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I was just wondering if I could add my poetry collections I'm reading each month to the spread sheet. Do we have rules for poetry collections? Do they count at all?
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I don't see why they wouldn't, unless the rules state otherwise, but I definitely think that the words per page would be a lot less than any of the YA books I've read. At least that's true for any of the poetry collections that I read. In other challenges I do for other groups they usually count for 1/4 the page count.
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Maybe I'm thinking of old-timey poetry that is basically paragraphs of text set to a rhythm...
Thank you guys so much for your input. I think I will not count them to make sure to play by the rules. ;)
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You could count them and mark them as graphic novel? So you still get some points. That's 1/4 page count isn't it?
I added The Raven and Other Poems in January. Took me almost a month to get through. Poetry can be much harder to read than average fantasy.
I rarely read poetry, but when I do, it takes me longer to read a poem than a page of a novel. To count it as a graphic novel would be a shame, in my opinion. I would be ok with people counting them as a normal book.
I will let the mods discuss this one.
Miche wrote: "I rarely read poetry, but when I do, it takes me longer to read a poem than a page of a novel. To count it as a graphic novel would be a shame, in my opinion. I would be ok with people counting t..."
Agreed.
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Ok, sounds reasonable to me. I will add them to the spread sheet.
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As this is a team challenge, it's 100% dependent on routine participation. New signups require a minimum of 100 group comments to be considered and every participant will have to check in with their team leader periodically to maintain their place on the team. This part is important -> The 100 comment rule is a base we use to evaluate whether or not someone will be added to a team. Generally, it takes several weeks engaging participation to meet this minimum comment count. If you join the group and try to spam comments just to meet the minimum, your application to join the challenge might pend long enough for us to see you're going to stick around and interact long-term.
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Yanique wrote: "I really wish I could add all of the science reading I do to this competition. I read journal articles daily and today alone I read 6 journals....."I don't add articles, but I do add all the non-fantasy books I read for job-related reasons.
So I got Marvel Unlimited this week and read like 60 comics. Do I have to enter them all separately on the spreadsheet or can I just enter them on one line with the sum of the pages?
I think you can just enter them on one line. That's what Petrik and I are doing for mangas :)
Awesome that is so much less frustrating.
I would enter them in 1 line
Do we have a deadline for entering points? I guess there will be a few days for everyone to update their sheets before the scores become official?
Sir Anni wrote: "Do we have a deadline for entering points? I guess there will be a few days for everyone to update their sheets before the scores become official?"Good question. In the last few months I kept updating mine at the end of the month because I wasn't able to do it in between. I use the phone GR app 99% of the time and the spreadsheet cannot be updated from there. Would that pose a problem in the future? If yes then I'll need to organise myself better and update it more often.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "Competition ends on Halloween... feel free to stop inputting points NOW... 😈"I could, but do you think that would be enough for you and your bunch of poultry to gain second place? 😜
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That's a good question Anni! I assume the deadline for what we can count as points is books finished by midnight 31st? Or will there be another deadline?
Siobhan wrote: "That's a good question Anni! I assume the deadline for what we can count as points is books finished by midnight 31st? Or will there be another deadline?"That's how I get it too, I guess everyone takes his own timezone's midnight? But I don't think everyone will add the points immediatly, so I was wondering if there's a deadline at which all sheets must be up to date or won't count otherwise?
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She means final spreadsheet numbers, not final reading time... final reading time is Halloween midnight,
@Anni: I'd say a couple days, to a week at the latest, probably... it mostly matters for Year 2 Drafting... while those of us who care to keep using the spreadsheet have plans to cut off anything from November/December, I assume the mods will take a "snapshot" by copying the spreadsheet to their personal Google Drives for posterity while drafting...
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Timelord Iain wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "That's a good question Anni! I assume the deadline for what we can count as points is books finished by midnight 31st? Or will there be another deadline?"She means final spreadshe..."
I knew what she meant. That's why I said that I'd assumed the deadline for what counts as points, not entering points. No need to "obviously" me... It might have been up for debate! XD
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Sorry for the tone... sometimes my fingers get ahead of my mouth, and then I don't proofread how it might sound in text enough....
Timelord Iain wrote: "Sorry for the tone... sometimes my fingers get ahead of my mouth, and then I don't proofread how it might sound in text enough.... "I can't be the only one that chuckled reading that, right? :p
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I can't be the only one that chuckled rea..."
I think I just proved my own point :)
Hahaha the bold strikes again 😅Don't worry about it mate, I was in full on grouch mode at work when I read it and also let me fingers get ahead of my rational brain! 😂
Virginie wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Sorry for the tone... sometimes my fingers get ahead of my mouth, and then I don't proofread how it might sound in text enough.... "I can't be the only one that chuckled reading that, right?"
@Virginie...😂😂😂
And then there are the things other ppl say to him....such as...these are ACTUAL unedited comments addressed to the Doctor but **names have been changed to protect the (innocently) culpable**
Gigi wrote: "@timelord lain
you go in deep man"
Mimi wrote: "Are you from some fantasy world?"
And THEN there is also you + me + Anni...in fact, gotta wonder how Iain survives daily in this tripwired minefield, no?
Altho' if I were a dude, Gin, and a beautiful womam asked me (with a breathless hitch in her voice) whether or not I was from a phantasy world...my first impulse wouldn't be to *snort* tell her the truth.
Nooooo...I will merely smile a secret smile and let an unnamed sadness flit over my noble brow...haha...
*KICK*
Darn, I was totally saving these two SPLENDID inspiring source materials for a truly stupendous occasion...but considering how Brother just crushed the tourney + I am in Evil Mood today, I thought I will just place him a few random disconnected kicks around the threads...like a trashy toilet paper chain...
Zaara wrote: "Gigi wrote: "@timelord lain
you go in deep man""
😂😂😂
Yeah when I saw I was chortling alllllll over the place....and how Finbar actually managed to keep a straight face and seriosuly reply......😂😂😂😂😂
@Iain - they got you cornered brother!! 😂🤣😂 I'm looking forward to your comeback. :Dyou go in deep man 😂🤣😂
Zaara wrote: "Altho' if I were a dude, Gin, and a beautiful womam asked me (with a breathless hitch in her voice) whether or not I was from a phantasy world...my first impulse wouldn't be to *snort* tell her the truth.Nooooo...I will merely smile a secret smile and let an unnamed sadness flit over my noble brow...haha...
*KICK*"
😂😂😂
Yup, that's the normal reaction!
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you go in deep man
😂🤣😂"
You gotta go deep, when dealing with wet pumps... right Virginie? (I had to go digging in the archives for the appropriate reference)
Oh boy! Those pumps... 😂😂😂This was during the "we're fluffers so let's write 5 pages of dirty jokes" event right?
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This was during the "we're fluffers so let's write 5 pages of dirty jokes" event right?"
Yea, back in June... the wet pumps was a work conversation tho... you said you had a hard time keeping a straight face through it all...
Deep foundation techniques... wet and dry pumps... wetness of the micropiles... etc...
Yeah, I remember. I lost it when the succion effect was mentioned, and started chocking on my food from too much laughter ^_^
When is the last day that counts for this year? dec 31? when you can still add read books
Hum... The competition ended October 31st, if that's what you meant ;)
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Yea... the competition ended 30 days ago... you can replace the formulas at the top with hard numbers that won't change if you want to keep tracking everything you read this year, without screwing with the official scores from the Halloween cutoff... did you include everything you read through October, at least?... I haven't seen you around much, lately...
my last entry was august 30th.but I read like 4-6 books a month, and it's probably not enough to change the outcome of the competition
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The way I update my books now is I plug the book name into the spreadsheet, then I use the chain-link button at the top to add a URL link... I search the book name plus goodreads, and click on the link to the book page on goodreads... then I open that link in another tab to get the page count and input it to my spreadsheet... also good for looking at the cover to see what Book Cover challenge I can use it for, if it doesn't fit into one of my other challenges...