Pick-a-Shelf discussion

OPPOSITES

"noun

1. a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.

2. an antonym.

3. Archaic. an opponent; antagonist." ~dictionary.com



Easy level

1. Not everything is black and white. Read a book with either a black or a white cover. 50% of the colour should be black or white. When in doubt use the following colour extractor to check the percentages of the colours on your book's cover: TinEye Labs

2. You can have a high or low rating. Read either the highest or the lowest average rating book on your bookopoly shelf.

3. How many people rated this book? Read the book with either the highest or the lowest number of ratings on your bookopoly shelf.

4. Sort your bookopoly shelf by date added and read either the oldest or the newest book.

5. Read a book from your bookopoly shelf with either the most or the least letters in the title.

6. Not all books are the same size. Read either the thinnest or thickest book on your dedicated shelf (most/least total page numbers).

Moderate level

1. Colours have opposites too. Read a book in which the opposite colours on the colour wheel are both on the cover. This can be a colour used in the the title, it can be any shade of the colour, and it can be a small detail as long as that it is there it counts. You can read a book with the following colours of the cover:
(1) red & green, (2) purple & yellow, (3) orange & blue


2. Read a book of male point of view written by female author OR female point of view written by male author (there should only be single point of view)

3. Read a book from the shelf Books that made you CRY or the shelf Books that make you LAUGH

4. Illness is the opposite of health: Read a book where the main character is dying (or suffering terminal illness) OR is never sick

5. Read a book where the main character is either very old (65+ years old) or a is child (max 8 years old).

6. An antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another. Read a book with antonym titles; the book doesn't have to be on the shelf with antonym titles but you can use it for ideas; Books with Antonym Titles

Hard level

For this we will list several antonyms. You have to find a book that fits both words. These words may refer to cover, setting, or word in title, characters, etc –but completely up to your interpretation.

1. ancient-modern
2. day-night
3. good-evil
4. fire-ice
5. dead-alive
6. teach - learn

For ideas, this Opposites listopia may help.

Remember, you may choose which task to complete. However, we would encourage you to complete different tasks each time you land on the same Theme Park square.

There are 18 tasks (over 3 different levels) per Theme Park:

Easy: tasks that may be easily completed from participant’s bookopoly shelf

Moderate: tasks that may require participants to look outside of bookopoly shelf or further afield

Hard: tasks that may require a rather intensive research to complete (or maybe not; this will depend on the individual)

The Listopia is a work in progress and all participants are encouraged to add to this list.

This thread is also open for further discussion on the topic of opposites.

Wow! The Listopia really helps, Tien. Thanks! I have to admit that I'm not even sure which of the categories the book I chose fits, but I'm sure I'll see as I read it.

And I want to encourage everyone to add to the Listopia if you read a book for this theme that isn't already on it. It will help all of us.

Susan, if you click on "person voted", it will tell you the category of the book.

I rolled the dice to see what I have to read for this:
I rolled: 1;5 Task easy #5. Read a book from your bookopoly shelf with either the most or the least letters in the title.
Most: One Hundred Years of Solitude (25 letters)
Least: The Host (7 letters)

Lusie wrote: "Most: Charles Dickens: The Complete Christmas Books and Stories (49 letters)"

I'd count this as 14 letters (Charles Dickens) as whatever after the colon is subtitle...?

You could also look at it that way...thanks Tien! In that case i'll look for one with more letters I think that will be One Hundred Years of Solitude

Maybe you can add to task #5 (subtitles not included)

This is actually quite nice: I've just landed on my own (and Lusie's, obviously!) theme park square.

I've chosen to go for easy level, task 2, because it's fun to sort my shelves (or my Bookopoly shelf, in this case) in different ways, and I find it particularly interesting to see which books have the lowest and the highest ratings. I've chosen to go for the lowest average rating and read a book which has no rating at all (average 0.00): Anthology of Contemporary Macedonian Poetry. I haven't read any poetry in a while, plus I need to read a book from Macedonia for my literary tour around the world, plus I felt sorry for this poor little book with no ratings at all!

Yay, Marina! I have also already landed on this theme park square and enjoyed it! I agree with you, it is fun to sort your shelves in different ways. Interesting book you will read! I hope you will like the poetry.

I went for the least letters, and have read The Host. I normally don't read science fiction books and in general don't like books about aliens. This was a book I enjoyed though.

I read A Kestrel for a Knave, which fits hard level task 6, teach/learn.

Billy is 15 and at school. Most of the book takes place at school, although the theme is more about him training his hawk, always there as the one thing that matters to him. At school, the teachers are terrible and he doesn't learn much, but there is some teaching and learning going on.

I gave it 5 stars but I found it a very painful read, because I just wanted to take Billy out of the deprived and bullied situation he is in.

For the Hard - Dead-Alive task I've chosen a book with vampires They are both dead and alive.

Tien - would a slow developing form a dementia work for 4. Illness is the opposite of health: Read a book where the main character is dying (or suffering terminal illness) OR is never sick - I haven't started it yet to see what the diagnosis is (although it probably works for the half white cover too)

Hi Dee. Marina and I set up the questions for this. In answer to your question I'd say yes. If you google dementia it does say it is a terminal illness.

Thx!

I agree with Lusie. It is unfortunately a terminal illness.

even worse the character in this book is a teenager when she is diagnosed...I was tossing up between The Memory Book or Mercies in Disguise: A Story of Hope, a Family's Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them

Oh my gosh, Dee, that must be horrible... I didn't even know that could happen to teens. Not a light-hearted book, definitely.

Dee and Marina, I have heard of people who get dementia as teens or at the start at their twenties. I always thought that was horrible. That sure will be an emotional book.

I finished A Walk to Remember on 7/18/17
It fits for moderate level task #3 -- the book is #9 on the Books that Made You Cry List

Liked it. *3.5 STARS*

I liked this one. I liked it more than I liked the movie I think except for one thing. I felt like the main characters Jamie and Landon had more of a connection in the movie. I just didn't see that as much in the book. I did feel more hopeful at the end of the book than I did in the movie, however, I was still bawling my eyes out.