The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.8 - It's My Birthday - Paul's Task; Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It ...

So, I won a birthday task. Yay ! I stayed up all night last night and woke up with "army-face"... that's when you fall asleep at the Risk® board and those hard plastic pieces embed themselves in your cheeks (face-cheeks, that is)...

I went to the Hasbro site to look at the original rules and discovered two Risk® variants in the original rules that I don't ever remember playing. That may be my memory, the fact that rules tend to get lost, or that I never owned what appears to be the first game of Risk® ever made. Those two variants are:

CAPITAL RISK®
SECRET MISSION RISK®

You can go to the site and read up on these two exciting variants if you'd like. But that won't help you for this task. To complete this task, read a book with one of these three words in the title (or sub-title):

CAPITAL (referring to a capital city),
SECRET (something that is hidden), or
MISSION (a task)

Variants of these words (including the word embedded in another) are fine as long as they maintain the meaning above (in parentheses).

Examples that are acceptable include: secretly, secreted, commission, or missionary.

Examples of words that are unacceptable include: capitalize, secretion, admission.

No books with the genres childrens or kids may be used for this task.

Reserved for approved books

Disallowed:



Murder in the White House (cannot use series namefor this task)

Amsterdam (this book does not have the word CAPITAL in the title, although Amsterdam is an example of a capital city).

A Perfect Mess (A Perfect Secret Series, #1)" (cannot use series name for this task)

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Will this work?

Murder in the White House (Capital Crimes, #1)

I understand the word Capital is the name of the series and not the subtitle. Just hoping…

If it doesn't work, I have a back up plan.

The Secret River

Sorry, Murder in the White House will not work. The default rule for title is the title plus the sub-title (after the colon), but not the series title (which is in parentheses).

okie dokie. The Secret River it is. :-)

Hi! Can I read either?

Divine Secrets os the Ya Ya sisterhood

or Amsterdam (capital)

by Procopius?

I've got three books with the word SECRET. Which of these work?

Can You Keep a Secret?
The Husband's Secret
A Perfect Mess (A Perfect Secret Series, #1)

The Secret History by Procopius works for this task.

Pia - the secrets of the divine sisterhood works.

Although you didn't supply a link to the "amsterdam" book, that book does not work.

The task requires that the title of the book contain one of three words. In this case Amsterdam is an example of a capital, not the word CAPITAL.

Got it, Thanks!

I'll think I'll go with The Mission Song, by John Le Carré

Pia wrote: "Got it, Thanks!

I'll think I'll go with The Mission Song, by John Le Carré
"

Looks great !

Arshiya wrote: "I've got three books with the word SECRET. Which of these work?

These two work (SECRET in the title):

Can You Keep a Secret?
The Husband's Secret

This one does not work (SECRET is only found in the SERIES name with this book, which is not part of the title):

A Perfect Mess (A Perfect Secret Series, #1)"

Got it. Thanks Paul!

Can I read Secret Lies?

Secret Lies (by Amy Dunne) works very well, Fiona.

:)

Is this book ok?



It's the portuguese translation for "The Secret Hour" by Scott Westerfeld.

Does this work for the word secret? The Greek Tycoon's Secret Child by Cathy Williams

Hina wrote: "Does this work for the word secret? The Greek Tycoon's Secret Child by Cathy Williams"

Yes, this book works fine for the task.

Célia wrote: "Is this book ok?



It's the Portuguese translation for "The Secret Hour" by Scott Westerfeld."

This is fine. Secreta is Portuguese for "Secret". Good selection !

Officially confirming: The Secret of Chimneys works for this task

Would this book work - it's just an alternate spelling to the word SECRET??

Sekretby Lindsay Smith

Yes, I will allow Sekret.

The word is Russian for secret, and since the subject of the book has to do with the KGB, it aligns with the spirit of the task

Paul wrote: "Yes, I will allow Sekret.

The word is Russian for secret, and since the subject of the book has to do with the KGB, it aligns with the spirit of the task"

Thank you! :)

King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone by John E. Morris

Claire - the book you list is great for this task, as the word "Capital" is there intact in the title ! Enjoy !!

So as long as the word is intact the meaning doesn't matter? Capital in King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone refers to money not to a city.

Book Concierge wrote: "So as long as the word is intact the meaning doesn't matter? Capital in King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone refers to money..."

Yes, you are absolutely correct. Per the task instructions, the meaning is only important if the word is embedded within a larger word. That is why "Capitalism" would not work, but "Secretive" (embedding the word "Secret") would work.

Paul wrote: "Yes, you are absolutely correct. Per the task instructions, the meaning is only important if the word is embedded within a larger word. That is why "Capitalism" would not work, but "Secretive" (embedding the word "Secret") would work. ."

Thanks for the clarification, Paul. I'm still deciding on this task, but this definitely helps.

Is Garlic And Sapphires acceptable for this task? This link goes to the edition I have bought - although the subtitle "the SECRET life of a food critic" is not on the GR heading, it does appear on the actual cover.

Also, the GR page for my edition lists the original title as "Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise", and there are several other editions listed on GR with the full title, for example Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise.

Fingers crossed!

Lagullande: it all comes down to the edition that you have, which will show up in the post. I'm not completely sure of which edition you have. Since this is not a "cover" task, it doesn't matter what's on the cover.

The goodreads page for the edition you post must have a word in the title or subtitle that fits the task. In this case, that would be "secret".

I have corrected the title on Laguilande's edition since the subtitle is clearly on the cover.

Bea wrote: "I have corrected the title on Laguilande's edition since the subtitle is clearly on the cover."

Thanks so much, Bea. That removes all doubt.

Hi there! Will this work for Secret?Every Secret Thing

Every Secret Thing will work great for this task !