Technical questions

[Wombat]

Question: how should we deal with a book that is "given up" part way though?

I have read about half of a book, but I found the writing confusing, and it had become a chore to read - I was doing cleaning rather than read this book...

I have put it in a folder "did not finish", but should i list it as "read" or "to read" or does the book still exist if I remove it totally?

[Jessica]

I just add the book to my DNF folder and remove it from my "Currently Reading" list. I never count books that I DNF.

[Wombat]

cool cool.
Removed the "read date" which makes it not show up in the books read for the challenge.
thanks.

[K.M.]

Yep, yep. I'm with Jeffrey on this.

[Benjamin]

I reread 5 secrets to story structure and added the second date but the first read date disappeared. How do you get credit for rereads again? I think I did something wrong.

[K.M.]

Hmm. If you're re-reading it within the same year, I don't think Goodreads will show that.

[Benjamin]

Rats! Oh well.

[Rick]

What about books we finished, but we regret wasting the time? LOL.

I'm re-reading Catch-22. First read it in high school where it seemed curiously absurd and almost a whimsical look at the world. Reading it now in a post-Dilbert world, it is far more insightful than I ever dreamed. The absurdities are far less absurd now that I've been immersed in the corporate culture for so long. It's more like a weather report than an indictment.

[Alayna]

I don't suppose books of the Bible count, do they?

[Olivia]

Alayna wrote: "I don't suppose books of the Bible count, do they?"

I think it would count, especially if you putting that individual book on goodreads :)

[Jessica]

I would not think they would count considering the books like Philemon and Jude are only one chapter. I will defer to K.M. on this one.

[Joanne]

Alayna wrote: "I don't suppose books of the Bible count, do they?"

I plan to mark the entire Bible as "read" if/when I finish it by the end of the year, but I wouldn't count individual books of the Bible toward the challenge goal.

[Joanne]

Speaking of technical questions, it is okay to count books I've decided to reread in 2016, right? Doesn't matter that I've read it before as long as I start and finish it again in 2016? Thanks.

[K.M.]

Alayna wrote: "I don't suppose books of the Bible count, do they?"

Sorry. I'm just seeing this now. I think we'll say the Bible as a whole counts, but not the individual "books."

[K.M.]

Joanne wrote: "Speaking of technical questions, it is okay to count books I've decided to reread in 2016, right? Doesn't matter that I've read it before as long as I start and finish it again in 2016? Thanks."

Yes, that's fine! As long as Goodreads shows you finished them again in 2016.

[Alayna]

K.M. wrote: "Alayna wrote: "I don't suppose books of the Bible count, do they?"

Sorry. I'm just seeing this now. I think we'll say the Bible as a whole counts, but not the individual "books.""

That's fine I decided I wouldn't count them anyway.

I have a couple books I started in fall of 2015 for high school, but didn't finish until spring of 2016. May I count them towards 2016 since I finished them then?

[K.M.]

Alayna wrote: "K.M. wrote: "Alayna wrote: "I don't suppose books of the Bible count, do they?"

Sorry. I'm just seeing this now. I think we'll say the Bible as a whole counts, but not the individual "books.""

Th..."

Yep, any book finished in 2016 counts.

[JenniferR]

I've read my 100 books, do I need to do a completion post?

[Joanne]

JenniferR wrote: "I've read my 100 books, do I need to do a completion post?"
Congratulations! How does that compare to your usual yearly average?

[JenniferR]

Joanne wrote: "JenniferR wrote: "I've read my 100 books, do I need to do a completion post?"
Congratulations! How does that compare to your usual yearly average?"

I've read around 200 books for the past few years. I didn't seriously start tracking until 2015.

[K.M.]

You go, Joanne! And, no, no need to do anything at this point. We'll have our wrap-up prize party at the end of the year.

[Lucy]

I finished my 100 books! What should I do now?

[Jessica]

Celebrate Good Times!!! COME ON!!!

[K.M.]

@Lucy: Congrats! :D Now, you'll just have to wait for the rest of us a slowpokes. Prizes parties in December.

[LittleBookDruid]

@Jennifer and Lucy, How.....? :O
*curling inside the book reading hole*

[Benjamin]

*snort*

[Hope]

I have a question: do graphic novels count? Cause I've been reading a lot of those recently. :P

[Rick]

They better. Just finished Maus, Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise and will be picking up Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search at the library this week. These are not thin comics, but book sized tomes.

[K.M.]

@Hope and Rick: As long as they show up in Goodreads system, yes.

[Rick]

Yea!