The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.10 - Delicious Dee's Task: TP = Trivial Pursuit, Toilet Paper or something else?

So I had an idea for my task all laid out in my head (best place for it) and was talking about it with Ms Anderson tonight (yeah, we were scheming slightly), when I typed in a PM, TP for Trivial Pursuit – not even thinking about other meanings for the word (which has gotten me into grief on Facebook recently). When she came back and said TP probably not what I was thinking of, I had a the idea of basing my task around the abbreviation TP and other words/phrases that could be abbreviated to it. I ended up finding out, there were lots of things that TP could stand for. I narrowed it down to the 6 I liked the most/were the most different.

For this task, you will read TWO books from DIFFERENT options.
Your two books must total at least 600 pages and since SRC is to me about expanding my reading boundaries and I often times find myself falling into my comfort zone, the genre ROMANCE MAY NOT appear on your choices' main page genre list.

OPTION 1: TRIVIAL PURSUIT – well, since that is how the task idea started. Read a book by an author whose initials are found SEQUENTIALLY in TRIVIAL PURSUIT. The first and last letters wrap as TT. You may go consecutively forward or backward. i.e. RS - Roz Savage or SR – Susan Rieger The author you choose must use only a first and last name- no middle names or initials.

OPTION 2: TOILET PAPER – I had to include this one - read a book that a friend or SRC member has rated 2 stars or less
REQUIRED Include the link to the person’s rating/review in your post

OPTION 3: TIBIALIS POSTERIOR – is a stabilizing muscle in your lower foot – read a book with at least one BARE foot on the cover
ex
Required Include the cover

OPTION 4: PORTUGAL – TP is the International Air Transport Association code for AIR PORTUGAL – Read a book either set predominately in Portugal or by an author who was born or has lived in Portugal (if you pick lived, they need to have resided there for at least 2 years) -This list may help - AtW80 - Portugal - but as with all lists, not every book will meet the task requirements
Required If the connection isn't clear from the description, explain in your post.

OPTION 5: TRAINING PEAKS – this is a web-based program used by a lot of athletes and coaches to track workouts – my coach posts my workouts via it, and then I report back when done – in the spirit of that, read a book that has the genre SPORTS on the main page. The genre may be embedded or standalone.

OPTION 6: TERRY PRATCHETT – read a book that has been shelved both as FANTASY and SCIENCE-FICTION as he is known for writing within both genres. The genres may be embedded or standalone. The single genre SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY will also qualify.

NOTE: ebooks without print versions cannot be used for tasks requiring a specific number of pages. If you read an ebook or listen to an audiobook, use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition.

Required Indicate the options and the page numbers for each book

Reserved

Disapproved

Option 3
(shoe appears to be partially on foot)

Reserved

This help thread is open!

Hah Hah! Couldn't wait to read this task after seeing the title!

Very cute ideas ! I like them :)

For approval please:

Option 3: bare feet, no romance listed


Option 6: science fiction and fantasy listed, romance not listed
Beneath the Dark Ice or
Ice Station

(either combination total to 600+ pages)

Thanks

Look good Susan - Ice Station is a favorite of mine

Dee wrote: "Look good Susan - Ice Station is a favorite of mine"

I'll try that one that then. Thanks

Just want to make sure that this one will work for Option 6.

The Golem and the Jinni

Both Sci-Fi and Fantasy are on there today, but I want to make sure to get it double checked!

Thanks!

that works Pat - I see Science Fiction Fantasy with 63 ppl

Glad I could help! I think I'm going to read...

Option 1 (initials): Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov (trivIAl), 464pgs

Option 6 (SF and Fantasy): William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back, 176pgs

Looks good!!

Will Runner by Patrick Lee work as the last letter in trivial and the first of pursuit?

Yepyep that works any

I can't tell on my phone but will look tonight

Would this work for Option 3 ?
Well, the feet are nearly bare as the shoes are off !

The Body in the Library

i'm going to say no to that one Apoorv - since the toes of the feet still appear to be partially in the shoe - sorry

Sheila - did you delete your book cover question?

Hi Dee I'd like to have In the Night Garden verified for science fiction fantasy (19 users, at the bottom of the list!) please.

mstan wrote: "Hi Dee I'd like to have In the Night Garden verified for science fiction fantasy (19 users, at the bottom of the list!) please."

got it ;)

Option 1: Astronauts Wife by Robert Tine (INITIALS = R, T)

Option 2: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Friend, Delmy =^.^= - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...)

Claire wrote: "Option 1: Astronauts Wife by Robert Tine (INITIALS = R, T)

Option 2: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Friend, Delmy =^.^= - https://..."

Astronaut's wife works but dead until dark is shelved as romance so won't work

I take it Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett will work for Option 6? I have been meaning to read it FOREVER!

Great task- very creative and intriguing!

Option 2: A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks Lindsay (Little Reader Library) https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Nicole wrote: "I take it Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett will work for Option 6? I have been meaning to read it FOREVER!

Great task- very creat..."

Looks good - I see both fantasy and science fiction

Claire wrote: "Option 2: A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks Lindsay (Little Reader Library) https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Looks good

yep that works ;)

Can I get this one approved for option 6. I don't want the genres to fall off or romance get added thanks. Blur

And this one for barefeet. Again don't want romance to show up before getting it approved. Thanks

JennRenee wrote: "Can I get this one approved for option 6. I don't want the genres to fall off or romance get added thanks. Blur"

Fantasy/Sci-fi with no romance - good to go

JennRenee wrote: "And this one for barefeet. Again don't want romance to show up before getting it approved. Thanks"

Bare feet, no romance

Option 1: Fool Me Twice by Paul Levine
Option

Option 6: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Origin No Romance

Both equal over 600 pages

Option 1: The Night of the Moonbow by Thomas Tryon 385 pgs, no occurrences of ROMANCE.

and

Option 6: Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake. Today it is showing SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, and SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY with no occurrences of ROMANCE. 284 pgs.

669 pages total

Thanks!

Angel **Book Junkie** wrote: "Option 1: Fool Me Twice by Paul Levine
Option

Option 6: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Origin No Romance

Both equal over 600 pages"

look good!

D wrote: "Option 1: The Night of the Moonbow by Thomas Tryon 385 pgs, no occurrences of ROMANCE.

and

Option 6: Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake. Toda..."

both look good

May I get by Rick Reilly approved for Option 5 - Training Peaks (Sports on the main page)

thank you

Looks good (sports by 3 ppl) and intriguing - I may have to add it to the pile

Thank you. I'm only about 100 pages in but really enjoying it.

Dee, does this work?

Option 1: TRIVIAL PURSUIT - Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution by Rebecca Scott. 303 pages/paperback

Option 3: TIBIALIS POSTERIOR – by Mary Roach. 432 pages/paperback

Yep - good choices - that is one of the few roach books I haven't read yet

I am pretty sure I have bought Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, a couple years back at a bookstore, but I never got around to reading it. But now I don't know where it is, probably in one of the boxes I had packed and put in storage. I don't want to do all the work to pull it out so I will probably buy the kindle version too.

The audiobooks are pretty good - I laughed so hard I cried at Bonk - especially when she wrote about signing herself and her hubby up to have sex in a MRI

by Amy Hatvany....can I verify this? It's a little hard to tell, even with the enlarged Goodreads cover, but I have the paperback and she's walking barefoot in the water.

Or by Naomi Wood. While the feet of the woman in the foreground are not showing, the couple in the (unfocused) background are barefoot on the beach. But it's hard to see unless you have the book itself to look at.

i'll say yes to the Amy Hatvany one because I have the book at home

going to say no to the Mrs Hemingway because I can't see even with blowing up the cover clear enough to distinguish and that makes it hard for the mods - sorry!

Dee wrote: "i'll say yes to the Amy Hatvany one because I have the book at home

going to say no to the Mrs Hemingway because I can't see even with blowing up the cover clear enough to distinguish and that mak..."

OK, thanks. What's with these cover artists....don't they know we need clear images?!

I know right!!

Hi Dee
Could I get these verified please?

Option 5 - Knights of the Hill Country (Sports, 233 pages)

Option 6 - An Acceptable Time (Science Fiction Fantasy, 367 pages)

= 600 pages exactly, no romance for either

look good mstan ;)