Questions, Suggestions and Feedback

[Julesy]

Genevieve wrote: "Yes I will take it if it is tagged both separately or as one"

Wonderful, thank you!

[Rue]

Does fan fiction count for the challenge reads?
Do they have to appear on GR to count?
Or can it still work with links and a high enough word count?

[JoAnne]

Rue wrote: "Does fan fiction count for the challenge reads?
Do they have to appear on GR to count?
Or can it still work with links and a high enough word count?"

It needs to appear on GR to count.

[Anne]

Are we going to do a spring season quarterly?

[JoAnne]

Anne wrote: "Are we going to do a spring season quarterly?"

Yes, I forgot it started yesterday and on top of that I have been having internet problems again! I dearly miss Spectrum Cable!!!

[Anne]

Thank you! move back!

[JoAnne]

I wish! 💙💙💙

I had to restart the modem 5 times yesterday. I can't believe that everything went well when I started doing GR stuff last night.

[Barb]

Time for a new modem?

[JoAnne]

Barb wrote: "Time for a new modem?"

It's the wires outside. They are OLD. When they "fix" it, it's always down the road. Who knows how long they have been here? My grandparents and great-grandparents bought this land in 1943. I'm assuming they had a phone back then because when Dad retired and we moved back here in 78, their phone was really old and heavy - probably made from metal, if I'm remembering correctly.

[Barb]

It stinks that there's nothing you can do about it. Do enough of your neighbors have problems that you could band together and ask them to fix it?

[Anne]

I don't know how cellular is there but Verizon and TMobile both now offer home internet. I have friends using TMobile and love it

[JoAnne]

We can't get anything other than Verizon. We have to have a landline to get DSL. There is cable near us but they won't pay the price to run cable for one or two houses. We have T Mobile for cell phones but the home internet won't work. I don't know if we are in a dead zone because we can't get other options like Hughes Net either. Country life!

[Bridget]

I read a lot of ebooks. For challenges that you need to state the page number of whatever your are looking for, how does that work with an ebook? I read on my phone and make the font pretty big so a 300 page book would probably be around 1000 on my phone.
Thanks!

[Genevieve]

Bridget wrote: "I read a lot of ebooks. For challenges that you need to state the page number of whatever your are looking for, how does that work with an ebook? I read on my phone and make the font pretty big so ..."

I usually go with what GR says. If you click on the book it usually says how many pages are there.

[Bridget]

Thanks!

[Susan A]

Bridget wrote: "I read a lot of ebooks. For challenges that you need to state the page number of whatever your are looking for, how does that work with an ebook? I read on my phone and make the font pretty big so ..."


For a word search, I change the settings on my reader to % and use the % as the location, as the page number often won't make sense. And as Genevieve said, for the page count of the book, I use whatever GR says - -I usually just go with the default, unless the group has a different rule.

[Bridget]

Thanks, Susan!

[Kendra]

For spell out challenges, can we use the author's actual name even if they write under a pen name? I assume not, but I thought I'd check in case I'm wrong.

[JoAnne]

Kendra wrote: "For spell out challenges, can we use the author's actual name even if they write under a pen name? I assume not, but I thought I'd check in case I'm wrong."

Is the name listed on the book's main page? If so, I'd say yes.

I know Sawyer Bennett wrote under more than one name and they show both names on some of the book pages.

[Kendra]

It's T. Kingfisher a.k.a Ursula Vernon. She uses her real name for her YA stuff, and Kingfisher for her adult stuff. It's the first line in the bio. Does that count?

[JoAnne]

Kendra wrote: "It's T. Kingfisher a.k.a Ursula Vernon. She uses her real name for her YA stuff, and Kingfisher for her adult stuff. It's the first line in the bio. Does that count?"

It would only count if they were both listed on the book's main page.
Like this book - Ain't He Precious?
It lists Juliette Poe, Sawyer Bennett.

[Kendra]

Gotcha. I was just asking cuz I need a U. Back to the drawing board.

[Katharina]

The Goodness Gracious Great Genres Challenge says: "Read one book from a series you have started and not finished."

Do you have to read the books in order? I have previously read book #1 of a series and plan to read book #0.5 now. Does this count for the challenge? Thanks.

[TLC Mods, Mod Acct]

Katharina wrote: "The Goodness Gracious Great Genres Challenge says: "Read one book from a series you have started and not finished."

Do you have to read the books in order? I have previously read book #1 of a seri..."

Yes, that book would count for any challenge in this group. We do not have a page minimum. Yes, you may use that book for the challenge you mentioned - it's probably from Clean It Out. :)

[Katharina]

Yes, it is. Thank you!

[Denise]

Thank you to the mods for all the great challenges in this group. I just found the group about a month ago and I'm glad I did.

[JoAnne]

Thanks Denise!

[Andrea]

Denise wrote: "Thank you to the mods for all the great challenges in this group. I just found the group about a month ago and I'm glad I did."

Hi, Denise! Welcome to the group!

[Michele]

I just want to give a big shout out and thank you to our moderators for what a great job they do with the Lost Challenge group. I think it is by far the best one out there and I look forward each month to my favorites and also to see what they have come up with for the future. I appreciate so much that when we finish a challenge our badges just so up in the Hall of Fame. Awesome!!
Again thank you for all you do and know that i appreciate all of your hard work and commitment to TLC.
Thank you😁 Thank you📚Thank you❤️

[JoAnne]

Thank you, Michele!

[Kendra]

Could one of the mods temporarily open the announcement thread so I could set my notifications for it. Please and thank you 🙏

[Kendra]

Michele wrote: "I just want to give a big shout out and thank you to our moderators for what a great job they do with the Lost Challenge group. I think it is by far the best one out there and I look forward each m..."

+1 ♥️♥️♥️

[JoAnne]

Kendra wrote: "Could one of the mods temporarily open the announcement thread so I could set my notifications for it. Please and thank you 🙏"

DO you mean where we post the new challenges??

[Kendra]

Yep. I keep my notifications for only a few threads. I've got it set now, so I'll know when you post new challenges. Thank you.

[JoAnne]

Kendra wrote: "Yep. I keep my notifications for only a few threads. I've got it set now, so I'll know when you post new challenges. Thank you."

No problem!

[Richard]

Hi there, I have a question about the monthly Scattergories challenges. My apologies if this has already been asked & answered, it may take time for my autistic brain to catch up.

When it comes to the Location prompt, do we just name the place/setting without proof from the text?

[JoAnne]

Richard wrote: "Hi there, I have a question about the monthly Scattergories challenges. My apologies if this has already been asked & answered, it may take time for my autistic brain to catch up.

When it comes t..."

Yes, the book needs to be set in that place. Not a mention in the book. Like this month the letter is G, I read a book set in Green Valley.

[Richard]

Okay thank you for explaining. Also, I'm struggling in life right now, so thank you for not being mean.

[Andrea]

Hang in there, Richard! I pray those struggles ease up for you soon.

[Genevieve]

Belated as this is thanks for the support you guys were saying a month of so go. Helping run this group is a lot of fun.

[Richard]

Andrea wrote: "Hang in there, Richard! I pray those struggles ease up for you soon."

Thanks Andrea. Much appreciated.

[Susan A]

Regarding Explore 2025. I am considering whether or not to join.


If the suggested book is later in a series, can I read book #1, or wherever I am in the series?

Example:
Round Up the Usual Peacocks was recommended It is book #31 of a series I've read none of.

Thanks for your help

[JoAnne]

Susan A wrote: "Regarding Explore 2025. I am considering whether or not to join.


If the suggested book is later in a series, can I read book #1, or wherever I am in the series?

Example:
[book:Round Up the Usual..."

Yes, you can read the first book in the series or wherever you are instead! :)

[Catsalive]

Just FYI, your January Announcement & Broadcast are pointing to the archived New Challenge thread.

[JoAnne]

Catsalive wrote: "Just FYI, your January Announcement & Broadcast are pointing to the archived New Challenge thread."

Thank you I forgot to tell Penni I changed it!!

[Giacomina the Snail]

Hi... first time here! I just wanted to ask you if for challenges about a book's first publication date you verify it on Goodreads or on the Internet. For this book, for example Apeirogon, Goodreads and the Internet say different things. So I'm wondering if it will count as published in september 2019 (Goodreads) or in february 2020 (Internet).
Another thing: I'm about to start a book (La crepa e la luce), which is available only in Italian, so does it still count for your reading challenges or you only accept english books?

[JoAnne]

Giacomina the Snail wrote: "Hi... first time here! I just wanted to ask you if for challenges about a book's first publication date you verify it on Goodreads or on the Internet. For this book, for example [book:Apeirogon|500..."

For dates and such, we use what is on Goodreads. Your books can be in any language. :)

[Giacomina the Snail]

Thank you, JoAnne <3

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Will The Title Search Challenge be returning this year? In the past in started in April.

[JoAnne]

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Will The Title Search Challenge be returning this year? In the past in started in April."

Yes, it will be posted in June.