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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
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Mstan, when I first saw your task title, my thought was "Oh, no! A Big Book!". Then, when I read the description, I thought I would have lots of choices as I seldom finish all tasks. However, I was surprised to find only two tasks unfinished for Spring 2013. I did have more available for Summer 2013 (4 tasks). But I was definitely surprised to find how many 20 pointers I had done in those seasons.
Sheila wrote: "Great task mstan. I was wondering if there was a trick to finding all your posts within the particular season or if it was necessary to look through each page for your posts. I am sure there is a..."At your post above (message 5 by Sheila) touch "sheila" with the mouse (don't click, just touch) and there's a window with your comment history, click at that and you can see all your comments for this group - not this particular season though.
Thanks Elizabeth. I figured that one out and that is why I deleted my original post earlier. Thanks.
If this is my first season with SRC, do I just choose Option A and choose any of the 20 point tasks from Spring and Summer 2013?
Angela wrote: "I have the same question Theresa."ditto.
Mstan for 20.9 last season - it involved allowing Graphic novels, but you didn't ok that for this task - does that mean, can't do that option?
Thanks Theresa and Angela for that question - I forgot about that! You can do option A - any of the tasks from 20.1-20.9.Dee - I will discuss your question with the moderators and get back to you.
s'ok - m-stan - I think I found another book that works
Dee wrote: "Mstan for 20.9 last season - it involved allowing Graphic novels, but you didn't ok that for this task - does that mean, can't do that option?"I had the same question!
I discussed this with Sandy - adherence to the original guidelines set by the task creators for page limit or concessions as to type of book allowed would be required. So if the task originally allowed graphic novels to be used, that's fine. Sandy will be rewording the task accordingly.
mstan wrote: "I discussed this with Sandy - adherence to the original guidelines set by the task creators for page limit or concessions as to type of book allowed would be required. So if the task originally all..."Thanks!
Claire wrote: "Option A - Summer 20.1: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot"Hi Claire, I assume you are doing 20.1 - option 2? If so the edition you read must have both a 3 and a 0 in the number of pages.
question - what if we have a question about whether a cover works?i.e. for 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky… from last season - option 3) Wednesday says a cover that is mostly black and white - does
work? looking at the examples here - http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... - I think it would...
Hi Dee, I'll approve books for the previous tasks, which are not already listed in the respective threads' approved lists. Your choice looks fine.
thanks ;) (have a bunch of ARC's to read and fit in)
mstan wrote: "Claire wrote: "Option A - Summer 20.1: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot"Hi Claire, I assume you are doing 20.1 - option 2? If so the edition you read must have both a 3 and ..."
It has 370 pages :)
So for Spring 20.7 Option 3 says to choose a book with a vehicle on the cover. Can I read Ready Player One
there are a bunch of RVs on the cover. Thanks!
Amanda (Pearl the Book Girl) wrote: "So for Spring 20.7 Option 3 says to choose a book with a vehicle on the cover. Can I read Ready Player One there are a bunch of RVs on the cover. Thanks!"Approved.
I completed all the 20 points tasks for both Spring & Summer, I'd like to do 20.5 from summer and do option A which requires a cover picture of a motorcycle. Could I get this book cover approved?
Andy wrote: "I completed all the 20 points tasks for both Spring & Summer, I'd like to do 20.5 from summer and do option A which requires a cover picture of a motorcycle. Could I get this book cover approved?[..."
Approved.
Deana wrote: "I'd like do to Task 20.3 from Spring, option 2 (time travel genre) with: Clockwise"Approved.
mstan wrote: "Andy wrote: "I completed all the 20 points tasks for both Spring & Summer, I'd like to do 20.5 from summer and do option A which requires a cover picture of a motorcycle. Could I get this book cove..."Thank you!
I'd like to do task 20.3 from the summer, The Blank Blank. The title is supposed to be three words and start with the word "the". Do you think The Twenty-Seventh City would qualify even though the second word is hyphenated?
Emma wrote: "I'd like to do task 20.3 from the summer, The Blank Blank. The title is supposed to be three words and start with the word "the". Do you think The Twenty-Seventh City would qualify e..."Yup, I'd approve Twenty-Seventh as one word.
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I have been lucky in getting selected for 20-point tasks (back when 20.9 was Lucky Me! I was also picked to create a task). 20-point tasks are also arguably the least effortful in terms of [books read]:[points gained]. I wish I had more time to complete the previous 20-point tasks in the Summer Challenge and gain even more points.
In honour of 20-point tasks, let's revisit the past two challenges of 2013 - Spring and Summer. There are two options. Task 20.10 is excluded from this task, i.e. you cannot choose the group-reads from the previous two challenges for this task.
For either option, you must meet the requirements and may take advantage of the concessions of the creator of the original 20 point task - this would include all minimum page requirements and the use of short children's books and graphic novels.
Option A - If you have not finished the 20-point tasks, try one you didn't get the chance to do from Spring or Summer.
Option B - If you finished all of the 20 point tasks in the Spring and Summer, or if you just want to try a task again, pick a 20 point task with multiple options from either Spring or Summer and work on an option you hadn't chosen the previous round. If the task was a die roll task, you can ignore that and make your own choice.
Required: State which option you chose. If you chose Option B, please state which option of the same task you claimed points for in the previous challenge and include a link to that post. This link is the time/date stamp in the upper right corner of the post.)