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25.18 -- Bekka's task: Adventures @ Your Library!
I’m a librarian at the in Rexburg, Eastern Idaho. Our Summer Reading program starts on the 3rd of June this year. In commemoration of summer reading programs and libraries throughout the country, please pick TWO DIFFERENT options and read one book for each:

Option 1. At the Madison Library District, we’re using the CLSP (Colaborative Summer Reading Program) themes. The Children’s is “Dig Into Reading, the Teens is “Beneath the Surface� and the Adults is “Groundbreaking Reads.�

� Read a book that has to do with anything underground or underwater, digging into the ground or coming up through the ground or water, i.e., gardening, zombies, submarines, mining, etc.



Option 2. Every year, the Madison Library has some type of presence in our town 4th of July Parade, which happens right in the middle of our summer reading. A few years ago, to promote our upcoming autumn Community Reading program, we created a papier-mache ham, and one of our librarians wore it while riding in the back of a convertible. What was our community reads book? To Kill a Mockingbird of course!

� In honor of this, read “The Great American Novel� - For the purposes of this task, "The Great American Novel" will be defined as any book that has won or been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize or the National Book Award. These lists might help: Pulitzer Prize Winners and Nominees and National Book Award Winners and Nominees. Required: State the award the book won or was nominated for when you post.
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Option 3. At the Madison Library District, we shelve our fiction books based on the author’s last name. Purely by coincidence, in our Adult Fiction section, we ended up with an aisle which goes from ROT to SIN.

âž� In honor of our ROT to SIN aisle, please read a book by an author with a last name who would be shelved on that aisle. For us, that would be any book written by anyone from Philip Roth to Philip Singerman. Alternately, read a book with the genre “Mystery,â€� “Thrillerâ€� or “Horrorâ€� on its main Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ page.

Option 4. All of the librarians at my library are great animal lovers, and most of us have pets of some kind. While the cat people seem to outnumber the dog people, we are all understanding and tolerant of each other.

� Read a book wherein a pet plays a major role in the plot in some way.


Option 5. I am the Audio/Visual Librarian at the Madison Library District, which means I get to purchase all DVDs and Blu-rays for our library.

âž� While there have been tons of books made into films, for this task, read a GOOD book or play which has been made into a GOOD movie. That means that the book needs to have at least a 3.5 rating on its Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ page AND the corresponding film needs to have at least a 75% on the website (the all critics number on the left). The gives information on which book a movie is based on if you’re having problems. Required: Please include both the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and the Tomatometer ratings with your post.
- GR: 3.90 and : 88%;
- GR: 3.77 and : 90%;
- GR: 3.84 and : 88%;
- GR: 4.03 and Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 93%;
- GR: 4.31 and : 100%)

Option 6. At the library, not only in the summer but throughout the year, reading is vitally important. Getting people to read more is one of our main goals. Someone once said that we go to school to learn how to read, but we read so that we can learn everything else.

� For this option, read a book about the importance of reading, or where reading and books have a central role in the plot.
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OR you may read a book that has a book, books or people reading on the cover.


Required: State which options you used and any other required information when you post. If the GRs description does not make it clear, explain how your book fits the task. If you using a cover option, please include the cover of your book in your post.

NOTE: Books with genre "Children's" or "Kids" that are at least 100+ pages and conform to all other SRC rules may be used for this task.

NOTE: Books with genres “Graphic Novel,� “Sequential Art,� “Comics,� and “Manga� that conform to all other SRC rules may be used for this task.

Approved Books:
Option 1:
Doll Bones; Precious Bones; Billingsgate Shoal; Corsair; Rotters; Pandemonium

Option 3:
Death Mask;

Option 4:
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard

Option 6:
The Bookseller of Kabul;
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Books not acceptable:
none so far!

This thread is now open!

Will this work for option 1 Doll Bones

ohhh love it!!!

This is fun. For the Rot to Sin, can it be any author between those two starting sets, or only the authors you have on your shelf?

Awesome task! And my f2f book group just picked Bookseller of Kabul for our next read.

Would this book work for option 1-
Precious Bones

It seems they find a body in the swamp.

JennRenee wrote: "Will this work for option 1 Doll Bones"

Since they're burying the doll, that counts! Anything to do with digging in the dirt qualifies.

Ms Anderson wrote: "This is fun. For the Rot to Sin, can it be any author between those two starting sets, or only the authors you have on your shelf?"

It can be any author between those two starter sets. I just listed ours more for an example.

Chris wrote: "Awesome task! And my f2f book group just picked Bookseller of Kabul for our next read."

Fun! That looks like a great book!

Kathy G. wrote: "Would this book work for option 1-
Precious Bones

It seems they find a body in the swamp."

yeah! and it sounds like they're playing in and under the water a lot. I would accept it as fitting right in!

Death Mask. Kathryn Fox - Kathryn Fox work for Option 3?

Bekka wrote: "Kathy G. wrote: "Would this book work for option 1-
Precious Bones

It seems they find a body in the swamp."

yeah! and it sounds like they're playing in and under the water a lot. I would accept ..."

Thanks! :-)

Bekka wrote: "Ms Anderson wrote: "This is fun. For the Rot to Sin, can it be any author between those two starting sets, or only the authors you have on your shelf?"

It can be any author between those two start..."

Oh, okay! Thanks.

So a book by Nalini Singh would work for option 3, correct?

Would this work for option 1: Billingsgate Shoal?

by Alice Ozma should work for Option 6? It has books on the cover and the books they read are part of the story.

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Death Mask. Kathryn Fox - Kathryn Fox work for Option 3?"

Yup! Since it has "mystery" as a genre on the main page, its fine for Option 3.

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "So a book by Nalini Singh would work for option 3, correct?"

That is correct.

Bekka wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Death Mask. Kathryn Fox - Kathryn Fox work for Option 3?"

Yup! Since it has "mystery" as a genre on the main page, its fine for Option 3."

Thanks x

Bea wrote: "Would this work for option 1: Billingsgate Shoal?"

yes! Scuba divers investigating a wreck is perfect.

April wrote: " by Alice Ozma should work for Option 6? It has books on the cover and the books they read are part of the story."

Yes! This would work just fine!

Bekka wrote: "Bea wrote: "Would this work for option 1: Billingsgate Shoal?"

yes! Scuba divers investigating a wreck is perfect."

Oh, good. Thank you.

would the following work:

For Option 1: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

For Option 3 (Horror genre):The Living Dead

Thanks.

Delmy =^.^= wrote: "would the following work:

For Option 1: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

For Option 3 (Horror genre):The Living Dead

Thanks."

"The Zombie Survival Guide" is fine for option1; and "The Living Dead" is also fine for option 3. Both match the criteria for their tasks.

Hi Bekka I wanted to ask about this one for option 6 - book on cover. There appears to be an open book in the lower right part of the cover to me, what do you think?

Sheila wrote: "Hi Bekka I wanted to ask about this one for option 6 - book on cover. There appears to be an open book in the lower right part of the cover to me, what do you think?

[bookcover:The Art Forger|161..."

Yup! That's definitely a book. That would work just fine!

Thanks so much Bekka. That helps a lot. I am majorly readjusting my plan of attack!

Sheila wrote: "Thanks so much Bekka. That helps a lot. I am majorly readjusting my plan of attack!"

you bet, Sheila! That looks like a really interesting book -

I have been reading the series The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. They are set in the Lake District of England and Beatrix Potter is the main character. IN these books the animals (some of them are pets of the inhabitants of the village) communicate with each other and are able to understand the humans. The humans are oblivious to all of this. I would like to read the next for me The Tale of Applebeck Orchard by Susan Wittig Albert and was wondering if it would satisfy the option concerning pets.

For Option 1, do caves work? I am considering Corsair by Clive Cussler. In this, the bad guys keep a kidnap victim in a series of caves and caverns in the desert and the good guys have to go in and rescue her.

Wanda wrote: "I have been reading the series The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. They are set in the Lake District of England and Beatrix Potter is the main character. IN these books the animals (some of them..."

As long as at least some of the animals are pets, this would work. It looks like a really cute book!

Deanna wrote: "For Option 1, do caves work? I am considering Corsair by Clive Cussler. In this, the bad guys keep a kidnap victim in a series of caves and caverns in the desert and the good guys have to go in and..."

I would say this would be fine, since there is earth above a cave. Its a vertical hole in the ground as opposed to a horizontal one, but its still going into the ground.

for 1 - how about grave-robbers? Rotters

Bekka wrote: "Wanda wrote: "I have been reading the series The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. They are set in the Lake District of England and Beatrix Potter is the main character. IN these books the animals..."

Yes,most of the animals are pets--it is a really wonderful series---the animals really solve the mysteries!

Dee wrote: "for 1 - how about grave-robbers? Rotters"

Yeah! I would say grave robbers totally works! I'm almost scared to delve too much into that plot - looks like a great book!

Wanda wrote: "Bekka wrote: "Wanda wrote: "I have been reading the series The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. They are set in the Lake District of England and Beatrix Potter is the main character. IN these boo..."

I checked out the first one from my library today - looks really cute! I'm a real sucker for animal stories.

Bekka wrote: "Dee wrote: "for 1 - how about grave-robbers? Rotters"

Yeah! I would say grave robbers totally works! I'm almost scared to delve too much into that plot - looks like a great book!"

It sounds good and the audiobook is free this week as part of a YA summer listening program - paired with frankenstein

Dee wrote: "Bekka wrote: "Dee wrote: "for 1 - how about grave-robbers? Rotters"

Yeah! I would say grave robbers totally works! I'm almost scared to delve too much into that plot - looks like a great book!"

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Good to know! sounds like it would be great with Frankenstein.

Could I use for option 1? The resistance (or underground) lives underground in basements.

Cathy wrote: "Could I use for option 1? The resistance (or underground) lives underground in basements."

Yes! That would be fine.

Bekka wrote: "Wanda wrote: "Bekka wrote: "Wanda wrote: "I have been reading the series The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. They are set in the Lake District of England and Beatrix Potter is the main character...."
I think you will like them.

Would this work for #6? On the cover she is holding a book and in the story the character agonizes over not having books to read. The character ends up starting a lending library and becoming a librarian.

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

♥Robin � wrote: "Would this work for #6? On the cover she is holding a book and in the story the character agonizes over not having books to read. The character ends up starting a lending library and becoming a lib..."

Yes, Robin! That absolutely works! Sounds like a great book.

Thanks Bekka!!! It was an interesting story :) I really enjoyed it.