampshade.

I had to blow up the cover to see all this, lol.

Thanks!

Kim wrote: "For option 2, does the city need to be a real one? I'm thinking of the book Paradise Peak by Janet Dailey.
With a wildfire burning its way toward Paradise Peak, Tenn..."

Yep that works for me, since it's clearly listed as the city where the book takes place. Enjoy!

Truitt_T wrote: "For Option 3, Book 3:

Would you accept the following cover?



At the bottom left of the image on the cover, there's a notbook (or possibly a calendar..."

Haha, I had to enlarge it, too, but I definitely see the pen next to the notebook, so this works!

In my era, the equivalent to MASH was a folded paper called a Fortune Teller. You chose a number that determined how many times the folds were manipulated. The categories could include where you would live, who you would marry, how many children you’d have, etc.

Jen B wrote: "Truitt_T wrote: "For Option 3, Book 3:

Would you accept the following cover?



At the bottom left of the image on the cover, there's a notbook (or po..."

Thanks, Jen!

For option 1 can there be more than one author for a book as long as one has the same name as the other two?

Robin P wrote: "In my era, the equivalent to MASH was a folded paper called a Fortune Teller. You chose a number that determined how many times the folds were manipulated. The categories could include where you wo..."

Same era... but I'm not sure I remember any exact name for it!

Does the person name have be used as a person? eg Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
Georgia is a name (eg Georgia O'Keefe), even if in this instance it's probably talking about the state?
And can it be a last name? eg Maigret Sets a Trap

Thanks!

Robin P wrote: "In my era, the equivalent to MASH was a folded paper called a Fortune Teller. You chose a number that determined how many times the folds were manipulated. The categories could include where you wo..."

I remember fortune tellers, too...but they would always drive me crazy because I could never figure out how to fold them!

Tess wrote: "For option 1 can there be more than one author for a book as long as one has the same name as the other two?"

Yes, that works, as long as the one with the matching name fits the rquirements

Cat wrote: "Does the person name have be used as a person? eg Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
Georgia is a name (eg Georgia O'Keefe), even if in this instance it's probably talking ab..."

My intention was for the name in the title to be a character's name. Perhaps we should edit the task to include that.

So, random Georgia doesn't work, but the last name does