The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.4 - Golden Oldies - XBM's Task: Remembering my parents

Although my parents have been gone for a few decades, they live on daily in my heart. My dad was born in 1922, in a small town called Salmon, Idaho, in the Rocky Mountains. While he was in the Navy during World War II, he acquired the nickname Rocky, which stuck with him the rest of his life. My mother, was a city girl, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Scandinavian immigrants, and loved to play BINGO.

Choose one book from the following options.
Option 1: Read a book with ALL of the letters in SALMON found in any combination of the title and/or subtitle.

Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a Scandinavian country. For this task, we will accept Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

REQUIRED: Specify the country. If the setting is not clear from the book's main page, provide a reference.

Option 3: Read a book with ALL of the letters in BINGO found in the author’s name.

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These work:

These don't:

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A suggestion for option 3: Geraldine Brooks. I just bought her latest: Horse.

Nice task, Kim. My parents died in 1991 and 2002 and I still think about them every day.

Ann A wrote: "A suggestion for option 3: Geraldine Brooks. I just bought her latest: Horse.

Nice task, Kim. My parents died in 1991 and 2002 and I still think about them every day."

Thank you. I also had Geraldine Brooks slated for the task, using Caleb's Crossing. Then I found a different task I wanted to use it in.

Hi!

This may be silly, but would a book that takes place in Greenland (part of the sovereign state of the Kingdom of Denmark) count towards option 2? Thank you!

Does a collection of short stories works for this? 142 pages Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote

Megan wrote: "Hi!

This may be silly, but would a book that takes place in Greenland (part of the sovereign state of the Kingdom of Denmark) count towards option 2? Thank you!"
Hi Megan, yes we will accept Greenland. (Sorry to be late answering, I've been away).

Emurphy wrote: "Does a collection of short stories works for this? 142 pages Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote"

I'm not seeing an option this would work for, sorry.