The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.9 - TessaVanessa's Task: Ringing in the New Year

Choose 2 options and read 1 book for each.
You may use one book with a MPG Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga
Required: State the options.

Option 1: Goodbye 2024! Hello 2025!

Read a book with a page count with only the numbers in 2024 and 2025 (00222245). Numbers may be used only as often as they appear.

Option 2: New Year Resolution

It’s that time of year to make a resolution. Last year I had a coworker say, “Why do the resolutions always have to be about fixing something. Why not do something that is fun?”
So my resolution for 2024 was to visit 24 NEW to me restaurants. I was able to easily achieve this goal and enjoyed some good food along the way.

Read a book with food on the cover. The food should be visible (i.e. not in a can or packet).

Required: Post the cover.

Option 3: Times Square Ball Drop

The ball is a prominent part of a New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ball drop, where the ball descends down a specially designed flagpole, beginning at 11:59:00 p.m. ET, and resting at midnight to signal the start of the new year.

First held on December 31, 1907, to welcome 1908, the ball drop has been held annually since, except in 1942 and 1943 in observance of wartime blackouts.

Read a book set in New York City.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the Goodreads page or metadata provide a reference.

Option 4: Sing "Auld Lang Syne"

"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish song. It is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve.

Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song Auld Lang Syne in the title. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Auld...
You may use a word from either the Scots or English version but the word must match exactly.

Required: State the word.

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For this one, I'm sure you mean "a word in the title".

Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters from the song Auld Lang Syne.

Oops... fixed now.

I have a question about Option 4. The lyric that I plan to use is "And we’ll take a right good-will draught,". However, the word I was going to use, "good", is connected to "will." Do I need to use "good-will" or can I use "good" individually?

Thanks!

For option 2, will you accept:
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Kim wrote: "For option 2, will you accept:
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Yes, definitely

Josh wrote: "I have a question about Option 4. The lyric that I plan to use is "And we’ll take a right good-will draught,". However, the word I was going to use, "good", is connected to "will." Do I need to use..."

According to the FAQ: ‘The default rule is that the word must stand alone in the title’

For option 2, can I use there are vegetables in the shopping cart, and vegetables on top of the washing machine on the cover

Emily wrote: "For option 2, can I use there are vegetables in the shopping cart, and vegetables on top of the washing machine on the cover"
I see food in the cart, so I would say yes.

would that work for option 2? or does it need to be more foody?

Brooke wrote: "
would that work for option 2? or does it need to be more foody?"
This would work.

I think this is OK, because the above cover with olive oil, but need verification...

For option 2, will this beer/root beer be OK?