Questions?

[Nadine in NY]

Michelle wrote: "Hello! I just finished reading “The Whiskey Sea” by Ann Howard Creel. A good chunk of the book takes place at sea and on piers/docks, but there are scenes on land as well. Can I count this book tow..."

I'd count it.

[Crumb]

For the prompt "a novel that is based on a real person" can you use a book that is based on multiple real people like In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez or The Magdalen Girls by V.S. Alexander??

[Crumb]

And also, one more question..

Would it be okay to use the book Blood Sisters by Jane Corry. I found a few songs that have the lyric "blood sister" , the song "Rebel Girl" by the band Bikini kill has a lyric "a sister, always soul sister, blood sister

Would that be OK?

[Malaraa]

Yes, and Yes. :)

[Claudia]

How do I edit my list?

[Nadine in NY]

To edit, you need to be in a browser, then you will see the options to edit or delete down at the bottom of your post, just click "edit" and your post appears in a text window.

[Jane]

Sara, I can't find my personal list of the books. I had added some and marked the one's I'd read but I've scrolled through more recent lists (which is where mine should be) and can't find it. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Jane

[Kerry]

Jane wrote: "Sara, I can't find my personal list of the books. I had added some and marked the one's I'd read but I've scrolled through more recent lists (which is where mine should be) and can't find it. Any s..."

About when did you add it? Do you know the number of your post? Click on your profile picture and click on your posts, you should be able to see that post. I would then bookmark it so you can refer back to it.

[Jane]

Thanks Kerry, I'll try that.

[Susan]

Is it cheating if I use a book I was going to read ANYWAY for the "book recommended by someone else taking the challenge" prompt? Someone did post it as a recommendation but it wouldn't have mattered. Thanks!

[Tara]

No doesn’t matter :)

[Susan]

I like that answer! Thanks!

[kari]

Ok, this is my third attempt. I don't think I am sure how to do this. I was wondering if the book The Girl Who Played with Fire would fit the LGBTQ prompt. I think I posted this question in the wrong reading group. Oops.

[Katie]

The Girl with the Dragon tattoo would count for LGBTQ+ it also counts for Nordic noir

[kari]

Thank you! I put The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the Nordic Noir. I was having a hard time finding one for LGBTQ and so am glad The Girl Who Played With Fire will fit this one!

[Teri]

Kari wrote: "Thank you! I put The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the Nordic Noir. I was having a hard time finding one for LGBTQ and so am glad The Girl Who Played With Fire will fit this one!"
I used it for that prompt as well. So the first one was for Nordic Noir, the second for LGBTQ+, and the third one for a series book. Worked out well.

[Roxanne]

Has anyone read Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend? Would that book fit any of the popsugar reading challenge prompts?

[Tania]

Hi! I was wondering if anyone has tried Book of the Month subscription box? I can't decide if it's worth it or not? Does anyone recommend it? I shouldn't be spending anymore money on books - but I can't help it!

[Kristina]

Tania wrote: "Hi! I was wondering if anyone has tried Book of the Month subscription box? I can't decide if it's worth it or not? Does anyone recommend it? I shouldn't be spending anymore money on books - but I ..."

I do Book of the Month and I love it. You can also skip for a particular month if you don’t like the selection (though I almost always find something I like). Maybe you can sign up for the 3-Month subscription the see if you want to continue after that.

[Jacqueline]

Hi Roxanne I slotted it into local author. She comes from the Gold Coast. My son lives not far from there so I fudged it a bit because I live in the middle of nowhere and there haven’t been any written that I can find.

You could say I recommended it. Which I do. Loved it.

I’m sure there was something else....l’ll have to fire up the computer and check the spreadsheet but I can’t do that until tonight. I know I slotted it into Debut author in Around the year....

[Ruth]

Crumb wrote: "And also, one more question..

Would it be okay to use the book Blood Sisters by Jane Corry. I found a few songs that have the lyric "blood sister" , the song "Rebel Girl" by the band Bikini kill h..."

I'd count it.

[Parnika]

So I'm gonna start reading some philosophy. Is the book titled" The Story of Philosophy" by Will Durant be a good introduction for me? I'm a beginner. Or someone has some other suggestions? Thanks!

[Katy]

If a book's copyright is 2017, but it says US first edition 2018, does that count as a 2018 published book, even though it was probably published in England in 2017?

[Nadine in NY]

I count the year it's released in my country (which is the US) as the "published date" - so if it was released in UK or Australia last year but not released in US until this year, i count it as "published in 2018"

[Jacqueline]

Also the copyright date and the publishing date aren’t the same. The publishing date is the day it’s published/released. The copyright date is the date the copyright was registered. Copyright goes from when the book has been written not the date of publishing.

[Nadine in NY]

Jacqueline wrote: "Also the copyright date and the publishing date aren’t the same. The publishing date is the day it’s published/released. The copyright date is the date the copyright was registered. Copyright goes ..."

that's a good point! Sometimes they are different. For example, The English Wife is copyright 2017 (in the US) and published in 2018 (in the US)

[Dana]

Nadine wrote: "I count the year it's released in my country (which is the US) as the "published date" - so if it was released in UK or Australia last year but not released in US until this year, i count it as "pu..."

I like your answer, because I'm doing another challenge in my country and it has the same prompt. I filled it with a book, which was translated to Czech this year, but the original was released 2016 (The Little French Guesthouse). Since it takes quite a lot of time before the book is released in Czech, I would have to read completely new book probably by Czech author for this Popsugar prompt. But filling it with the book I used for my Czech challenge somehow feels like cheating. Any ideas about this? (Also sorry if this question feels like beating the dead horse, but my conscience won't stop nagging me.)

[Sarah]

@Dana If the version you read specifically was published in 2018 I’d count it. It’s a new release to you. It wasn’t available to you to read prior to that right? So I don’t think it’s cheating at all.

[Dana]

Sarah wrote: "@Dana If the version you read specifically was published in 2018 I’d count it. It’s a new release to you. It wasn’t available to you to read prior to that right? So I don’t think it’s cheating at all."

I guess you're right, thank you Sarah. :)

[Somer]

can someone point me in the direction of good books about or set on Halloween?

I cannot find the prompt thread....if there is one please lead me that way!

[Sara]

Somer wrote: "can someone point me in the direction of good books about or set on Halloween?

I cannot find the prompt thread....if there is one please lead me that way!"

You can find it here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sarah]

Dana wrote: "Sarah wrote: "@Dana If the version you read specifically was published in 2018 I’d count it. It’s a new release to you. It wasn’t available to you to read prior to that right? So I don’t think it’s..."

Happy to help! :)

[Anne]

I know how to reply to a full comment, but how do you reply to a specific part of a post? For example, something someone has said in the last paragraph of their post.

[Katy]

Anne wrote: "I know how to reply to a full comment, but how do you reply to a specific part of a post? For example, something someone has said in the last paragraph of their post."

I don't think you really can. But, you could put your cursor into the quoted part and delete what you don't want.

[Nadine in NY]

Anne wrote: "I know how to reply to a full comment, but how do you reply to a specific part of a post? For example, something someone has said in the last paragraph of their post."

Cut & paste :-) And Goodreads STILL hasn't gotten their act together to allow us to do this from the app grrrrr

[Anne]

Thanks

[Teri]

Has anyone had a problem with the "add book/author" feature? Mine has worked great on my desktop computer until yesterday, which it quit working at all. I'm not that clever at fixing things on computers when they go wrong, so would appreciate any help.

[Nadine in NY]

Teri wrote: "Has anyone had a problem with the "add book/author" feature? Mine has worked great on my desktop computer until yesterday, which it quit working at all. I'm not that clever at fixing things on comp..."

My computer is old, and frequently locks up or crashes, and I use Explorer, which is old and frequently locks up or crashes (because Firefox just refused to work one day, and I'm afraid to try to load a new app on this aged beast so I don't have Chrome), and this does happen to me at times, and my solution is to close Explorer and open it again, or to reboot the computer. I know asking "have you tried rebooting?" is so trite, but ... try it?

If it's more complicated than that, email Goodreads help. They always get back to me within a few hours, and usually they can help.

[Teri]

Thanks for the suggestions, Nadine.

[The Chapter Conundrum (Stacey)]

Teri wrote: "Has anyone had a problem with the "add book/author" feature? Mine has worked great on my desktop computer until yesterday, which it quit working at all. I'm not that clever at fixing things on comp..."

You could also try clearing the cache in your browser. It's possible your browser is loading a cached version of the site so clearing the cache would force it to load the site anew.

To do this in chrome: click the 3 veritcal dots icon in the top right corner. Click History. Click History again from that menu. Click clear browsing data, only check off the cache section (unless you also want to clear the other things too) and hit ok. Then close and reopen.

To do this in firefox: click the 3 horizontal bars in the top right hand corner. Click options. On the left hand side click Privacy & Security. Under the History subtitle on the right hand side click Clear History. Select only Cache (unless you want to clear more) and click on clear now. Close & Reopen.

[Teri]

Thanks! I'm not exactly sure what step I took that got it to work again, but it does.

[Katy]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but does anybody have any recommendations for a book that takes place in the '70s. I'm not admitting that was the decade I was born, because that makes me old:) I hate the stereotypical hippie stuff that's "70s". Any suggestions? Thanks.

[Susan]

Katy wrote: "I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but does anybody have any recommendations for a book that takes place in the '70s. I'm not admitting that was the decade I was born, because tha..."

Where the Crawdads Sing covers late 1960s but peeks into 1970.

The Great Alone takes place beginning in 1974.

both are terrific books that I would highly recommend!

[Nichelle]

I read White Teeth for this particular prompt and it was pretty good. I was born in the 70s and I don't consider myself old. :) It's also on the Great American Read list if you are trying to read those.

[Elisabeth]

Katy wrote: "I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but does anybody have any recommendations for a book that takes place in the '70s. I'm not admitting that was the decade I was born, because tha..."

I'm doing Everything I Never Told You for my 70s-born book. I was going to do it for a book about Death of Grief, but switched categories when I realized when it took place.

[Jess]

What has happened to the old threads for the monthly challenges? I wanted to update the June challenge as I didn't complete it at the time but I can only see threads for July and August.

[Teri]

Jess wrote: "What has happened to the old threads for the monthly challenges? I wanted to update the June challenge as I didn't complete it at the time but I can only see threads for July and August."

They've been moved into an Archives 2018 folder farther down.

[Heidi]

Kirsten wrote: "How many people are ticking off more than one prompt after reading a book? I don't interpret the challenge tht way, but I wonder how the rest of you are handling it."

The first year I did the challenge, I kept a spreadsheet and put a book in EVERY category it fit in to. A category might have ten different books in it if ten of the books I read fit the category. It was fun to see which categories became the most popular and which ones not so much. Of course, I had to have at least one book in very category by the end of the year.

Now I have just one book in each category and use the "extra time" at the end of the year as a free for all reading time (reading whatever I want) as a reward for completing the challenge.

[Jess]

Teri wrote: "Jess wrote: "What has happened to the old threads for the monthly challenges? I wanted to update the June challenge as I didn't complete it at the time but I can only see threads for July and Augus..."

Thanks, I found them.

[Nadine in NY]

Heidi wrote: "The first year I did the challenge, I kept a spreadsheet and put a book in EVERY category it fit in to. A category might have ten different books in it if ten of the books I read fit the category. It was fun to see which categories became the most popular and which ones not so much. Of course, I had to have at least one book in very category by the end of the year...."

I do that every year!! There are always a few categories that fill up with so many books :-) And there are also always a few that get just that ONE book. I agree, it's interesting to watch the pattern. It's not always what I expect.