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FALL CHALLENGE 2015
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Fall Challenge 2015: Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
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Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Mary Palmer - post 21We don't have a MARY PALMER on the Readerboard name list. Are you Mary P, perhaps? If so, no need to repost (but please use MARY P from now on). If you are not MARY P, please request a Readerboard name in the Readerboard Names thread.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Mary Palmer - post 21We don't have a MARY PALMER on the Readerboard name list. Are you Mary P, perhaps? If so, no need to repost (but please use MARY P from now on). If you are not MARY P, please..."
Yes this is Mary P. Sorry about that.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Whitnie I - post 34Sorry, Whitnie, The Kill Order won't work for the ONE book option of task 15.4. It will work for Book 2 since it has the main page genre Dystopia. To work for both, it would have had to have been first published in or after December 2012. The Kill Order was first published on August 14th 2012.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Pamela3265 - post 62Little Men has the genre "Childrens" on its main page. All books claimed for points that lists this genre on their main pages must be accompanied by the relevant AR BookFinder and/or AR BookFinder UK information as spelled out in #4 of the Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained of the Rules of the Challenge and in #7 of the Posting Requirements. Please repost this task with the required information.
No need to repost the other tasks in this post. They have already been recorded.
Becky - post 71We don't have a BECKY on the active Readerboard name list. Are you BECKY P? If so, please repost with your Readerboard name at the top of your post. If you are new to the challenge, welcome! Please request a Readerboard name in the Readerboard Names thread. After your Readerboard name is set up you will need to repost the task(s) in this post in order to claim points.
SandyD - post 85For the SRC, the moderators use physical copies of books to verify page count for ebooks. Although there is a paperback listed for Hold On, there is no page count information listed on Goodreads. It is up to the challenge participant to resolve issues concerning page count before claiming a book for points. You can have a Goodreads librarian research the page count and update the Goodreads database by asking here: Anyone with librarian status....
After the information shows up on the paperback's main page, please repost this task in its entirety to claim your points.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Kristina Simon wrote: "SandyD - post 85For the SRC, the moderators use physical copies of books to verify page count for ebooks. Although there is a paperback listed for Hold On, there is no page count ..."
Glad I saw this....I was about to post the same book! I've requested the update and it's been made, so SandyD you should be good to repost your claim!
Alkmini - post 102Task 20.3, option 2 states: You may read any edition, but you must also include a link to the edition that indicates Virago published the book at one time. The word "Virago" MUST appear in the Goodreads metadata under "Published by."
Please repost this task with the required link.
Alkmini - post 104Task 20.7 is a cover task. All cover tasks require that you include the cover when you post your completed task. You can find out how to do that here: Add book/author and Add cover
Please repost this task with the required element.
Tara Jo wrote: "Glad I saw this....I was about to post the same book! I've requested the update and it's been made"Thanks, Tara Jo!
M1NKS - post 113Task 25.5, option A states: The movie must have been a theatrical release. Game of Thrones is a TV show so this won't work for option A.
Kristina Simon wrote: " M1NKS - post 113Task 25.5, option A states: The movie must have been a theatrical release. Game of Thrones is a TV show so this won't work for option A."
Blast! I'll move that over and find another for this task.
Thanks Kristina
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Julia103 - post 135Task 20.6 requires that you state which option you chose when posting your completed task. Please repost this task with the required element.
Alkmini - post 165Please see #12 in the Posting Requirements:
12. It's fine to include more than one newly completed task in a post. If you do include more than one task, the tasks must be listed in numerical order, lowest to highest.
This makes record keeping much easier. Please repost with your tasks in order.
Jane - post 164We don't have a JANE on the active Readerboard name list. If you are a returning player, please request a reinstatement of your Readerboard name in the Readerboard Names thread. After your Readerboard name is set up you will need to repost the task(s) in this post in order to claim points.
Kristina Simon wrote: " Julia103 - post 135Task 20.6 requires that you state which option you chose when posting your completed task. Please repost this task with the required element."
Sorry. I have reposted.
JennRenee - post 184Task 10.7 - Season has been specifically disallowed in the help thread as "not a compound word or variation of sea" so The Accident Season will not work for this task.
Jackattack - post 189Please see #12 in the Posting Requirements:
12. It's fine to include more than one newly completed task in a post. If you do include more than one task, the tasks must be listed in numerical order, lowest to highest.
This makes record keeping much easier. Please repost with your tasks in order.
Chandni - post 197The Agony of Alice is a children's book that does not meet the criteria for use in the SRC.
Please see #4 of the Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained of the Rules of the Challenge.
Pamela3265 - post 200Task 20.7 has multiple options and requires that you state the option you chose when you post. Please repost this task with the required information.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
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If you are claiming a Golden Oldie ticket you must state the original publication year in your post.
Please repost this task including the publication year. Please indicate at the top of your post that you are reposting to claim a Golden Oldie ticket
Dakimel- post 204Task 30.5 - The book pairing you've listed for this task will not work. It Started With a Scandal was written by Julie Anne Long. This means you need a book written by an author whose middle initial is A. Think Like a Freak was written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J Dubner, neither of which works.
Also, please see #3 in the Posting Requirements: If a task requires details about an author, the author link must be included. This makes verification much, much easier.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Coralie - post 206The Amber Amulet has the genre "Childrens" on its main page.
Young Adult 9 users
Fiction 5 users
Childrens > Middle Grade 4 users
Childrens 3 users
Adventure 3 users
Short Stories 2 users
Humor 2 users
Mystery 2 users
Comics > Superheroes 2 users
Contemporary 2 users
All children's books must be accompanied by the relevant AR BookFinder and/or AR BookFinder UK information as spelled out in #4 of the Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained of the Rules of the Challenge and in #7 of the Posting Requirements. Please repost this task with the required information.
No need to repost the other tasks in this post. They have already been recorded.
Kristina Simon wrote: " Coralie - post 206The Amber Amulet has the genre "Childrens" on its main page.
Young Adult 9 users
Fiction 5 users
Childrens > Middle Grade 4 users
Childrens 3 users
Adventure 3 ..."
That must have snuck in since I checked it. Sorry about that.
Delitealex - post 221Broken Star has the genre "Childrens" on its main page.
Glbt > Lesbian 8 users
Thriller 3 users
Childrens 2 users
Mystery 2 users
Glbt 2 users
Rule #4e of the Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained of the Rules of the Challenge describes how to handle books marked "childrens" that aren't really children's books and what you need to post for them. Please repost this task when it's all sorted.
No need to repost the other tasks in this post. They have already been recorded.
M1NKS - post 223Option 4 of task 30.1 is a cover task and requires that you include the cover when posting. Please repost this task with the required element.
Sam F - post 229Option 3 of task 30.6 requires that you include in your post the first sentence from the book that demonstrates the first person perspective. Please repost this task with the required information.
JennRenee - post 230Thrusts of Justice has the main page genre "Comics." From the Rules of the Challenge: Books 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 unless specifically allowed in the task description for a higher point task. Task 30.2 does not specifically allow Sequential Art books.
Teresa Jo - post 234The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters appears to be an ebook without a print edition.
If it has not yet been approved for length, you should ask for approval by posting in the ebook page verification thread: eBook verification thread.
When 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. "Approved post #"
Please repost this task with the required information.
Sam F - post 238Reposts must be complete, including links. Please repost.
Hint: To copy a post and maintain the links, click edit on the lower right of the posting box and copy the text including the link html code.
Nick KYI made a spelling mistake in message 209 which causes my book to be invalid for 5.4. I have moved the book and reposted in message 265:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nick wrote: "Nick KYI made a spelling mistake in message 209 which causes my book to be invalid for 5.4. I have moved the book and reposted in message 265:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-..."
Thanks, Nick!
Whitnie - post 255I'm pretty sure you're Whitnie I but, just in case another Whitnie has snuck in, please repost this task with your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Mod
Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. Goodreads Author tickets will no longer be awarded. They have been replaced with:
20.4 GOLDEN OLDIES - Players may earn a ticket for each book FIRST published in or before 1950. A random ticket will be drawn from the ticket pool to determine who creates this task. Challenge finishers are not eligible for the drawing. Players must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and stating the original publication year. See the current season's Posting Requirements for more information.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Sam F - post 238Reposts must be complete, including links. Please repost.
Hint: To copy a post and maintain the links, click edit on the lower right of the posting box and copy the text includin..."
Sorry about that - thanks for the tip!
perletwo - post 317Task 10.3 requires an author to have one name that begins and ends with the same letter. The examples are Chevy Stevens = StevenS, Malcolm Gladwell = MalcolM, Mary Anna Evans = AnnA. Stephanie Perkins (S&E in Stephanie; P&S in Perkins) will not work for this task.
Kristina Simon wrote: " perletwo - post 317Task 10.3 requires an author to have one name that begins and ends with the same letter. The examples are Chevy Stevens = StevenS, Malcolm Gladwell = MalcolM, Mary Anna Evans..."
Pfeh. I fail at reading comprehension...
On it! Gimme a few hours & I'll have a Dorothy SayerS read to replace it.
Nikki B - post 328Task 30.5 - The book pairing you've listed for this task will not work. The Lost Years was written by Mary Higgins Clark. This means that for your second book you need one written by an author whose middle initial is H, not M.
Nikki B - post 329Task 30.6 has three options. Since neither of the books you've listed include a reflexive pronoun in the title (option 2), I assume these books are meant for options 1 and 3. Option 3 requires that you include in your post the first sentence from the book that demonstrates the first person perspective. Please repost this task including the options you've selected and the missing required element.
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1. Make sure that the Readerboard has been updated through the post that you are concerned about.
2. Please check your math.
3. Check to see if one of your posts is listed in this thread with a question. If so, please make a NEW POST in the Completed tasks thread to clear up the question. DO NOT go back and edit the original post. I will not go backwards in the completed task thread to pick up points.
4. To avoid further questions/problems, please refer to the TASK DESCRIPTIONS and the POSTING REQUIREMENTS.
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