The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.1 Donna Jo's task: I'm Solidly Behind You

Choose two different options.

A. Books can be very solid items. Read a big book--at least 500 pages. (Remember you can claim a Big Book ticket) State the number of pages when you post

B. Read a book with a solid color cover. The only exception is the lettering for author and title.

C. Read a book with a title/subtitle that contains the word "solid" or one of these synonyms: cubic, dense, cohesive, firm, sound, unbroken, solvent, strong. You may use plurals, possessives and forms of the words created by adding -ly, -ness,or -al (in the case of cubic), but no compound words.

D. The subject matter of books can be pretty solid. Read a classic from

If an individual title is not listed ("selected stories", "complete works", "plays", etc) you may choose any work by that author within that category that meets general challenge rules
Required: Mention page and section heading when posting (for example, if you read The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, then include the information found on Page 4, Germany.)

E. Read a book by an author whose initials are in the word "SOLIDLY". If an author goes by three or more names and/or initials all the initials must fit. Hypenated names count as one word. The letters can be in any order.

Required: Please state the options when posting.

These work:

Reserved

This thread is open!

Hi Donna Jo
I'd like to check if is OK for option B?

mstan wrote: "Hi Donna Jo
I'd like to check if [bookcover:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us] is OK for option B?"

mstan, yes it's okay.

good task Donna Jo - not sure what i'm going to read yet - maybe should dig one of those classics out...lol! I think I have Villette somewhere

Thanks Donna Jo!
I needed a place for Under the Dome.
;-)

Will this work for option B

I wanted to check this one:

OK Donna Jo - I am never sure on the cover tasks so I have a few to run by you for option B - solid cover. Are any or all of these solid cover enough?

Thanks

JennRenee wrote: "Will this work for option B "

JennRenee, sorry, the mods and I talked about this before they posted my task. Lettering with pictures on or through it will not work for Option B.

★Meghan★ wrote: "I wanted to check this one: "

Meghan, okay.

Donna Jo wrote: "JennRenee wrote: "Will this work for option B "

JennRenee, sorry, the mods and I talked about this before they posted my task. Lettering with pictures on or through it ..."

A check with the mods and they have said The Way We Fall WILL be allowed. Sorry I misled you--and everyone else.

Donna Jo wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "JennRenee wrote: "Will this work for option B "

JennRenee, sorry, the mods and I talked about this before they posted my task. Lettering with pictures ..."


no problem thanks!

Donna Jo, Did you skip my question #11?

Sheila wrote: "OK Donna Jo - I am never sure on the cover tasks so I have a few to run by you for option B - solid cover. Are any or all of these solid cover enough?

[bookco..."

Sorry, Sheila. I did type a reply to you, but my computer is still behaving wonky (technical term) so the reply is wafting around in the world-wide web somewhere.

Anyway, we are nixing with pictures--just solid backgrounds and lettering, so none of those covers fit.

I do hope you can use them for other tasks. I really enjoyed the Flavia De Lucca.

OK Donna Jo. Thanks for the clarification

Would this work for B?



Thank you.

Donna Jo, I just want to make sure I have this right.

You say it has to be solid background except for letters. No pictures.

Can you explain to me why the book that Sheila used doesn't work?

Thanks

Sassafrass wrote: "Donna Jo, I just want to make sure I have this right.

You say it has to be solid background except for letters. No pictures.

Can you explain to me why the book that Sheila used [bookcover:Drop..."

Sure, Because of the red bar across the bottom. If it had just said "A Myron Bolitar Novel" on the blue background it would have been okay, but it introduced a new color to the background.

This is a tough one. I couldn't find anything on my tbr list that will work for the plain background if no picture or design is allowed and yet evidently a picture within the lettering is allowed. Is that correct Donna Jo?

I'm going to give it one last shot Donna Jo. How about this one? or this one?

Sheila, that is tough. Thank goodness there are other options. Can you find something with one of the other options?

Thanks for answering, Donna Jo.

For B--- Do these work?


(She has several like this)



Thanks

YAY!!!! Thanks Donna Jo!

Sure Sassafrass I've got books picked out for 2 of the other options. It's just that I'm ......well...

STUBBORN! ;-/


Donna Jo I hope you know I'm not trying to give you a hard time. I'm just trying to figure it out.

Sorry about your computer woes as well. I hate that. My spreadsheet I use to track my books is already giving me fits and the season hasn't even started yet. I don't trust it for keeping track. Half the time it says I can't save changes. errrr

Will this work?

Sheila wrote: "This is a tough one. I couldn't find anything on my tbr list that will work for the plain background if no picture or design is allowed and yet evidently a picture within the lettering is allowed...."

9 Dragons WILL work. Whew!

Kathy G. wrote: "For B--- Do these work?


(She has several like this)



Thanks"
These both work.

Sheila wrote: "Sure Sassafrass I've got books picked out for 2 of the other options. It's just that I'm ......well...

STUBBORN! ;-/


Donna Jo I hope you know I'm not trying to give you a hard time. I'm just t..."

Sheila, don't worry about it. It's sometimes annoying when publishers don't consider OUR needs when they put books out. See, not your fault OR mine that this part of the task is so difficult.

Bea wrote: "Will this work? "

Bea, yes it does.

Kathy G. wrote: "For B--- Do these work?


(She has several like this)



Thanks"

Kathy, both those will work.

Donna Jo wrote: "Bea wrote: "Will this work? "

Bea, yes it does."

OK, Sheila. This one is for you. I found it on your TBR list.

Kathy G. Did you have to be so much of a showoff? haha You got 2 right off the bat.

I found them, by accident, and I wanted them approved in case someone else was looking for some. Those are super hard to find!

Thanks for thinking of me Bea. Unfortunately that book isn't available at my library. Actually none of the books by that author are. Now that I got one approved I'm good. Kathy G. has two good choices there too unfortunately I have already read both of those.

Thanks Donna Jo for the approval of 9 Dragons. Now you can breathe a big sigh of relief that you've got me off your back!

Wondering if any of these off my list will work for option B. I have a back-up if they don't, though.

Sheila wrote: "Thanks for thinking of me Bea. Unfortunately that book isn't available at my library. Actually none of the books by that author are. Now that I got one approved I'm good. Kathy G. has two good ..."

Yipes! Yep, that is the determiner for me too...library availability.

I will be reading . This cover does not do it justice. It is a very shiny day-glo orange on the original book.

Sheila wrote: "Thanks for thinking of me Bea. Unfortunately that book isn't available at my library. Actually none of the books by that author are. Now that I got one approved I'm good. Kathy G. has two good ..."

Sheila, like I was so worried!

Kate wrote: "Wondering if any of these off my list will work for option B. I have a back-up if they don't, though.
"

Kate, They all look good.

OK now ladies, Did Toxin get approved because that one is on my tbr as well but this is the cover that mine showed.



That is one I have been wanting to read for a while.

What do you say about Toxin Donna Jo? Is it a thumbs up?

Sheila wrote: "OK now ladies, Did Toxin get approved because that one is on my tbr as well but this is the cover that mine showed.



That is one I have been wanting to read for a while.

What ..."

Sheila, Bea's Toxin cover works as it is a solid background. Your edition with the hospital room picture, though, doesn't work for this one. (Man, I hate saying no to you all the time.)

Donna Jo wrote: "Kate wrote: "Wondering if any of these off my list will work for option B. I have a back-up if they don't, though.
[bookcover:Just Af..."

Thanks, Donna Jo. Odd, though - not only did it change the cover of Invisible, but it changed it to Invisible Man....???

Donna Jo wrote: "Sheila, Bea's Toxin cover works as it is a solid background. Your edition with the hospital room picture, though, doesn't work for this one. (Man, I hate saying no to you all the time.)
..."

No worries Donna Jo, I'll just use her cover when posting the task. Same book.

Sheila wrote: "No worries Donna Jo, I'll just use her cover when posting the task. Same book. .."

Of course, all of this is on the honor system, but the rules say:
2. For tasks that require a specific image or color on their cover, the player must read the book edition that has the required element.

From my shelves:


Wow. This is going to be harder than I thought....

Stephie Davis
Stieg Larsson
Stephanie Laurens
Lindsey Leavitt *GR author
Y.S. Lee
Lois Lowry
David Lubar
Scott O'Dell
Lauren Oliver *GR author
Stormie Omartian
Louis Sachar
Oliver Sacks *GR author
Laura Schlessinger
Lisa Schroeder *GR author
Dodie Smith
Lemony Snicket
Duane Swierczynski *GR author

Sandy wrote: "Sheila wrote: "No worries Donna Jo, I'll just use her cover when posting the task. Same book. .."

Of course, all of this is on the honor system, but the rules say:
2. For tasks that require a spec..."

I understand the rule Sandy and I think it is a good one.. I've already picked 2 other options for this task. Or I would read the LP version (definitely not the pb version for my old eyes. Here is a link to the LP version that I would be reading
That passes inspection doesn't it Donna Jo?

My problem is when I was adding books to my tbr list I just linked to whatever version of the book came up first since I was adding about 1,000 books. (How do you spell obsession?) I didn't want to take the time to link to the LP or audiobooks which I almost exclusively use. In this case it would have been easy to fit this task if I had had the LP version linked instead of the pb version.

Sara ♥ wrote: "From my shelves:
[bookcover:The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ]

Wow. This is going to be harder than I thought....

Stephie Davis
Stieg Larsson
Stephanie La..."

Looks good for two parts.

Sheila wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Sheila wrote: "No worries Donna Jo, I'll just use her cover when posting the task. Same book. .."

Of course, all of this is on the honor system, but the rules say:
2. For tasks that ..."

Sheila, that cover is good to go.
And I know what you mean about just using any edition--when I first got on GR I didn't realize you could shift editions, so a lot of my early let's-just-get-all-the-books-I-ever-read posts are only good for the title.