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SPRING CHALLENGE 2013
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Spring Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks with ?s/problems
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For task 5.4, the actual word in the title must be a noun and a verb - it is not sufficient that an appropriate word be contained within another word. "Fixer" doesn't work here.
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Task 5.5 requires that the book have "YA" listed as a genre on the book's main page. Freddy Goes to Florida doesn't have YA listed, so will not work for this task.
Task 10.7 requires that you identify the category of your book in your post.
Sandy, my numbers don't seem to be jiving with the number of tasks I have left. Can you tell me if I have posted task 20.4 yet?
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not as far as I can see. It's not on the spreadsheet. You can double check your postings by hovering over your name in the gray bar - a box will come up saying "comment history." Click on that and you'll get all your comments, which would include your postings. I did a quick scan and didn't see 20.4, but if you think you posted it, you may want to double check.
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Task 5.8 requires that the book be identified on GR as #5 in a series or that you link to a friend's shelves or review rating it 5 stars. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is listed as #3 in the series.
Sandy wrote: "Sheila wrote: "Sandy, my numbers don't seem to be jiving with the number of tasks I have left. Can you tell me if I have posted task 20.4 yet?"not as far as I can see. It's not on the spreadshe..."
Thanks Sandy. I appreciate you checking. I try to keep accurate records but missed on that one. 20.4 it is!
I think one of my posts might have been missed. My readerboard name is Kim L. My records show I have posted 75 points, but the readerboard has me down as having 55 points. I think it might be post 1252 that was missed. Thank you!
Oops! I do have a friend that rated it 5 stars, so, I will make a new post.Thank you!
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Sorry, Kim - found and fixed!
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Task 20.8 is a one book task, so you may want to use one of the 2 books you posted for a different task. When you post for the second task, please include the information that you originally posted an extra book for 20.8, so that I can keep things straight.
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I'm going to need a cover for your book for 25.7, The Monks and Me: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh's French Monastery Guided Me Home. It appears that there is no cover on GR, so you may want to ask a librarian to add a cover to the GR listing for the book.
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The book you posted for 10.4, Kiss of the Night appears to exist only in ebook form.
The rules of the challenge provide that
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 with the required information. No need to repost the other tasks in the post.
Cindy AL post 1162I assume that your task between 5.7 and 20.9 is for task 10.10, since you provided info on the book's rating and your average rating. No need to repost unless I'm off base here.
You assumed exactly right Sandy, that's what I get for posting at work!
Sandy wrote: "Lindy-Lane post 1455I'm going to need a cover for your book for 25.7, The Monks and Me: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh's French Monastery Guided Me Home. It appears that there is no cover on GR, s..."
when i click on the link you have in this message and/or on the link that i had in my post #1455 (pg 30 of completed task thread) it does show me a cover? i'm confused as to why you aren't seeing that?
I noticed on the Readerboard big book list that I have 3 big books but I think it is only 2 from task 20.4 & 20.5. I think my last task posting (msg 1167 in completed tasks) reflects the total of 2 Big books.Thanks
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I'm going to need a cover for your book for 25.7, The Monks and Me: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh's French Monastery Guided Me Home. It appears that there is no ..."
wow, this is weird. The cover didn't show up on my usual computer, nor did it show up on my work computer. But, I just checked another computer (yeah, we have a lot of computers around here!) and it DID show up. So, I don't know why this is, but I'm sorry to create a problem for you. The points will show up in the next update.
Sandy wrote: "Lindy-Lane wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Lindy-Lane post 1455I'm going to need a cover for your book for 25.7, The Monks and Me: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh's French Monastery Guided Me Home. It appear..."
not a problem, it just confused my almost 55 year old brain (5 days before the big b-day) and had me convinced that i was having hallucinations. :)
Janet F wrote: "I noticed on the Readerboard big book list that I have 3 big books but I think it is only 2 from task 20.4 & 20.5. I think my last task posting (msg 1167 in completed tasks) reflects the total of 2..."You had 2 big books up to post 1354, but 3 big book tickets. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration has 640 pages = 1 ticket. The Invisible Bridge has 758 pages = 2 tickets for a total of 3 BB tickets.
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Please post in the Readerboard Names thread so that you can be added to the Readerboard. We need to be able to keep up with our many participants to try to make sure that points are awarded to the right people! After you're set up on the Readerboard Names list, please repost your task.
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Janet F wrote: "I noticed on the Readerboard big book list that I have 3 big books but I think it is only 2 from task 20.4 & 20.5. I think my last task posting (msg 1167 in completed tasks) reflect..."Thanks Kristi! - I feel like I hit the Jackpot! I missed that Big book feature & I'll be sure to remember it for future big books record keeping. I'll post an edit to reflect the book size variable on the tasks I posted yesterday.
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Please post in the Readerboard Names thread so that you can be added to the Readerboard. We need to be able to keep up with our many participants to try to make sure that points are awarded to the right people! After you're set up on the Readerboard Names list, please repost your tasks.
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Task 25.8, option 4 (I assume you mean 4, not 3), requires that you include a link to the audiobook as well as to the paper copy used to establish length.
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The book you posted for 15.9, Spoil of War, appears to exist only in ebook form.
The rules of the challenge provide that
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 with the required information. No need to repost the other tasks in the post.
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Task 25.8, option 4 (I assume you mean 4, not 3), requires that you include a link to the audiobook as well as to the paper copy used to establish length."
yes i did sorry.
Sandy wrote: "Ty post 1592The book you posted for 15.9, Spoil of War, appears to exist only in ebook form.
The rules of the challenge provide that
If you claim a book in Completed Tasks that exists ONLY in eboo..."
arrrrgh. I was so close to being Wall-of-Shame-less! Sorry about that, Sandy. Will correct.
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Unfortunately, letters from the series name cannot be used to satisfy the task requirements, only from the title and subtitle, so Grayson Manor Haunting will not work for 25.1, option 2.
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Task 25.6, option A, requires that the strong girl character must be 18 or under and that you identify the character's age if it's not clear in the book description. I don't see anything in the description of The Indigo Spell regarding the main character's age, so please provide the required info.
Sandy wrote: "Elizabeth B post 1612Task 25.6, option A, requires that the strong girl character must be 18 or under and that you identify the character's age if it's not clear in the book description. I don't ..."
Sorry, I will edit my post!
Sandy wrote: "Elizabeth B post 1612Task 25.6, option A, requires that the strong girl character must be 18 or under and that you identify the character's age if it's not clear in the book description. I don't ..."
Sorry, I will edit my post!
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Task 25.6, option A, requires that the strong girl character must be 18 or under and that you identify the character's age if it's not clear in the book descript..."
Please do a new post - we don't go back to look at edits in old posts.
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You need to post a link to any book claimed for a task.
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Please adjust your point total in your records - you've added 15 points worth of books, but added 25 points to your total. No need to repost.
Sandy- There's a mistake in my points.I posted 30 points in Post 1250-- Making
235 and I'm on the Readerboard with 220.
My previous post was 205 points.
thanks
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I posted 30 points in Post 1250-- Making
235 and I'm on the Readerboard with 220.
My previous post was 205 points.
thanks"
got it, Kathy.
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You already posted these books for 5.7 and 10.8 in your previous post. The total you give is correct, however.
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Task 30.4 is a two book task, and you've only listed one book. When you repost the task, please include all info for the entire task - not just add-on info. No need to repost the other tasks in the post.
Hi Mods, It appears my post 1387 hasn't been counted in the readerboard. I should have 55 points after that (now 70 after my latest post).
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found and fixed, Jennifer.
Sandy wrote: "KarenKnits post 1691Task 30.4 is a two book task, and you've only listed one book. When you repost the task, please include all info for the entire task - not just add-on info. No need to repost..."
Thanks, Sandy. I went back and removed the faulty task from that post. I'll include it in my next post.
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Your total is off by 5 points - your April 18 post had an addition error. Your total is 355.
KarenKnits - post 1691If you would like to get Goodread Author (GRA) or Big Book (BB) tickets for the chance at designing a task for the challenge, you must specifically mention that the book is written by a Goodreads author or is a Big Book. The summary of the number of authors or big books at the bottom is not sufficient. For BB tickets, you have to specifically mention that the book is a big book and and link to the exact edition you read.
Here's a good example (Thanks, Wanda!):
Task 5.9-Roll With It
I rolled the number 6 making my choice from 2007
World Without End by Ken Follett -- This book was published in 2007.
Ken Follett is a Goodreads Author
This book is a Big Book- 1000 pages +
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
To claim GRA or BBs that you have forgotten to mention in prior posts, please make a new post in the Completed Task thread (we do not go back and pick up edited posts) explaining that you forgot to mention a Goodreads author or that a book was a Big Book. Include the number of the original post, the task number the book was read for, and link to the book and author. For Big Books, be careful and make sure you are linking to the exact edition that you read unless it was an ebook, an audiobook, or a large print book, in which case, you should link to the mass market paperback. BB tickets for ebooks, audiobooks, and large print books will be awarded based on the number of pages in the MMP.
ETA (edited to add) -- Your post 1709 looks good as far as announcing GRA and BB. You just might want to split out the type of BBs in your summary since you get a different number of tickets for them.
Sandy wrote: "Jennifer W wrote: "Hi Mods, It appears my post 1387 hasn't been counted in the readerboard. I should have 55 points after that (now 70 after my latest post)."found and fixed, Jennifer."
Thanks Sandy!
Sandy wrote: "Bamaace83 post 1706Your total is off by 5 points - your April 18 post had an addition error. Your total is 355."
Thanks! I went back and fixed my records.
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Your total is off by 5 points - your April 18 post had an addition error. Your total is 355."
Thanks! I went back and fixed my records."
You know, I would be lost without my spreadsheet to do the math for me!
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The Hit is listed on GR. You just have to scroll down a bit - it's not the first book that comes up, but it does come up pretty quickly. You don't need to repost this, since I found it already, but in the future, you need to be sure to include a link - and if the book is not in GR, you need to either add it yourself or ask a librarian to do so.
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task 5.3 - To get credit for a cover task, the appropriate cover must appear on GR. Your best bet would be to ask a librarian to add this edition with this cover.
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Task 20.1 requires that you "identify the matching word in your post." Please repost with the required info.
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Task 25.1, option 6, requires that the cover be shown in your post.