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The 'Last on the Bandwagon'/Trendsetter Challenge - May 2019
Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Hey Sarah, of the Bandwagon, the second bonus says 500,000 rating but author only needs 167,000? That doesn't make much sense. As that would make the book that as wellAnd that 1,00..."
I'll have to go look what you have then. Apparently I don't like super popular books. Although I will likely have plenty in trendsetting. I am just still deciding if I want to go medium or serious.
Jamie wrote: "Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "How's your doggo? ^-^"Bored lol. He hasn't gotten much play with daddy working the counters and me at work all day. But he will get..."
I would totally throw either for him although I have terrible aim. lol. I can throw it a short distance for him though. :P
Jamie wrote: "Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Hey Sarah, of the Bandwagon, the second bonus says 500,000 rating but author only needs 167,000? That doesn't make much sense. As that would make the book tha..."I think about half of them are classics. They tend to be super popular.
Go fun and be with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahh, okay the 2nd message was edited I I was looking at the 4th message where she breaks down the points. Nevermind Sarah, I just saw the other message you have on this :)
Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Anna 'Bookbuyer' wrote: "How's your doggo? ^-^"Bored lol. He hasn't gotten much play with daddy working the counters and me at work all day. B..."
The frisbees are easy. We roll them since he cant jump.
Well, I got to get off for a bit for a very late night dinner. :)
Jamie wrote: "Ahh, okay the 2nd message was edited I I was looking at the 4th message where she breaks down the points. Nevermind Sarah, I just saw the other message you have on this :)"
Ah. I was like what? Where are you seeing this???
I think I can roll them? I'm not a very coordinated person. lol. I'm sure we would still have a ton of fun though. ^-^
@SarahDoes a pseudonym count as being the same author?
Eg. V. E. Schwab has around 1.1 million shelved and Victoria Schwab has around 880k, and there is no book overlap between them. Would I be able to add those up and consider her an author with 1,670,000+ shelved, or can we only use the shelved count for the author name used on the specific book?
Jamie wrote: "Well, I got to get off for a bit for a very late night dinner. :)"Awww. I might be asleep when you get back! :(
I'm hoping to be up for another 2 1/2 hours though. I need to get back on days for my baby.
Claire wrote: "@SarahDoes a pseudonym count as being the same author?
Eg. V. E. Schwab has around 1.1 million shelved and Victoria Schwab has around 880k, and there is no book overlap between them. Would I be a..."
My guess is that pseudonyms don't count but I don't think anyone has ever asked. O.o
Yeah that would make the most sense but I thought I'd ask just in case. You never know! :D
Very true. It's a good work around if it's allowed! ^-^
I take my bonus points very seriously, work smart, not hard 😄
That's my philosophy too! lol.
What book are you asking about BTW? Maybe we can make it fit for a category we know it will work for. :)
Vengeful and/or A Gathering of Shadows, both have been buddy read here before but no tv/movie and both were published fairly recently.I think the Shades of Magic series has been optioned for a tv show but that doesn't count.
Well A Gathering of shadows works for +2 points if your book has more than 30,000 ratings on Goodreads OR be written by an author who has been 'shelved' at least 100,000 times on Goodreads.
Also you said it worked for this?+2 points if your book has been buddy read in this group before (prior to May 2019).
So I think the max you can get is 4. Since you can't combine both Bandwagon and Trendsetter.
These are both on the Bandwagon list though.+2 points if your book has more than 30,000 ratings on Goodreads OR be written by an author who has been 'shelved' at least 100,000 times on Goodreads.
+2 points if your book has been buddy read in this group before (prior to May 2019).
Alright I am half back. Using my phone lol. Watching cartoons while I finish eating.
Claire wrote: "These are both on the Bandwagon list though.+2 points if your book has more than 30,000 ratings on Goodreads OR be written by an author who has been 'shelved' at least 100,000 times on Goodreads...."
Did you want it to be on the trendsetter list?
Jamie wrote: "Alright I am half back. Using my phone lol. Watching cartoons while I finish eating."Best way to eat! I watch Friends. :P
I'm not sure I understand? The criteria I mentioned have all been for the Bandwagon list, not Trendsetter lol :D
Sorry. I'm tired so I might have confused you. Both are from bandwagon and both are worth two points so they are worth 4.
I was just mentioning trendsetter because I saw the rule you can't combine. :)
Oh yup, thanks for reminding me! :DI meant that if pseudonyms counted, then it would count for +6 for Bandwagon (No Trendsetter items)
NP. This was actually my first team reading that rule. Hence my surprise. I need to learn to read the rules....
Claire wrote: "Oh yup, thanks for reminding me! :DI meant that if pseudonyms counted, then it would count for +6 for Bandwagon (No Trendsetter items)"
True. I didn't think of combining a rating one and a shelved one. O.o
Serious please :)
im going to sign up for fun please but i have a question. I have been in college since september so my reading has gone way down i finish the second week of may. Would i be able to join a medium team in June even though my reading will be a lot lower only because of the college months? Thanks :)
Can i join serious and if possible with Jenny and Vicki on a team?
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And that 1,000,000 is going..."
Sorry, I noticed I'd missed an '0' yesterday so I edited it in the first posts which lists the bonus points, but forgot to edit it in the post lower down ☺
Yep, the 1,000,000 is high, but hopefully you'll be able to get to the max of 6 bonus points without using that one most of the time as the more popular books have been buddy read in the group before, or turned into a film or tv show, or have been published more than 10 years ago ☺
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Does a pseudonym count as being the same author?
Eg. V. E. Schwab has around 1.1 million shelved and Victoria Schwab has around 880k, and there is no book overlap between them. Would I be a..."
Hi Claire, if it's obvious on Goodreads - that is it has to say either on the book's Goodreads page that its a pseudonym, or on the author's page, then you can use either the pseudonym or the real name, so for
, you could use either V.E. Schwab or Victoria Schwab as both are listed.and for
you could use either J. Lynn or Jennifer L. Armentrout as both are listed.If it wasn't obvious though, and we couldn't clearly see that the name was a pseudonym for another author, then we wouldn't be able to count it. Does that make sense?
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Does a pseudonym count as being the same author?
Eg. V. E. Schwab has around 1.1 million shelved and Victoria Schwab has around 880k, and there is no book overlap between them. Would I be a..."
Sorry, I don't think I answered your question, you'd have to pick one or the other to use, you wouldn't be able to add them together because on that book for example, both authors are listed on the books page, and the book then appears under both author's shelves, so if you added together the times shelved by each author name, you'd be counting that book twice.
You could in theory add them together if the author wasn't listed on both works though, so
and
are the same person, but both names aren't listed on their books, so you wouldn't be counting anything twice. It would all depend on how they're listed on Goodreads really.
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Hi Siobhan, I would only usually prevent someone from joining a medium team if they've joined medium 2 or 3 times, and haven't read at least 8 books each time. You haven't done that, so there would be no reason for me to not allow you to join a medium team ☺
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Hi Claire, I'll try my best ☺ I don't have anyone named Vicki signed up yet though, so I'll keep an eye out ☺
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Q: for the last rule on trendsetter- Is it okay if they have written more books as long as it is the first they ever wrote that we are reading. Or is this applying to Single book/Debut authors only?
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So for example -
has written 5 books, but has only been shelved 442 times, so would count for Trendsetter bonus points.Her first book was
, so if you read that, because it was her first book, even though she's written more since, you could claim the '+2 bonus points if your chosen book is the first book written/published by that author.' (although to be honest this book has only 61 ratings anyway, so you'd max out on bonus points just because it has so few ratings ☺)
Sarah wrote: "Hi Jamie, it would apply to debut author's, but it can also apply to people who have written more than one book, as long as it is the first book that they wrote that you are reading. So for examp..."
Perfect! Thanks for clarifying!
Alright, decision made for book range I'll be reading. Can I sign up for medium please?
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