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Museum 7: National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa


1. Location - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Task: Read a book set in Canada or written by a Canadian author.

2. About - Following its founding in 1880, the Gallery occupied five different spaces, before finally settling in the stunning building it now calls home. 
Task: Read a book that is in a series with 5 primary works.

3. Collection - Running Horses by Joe Fafard
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Task: Read a book with a horse or horses on the cover.

4. Interactive Item - based on the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

I just want to confirm that we are using the same series rule as we did in previous challenges. A book that is in a series with 5 primary works means currently published, correct? So, if I read a book that has 5 books published in January, but later in the month or year book #6 comes out, it is fine as long as the book is read and reported before book #6 is published.

Kristie wrote: "I just want to confirm that we are using the same series rule as we did in previous challenges. A book that is in a series with 5 primary works means currently published, correct? So, if I read a b..."

Yes, that is correct. Once you've finished reading the book and reported it, published books after that date won't have any effect. The problem comes in if you haven't read the book, because suddenly the series is no longer 5 primary works.

Thank you. I thought that would be the case, but just wanted to make sure. I have a couple of books that fit and only one has a new release coming out early in the year, so if I don 't get to it I have a backup plan. :)

Janice, for collection, horse on cover, are the horses on these covers sufficient focus?

TrudyAn wrote: "Janice, for collection, horse on cover, are the horses on these covers sufficient focus?

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Yes, both are acceptable.

Thanks, Janice.

For Task 3 - Read a book with a horse or horses on the cover, will a flying horse qualify?

Lanelle wrote: "For Task 3 - Read a book with a horse or horses on the cover, will a flying horse qualify? "

No, sorry. Technically, they are pegasi, mythical creatures. So, not a horse.

Janice wrote: "No, sorry. Technically, they are pegasi, mythical creatures. So, not a horse."

Okay. Thanks. Maybe I can place it somewhere else.

Mythology is listed as a main page genre. Museum 27, about, has that task. Maybe you can use it for that task.

Janice wrote: "Mythology is listed as a main page genre. Museum 27, about, has that task. Maybe you can use it for that task."

Thank you.

is also the 3rd of 5 in a series, so it will work for this museum, the About task.

Awesome! Glad you found a spot for it.

For Task #2, I have a set of books called the Manawaka Sequence. They are not a series per say but a collection of books that go together.
Here: https://www.goodreads.com/series/6743...

Would this meet the requirements of the task or should I look for an actual series??

Dawn wrote: "For Task #2, I have a set of books called the Manawaka Sequence. They are not a series per say but a collection of books that go together.
Here: https://www.goodreads.com/series/6743......"

Goodreads has them listed as a series, so go ahead.

Thank you. :)

I was planning on using Mostly Harmless for this as being part of a 5 book series. But I just noticed that GR has it listed as 6 books - but the 6th book is not written by Douglas Adams. Can I still use it? The 6th book was written after Adams was dead. So Adams wrote a 5 book series and someone else added a book later.

Katrisa wrote: "I was planning on using Mostly Harmless for this as being part of a 5 book series. But I just noticed that GR has it listed as 6 books - but the 6th book is not written by Douglas Ada..."

No, sorry. Other series have had other writers take over after the original author died. Leephorn & Chee series was taken over by Tony Hillerman's daughter after he died. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is also continuing after the author's death. I can think of a few others.

I have Too Quiet In Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson and wanted to read this for the 5 primary works task as I found that the series Fina Fitzgibbons has five primary works as per GR Link:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1467...

I found another book by the same author - (The Girl with the Golden Earrings: A Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn Mystery - for one of the interactive tasks. This has also been listed as Fina Fitzgibbons series but does not find a place in the GR link mentioned above. This also fits the - set in New York - task.

How do I take this series as one with 5 primary works or one with more than 5 primary works? Pl. help me.

Thanks.

Viji wrote: "I have Too Quiet In Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson and wanted to read this for the 5 primary works task as I found that the series Fina Fitzgibbons has five prima..."

Go with the series page which shows 5 primary books. Do you plan on reading it soon? I would recommend you do so before a librarian looks into the situation and changes it. :)

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "I have Too Quiet In Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson and wanted to read this for the 5 primary works task as I found that the series Fina Fitzgibbons h..."

Oh! Yes. I would try to read it very soon as I own the book. Thanks a lot, Janice, for the tip!

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "I have Too Quiet In Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson and wanted to read this for the 5 primary works task as I found that the series Fina Fitzgibbons h..."

I completed the book today but unfortunately GR has changed the status to 7 Primary Works series!!

Viji wrote: "Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "I have Too Quiet In Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson and wanted to read this for the 5 primary works task as I found that the series Fin..."

I wondered if a librarian noticed the error we were discussing earlier and fixed it before you finished the book. But I see you can use it for the 7 book series task, so move it there.

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "I have Too Quiet In Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson and wanted to read this for the 5 primary works task as I found that t..."

Thanks, Janice. I had another book in mind for the 7 book series task. As this book involves the abduction of a four-year old child which is the main knot in the storyline, I am wondering if I could use this for the task - main page genre of Mystery that involves kidnapping (Museum 30).

I don't think you need a ruling on that option, Viji. If it's a mystery (mystery on mbp) and involves an abduction, it fits the criteria of the task with no ambiguity.

Janice wrote: "I don't think you need a ruling on that option, Viji. If it's a mystery (mystery on mbp) and involves an abduction, it fits the criteria of the task with no ambiguity."

Thanks, Janice.

Looking for a ruling for the interactive task-

Although, the earliest works acquired by the National Gallery of Canada were from Canadian artists, with Canadian art remaining the focus for the institution, its collection also includes a number of works from artists around the world. One such artist is Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, who was a prominent French portrait painter from the 18th century, whose paintings were featured in an exhibition at the museum.
https://www.gallery.ca/whats-on/exhib...

So for this task, I have decided to go for a book set in France.

Gunit Kaur Kalada wrote: "Looking for a ruling for the interactive task-

Although, the earliest works acquired by the National Gallery of Canada were from Canadian artists, with Canadian art remaining the focus for the ins..."

Yes, that will be fine.

Janice wrote: "Gunit Kaur Kalada wrote: "Looking for a ruling for the interactive task-

Although, the earliest works acquired by the National Gallery of Canada were from Canadian artists, with Canadian art remai..."

Thanks Janice

3. Collection
Task: Read a book with a horse or horses on the cover

Would be acceptable for this task? Only the horse's face is featured prominently.

Thanks.

Viji wrote: "3. Collection
Task: Read a book with a horse or horses on the cover

Would be acceptable for this task? Only the horse's face is featured prominently.

Thanks."

Yes. It's acceptable.

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "3. Collection
Task: Read a book with a horse or horses on the cover

Would be acceptable for this task? Only the horse's face is featured prominentl..."

Thanks, Janice.

I was wondering whether the horse on this cover is prominent enough? Thanks Janice

Annerlee wrote: "I was wondering whether the horse on this cover is prominent enough? Thanks Janice
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No, sorry. It's not the focus of the cover and hidden away in a corner.

Janice wrote: "Annerlee wrote: "I was wondering whether the horse on this cover is prominent enough? Thanks Janice
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No, sorry. It's not the focus of the cover and hidden away..."

That's what I thought : )
I WILL get around to this book one day!

It is a really good story. I see there's a movie made of it with Tom Hanks.

Annerlee, the MC is a man over 70 years old if you don't have a book for that task

Thanks for the tip Katrina. I've already read a book for that task. I'm sure I'll read News of the World eventually. I want to watch the film too ... Afterwards! Other books just jump at me more quickly at the moment (lol).

2. About -
Task: Read a book that is in a series with 5 primary works.

Would be acceptable for this task? The link https://www.goodreads.com/series/7809...
shows only 3 books in english and the other two books in Portuguese.

Thanks.

Viji wrote: "2. About -
Task: Read a book that is in a series with 5 primary works.

Would be acceptable for this task? The link https://www.goodreads.com/seri..."

All the rules require is that it be reported on the series page as "5 primary works".

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "2. About -
Task: Read a book that is in a series with 5 primary works.

Would be acceptable for this task? The link https://www.goodr..."

Thanks, Janice.

The Riyria Chronicles is a 5 primary work series but the 5th one wasn't published yet, It doesn't apply to the task right?

Bash, you can only count books that are actually published.

I had it the other way around last year for a similar task. I waited too long to read it, and by the time I wanted to start it, another book in the series had been published so it didn't fit the criteria anymore.

For series of 5 primary works:
I'm planning on reading the most recent in the Jackson Brodie Series:

series page: https://www.goodreads.com/series/5359...

or the latest in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith

series page: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1080...

I've requested both books from the library, so it depends on which is available first.

I've been digging about in my boxes of paperbacks for examples of horse on the cover and have found the following:

There is nothing BUT horses on both covers, so I'm thinking either would be suitable. Either Bernard will do (lol)

That would finish up Museum 7 for me : D

Looks good Annerlee.

Annerlee - the Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch series books by Robert B. Parker have horses on the covers. I was going to read the forth in the series Blue-Eyed Devil, for an Interactive task with horse(s) on the cover, but I bumped it for another book and changed the task. I love the Robert B. Parker series, and Virgil and Everett are great characters.

Cool, thank you Cherie.

I don't often read westerns, mainly because I wouldn't know which are the best ones. I did read True Grit recently, on the strength of your review, and also enjoyed The Sisters Brothers when we read it as a group. Was that last year? So I may well give the Robert B. Parker series a try too. What's a good place to start - can I start half way through if the first book doesn't have a horse on the cover? lol

(So many books to read!)

Annerlee - Virgil and Hitch are “best” read from the beginning. They are almost a continuation of each story, at least the first three build from the previous one. I think it would be okay to read the Blue-Eyed Devil as a stand alone though, if it were just for the horse on the cover. Parker only wrote the first four books. (Someone else took over the series after he passed away. ). I read all of his series. He was a terrific writer.

The Brothers Sisters group read was way longer than last year! LOL!

My sense of time has slipped with all this stayying at home business... hmmph

Going with Cherie's advice and starting with book 1 of the series... if the horses are prominent enough on this cover...



(Actually, I'm going to read it either way lol)