The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.2 Katrisa's Task: Wrapped in Plastic

This year the world lost iconic director David Lynch. This prompted me to revisit Twin Peaks. It has been fun to dive back into that world and this task is based on that show. This is a 2 book task.
Please choose two different options and read a book from each. No children’s (or related MPG) or graphic novels/comics allowed.
Required:State the options

Option 1 - “The Owls are not what they seem.”
As the quote indicates, the owls in Twin Peaks are imbued with mystery. Are they the eyes of the Black Lodge? Souls? Aliens? Harbingers?
Read a book with the letters OWL found intact AND imbedded in a word in the title/subtitle. So just the word owl/s will not work but hOWLing, bOWL or knOWLedge would (the point being that OWL is “hidden” in the word).

Option 2 - The Bookhouse Boys
The Bookhouse Boys are a citizen group dedicated to defending Twin Peaks from the Evil that lurks around the town (and bust some drug dealers as well). The Twin Peaks police department are all members and Special Agent Dale Cooper is made an honorary member. Their symbol is a pine tree and a sword. Read a book with one or more conifer trees or a sword on the cover (the hilt of the sword must be visible. No knives or daggers).
EX:
Required: Post cover

Option 3 - The Black Lodge and White Lodge
The good vs. evil energies in Twin Peaks are symbolized by the Black Lodge and the White Lodge. Read a book from the first 20 pages of this
Good Vs Evil
Required: state the page

Option 4 - BOB
Bob is an evil spirit who inhabits hosts and commits terrible acts in order to harvest pain and fear and appears as a long-haired vagrant. Read a book from this list of books about
Demonic Possession
Required: state the page

Option 5 - Fire Walk with Me
The words “Fire walk with me” are found scrawled in blood near where Laura Palmer was murdered. The words are part of a poem first uttered by Mike in the pilot episode that is associated with the Black Lodge.
"Through the darkness of future past,
The magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds.
Fire walk with me."
Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the poem in the title (excluding WITH). Plurals/possessives are ok or you can drop the s from a word in the poem (i.e. you can use world or chant).
Required: State the word

A damn fine cup of coffee (these work)
Opt 1 -

Opt 2 -
Opt 3 -
Opt 4 -
Opt 5 -

There's a fish in the percolator (these don't work)
Opt 1 -

Opt 2 -
Opt 3 -
Opt 4 -
Opt 5 -

does this work for sword
the sword is in his right hand

Marie (UK) wrote: "does this work for sword
the sword is in his right hand"

Yes this works Marie.

For 5 - title and subtitle or title only?

Title and subtitle both.

Opt 5 - word from the poem = worlds, can I use the singular WORLD

yes you can drop the plural S and use world

Would this work for a conifer tree?

Angela wrote: "Would this work for a conifer tree?
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Yep! That works!

Would this work for a sword?

Yes, Julia, I think that works. The size of the hilt suggests sword and not dagger.

Afternoon.

I'd like to get this cover okayed for conifers:
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To me, it looks like a forest of conifers on the hillside/mountainside beyond the water. What do you think?

If that's a no, then option two is


Thanks.

Trish wrote: "Afternoon.

I'd like to get this cover okayed for conifers:
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To me, it looks like a forest of conifers on the hillside/mountainside beyond the water. What do you th..."

I agree that looks like a hill full of conifers to me! Approved.

Thank you!

Please verify that these are swords:

Kathy KS wrote: "Please verify that these are swords:


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Those were tricky! I was on the fence about the first one so I asked the internets about blade size and a dagger is typically 12 inches or shorter with a skinny blade so I will go ahead and say yes to the first one.
The second one looks like a sword to me because of the size of the hilt.
The third one I am going to say no. That one looks more like a dagger to me.

Katrisa wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Please verify that these are swords:


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Those were tricky! I was..."

Fair enough. I was on the fence on some of them enough to get your opinion. Thanks.

does enough of the sword show to count this?

Fly wrote: "does enough of the sword show to count this? "
Yes that works

thank you :)

Does this work for option 2?



One of the statues is holding a sword

Masoodah wrote: "Does this work for option 2?



One of the statues is holding a sword"

Yes that works!

Perfect thank you!

Can I ask whether this book will work for option 5 using 'World's'? I see that just using world will work and that plurals or possessives will work, but this is an odd combination of those 2 aspects by removing the plural from the original word and then making it possessive. Or does it work by not counting the apostrophe for 'Worlds'?

Secrets of the World's Worst Matchmaker

Yes that works KmarieD.

Katrisa wrote: "Yes that works KmarieD."

Thanks