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I'm leaning towards this one:
Just trying to figure out if it fits, but I think so.
That looks fine Lu :)A few suggestions off the top of my head:
You might also find these lists useful:
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/30... (just check that it uses the mythology, and not just the setting)
Based on Japanese mythology: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/30...
Indian Mythology: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12...
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It can also be seen on the home page :)
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Then when you read a book you add it to the shelf and go to the tracker and say update.
Then you fill in the 30 books thing again and give your shelf name again, it will then register 1 book and say you have completed 1/30 etc.
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Thanks!
This can help for 10.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/14...
Don't you want to put the tasks in the top message here as well? I'm flipping between screens to keep track of tasks (get diverted and then cannot remember where I was with which task!) Blame old age or post exam stress.
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A few suggestions off the top of my head:
[bookcover:Alif the Unseen|1..."Thanks. Djinn Rummy it is, as I still need an H for the A-Z Author.
24. Read a book by an author whose name (first and last name combined) has 10 letters or less.For this task, what are the rules regarding:
- authors who use their initials, eg. S.M. Wheeler. Do we have to go and find out what their first names are?
- authors who use a second name eg. Joyce Carol Oates or Thomas H Cook? Do we just not count the second name?
13. Read a book that has been written by an author who has published under at least 3 names e.g Jayne Anne Krentz who has also published as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle. Would Sarah Lotz be suitable for this? Besides publishing under her own name, she has used Lily Herne (for two books written with her daughter Savannah) and S.L. Grey (for two books written with Louis Greenberg). Technically she has "published under at least 3 names"; it's just that two of those are for collaborations.
25. Read a book (not an autobiography) by an author that is known from something else. E.g. Because he/she is/was an actor, singer, politician, athlete etc.Suggestions, anyone? No romance. Preferably no YA unless you don't know of anything else.
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I actually tend to enjoy middle grade fiction more than YA; it's more adventurous. Thanks!
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Would Sarah Lotz be suit..."
That's fine.
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For this task, what are the rules regarding:
- authors who use their initials, eg. S.M. Wheeler. Do ..."
Shoot, that is my task so I should answer. Sorry I wasn't paying any attention this week.
You use the name as used on the cover of the book you're reading. So second names, initials, etc etc etc if it is used in the name as printed and as the name used to write the book you count it. If the name on the cover is a penname then that is the name that counts.
So e.g. J.K. Rowling has 9 letters and counts even though we all know that her real name is Joanne Rowling (which would not count since it has 13 letters) and the K comes from her grandmother.
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For task 23 read a collection of short stories, essays or letters. Would a collection of 3 novellas do? Or should it really be short short stories?
Barbara wrote: "I asked a question last night, but somehow it got deleted, so I am asking again.For task 23 read a collection of short stories, essays or letters. Would a collection of 3 novellas do? Or should it..."
Three novellas is fine. I will accept any collection composed of works shorter than 150 pages.
Just a note (for everyone): essays have to be standalone works in the same way that short stories are standalone. You can't count the chapters in a work of non-fiction as essays.
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I am presuming that all I need is a shelf to post my books to, is that right. Looked for it but being bllind makes it harder
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Then you fill in the section where you say 30 books and give your shelf name, it will then register 1 book and say you have completed 1/30 etc.
got the shelf, place a book on it. So that is all i have to do, thank you so muchCorrect you make a shelf. Then when you read a book you add it to the shelf and go to the tracker and say update.
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Carolien wrote: "Task 10 and/or 16 - is "Stet" as in the publishing term that means "Let it stand" a verb or a noun?"Can be used as both:
stet
/stet/
Verb
Let it stand (used as an instruction on a printed proof to indicate that a correction or alteration should be ignored).
Noun
Such an instruction made on a printed proof.
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I actually considered adding diaries, so I'll say yes. However, it must either be an actual diary (non-fiction) or a novel made up entirely of diary entries, not a novel that uses diary entries as one part of its narrative.
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That's perfect. The book is made up completely of diary entries. It's one of my all time favorites. The Countess of Ranfurly's diary entries for the 2nd World War during which she was secretary to a number of high ranking generals from Egypt to Baghdad. It is a fascinating read since she was a civil servant, but involved in so much of the action.
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