You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

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for task 2, measure of time in title, just confirming a long period is ok, too (fortnight).

"We measure time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years", so yes, a fortnight would be included.

For the measure of time would a special name of an hour like midnight or noon work?

No, sorry Katrisa. They are not a measure of time. They are a point of time.

Is this "gown-y" enough or does it have to have a giant skirt?

I was thinking more along the line of a ballgown, but this will work.

thanks Janice!

Katrisa wrote: "Is this "gown-y" enough or does it have to have a giant skirt?
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Ooh, I have that one - thanks Katrisa :-D

For task 6, is coffee shop considered a store?

Yes.

Task: Read a book with genre dystopia and tagged zombies. Both words must be on the MBP.

I am not much into the genre: zombies . Could someone please suggest books to fit this task without much of horror and gore? A few years back I read The Scorch Trials and it was tolerable.

Thanks.

I wish I could help, but that's not my genre either Viji.

The only zombie story I've ever really enjoyed is The Girl with All the Gifts.

The first thing I thought of was World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Another thought is I Am Legend and Other Stories. I haven't read it, so can't speak to how much horror and gore it has.

Kristie wrote: "The first thing I thought of was World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Another thought is I Am Legend and Other Stories. I haven't read it, so can't speak to how..."

Thanks, Kristie.

Margo wrote: "The only zombie story I've ever really enjoyed is The Girl with All the Gifts."

Thanks, Margo.

Rot & Ruin was a pretty decent read without tons of gore.

♞ Pat wrote: "Rot & Ruin was a pretty decent read without tons of gore."

Thanks, Pat.

I will be reading Arcadium for this task. There's not much horror or gore.

Lanelle wrote: "I will be reading Arcadium for this task. There's not much horror or gore."

Thanks a lot, Lanelle, for the suggestion.

For task 2, measure of time in title, does it have to mean that as well? Like I was thinking The Second Sex so technically it doesn't mean time in the title.

That's fine, Pragya. As long as one of it's definitions is a measurement of time.

Janice wrote: "That's fine, Pragya. As long as one of it's definitions is a measurement of time."

Thanks, Janice.

Task: Read a book where a letter has a significant role

Would The Affair of the Mysterious Letter fit the task?

From the title, I presume that a letter plays a key role in the book. It is about a black mail as per the synopsis.

Thanks.

I've not read this book, so I don't know if the letter mentioned in the title is significant or not. I wondered what you mean that it's about "a black mail". The synopsis states "blackmail" which is a form of extortion. You might have to read the book to find out.

Janice wrote: "I've not read this book, so I don't know if the letter mentioned in the title is significant or not. I wondered what you mean that it's about "a black mail". The synopsis states "blackmail" which i..."

Sorry, my 'blackmail' got split into 'black mail' by an accidental press on the space bar! I will read the book and find out if the letter plays a significant role or not.

I think it would be acceptable if the 'mysterious letter' as in the title is about the blackmail and leading to further investigation into the matter. If not, I could use this for the task (Read a book where there are significant plot twists, as explained in the book blurb) under Puzzle 10.

Thanks.

For task #2 ("measure of time") - would a simple plural form like "weeks" work or would it need to be an exact measure, e.g. "two weeks"?

Please check the rules. They discuss plurals and will answer your question.

Hi, it is a shadow but for: "Read a book with someone wearing a gown on the cover"
Would fit the task?
I love that cover ;)

It's to be one person on the cover, so it doesn't meet the criteria. It will work for the Civil War task.

Janice wrote: "It's to be one person on the cover, so it doesn't meet the criteria. It will work for the Civil War task."

I thought so, thank you!

I have a book that I am trying to fit back into the challenge now that i replaced its original task position with something else

Task 10 gown on cover - can you see enough of the gown - I am guessing probably no but thought it worth asking




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task 7 it is set in Manhattan is this acceptable for setting in city starting with M

No to the dress and yes to Manhattan.

Janice wrote: "No to the dress and yes to Manhattan."

Thanks Janice

For Read a book set in a city that beings with the letter M.

Would you accept Maryhill, Washington a city? Google tells me it is a city but one of the least populated ones in Washington.

Thank you!

Kira wrote: "For Read a book set in a city that beings with the letter M.

Would you accept Maryhill, Washington a city? Google tells me it is a city but one of the least populated ones in Washington.

Thank you!"

This Maryhill?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryhil...

Population 98?

That's a no from me. If it's another Maryhill, link the page that says it's a city.

Thank you Janice. That's what I thought!

https://www.washington-demographics.c....

This was the page that had me putting my hopes on it lol!

And yet the Wikipedia article says that it's an unincorporated community.

This quote is from World Bank Blogs, "Cities, which have a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants in contiguous dense grid cells."

No worries Janice! I have to read it either way because it’s part of my ongoing series but I do have Blood Sugar which is set in Miami so that one will definitely work!

That will definitely work.

Oh, I think you just shot down my M “city” book, Janice. Now, I have to go look up the name and see what the population is. No worries, I can find another. 🤪

Janice, would you consider this as gown?

Fiona wrote: "Janice, would you consider this as gown?

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Yes.

Thanks!

Janice, I was just writing this summary of The Vanishing Box for another task completion:
"[...]The first murder victim is a young girl who lives in a guest house where some of the variety performers are also lodging. Soon after, two more people are killed, both involved in the show and thus the investigation focusses there - until two letters come into play and lead the investigators onto the right track.[...]"

I am now wondering whether this would make it fit task #4? One of the letters is given to the police, the other found by them. The letters reveal the relationship between the first two murder victims and thus lead the police to the murderer.

Kabrada, it sounds like the letters play a significant part so I don't see why you couldn't use it for that task.

Yay, I will do that, then.

Those tasks about content are the most tricky ones as you often only realise that a book fits while or even after reading it.

Hi Janice - will this work for: Read a book with someone wearing a gown on the cover? Thanks.

I don't think it's a gown. She looks to be wearing a servant's dress.