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I have a question about reading translations.There's a book I read first in Japanese several years ago, which I'd like to read in English for one of this year's prompts.
But if I try to switch "editions" under the original book, it changes the entire entry in "My Books" list.
How are group members handling this? I realize it's the same book but reading a book in its original and reading it as a translation seem like two different experiences to me, different from a "reread of the same book." The page lengths differ, too.
Any suggestions and thoughts would be appreciated.
Rather than switching editions on your original entry, go to the book page and click on editions there. Then leave the original as is, but click "mark as read" on one of the other editions in the list. That should give you two entries, one for each edition. :)
Sanasai wrote: "Rather than switching editions on your original entry, go to the book page and click on editions there. Then leave the original as is, but click "mark as read" on one of the other editions in the l..."Thank you so much for replying so quickly!
I'm going to copy/paste your answer in my PopSugar spreadsheet, so I will never lose it! <3
When does the list of prompts come out for the next year?
Rebecca wrote: "When does the list of prompts come out for the next year?"In 2017, the 2018 list came out at the beginning of november so probably sometime around there again!
oshizu wrote: "I have a question about reading translations.There's a book I read first in Japanese, which I'd like to read in English for one of this year's prompts.
But if I try to switch "editions" under the ..."
Hello Sanasai,
I'd like to ask you an additional question about reading a translation of a novel so it appears as a separate entry rather than a re-read.
I've just started reading the English translation of the book in question so it's now "Currently Reading" status.
However, when I display the list of all editions, the only option I see is "Switch to this edition."
Does your suggestion to "mark another edition on the list as Read" only work after I'm done reading both editions?
oshizu wrote: "oshizu wrote: "I have a question about reading translations.There's a book I read first in Japanese, which I'd like to read in English for one of this year's prompts.
But if I try to switch "editi..."
Hmmm, checking on that, trying to see if I remember the exact steps!
Sanasai wrote: "oshizu wrote: "oshizu wrote: "I have a question about reading translations.There's a book I read first in Japanese, which I'd like to read in English for one of this year's prompts.
But if I try t..."
It looks like they've changed something since I last did this, so you'll have to do a couple more steps!
We can only mark two versions on a book now if Goodreads doesn't see it as read now, it looks like. It's a little more annoying to do now. So...
1. If you need to, copy down what you have tagged on your first rating/review of the book, then temporarily remove it from "read".
2. Go to the page for that book, and then to the list of editions.
3. Mark both editions as "read" - make sure you do not refresh the page, or leave the page and come back before you mark the second one. If it opens up the window to write a review, just close that with the x at the top right.
4. Now you should have both showing as read, and can fill the information from your original edition's rating back in, as well as the new info for the second edition.
It used to be easier, but I bet when they changed it to let us show re-reading the same edition, something got changed or messed up with selecting different editions. These steps seemed to work on my list, let me know if anything doesn't work out! :)
Sanasai wrote: "Sanasai wrote: "oshizu wrote: "oshizu wrote: "I have a question about reading translations.There's a book I read first in Japanese, which I'd like to read in English for one of this year's prompts..."
I can't thank you enough for your detailed instructions!
After reading the translation, I followed your step-by-step.
GoodReads still counts the books as "rereads," but I do have the two editions listed as separate book entries.
I've copied/pasted your instructions into my PopSugar Excel sheet for future reference.
You're the best!
Gratefully,
oshizu
Just joined the group and so excited to get planning on 2019! Does anyone know when the 2019 challenge will be posted?
Crystal wrote: "Just joined the group and so excited to get planning on 2019! Does anyone know when the 2019 challenge will be posted?"Welcome! I think the 2019 challenge will be posted around the beginning of November (at least that's when the 2018 one was posted last year) :)
Does anyone know when the prompts for 2019 will be posted?
Britt - we are still waiting for Popsugar to release them. Hopefully by the end of next week!
Just curious but do you plan what your going to read for each prompt in advance?
Hi all. The popsugar reading challenge 2019 is my first reading challenge and I'm super excited! But I have a bunch of questions about the challenge and the rules, in regards to what is allowed and what would be considered cheating.1. Can one book fit more than one prompt (and therfore in the end I won't have read 40 books) or does it have to be a different book for every prompt?
2. Can I do the reading in whatever order I like? Or do I have to start with prompt 1 then 2, 3 etc.?
3. Does it have to be books I haven't read before, or is a few rereads ok?
4. Does it have to be full length novels or does novellas/short stories count?
5. If the story I want to read is part of an anthology, omnibus or collection of short stories does that one story in an entire book count?
Hope it all makes sense (English isn't my first langue) :)
There is no cheating. There are no rules. The challenge police are not going to fine you. You aren't being graded. Do it however you like.
Great! Thanks! So basically I can approach the challenge however I like
Sarah wrote: "Great! Thanks! So basically I can approach the challenge however I like"Hi Sarah,
You can do whatever you like it is all fun and games in here. We are several that aren't native English speaking :-)
Can recommend being part of the weekly check-ins as it is always fun to see what others have been reading but be warned your TBR list will grow. Besides checking in each thursday keeps you going on your challenge. It is not a must but nice to have Thursdays to look forward to.
Anabell wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Great! Thanks! So basically I can approach the challenge however I like"Hi Sarah,
You can do whatever you like it is all fun and games in here. We are several that aren't native En..."
Thank you Anabell. I'll definitely try to participate in the check-ins. I was hoping my TPR pile would decrease not get even bigger ;-) I think that's gonna be a personal challenge within the challenge - whenever possible I'll read a book I already own. But yeah, I can imagine following this group and all the reading suggestions will make my TPR list a lot longer than it is now
To reiterate what has been said, especially for our new members:This is a personal challenge. You make your own rules. You can read books in whatever order you want. You can read books you own library books, audiobooks, short stories, novellas, picture books, etc. You can read only first-time reads or you can reread your favorite books. You can always ask the group if a book fits a certain prompt, but in the end YOU DECIDE what works for you. You can stretch the prompts a little if you want.
Have fun and enjoy reading! Use the challenge to motivate yourself or to stretch yourself or just for fun.
It is all up to you, the individual reader 😊
Victoria wrote: "Just curious but do you plan what your going to read for each prompt in advance?"I think people have very different approaches. Some people plan everything beforehand, some see where a book fits after they read it. Personally I find ideas for the ones that I know I won't stumble upon and then check what I am missing as I go. 2019 will be my second year and this year I felt really restricted by the ideas I had, so I will try to plan less. But I like getting ideas for prompts, so it's difficult not to plan.
Johanne wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Just curious but do you plan what your going to read for each prompt in advance?"I think people have very different approaches. Some people plan everything beforehand, some see w..."
Thanks I have only done it this year as i started half way last time. I don't usually plan it i take it as it comes but have fallen a tad behind so wondered if planning it would make a difference.
Victoria wrote: " don't usually plan it i take it as it comes but have fallen a tad behind so wondered if planning it would make a difference."I've found it good to plan a book I would probably like to read for each prompt early. I can always change my mind or move them around. What's hardest is if I don't have something planned and also don't happen to find one during the year. That's when the panic and dread sets in the closer the new year gets. If nothing else, it's a nice list of back-ups.
Victoria wrote: "Just curious but do you plan what your going to read for each prompt in advance?"I have done the PopSugar Challenge for several years now, but kept my list and my notes in, of all places, one of the three reading groups I have on Ravelry.com (a social knitting site). This year was the first year I discovered the Goodreads PopSugar Challenge group, and it's been great! I'm still exploring the different discussion groups (and thanks to Anabell for suggesting the weekly check-in threads, which I have overlooked until now).
In answer to your question, this year, I posted my list here, and bookmarked the page so I could find it again. And I started filling in my list on my Ravelry group, where I find it easier to mess around with my list. I immediately add any book I have been wanting to read, if it fits a prompt. And I found the Goodreads discussions SO helpful in finding titles for some of the harder prompts. I add the books, even if I haven't read them yet, and I use the list to "shop" for my next book.
I move books around my prompts all the time. For instance, I just realized that The Mermaid, by Christina Henry, which I had in a 2016 favorite prompt (fairytale), would actually fit for "A novel based on a real person", because, although a mermaid is not a real person, a main character in the story was P. T. Barnum! I only realized that when reading an earlier post in this thread today!
On my Ravelry list, I embolden my whole list, and then, un-embolden a prompt as I fill it, and embolden the book title once I've read a book. On my list here at Goodreads, I'm striking through a prompt once I've completed it, but adding ALL the books I've read for that prompt, putting a √ mark in front of the ones I've read (I still have some unread ones in some categories), and using a link to the book on Goodreads. I suppose I will go through the list on Dec. 31 and delete any unread books.
I would really love it if we had a tips and suggestions thread, where I could find out how people use Goodreads to keep track on their lists (i.e.: how to get that BOLD type that I use in Ravelry)...
I have several books in some prompts. I think I'm up to about 75 books this year, but still have a few prompts that are empty this late in the year. If I DO fill all my prompts, it will be a first for me. I'm really trying this year, thanks to this group!
Kim wrote: "how to get that BOLD type"If you want bold text, it's just basic html.
< b > text < / b > (remove the spaces)
b for bold
i for italic
s for
u for underline
At the top right corner of the text box (on a PC) there is a link that says (some html is ok) that you can click for reminders. On the app you just need to type it all in.
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Your post was fascinating! Sara did create a FAQs post for common questions about this group in particular, and we did not think to include the basic html tips since they are there in the GR post reminder "(some html is ok)" BUT I can see it would be a good idea to include them.
I created a post just about HTML so all the computer whizzes amongst us can help the rest of us out :-) HTML formatting tips
Also I like the idea of a post talking about how we use Goodreads, but I feel like one exists and I'm just forgetting. (Sorry, I'm ill this morning and my brain is most definitely not firing on all cylinders!) If you all think that would be interesting, we can have a separate post just for that? Because I know this group is huge now, which means we have about a bajillion posts going on right now, and it can be confusing.
Any thoughts on that from anyone? (ANYONE can create new posts, by the way!)
I don't have TV and the last movie I saw was Samson and Delila Live From the Met. Please help.
Melissa wrote: "I don't have TV and the last movie I saw was Samson and Delila Live From the Met. Please help."There is a list out there called the Gilmore Girls reading Challenge. It's every book referenced (not necessarily seen being read) on the show. And, if you Google "Friends books" it will give you a list of every book that they are sure that a Friends character read, but again, not necessarily onscreen.
poshpenny wrote: "Kim wrote: "how to get that BOLD type"If you want bold text, it's just basic html.
text (remove the spaces)
b for bold
i for italic
s for strikethrough
u for underline
At the top right corne..."
Thanks, PoshPenny! I'm going to take a screenshot of your answer! In Ravelry, our code is similar, but a bit different, for instance, del is used in place of s, for strikethrough, an asterisk on either end of a word or sentence will make it italics, two asterisks, makes it bold. (If you want it BIG and Bold, you use < big > along with the double asterisks). And you can use multiples of < big >< big >, to make it even bigger! (That would waste SO much precious page space here!)
The asterisks are so much faster than the code in carats, but the Goodreads code in brackets is shorter. Making a √ is different, too!
So much to get used to, with the shortcuts!
Nadine wrote: "Kim wrote: "... I would really love it if we had a tips and suggestions thread, where I could find out how people use Goodreads to keep track on their lists (i.e.: how to get that BOLD type that I ..."Thanks, Nadine!
Case in point... how did you select out the paragraph you wanted to reply to, in my original (very verbose) post? In Ravelry (sorry to go on and on about that site, but I pretty much LIVE there!), we can highlight the text in the OP, and then click on a "quotes" icon, and paste it in, where it will appear in a shaded box of it's own, in your reply post.
I do remember one or two threads where people have asked and answered how they approach filling prompts, or how they choose titles. There ARE a gazillion threads, and I can spend hours here, reading them. I get the best recommendations, especially for prompts I'm not familiar with (LitRPG? I'd never heard of it, but recognize a lot of titles from just seeing them around Goodreads, etc.).
And I would be very interested if the techies could have a thread where they coach us newbies on all the little tricks! (But it sounds like you've already started threads for all these... I'll check out your links!)
Melissa wrote: "I don't have TV and the last movie I saw was Samson and Delila Live From the Met. Please help."Melissa, are you referring to the prompt, "A book you've seen a person read on TV or in a movie?". If so, I don't see why you couldn't use a book someone else saw!
I have one already! I was going to stretch the 2018 prompt, "A book being read by a stranger in a public place", because I was really afraid everyone I saw reading in public, would be reading on a personal device! So, I kept this one in reserve: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. I saw someone (a scientist), sitting on a sofa, reading that book, in the movie, Annihilation.
I've always wanted to read that book, so that's what I'm using for 2019. Feel free to use that one, if you like!
Katy wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I don't have TV and the last movie I saw was Samson and Delila Live From the Met. Please help."There is a list out there called the Gilmore Girls reading Challenge. It's every boo..."
Now, THAT is amazing! You can find ANYTHING online!
Kim wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I don't have TV and the last movie I saw was Samson and Delila Live From the Met. Please help."Melissa, are you referring to the prompt, "A book you've seen a person read on TV or..."
Thank you, Kim that's perfect! ( and imaginative!) I have a copy but haven't read it yet.
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what I did is similar to what you described (and YES it sure would be nice if GR allowed nested discussions). I copied the text in your post that I was replying to (just selected it and then control-C), then I hit "reply" and then I pasted in what I had copied in place of the first few lines of your post that GR grabbed when I hit reply. It sounds like Ravelry has a macro that does that for you, which is nice! It would make things less confusing here, sometimes.
Melissa wrote: "I don't have TV and the last movie I saw was Samson and Delila Live From the Met. Please help."There is also a list of books shown on Mad Men .. a link was posted under the thread for this prompt.
Nadine wrote: "Kim wrote: "Case in point... how did you select out the paragraph you wanted to reply to, in my original (very verbose) post? ..."what I did is similar to what you described (and YES it sure woul..."
Thanks, Nadine! That makes perfect sense! I think I can remember to do that when I need to.
Two books left to read and one is a short children's book on audio, so that will give me more time to "eye read" the other one! I just might make my first completed PopSugar Challenge!!!
Looking so forward to 2019!
Apologies if this question has been asked already, but how do the monthly challenges work? Is everyone reading the same book or do we just share what we selected for the prompt that month? Thanks.
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How do folks feel about audiobooks? I read books but I listen to a lot esp at the gym and on walks.
Heather wrote: "How do folks feel about audiobooks? I read books but I listen to a lot esp at the gym and on walks."I didn't care for them for many years. I had tried one on a vacation but couldn't focus well enough. Plus I hadn't yet discovered that I could read a few books at once and keep track of the different plots. A few years ago, I tried again on a long car trip and I loved it. Now I always have one going in my car. I'm really enjoying having someone read to me, especially when the narrator is very good.
Heather wrote: "How do folks feel about audiobooks? I read books but I listen to a lot esp at the gym and on walks."I like them, though I don't listen to more than a handful a year as I prefer to use my listening time on podcasts. If you mean in terms of the challenge, then they absolutely count towards it and you can use them to tick off prompts as much as you like.
Heather wrote: "How do folks feel about audiobooks? I read books but I listen to a lot esp at the gym and on walks."Lots of people like audiobooks but personally they do not work for me, unless it's a book I've already read.
I read and listen. Love it at thw gym but how do people feel about using it during the challenge?
Heather wrote: "I read and listen. Love it at thw gym but how do people feel about using it during the challenge?"I think the fact that people didn´t know that´s what you meant speaks for itself :)
A lot of people here use audiobooks for the challenge, and some don´t, but there is generally a very non-snobbish, embracing approach to different formats, genres etc. I personally use audiobooks, picture books, other children´s books, YA, and graphic novels, along with other "heavier" reads for my challenge.
I use audiobooks for the challenge all the time! It's still reading whether you are reading with your own eyes or having a book read to you.There is evidence that your brain processes the language similarly whether it's auditory or visual.
https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/listen...
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I use audiobooks for my Challenge, as well as all the other formats.
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A partner in crime!!! I have also noticed that the categories I dread the most are sometimes the books I end up LOVING the most!