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10.9 - Write Me a Letter
February 4th is National Thank a Mail Carrier Day. In honor of letter carriers everywhere, read a book write in an epistolary style. An epistolary book is one that is written as a series of documents, usually letters, that are often dated and/or time-stamped. For the purposes of this task, books written as a series of letters will, of course, work, but so will books written as a series of emails, tweets, blog posts, diary entries, newspaper clippings, and/or ships logs. The Epistolary Fiction or Best Books of Letters (Non-Fiction) lists might give you some ideas.
Required: If the epistolary nature of the book is not obvious from the book's description, explain how it fits the task when you post.

These work:

Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Harvey Girl
Illuminae
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

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Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence is listed on page 4 of fiction Epistolary. Would this be acceptable for task?

Wanda wrote: "Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence is listed on page 4 of fiction Epistolary. Would this be acceptable for task?"

The task requires a book that is written in the form of letters, emails, blog posts, etc. From the description, this book appears to be a group of short stories that involve letters, but not one that is written in letter format. If that is the case, then, no, this book would not work for this task. The lists were supplied solely for idea purposes, not a guarantee that books on the list actually fit the task.

Diary entries were also included in the task description. Would this book Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Harvey Girl be acceptable? It does have a MPG of children, however according to AR the IL is MG+-BL 6.1 and Ar points-12.0 thus making it within the acceptable parameter for children's books.

Thanks

Wanda wrote: "Diary entries were also included in the task description. Would this book Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Harvey Girl be acceptable? It does have a MPG of child..."

Yes, that would work.

Kristina Simon wrote: "Wanda wrote: "Diary entries were also included in the task description. Would this book Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Harvey Girl be acceptable? It does have ..."

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Scoundrels

would this work I cant find anything on GR to say it is epistolary but this review on net galley Featured Reviews

Mia D, Reviewer
This book is best described as a hilarious absurdity or possibly the inverse of that. Set up as an epistolary memoir of two retired Majors Scoundrels and two lifelong major scoundrels, it goes one to tell tall tales of a British gentleman’s club extraordinaire and its two eminent members’ wild adventures in service of their country and their egos.

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Marie (UK) wrote: "Scoundrels

would this work I cant find anything on GR to say it is epistolary but this review on net galley Featured Reviews

Mia D, Reviewer
This book is best described as a hila..."

From the preview it appears to be a mixture of journal entries and letters. As long as that format continues through the rest of the book then, yes, it would work. Since the epistolary nature of the book is not obvious from the book's description, make sure you explain how it fits the task when you post.

Kristina Simon wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "Scoundrels

would this work I cant find anything on GR to say it is epistolary but this review on net galley Featured Reviews

Mia D, Reviewer
This book is best ..."

thanks

Just want to confirm that Illuminae would work (From the GR description): "Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more..."

Brooke wrote: "Just want to confirm that Illuminae would work (From the GR description): "Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, ..."

Yes, that works. Sounds really good, too!

Will These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 work?

Foxy Grandma wrote: "Will These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 work?"

Yes, that works.

Would work

Louise wrote: "Would work"

Yes, that works.