The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
SUMMER CHALLENGE 2018
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
Sandy wrote: "Cat post Better check those totals again, Cat!
560 after your post on 8/3. 25 in post 1873, 30 in post 1874, 30 in post 1876. 645 total."
GAH! I thought I'd sorted it! Will go work out where I went wrong...
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See message 135 in this thread. I don't believe that you have addressed this issue.
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Better check those totals again, Cat!
560 after your post on 8/3. 25 in post 1873, 30 in post 1874, 30 in post 1876. 645 total."
GAH! I thought I'd sorted it! Will go wo..."
LOL - at least you're underestimating your totals, so that's good news!
Sandy wrote: "Stephanie (Librarianish) wrote: "I think my point total is off; my records show 220 points (as of post #1866), and the Readerboard (through post #1900) lists me as having 195."See message 135 in ..."
Ah, that's it. Sorry!
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Task 25.5 option 5 requires that you include the name of the director and the year that he/she won or was nominated. (it would help if you also said which list you were working from)
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All posts must include links to books claimed.
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Task 25.5 requires a minimum combined page total of 600 pages. Your posted books are 259 and 272 pages, for a total of 531.
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Please see the Posting Requirements:
"If you are claiming a GO ticket, you must include the year in which the book was first published in your post along with the book posting for the task. "
Hi SandyI think my reader board total is off by 5. I've got it as 495 not 490
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I think my reader board total is off by 5. I've got it as 495 not 490"
Please note that the readerboard is updated thru post 2000 - your change was in post 2002.
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Task 25.6 requires a combined page total of at least 500 pages.
Galahad at Blandings has 224 pages, and The Virgin Suicides has 250 pages, for a total of 474.
Task 25.7 requires that each book have at least 200 pages. The Confession of Brother Haluin has only 196.
(on the other hand, you only claimed 2 BB tickets for A Feast of Crows, and since it's over 1000 pages, it's good for 3)
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There are numerous SRC participants named Jessica. Please repost with your readerboard name.
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Please check your totals. 395 from your previous post + 25 is 420. No need to repost.
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Please check your totals. No need to repost.
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Task 30.5, option 2(a) is a cover task, and the cover must be included in your post.
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We have more than one participant named Diana. Please repost with your readerboard name.
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Task 25.2, option D, requires that the initial letters of the title words (not the author's initials) be found in THE GULF OF MEXICO.
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The School for Good and Evil includes Childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Fantasy 2127 users
Childrens>Middle Grade 715 users
Young Adult 606 users
Fantasy>Fairy Tales 285 users
Fantasy>Magic 274 users
Please review the Rules of the Challenge for the use of childrens books in the SRC.
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Please check your totals - I show you with 795 after this post. No need to repost, just trying to keep the totals synched.
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The letters R and C are not found sequentially in ROCKETTES - the O separates them.
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Task 30.8 requires a minimum combined page count of at least 600 pages. Shine Shine Shine has 309 pages and 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl has 212, for a total of 521 pages.
Sandy wrote: "Cait S post 2193The letters R and C are not found sequentially in ROCKETTES - the O separates them."
My bad, misunderstood the task. Thanks!
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We do not use ebook page numbers in the SRC. See the Rules of the Challenge:
"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 paper version of The Billionaire's Trophy Bride has 368 pages, so does not work for this option of this task.
Found the error. I fixed it once, but apparently I didn't actually do it somehow, so I went back and edited it to be correct. Now when I copy it, I won't have to remember to correct it.
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Please check your totals - you only added 25 points for a 30 point task. No need to repost - just trying to keep our totals synched.
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The book that you actually read must fit the task requirements. Blade Runner does not fit the requirements of task 50.1, book 1.
Re: Heather (Gibby) post 2247I actually read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? but the edition I read was just renamed for the movie edition, it is the exact same book. My library had two different print editions of this book, and I chose the one I did so I could meet the page requirements for the task. It does not seem fair to not have it count for the task because I read some additional forwarding comments, if I was to go back and grab a different edition, I can legitimately claim i have read the book, because I have read the exact same content, not sure if I am making my self clear.
Do I really need to reread the same book in order to claim it?
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I actually read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? but the edition I read was just renamed for the movie edition, it is the exact same book. My libra..."
For a book to work for the task, its title must fit the task requirements. Books may be re-released under different titles, with different covers, etc., but the specific book that you read and post for the task must fit the requirements of the task.
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Task 20.1, option 3 is a cover task, and you must include the cover in your post.
Task 20.6 - if you are claiming a BB ticket, your post must include the number of pages. Task points have been awarded, but you will have to repost for a BB ticket.
Please do not repost any of the other tasks in your post - those points have been recorded.
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The possible words are BLACK SMOKE BAND or ULLADUBULLA ORCHESTRA - neither contains the initial letters of The Alice Network.
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If you are claiming a BB ticket, your post must include the number of pages. Task points have been awarded, but you will have to repost for a BB ticket.
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Task 30.8 specifically provides that no books with the main page genre Childrens may be used for the task. Eight Cousins includes the main page genre Childrens.
Genres at review:
Classics 1000 users
Fiction 396 users
Young Adult 222 users
Historical>Historical Fiction 161 users
Childrens 140 users
Task 30.9 requires that you specify the pages of the list on which your books are found.
Please do not repost the other tasks in your post. Those points have been recorded.
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Task 20.5 requires that the book be written by a single author. The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process has two authors.
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There is nothing in the metadata or GR description indicating that The Best Man is set in Africa. Please provide a quote from the book or a link to an external site showing the setting.
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Task 30.6, option 2, requires that the book be written by a male author. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club was written by Dorothy L. Sayers, a female author.
Task 30.8, option 3, requires a book by a male author with a 2 in the series number. Poirot's Early Cases is #41.
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Time to check those totals again! I show you with 775 after this post.
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Neither of the target names has 2 S's in it, so this title won't work.
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Coraline includes Childrens as a main page genre:
Fantasy 8700 users
Young Adult 2863 users
Fiction 2841 users
Horror 2763 users
Childrens 1614 users
Please review the Rules of the Challenge for the rules regarding the use of childrens books.
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Task 20.2 has a minimum page requirement of 200 pages. Ebooks without a print equivalent cannot be used for tasks with a specific number of pages required. See the Rules of the Challenge.
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Task 25.3, option 5 - There is nothing in the metadata or GR description to indicate the setting of High. " REQUIRED: If it is not apparent from the description or metadata, please provide a reference for the setting."
Task 25.5, option 4 - There is nothing in the metadata or GR description to indicate the setting of the book The Naked Truth.
"REQUIRED: Include the name of the state you chose. If the setting state is not obvious from the information on the Goodreads main page, you are required to provide additional supporting information to confirm the setting. "
Sandy wrote: "Anja post 2365There is nothing in the metadata or GR description indicating that The Best Man is set in Africa. Please provide a quote from the book or a link to an external site ..."
I know it's set there as it was the previous book in series. The only reference I can find is: There’s decent business down here, but I want to set up the African base in the Cape and use it mostly for recruiting and training new officers.
Is that enough?
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Task 30.5 requires that each book have at least 275 pages. The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way has only 270 pages.
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Please be more specific about the option selected. options 1, 2, and 3 all have an A and a B choice.
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Task 25.4 requires a minimum combined page count of at least 600 pages. Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos has 293 pages and An Early Wake has 304, for a total of 597 pages.
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Ghost of a Chance only shows as having 2 kindle editions. If there is a paper edition, you will need to link to that to establish page length. If not, you will need to get confirmation in the ebook approval thread that this is >100 pages. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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that doesn't really tell anything about where the book is set. If the book is set in Africa, it seems that there ought to be something in the book (or perhaps in a review of the book) indicating that.
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Thanks for heads up! Found and fixed, so should show up in the next update.
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Task 30.5 requires that both your books come from the same option."
They were. Just a clerical error on my part. I will repost.