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WINTER CHALLENGE 2012
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Winter Challenge 2012-2013: Completed Tasks with ?s/problems
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: " Sugar Snap - post 1618Task 20.10 -- Posting Requirements state: 3. To claim a task in Completed Tasks, you MUST include a link to the book edition you read. For instructions on adding a link, se..."
Repost # 1670. Sorry!
Janet F - post 1644Task 20.3 -- Posting requirements for ebook only books require you to state "Approved @ line #" for the GoogleDoc or provide the post number in the ebook verification thread where it was approved ex. "ebook Approved post #"
Please repost this task with the required information.
Kelly - post 1650Are you Kelly J? If so, please repost your task with you Readerboard name at the top of your post.
OMA1229 - post 1660Reposts must contain all the information needed to verify the task, including links to books and authors. Please repost this task with the necessary links.
I can't find anywhere to ask this question - but how do you figure out if an author is a Goodreads author? Is it if they are also a member? Is there always an asterisk by their name if they are? Help!
Mod
Goodreads authors are identified on their profile pages in the upper-right Janet Evanovich "Goodreads Author Profile"; after the author's name on a book profile High Five Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author); or on your shelves after the author's name with an asterisk Janet Evanovich*
Claire M - post 1666Task 10.8 -- Witch Got Your Tongue appears to be a book that exists only in ebook format. eBooks with no print version must be verified for length in the eBook verification thread.
Posting requirements for ebooks: If you claim a book in Completed Tasks that exists ONLY in ebook format, you MUST provide a reference to the ebook verification document when you post ex."Approved @ line #" or provide the post number in the ebook verification thread where it was approved ex. "ebook Approved post #"
Please repost this task with the required information. No need to repost the other tasks in your post. They have been recorded.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Claire M - post 1666Task 10.8 -- Witch Got Your Tongue appears to be a book that exists only in ebook format. eBooks with no print version must be verified for length in the eBook verification th..."
Sorry, thought there was another version for that! I'll get that sorted. Thank you.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "EllenCA - post 1089Task 15.2 requires 2 books, but since you listed "A Bird in the Hand..." for that task I assume you meant task 15.10, correct? No need to repost, just confirm that this is the ..."
Yes I mean't 15.10. Thank you. I'll repost the 20.3 today. Thanks!
Bekka - post 1675Task 25.3 -- A Year on Dartmoor appears to be a photography book with limited text. At best, this would be considered a picture book and would need to be 500+ pages for it to count.
Cathy - post 1699Are you Cathy G? If so, please repost the tasks in this post with your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
Aleksandra - post 1703Task 10.6 -- For this task, the author's initials must be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION. Nora Roberts will not work.
Laurie - post 1712Task 20.9 is a ONE book task. If you wish to move one of the books you've claimed for 20.9 to a different task, please repost it with letting me know you're moving it along with any other information required with the new task.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Bekka - post 1675Task 25.3 -- A Year on Dartmoor appears to be a photography book with limited text. At best, this would be considered a picture book and would need to be 500+ pages for it to count."
While it is a photography book, "A Year on Dartmore" does have essays included in it, much more than picture book text. Would that allow it to be counted?
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: " Aleksandra - post 1703Task 10.6 -- For this task, the author's initials must be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION. Nora Roberts will not work."
Thanks, will use for different task:)
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Even though Deborah Cooke also writes as Claire Delacroix Cooke is not noted as a Goodreads Author. Pseudonyms not listed as Goodreads Authors will not receive a ticket.
Bekka wrote: "While it is a photography book, "A Year on Dartmore" does have essays included in it, much more than picture book text. Would that allow it to be counted? "How many pages are full text?
I took it back to the library a while ago, so I can't tell for sure. Its a big coffee-table book - some pages are full text, some are 1/2 page or less. Some are nothing but pictures, and double page picture spreads. I think in a normal book, the text alone would easily equal 100 pages of regular sized text. It took me about the same amount of time to read as I usually take to read a book of well over 100 pages.
Megan L - post 1748Task 10.8 - Ebook pages are notoriously incorrect. The rules of the challenge state: If you read an ebook, or audiobook use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. The paperback version of Master of the Abyss has 314 pages. Therefore, it will not work for task 10.8.
Bekka wrote: "I took it back to the library a while ago, so I can't tell for sure. Its a big coffee-table book - some pages are full text, some are 1/2 page or less. Some are nothing but pictures, and double p..."After digging around some more, I don't see how the text could equal 100 pages of regular text. The book is only 128 pages long. According to the photographer's website, (http://www.orange-skies.com/book.html) it has over 100 panoramic pictures some spanning 2 pages and reviews consistently say "Be aware, there's very little text" and "each picture has a short well written sentence attached." The intro appears to be a full page, but all the others have only a small box of text. The photographic notes contain just a sentence or two as well.
This book will not work unless you read 372 more pages to add up to 500 pages.
Ok - thanks, Kristi!I've reposted with a different book - post #1795
Maria - post 1730You've already claimed points for task 20.8 on 2/2/13.
EllenCA - post 1753When claiming multiple completed tasks, please list them in numerical order from smallest to largest. This makes record keeping much easier. Thanks.
Bekka - post 1758Task 20.8 is a ONE book task.
For now, I've put Beautiful Creatures there and you can claim Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle for another task. If you'd rather claim Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle here and move Beautiful Creatures, just let me know.
KAREN OZ - post 1759A Ring Through Time appears to be an ebook. I don't see a paperback or hardback edition. Please get it verified on the ebook thread and repost this task.
Jane W - post 1767Task 15.4 - The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden appears to be a book that exists only in ebook format. eBooks with no print version must be verified for length in the eBook verification thread.
Please repost this task with the required information.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Bekka - post 1758Task 20.8 is a ONE book task.
For now, I've put Beautiful Creatures there and you can claim Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle for anot..."
man! Im not doing too well, am I! Sorry to create the extra work for you. I'll keep "Beautiful Creatures" for 20.8, and move "Lady Almina" to a different task.
Do I need to repost 20.8 with the correct information?
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Jane W - post 1767Task 15.4 - The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden appears to be a book that exists only in ebook format. eBooks with no print version must be verified for length in the eBook ver..."
Sorry! I even had it marked on my list to make sure I didn't forget to reference the line # from the approved ebook spreadsheet and then I somehow missed it when I posted! I just reposted the task. Thanks for all your hard work!
Bekka wrote: "I'll keep "Beautiful Creatures" for 20.8, and move "Lady Almina" to a different task.Do I need to repost 20.8 with the correct information?"
Nope, that's the way I have it. ;-)
KAREN OZ - post 1782Task 10.3 - Required: When you post for this task, either indicate what book you used for 20.10 (if you've already posted it) or what book you plan to use for 20.10 (if you haven't already posted it).
Please repost this task with the required information.
ANNA E - post 1783Please list your completed tasks in numerical order from smallest to largest. This makes record keeping much easier. Thanks.
Bea - post 1787Task 20.9 -- REQUIRED: If using the cover option, you must include the cover in your post.
Please repost this task with the required element.
Amanda VA - post 1789Task 30.7 -- option 2 is pages adde up to 12, not 'romance' as a genre on the book's main page. I assume you meant option 5. No need to repost if this is correct, but if you meant something else, please repost with the correct information.
Cathy G - post 1810Task 30.7, option 6 -- Me and My Shadow was first published in November 2009, not December.
Midu - post 1826Task 50.1, book A - Mind Over Monsters only has 2 Rs in the title. Series titles are specifically excluded by the task description so the R in F.R.E.A.K.S. doesn't count.
Andy P - post 1829Task 10.4 - Astray does not appear to take place mainly in Canada. According to this review, only three of the stories take place in Canada. Nine are in the US and 2 in London.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: " Midu - post 1826Task 50.1, book A - Mind Over Monsters only has 2 Rs in the title. Series titles are specifically excluded by the task description so the R in F.R.E.A.K.S. doesn't count."
thanks, Kristi. I mistook the "series title" for "sub title"
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Andy P - post 1829Task 10.4 - Astray does not appear to take place mainly in Canada. According to this review, only three of the stories take place in Canada. Nine are in the US and 2 in London."
Ok, I realized after I pposted it that most of the sytories were from the US, Please remove it from the task list. I read enough Canadian authors I should be able to find a substitue, hopefully a short one this late in the game. Sorry to cause trouble.
Andy
Dlmrose, I only have 3 BB tickets listed, but according to my records I should have 4.Post 259 - Zero Day - 592 pages
Post 1459 - Drums of Autumn - 1070 pages
Thanks
Mod
Post 259 - Zero Day - 592 pages
Post 1459 - Drums of Autumn - 1070 pages
Thanks"
Thanks for letting me know- fixed
Delicious Dee - post 1862Task 30.9 -- On Dublin Street appears to actually be set in Scotland rather than Dublin.
Bethany - post 1869Task 5.2 requires two consecutive words in the title and/or subtitle that begin with the same first letter. Starstruck is a one word title.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "KAREN OZ - post 1759A Ring Through Time appears to be an ebook. I don't see a paperback or hardback edition. Please get it verified on the ebook thread and repost this task."
My apologies - I read this earlier on in the challenge but I didn't read the second book for this task til recently. I read an eARC (Netgalley) and book was due to be published as paperback on 1 Feb 2013 though I've just checked that it's been deferred to March.
Here's a link to Booktopia that has it listed as paperback: http://www.booktopia.com.au/a-ring-th...
Um, do let me know whether I still have to get ebook-only approval as paperback is not yet published?
Sorry & thanks!
Tien wrote: "Um, do let me know whether I still have to get ebook-only approval as paperback is not yet published?"Yes, since it only exists as an ebook on GRs at the moment, please get it verified as an ebook and repost. Thanks!
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Delicious Dee - post 1862Task 30.9 -- On Dublin Street appears to actually be set in Scotland rather than Dublin."
Oh crap - I misread and though capital in title - I'll fix tomorrow - oh well
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Bethany, from your summary it looks like you are claiming Goodreads Author tickets- you must identify each author to claim a ticket. (Just like the Big Book ticket, add "This is a Goodreads Author") Please repost to claim the Goodreads Authors. You will need to include the post number, the tasks, and links
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REPOST for #1563
OMA1229
Tack 25.3-Let's Be Different
Book A- Read a book with every character in the title different
1356 by Bernard Cornwell
Book B- Read a book with at least four words in the title where every word has a different number of letters.
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
Letter Count for Second Book is 4,2,3,5
Points this task- 25
Total Points to Date- 455