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[Melanti]

Nope! group mods have no special privileges when it comes to contacting support. But the people in the feedback group might be able to tell you what's going on - either because it's been brought up before or one of the staff that monitors that forum might see your post before the rest of the staff sees your email.

[LaLaLa Laura]

Thank you Melanti! you raise good points about the feedback group.

Julia, I just emailed support to see if they can clear up what's going on.

Let me know if you hear anything. and I will keep you posted ..

[Julia]

Thanks so much, Laura and Melanti--I got in touch with the moderators of my library group, and they advised me to do the "Windows Update", which seems to have updated my browser, Internet Explorer 7.

So all is well--no more message at the top of the page. I appreciate your patience with a techno-peasant such as myself!

[LaLaLa Laura]

oh ok so it wasn't a spam message. good. And thank you for bringing it up. There may be other members wondering the same thing.

[LaLaLa Laura]

and thank you Melanti as well! You are like a Goodreads Guru!

[amber]

Hey Laura did you see S&S is a featured group?
Congrats!

[LaLaLa Laura]

I saw, Amber! Thank you!

[Jemaimah]

hi! just a question
how do you get a free copy of book for review?

[LaLaLa Laura]

Hi, Mhai. Good question. Goodreads is host to many authors and groups looking for people to review their books.

Check out our Author Cafe threads to looks for some free offers here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group....

There are some groups here on Goodreads that offer free books in exchange for reviews. Try these...

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
And https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

You can also obtain some free books on netgalley.com and firsttoread.com. I hope this helps!

[Jemaimah]

Thank you Laura! :D

[amber]

Laura is there a reason The Killer Angels is on our shelves? It's longer 250 pages, but I wasn't sure if it was there for a special reason.

[LaLaLa Laura]

That should definitely not have been on the shelf. I removed it. The only books on our shelves that are longer than 250 pages are essays and compilations because they are composed of short stories and can be read in parts. Good catch Amber. Thank you.

[amber]

You're welcome Laura!

[Julia]

Laura, I just posted in the classic nominations thread that Beloved is too long for our shelf. Goodreads lists it as 220 pages, but Amazon has it at over 300, and the shortest I find when I click "other editions" is 275.

You'd need to remove it from both polls, alas. But I agree with you that the books on our shelves need to stick to the 250 pages or less limit.

Thanks again for all you do :-)

[LaLaLa Laura]

Julia wrote: "Laura, I just posted in the classic nominations thread that Beloved is too long for our shelf. Goodreads lists it as 220 pages, but Amazon has it at over 300, and the shortest I find wh..."

Oh ok. will do that tonight. Thank you Julia for being so nice! I appreciate you too.

[Julia]

Laura, a new twist in my month of computer problems. This website came up with a warning that it has a certificate error, and recommended I not continue to the site!

I'm doing it this time to let you know, but I don't usually bypass my computer's security. Hope you can figure out why I'd get this warning for goodreads! :-(

[LaLaLa Laura]

Julia wrote: "Laura, a new twist in my month of computer problems. This website came up with a warning that it has a certificate error, and recommended I not continue to the site!

I'm doing it this time to let ..."

I got the same message too as I was signing on to respond to you.

Maybe something on their site doesn't match or isn't updated. I will message them and find out. Thank you!

[LaLaLa Laura]

This is their message from the feedback group. a lot of readers were having the same issue:


"No information or security has been breached, we just don't have the correct certificate issued at the moment due to a bug in the system.

We should be back up. You may need to restart your browser for it to register the newly issued certificate. Let me know if you are still having problems after that."

[Julia]

Thanks, Laura--looks like all is well now.

[LaLaLa Laura]

hi sandy! good question. i think you and one other person did ask about it. I think I will start one up for second quarter if that's ok?

[LaLaLa Laura]

April, May, June

[LaLaLa Laura]

yes you had it right, Sandy!

[Julia]

That's really good of you, Sandy--I've tried the game a few times, but for me it took more time than the other games (keeping track of entries, having to redo the formula each time, etc.) I'm sure some people enjoy it, but this would let people like me join in, with Sandy willing to take my turn if I guess the title.

Thanks again, Sandy :-)

[Julia]

I agree--Laura is such a great moderator and it's her call :-) Still think it's great of you to offer! :-)

[LaLaLa Laura]

Sandy wrote: "Laura, it sounds like some people enjoy playing Literary Hangman but they prefer not to be responsible for setting up the puzzle. I would be happy to take that responsibility, if everyone is agreea..."

Sandy,
I think you are on point that a lot of participants don't want to host the game although they do like to play.

I think that is great you would be willing to be the "permanent host" of the game. Meanwhile, the person who guesses correctly can still have the option to set up the next session, if they chose.

Thank you so much for that, Sandy!!!!

[Julia]

Laura, I see that Lysistrata is up in both polls, but it belongs in classics. I nominated The Story of My Life by Helen Keller for memoir.

Only two books in each poll? Very strange--might as well just have threads for both so people can choose one or both. Hmmmm

[amber]

I believe the polls have simply been set up early. They aren't actually open for voting yet. The threads say we have until the 10th to nominate.

[LaLaLa Laura]

yeah, Amber is right. I started setting them up early. I will make sure it is complete before voting time.

[Julia]

Thanks, Laura--just be sure to pull Lysistrata out of memoirs :-)

[LaLaLa Laura]

Julia wrote: "Thanks, Laura--just be sure to pull Lysistrata out of memoirs :-)"

whoops. thanks for noticing, Julia!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Laura-

Is there going to be another Short & Sweet TBR 6 month challenge for March 1st - August 31st??
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[[deleted user]]

Lisa wrote: "Hi Laura-

Is there going to be another Short & Sweet TBR 6 month challenge for March 1st - August 31st??
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Laura- I hope you do not mind, but I added a new Short and Sweet TBR Challenge 2.0 within the appropriate folder for March through August. :)

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

[LaLaLa Laura]

Lisa wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Hi Laura-

Is there going to be another Short & Sweet TBR 6 month challenge for March 1st - August 31st??
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Lau..."

I love it! Thanks, Lisa!!

[Rochelle]

Hi, Laura!

Excuse me if this is not appropriate. Is it all right if I post info here about a Goodreads group I've started? I don't want to step on anybody's toes.

[LaLaLa Laura]

Rochelle wrote: "Hi, Laura!

Excuse me if this is not appropriate. Is it all right if I post info here about a Goodreads group I've started? I don't want to step on anybody's toes."

You can post info about your group here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thank you for asking, first. I appreciate it. Good luck, Rochelle!

[Rochelle]

Thanks, Laura! I've posted the info.

[Allegra]

I don't see a link to the February voting. How can I get there? (Admittedly, my phone could be the issue)

[Melanti]

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

The phone app is awful, and there's a lot of group functions missing from it. But you can still get there via a direct link though it can take forever to load.

[Allegra]

Thanks Melanti. For now it will have to do

[Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Jenn Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ]

Thank you, Melanti :)