All about Goals ; FAQ

[K~Terror]

Karen wrote: "Yes they are all fine. It can also include writing materials like pens and pencils"

Thank you Karen!

[Grace]

Our goal is °Read a book with a homophone in the title Homophones

Does that mean we can read something like A Twist in the Tale tale has the homophone tail or do we need something like The Tail Begins: Tales from School Book 1 with both words in the title ?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Just one is fine, so A twist in the tale counts and the reason in the spreadsheet would be tale/tail

[Karla]

What happens when you get the same goal twice? We'll get the points when we enter a different book into the correct spots, right?

[Grace]

Thanks Karen I hoped just one would do :)

[❀Tea❀]

Goals are random, so it can happen you'll get same goal. You'll just have to do it again or use boon.

Not sure I understand second question. Did you put book in wrong goal?

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❀Tea❀ wrote: "Goals are random, so it can happen you'll get same goal. You'll just have to do it again or use boon.

Not sure I understand second question. Did you put book in wrong goal?"

I assume (and I could be wrong) that she was just worried that the spreadsheet would recognize it was the same goal and not count it twice. So I believe that yes, as long as you are entering the new book into the new goal line (even if it is a repeated goal) it will count again.

~ Karsyn

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Updated through #57.

[Karla]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Goals are random, so it can happen you'll get same goal. You'll just have to do it again or use boon.

Not sure I understand second question. Did you put book in wrong goal?"

I assume (and I could be wrong) that she was just worried that the spreadsheet would recognize it was the same goal and not count it twice. So I believe that yes, as long as you are entering the new book into the new goal line (even if it is a repeated goal) it will count again.

~ Karsyn


That's exactly what I meant. Sorry for the confusion, Tea. And thanks for the answer, Karsyn!

[❀Tea❀]

Would aggregator work for word aggregate in the text goal?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

According to my dictionary they are different words (-es or -ed or -ing would be ok) and definitions so I would say no

[Kaitlin]

General goals question - when do completed goals go away and new ones appear? We completed some yesterday but they're still on the spreadsheet. Thanks.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

One your captain / co-captain assigns a book to a goal on your team spreadsheet a new goal is auto generated

[Nancy]

We've got a goal which says: Read a book from your TBR that one of your teammates has already read

Does the teammate have to have read it during the challenge, or could they have read it any time?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

NancyHelen wrote: "We've got a goal which says: Read a book from your TBR that one of your teammates has already read

Does the teammate have to have read it during the challenge, or could they have read it any time?"

Read at any time. Just needs to be on their "read" shelf :)

[Nancy]

Cool, thank you Karen.

[SandyL]

Our goal is "Read a book about interconnecting families"

Not sure what this means - would a foster brother and sister getting together work for this?

[Alison]

For the goal "character has a surprising and unexpected talent", does it count if it's something they've worked to achieve but is surprising to the other characters?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Sandy wrote: "Our goal is "Read a book about interconnecting families"

Not sure what this means - would a foster brother and sister getting together work for this?"

I'm checking with the other mods as I'm not 100% ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Alison wrote: "For the goal "character has a surprising and unexpected talent", does it count if it's something they've worked to achieve but is surprising to the other characters?"

Works for me if they surprise others with their unexpected talent!

[Alison]

Thanks Karen.

[Karla]

Does a book that shows the relationship between a stepbrother/stepsister where their parents are married counts as interconnecting families?

[Joanne]

Would the shelf "recommended" work for goal:

Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as recommendations - plurals and spelling acceptable

[VNerdbooks]

would class as a road?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Sorry for the delay
Def: "Interconnecting Families" : to become mutually connected

So it's more towards when two people marry and the families interconnect. So I'd lean towards in-law situations
Examples are
The Joy Luck Club, Fall of Giants, A Game of Thrones

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Joanne wrote: "Would the shelf "recommended" work for goal:

Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as recommendations - plurals and spelling acceptable"

Yes, small variations on spelling like that are fine

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

V Audio Nerd wrote: "would class as a road?"

Looks more like a path to me

[SandyL]

For interconnecting families, does this work?

MARY: Unleashed. Its a ghost story with two families. One is the killers family. The other the victim. It goes back generations. Somewhere down the line a marriage also puts them together.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Sandy wrote: "For interconnecting families, does this work?

MARY: Unleashed. Its a ghost story with two families. One is the killers family. The other the victim. It goes back generations. Somewhere down the li..."

Yes sounds to me like that works

[SandyL]

Thanks karen

[VNerdbooks]

Thanks Karen I thought so but I wondered if I could be sneaky and get it in lol

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lol
You never know unless you ask ;)

[Sonia]

For the goal: Read a book with the word teach, teacher, coach or help (plurals are acceptable) in the title do teaching, coaching or helping count?

I'm too tired to search *sad face*

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Yes they are fine Sonia
Any suffix like -ed, -es, -ing

[Sonia]

Thanks

[Annika]

For the yellow cover goal, is ok?

[SandyL]

We have a goal for phrase "last straw" - would final straw work?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Annika wrote: "For the yellow cover goal, is ok?"

yes, I think it is close enough to 50%

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Sandy wrote: "We have a goal for phrase "last straw" - would final straw work?"

Yes, provided used in a way that has the same meaning


Last Straw: the last in a series of unpleasant events which finally makes you feel that you cannot continue to accept a bad situation
e.g.,One night he came home drunk at 5 o'clock in the morning and that was the last straw. ; He'd been unhappy at work for a long time but the last straw came when he was refused promotion. (often + for ) ; Lucy leaving was the last straw for him and he pretty much gave up the will to live.

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[Jen]

I'm very confused. Does "Read a book that starts with the letter H" mean that the title has to start with an H, that the text does, or either/or?

Because I see lots of goals that include "title" in the goal name. So shouldn't this one say, "Read a book that has a title starting with the letter H" if it's title only?

I just finished a book that has as its opening sentence, "He could no longer fool himself." Can this book count for "Read a book that starts with the letter H"?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Jen wrote: "I'm very confused. Does "Read a book that starts with the letter H" mean that the title has to start with an H, that the text does, or either/or?

Because I see lots of goals that include "title" i..."

It is title
Sorry for the confusion. Inconsistency can happen when multiple people write goals

[Karla]

Karen wrote: "Sorry for the delay
Def: "Interconnecting Families" : to become mutually connected

So it's more towards when two people marry and the families interconnect. So I'd lean towards in-law situations
E..."

Thank you.

[Jen]

Karen wrote: "It is title
Sorry for the confusion. Inconsistency can happen when multiple people write goals"

Oh. :'( Okay. Thanks.

Can someone with editing permission update the text for those goals to specify that it's the title that has to start with an H (or an A, B, C...)? Pretty please?

[Shannon]

For the goal, "characters go on a road trip",..

I read

The 2 MCs drive from their smal town in CA to Las Vegas. Would that qualify?

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Shannon wrote: "For the goal, "characters go on a road trip",..

I read

The 2 MCs drive from their small town in CA to Las Vegas. Would that qualify?"

Sounds like a road trip to me, but just an opinion. However that looks like an interesting series, I just added the 1st book to my tbr list.

[Shannon]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Shannon wrote: "For the goal, "characters go on a road trip",..

I read

The 2 MCs drive from their small town in CA to Las Vegas. Would that qualify?"

Sounds lik..."

I love Elizabeth Hunter! She's an auto buy for me. She's self published so I don't think she gets the recognition she deserves, but you'd never be able to tell when you read her work.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Shannon wrote: "For the goal, "characters go on a road trip",..

I read

The 2 MCs drive from their smal town in CA to Las Vegas. Would that qualify?"

sounds ok to me

[Shannon]

Thanks Karen!

[Becca]

would this be considered yellow text?