The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

10.8 Ratification Day
Ratification Day, January 14 1784, celebrates ratifying the Treaty of Paris which formally ended the Revolutionary War and established the United States as a free and independent nation.

Read a book first published in January of any year.

Maybe everyone knows this but before a certain year, most books in GR are listed as January 1 for the publication date. It seems to be starting around 1999 that some, but not all, books have actual publication dates. For more recent years, there are exact dates. I assume we just go by whatever GR says? The books themselves usually just list a year on their copyright page.

Robin P wrote: "Maybe everyone knows this but before a certain year, most books in GR are listed as January 1 for the publication date. It seems to be starting around 1999 that some, but not all, books have actual..."

I thought about that and putting a time frame in place, but ultimately decided it didn't matter because the inspiration was a historical event and I wanted older books to be allowed. We will just be going by what GR says.

Thanks. I was going to ask a similar question. Presumably the same applies for 15.3 book 2?

The House of the Mosque is my copy and it says it was published in January 2010. Would this be ok?

Many thanks

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "The House of the Mosque is my copy and it says it was published in January 2010. Would this be ok?

Many thanks"

We are using the first published date which is seen just under the Genres list. That book has a first published date of January 1, 2005 so it works.