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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
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Task 10.10 Golden Oldie ticket
For Golden Oldies: You must specifically request a ticket in the post by claiming "Golden Oldie" and state the original publication year.
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Reposts must be complete including links.
Hint- to copy a post click edit in the post and copy the text to preserve the html code, copying a link does not copy the code.
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Task 20.9 option 2 requires "Identify the heterograph in your title/subtitle and the list and number on the list on which you found the heterography.
Please repost this task with the required information.
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Task 10.3 requires " a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre." and confirmed in the help thread post 14
Victoria genres at review
Historical 63 users
European Literature > British Literature 25 users
Romance 22 users
Adult 21 users
Adult Fiction 20 users
Historical > Victorian 15 users
Literature > 19th Century 11 users
Womens Fiction > Chick Lit 6 users
Young Adult > Coming Of Age 5 users
Audiobook 5 users
See top shelves
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Task 25.10 option 4 requires "a nonfiction book with a main page genre of self-improvement, fitness, nutrition, mental health, education, spiritual, or religion."
The Declutter Code: 10 Simple Steps to Clarity has no genres listed on the main GR page.
See Main Page Genres
Goodreads Author tickets have not been awarded since Fall 2015.
Dlmrose wrote: "TessaVanessa post 1284 and 1286Completed task posts must include a link to the book you read."
Both have been edited. :-)
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Completed task posts must include a link to the book you read."
Both have been edited. :-)"
Please keep in mind that you will have to do a new post for these tasks. The mods do not go back to look at old posts that have been edited.
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Task 30.9 requires " One of the books must be new to you, the other a re-read. In your completed task post, you must indicate which book is new and which is a re-read."
Please repost this task with the required information.
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Task 15.6 requires "state your native language and the original language of the book." Please repost this task with the required information. The other tasks have been recorded.
Post 1385
Task 30.6 option 3. This task has been recorded.
Just FYI- determining page numbers
If you read an ebook, or audiobook use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition.
>If there are multiple editions in a format:
From the editions page (click all editions on the main book page)
Set the Format, beginning with Mass Market Paperback
Set the Sort By as "num ratings"
Use the top edition result to determine the page number for ebooks and audiobooks
If there are no editions in MMPB, reset with Paperback and the same sort (num ratings). If there are no paperback editions, reset with Hardcover and the same sort (num ratings). If there are no print editions the ebook or audiobook may not be used for a task requiring a page number
> If the sort results in a Large Type edition at the top omit that book and move to the next record or format.
> If the sort results in an edition in a language other than English the edition SHOULD be used to establish length.
> If you have any questions about which edition should be used to establish page count please ask for a ruling by a moderator in the season's General Questions Help Thread
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Task 25.5 requires "The total page count for both books MUST be at least 500 pages."
You stated
The Scent of Death
Hardcover, 218 pages 12/14
The Road to Key West
Michael Reisig
Paperback, 236 pages 12/28
218 + 236 = 454 pages
Dlmrose wrote: "Jennie FL post 1382Task 15.6 requires "state your native language and the original language of the book." Please repost this task with the required information. The other tasks have been recorded..."
I have reposted task 15.6.
Thank you for the reminder on the ebook pages.
Dlmrose wrote: "Delicious Dee post 1372Task 30.9 requires " One of the books must be new to you, the other a re-read. In your completed task post, you must indicate which book is new and which is a re-read."
Ple..."
crud! reposting now!
Hi Dimrose In post 1365 I asked about swapping a book from task 5.10 i want to take out A Christmas Carol and replace with Maisie Dobbs. I cannot see a response - this may be because i put the query in the wrong place could you let me know if it should be somewhere else thanks
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The switch was made. If there had been a problem I would have let you know.
Players move books all the time. It is covered in the Posting Requirements:
13. While it is OK to shift books between tasks during a challenge, you must make it clear from which tasks books are being removed and to which tasks they are being added. If you are replacing a book in a 2 book task, you must repost that task completely, including both books for verification purposes.
You can remove a book and use it at a later date.
Dlmrose wrote: "Marie wrote: "Hi Dimrose In post 1365 I asked about swapping a book from task 5.10 i want to take out A Christmas Carol and replace with Maisie Dobbs. I cannot see a respo..."thanks Dimrose i haven't moved books before so i wasn't sure
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Task 5.9 requires "a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5"
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry was first published September 4th 2013.
2013 does not contain a 5.
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There are many Saras in the challenge. Please repost including your Readerboard name. If you need one, you may request it here
Hi Dimrose. I don't see any questions re post 1379 but it appears those points were not included in the midpoint totals. Can you please double check and let me know if there were problems with that post, and if there weren't add those points to my new total? Many thanks.
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Those had been recorded. There is still an outstanding issue in post 138 in this thread.
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Task 20.3 option C requires "a book first published in a year ending with the number 7. " Crow Lake was first published in 2002 Crow Lake Amazon.ca First Novel Award (2002)
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Task 30.9 requires " One of the books must be new to you, the other a re-read. In your completed task post, you must indicate which book is new and which is a re-read."
Please repost this task with the required information.
I found a discrepancy in my own record keeping. In my past post I recorded completing task 15.9. But when I went to back to my own records, I had already marked 15.9. I did a quick search of my readername in this group and found out that way back on Dec. 9, I had posted a 15.9, when in reality I had read a book for 15.8. All the info was correct for 15.8, including the task name, but I had made the silly mistake of writing down 15.9 instead of 15.8.I am simply hoping that you caught my mistake way back when and now have me down as having completed both 15.8 and 15.9.
Sorry to bother you with this. I want to make sure your records are not as messed up as mine.
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No worries, Nick. The Alchemist's Door for 15.8 and Summer of the Drums for 15.9, I knew what you meant when you included all the supporting details.
Your total is 405.
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Task 30.9 requires "One of the books must be new to you, the other a re-read. In your completed task post, you must indicate which book is new and which is a re-read."
and "In your completed task post, indicate the letters used and their number, as in the examples above."
Please repost this task with the required information.
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Task 30.9 book 2 requires "a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history."
Genetic Engineering: Modern Progress or Future Peril? does not have any genres listed.
See Main Page Genres
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Reposts must be complete including links. Please repost this task.
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Task 10.6 Maggie Dove's Detective Agency appears to be an ebook without a print edition. You must have it approved for length in Ebook page verification in General Help.
Your post must include the line number of the approval in the ebook spreadsheet or a link/post number of the post in which the ebook was approved for length.
Dlmrose wrote: "frugalitymom post 1480Task 10.6 Maggie Dove's Detective Agency appears to be an ebook without a print edition. You must have it approved for length in Ebook page verification in G..."
Totally missed that, I'll choose another book
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Big Book post
If you read an ebook, or audiobook use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition.
>If there are multiple editions in a format:
From the editions page (click all editions on the main book page)
Set the Format, beginning with Mass Market Paperback
Set the Sort By as "num ratings"
Use the top edition result to determine the page number for ebooks and audiobooks
If there are no editions in MMPB, reset with Paperback and the same sort (num ratings). If there are no paperback editions, reset with Hardcover and the same sort (num ratings). If there are no print editions the ebook or audiobook may not be used for a task requiring a page number
From posting requirements
If you are claiming a BB ticket, you must include the number of pages in the book. Be sure that the link you provide goes to the edition you actually read, with the correct number of pages. If you used an ebook or an audiobook, include a link to the paper edition used to establish length.
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If you are claiming a big book (or golden oldies ticket), you must explicitly say so in your post - a tally at the bottom is not enough.
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There are many Emilys in the challenge. Please repost including your Readerboard name. If you need one, you may request it here
Task 5.3 Little Women The genre childrens is present on the main page.
genres at review:
Classics 19,416 users
Fiction 5,640 users
Young Adult 2,010 users
Historical Fiction 1,983 users
Romance 1,062 users
Historical 809 users
Literature 804 users
Childrens 799 users
Classics > Classic Literature 520 users
Literature > 19th Century 425 users
Please review the rules for books with the main page genre childrens or kids. Books Formats #4.
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Task 30.4 option 1 requires "a book with an average GR rating above 4.24 (that is, at least 4.25)."
Castles We Build
rating at review
" 4.2 · Rating Details · 10 Ratings · 1 Review"
If you had the rating verified in the Help Thread as suggested please repost with that information.
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Task 25.4 requires " one of your books must have something red on the cover. It can be any object, big or small, including any titles, text, or backgrounds. REQUIRED: Post the cover and point out the object in your post."
Please check your total.
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Task 30.7 book 2 A Matter of Trust appears to be an ebook without a print edition. You must have it approved for length in Ebook page verification in General Help.
Your post must include the line number of the approval in the ebook spreadsheet or a link/post number of the post in which the ebook was approved for length.
Dlmrose wrote: "Allison Ann post 1522Task 30.4 option 1 requires "a book with an average GR rating above 4.24 (that is, at least 4.25)."
Castles We Build
rating at review
" 4.2 · Rating Details ·..."
I knew I shouldn't have waited 24 hours to post. Reposted now.
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Task 15.4 book 1 requires "a book with a question mark "?" and/or one of these interrogative words: who, whose, whom, what, where, when, why, which, how, whether, whence in the title or subtitle."
From FAQ
"F. What about words in titles? If a task calls for the word “back” in a title, can I use a title with “Back-up”? How about “Backstop”?
The default rule is that the word must stand alone in the title, so in the absence of exceptions, neither of these would work.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette "Where'd" is a variation and does not stand alone in the title.
Your Book B, How to Click with People: The Secret to Better Relationships in Business and in Life is non-fiction and contains the word "How". It fulfills the one book option.
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Task 5.4 Signorina Else
If you read an ebook, or audiobook use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition.
>If there are multiple editions in a format:
From the editions page (click all editions on the main book page)
Set the Format, beginning with Mass Market Paperback
Set the Sort By as "num ratings"
Use the top edition result to determine the page number for ebooks and audiobooks
If there are no editions in MMPB, reset with Paperback and the same sort (num ratings). If there are no paperback editions, reset with Hardcover and the same sort (num ratings). If there are no print editions the ebook or audiobook may not be used for a task requiring a page number
The MMP Mademoiselle Else has 94 pages.
This task has been recorded as your one-time use of a book with 80-99 pages.
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There are many Julias in the challenge. Please repost including your Readerboard name. If you need one, you may request it here
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Task 30.6 option 1 requires "a book with an airplane on the cover. This refers to a real airplane, which is a means of transportation. It includes airplanes, biplanes, helicopters, gliders, seaplanes, and jets, but it does not include hot air balloons, blimps, space shuttles, rockets, toy airplanes, paper airplanes, kites, or parachutes.
with a blimp on the cover does not work.
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Task 30.5 book 2 requires "Using the “and” phrase from Book 1, read a book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and” as described below. Words must match exactly."
If using Touch & Go book 2 must begin with the word Touch or Go. A Touch of Midnight begins with A and does not work.
Dlmrose wrote: "lesliesoup post 1588Task 30.5 book 2 requires "Using the “and” phrase from Book 1, read a book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and” as described below. Words must match ex..."
Oh ....tricky : )
Dlmrose wrote: "Julia post 1571There are many Julias in the challenge. Please repost including your Readerboard name. If you need one, you may request it here"
Reposted
TessaVanessaAccording to my records I should be at 195 points.
The post numbers for my challenges are as follows:
Challenge 20.3 Post 1107
Challenge 20.9 Post 1108
Challenge 25.6 Post 1284
Challenge 10.5 Post 1457
Challenge 30.1 Post 1457
Challenge 25.4 Post 1536
Challenge 25.8 Post 1537
Challenge 30.2 Post 1599
Challenge 10.4 Post 1600
Thank you for looking at this.
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According to my records I should be at 195 points.
The post numbers for my challenges are as follows:
Challenge 20.3 Post 1107
Challenge 20.9 Post 1108
Challenge 25.6 Post 1284
Chal..."
You edited the post:
message 1457: by Tess (last edited Jan 17, 2017 04:59AM) Jan 16, 2017 06:35AM
If you edited the post to add a task we NEVER go back to previous posts. You must always make a new post.
In post 1457 your tasks were not listed in task number order. I should have rejected the entire post. Since you pointed it out I have removed 30.1 from your total as well.
Please repost the tasks in task number order.
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Task 30.3 option 5 requires "a book with the main page genre of Dogs, Animals, or Wolves."
The Call of the Wild genres at review
Fiction 2,743 users
Classics 1,026 users
Young Adult 636 users
Historical Fiction 400 users
Literature 399 users
See top shelves…
If you had the genre verified please repost with that information.
Note: if the genre returns the genre childrens may return with it and requires ARBookFinder scores
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Task 20.3 You already claimed Unwind earlier in the post for task 5.3. Books may only be used one time per challenge.
Dlmrose wrote: "Camilla post 1629Task 20.3 You already claimed Unwind earlier in the post for task 5.3. Books may only be used one time per challenge."
Sorry, my bad, will repost.
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Included the incorrect task number. 20.7/25.8 Reposting.
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Task 15.8 Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus appears to be an ebook without a print edition. You must have it approved for length in Ebook page verification in General Help.
Your post must include the line number of the approval in the ebook spreadsheet or a link/post number of the post in which the ebook was approved for length.