24 Tasks – Door 2 – Task 4

Festive Tasks: Door 2, Task 4 – Six Degrees of Literation

November 2, 2021

Master Update Post HERE Task 4: Let’s play Six Degrees of Literation! Start with the book that you are reading right now and make a chain of six books, linked in however you want to link them, to one of the classic holiday reads mentioned in this Guardian article. My brain started going into nonstop […]

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Teriyaki Chicken

November 7, 2019

24 Festive Tasks: Door 2 – Japanese Culture Day, Task 4: If you like Japanese food, treat yourself to a favorite dish. I’m not a major fan of sushi (because I’m not much of a fish eater generally), but I’m easily persuaded to have a bowl of teriyaki chicken: In the interest of full disclosure, […]

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24 Festive Tasks 2018: Master Update Post

November 7, 2018

MARKERS: Books: Meteor Tasks: Bows DOOR 1: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS Book: Agatha Christie: Miss Marple – The Complete Short Stories (audio version, narrated by Joan Hickson, Isla Blair and Anna Massey) Task 1: Task 2: Favorite epitaph (William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon) Task 3: Sherlock Holmes altar Task 4: Points: 3 DOOR […]

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Non-Explosive “Gunpowder” Book Titles

November 6, 2018

24 Festive Tasks: Door 2 – Guy Fawkes Night, Task 4: Find 5 uses of the word “gunpowder” in book titles in contexts other than for blowing up things or shooting people (e.g., Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs = tea). * Gunpowder Green is part of Laura Childs’s Tea Shop Mystery series, in which each […]