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Welcome to the group Susan :)Susan A wrote: "If it is not explicitly stated in the challenge directions, is there a minimum page count? "
- If nothing is said in challenge rules, then there is no minimum pages. I'd like to say that unofficial rule of the group is 100 pages, but that would probably make me delusional :P
Susan A wrote: "Can I use the same book in multiple challenges?"
- Of course you can use same book in multiple challenges. I think I would give up on challenges if we couldn't do that ;)
Susan A wrote: "Can I use the books I've read this month, or do I start from today?"
- It mostly depends on you and on challenge. If challenge has fixed start and finish dates, you can backtrack your books to start of the challenge. You can, but you don't have to :)
As for others (no fixed start dates), you can mark it as started whenever you want. It can be day you signed up, or start of the month, or maybe next month, some other day. Whatever works best for you. Just make finish date (if there is any) accordingly. :)
I'm looking for books with ISBN with exactly two even numbers. Is 0 considered an even number? I'm looking at Wuthering Heights with an ISBN# 0393978893 is that acceptable? or should I find another one?
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Is that for a challenge? I think that we did count 0 as even number last time.
But if it's for some specific challenge, you might want to ask it there since creator might have different opinion.
How do you centre the text you write? I've seen it in a few challenges and I'm just curious on how to do it, If anyone knows how to do it please let me know thanks :)
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We use different html codes depending on who is writing the text. Sometimes it will be using the tag blockquote, others may use the pre tag, or if all else fails you can use html spaces using
& nbsp
(With no space between the & and the letters)
Hi, General question. Is there a way to go directly to a post if you know the number of the message? So you don't have to scroll through lots of pages if you are trying to find something you wrote?
Thanks!
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General question. Is there a way to go directly to a post if you know the number of the message? So you don't have to scroll through lots of pages if you are trying to find something you wrote..."
Each page has 50 posts, so if you know the number of your message ; let's say 242 ; then that would be on page 5 and then you can press the control button and f at the same time to get the "find" box (if on the desktop) and put in 242 to jump straight there, or just scroll down the page.
One way people save their posts is by right clicking on the date and time stamp to the right of the message - that will give you the hyperlink direct to your post. Then you can save that to always go directly where you need :)
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Caly wrote: "Hi, General question. Is there a way to go directly to a post if you know the number of the message? So you don't have to scroll through lots of pages if you are trying to find someth..."
OH WOW! Both of those work great! That is so awesome LOL I wish I had asked this question so long ago. Thank you so much Karen!
And while I am asking questions, how is it that you and certain people have little symbols (for example your flower) next to your name? 8-)
Caly wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Caly wrote: "Hi, General question. Is there a way to go directly to a post if you know the number of the message? So you don't have to scroll through lots of pages if you are tryi..."
Go searching the unicode characters. http://www.fileformat.info/info/unico...
Not all of them are supported by all browsers though so you have to be a bit careful there.
Another note is you can just click on the time stamp too then the url in your browser window changes to the direct link.
Kelly wrote: "Caly wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Caly wrote: "Hi, General question. Is there a way to go directly to a post if you know the number of the message? So you don't have to scroll through lots of pages if..."
Thanks Kelly! My next question would be if I found a symbol I wanted to use, how the heck would I go about it? LOL You are dealing with a 56 year old very un-techie person. Sorry..
Kelly wrote: "Another note is you can just click on the time stamp too then the url in your browser window changes to the direct link."That works great! Appreciate it.
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So if you find a symbol you'd like to use, just go to your profile (view profile in the top right hand corner) then next to your name click "edit profile" and then just copy and paste the symbol after your name in the "first name" box.
I only added mine as I was in a reading challenge with another Karen and it got confusing!! And since then I just kind of forgot about it and left it there ;)
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "No problems Caly :)So if you find a symbol you'd like to use, just go to your profile (view profile in the top right hand corner) then next to your name click "edit profile" and then just copy an..."
Okay, all of that makes sense, but what exactly do I copy? If I copy the image, it wont let me paste?
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "See if these instructions help :)https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
Awesome! That did it. You're the best! ♥ Thanks and have a Happy Thanksgiving. ☺
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Happy New Year All! I guess this is the best place to ask, but do we know if there is going to be a TEAM Challenge starting in the next month or 2? I am trying to find one to kick start my reading And have fun *grin So I was just wondering what the plans were? Thanks!
CYOA Challenge questionDo books count if started before joining a CYOA challenge but finished after that date?
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I guess this is the best place to ask, but do we know if there is going to be a TEAM Challenge starting in the next month or 2? I am trying to find one to kick start my readin..."
Sorry I didn't see this earlier! We don't have any exact plans yet, but you could always join the Around The World team challenge. this team has 2 spots available
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Do books count if started before joining a CYOA challenge but finished after that date?"
Yes, that's fine
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If the challenge doesn't have any rules about page lengths etc. then you can read whatever you like. Where there are restrictions, these will be in the challenge rules. For example, CYOA challenges have restrictions stated here
I hope that helps!
I feel stupid asking this question but how do I hide edit/write my posts so that I can hide spoilers. I am sure this is a simple function but just can't work out how it is done.Thanks
Karen wrote: "I feel stupid asking this question but how do I hide edit/write my posts so that I can hide spoilers. I am sure this is a simple function but just can't work out how it is done.Thanks"
just put < spoiler > and < /spoiler > around the text you want to hide (without the spaces of course )
Hi!! I am also a newbie. I am deciding on which challenge I want to participate in, and I have two questions:1. Does anyone keep a record of the progress, or do we do it ourselves?
2. I usually post what I´m reading on my instagram, would I be able to hashtag the name of the challenge? or is that considered plagiarism?
Thank you!
When will the May books of the month be posted? I ask because they are part of Tower Teams and I want to make sure I can get copies. Thanks!
I want to use flamingtext.com but they ask me to use the website's address in my image like text. How do I do that?
deleted user wrote: "I want to use flamingtext.com but they ask me to use the website's address in my image like text. How do I do that?"
Same question!!
Same question!!
Hello,I just joined the group and have a question. Do the challenges have a minimum page requirement?
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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Welcome Wanda! Thee is no page requirement unless the challenge itself in the rules states one"Thank You. I am still trying to decide which challenge to start
For Books of the Month, are re-reads allowed?
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As in, the group has already read the book as a BOM? In that case no.
If we had the book as a buddy read (not a BOM) then it can be nominated
I think in 2015 I did a challenge, it was all about reading series,my guess it was something like 'serial killer challenge', but I'm not sure.
There were about 5 or 6 different categories like 'Jack the pageripper' .
The thing is, at the moment I'm a bit lost in my massive kindle library and would like to start a challenge but I'm not quite sure which.
So I figured I'd do that one again, except I can't find it anymore anywhere.
My best guess it was in this group I found it in the first place.
Anyone an idea which one I'm talking about?
Otherwise any recommendations for challenges which are a bit more specific than the number of books you need to read because the problem is I have close to 900 kindle books and can't decide which one'll be next to read.
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my guess it was something like 'serial killer challenge', but I'm not sure.
There were about 5 or 6 different categories like 'Ja..."
I don't know the one (but we do have a lot of challenges). Have you had a look at the reading challenge index? It may help you either find that or one that you like the look of :)
Index is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
You may also like to try our Choose Your Own Adventure challenges which are here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
I started an Author Alphabet yesterday. Now I cannot find it. Author Alphabet Challenge 2017...?
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Here you are:)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
So much going on in this group. I'm overwhelmed. I'm starting to wrap my head around it. I read the posts about creating a private group to keep track of everything, so I'm in the process of making that happen.
As of now, my main issue is I thought I'd joined a Scavenger Hunt challenge (first word: Affluently) but I can't find it on your list. Did I make it up? Can you provide a link?
Also, as a more general comment, one thing I'm having a lot of trouble with is knowing which of these challenges are current and which are long over. I don't know if GR gives any ways of sorting/marking. For instance, would putting current challenges under "Challenges" and leaving inactive under "Discussions" make any difference in how they push to Notifications or how the pages appear? With so many challenges "at your own pace" on top of the monthly and seasonal, I'm having trouble sorting through the master list. Would it be a lot of work to keep a list of the "current" challenges on the Group Home page? I don't want to add too much work to the piles of our hard-working moderators. (I can't fathom how you guys find the time. Bless you!)
Thanks for whatever you can do
Allegra, regarding the challenges, (I'm not a mod, so take this how you will), I would suggest joining the ones that look good to you, no matter when they were created/posted. Most are ones that can be done in any month/season/year. Just. . . Read the origin post for the rules, and then have at it! :-)Regarding which are the current challenges, how long have you been a member of NBRC? Since November 4? Because each month the mods send out a Newsletter and it lists the current challenges. So I'd recommend you check out the Newsletters for that info. Here's the folder for the Newsletters for you. :-)
(November's Newsletter was sent on the 4th, but usually the newsletters go out on the 1st of every month [though sometimes, like with November's, they're a few days "late")
is there a place for members to suggest improvements for the group?
Allegra wrote: "So much going on in this group. I'm overwhelmed. I'm starting to wrap my head around it. I read the posts about creating a private group to keep track of everything, so I'm in the process of makin..."
Hey Allegra! Don’t stress! It can be overwhelming at first, but Jen is right, just find the ones that you think could be fun and have it.
I think you might be looking for
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
All the CYOA challenges have Scavenger hunts if you find you like that. ;)
Gabriela wrote: "is there a place for members to suggest improvements for the group?"You could always just send a message to the mod account. We are always open to suggestions and input.
Shannon wrote: "Gabriela wrote: "is there a place for members to suggest improvements for the group?"You could always just send a message to the mod account. We are always open to suggestions and input."
okay, thank you
Hi. I am little confused on the rule for challenges. Can we use one book towards different challenges as long as it fits the category?
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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Yes you can :)"So if chose to do 100 classics books challenge and those were listed in the 1001 books to read that would count?
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I didn't see any discussions about minimum page requirement. If it is not explicitly stated in the challenge directions, is there a minimum page count?
Can I use the same book in multiple challenges?
Can I use the books I've read this month, or do I start from today?
Thank you.