The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.4 - Kristina Simon's task: The Summer of Love

The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that took place mid-1967. That summer, as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. The media's coverage of hippie life in Haight-Ashbury drew the attention of youth from all over America, including my mother's. About nine months after the Summer of Love concluded, I was born. Let's celebrate the Summer of Love in the Winter of 2020.

Choose one option. Read one Book A and one Book B.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.

Option 1: Flower Power
Book A: Read a book with a flower or flowers on the cover. The flower(s) may be realistic or stylized but at least one flower must be clearly shown on the cover. Ex:

Required: Include the cover when you post.
Book B: Read a book with a word that has "ower" intact in the title/subtitle.

Option 2: Bell Bottoms
Book A: Read a book with a title of at least two words where all the words begin with the same letter. All words count. Subtitles should be ignored.
Book B: Read a book written by a single author whose name contains LL or TT. Ex: Jennifer Donnelly, Matthew J. Sullivan

Option 3: Hippies in Haight-Ashbury
Book A: Read a book first published between 1960 and 1969, inclusive.
Book B: Read a book with a hyphenated word in the title/subtitle.

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Kathy KS

Does a hyphen between dates count for Option 3B? Such as: Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse

Thanks!

Kathy wrote: "Kathy KS

Does a hyphen between dates count for Option 3B? Such as: Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse

Thanks!"

No, sorry. It has to be a hyphenated word.

Would you accept the image on the flag as a stylized flower (for Option 1A)?

Julia wrote: "Would you accept the image on the flag as a stylized flower (for Option 1A)?
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No, sorry. Even after blowing up the cover on Amazon, it's not clear that's a flower. It looks like a coat of arms, maybe?

Kristina Simon wrote: "Julia wrote: "Would you accept the image on the flag as a stylized flower (for Option 1A)?
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No, sorry. Even after blowing up the cover on Amazon, it's..."

Thanks for checking. (I was thinking it looked like the Tudor Rose which is a heraldry symbol based on a flower, although it's obviously not the Tudor symbol since the book isn't set in England)

I think the orange thing is a flower in a vase. Will that work:

Joanna wrote: "I think the orange thing is a flower in a vase. Will that work:

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Looks like flowers to me, too. It'll work.

For Option 2, can the "TT" be in the author's MIDDLE name?
For example: Eric Scott Fischl

Deedee wrote: "For Option 2, can the "TT" be in the author's MIDDLE name?
For example: Eric Scott Fischl"

Yes, any name part will do.

Kristina Simon wrote: "Deedee wrote: "For Option 2, can the "TT" be in the author's MIDDLE name?
For example: Eric Scott Fischl"

Yes, any name part will do."

Thanks for the quick reply :0)

Does Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man work for Option 3 hyphenated word?

Julia wrote: "Does Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man work for Option 3 hyphenated word?"

Yes, that works.