The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

15.4 Feed the Birds
21st Dec is National Robin Day, which aims to raise awareness of small birds and other wildlife in winter and how you can help them through this tough time of year. The RSPB organise "The Big Garden Birdwatch" every January, where ordinary people are encouraged to spend an hour in their garden, park etc to record the birds they see & hear.

OPTION 1: read one book A & one Book B
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both requirements

a) Read a book with a bird on the cover
The bird may be sketched, outline, silhouette or realistic but must be identifiable as a bird with a significant portion of wing and either beak or feet visible
Required: Post the cover
Examples:

b) Read a book where ALL of the author's initials are found in ONE of the following most common British garden birds, according to the Big Garden Birdwatch 2020:
House sparrow
Starling
Blue tit
Woodpigeon
Blackbird
Goldfinch
Great tit
Robin
Long-tailed tit
Magpie
(you cant take for instance B from Blue tit & W from woodpigeon, initials must be found in one bird)
Where a book has multiple authors, the initials of ALL the authors must appear in the same bird and can only be used as often as they appear in the bird name.

Reserved for moderator

Would this book This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone work for the one book option or does it need to be written by one author? A,E,M,G would fit MAGpiE

KSMary wrote: "Would this book This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone work for the one book option or does it need to be written by..."

Yes, I will amend the tasks to state that multiple authors where all initials appear in the same bird can be used.

Lucy-Bookworm wrote: "KSMary wrote: "Would this book This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone work for the one book option or does it need t..."

Thanks!

Can I please have this approved fora combo read :

Endless Night by Agatha Christie
blACkbird



(I actually own two copies of this book, but the Fontana editions are my preferred collection, unless I can get the earlier Pan editions. I probably have at least 25 books from the Fontana printings.)

Do peacocks count as birds here?

Or chickens?

Kathy KS wrote: "Do peacocks count as birds here?
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Yes, peacocks are birds!

Kathy KS wrote: "Or chickens?
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Chickens are birds, so that works!

Apple wrote: "Can I please have this approved fora combo read :

Endless Night by Agatha Christie
blACkbird



(I actually own two copies of this boo..."
Yes, that works!

Lucy-Bookworm wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Or chickens?
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Chickens are birds, so that works!"

Thanks!

Does this work for the one book option? ? Rosemary Sutcliff
There is an Eagle on the cover and th author's initials are in House Sparrow .
Thanks,
Andy

I don't generally read graphic novels, but because of another personal challenge, I am trying an advent of 1 graphic novel per day this month. I have read the rules several times for Graphic Novels, but I would still like to make sure that this book would work for the one book option. I also may be making similar posts in other threads until I understand the different varieties of the genre better.

by Katriona Chapman
bird is on the cover and the author initials are both in Blackbird

Andy wrote: "Does this work for the one book option? ? Rosemary Sutcliff
There is an Eagle on the cover and th author's initials are in House Sparrow .
Th..."

Yes, that works

KmarieD wrote: "I don't generally read graphic novels, but because of another personal challenge, I am trying an advent of 1 graphic novel per day this month. I have read the rules several times for Graphic Novels..."

Yes, that works
Great idea for an advent challenge! In general you can use a graphic novel for the 5/10/15pt tasks as long as it is a minimum of 100 pages. For 20/25/30/50pt tasks, you will need to check the task description as they are not always permitted,

Lucy-Bookworm wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does this work for the one book option? ? Rosemary Sutcliff
There is an Eagle on the cover and th author's initials are in House..."

Thank You
Andy

Would this bird work on the cover? It is kind of on the smaller side.

Thanks!

Angela wrote: "Would this bird work on the cover? It is kind of on the smaller side.

Thanks!"

Yes, that’s clearly a bird!

Does an author that only uses one name so only had one initial - like Rumi - work? And also translators don't count as authors right?

Katrisa wrote: "Does an author that only uses one name so only had one initial - like Rumi - work? And also translators don't count as authors right?"

Translators do not count as authors
From the Default Rules and FAQs - updated Fall 2020
3. If a task call for author's initials, can I use an author who uses only one name?
If the task does not specify, the author must use two or more names.

So in this case, we would expect that the author would have 2 initials,

The two books for "bird on cover" I'm looking at are:

Would they fit? Thanks

Deedee wrote: "The two books for "bird on cover" I'm looking at are:

Would they fit? Thanks"

Although doesn't have a wing on it, it is unmistakably a peacock so we will allow this as the tail is far more distinctive than the wing! The second book is absolutely fine

Would this one work for option 1? The title also tells it all.
by Charlene Weir

Kathy KS wrote: "Would this one work for option 1? The title also tells it all.
by Charlene Weir"

Yes, there are definitely birds on there!

Lucy-Bookworm wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Would this one work for option 1? The title also tells it all.
by Charlene Weir"

Yes, there are definitely birds on there!"

Thanks.

Would the herons at the bottom work? We can't see the wing separately because it's a silhouette.

Keli wrote: "Would the herons at the bottom work? We can't see the wing separately because it's a silhouette.
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I can see a beak & a wing, definitely birds!

Thank you.