The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

30.7 - Jennifer N's task: When I Was Young
Two of my favorite fall holidays from my youth were Labor Day and Halloween. Labor Day was the last hurrah before school began and Halloween was just fun with all the costumes and candy.

For this task read two books. You can choose to read 2 books from A or 2 books from B or 1 from each A and B.


A. Labor Day (September 5th) - Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of summer and the last day of the year when it is fashionable for women to wear white. The word labor has 5 letters in it and Labor Day falls on the 5th this year so...
Read a book that has only 5 letters in the title OR 5 words in the title OR read a book with a primarily white cover.
It is up to you if you want to count subtitles. A, An and The count as words.
Required: If you choose to read a book with a white cover please include the book cover in your post.

B. Halloween (October 31st) - Get your costume ready!

Read a book that has a main character that you could dress up as for Halloween. Books that have witches, ghosts, vampires, princesses, farmers, fairies etc. would work. Get as creative as you would like. Anything works as long as you can dress up in a costume that exemplifies a main character in the book.
Required: Please state the character and costume you could wear when you post.

Note - Goodreads titles will be used to count words and all words including "A", "An", "And", & "The" will be counted. Subtitles are optional.

Part A
Books Approved for 5 word titles:
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Some have & instead of and - Both will work
A Brief History of Time

Books Approved for 5 letter titles:
Stray
Rogue

White Covers Approved in Thread:


Part B
Books Approved for Halloween Costumes
For All - Please provide character and costume when posting
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - Dragon?
The Walking Dead (Volume 1): Days Gone Bye - Zombie
Hush, Hush - Fallen Angel
Radiant Shadows - Fae

Reserved

This task help thread is open!

For part B, would you consider the zombies in The Walking Dead (Volume 1): Days Gone Bye to be main characters?

Hi Jennifer,

Is OK for a white cover?

I think I'll do The Forgotten Beasts of Eld for B!

Can I read two books from option A or one of each? feeling a bit confused :(

Aleksandra wrote: "Can I read two books from option A or one of each? feeling a bit confused :("

yeah, seconding this question. the "any combination" is what's throwing me, i think.

Kate wrote: "For part B, would you consider the zombies in The Walking Dead (Volume 1): Days Gone Bye to be main characters?"

I'll count it

mstan wrote: "Hi Jennifer,

Is OK for a white cover?

I think I'll do The Forgotten Beasts of Eld for B!"

That works.

Riona wrote: "Aleksandra wrote: "Can I read two books from option A or one of each? feeling a bit confused :("

yeah, seconding this question. the "any combination" is what's throwing me, i think."

Aleksandra wrote: "Can I read two books from option A or one of each? feeling a bit confused :("

You can choose to read 2 books from A or 2 books from B or 1 from each.

thanks for the clarification Jennifer N!! that's what I thought but glad someone else asked the question first ;)

Jennifer N. wrote: "Kate wrote: "For part B, would you consider the zombies in The Walking Dead (Volume 1): Days Gone Bye to be main characters?"

I'll count it"

Thanks Jennifer!

Thanks Jennifer N :)

Does this white cover count?

Tineke wrote: "Does this white cover count? "

Looks good to me!

Is this okay for a white cover?

I found a list of white books

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/30...

Some of them aren't what I'd call white, but it'll give you ideas if you need it

Couple questions.

For option A, does Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell count as 5 words? Most of the editions use an ampersand instead of the word "and" so I wanted to check that that counts as a word.

For option B, does the main character have to be the protagonist or can it be any significant character who plays a large role?

Does Radiant Shadows work for Option B - the main character is half human/half fae.

Janet wrote: "Is this okay for a white cover?
"

Looks white to me

Riona wrote: "Couple questions.

For option A, does Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell count as 5 words? Most of the editions use an ampersand instead of the word "and" so I wanted to check that that cou..."

I'll take Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - I did find multiple editions that used and instead of &.

The character does not have to be the protagonist but a main character. I'm not sure if significant is the same as a main character. What book were you considering?

Pollyanna wrote: "Does Radiant Shadows work for Option B - the main character is half human/half fae."

It works as long as you can come up with a costume to wear.

Jennifer N. wrote: "The character does not have to be the protagonist but a main character. I'm not sure if significant is the same as a main character. What book were you considering?"

I don't have a particular book in mind yet, just trying to clarify before I explore my options! I'll check back when I have something.

Would "A" count for number count in a title? For example: would "A Brief History of Time" count as 5 words or only 4?

I got a good one that would fit both I think Stray and Rogue would work for both options?

Emma wrote: "Would "A" count for number count in a title? For example: would "A Brief History of Time" count as 5 words or only 4?"

ETA (edited to add) I've rethought my answer and all words in the Goodreads titles are included. - So A is counted as a word so "A Brief History of Time" is 5 words and counts.

★Meghan★ wrote: "I got a good one that would fit both I think Stray and Rogue would work for both options?"

Sure will.

Sorry to do this ... are these white enough?!

SuzieR wrote: "Sorry to do this ... are these white enough?!




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They look white enough for me.

Update: Goodreads titles will be used to count words and all words including "A", "An", and "The" will count as words.

Is this white cover acceptable?

Thanks

Colleen wrote: "Is this white cover acceptable?

Thanks"

Yes

Hush, Hush features vampires, would that work for option B?

Katrina wrote: "Hush, Hush features vampires, would that work for option B?"

I haven't read it but it sounds like it would work.

Katrina wrote: "Hush, Hush features vampires, would that work for option B?"

I just finished Hush, Hush. It does not feature vampires, but fallen angels instead. :)

♥Meagan♥ wrote: "Katrina wrote: "Hush, Hush features vampires, would that work for option B?"

I just finished Hush, Hush. It does not feature vampires, but fallen angels instead. :)"

Angels will work. Thanks Meagan!

Okay, for part B, I'm thinking I'll use a Discworld book since I always try to squeeze a few into each challenge (actually I might do two Bs!), but I'm not sure how strict the costume parameters are - if they have to be like "traditional" halloween costumes or really anything. I'm assuming Carpe Jugulum will work since it involves vampires. What about the City Watch-centric books, such as Night Watch? The main character is Commander Vimes and the City Watch is basically like the police, so could this work as a police officer costume? Or in Thief of Time, I think the main character is Death, so could that count as a Grim Reaper costume or something?

Riona wrote: "Okay, for part B, I'm thinking I'll use a Discworld book since I always try to squeeze a few into each challenge (actually I might do two Bs!), but I'm not sure how strict the costume parameters ar..."

Costumes do not have to be "traditional". They would just need to be recognizable.

♥Meagan♥ wrote: "Katrina wrote: "Hush, Hush features vampires, would that work for option B?"

I just finished Hush, Hush. It does not feature vampires, but fallen angels instead. :)"

Oh gosh, why did I think it was vampires all this time? Well, I think I'd rather dress as a fallen angel anyway :)

Jennifer N. wrote: "Riona wrote: "Okay, for part B, I'm thinking I'll use a Discworld book since I always try to squeeze a few into each challenge (actually I might do two Bs!), but I'm not sure how strict the costume..."

Great, so any of those would work? Awesome!

would you take for the white cover? thanks for your help! :)

kiki wrote: "would you take for the white cover? thanks for your help! :)"

Yep

great, thanks! :)

Would work for the white cover option? Thank you! :)

Randi wrote: "Would work for the white cover option? Thank you! :)"

It will

Jennifer N. wrote: "Randi wrote: "Would work for the white cover option? Thank you! :)"

It will"

Great! Thanks. Bought it yesterday and it wasn't the cover I was expecting so I needed to fit it in somewhere! ;)

Is this one acceptable

KSMary wrote: "Is this one acceptable "

That works

Thanks!