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[Emily]

On the challenges can you use same book on multiple challenges or does each need to be unique?

[Renee]

Emily wrote: "On the challenges can you use same book on multiple challenges or does each need to be unique?"

That is up to you. You may use the same book for multiple challenges - I love trying to see how many challenges I can fit one book into. With the team challenges, the rules will be specified there, but you may use the same book for a team challenge and an individual challenge (or two or three....or more).

[Emily]

Renee wrote: "Emily wrote: "On the challenges can you use same book on multiple challenges or does each need to be unique?"

That is up to you. You may use the same book for multiple challenges - I love trying t..."

Works for me

[Berit]

How exactly do I sign up for a challenge, any challenge?

[❀Tea❀]

Berit wrote: "How exactly do I sign up for a challenge, any challenge?"

Pick a challenge you like and just post you're in. You could also start setting up for challenge (duration, level, steps you need, books you'll read,... it depends on challenge) or you can edit your post later when you figure out details.

Best way is to go to challenge you want to try and check other posts. In most cases they are more-less the same.

If you're asking about team challenge, again, you post in challenge thread you're in and usually there are few questions you need to answer (those help us to make teams)

[Berit]

Thank you! It was almost too easy :-)

[❀Tea❀]

Berit wrote: "Thank you! It was almost too easy :-)"

☺

[Dani]

I've been searching for an answer, and I'm sure I've just overlooked it somewhere, but is there a minimum page count for challenges? I figure it's probably 100 or 150. I usually ready 150+ page books, but I recently finished one that was 115 pages, and I was trying to figure out if I could use it. :)

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Unless it specifically says that there is a page limit on the challenge then no there is no page limit.

[Dani]

❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Rehvengeღ♥ღ wrote: "Unless it specifically says that there is a page limit on the challenge then no there is no page limit."

Oh good. I was secretly hoping that was the case. Thanks. :)

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

The sign ups for the Wheelathon haven't been posted yet, probably sometime in march, so you will just have to be on the look out for them. I think that the mods wanted to wait a little bit after TT finished before starting a new team challenge.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Thanks Steph, yes we will post them soon and the link will go into our March newsletter too

[Tricia]

I'm fairly new to goodreads and new to this group. I'm getting overwhelmed by the number of comments, notifications, discussions, etc all going on. And I'm not involved in any group reads, etc (yet) but I still get all these notices. Any suggestions on how to manage? I've basically started to ignore everything but I'd hate for that to ruin the experience of the group!

[❀Tea❀]

Hi Tricia and welcome to the group. :)

You'll need lot of leg-work.
Go to edit profile and then to emails. There you'll find set-up for notifications and mails.
To stop getting notifications for group go to bottom of the page until you get to groups and check there what you have set up. There you can remove all notifications from a group. To get then only you want, you need to go topic by topic and start following them again (at the bottom of each thread)

Hope this makes any sense to you.

[Tricia]

Thank you Tea! I had no idea all those options were there. I "unchecked" a lot of items, so hopefully that will restore my sanity! Thanks for the quick reply!

[Marie (UK)]

HI i am not sure if here is the right place to ask this question but we had a poll about a new group game after the wheel-a-thin. Just wondered when this game might start. I go away next weekend but am keen to be part of it. Is there a sign up or start date yet?

[❀Tea❀]

Hi Marie,

We are still working on it, so there isn't anything posted here yet. We are trying to time it so the sign-ups go with next newsletter. In case we don't make it, we'll broadcast message to members when signups are open. Don't worry, you won't miss it. :) Sign-ups will be open for a week at least (I think usually it was even longer) so there'll be plenty of time to join in.

[Marie (UK)]

thanks Tea I am way for just over 2 weeks from Saturday will try to keep an eye on group but internet is very expensive on board ship

[Nancy from NJ]

Sorry I need to leave this group and don't see leave group anywhere.

[❀Tea❀]

Nancy from NJ wrote: "Sorry I need to leave this group and don't see leave group anywhere."

On main group page, under group description you'll find You are a member. Edit | Group info. Click on edit and you'll see there Leave this group.

[❀Tea❀]

Marie wrote: "thanks Tea I am way for just over 2 weeks from Saturday will try to keep an eye on group but internet is very expensive on board ship"

Sign-ups will probably still be up when you get back. Don't worry :)

[❀Tea❀]

Kathryn wrote: "Hi. How do i join the back room group?"

You have friend request from Mod account so you can be invited :)

[Courtney]

In the BOM folders, there is a chapter breakdown. Can you please explain to me what "PPDQs" are?

[❀Tea❀]

Courtney wrote: "In the BOM folders, there is a chapter breakdown. Can you please explain to me what "PPDQs" are?"

I'm not quite sure what it stands for, but it goes for people doing discussion questions. When we are reading books of the month, then we ask people who want to participate to ask few questions about each section so we could start discussions that way.
Before reading starts, we usually assign everyone (who wanted to do DQs) one day.

[Kat]

I'm sure that this has been asked before, but why do you guys write 'reserved' in the BOM threads?

[❀Tea❀]

MB wrote: "I'm sure that this has been asked before, but why do you guys write 'reserved' in the BOM threads?"

It's not only in BOM threads. We usually do it everywhere. :)
That's in case we need to add something later (for example breakdown). We 'reserve' couple of posts at the beginning so all info is in one place and it's easier to find later. Since you can't move posts around, it's better to be prepared. :)

Just think how 'easy' it would be to find breakdown in some chattier threads if we didn't reserve posts upfront and had to post it in the middle of that chat :P

[Kat]

Oh thanks, it totally makes sense now. You guys are smart!

[Sonia]

MB wrote: "Oh thanks, it totally makes sense now. You guys are smart!"

We had pretty awesome teachers! They were the ones that learned the hard way :D

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Courtney wrote: "In the BOM folders, there is a chapter breakdown. Can you please explain to me what "PPDQs" are?"

Person Posting Discussion Questions

;)

[❀Tea❀]

Karen wrote: "Person Posting Discussion Questions

;)"

Wasn't sure about posting P :)
Thanks

[Elena]

Hi! I feel a little confused and lost. There're so many challanges and posts! However I decided to join the YA read of the month. The book is Cruel Beauty. But in the post there isn't a Chapter Breakdown. The challenge starts the 22th September and finishes in August. How is it possible?
Thanks for the answers
Elena

[Sonia]

Well, I would say it was the copy & paste. Let me fix if and I'll get back to you

[Sonia]

Elena wrote: "Hi! I feel a little confused and lost. There're so many challanges and posts! However I decided to join the YA read of the month. The book is Cruel Beauty. But in the post there isn't a Chapter Bre..."

Okay, all fixed now. Since it only starts on the 22nd, the breakdown isn't done yet - I'll ask the other mods if they have a physical copy to do it.

And yes, the first contact with the group can be a bit intimidating - we used to be named Nothing But Reading Challenges for a reason - we changed it last year because we have a lot more than challenges. Like the 3 BOMs a month and a bunch of buddy readings.

Any question, just ask away, it may not be answered as quick as this one, but we are usually around.

Happy Readings :)

[Elena]

thank you very much!

[Teri-K]

I've been participating in a number of the challenges here and am really enjoying them. It's especially nice since I don't have many people to talk about reading with right now, so this is a place to come chat about books. :)

I keep eyeing the RPGs, but I have no idea where to start or how. Is there an introductory one for folks who don't know if they'd like them or not, perhaps not a year-long one? Some place that explains how they work and where we can ask silly questions? I guess I'm envisioning an "RPG for Beginners", if that exists.

Thanks!

[Kelly]

Teri-k wrote: "I've been participating in a number of the challenges here and am really enjoying them. It's especially nice since I don't have many people to talk about reading with right now, so this is a place ..."

There's not a RPG for Beginners right now but I can look into writing one.

I recommend looking over the rules first. You can start with just one part of the challenge (i.e. leveling up your weapons, or quests) then work on adding other parts as you get the hang of things.

If you want you can try the first free quest of introducing yourself and get your introductory free experience points :)

Since you've done a number of challenges already with our group, I recommend starting with a few quests that look fun for you and treat them like normal challenges. Keep track of what they give you in the end and add experience points to your total til you level up.

If you have questions you can ask in the Tavern and usually someone gets back to you right away. You can also look around others logs to see how people organize their quest and what might work well for you.

[Teri-K]

Thanks for your response. I'll definitely nose around the Tavern and try to get a feel for things. I'm such a beginner I don't even know what everything you said meant. :) But that's OK, you've pointed me in a direction to start learning.

Thanks.

[Kelly]

Teri-k wrote: "Thanks for your response. I'll definitely nose around the Tavern and try to get a feel for things. I'm such a beginner I don't even know what everything you said meant. :) But that's OK, you've poi..."

Don't worry :) Everyone's willing to help answer questions over there.

[Vidabel (Solitude_Books_Magic)]

I'm super new to the group and a bit lost I guess you could say.. I know which B0M (Six of Crows) I will be reading to discuss but I see talk of teams and I'm not too sure how that works.. Do I choose which team to join? Does someone else assign them to you before the start date? Any help/clarification is greatly appreciated. Thanks - Take care now!

[❀Tea❀]

Vidabel wrote: "I'm super new to the group and a bit lost I guess you could say.. I know which B0M (Six of Crows) I will be reading to discuss but I see talk of teams and I'm not too sure how that works.. Do I cho..."

Those teams are part of our team challenge. You don't have to part of it to discuss book with rest of us. They are only putting team names because they get extra point if they are reading and discussing BOMs.


That doesn't mean that if you like our team challenge and want to join, you can't. Just read rules and when you are sure you want to participate in something like that, sign-up.

Again, BOMs don't have anything to do with teams. You can do them even if you aren't part of challenge. More the merrier :)

[❀Tea❀]

Shandy wrote: "I could use some practical help!

How do I add a spoiler link to my reviews, posts etc?
When I reply to someones post does it quote their original post? Or is it something different I need to do?
(..."

For using spoilers, check here

As for reply:
Your post shows certain number of characters from previous post (see top of mine :P) when you click on reply. If it's not part of what you wanted quoted, you can always edit that part with copy/paste from post you are replying to.
Same goes with quoting two multiple posts. You click reply on posts you want to reply, they all show up in your comment box, and then you play with them. ☺

Oh, and reply thing only works on site. If you are using app, you can't reply to any post.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

And Shandy to add a spoiler, you start with
< spoiler > (but remove the spaces)
Write your text and then end with
< / spoiler > (again you need to remove the spaces)

[Vidabel (Solitude_Books_Magic)]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Vidabel wrote: "I'm super new to the group and a bit lost I guess you could say.. I know which B0M (Six of Crows) I will be reading to discuss but I see talk of teams and I'm not too sure how that ..."

Thanks soo much for that clarification Tea -- I will be sure to look into the team challenges later on then // sounds like a blast :)

[Angie ☯]

Hi! Just joined the group and I'm a little lost. How do we nominate a book for book of the month?

[❀Tea❀]

Hi Angie and welcome to the group :)

For now nominations are closed. Be on a lookout near end of the month when nominations for January will be open. This is thread - BOM nominations - where they'll be. Also if you miss threads, there will be link/reminder to them in monthly newsletter.

As for being lost, there is a lot going on here, so feel free to ask. :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Nicole wrote: "hi am new here and I want to join in the month bom and do the team challenges and I am a little lost so can you help get starting"

Hi Nicole

Welcome!
You can find our Books of the Month here. We have 3 books every month and we are currently reading Six of Crows.

Our current team challenge is "Tower Teams IV" which started on Nov 7, but you can still sign up as a reserve to be placed on an existing team. You can read about it, and sign up, here

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

all good, I've deleted the duplicate on our end :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Sonia is our mod doing the team assignments and it is just past midnight where she is, but once she has determined the team to assign you to, she will send you a message. In the meantime, just make sure any books you started after Nov 7 are shelved to the special shelf you will create for the challenge, and make yourself familiar with the rules.

[Sally906]

while I am waiting to see if I get a spot in Tower Teams IV I thought I'd do some challenges - but am very confused with some of the monthly ones - do they occur every ,say, November for a month - because some seem to have been going for a few years rather than just for 2015 - does that make sense - sorry end of a long day and my mind is working faster than my fingers - LOL

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I understand ;)
Yes the monthly/seasonal challenges are designed for that month/season each year, but you can choose to do them whenever you like

Another place you may like to look is the Novel role playing game which is an ongoing individual "RPG" type challenge