The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.6 - SandyL's task: Fun and Wacky Holidays

The fall starts the crazy holiday season (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, getting ready for Christmas craziness.) I prefer all the fun, silly and wacky holidays that exist - you can see a lot of them at http://www.holidayinsights.com/everyd... I've listed a few of my favorites.

Read two books from two different options. No books with a MPG of Children or Kids may be used.
Required: State the options when you post.

Option 1: September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Read a book from one of theses pirate-themed lists
Pirates!
Pirates/Swashbuckling Romance
Lady Pirates
Required: State which list you used and what page your book is found on

Option 2: September 28 is Ask a Stupid Question Day.
Read a book with a title/subtitle that includes a question mark.

Option 3: October 21 is International Nacho Day.
Read a book with a title of at least three words where the first letter of each word is found in the phrase INTERNATIONAL NACHO DAY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target word.

Option 4: November 8 is Tongue Twister Day
Read a book by an author whose initials (all of them) are the same. Ex: Fannie Flagg, Marissa Meyer

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This is a tricky one for Option 4:

I want to read a book by Daphne du Maurier.

Even though there is a space after "du", it's pretty obvious this is part of her last name and not a middle name. Would this be an acceptable author for initials D.D?

Ann A wrote: "This is a tricky one for Option 4:

I want to read a book by Daphne du Maurier.

Even though there is a space after "du", it's pretty obvious this is part of her last name and not ..."

Sorry, no. For SRC purposes, her initials are DM. See the Default Rules: "AUTHORs
1. If a task calls for author’s initials, what name do I use for the last initial?
While there are great variations in names, we work with the general rule that the author’s last name is the final word in the name that is preceded by a space. Spaces determine names. We realize that this may not be technically accurate in every case, but this is the default rule. Relational suffixes, such as Jr., III, etc. do not count as part of the name for SRC purposes."

Kristina Simon wrote: "Ann A wrote: "This is a tricky one for Option 4:

I want to read a book by Daphne du Maurier.

Even though there is a space after "du", it's pretty obvious this is part of her last..."

Ok, thx