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Does anyone have any recommendations for the "X-Mas:Book set during christmas" prompt? I'm having a hard time trying to find something that isn't a novella.
Lana wrote: "Hi there! I had a few questions about the prompts, I was hoping someone could clarify them for the challenge.1st, Prompts that ask for Trigger Warnings/Taboo content, must the warning be included..."
Hi Lana! Sorry for the late reply, I had missed your comments :(
Here are the answer to your questions:
1. The trigger warning should be mentioned in the blurb. It's not compulsory that the words "trigger warning" are included in it, but the blurb should mention the topic that the books deals with. (I hope that what I said makes sense, if not tell me and I'll try to explain better!)
2. Yes, multiple is classified as two or more POVs/authors
3. Yes, absolutely. If you complete your challenge and there is a book that doesn't satisfy the criteria, I will tell you and you'll have the chance to rectify it!
Let me think for a minute about the recommendations for the X-Mas prompt and I'll post you a list! :)
I'm glad you're having fun with the challenge!! And sorry again for the late reply!
Lana wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations for the "X-Mas:Book set during christmas" prompt? I'm having a hard time trying to find something that isn't a novella."
Here's a list of recommendations of new adult Xmas novels! I hope you'll find something you like:
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Hi! If a book is tagged both new-adult and adult or new-adult and YA, for example if a book has been tagged new-adult 150 times but also has been tagged adult 200 times. Can I use it for the challenge?
I can't go after the age of the characters either because the characters are immortal in some of the books.
Sofia wrote: "Hi! If a book is tagged both new-adult and adult or new-adult and YA, for example if a book has been tagged new-adult 150 times but also has been tagged adult 200 times. Can I use it for the chall..."
Hi Sofia!
Yes, if a book is tagged "new adult" you can use it for the challenge even if it's also tagged ya or adult
Is there a character limit in our reply box? I am trying to complete all three books of each letter and by the time I write all the information I want to include, I am running out of space. It tells me that I am limited to 12,000 characters. I have taken out as many extra words as possible and made my explanation of the book a very short sentence with abbreviations.Can you increase the amount of characters allowed? I still have about 10 books to read and add.
I am really enjoying the challenge..
Kim wrote: "Is there a character limit in our reply box? I am trying to complete all three books of each letter and by the time I write all the information I want to include, I am running out of space. It tell..."Hi Kim! I’m glad you’re enjoying the challenge! Unfortunately, the 12,000 limitation character is not a problem I can solve, because it’s Goodreads policy and we cannot do anything to change it. Every post you write on Goodreads cannot be longer than 12thousand characters. To solve the issue, you could write a second comment and split your challenge. In the first post you can write something like “you can find the second part of my challenge in a second comment” and in the second comment you can write all the books that cannot be included in the first post.
Can I add a dnf book? Or do we need to finish the book to count?
Marta wrote: "Can I add a dnf book? Or do we need to finish the book to count?"Hi Marta! No, a DNF book is not valid for the challenge.
Chiara wrote: "Marta wrote: "Can I add a dnf book? Or do we need to finish the book to count?"Hi Marta! No, a DNF book is not valid for the challenge."
Ok, thanks :)
Now I need help to a NA male author.
Marta wrote: "Now I need help to a NA male author..."Sorry for the late reply. Unfortunately, there aren't many male authors who write romance, but here are a couple of names that come to my mind:
- Sylvain Reynard
- John Green
- Daryl Banner
- Jay Kristoff
- Scott Hildreth
- J.D. Hawkins
- Jacob Chance
- Nicholas Sparks
- Logan Chance
IS there a way to remove mine? I have had way too much this year and am reducing my reading load.
2kasmom wrote: "IS there a way to remove mine? I have had way too much this year and am reducing my reading load."If you don’t want to do our challenge anymore, just stop updating it. In alternative, you can simply delete your post.
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Marie wrote: "May you please update participation list. Thank you"Done :)
Hi there,I am working on my 2019 challenge and am wondering if books in the following series count as new adult:
- New Species, Lora Leigh
- Interstellar Brides, Grace Goodwin
- Stronghold, Golden Angel
- Mountain Masters & Dark Haven, Cherise Sinclair
- Wilde Ways, Cynthia Eden
- Alien Dragon Shifters/Alien Mate, Cara Bristol
- Steele Ops, April Hunt
TIA!
BrownSugar wrote: "Hi there,I am working on my 2019 challenge and am wondering if books in the following series count as new adult
Hi BrownSugar, here's the answer to your question:
- New Species, Lora Leigh: I've checked all Lora Leigh's series but I couldn't find one called "new species". Is it by any chance "Breeds"? https://www.goodreads.com/series/4078... If it's this one, it's an adult romance so no, it doesn't count
- Interstellar Brides, Grace Goodwin
- Stronghold, Golden Angel
- Mountain Masters & Dark Haven, Cherise Sinclair
- Wilde Ways, Cynthia Eden
- Alien Dragon Shifters/Alien Mate, Cara Bristol
- Steele Ops, April Hunt
I've checked all the other series you've mentioned, read all the blurbs and saw the tags and they're all "adult romance" so unfortunately they cannot be included in our challenge.
Hey all! I could use some recommendations for the "universe" prompt - A Book set in a different time or on a different planetAnything I come across is seems to be adult historical romance.
Lana wrote: "Hey all! I could use some recommendations for the "universe" prompt - A Book set in a different time or on a different planetAnything I come across is seems to be adult historical romance."
Touch of Frost Touch of Frost takes place in New Mexico, but its a supernatural/ scifi thing going on.
Then theres Indiana Wild by the same author different series but this one is time travel kind of thing with a mistiic kind of sense.
There's also Eve Langlais book series Alien Abduction Accidental Abduction
Hi, can "the swedish prince" which is inspired by the classic film, "Roman Holiday", be classified as Read a retelling of a classic story?
How do we look up if a book is an award winning title? (Trying to fill Popular) I am assuming with the book After by Anna Todd since it was made into a movie it had to win SOME KIND of an award I just can't seem to find it!
Megb wrote: "How do we look up if a book is an award winning title? (Trying to fill Popular) I am assuming with the book After by Anna Todd since it was made into a movie it had to win SOME KIND of an award I j..."If you go to the section "Browse" and select "Explore" to your right you have the section "recent award winners" and you can choose NA books if you explore a little bit!
Acheron wrote: "Lana wrote: "Hey all! I could use some recommendations for the "universe" prompt - A Book set in a different time or on a different planetAnything I come across is seems to be adult historical ro..."
Thanks for the suggestions, but these all seem to be adult/erotica and I don't think that fits the criteria!
I'd love some more recommendations for this prompt!
I'm so sorry I've never received the notifications for all these messages.. :(If you still need recommendations please let me know
Marta wrote: "Hi, can "the swedish prince" which is inspired by the classic film, "Roman Holiday", be classified as Read a retelling of a classic story?"I'm so sorry for the late reply but I didn't get the notification :(
Anyway, I've checked and the book is tagged "retellings" so it's ok if you use it for the challenge!
Lana wrote: "Acheron wrote: "Lana wrote: "Hey all! I could use some recommendations for the "universe" prompt - A Book set in a different time or on a different planetAnything I come across is seems to be adu..."
I'm so sorry if I didn't reply to your request, but I didn't get the notification.
Here are some ideas for the prompt "universe":
- The Surviving Trace by Calia Read (I adore the entire series!)
- The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
- Bringing down the duke by Evie Dunmore, which released this year. The book is tagged adult but it can be considered new adult because the heroine is enrolling in university
- Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
I hope I was able to help you find something suitable..I'll try to think of more books on the topic
Megb wrote: "How do we look up if a book is an award winning title? (Trying to fill Popular) I am assuming with the book After by Anna Todd since it was made into a movie it had to win SOME KIND of an award I j..."For example you can check RITA awards titles or other famous literary awards and see if you can find a new adult book that you'd enjoy reading. (once again so sorry for the very late reply but Goodreads didn't send me any notification for all these messages)
I’m not from the US can I still participate?
Sorry, do I have to sign up somewhere or just start reading?
If someone chooses the ‘easy’ or ‘hard’ level, are they able to pick which prompt of the three available for that letter of the alphabet they want to use? Or does it have to be the first prompt if you pick easy?I was also wondering if you had to do the prompts in order, or you you could do the alphabet in random order, so long as you kept track and did them all?
Chantelle wrote: "I’m not from the US can I still participate?"Hi Chantelle!
Of course you can participate!! Goodreads makes it compulsory to mention a location for the event..but actually our challenge is worldwide. By the way, I'm not in the US either! (I'm Italian)
Alessandra wrote: "Sorry, do I have to sign up somewhere or just start reading?"Hi Alessandra! Here's what you need to do to join the challenge:
1. Go to the challenge page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2. Copy the Challenge Prompts list (it's the second comment you find on the link above and it's called ""Challenge Prompts")
3. Past the Challenge Prompts list in a new comment and indicate which level you're choosing (easy, hard or insane)
4. Find NA books that satisfy the prompts you've chosen
5. Read the books during 2020 and edit your original post as you go along to keep track of your progress
If you have more questions, please feel free to ask me!! :)
Kenzie wrote: "If someone chooses the ‘easy’ or ‘hard’ level, are they able to pick which prompt of the three available for that letter of the alphabet they want to use? Or does it have to be the first prompt if ..."Hey Kenzie!
1. You can choose which prompt for each letter you want to use
2. You can read the books in any order, the important thing is that you keep updating your original post with your progress :)
On the yearl challenge if we start with easy but find it was too easy can we up,a level in the middle of the challenge?
Charlie wrote: "On the yearl challenge if we start with easy but find it was too easy can we up,a level in the middle of the challenge?"Hi Charlie!
Yes, of course, you can upgrade your challenge level as the year progresses
Suzanne wrote: "How do you add pics with links?"Hi Suzanne!
You mean how you can add book covers and/or book links? Or other pictures in general?
If you want to add books covers/links, here are the instructions you need you follow:Q: How do I add the cover and/or link of a book in my comment?
A: To add the link/cover of a book in your comment, you have to:
➔ Click on “add book/author” link in upper right of comment box.
➔ Make sure that the label "Book" is selected (see red circle in next picture)
➔ Select “cover” in bottom of add box (see red circle in next picture). In case you want to add the link of the book instead of the cover, you need to select "Link"
➔ Type the title of the book you're looking for
➔ Press the "Search" button (see red circle in next picture)
➔ Find the book you're looking for and press "Add" (see red circle in next picture)
If you want to add pictures you find online (such as gifs for example), click on the upper right section of your post --> "some html is ok", and then copy and past the code to add an image (< img src="blablabla" width="40" height="100" alt="description"/>)
Then you copy the link of the gif you want to add (for example you can find gif on https://giphy.com) and you put it in your line of code, between the " "
If you need to add your personal images, first you need to upload them online, on a website that stores pictures for free such as, for example, ibb.com, and then copy and past the link ad I explained above.
If you need more information let me know.
How do I make my prompt list comment hidden as spoiler like you did for yours? Thanks!
Nikki wrote: "How do I make my prompt list comment hidden as spoiler like you did for yours? Thanks!"Hi Nikki!
to hide all your post (or some of it) as a spoiler you need to insert
< spoiler >
(without the spaces between the <>)
at the beginning of the text you want to be hidden and then insert
< /spoiler >
(without the spaces between the <>)
at the end of the text you want to be hidden.
To see this and other html allowed by Goodreads, you can click on the "some html is fine" section that you can find on the top right of your post while you're writing/editing it.
I hope my explanation was clear. If you have more questions feel free to ask me!
Chiara wrote: "Nikki wrote: "How do I make my prompt list comment hidden as spoiler like you did for yours? Thanks!"Hi Nikki!
to hide all your post (or some of it) as a spoiler you need to insert
(without the ..."
THANK YOU!
Chiara wrote: "Nikki wrote: "How do I make my prompt list comment hidden as spoiler like you did for yours? Thanks!"Hi Nikki!
to hide all your post (or some of it) as a spoiler you need to insert
(without the ..."
One more question:
You said that we should be able to click our name in the participants list but it doesnt seem like a hyperlink is attached bc it doesnt do anything when clicking a name. TIA!
Nikki wrote: "Chiara wrote: "Nikki wrote: "How do I make my prompt list comment hidden as spoiler like you did for yours? Thanks!"Hi Nikki!
to hide all your post (or some of it) as a spoiler you need to insert..."
Yes, it's going to work soon. I didn't have time to do it yet, but I'll hopefully do it today
Nikki wrote: "Chiara wrote: "Nikki wrote: "How do I make my prompt list comment hidden as spoiler like you did for yours? Thanks!"Hi Nikki!
to hide all your post (or some of it) as a spoiler you need to insert..."
Finally done :)
Hello Chiara,I need help with the prompt Labor, can you help with suggestions?
Thanks :)
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1st, Prompts that ask for Trigger Warnings/Taboo content, must the warning be included in the Goodreads blurb? Or will out explanation of how the book satisfies the prompt be sufficient?
2nd, For the prompts, "Multiple, multiple POVS" and "Ensemble, multiple authors", is multiple classified as two or more?
And lastly, if after we complete the challenge, there happens to be a book that does not satisfy the rules, will we be notified of the error, and have the chance to rectify it (if there remains time until the end of the challenge)?
Thanks for your help! I'm having a lot of fun with these prompts :)