The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.3 Best Review - Amanda VA's task: Music Around the Fire

One of my favorite childhood memories is of my dad hanging out with his friends around a bonfire on cool autumn nights, playing his guitar. I would stay outside as late as they would let me, slapping mosquitoes and listening to him strum. In keeping with this special musical memory,

Read one book from option A OR one book from option B.

Option A. Read a book with a musical instrument or a musical term in the title and/or subtitle. This list may help: Music Glossary Examples: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Song of Solomon, Player Piano.
Multi-word phrases like "song cycle" can be used as the word "song" or "cycle". Terms derived from foreign languages: "a cappella" and "da capo" must be used whole. Plurals and possessives are okay, but no other variations or compound words.
or
Option B. Read a book with a musical instrument or an image of musical performance (playing an instrument, singing, musical conducting, etc.) on the cover. For this task, dancing does NOT count. Examples:

This help thread is open!

So I could use Love in the Time of Cholera for the musical phrase triple time?

BTW I love this task!

Thanks!

Would a partial instrument work?

I'd say that's about 3/4 of the violin

Will work for option B?

The word "and" appears in "Relative major and minor" but I'm guessing that doesn't count...?

Does Lips Touch: Three Times work for "time"?

Amanda wrote: "Fran wrote: "Does Lips Touch: Three Times work for "time"?"

Yep"

great, thanks!

This might be stretching it but what about The Chamber using the glossery term "Chamber Music"

Nevermind I think I'll plug in for option B instead.

I think I will use Lock and Key for KEY?

Would The Nymphos of Rocky Flats work for Option A, the word "flat"? Just want to make sure. :) Thanks!

Amanda wrote: "Meghan- yep!

Randi- plurals are cool, that works"

Thank you!

Does work for part B?

Does the word music work? Musicology is on the list.

Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark.

Thanks

Would The Bells: A Novel work for a title with a musical instrument.

Is Stella Cameron's book - A Grave Mistake acceptable? (Grave is on the list)

How about for b

How about an unfinished violin?

does the musical term have to appear on the list? I want to use a book with "bridge" in the title.

...or Jazz? ?

yay, thanks.

Would clapping work as a musical term? I was looking to fit this book in Little Hands Clapping.

5.2 I live in the US, and I read a book set in Iran: Rooftops of TehranMahbod Seraji is a *** Goodreads author ***

total points: 35
books read: 4
GR authors: 2
pages read: 1648
Tasks completed: 3

Will you take Bel Canto? Wikipedia lists bel canto as an Italian style of opera singing, and one of the characters is, in fact, an Italian opera singer.

Hello Amanda, would the word 'notes' work? I am thinking of reading Notes on a Scandal.

Great! Thanks!

Amanda wrote: "Terri UK wrote: "Would clapping work as a musical term? I was looking to fit this book in Little Hands Clapping."

You know, I wasn't going to accept it but then I did a quick You T..."

Cool, thanks, and thanks for the video link!

Would Crescendo work for a musical term?

Thanks!

Amanda, would you accept the word "ballad" as a musical term? I'd like to use the book The Ballad of Tom Dooley: A Novel

Would "Skipping a Beat", count, as a "beat" can be a musical term?

Could I use The curious incident of the dog in the night-time for "triple time" even though it's hyphenated?

Ok thanks.