The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
FALL CHALLENGE 2014
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
Kristina Simon wrote: "M1nks - post 466Task 25.2 is a two book task. Both books should be posted together. Please post this task again when you've finished both books."
Damn I've just seen that I should have posted them together! Sorry, Sorry! New to challenge and it's a bit overwhelming. I posted my second book (the very short Casino Royale but I didn't repost the first one). Do I need to repost again or would that just be even more confusing?
P.S. I'm a knob... :-(
Nicola - when you repost a task, both books for the task need to be included
Nicola wrote: "Do I need to repost again or would that just be even more confusing?"Yes, please repost again and, as Dee said, include both books in the same post. Don't worry, we all find the challenge a bit overwhelming in the beginning. You'll get the hang of it.... ;-)
M1nks - post 466Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has the genre "children's" on its main page. Please see Rule #4 under Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained in the Rules of the Challenge: Effective Fall 2014 thread for information that must accompany all children's books claimed for points in the SRC and repost with the required information.
ColetteG - post 659Task 25.7 is a two book task. Both books should be posted together. Please post this task again when you've finished both books.
Pamela3265 - post 675Task 20.7 requires both the words "go" and "home" be present in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name. I don't see the word "go" in Small-Town Homecoming by Lissa Manley.
Annapoorni - post 677Dancing On The Notes Of life appears to exist in ebook format only. Please see the Rules of the Challenge for information on how to deal with ebooks with no print editions.
DakiMel - post 687Task 20.3 is a one book task. For now, I've attributed Treasure Hunt for this task for you in my records. If you'd like to change this, please make a new post in the completed task thread saying you'd like to remove this book and substitute in a different one (and provide all the information needed for the substitute book).
You may use The Shadow of the Wind for some other task if you wish.
MegantheMomma - post 693Task 25.5 is a two book task. Both books should be posted together. Please post this task again when you've finished both books.
Miguel - post 700We do not have an Miguel on the list of Readerboard names. If you have a RB name, please put it at the TOP of your completed task posts.
If you do not have a Readerboard name, please request one here: READERBOARD NAMES - Read Posts # 1 & 2
Nav - post 707Task 5.2 requires that you state the element abbreviation when you post your completed task. Please repost this task (make a NEW post in the completed task thread) with the required information. Please DO NOT edit or delete post 707.
Whitney - post 718Please see Rule #5 under Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained in the Rules of the Challenge. Art books like Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong cannot be claimed for points in the SRC.
Meghan B - post 735Holes has the genre "children's" on its main page. Please see Rule #4 under Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained in the Rules of the Challenge: Effective Fall 2014 thread for information that must accompany all children's books claimed for points in the SRC and repost with the required information.
Cindy C - post 740You've already claimed task 15.9 with the same book.
Yen - post 741We do not have a Yen on the Readerboard name list. If you are Yen Yen, please put your Readerboard name at the TOP of your posts.
If you do not have a Readerboard name or you'd like to change the one you have, please place a request here: READERBOARD NAMES - Read Posts # 1 & 2
Sheila - post 749Task 5.9 requires that you state your native language(s) as well as the original language of the book. Please repost this task with the required information. No need to repost the other tasks in this message; they have been recorded.
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The edition of Burned you've linked to contains less than 500 pages. If you actually read an edition with more than 500 pages and you wish to claim a Big Book ticket for this book, please repost including the correct link. Reposts must be complete. Please indicate that you are reposting for a Big Book ticket at the top of your post
Kristina Simon wrote: "Miguel - post 700We do not have an Miguel on the list of Readerboard names. If you have a RB name, please put it at the TOP of your completed task posts.
If you do not have a Readerboard name, ..."
Sorry, I've already solve the problem, please see what you can do, thanks :)
Miguel - you need to repost with your readerboard name and then all the info from your previous post
Kristina Simon wrote: "Jeani - post 615Task 20.2, option D requires "Mystery" as a main page genre. Masterpieces of Mystery: Amateurs and Professionals does not have any genres on its main page. This pos..."
it is on he main page I just went to look again to be sure, could you please go and check again it was there, ty
Kristina Simon wrote: "Pamela3265 - post 675Task 20.7 requires both the words "go" and "home" be present in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name. I don't see the word "go" in [book:Small-Town Homecoming|..."
Sorry, I misread the task and didn't realize both words needed to be intact in the title. I will use this book for another task.
Is it just me, or has this reading challenge become a little more difficult. I've been following the Seasonal Reading Challenge since the beginning and I love reading these books. I make my lists but I have trouble keeping track of the points and I don't know how to post pictures of books or other things sometimes requested with the task to actually get the points. haha maybe it is just me. I'll have to go back and reread the "how this challenge works"
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There are plenty of places to find help- try General Help there's a thread there with instructions and pictures on how to add book links and covers. From the "add book" screen, find your book, then switch the tab to "author" and you can add the author without an additional search
I don't think it's really challenged significantly - really aside from requiring links for books which is common sense (IMHO)
Kristina Simon wrote: "Cindy C - post 740You've already claimed task 15.9 with the same book."
I was told here in message 123 that I had to repost with a link to the book. I was confused because I had the link there, but I wanted my points to show up, so I did what I was told to do in order to get the points.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Annapoorni - post 677Dancing On The Notes Of life appears to exist in ebook format only. Please see the Rules of the Challenge for information on how to deal with ebooks with no p..."
But I read an actual hardcopy book!!!
Annapoorni wrote: "Kristina Simon wrote: "Annapoorni - post 677Dancing On The Notes Of life appears to exist in ebook format only. Please see the Rules of the Challenge for information on how to dea..."
Then your hard copy book needs to be added to Goodreads in order to count. Let me know if you need help doing this.
Bea wrote: "Annapoorni wrote: "Kristina Simon wrote: "Annapoorni - post 677Dancing On The Notes Of life appears to exist in ebook format only. Please see the Rules of the Challenge for inform..."
It would be great if you could help me with that. what do i need to do?
thanks
you need to provide Bea (or something else) with the data - ISBN/number of pages - link for them to verify etc
Annapoorni wrote: "Bea wrote: "Annapoorni wrote: "Kristina Simon wrote: "Annapoorni - post 677Dancing On The Notes Of life appears to exist in ebook format only. Please see the Rules of the Challeng..."
I just added a paperback edition I found in Book depository, but there's no cover picture.
Kristina Simon wrote: "CassieV - post 622Task 20.7 requires both the word "GO" and the word "HOME" to appear complete somewhere in the title, subtitle, series title, or author's name. The Other Queen doe..."
Ah, I missed the "and". Ok, I'll see what else I can find.
"Kristina Simon wrote: "Jeani - post 615Task 20.2, option D requires "Mystery" as a main page genre. Masterpieces of Mystery: Amateurs and Professionals
Jeani wrote: it is on he main page I just went to look again to be sure, could you please go and check again it was there, ty "
Noted. Please repost the task and mention that the genre has been verified. I can then pick it up on my way through the posts. Thanks!
Cindy wrote: "I was told here in message 123 that I had to repost with a link to the book. I was confused because I had the link there, but I wanted my points to show up, so I did what I was told to do in order to get the points.."I can see why you were confused. Someone has deleted a post in the completed task thread, shifting all the numbers. *sigh* This is why we ask people not to delete posts.
The original post that had the problem was post 582. It is now post 581. In that post, you claimed task 25.2. You originally posted the task on Sep 14, 2014 at 09:41AM. You edited that post on Sep 14, 2014 at 06:47PM. Sometime between 09:41AM and 06:47PM on Sep 14, 2014, I came through the thread recording tasks. At that time the books in the task were not linked. We do not go backwards in the completed task thread hunting for edited posts. It's way too confusing and time consuming. That's why we ask people to make new posts to address problems.
Please repost task 25.2 with links so I can pick up your books and points on my way through the posts. Thanks!
Nicola - post 755There is a Nicola in the challenge, but I don't think that's your Readerboard name. Please repost any tasks in post 755 with your Readerbaord name at the TOP of you post. Otherwise, the other Nicola's going to get your points. ;-)
Diane - post 765We have many Dianes in the challenge. Please repost the tasks (make a NEW post in the completed task thread) in this post with your Readerboad name at the TOP of you post. Please DO NOT delete or edit post 765.
Hina - post 767Task 20.6 requires that books be at least 250 pages. The paperback version of F814 is only 172 pages.
Oma1229 - post 768Ann B. Ross won't work for task 10.6. There is no 'B' in Antarctica and nowhere does it say middle initials can be ignored.
Elizabeth P - post 788The House of Hades has the genre "children's" on its main page. Please see Rule #4 under Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained in the Rules of the Challenge: Effective Fall 2014 thread for information that must accompany all children's books claimed for points in the SRC and repost with the required information.
Elizabeth F - post 793Task 10.3 is a cover task. All tasks that ask for something to appear on the cover (a color, an object, etc) require you to post the cover in your completed task post.
Please repost (make a NEW post in the completed task thread) this task and include the cover. There is no need to repost any other tasks in this post. They have already been recorded. Please DO NOT edit or delete post 793.
Emma Noble - post 795Task 10.3 requires that you identify the pink item when you post your completed task.
Please repost (make a NEW post in the completed task thread) this task, including the missing information. Please DO NOT edit or delete post 795.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Diane - post 765We have many Dianes in the challenge. Please repost the tasks (make a NEW post in the completed task thread) in this post with your Readerboad name at the TOP of you post. Please ..."
Kristina Simon wrote: "Diane - post 765
We have many Dianes in the challenge. Please repost the tasks (make a NEW post in the completed task thread) in this post with your Readerboad name at the TOP of you post. Please ..."
Thanks, I have reposted. Did the same thing with post 817 - so I reposted with my readerboard name but did not delete the old post.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Hina - post 767Task 20.6 requires that books be at least 250 pages. The paperback version of F814 is only 172 pages."
Sorry posted the wrong task. I changed it to a 5 point book but didn't look change it out on my reading list. I reposted for the correct task but the points are going to be off but that's about it.
Kristina Simon wrote: "Elizabeth P - post 788The House of Hades has the genre "children's" on its main page. Please see Rule #4 under Book Formats and Page Numbers Explained in the Rules of the Challeng..."
Hello! I just have a quick question. This book didn't have children's on its page when I posted it (I had been checking every day for the past two weeks because it keeps getting that main page genre and then it goes away and then it comes back, etc, so bad timing on the post I guess).
I'm wondering if I could get verification when it goes away again on the genre verification thread that it is NOT there. Would this work and then I could repost with the information after that verification or would this not be allowed?
Elizabeth wrote: "I'm wondering if I could get verification when it goes away again on the genre verification thread that it is NOT there. Would this work and then I could repost with the information after that verification or would this not be allowed? "Yes, you can do that. You can also use it for a 5-point task. You're allowed one children's book with a book level below 5.0 as long as the AR points are above 5.0.
Miguel - post 801All posts for points, including reposts, must contain links to the books read. Please repost this task including links.
Jen A - post 806Habibi has the genre Sequential Art and Comics on it's main page. As per the Rules of the Challenge: Effective Fall 2014, books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may only be used for 5, 10, and 15 point tasks unless specifically allowed by the task creator. Task 25.3 does not allow sequential art books.
Hevabean - post 826A Case of Possession appears to exist in ebook format only. Please see the Rules of the Challenge for information on how to deal with ebooks with no print editions.
Also, I just wanted to mention for future reference that (A Charm of Magpies #2) is a series title, not a subtitle. Subtitles usually follow a colon and, when you link a book, a subtitle is included in the link. Series titles are found in parentheses on the book's main page and are followed by a number. They will not appear in the link when you use the add book/author feature. This makes a difference when a task requires a word or letters to be found in the title or subtitle. Series titles are not included in that unless they are specifically allowed.
Diane Mathews (didi3023) - post 847All posts for points, including reposts, must contain links to the books read. Please repost this task including links.
Also, when you repost, please include ONLY the Readerboard name listed for you in post 1 of READERBOARD NAMES thread at the top of your posts.
Tiff - post 855We do not have a TIFF on the list of Readerboard names. Please request a unique Readerboard name in this thread: READERBOARD NAMES - Read Posts # 1 & 2, then repost your tasks (make a NEW post in the completed task thread) with your Readerboard name at the TOP of your post. Please DO NOT edit or delete post 855. See post 100 in this thread, also.
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