The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
FALL CHALLENGE 2017
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
MegD - post 2150Re: Task 10.10 -- The only editions of Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars that fit the prescribed page range are ebooks. Ebook page numbers are not used to establish specific number of pages in the SRC. Please review the rules for determining page count when using ebooks/audiobooks: Books Formats #7.
Task 20.1, option 2 requires that you state that the series is new to you when you post. Please repost this task including the required statement.
Task 20.4, option 2 requires that you include the cover when you post. Please repost this task including the required element.
For task 25.6 Natural Wonders, option 1, "South America, India, Asia or the South Sea Islands" - does that include Papua New Guinea? I read Euphoria and wondered if that would fit this task.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Sara G - post 2128Re: Task 25.1 -- The one book option for this task must satisfy both holidays, meaning the book must be first published in 2015 AND have a word in the title that is also a word ..."
Sorry, I misread the task! I'll fit the book in somewhere else.
Stephanie (Librarianish) wrote: "For task 25.6 Natural Wonders, option 1, "South America, India, Asia or the South Sea Islands" - does that include Papua New Guinea? I read Euphoria and wondered if that would fit this task."you should ask this in the task specific help thread
Dee wrote: you should ask this in the task specific help thread Sorry about that, thanks!
Claire - post 2164re: Task 5.10 -- No Place Like Oz appears to be an ebook without a print edition. You must have it approved for length in Ebook page verification in General Help.
Your repost should 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.
Delicious Dee - post 2166Re: Task 20.4 The genre childrens is present on the main page of Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland.
Genres at review:
GENRES
Nonfiction 96 users
History 55 users
Science 23 users
Historical 15 users
History > Archaeology 13 users
Childrens 13 users
Task 20.4 explicitly restricts the use of children's books. If you decide to use the book for a different task, please review the rules for books with the main page genre childrens or kids: Books Formats #4 and include the required information in your repost.
LaureY - post 2180Re: Task 15.3 -- It is standard SRC policy that moderators go by a book's Goodreads record. The author listed for A Conjuring of Light is V.E. Schwab. I'm aware this is a pseudonym, however, for a book to work for a specific author name, the name must appear on the book's main page.
Katy - posts 2189We have several Katys in the challenge. You will need to request a unique Readerboard name in the Readerboard Names thread. Post 3 in that thread can give you more guidance.
Also, please 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.
Once your Readerboard name is all set up, please go back to the Completed Tasks thread and repost your tasks, with the required links, so your points can be recorded.
Kristina Simon wrote: " Patricia - post 2130Re: Task 20.4 -
I don't see a yellow object on this cover, only a multi-colored one. If you've had this cover approved in the help thread, pleas..."Ok, I will just assign this book to another task. Thanks.
Nick KY - post 2233Blood Work does not appear to have a print edition with verified page numbers listed on Goodreads. You will need to have the page number issue resolved before reposting. You can do this by asking a GRs librarian to verify the number of pages and update the GRs records in the Anyone with librarian status thread in General Help.
Amy O - post 2245Re: Task 20.3 The genre "childrens" is present on the main page of Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child: Eliminating Conflict by Establishing Clear, Firm, and Respectful Boundaries.
Genres at review:
GENRES
Parenting 71 users
Nonfiction 26 users
Self Help 13 users
Childrens 6 users
Family 6 users
If the book is clearly not a children's book, you may post in the Not Really For Kids Books thread in General Help to get approval to use the book for tasks that otherwise would not allow them. If the book is approved, you need to include the post # that contains the approval when you repost.
LaureY - post 2250Task 30.7, option 3 requires that one of the words in the 4-word title be a 4-letter word. A Conjuring of Light does not contain a 4-letter word.
Amanda A - post 2260Re: Task 10.2 - Made for Me does not appear to have a verified print edition on Goodreads. You will need to have the ebook approved for length in the Ebook page verification thread in General Help or have a GRs librarian verify the number of pages in a print edition and update the GRs records. You can ask a librarian to do this in the Anyone with librarian status thread in General Help.
Re: Task 50.1 - Wait for Me has the same issue as above.
Please repost these tasks once the books have been verified for length and/or the print editions have been updated.
Kayla C - post 2264Task 30.8, option B requires that you read one book from BookRiot's Best Books of 2017 (so far) list and one book from BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels list. The Hate U Give and The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women are both on the same list.
Daire - post 2280Re: Task 30.3 - Standard policy of SRC is to go by the Goodreads record for a book. Since the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity is listed as Kim Malone Scott, the author's initials are considered to be KMS. So, no, sorry, the book will not work for option 2 of this task.
Cait S - post 2295You've already claimed task 20.7 in post 877 on Oct 01, 2017.
Blueberry - post 2299Sweet Thursday works for task 10.1, but it was first published in 1954. The cut off for Golden Oldie tickets is 1950 so it won't work for a GO ticket.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Cait S - post 2295You've already claimed task 20.7 in post 877 on Oct 01, 2017."
Whoops! My bad. Thanks :)
ANGIE CA - post 2303Re: Task 10.3 - The Rebel Spy doesn't appear to have a print edition. I don't think I've missed your approval notation. Please repost this task with 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.
BlueberryI believe my Golden Oldie count should be 4 after removing 2 during the season that didn't qualify.
Murder on the Orient Express
Farewell, My Lovely
Persuasion
The Big Sleep
Cara - post 2311Task 20.6, option C requires that you include the cover when you post. Instructions for doing this can be found in the Add Book/Author & Add Cover thread in General Help. Please repost this task with the required element.
Kristina Simon wrote: "ANGIE CA - post 2303Re: Task 10.3 - The Rebel Spy doesn't appear to have a print edition. I don't think I've missed your approval notation. Please repost this task with the line n..."
I'm not sure what happened, but it was there when I posted the task. So I added it back so it's there now. Do I still need to repost?
hey Kristina - its weird - i see no other editions but when i click on the link there is one for The Rebel Spy (maybe a caching issue)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Dee wrote: "hey Kristina - its weird - i see no other editions but when i click on the link there is one for The Rebel Spy (maybe a caching issue)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3..."
That is weird. Thanks, Dee.
Angie wrote: " Do I still need to repost?"Yes, please. It's much easier for the mods if we don't have to go backward in the completed task thread. Thanks!
Blueberry wrote: "BlueberryI believe my Golden Oldie count should be 4 after removing 2 during the season that didn't qualify.
Murder on the Orient Express
Farewell, My Lovely
[book:Pers..."
Found and fixed. I had you on there twice (and out of alphabetical order). I've fixed the spreadsheet so your two totals should be combined in the next update. Thanks for letting me know!
Kristina Simon wrote: "Angie wrote: " Do I still need to repost?"Yes, please. It's much easier for the mods if we don't have to go backward in the completed task thread. Thanks!"
No problem. Although I found the problem, I think. The book page only shows the Kindle edition, but says "Other Editions (1) None Found." But clicking on All Editions shows that there is a paperback.
Angie wrote: "Kristina Simon wrote: "Angie wrote: " Do I still need to repost?"Yes, please. It's much easier for the mods if we don't have to go backward in the completed task thread. Thanks!"
No problem. Alt..."
Thanks, Angie. I'll click on the All Editions when I get to it.
SocialPsySteph - post 2324Task 20.4, option 2 requires that the entire title be written in yellow, not just part of it.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Blueberry wrote: "BlueberryI believe my Golden Oldie count should be 4 after removing 2 during the season that didn't qualify.
Murder on the Orient Express
[book:Farewell, My Lovel..."
Thank you.
Jasmiina F - post 2358Re: Task 50.1, option 2 - Reaper Man did not have the required main page genre of "Fantasy" at time of review.
Genres at review:
Fiction 761 users
Humor 739 users
Humor > Comedy 247 users
If you got the genre preapproved in the task help thread or genre verification thread, please repost this task with a link to the approval post.
Task 50.1, option 3 requires that you identify the object when you post as well as including the cover.
Sara - post 2363We have several Saras in the Challenge. Please repost your tasks with your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
PAULA S - post 2368Task 20.7 requires a book with a minimum of 250 pages. Killer Salsa has 184 pages.
Pamela3265 - post 2387Task 25.5 requires books with a total length of no less than 500 pages. The edition of The Painted Veil you've linked to has 246 pages. Twin Peril has 224 pages. 246 + 224 = 470 pages.
perletwo - post 2393Re: Task 15.3 - Please review the rules for using isolated work fond within an "omnibus": Books Formats #11: Specifically,
you MUST include a link to the book (isbn/asin) that you read AND provide a link to a separately published work that relates to the isolated title.
Please repost this task with the required element.
Kayla C - post 2396Task 15.2 specifically states that the he authors' names must use two different initial letters. The pairing of Marissa Meyer and Melanie Mühl will not work because their names begin with the same initial letters.
Kristina Simon wrote: " perletwo - post 2393Re: Task 15.3 - Please review the rules for using isolated work fond within an "omnibus": Books Formats #11: Specifically,
you MUST include a link to the book (isbn/asin) tha..."
dangit, i knew i was gonna get that wrong...
Reposted.
Laure - post 2419Task 50.1, option 3 requires that you include the cover when you post as well as identifying the object. Please repost this task with the required element and your Readerboard name at the top of your post.
Oma1229 - post 2428A String in the Harp has the genre "childrens" on its main page at review.
GENRES
Fantasy 95 users
Young Adult 46 users
Fiction 30 users
Childrens 20 users
Please repost this task with the required information for children's books.
SALLY M - post 2436None of your links are working in your post. The Add Book/Author & Add Cover thread in General Help might be helpful. Please repost your tasks with working links.
JamminJenny - post 2437Task 30.8 requires a combined total of at least 600 pages. The total number of pages in the books you've posted: 317+195=512
CathyG - post 2438Task 15.4 - In order for a book to work for the one book option, ALL of the letters in the title must be found in STRANGER THINGS. The title Here is Greenwood, Vol. 1 includes Vol. 1. There is no V in STRANGER THINGS.
Task 25.5, option 1 specifically states: All initials count, including middle ones. There is no J in SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIVE to match Sarah J. Maas.
LaureY - post 2447Re: Task 30.8 - A Conjuring of Light is not on The Sword and Laser bookshelf. The only V.E. Schwab book on there is A Darker Shade of Magic.
Delicious Dee - post 2461Task 30.6, option A allows only for plurals and singulars but no other variations. Sugar's not a plural, it's a contraction.
Cindie - post 2477Re: Task 25.7 - I don't believe Sapiens is a regular plural noun. I can't find any evidence of the singular, "sapien."
Tami - post 2510re: Task 5.10 -- 48 Hours 'Til Christmas appears to be an ebook without a print edition. You must have it approved for length in Ebook page verification in General Help.
Your repost should 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.
Kristina Simon wrote: " LaureY - post 2447Re: Task 30.8 - A Conjuring of Light is not on The Sword and Laser bookshelf. The only V.E. Schwab book on there is [book:A Darker Shade of Mag..."
I've got to start laughing at this (histerically!) - I've tried that book for three different tasks and none of them have worked! It's jinxed. :D
Kristina Simon wrote: "Delicious Dee - post 2461Task 30.6, option A allows only for plurals and singulars but no other variations. Sugar's not a plural, it's a contraction."
as we can see, i apparently failed grammar school :)
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