Reading with Style discussion

Read a book by an author who shares a surname with one of the U.S. Presidents.

Please post any questions or comments about task 20.3 in this thread.

i suspect this isn't the intent of the task, but thought i would ask, just in case:

are books written by former presidents okay? (thinking about barack obama's Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, which came immediately to mind as a book i've owned way too long without reading.)

Jennifer wrote: "i suspect this isn't the intent of the task, but thought i would ask, just in case:

are books written by former presidents okay? (thinking about barack obama's [book:Dreams from My Father: A Stor..."

Yes, that would be fine.

sweet! thank you, elizabeth.

oh - one other question for this one: if an author uses three names, David Adams Richards or John Kennedy Toole for example, would they work for adams, or kennedy?

In case this is helpful to anyone, I made an alphabetical list of the names. Not being steeped in US history makes it hard to remember them!

Adams
Arthur
Buchanan
Bush
Carter
Cleveland
Clinton
Coolidge
Eisenhower
Fillmore
Ford
Garfield
Grant
Harding
Harrison
Hayes
Hoover
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lincoln
McKinley
Madison
Monroe
Nixon
Obama
Pierce
Polk
Reagan
Roosevelt
Taft
Taylor
Truman
Trump
Tyler
Van Buren
Washington
Wilson

Jennifer wrote: "oh - one other question for this one: if an author uses three names, David Adams Richards or John Kennedy Toole for example, would they work for adams, or kennedy?"

It's a 20-pointer, so we'll stick to surnames, not middle names.

Valerie wrote: "In case this is helpful to anyone, I made an alphabetical list of the names. Not being steeped in US history makes it hard to remember them!"

Thanks, Valerie. I got as far as thinking about doing this, and appreciate that it's done!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "It's a 20-pointer, so we'll stick to surnames, not middle names."

thanks! :)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "In case this is helpful to anyone, I made an alphabetical list of the names. Not being steeped in US history makes it hard to remember them!"

Thanks, Valerie. I got as far as think..."

You're welcome! I found it very helpful to find books.

Two presidential children became authors of a mystery series;
Elliot Roosevelt and Margaret Truman

I haven't asked any silly questions for a while, so here we go.....

I suppose the last name needs to be spelled the same - specifically McKinley not McKinlay (which to me would be pronounced the same).

Valerie wrote: "I haven't asked any silly questions for a while, so here we go.....

I suppose the last name needs to be spelled the same - specifically McKinley not McKinlay (which to me would be pronounced the s..."

Yeah, you suppose correctly - same spelling.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I haven't asked any silly questions for a while, so here we go.....

I suppose the last name needs to be spelled the same - specifically McKinley not McKinlay (which to me would be ..."

Thanks. I think! I mistakenly + over enthusiastically put a book on hold AND it's already waiting for me and now I can't find where to put it.

Valerie wrote: "Thanks. I think! I mistakenly + over enthusiastically put a book on hold AND it's already waiting for me and now I can't find where to put it.."

There are more tasks to come. I don't anything about them, but maybe it will fit in one of those.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Thanks. I think! I mistakenly + over enthusiastically put a book on hold AND it's already waiting for me and now I can't find where to put it.."

There are more tasks to come. I don..."

Yes, thanks. I changed 'a hand' for Blackjack and made it work!

Valerie wrote: "I changed 'a hand' for Blackjack and made it work!"

Perfect!