Questions about Ludus

[M]

Reading goal. Read a book about someone that lives in a castle. Imperial palace in the Forbidden City in China, would that count.

[Denise]

Margaret wrote: "Hi Mods,

When you say "Remember, only books read in round 2 may be counted towards goals in round 2." what exactly does this mean?

I started a book last night, but won't have it finished until ..."

You can use it! I double checked on that more than once because I started a few really long books this week and I wasn't able to finish them before the end of the first round, lol. The start date doesn't matter at this point, you can claim it whatever round you complete the book (provided you didn't start before the games even began on August 2nd).

The goal thing just means that if you finished a book a couple of days ago during round 1, and never used it for a goal, you can't use it now for a goal that pops up in round 2. Only books finished after the start of round 2 can be used at this point.

[Margaret]

Denise wrote: "You can use it! I double checked on that more than once because I started a few really long books this week and I wasn't able to finish them before the end of the first round, lol. The start date doesn't matter at this point, you can claim it whatever round you complete the book.
..."

Thanks Denise :)

[Kelly]

Denise wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Hi Mods,

When you say "Remember, only books read in round 2 may be counted towards goals in round 2." what exactly does this mean?

I started a book last night, but won't have i..."

Correct :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

M wrote: "Reading goal. Read a book about someone that lives in a castle. Imperial palace in the Forbidden City in China, would that count."

Castle definition:
a large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and often a moat.

So the forbidden city works for me in fitting that definition

[Kelly]

sounds fine to me. I'd consider it a castle if I lived there.

[Cathy M.]

Is this green enough for the goal "Read a book with a green cover"?

[Amanda]

Cathy M. wrote: "Is this green enough for the goal "Read a book with a green cover"?

"

Yes, that's enough green.

[M]

Karen wrote: "M wrote: "Reading goal. Read a book about someone that lives in a castle. Imperial palace in the Forbidden City in China, would that count."

Castle definition:
a large building, typically of the ..."

Thank you

[Cathy M.]

Amanda wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "Is this green enough for the goal "Read a book with a green cover"?

"

Yes, that's enough green."

Thank you Amanda!

[Cathy M.]

Sorry that book ended up being too short despite the erroneous page count listed on GR and Amazon (super annoying!)... :/

Will this one work for green cover?

[❀Tea❀]

Cathy M. wrote: "Sorry that book ended up being too short despite the erroneous page count listed on GR and Amazon (super annoying!)... :/

Will this one work for green cover?

"

Yes. It's green
*goes back to check cowboy*

[Cathy M.]

Thanks Tea! Sorry not an MM :) But I'm super annoyed because both GR & Amazon had that other one listed as 236 pgs and I totally wasted my time on it. Ugh!! I'll have to start this one later as it's 4:30am & I'm tired.

[❀Tea❀]

Cathy M. wrote: "Thanks Tea! Sorry not an MM :) But I'm super annoyed because both GR & Amazon had that other one listed as 236 pgs and I totally wasted my time on it. Ugh!! I'll have to start this one later as it'..."

I'm waiting for him to take his shirt off :)

Sorry about reading wrong book. I hope it was at least good one.

[Ghost in the Stacks]

For weak at the knees,

Would "Knees weak from more then the long rest"

Work?

[Cait S]

Another question for weak at the knees. Would "weak in the knees" work for that or does it absolutely have to be "at"?

[Kelly]

Cait wrote: "Another question for weak at the knees. Would "weak in the knees" work for that or does it absolutely have to be "at"?"

I'm ok with in the knees. The sentiment is the same.

[Kelly]

Abbie wrote: "For weak at the knees,

Would "Knees weak from more long the long rest"

Work?"

I'm ok with this one too. It's the same purpose of the phrase.

[Kelly]

Lucy wrote: "Good Afternoon Mods!

So my team had a goal: "Read a book that is ranked 301-400 in bestsellers on book depository (http://www.bookdepository.com/bestsel...)".

Yesterday when I checked the site,..."

I'll check with the other mods. I don't know what the original intent was.

[❀Tea❀]

I also don't know about original idea, but since list is changing, I'd say it should work if it was on the list. Just maybe add date in explanation? Something like it was nth on mm/dd

Anyway, maybe you should really wait for task-writer's ruling.

[Amy]

For book with a recipe, does this count?

"I'll email you the recipe [...] It's just hash browns, cubed ham, sour cream and Cheddar cheese. The secret is cream of chicken soup."

Or does it have to have the exact quantities of the ingredients?

[Kelly]

It's ok as long as there's the list of ingredients.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Tough one. I agree if there is at least a mention of ingredients it is ok

[Amy]

Good to know, thank you!

[Apoorv]

Quick Question, Mods !
Would this work ?

Goal : Read a book with the phrase "weak at the knees" in a book
Book Read : Stardancer
Sentence : The instant she saw who followed, Kinara's knees went weak..'

[Kelly]

Apoorv wrote: "Quick Question, Mods !
Would this work ?

Goal : Read a book with the phrase "weak at the knees" in a book
Book Read : Stardancer
Sentence : The instant she saw who followed, Kinara..."

Yes, that's fine.

[Marie (UK)]

We have a goal to read a book where a character lives in a castle

One of the team has read blood and snow

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


there are meant ions of a castle in another realm that Snow enters

Page 106 …other realm, her realm. I stood on a balcony in a large white castle ..
Page 111 ... my legs so I sat opposite him on the bed. We were still in the castle in …

will this work?


If not is Palace an acceptable substitute for Castle as someone is reading book with character living in a palace

[Kelly]

The castle seems ok to me.

[Joanne]

For the goal: "Read a book with "a novel" in the title", I assume it's ok if the cover of the book says "a novel" after the title, even if the "goodreads title" doesn't have it.

Many books have "a novel" on the cover but not in the title, for example:
Normal
All the Light We Cannot See
My Sister's Keeper
Gone Girl
Everything I Never Told You

And I found info in the librarians group that adding "a novel" to the goodreads title is an error and will be removed by a librarian:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kelly]

That's fine Joanne

[Joanne]

Thanks Kelly!

[Juliana]

Does works as a white cover?

[Kelly]

Juliana wrote: "Does works as a white cover?"

Yes, that's fine.

[Juliana]

Thanks Kelly!!

[[deleted user]]

For the task 'read a book with a dinosaur' would a book with someone digging up fossils and dinosaur skeletons work - something like this The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Pigletto wrote: "For the task 'read a book with a dinosaur' would a book with someone digging up fossils and dinosaur skeletons work - something like this [book:The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woma..."

Yes I think that's fine

[Becca]

ok if it says Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Crime Can the genre be listed within another genre? Like "Mystery > Crime" or does it need to be just stand alone "Crime"?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

yes, sub-genre is ok!

[Becca]

Great thanks!

[Margaret]

Hi Mods, does this book have enough orange to meet the goal for 'orange cover'?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Hmmm. I don't think it is quite orange, but someone else may disagree

[Emily]

We got the goal "read a book with a character who is a cat shifter." I read a book this round in which a major secondary character is a shifter. However, in this book what animal he shifts into is not revealed (it's extremely rude to ask a shifter what their animal form is in this world). However, later in the series, it is revealed that he turns into a tiger. Can we use it for the goal? Thanks for answering :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

teehee
Works for me Emily

[Renee]

With the new weapon scavenger hunt, it says the words must be an exact match. Would this one work? It's talking about a recurve bow, but swaps the order of words around.

Word hunt: If it counts (only says recurve, not recurve bow)

"The fact that you didn't hear the bow go off probably means it's a recurve. A compound crossbow 'twangs' its release."

[Kelly]

Renee wrote: "With the new weapon scavenger hunt, it says the words must be an exact match. Would this one work? It's talking about a recurve bow, but swaps the order of words around.

Word hunt: If it counts (o..."

I think we've been going with the "it either has to match the word exactly or be talking about the item" So in this case recurve would work for it.

[Ashley]

Will work for read a book with a black and white cover? For this goal does it need to be all black and white or just 50% black and white like the single colours?