25.1 - Andy P's task: The 50 States of Monopoly

[Helen]

Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Helen wrote: "The version I will be reading is the kindle version which shows 322 pages - so I will be okay with number of pages."

Just for future reference, you can't use Kindle versions for page..."

Thanks for the feedback. Wow - what a lot of issues over one book. I solved the problem a different way. I went to the library and signed out a paperback copy which is not a kindle book, not an e-book, not an audio book, not a large print book, not a hardcover and is over 300 pages. And I will use the ISBN to add it to the posting list. That should make it legal.

Whew! On to selecting books for other tasks. Hopefully, they will be less convoluted.

[Kristina Simon]

Helen wrote: " I went to the library and signed out a paperback copy which is not a kindle book, not an e-book, not an audio book, not a large print book, not a hardcover and is over 300 pages. And I will use the ISBN to add it to the posting list. That should make it legal. "

LOL. And it's not even my task, I was just helping Andy out...... ;-)

[Andy]

Ann A wrote: "Could I read a book by Margaret Atwood (Massachusetts) and have the second one be:

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared?

Just wanted to double-ch..."
I don't know the answer to this question so I'm going to defer to the moderators. Please help me moderators!

[Book Concierge]

Hope these work:

Option 1: Idaho = ID
I van D oig wrote The Whistling Season

Option 2: Idaho nickname = Gem State
State of Wonder by Anne Patchett

[Andy]

Book Concierge wrote: "Hope these work:

Option 1: Idaho = ID

I
van
D
oig wrote The Whistling Season

Option 2: Idaho nickname = Gem State
State of Wonder by Anne Patchett"

Yes those are fine

[Kristina Simon]

Andy wrote: "Ann A wrote: "Could I read a book by Margaret Atwood (Massachusetts) and have the second one be:

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared?

Just wante..."

Sorry to keep you waiting, Andy and Ann! I've been on vacation with no Internet service.

As for the question, for SRC purposes hyphenated words are treated as one word. Because "old" does not stand alone, it would not work for this task.

[Andy]

Allison wrote: "Does this work:
#1 A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison (CA)
#2: The Golden Compass (Golden State)"

Yes both books work.

[MiA]

Hi Andy,

I'm checking if these two Arabic books work for New Mexico (Land of Enchantment):
#1 Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
#2 Land of Hypocrisy/أرض النفاق by Yusuf AlSebaay/يوسف السباعي

[Andy]

Marwa wrote: "Hi Andy,

I'm checking if these two Arabic books work for New Mexico (Land of Enchantment):
#1 Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
#2 Land of Hypocrisy/[book:أرض ال..."

Of course. They both meet the criteria for the task.

[MiA]

Andy wrote: "Marwa wrote: "Hi Andy,

I'm checking if these two Arabic books work for New Mexico (Land of Enchantment):
#1 Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
#2 Land of Hypocris..."

Thanks Andy. Great Task.

[Ty]

wanted to make sure co-authors were okay.

These Broken Stars by Meagan Spooner
MS for Miz-sippi.

[Ty]

er, so is that a no?

[Andy]

Ty wrote: "wanted to make sure co-authors were okay.

These Broken Stars by Meagan Spooner
MS for Miz-sippi."

Sorry yes coauthors are ok, I thought I had answered you, though obviously not.

[Ty]

no prob. Thanks! :)

[Dee]

for Alabama...per the link is called Heart of Dixie - so Heart(s) works right?

[Andy]

Dee wrote: "for Alabama...per the link is called Heart of Dixie - so Heart(s) works right?"

Yes it does

[Dee]

Thanks ;) prepping the kindle for 2 days if forced vacation and trying to figure out which tasks I can knock out

[SthTx Dawn]

I wanted to read Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and I saw that they were previously approved, but I'm worried that they have the children's genre on main page and have less than 300 pages..does that disqualify them for this task or do they still work? thanks..

[Andy]

Dawn wrote: "I wanted to read Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and I saw that they were previously approved, but I'm worried that they have the children's gen..."

I think if children is listed as a genre they will not work if they are less than 300 pages for a 25 point task. Sorry!

[SthTx Dawn]

that is what I was thinking too. I can used them for different tasks. Thanks Andy.

[Dee]

Dawn - check and see if they were approved as not having children in the genre thread - you may be able to use them...

[SthTx Dawn]

ah..good idea i will check

[Andy]

Andy wrote: "Setalpgninnpsekil wrote: "This one was hard. Nice job. Found a couple classics that should fit the bill.

Book 1 The Prince and the Pauper

Book 2 Treasure Island"
Yes these..."

I realize I approved these books, but they will NOT work because I have not specifically allowed books with the genre children on the books' main page which means according to SRC rules they must be over 300 pages if they have been listed as children's on the main page.

[Dee]

unless, they were previously approved in the genre verification thread for not having childrens...

[Andy]

Dee wrote: "unless, they were previously approved in the genre verification thread for not having childrens..."
I'll defer to the moderators. I am not that definite about the rules though I was told that if I did not specify that I would accept children's books, they had to be 300 pages

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Andy wrote: "Dee wrote: "unless, they were previously approved in the genre verification thread for not having childrens..."
I'll defer to the moderators. I am not that definite about the rules though I was tol..."

That's exactly right, Andy. I think Dee is suggesting that perhaps "childrens" just appeared on the genre list and had been pre-approved as a book that did not list childrens as a genre. I think this is unlikely, since childrens is pretty high on the genre list, and these are generally considered to be childrens books.

[Melanie]

Great task!
I have a question.. I went ahead and read Branded by Abi Ketner (for Alaska, AK), before realizing, when I was reviewing it last night, that there's a second author! (Missy Kalicicki)... Would it still work? Thanks!


EDIT: Ugh, I just read The Last Duke by Andrea Kane (for Alaska - AK, the last frontier), thinking I was oh so smart and reading one book that fulfilled both sections... sigh So provided the first book (Branded) works for part 1, can The Last Duke work for part 2? Thank you :)

[Andy]

Melanie wrote: "Great task!
I have a question.. I went ahead and read Branded by Abi Ketner (for Alaska, AK), before realizing, when I was reviewing it last night, that there's a second author! (Mi..."
Yes coauthors are ok, just not an anthology type book with multiple authors.

[Andy]

Melanie wrote: "Great task!
I have a question.. I went ahead and read Branded by Abi Ketner (for Alaska, AK), before realizing, when I was reviewing it last night, that there's a second author! (Mi..."

And the other book,ie The Last Duke works also.