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FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
Kristina Simon wrote: " Alycia - post 1184Re: Task 30.1 The genre comics is present on the main page of Wonder Woman: Warbringer.
Genres at review:
GENRES
Fantasy 615 users
Young Adult 504 users
Comics..."
OK, I've requested approval over there. Assuming they agree, I repost for this task? Do I need to reference my approval somehow?
yes - reference the msg number that they approved it in
Wayne wrote: "It looks like we've both made a mistake with my Golden Oldies tickets. On post 239, I didn't claim a ticket for Quicksand, first published 1928. Also, I have claimed 4 GO tickets but h..."Thanks for letting me know, Wayne. I've corrected the spreadsheet and your tickets should be fixed in the next update.
Karen Michele - post 1266Task 25.2, option 2 requires that you indicate the page number where your choice is located on the list when you post. Please repost this task with the required information.
No need to post any of the other tasks in this post. The points for those tasks have already been recorded.
Kristina Simon wrote: " Karen Michele - post 1266Task 25.2, option 2 requires that you indicate the page number where your choice is located on the list when you post. Please repost this task with the required informat..."
So sorry - reposted :)
Pamela3265 - post 1289Task 20.7 requires a book with a minimum of 250 pages. A Twist of Fate has 224 pages.
Lacy Susanne - post 1296Re: Task 20.2 The genre childrens is present on the main page of Akata Witch.
Genres at review:
GENRES
Fantasy 824 users
Young Adult 414 users
Fiction 175 users
Cultural > Africa 104 users
Childrens > Middle Grade 94 users
Fantasy > Magic 85 users
Please review the rules for books with the main page genre childrens or kids: Books Formats #4.
Amarie - post 1321All posts, including reposts, must conform to the Posting Requirements.
Page number issues should be resolved before claiming books in the completed task thread. A print edition, with a verified number of pages, must exist on Goodreads or, if there are no print editions, you must get the books verified for length in the Ebook page verification thread in General Help. If there is a print edition, but no page numbers, you can ask a GRs librarian to verify the number of pages and update the GRs records in the Anyone with librarian status thread in General Help.
Kim O - post 1328Task 25.1, book 1 requires a book first published in 2015. Glass Houses was published in 2017.
Deborah - post 1332Task 20.1, option 2 requires that you state that the series is new to you when you post. Please repost this task with the required information.
frugalitymom - post 1336Task 30.8 requires a combined total of at least 600 pages. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body has 306 pages; The Unfinished World: And Other Stories has 240. 306 + 240 = 546
Maya - post 1348Task 30.7, option 3 requires the 4-word title to contain at least one 4-letter word. The Secret of Magic does not have a 4-letter word in the title so it will not work for this option.
Kayla C - post 1350Task 5.4 requires that you read a book that fits one of the Summer 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. Task 20.4 won't work.
perletwo - post 1384Task 20.8, option 1 requires a book that was first published in January of any year. The edition of The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island you've linked to was published in January, but the book was first published in October so it will not work for this option. Publication info from books main page: Published January 19th 2016 by Doubleday (first published October 8th 2015)
Amy O - post 1400Task 30.7, option 3 states that books with subtitles cannot be used. Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life will not work for this option.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Amy O - post 1400Task 30.7, option 3 states that books with subtitles cannot be used. Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life will not work for thi..."
So sorry, Kristina. Thank you.
Kristina Simon wrote: "perletwo - post 1384Task 20.8, option 1 requires a book that was first published in January of any year. The edition of [book:The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island|25697599..."
PHooey, I was sure i had that one knocked. Found a replacement, will read & repost ASAP.
Kristina Simon wrote: "perletwo - post 1384Task 20.8, option 1 requires a book that was first published in January of any year. The edition of [book:The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island|25697599..."
Reposted.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Kim O - post 1328Task 25.1, book 1 requires a book first published in 2015. Glass Houses was published in 2017."
Reposted
JamminJenny - post 1407Task 25.7 requires a combined page count of at least 500 pages. Please review the rules for using ebooks without print editions: Books Formats #8: Specifically,
ebooks without a print edition cannot be used for tasks requiring a specific number of pages
Pups, Pilots and Peril does not have a print edition listed on Goodreads.
Kristina Simon wrote: " JamminJenny - post 1407Task 25.7 requires a combined page count of at least 500 pages. Please review the rules for using ebooks without print editions: Books Formats #8: Specifically,
ebooks wit..."
Sorry about that. I thought if I got the ebook verified for length it would work.
Jenny wrote: "Sorry about that. I thought if I got the ebook verified for length it would work. "No, sorry. Getting it verified for length only confirms that the book is over 100 pages and can therefore be used in the SRC. It doesn't establish a specific number of pages.
frugalitymom - post 1418Task 20.5, option 4 requires that all the short stories in the book be written by different authors. The Unfinished World: And Other Stories appears to be a collection of short stories by a single author.
Dana - post 1427There is a Dana on the Readerboard, but if your total points for this challenge are correct in this post I suspect this is not you. Please repost this task with your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
Lisa K - post 1431Please review the Posting Requirements before reposting the tasks in this post. Specifically:
12. It's fine to include more than one newly completed task in a post. If you do include more than one task, the tasks must be listed in numerical order, lowest to highest.
Tami - post 1442Re: Task 5.9 - At the time of review, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy does not have the genre Self-Help on its main page.
Genres at review:
GENRES
Nonfiction 104 users
Spirituality 49 users
Religion 28 users
Autobiography > Memoir 27 users
Religion > Faith 21 users
Religion > Christianity 16 users
Audiobook 13 users
Christian 12 users
Writing > Essays 12 users
Adult 9 users
If you got the book pre-approved in the help thread or the genre verification thread, please repost this task with a link to the post in which the book's genre was noted.
Amarie - post 1462Task 10.10 requires a book with a page count between 244 and 334. The paperback edition of A Place in the Sun is 340 pages, which is outside this range and will not work for this task.
Bridgit - post 1476Task 30.2 requires the total page count of the two books to be at least 666 pages. The edition of Degrees of Separation you've linked to has 272 pages and Speaking in Bones has 336 pages. 272 + 336 = 608 pages
Creynard - post 1483Task 30,6 requires that the recipe you use be online and that you provide a link to the recipe or that you indicate you've used the recipe linked in the task when you post. Please repost this task with the required information.
No need to repost any of the other tasks in this post. The points for those tasks have already been recorded.
Catherine T - post 1499Task 20.6, option C is a cover task and requires that you include the cover when you post. Please repost this task with the required element.
Michael - post 1509Re: Golden Oldie ticket for Sleepy Hollow and Other Short Stories -- the SRC moderators go only by the information available on GRs. Since the only publication date listed for this book is 2017, it is not eligible for a GO ticket as the record stands. You may ask a GRs librarian to research and add the first publication date by asking them to do so in the Anyone with librarian status thread in General Help. Once the GRs record is corrected, feel free to post the task again (specifying that the points for the task have already been recorded) and ask for a GO ticket.
Cat - post 1512Please repost this task with your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
Sara ITA - post 1609Task 30.5, option 1 requires that, if the list has multiple pages, you indicate which page(s) the books appear on when you post. Please repost this task with the missing information.
No need to repost the other task in this post. The points for that task have already been recorded.
Barbara ★ - post 1618Task 50.1, option 5 all of the author’s initials (including any middle initials) to be found in SCIENCE FICTION. The End Game was written by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison. While Catherine Coulter works for this option, J.T. Ellison does not.
Catherine T - post 1620Re task 25.7 -- The editions of The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between and O, These Men, These Men you've linked to have 280 pages and 210 pages, respectively. 280 + 210 = 490 pages, not enough to satisfy the 500 page requirement for the task. If you read different editions, please repost this task linking to the exact editions you read.
Ed - post 1625Task 20.7 requires a book with a minimum of 250 pages. The White Steamship does not meet that requirement.
Readerboard name: Christine VI think there is a discrepancy in the record of my Golden Oldie tickets. I have claimed three, but the Readerboard indicates I have two. I claimed one in message 799, and two in message 1575.
Thanks for checking!
Christine wrote: "Readerboard name: Christine VI think there is a discrepancy in the record of my Golden Oldie tickets. I have claimed three, but the Readerboard indicates I have two. I claimed one in message 799,..."
Whoops. Thanks for pointing that out Christine! I've found my mistake and corrected it. Your number of tickets will be corrected in the next update.
EMurphy - post 1659Task 25.7 requires a book whose title/subtitle contains a regular plural noun and one that contains an irregular plural noun. Both of the books you've claimed have regular plural nouns in them. "Girls" is created by adding s and "Stories" changes a y to an i and adding es.
Stephanie - post 1670We have quite a few Stephanies in the challenge. Please repost this task with your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
Chris MD - post 1681From your description, I assume you are claiming 20.7 National Hispanic Heritage Month rather than 20.3. If this is correct, there's no need to repost as I've recorded the points for this task. If this is incorrect, please repost with the correct task number.
Also, task 30.7, option 3 does not allow subtitles. In This Grave Hour: A Maisie Dobbs Novel has the subtitle "A Maisie Dobbs Novel." This issue should be resolved with the help of a GRs librarian before the task is reposted.
@ChrisMD - I removed the incorrect subtitle - you can repost
ella - posts 1700-1703We do not have an Ella on the Readerboard. Please request on in the Readerboard Names thread and repost your tasks with your Readerboard name at the top of your posts.
Shanna_redwind - post 1715Re: Task 25.3 The genre childrens is present on the main page of Mosquitoes of Summer.
Genres at review:
GENRES
Fiction 3 users
Young Adult 1 user
Childrens 1 user
Please review the rules for books with the main page genre childrens or kids: Books Formats #4.
Also, the book has page numbers but not a verified format. Please have a GRs librarian research and change the format to mass market paperback, paperback, hardback, or whatever it is before reposting.
JamminJenny - post 1739Task 20.9, option 3 - The relevance of Inferno is not clear to me from the GR description. Please explain the connection when you repost.
Kristina Simon wrote: " Shanna_redwind - post 1715Re: Task 25.3 The genre childrens is present on the main page of Mosquitoes of Summer.
Genres at review:
GENRES
Fiction 3 users
Young Adult 1 user
Child..."
Well that's unfortunate. It's not on ARBookfinder. *sigh* 9 People since 2010 and that 10th person just had to read it and mark it as childrens just after me.
Samantha - post 1755We have several Samanthas in the challenge. Please repost your task with your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
Also, please review the rules for books with the main page genre childrens or kids: Books Formats #4. This post had part of the required information, but not all of it. Your repost will need to have both the BL and the AR points for you to earn points for the task.
Dee wrote: "@ChrisMD - I removed the incorrect subtitle - you can repost"Thank you. I have reposted. And yes, Search the Dark was supposed to be for 20.7. Just a typo.
Naomi - post 1771Please review the Posting Requirements before posting completed tasks. Specifically:
3. You MUST include a link to the book edition you read and the link must be included along with the specific task posting information.
Please repost your task with the required links.
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Task 30.1, option 2 states that subtitles may not be used for the selected title word and should be ignored. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World will not..."
Wow - I really have managed to misread all the relevant info this season! I shall use it for another task.