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Dlmrose wrote: "Bea wrote: "My Readerboard total is wrong. My total points should be 475 (according to my Excel spreadsheet."This is what I have
April 26 posts
5.1, 5.3, 5.7 = 15
10.2, 10.9, 10.10 = 45
15.7 = ..."
I forgot to mark 15.5 on my spreadsheet. Rather I had marked it and then failed to save it so my total did not update. Thanks.
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Task 10.6 More Than This does not have the genre GLBT
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Genres
Young Adult 445 users
Science Fiction 175 users
Science Fiction > Dystopia 157 users
Fantasy 71 users
See top shelves...
If you had the genre verified please repost this task with a link to that information
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Task 25.6 requires " identify the object that matches the stated color when you post." Please repost this task with the required information
Dlmrose wrote: "Amy FL post 2312Task 10.6 More Than This does not have the genre GLBT
@ review
Genres
Young Adult 445 users
Science Fiction 175 users
Science Fiction > Dystopia 157 users
Fantasy ..."
OMG...it was there yesterday. That will teach me to get things pre-approved going forward...
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Task 25.6 is a cover task that requires that you include the cover in your post - see Posting Requirements The task requires "identify the object that matches the stated color when you post. "
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There is more than one Pamela in the challenge. Please repost including your Readerboard name, or If you need to set that up, request one at Readerboard Names.
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Task 25.6 requires requires "identify the object that matches the stated color when you post. " Please repost this task with the required information
Dlmrose wrote: "Pamela post 2324There is more than one Pamela in the challenge. Please repost including your Readerboard name, or If you need to set that up, request one at Readerboard Names."
Sorry about that. This has been re-posted with my Readerboard name. Thanks for all you do! I am really enjoying this group.
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C.J. Box is not noted as being a GR author. No need to repost, just correct your records.
Dlmrose wrote: "Amy FL post 2312Task 10.6 More Than This does not have the genre GLBT
@ review
Genres
Young Adult 445 users
Science Fiction 175 users
Science Fiction > Dystopia 157 users
Fantasy ..."
There must have been a weird glitch, because I just checked and the main page of More Than This has GLBT again:
Genres
Young Adult 445 users
Science Fiction 175 users
Science Fiction > Dystopia 157 users
Fantasy 71 users
Mystery 50 users
Contemporary 37 users
Glbt 36 users
Young Adult > Teen 32 users ...
I have since reported More Than This for points on task 30.4. I would like to switch More Than This back to task 10.6. I will provide a substitute for the second book on task 30.4 tomorrow. Will that work?
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Task 10.6 More Than This does not have the genre GLBT
@ review
Genres
Young Adult 445 users
Science Fiction 175 users
Science Fiction > Dystopia 15..."
yes, please post the switch back to 10.6 and 30.4 in Completed Tasks and reference Q/P post 315
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Task 10.10 Socks is an early elementary book and may not be used for SRC tasks.
Rule 4 "When evaluating a book under this rule, ask yourself, "Who is the intended audience of this book?". If that intended audience is 9 years old or younger, it probably doesn't work for SRC tasks."
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Task 10.2 requires a book that does NOT include the letters G or O in the title. Animal Magnetism has a G
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Task 5.10 requires "a book with a title/subtitle containing either a number from two to ten" The Thirty-Nine Steps. Greenmantle Thirty-Nine is not between 2-10 and hyphenated numbers do not work (help thread post 5 and 32)
Task 20.7 A Swiftly Tilting Planet has the genre children's and has less than 300 pages. It may not be used for a 20 point task
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Task 25.3After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away has the genre children's and has less than 300 pages. It may not be used for a 25 point task
@review Childrens > Juvenile 2 users
Dlmrose wrote: "D post 2390Task 25.3After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away has the genre children's and has less than 300 pages. It may not be used for a 25 point task
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Oops, I linked to the most popular edition out of habit from requirements in another group I'm in. I read this edition: After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away.
Will it still work? If so, I'll re-post. If not I'll find another task for it.
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Task 25.3After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away has the genre children's and has less than 300 pages. It may not be used for a..."
If that is the edition you read, please repost with that edition link
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Please check your total
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Task 30.5 option 3 requires "a title consisting of exactly 14 letters, including at least one word that is exactly 5 letters long. " Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis has a 12 letter title
But, option 4 requires "a title and/or subtitle consisting of the same word repeated at least twice." and that title has "water" twice
No need to repost, please adjust your records
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Task 10.9 requires "a book where individual words or letters in the title are at least 2 different colors on the cover. "
The title Pranked is in blue.
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Task 10.2 requires "a book that does NOT include the letters G or O in the title, subtitle, or author's name" Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back! includes an O
Task 25.5 option 3 My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish is an early elementary book and may not be used for SRC tasks.
Rule 4 "When evaluating a book under this rule, ask yourself, "Who is the intended audience of this book?". If that intended audience is 9 years old or younger, it probably doesn't work for SRC tasks."
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Task 25.2 Book A O. E. Rölvaag is not identified as a Nordic author on Goodreads. Please repost this task and provide a reference or a link to the approval
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Task 20.7 requires a book in a series if you have siblings. A Father in the Making is not identified as a book in a series
Dlmrose wrote: "Randy12S post 2405Please check your total"
oops! I'll repost
Dlmrose wrote: "Janet F post 2368Task 10.10 Socks is an early elementary book and may not be used for SRC tasks.
Rule 4 "When evaluating a book under this rule, ask yourself, "Who is the intended..."
Got it, hope you don't have a 'three strikes' and you're out rule. Sorry for all my goof ups this season. Glad you're so quick with the input so I can make the adjustments & fortunately I have time to read another book! :-)
I made a new stack of books for task 10.10 (nothing childrens genre to be safe) and now I've got a day to read Sea and Sardinia.
I knew that the book's suggested age 8-12 might be borderline but I thought I'd seen other Beverly Cleary books & books with the same age listing make it through. My copy of Socks has about 115 full pages of text excluding all intro pages and any pages with a picture on page/part of page so I thought it was a little more advanced than other 'early elementary' I've seen disallowed.
I guess I need to avoid books with the 8-12 age especially near the end of the season.
Thanks for all you do!!
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Task 25.5 is a two book task
I think I'm missing 2 big book tickets from my total.I should have:
+2 from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire post 899.
+2 from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix post 1860
+1 from The Winter Sea post 2210
+1 from Jim Henson: The Biography post 2210
for a total of 6.
Thanks.
I just noticed on the Readerboard that I am listed twice under GR AuthorsKS Mary with 11 GR authors and KSMary with 6 GR authors
I do have 17 GR authors this challenge.
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Task 25.2 Book B "By year of first edition -- Book B was first published in the same year as Book A was first published."
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared was first published in 2009
The Seduction of Elliot McBride was first published in 2012.
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KS Mary with 11 GR authors and KSMary with 6 GR authors
I do have 17 GR authors this challenge."
I will reunite your two selves in the next update!
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I should have:
+2 from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire post 899.
+2 from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix post..."
sorry, Jennifer - found and fixed.
LOL Thanks, Sandy! I have a hard enough time keeping myself straight.
Sandy wrote: "Jennifer W wrote: "I think I'm missing 2 big book tickets from my total.I should have:
+2 from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire post 899.
+2 from [book:Harry Potter and the Order of ..."
No problem, thanks for checking it out for me. I know you're busy at this point in the game!
Dlmrose wrote: "Lacy Stewart post 2375Task 10.2 requires a book that does NOT include the letters G or O in the title. Animal Magnetism has a G"
Thanks! For some reason I was thinking the author's name not the book title!
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Task 20.3 option $20 requires a beverage on the cover. A beverage is any potable liquid, especially one other than water, as tea, coffee, beer, or milk. Oil is not a beverage
Task 30.8 requires "you can only have read ONE previous book by each author." Shelf
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Task 15.1Billions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Story of Evolution and Pirate Diary Journal of Jake Carpenter both have genre Picture Books.
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Task 30.4 If you are replacing a book in a 2 book task, you must repost that task completely, including both books for verification purposes.
And 10.6 must be posted completely
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Task 50.1 The book must be identified as part of a series (series name, #) on Goodreads.
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 1, Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 2, Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 3 are not identified series name, #
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Task 20.3 Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures
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Sequential Art > Graphic Novels 5 users
Books with at least 100 pages whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may only be used for 5, 10, and 15 point tasks.
Dlmrose wrote: "Hana C post 2480
Task 50.1 The book must be identified as part of a series (series name, #) on Goodreads.
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 1, [book:Doctor Who: Prisoners of T..."
I stated that I flipped heads- which is linking the books by author. I re-read the task several times and did not see that they had to be part of a series- I thought that was if you flipped tails.
Task 50.1 The book must be identified as part of a series (series name, #) on Goodreads.
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 1, [book:Doctor Who: Prisoners of T..."
I stated that I flipped heads- which is linking the books by author. I re-read the task several times and did not see that they had to be part of a series- I thought that was if you flipped tails.
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Task 50.1 The book must be identified as part of a series (series name, #) on Goodreads.
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time Volume 1, [book:Doctor Who..."
Okay, missed that, sorry. It will be corrected
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Task 15.6 Dominic This book does not have a print edition.
If you claim a book in Completed Tasks that exists ONLY in ebook format, you MUST provide a reference to the ebook verification document when you post ex."Approved @ line #" or provide the post number in the ebook verification thread where it was approved ex. "ebook Approved post #"
Task 20.1 Cole This book does not have a print edition.
Dlmrose wrote: "Melanie post 2537Task 15.6 Dominic This book does not have a print edition.
If you claim a book in Completed Tasks that exists ONLY in ebook format, you MUST provide a reference ..."
Eek, sorry! Dominic slipped through the cracks (I replaced it), and I forgot to put in the approval confirmation for Cole. All done :) Thank you!
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Task 25.6 is a cover task that requires that you include the cover in your post - see Posting Requirements The task requires "identify the object that matches the stated color when you post. "
Task 30.3 option 3 requires "only 4 published books in the series." The Reed Brothers Series has 8 books in the series.
Dlmrose wrote: "Melanie post 2543Task 25.6 is a cover task that requires that you include the cover in your post - see Posting Requirements The task requires "identify the object that matches the stated color wh..."
Hi! From what I understood, only whole numbers counted for 30.3 Option 3 (which is what the task required, isn't that what the creator said?), since the other four works are novellas which are under 100pages. I'll post covers right now for 25.6, sorry!
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Task 20.3 option $10 In post 33 of the help thread Chris disallowed a crown as a hat
I went ahead and replaced the 30.3 anyway, I had the last book in a quartet left over :) And I added the covers for 25.6 (changed the orange/romance cover to fit)! Thanks :)
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This is what I have
April 26 posts
5.1, 5.3, 5.7 = 15
10.2, 10.9, 10.10 = 45
15.7 = 60
20.4, 20.6 = 100
30.7, 30.8 = 160
50.1 = 210
5.6, 15.6 = 230
May 26 posts (you stopped reporting totals)
5.4 = 235
10.1, 10.3 = 255
15.2 = 270
15.4, 15.5 = 300
15.8, 15.9, 15.10 = 345
20.1, 20.8, 20.10 = 405
25.3 = 430
30.2, 30.5 = 490