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[°~Amy~°]

Julia Child is a HUGE historical figure in the food industry (and home cooking) so she would definitely count!

[GailW]

sorry if this question has been asked before, but I can't find anything and my book club is having a debate about Goodreads and audiobooks - do audiobooks count for both total # books read and for challenges?

[Anastasia]

I count them, but it is up to each individual.
One way to think of it is, if you were unable to sight read wouldn't this be reading? Reading Braille is also reading. Some formats are just easier for some people at different times.

[Sophie]

Most members definitely count them. Some of us also count graphic novels and children books!

[Zaz]

I also agree that audiobooks are books, I don't see the point in defining reading as something you have to do with your eyes. Kids start reading when you read to them, not when they learn their letters. And there are many people who can't read with their eyes/brain or have no time to open a book (but plenty of time to listen it).

As for the challenges, listening takes more time than actually reading, so it's more challenging to listen than to read ;)

[GailW]

Thanks all! I actually do both - I'm an avid book reader but with a total commute each day of 1 1/2 hours, I am enjoying the audiobooks, which I never thought I would. I find myself listening to books that I likely would never take the time to read (Alexander Hamilton for example).

[Valerie]

Now that Goodreads has enabled us to record that we have read a book more than once, I am experiencing a problem. Books I have just finished and have read only once are showing up as read twice. How can I correct this situation? Even if I eliminate them from my "read" list, they still show up double in my Goodread's Challenge List. Annoying at best!

[Sophie]

It happened to me a few times when I got things mixed up with editions. On the book page, right from "My activity", click on the grey "Edit" button. On the new page you'll be able to remove any "Date line" with the cross on the right, and/or reset the actual number below.

I hope my explanations are understandable ;)

[Silvia]

I read that now we can make comments in the progress post. Is this a rule for the 2018 challenge or are we allowed to do it now?

[Katie]

Silvia, you are allowed to do that starting now.

[Silvia]

Cool! :)

[Perri]

I know I read it somewhere, now I can't find the links to the past years ATY lists

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I'm on mobile at work but they're all linked in the 1st suggestion thread!

[°~Amy~°]

2017 ATY Challenge

2016 ATY Challenge

2015 we used the Popsugar Challenge, but here is that list as well:
2015 ATY/Popsugar Challange list

[Perri]

Thanks Amy and Laura. I just looked and A Book About Mental Illness is listed in 2016 and seconded for this year. So it's OK to use old, recent choices?

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Were going to have half the polls devoted to new suggestions. Since it's a new process for some and we're already doing the "seconding" system for the first time, we'll have the next round devoted to new themes. So all even numbered polls will be for new suggestions.

Old themes are okay for the first poll :)

[Zaz]

The 2016 and 2017 lists are still in Mod Corner and will stay there, there are also the past suggestions that didn't win:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

You can also find the challenges similar to our (Popsug and Bookriot) in Infinity & Beyond folder, at "what you can post here":
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Silvia]

Perri wrote: "Thanks Amy and Laura. I just looked and A Book About Mental Illness is listed in 2016 and seconded for this year. So it's OK to use old, recent choices?"

I was going to make the exact same question about "A book by an author who writes under at least two different names", but I already saw the answer here :)

[Valerie]

I have been religiously recording my reading of When the Rains Come: A Naturalist’s Year in the Sonoran Desert by John Alcock. Its details are incorrent, as I have read past the advertised last page only to find there are 32 pages divided into 7 short chapters left in the book. Is there a way to get this corrected/updated? It is an error, as the ISBN is the same as the one shown for this book.

[Valerie]

Maybe "Infinity and beyond" is the answer to my question. I am working on reading my 47 and 48 book for the 2017 challenge. Soon I will finish the challenge. For the Goodreads challenge, I have set my goal for 104 books. I am wondering if I can add books to the various weeks of this challenge and end up with more than 52 books. For instance, if I read a book by a new to me author, can I add this to my list. If I read another book by a favorite author can I add that...or should I just do my 52 and forget about the other books.

[Kelly]

I am not a moderator but I know for myself I just put side reads in its own list. I have read about 73 books and hope to finish 100+ as well! ;) but enjoy picking books I want to read rather than only following prompts.

[Zaz]

Valerie > if you duplicate reads for the AtY RC prompts, you can add the books to your plan. Side-reads can go on a comment in your plan topic, if you want to share them. Other list challenges go on Infinity.

[Jessica]

Hopefully I can post this help question here. I was trying to add a comment to one of the progress posts, but it refuses to italicize correctly. Is anyone else having that issue? I'm using the html they say to with but my entire comment is becoming italicized rather than just the questions as I wrote it. I haven't had any issues with this on my previous 18 comments! So I'm getting frustrated. Am I missing something???

[Perri]

With ten books left until I reach my goal, I was wondering how you all celebrate. like is there an end of the year party? A frame-able certificate? I'm kidding, but is there anything more special than just typing Done?

[Bryony]

I was just wondering if there will be another readathon sometime this year? The last one was lots of fun. I thought I had seen something about another readathon with some team challenges, but now I can't find anything about that.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

We haven't scheduled a date for the read-a-thon but there will definitely be at least one more this year.

We'll be sure to post an announcement once we know more :)

[Bryony]

Thanks Laura, looking forward to it!

[Penny]

I'm not sure why Julia Child would be historical fiction. She's a chef, isn't she? Unless there's a different one.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I would argue that historical fiction can reference any important times in history and a lot of people would consider her a historical figure. It just depends on what industry you're focusing on when you determine historical figures.

Is there a reason why you're asking?

[Penny]

Going back to the top message that randomly came up on a thread that I thought I was following on to, but it kind of got off topic. Clearly it went to the wrong place, so apologies for that. But, I am still curious - where is the fiction in Julia Child?

[Bryony]

Penny, isn't the prompt just to read a book about a historical figure, meaning it could be fiction or non-fiction?

[Penny]

Aha! My error. Thanks.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Can someone point me in the direction of the thread that you're referring to?

Also, just for clarification, even if it's about a real historical figure, books tend to take creative liberties with what actually happened. So that's when it would go into the fiction realm.

[Penny]

It's right at the top of this thread, and had I read it properly I could have saved you some time!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Ohhh whoops. It was long enough ago that the conversation totally slipped the mind.

[Miranda]

Would Everything That Makes You be considered a dual timeline book?

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

It sounds like it would be. If I'm understanding it correctly, it presents the story of the girl if the accident had or hadn't happened. So to me, that would be dual timeline.

[Miranda]

Laura wrote: "It sounds like it would be. If I'm understanding it correctly, it presents the story of the girl if the accident had or hadn't happened. So to me, that would be dual timeline."

Thanks!

[Jennifer]

My question is, when is the next read a thon?

[Katie]

Funny you should ask because we mods just started talking about this. It will be later this month so be on the lookout for announcements about it coming soon.

[Charity]

Is there a rule to limit the number of times the same suggestion can be submitted as a prompt?

[Zaz]

Not really, but after 3 times, the chances that the suggestion will win are very low.

[Perri]

I have a question in preparation of the read-a-thon. Are we competing in teams to get books read and if so do they have to start and finish during that timeline?

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I think the rule in the past has been that a book can count if it was at less than 50% finished at the start of the read-a-thon.

The team aspect will be a Bingo challenge, similar to the ones in the past: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Miranda]

For NYT best-seller does it have to be the number 1 or just something that has been on the list? (Ex. One of Us is Lying or Crazy House both on ya hardcover list.)

[Zaz]

Just something or someone on the list :)

[Miranda]

Zaz wrote: "Just something or someone on the list :)"

Awesome!! Thanks!

[Maria]

For the topic read a book based on a myth, does mythical creatures count as well? For example a book with vampires?

[Sophie]

Yes I think we can consider vampires are a myth!

[Silvia]

I was checking the list with the 49 categories we have so far and I want to know if I have clear the difference between these two:

- A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
- 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #3 Water

I know the second one says that the water can be in the title, cover, content, setting, author name, etc, but the first one is just setting. So, as I understand, the first one is included in the second one. Therefore a book that can works for the first one can work for the second, but not necessarily viceversa.

Am I right? Or there is more differences between them that I haven't notice yet?