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Challenges: Year Long Help 2021
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2020 Twisted Trivia - General Discussion
I just vision you Janice, sitting in front the computer, creating formulas, and cackling loudly!
Rusalka wrote: "I just vision you Janice, sitting in front the computer, creating formulas, and cackling loudly!"Swap the word cackling with swearing, and you've got the picture.
Janice wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "I just vision you Janice, sitting in front the computer, creating formulas, and cackling loudly!"Swap the word cackling with swearing, and you've got the picture."
My kind of woman! The cussing bookworm!
Janice wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "I just vision you Janice, sitting in front the computer, creating formulas, and cackling loudly!"Swap the word cackling with swearing, and you've got the picture."
Who said that cackling and cussing can't go together? ;o)
Confession time. I haven't done all that much swearing. Yesterday morning, Alan texted, "Send me the link to all the questions." I started smiling (cackling) because I knew what was coming. An hour later, "Do you still have the spreadsheet we were playing around on? Send it to me." I'm such a proud mom. He set the entire spreadsheet up for me. I didn't have all the participants listed so I will have to add them, but that's simple enough. I just have to copy and paste 180 line items for each of them. But, he did the lion's share of that so I won't complain.
I've started using it, but still tracking on the old one. It is a duplication, but I need it completely running the way I want it to run before I abandon the old.
Janice wrote: "Confession time. I haven't done all that much swearing. Yesterday morning, Alan texted, "Send me the link to all the questions." I started smiling (cackling) because I knew what was coming..."This reminds me a bit of what my older kids would do for school research papers. They would ask their father if he knew anything about the topic. A day or so later my husband would give them a bunch of information. Then they would write up the paper without doing much research. Smart kids :)
Janice, you should give him a badge! Of course you are proud. I would be too. :)
I'll cook him supper one night for helping.
Honourary YLTO member for life badge!
Lanelle wrote: "This reminds me a bit of what my older kids would do for school research papers. They would ask their father if he knew anything about the topic. A day or so later my husband would give them a bunch of information. Then they would write up the paper without doing much research. Smart kids :)"I love this.
I'm already starting to read books for badge 3 because I don't dare slot them for something else they fit in that is open for fear I won't find another book for a slot I'm putting them in. Clearly I need to read in a different order so I won't feel like I am slowing myself down....
Beth wrote: "I'm already starting to read books for badge 3 because I don't dare slot them for something else they fit in that is open for fear I won't find another book for a slot I'm putting them in. Clearly ..."That's definitely allowed. You can report them when you are finished them, too.
Can I be a nitpicker about one answer that is spelt wrong? The answer wont affect the tasks but you do need to be ACCURATE when it comes to trivia, right?
Card 11 - Question 2 - Entertainment. The answer does NOT start with Z.
I am a Kiwi and I was living in NZ when the series was being made!! I have since emigrated to Canada.
Thanks.
It doesn't but we all understand the intension of the answer. Xena is a pretty well known show. I think Janice can be forgiven the occasional phonetic spelling :-)
Robynne wrote: "Can I be a nitpicker about one answer that is spelt wrong? The answer wont affect the tasks but you do need to be ACCURATE when it comes to trivia, right?
Card 11 - Question 2 - Entertainment. T..."
Fixed.
For those of us who are newbies - where and how do we find what percentage of books are of a certain colour? Your tasks mention 50% or 75%. I have no idea where or how to find that information. Thank you.
Janice wrote: "Use Tineye - http://labs.tineye.com/color/"Thanks Janice. I just did my first book cover and got a great result.
Hi Janice - I'm not sure if this question has been asked and I reread the directions, but I'm still not sure about the answer. Here goes...Can I request badge 3 even if I'm not finished with badge 2 yet? Or do I need to wait to submit badge 3 until after I complete badge 2? It seems that all my hold books are becoming available and they are slotted for the same few cards.
It really isn't a big deal, but I was just curious.
Jayme wrote: "Hi Janice - I'm not sure if this question has been asked and I reread the directions, but I'm still not sure about the answer. Here goes...Can I request badge 3 even if I'm not finished with badg..."
Yes, you may. Just mark it as "out of order". It is in the rules somewhere.
Sorry I’m confused, just so I’m clear, this is for requesting the badges out of order, not just reporting books out of order?
Sorry! I didn't read Jayme's question properly. No, you may not request badge 3 before you have finished badge 1 and 2. You may report books out of order, but not request badges out of order.
Hello, this is my first time Joining a group and trying this to be honest ,I'm very slow I had to read it a few times
from my understanding this is how it works (and please correct me if I'm wrong) :
for example:
1- Badge 1, book 1
2- card 1
3- yay task- geography
4- link: Stepsister
5- hardcover , 352 pages
6- the task : Set in France or written by French author
7- the story is set in France
8- no specifications
is this correct, oh and I've seen people reporting in very quickly, just to be sure, you do have to finished and review the book then post it ? or do I post all my options and cards/task then report that I read the books?
I'm sorry if I'm making this complicated, just want to be sure
ʙᴀsʜ wrote: "Hello, this is my first time Joining a group and trying this to be honest ,I'm very slow I had to read it a few times
from my understanding this is how it works (and please correct me if I'm wro..."
That is how you would report a completed book. We have some speed readers in the group who have already finished the first 12 books.
You will need to set up your own personal thread (instructions are in the general challenge thread). You can track however works best for you. Take a look at how others have set up their threads for ideas. When you finish a book, report it exactly if as you did above in your personal thread. Report 1 book per message.
I've seem to have a problem with my shelve. I made a shelf for the challenge and I made one for the booksnI've read for the challenge. But on the main page of YLTO it keeps saying '1 book', but I've finished 2. The first one isn't showing?
Check that your read date is correct on the missing book Saar. The two most common issues are people forgetting to add the book to the shelf and having an incorrect or missing read date.
Janice wrote: "Sorry! I didn't read Jayme's question properly. No, you may not request badge 3 before you have finished badge 1 and 2. You may report books out of order, but not request badges out of order."
So glad I went back and read through the thread. Thanks Janice for the update :)
Oops, that's the first time I've forgot it!
Question about badge 3. I already reported one book. If I want to report another book for that badge that isn't from that card, can I report it for badge 3 book 6? Or does it have to be book 2? My inner Monk would like to keep the tasks from one card together.
Fiona wrote: "Question about badge 3. I already reported one book. If I want to report another book for that badge that isn't from that card, can I report it for badge 3 book 6? Or does it have to be book 2? My ..."It would be Badge 3, book 2.
If I know that I'm going to finish badge 3 and I'm going to do certain cards, say 1-5, for that badge, but I read a second book on card 6, can I go ahead and report it for badge 4?
Amanda wrote: "If I know that I'm going to finish badge 3 and I'm going to do certain cards, say 1-5, for that badge, but I read a second book on card 6, can I go ahead and report it for badge 4?"You may, but you don't need to. You could report it as badge 3, because any stragglers left over when you finish badge 3 will be automatically moved to badge 4. That way, you can change your mind about completing a specific card.
Janice wrote: "Amanda wrote: "If I know that I'm going to finish badge 3 and I'm going to do certain cards, say 1-5, for that badge, but I read a second book on card 6, can I go ahead and report it for badge 4?"..."
that was such a great question, Amanda! And great to know there's that flexibility, Janice! I tentatively figured out which cards I think I'll finish, but it could definitely change, so I like that we can post them all to 3 for now, and then move the stragglers to 4 after completing 3! 🙌
It does give more flexibility. I'm constantly changing books around on my spreadsheet, and I can see me thinking I'll concentrate on one card only to find another card filling up faster.
Janice wrote: "Amanda wrote: "If I know that I'm going to finish badge 3 and I'm going to do certain cards, say 1-5, for that badge, but I read a second book on card 6, can I go ahead and report it for badge 4?"..."
Awesome, thanks Janice! I really appreciate the flexibility in this challenge.
Great question Amanda. I was wondering the same thing :) and Janice you are a wizard keeping track of everyone's books.
Jayme wrote: "Great question Amanda. I was wondering the same thing :) and Janice you are a wizard keeping track of everyone's books."My son set up an awesome spreadsheet for me that has made tracking easy and fun. I can select your name, a specific card, and see what you've read for that card. I can select individual tasks and see what books have been read for that task. I can select individual books and see what tasks people have used it for. I'm having too much fun!
Janice wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Great question Amanda. I was wondering the same thing :) and Janice you are a wizard keeping track of everyone's books."My son set up an awesome spreadsheet for me that has made tra..."
Very nice. I bet your TBR list is growing and growing!!
Janice wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Great question Amanda. I was wondering the same thing :) and Janice you are a wizard keeping track of everyone's books."My son set up an awesome spreadsheet for me that has made tra..."
I love this joint project for the two of you!
Janice wrote: "JMy son set up an awesome spreadsheet for me that has made tracking easy and fun. I can select your name, a specific card, and see what you've read for that card. I can select individual tasks and see what books have been read for that task. I can select individual books and see what tasks people have used it for. I'm having too much fun!"I love this! I really need to find a few minutes to update my challenge. I've read two books for it (or maybe 3?) that I haven't had a chance to report yet.
(I feel like I need to read a bunch and move them around to give you a reason to play more. lol)
Janice wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Great question Amanda. I was wondering the same thing :) and Janice you are a wizard keeping track of everyone's books."My son set up an awesome spreadsheet for me that has made tra..."
That's awesome! So nice of him to help you get that set up and make keeping track of all of us easier on you!
Jayme wrote: "Very nice. I bet your TBR list is growing and growing!!..."I don't add all that many to my wishlist. I only add those that really intrigue me. As it is, I need to go through it and pare it down.
So, I found a resource that could be really helpful for finding books that take place in certain areas. Mappit has a function on its website that lets you search a large database of books by location (city, country, state, etc) and has made my "books set in x area" searches so much easier. I just found it so I've only done a couple searches but its been accurate so far. Hope this helps!
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