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1. White �� Big as a Brick:

Read 1 book that is:
a. 800-900 pages long
b. 600-700 pages long
c. 900-1000 pages long
d. 500-600 pages long
e. 700-800 pages long
f. 1,000+ pages long

reserved: Task 1 clarification

2. Indigo �� Title Tokens:

Read one (1) book with title / subtitle that includes (exact spelling)
a. a name of day (Monday, Tuesday... Sunday)
b. a name of month (January, February... December)
c. a name of a place (can be continent, country, or a little town somewhere in the middle of nowhere as long as it’s a real place)
d. a name of a planet (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
e. a name of a zodiac (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces)
f. a direction (north, west, south, east)

reserved: Task 2 clarification

3. Red �� Author Association:

Pick one of your favourite authors
a. Go to author’s page, pick an author from “Similar authors�� and read one (1) book from this author
b. Go to ; type in your author and pick one of the 5 closest authors to read one (1) book of.
c. Read one (1) book of author with the same last name (identical spelling) of your fave author (New to you author only)
d. Read one (1) book of author with the same first name (identical spelling) of your fave author (New to you author only)
e. Read one (1) book of author with same initials. Initial is reversible; eg. If your fave author is Suzanne Collins (SC), then you may read from either Susanna Clarke (SC) or Carol Shields (CS)
f. Read one (1) book of author whose initial can be found in your favourite author’s full name (order does not matter). (New to you author only)

reserved: Task 3 clarification

"similar authors" can be found just above the list of author's books on his/her GR page

4. Pink �� Styles of Stories:

Read 1 book of

a. Unreliable Narrator
(for ideas: / Unreliable Narrator -GR Shelf)

b. Multiple POVs (more than 2)
(for ideas: Multiple POVS -GR Shelf)

c. Epistolary –a series of letters / diary entries (for ideas: / Epistolary -GR Shelf)

d.
”Anthropomorphism, or personification, is attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other than a human being.��
(for ideas: Talking Animals -GR Shelf / Anthropomorphism -GR Shelf / Personification -GR Shelf)

e. Male Authors writing female pov OR Female Authors writing male pov
(for ideas: / / )

f.
(for ideas: Antihero -GR Shelf / Antiheroes -GR Shelf)

reserved: Task 4 clarification

5. Black �� Lists, Lists, Lists:

Read 1 (one) book from 1 (one) of these lists:
a.
b. if series is listed, you can read one book of the series
c.
d.
e.
f. or Modern Library Top 100 (Non-Fiction)

reserved: Task 5 clarification

6. Violet �� Cover Crush:

a. A Couple: Read 2 books (each cover featuring one person; therefore 2 books of 1 person each make a couple)
b. A Family (traditional: 2 adults + children -at least 2 children): Read book/s to complete a family in covers (this can be 1 book with 2 adults and 1 book with 2 children OR 2 books with 1 adult & 1 child each )
c. BFFs (my circle is made up of 4 women and so was the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson –to begin with anyway): Read book/s to complete a BFF circle (conditions: same sex and similar ages –that is you cannot mix child & adult)
d. Individuality: Read 1 book featuring one person (shown full-body; “head to toe��)
e. The Modern Family (based on the series: 6 adults, 4 teens, & 2 toddlers/babies)
f. Lovers Across Time: Read 2 books (each cover featuring one person; therefore 2 books of 1 person each make a couple BUT there must be a difference in time setting of at least 50 years)

Note: Face / head must be shown (ie. no headless bodies)

reserved: Task 6 clarification

Please show the cover on your planning thread and/or when you claim your slice. If you're not sure how to...

remove spaces
[ bookcover : book-title | xxxx ]

xxx are the numbers shown on the web address for your book page -this is especially handy if the cover you need is NOT the most popular edition of the book.


Bea wrote: "For 6b: Can it be one book with adults and children on cover, and does it have to be only 2 adults and 2 children?"
We want the cover/s to depict a "traditional" family which usually consist of 2 adults and 2 children. For this task, only 2 adults (no more, no less) and at least 2 children (no less)

7. Blue �� An Abundance of Authors:

Read x books of authors
(x = Roll a die to determine number of books to be read for this task)

a. born in odd months (January, March, May, July, September, November)
b. born in even months (February, April, June, August, October, December)
c. born in continents of Africa, Eurasia, North America
d. born in continents of South America, Antarctica, Australia
e. who is of the Lost Generation (born between 1883-1900) OR Silent Generation (1925-1942) OR Gen X (1960-1980)
f. who is of the Greatest Generation (1901-1924 inclusive) OR Baby Boomers (1943-1960) OR Gen Y (1980-2000)

Note: It is your choice whether you read x books of same author or book/s of different authors that added up to "x"

reserved: Task 7 clarification

8. Dark Red �� Radically Random:

Read x books
(x = Roll a die to determine number of books to be read for this task)

a. Go to your to-read shelf on GR, set display to 10 per page and sort by “random��. Pick 1 of these 10 random books. Refresh your browser to get a fresh ‘random�� listing to pick your x number of books
If you do NOT keep a to-read shelf on GR; I'm happy for you to pick them out of a hat

b. Go to ; type in your number of books that’s on your GR to-read shelf as Max and generate x number of times. Go to your to-read GR shelf, sort by position and read book/s from the position as generated.
If you do NOT keep a to-read shelf on GR;
Go to ; type in your number of books that’s on your to-read shelf as Max and generate x number of times. Go to your to-read shelf (Do NOT change or sort the books -ie. leave them as you've got them) and read book/s from the position as generated by counting left to right, top to bottom.

c. Go to . Step 1: Number of Cards --> Draw X card(s) from 1 shuffled deck. Read book # of series as per cards drawn. Example, if you drew 3 cards (3, 6, 6) then you will read book #3 and 2 books of #6 of series of books. Books do not have to be from same series and Ace = #1, Jack, Queen, King = any book of a series

d. Go to your ‘Read�� GR shelf, set display to 10 per page and sort by “random��. Pick 1 of these random authors and read 1 book from this author. Refresh your browser to get a fresh ‘random�� listing to pick your x number of books

e. Draw 10 tiles from your Scrabble bag - put together as many x-letter words as you can. Pick one of these x-letter words and read-spell it by either first word in title or first name of author. if you don’t have letter tiles, let me know and I can draw these for you
If you are unable to form an x-letter word from your 10 tiles, you may form 2 words from tiles that use x+1 number of tiles (that is, instead of reading x number of books, you will then read x+1 books.)

f. Go to your ‘Friends�� page and sort by ‘books added��. ‘Compare Books�� with a friend who has the closest total number of books to you. Sort by your shelves: to-read and their shelves: read. Read x number of books from books listed.

reserved: Task 8 clarification

9. Brown �� Profusion of Pages:

Read as many books to:
a. a total of 1400-1500 pages
b. a total of 1100-1200 pages
c. a total of 1300-1400 pages
d. a total of 1500-1600 pages
e. a total of 1200-1300 pages
f. a total of 1600+ pages

reserved: Task 9 clarification

10. Yellow �� Wonderful Words:

Read book/s with x word/s in titles / subtitles where word/s is/are
(x = Roll a die to determine number of words in titles/subtitles to be read for this task)

a. noun (incl. pronoun)
b. verb
c. adjective
d. preposition
e. adverb
f. conjunction

Note: One book can have more than 1 required word. For example, if you rolled 2 -you need to read 2 words (for this example, verbs) in title / subtitle. You can either read 2 books with a verb in each title / subtitle or read 1 book with 2 verbs in title / subtitle

reserved: Task 10 clarification

11. Green �� Credible Covers

Read 1 book with
a. Sober: plain background cover with only word of title (ie. no images)
b. Furry Friends: animal/s on cover (strictly non-supernatural type)
c. Supernatural: Extraordinary creature/s on cover (incl. any mythical creature/s)
d. Horizons: rolling hills / plains or wide expanse ocean etc with view of the horizons
e. Au Naturale: plant/s on cover (can be tree or flower...: "a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.")
f. Inanimate Object

reserved: Task 11 clarification

Please show the cover on your planning thread and/or when you claim your slice. If you're not sure how to...

remove spaces
[ bookcover : book-title | xxxx ]

xxx are the numbers shown on the web address for your book page -this is especially handy if the cover you need is NOT the most popular edition of the book.

12. Orange - Improvement of the Intellect

You may choose to read from one of the top 10 lists listed on the below page (as per your roll) BUT... you may only pick 1 list where you’ve not read a round number (ending in 0) of books of the top 100. When you click on the list, on the right hand side, GR will have noted how many books you’ve read from the top 100 books; if it’s shown to be 10, 20, 30, etc –you cannot use that list

The challenge is to read the number of books required to reach this round number. That is, if “You’ve read 46 of the top 100 books��, you will have to read 4 books from the top 100 of that list to complete this task You may choose whichever of the top 10 lists of your page that requires you to read the least number of books.

a. classics
b. nonfiction
c. writing
d. poems
e. plays
f. awards

resreved: Task 12 clarification

for 6a - a couple - do the people shown have to be complete people or can just a head or partial head count? I'm wanting to use these 2 books and

Lahni wrote: "for 6a - a couple - do the people shown have to be complete people or can just a head or partial head count? I'm wanting to use these 2 books and [bookcover:Son..."

It doesn't have to be a complete head to toe shot but face / head must be shown so you could use Time Will Tell but not Son

Tien wrote: "It doesn't have to be a complete head to toe shot but face / head must be shown so you could use Time Will Tell but not Son
."

Thanks

Tien - Clarification, please.
In reading 7 (below) I interpreted it to mean we had to choose one of the 3 groupings because of the "OR", but I see others are choosing from all 3 groups. If we can have authors from all 3 I will be a happy camper, but wanted a ruling on this before I got going. Thanks.

7. Blue �� An Abundance of Authors:
Read x books of authors
f. who is of the Greatest Generation (1901-1924 inclusive) OR Baby Boomers (1943-1960) OR Gen Y (1980-2000)

LynnB wrote: "Tien - Clarification, please.
In reading 7 (below) I interpreted it to mean we had to choose one of the 3 groupings because of the "OR", but I see others are choosing from all 3 groups. If we can h..."

Hi Lynn, you can choose whichever group of authors you'd like to read from... as per my 'notes' in the task post above:

Note: It is your choice whether you read x books of same author or book/s of different authors that added up to "x"

I hope this answers your Q?

Tien wrote: "LynnB wrote: "Tien - Clarification, please.
In reading 7 (below) I interpreted it to mean we had to choose one of the 3 groupings because of the "OR", but I see others are choosing from all 3 group..."

Ok. I'm still a bit confused (a normal situation

sorry, Lynn. Let's do an example then.

Let's say you rolled 6 books. Then you can pick to read a combination of:
2 x Greatest Generation (1901-1924 inclusive)
2 x Baby Boomers (1943-1960)
2 x Gen Y (1980-2000)

OR

1 x Greatest Generation (1901-1924 inclusive)
2 x Baby Boomers (1943-1960)
3 x Gen Y (1980-2000)

OR

Greatest Generation (1901-1924 inclusive)
6 x Baby Boomers (1943-1960)
Gen Y (1980-2000)

OR whatever other combinations you'd like.

I hope this clarifies?

Tien wrote: "sorry, Lynn. Let's do an example then.

Let's say you rolled 6 books. Then you can pick to read a combination of:
2 x Greatest Generation (1901-1924 inclusive)
2 x Baby Boomers (1943-1960)
2 x Ge..."

Thanks...that did clarify it. I just didn't want to get done and have to change it. And I had misunderstood to start, so it's good I asked!

no worries!

and of course, ALWAYS ask! ;)

for 6e, The Modern Family (based on the series: 6 adults, 4 teens, & 2 toddlers/babies) ...

Does this mean that, using as many or few books as possible, I have to accumulate a total of 6 adults, 4 teens, and 2 toddlers/babies on my covers?

Wow!

And must it be EXACTLY those numbers, or at least those numbers? (I'm thinking of a book with many babies on the cover, for example.)

And how old can toddlers be? up to 2? 3? 4? 5?

Susan wrote: "Does this mean that, using as many or few books as possible, I have to accumulate a total of 6 adults, 4 teens, and 2 toddlers/babies on my covers?

yes

And must it be EXACTLY those numbers, or at least those numbers?

yes

And how old can toddlers be? up to 2? 3? 4? 5? "

about 3ish -it can be a little hard to tell on covers so I'll be very lenient on this point :)

Susan wrote: "And must it be EXACTLY those numbers, or at least those numbers?
Tien wrote: "yes"

I phrased my question badly, so I wasn't certain what your "yes" meant ... So if I end up with more than the numbers specified, that's not a problem, Right?

ack, sorry, Susan, I was in a rush & didn't read properly either!

yes, it must be exactly those numbers. Sorry!

I've rolled/read this one; it was a toughie :p

Tien, I need to clarify that I did this one correctly.

I rolled an 8 for color and a 3 for task.

That led me to:

"8. Dark Red �� Radically Random:

Read x books
(x = Roll a die to determine number of books to be read for this task)"

So I rolled again and got a 3.

Then I went to "c. Go to Playing Card Shuffler. Step 1: Number of Cards --> Draw X card(s) from 1 shuffled deck. Read book # of series as per cards drawn."

I used the 3 rolled for the number of books and plugged it into the Playing Card Shuffler and got a Q, 6, and a J. That means, I think, that I read one book marked series #6 and two books of any number in a series, correct?

Did I interpret this one correctly or should I have rolled again for part c?

Bea wrote: "I used the 3 rolled for the number of books and plugged it into the Playing Card Shuffler and got a Q, 6, and a J. That means, I think, that I read one book marked series #6 and two books of any number in a series, correct?"

Yup, you're all good, Bea :)

Tien wrote: "Yup, you're all good, Bea :)"

Oh, good. That one was hard.

Has anyone else drawn 3. Red �� Author Association: Pick one of your favourite authors; d. Read one (1) book of author with the same first name (identical spelling) of your fave author (New to you author only)

If so, how did you go about hunting for authors with the same first name?

Many of my favorites have rather unusual first names (e.g., Ursula, Gabriel), so I'm reduced to a rather short list of more common ones. But I still don't know how to hunt for possibilities based on the author's first name, especially authors I haven't read before.

I haven't rolled that task but I would go to my library catalog and switch to author mode then put in the name and see what comes up. I would probably limit it to fiction or whatever I wanted to read as well.

For Ursula I get
Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula Poznanski Ursula Archer
ursula le guin
Ursula DeYoung

For Gabriel I get
Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Gabriel Weston
Gabriel Chevallier
Gabriel Roth

Thanks, Coralie!

I'd do as she does, Susan :)
You also have the option of searching author's name on GR. If you put in the name in the search spot above and when results pop up, you can refine by author... limitation here is that you won't know if the book is available at your library (ie. You'd need to search your library catalog too

Coralie wrote: "For Ursula I get ... For Gabriel I get ..."

Awesome! I was just going to skip those two names. But now I have 6 new authors to explore (because of course my two faves are in your list of 8).
Thanks, Coralie.

A plain background cover [11. Green �� Credible Covers: Read 1 book with a. Sober: plain background cover with only word of title (ie. no images)] is harder to find than I expected.

Would either of these work?

Susan wrote: "A plain background cover [11. Green �� Credible Covers: Read 1 book with a. Sober: plain background cover with only word of title (ie. no images)] is harder to find than I expected.

Would either o..."

I know! Who would've thunk!
yes, either one will work :)

6f. How is the time setting determined? Publication date?

Bea wrote: "6f. How is the time setting determined? Publication date?"

I'd think not, Bea. For example, Celia, A Slave was published in 1991, but is a non-fiction account of things that happened in 1855. In such cases, I think you have to go by when things in the book took place. But I see how it could be hard to determine for books that don't spell out a time frame.

Susan's right, Bea. Do you have a specific book in mind that doesn't tell you exactly when it's set?

Susan wrote: "I'd think not, Bea. For example, Celia, A Slave was published in 1991, but is a non-fiction account of things that hap..."

Duh! Oh my gosh, where was my head? The key word was setting! Thanks, Susan.