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Oct 08, 2012 04:08AM
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Oh, I didn't notice that. They both use the same feature, but have different paths to it, so I'm not sure. To all participants - do you guys think we should change one?
If we do make a change though, then I think Lauren F should make the change, as your nomination came first Carolien.
Guys, please take note of earlier nominations so we don't have repetitions.
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About task 9 and 10. They may be similar but since most people have totally different favorite genres I think you can end up with totally different books. So I am fine with it.
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Soz missed it! Winners and nominees is fine. Nope normal rules still apply :)
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To all participants - do you guys think we should change one?
If we do make a change th..."
I think they are fine. It is a different way to get there. I don't think there are enough features to make each one unique.
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Thanks for your answer. That is another book I can start looking for! :)
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Because there aren't enough books to choose from I am combining 2 sections (if that is ok?)
Go to Explore at the top, Click Goodreads Voice.
Then click either the option Goodreads Live (Here read a book by one of the author's listed) or Debut Author Snapshot (Here read one of the books the next to the author's picture).
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To all participants - do you guys think we should change one?
If we do make a change th..."
Hi they do use the same feature, but mine is using a friends favorite book to get a similar book. They use the same feature but they are not really the same, but I am happy to change mine.
Since there doesn't seem to be any real drive for a change, then we can leave it as is :)Lu, I'm fine with using two features if each only offers a few choices.
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Lu, I'm fine with using two features if each only offers a few choices."
Yay
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Read a book from The South African Booklovers' bookshelf. (While browsing anywhere in our group, click on "Bookshelf" in the upper right-hand corner.)Or use this link : http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...
I'm not sure if this task quite fits. What do you guys think?
I think it's fine. Group bookshelves are a feature after all.
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Lu's comment about few choices made me think and I just want to increase people's choices. If we don't change it they may not have many.
Ok, will do it when I get home (on my Blackberry at the moment).
Click on Explore and select Listopia. On the right is a list of tags. Select the page number of tags which is the same as the challenge number (i.e. if the challenge task number is 15, then go to page 15 of tags). Select the Tag number which matches the task number (this will give you a choice of 2 tags, depending on which way you count). Choose a book from the first list on the page
I couldn't resist going immediately to check what books I could choose from, so if you want a quick link to the lists for Jennifer's task (task 16), here they are:YA Debuts 2011 http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/88...
Best REAL Psychological Fiction http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/83...
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Yeah, I was very worried at first! We could have gotten 'Most Perverse Fiction' or 'Best Books about Geology'. The lists might also change later.
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I was thinking we could just put down the date on which we found and chose the list and book, and anything from now until the end of the challenge counts. Unless you have more specific instructions Jennifer? If you want to curb the loophole hunters, now is the time to do it :)
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Hunting in all forms is inhumane!
Unless you're hunting for loopholes...
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So some restriction would be a good thing. If there isn't some sort of restriction you could wait till you get a list with a book you have been waiting to read.
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I would prefer that to YA I have to admit! I suggest we just date our selections. The nice/difficult thing of this challenge is it does have much more of a random nature to it than a lot of the other challenges, because most of them could actually change at any given moment.
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Just a quick question. Do all of the books (unless otherwise stated) on these lists count? No matter if they are nonfiction, less than 150 pages, graphic novels etc.
An example. One of the founders of goodreads rated a Naked Chef Cook Book 5 Stars. I own this book and would like to read it. I assume this counts?
Most non-fiction can probably be read cover to cover as you would a novel, but for exceptions like cookbooks, I'd say it counts if you're going to read it cover to cover (index and appendices optional, as long as you don't include them in the page count), the text covers most of the page (assuming the font is a reasonable size), and the number of pages with text amounts to 150 or more.Books less than 150 pages don't count.
I don't know what the rules are regarding graphic novels. In my opinion, they don't contain enough text to count, even if they are over 150 pages long. However, I recall that Watchmen was once allowed.
Jennifer, could you make a decision regarding the debate about your task?
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I will have another look and provide some guideline changes by tomorrow.
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@Lu- For Task No. 2 does it have to have won the award or can it be a nominee?
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I just want to clarify something about task 4. You go to Listopia's main page, scroll down to "Lists my friends have voted on" and select "a featured list". Does this mean we can only choose from the 6 lists shown there? Are we not allowed to go to "more"?
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Ok, some changes to the task requirement for #16 - Click on Explore and select Listopia. On the right is a list of tags. Select the page number of tags which is the same as the challenge number (i.e. if the challenge task number is 16, then go to page 16 of tags). Select the Tag number which matches the task number (this will give you a choice of 2 tags, depending on which way you count). Then select a book off one of the Lists under the chosen tag. To complete the task you have to indicate the date you selected your book, the tag that you used, the list that you selected and the name of the book that you read”.
This hopefully clears up some of the loopholes mentioned earlier and make it clearer for those doing the task.
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That is my task. You're not limited to the 6 lists, you can select "more lists your friends have voted on" and use any of the lists in that section.
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