Questions for Mods?

[Ilona]

Alyana Pearl wrote: "Hi Mods!

Wishing you good health and comfort in these trying times. May God keep us safe and bless us all. Happy holidays! ☺️"

Thank you Alyana Pearl! Happy holidays to you and your loved ones!

[Nedge]

Hi, I'm a newbie and by using the links in the New Members thread I seem to have put my reading goal in the 76-100 section for 2020 instead of 2021 - can someone move this for me please?

Also, how do I find my personal members corner record - is there an easy way to link to this so I can find it easily among all the others?

Finally, if I post a list of categories I want to meet in a challenge, is there an easy way for me to edit that entry (e.g. I'm doing my own personalised Genre Bingo and want to add the title of a book once I read it that meets each category).

Thanks!

[Ilona]

Nedge wrote: "Hi, I'm a newbie and by using the links in the New Members thread I seem to have put my reading goal in the 76-100 section for 2020 instead of 2021 - can someone move this for me please?

Hi Nedge, thanks for letting me know, I have updated the link in the New Members thread.
I have moved your personal challenge thread to the correct folder for 2021, and I would suggest that you bookmark it in your browser so you can easily find it. (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

To add a book to your original post, you can click on edit in the right bottom corner of your comment. This can only be done on the website, and does not work in the app. Please remember to also post a new comment with your update, so the challenge leader can update your progress.

[Niharika✩]

I've recently been finding it difficult to update both the Goodreads' way of tracking books and updating it in the personal challenge. Is it fine if I just make a list of the books i've read and not post indivisual comments on each book?

[Ilona]

Niharika wrote: "I've recently been finding it difficult to update both the Goodreads' way of tracking books and updating it in the personal challenge. Is it fine if I just make a list of the books i've read and no..."

Hi Niharika, you can set up your personal challenge thread in a way that works for you. Personally I start each year with the resolution to update after every book, but I end up posting only a couple of times a year which books I have read. :)

If you joined any monthly, quarterly or yearly challenges, it is required to post new comments with updates, so the challenge leader can keep track of your progress. However, you don't have to do this after each book if that is inconvenient, but can instead choose to update once a fortnight, once a month, or even less. Whatever works for you!

[Niharika✩]

Ilona wrote: "Niharika wrote: "I've recently been finding it difficult to update both the Goodreads' way of tracking books and updating it in the personal challenge. Is it fine if I just make a list of the books..."

Thanks so much!

[Ilona]

Brandy wrote: "How do I request books for any group that accept YA books? I have a list of 5 (some series) to share that I want to read but have not!."

Hi Brandy, we do read all kinds of genres in this group, including YA. If you are looking for some people to join you in reading these books, you can suggest them as buddy reads. Please have a look at the first post of the buddy read sign up thread for information on how to suggest books for buddy reads.

[Noelle]

Unable to add a nom to the april noms. Unsure why?

[Niharika✩]

Noelle wrote: "Unable to add a nom to the april noms. Unsure why?"

Hi Noelle, you can't nominate a book because the topic is currently frozen. I'm not sure when it'll open. Also, I'm not a moderator. Don't get me wrong.

[Trisha]

Noelle wrote: "Unable to add a nom to the april noms. Unsure why?"

The thread has now been unlocked. Please go ahead and make your nominations.

[Trisha]

Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "Could a mod move my annual challenge thread from the 76-100 folder, to the 100+ folder?"

Hi Zeejane, I’ve moved your personal challenge to the 100+ folder as requested. :)

[Austin]

how can I join the challenge?

[oshizu]

Austin wrote: "how can I join the challenge?"

Austin, which challenge do you mean by "the challenge"?

*To join the 2021 Gooreads Reading Challenge, either click "Home" or go to your profile page then set your 2021 reading goal at either the Home page's left hand box or your profile page's top left section.

*To join one of this group's challenges, you go to the thread of the challenge you wish to join and pledge a goal. Since you seem to be new to the group's challenges, however, I suggest you read through the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for details on how to join, participate, and update your progress in the group's challenges.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Hey mods, just wondering if anyone else is experiencing some problems with the Goodreads site? When I search for books the title I am looking for often does not come up (although if I do a Google search I usually get the Goodreads page for the book no problem). Also, for some - but not all - books, many of my friends' reviews do not appear. I am hoping you mods are privvy to the GR goings-on and might have some insight on these issues. Thanks!

EDIT - these issues have been going on for 2-3 days now at least.

[Marleen]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Hey mods, just wondering if anyone else is experiencing some problems with the Goodreads site? When I search for books the title I am looking for often does not come up (although if I do a Google s..."

Yes, I just had the same thing! And it looks like it’s indeed a known issue they are working on: https://help.goodreads.com/s/announce...

[Ashleigh]

Yes, I've come here just to find out if anyone else was having the same issue. I have found that I can find it the first time, but if I go to search it to add it to a forum post a second time, it vanishes. I've been getting by, by copying and pasting from my first post haha!

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

So what about friends' reviews not appearing? Anyone else finding this? And I don't see it mentioned on the Help page.

It's not for every book, but it seems to occur with the more popular books. For example, 'Salem's Lot. My friends reviews do not appear, not even their star ratings. This has occurred with other books as well.

[Ilona]

RJ from the LBC wrote: "Hey mods, just wondering if anyone else is experiencing some problems with the Goodreads site? When I search for books the title I am looking for often does not come up (although if I do a Google s..."

Hi RJ, thanks for sharing! Unfortunately, we don't have more information. It looks like Goodreads is aware of both problems, and they are working in it. https://help.goodreads.com/s/question...

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Thanks Ilona!

[Anne Hawn]

Books Read 2021 44/100
26424517

Anne’s Hawn’s Hidden Corner 2021

I have been reading all along but I have had computer problems and hadn't started my page. I got a note prompting me and I started putting in all the books I have read. I ended up with two posts that are partial duplicates. I didn't know which to delete. Can you look at this for me?

[oshizu]

Anne Hawn wrote: "Books Read 2021 44/100
26424517

Anne’s Hawn’s Hidden Corner 2021

I have been reading all along but I have had computer problems and hadn't started my page. I got a note prompting me and I started..."

@Anne
In cases like this, it's super helpful to provide a link to your threads to save us the time of locating them.

I didn't find your threads in the "Personal Challenges 76-100" folder, so I used the Members search feature to find you and list all your comments. For 2021, I could only find the thread below in the Members' Corner folder.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you post here a link to the thread you wish to delete, I would be happy to delete for you. However, all three of the comments you posted in 2021 belong to your thread that I linked above.
Best wishes.

[Ilse]

Hi, I tried to post this {spoiler} Here would then be my review about the book {/spoiler} , but I can see where it says spoiler and I can see the text; can others see it too before clicking on it? How does that work? Could you please help me out?

[Niharika✩]

Ilse, you have to replace the { with < and } with >. Only then will it work.

[Ilse]

Niharika wrote: "Ilse, you have to replace the { with . Only then will it work."

Okay, thank you!

[Dianne]

When I go to my personal challenge I am not seeing all the posts that were made. If I click on 'date' I will see the various posts others have made plus a couple of my monthly updates but not my newest ones. When I click on date again then I see just my newest posts and nothing else. How do I fix this?.

[Ilona]

Dianne wrote: "When I go to my personal challenge I am not seeing all the posts that were made. If I click on 'date' I will see the various posts others have made plus a couple of my monthly updates but not my ne..."

It could be that the topic is not loading correctly, but that does not seem to be the case for other personal challenges.
When I go to your challenge (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) I do see all the comments but there is a big emptiness that I need to scroll past in comment #6, your January update. To me the comment looks like: your update with book 1-33, a lot of white lines, and again the same update with book 1-33. Have you tried editing the comment to see what it looks like in the comment box?

[Dianne]

Ilona wrote: "Dianne wrote: "When I go to my personal challenge I am not seeing all the posts that were made. If I click on 'date' I will see the various posts others have made plus a couple of my monthly update..."I surely don't know how the heck I managed THAT one! But I did as you said and I hope it's OJ now! Thank you so much Ilona.

[Ilse]

Hi, I've got a question about signing up for buddy reads. I've got a few books I'm signed up for, but I'm not sure I'll be able to read that certain month because I've got too many books planned that month and because the library is struggling with providing books at the moment. Would it be okay if I asked to remove me from the buddy threads, but then ask to be added back later on if the library is able to provide the books on time? Or is that too much of a hassle? I'm sorry about this, but I can't really do anything about it since I don't want to buy them all.

[Trisha]

Ilse wrote: "Hi, I've got a question about signing up for buddy reads. I've got a few books I'm signed up for, but I'm not sure I'll be able to read that certain month because of too many books and because the ..."

Yes Ilse, you can request in the buddy read sign-up thread to get yourself removed and added back later as long as your request for addition is before the deadline for confirmations. For example, the last date to confirm April buddy reads is Mar 25th, for May buddy reads, the last date is Apr 25th, and so on. If a buddy read is already confirmed, you don’t even need to be added to it formally to be a part of the discussion. Does that answer your question?

[Ilse]

Trisha wrote: "Ilse wrote: "Hi, I've got a question about signing up for buddy reads. I've got a few books I'm signed up for, but I'm not sure I'll be able to read that certain month because of too many books and..."

Ah okay, so if I’m not formally added, I can still join the discussion?

[Trisha]

Ilse wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Ilse wrote: "Hi, I've got a question about signing up for buddy reads. I've got a few books I'm signed up for, but I'm not sure I'll be able to read that certain month because of too..."

Yes! As long as the buddy read is confirmed, you can jump into the discussion anytime even if your name is not there in the list.

For a buddy read that was suggested but not yet confirmed (i.e. in need of a second reader), you will have to inform the Mods of your participation and get yourself formally added.

Btw, if you haven’t read the buddy read guidelines, I will suggest you to have a look at the first two posts of the buddy read sign up thread. They actually have a lot of useful information! :)

[Trisha]

No problem, Ilse!

[Ilse]

Trisha wrote: "No problem, Ilse!"

Thank you! :)

[Ilse]

Trisha wrote: "Ilse wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Ilse wrote: "Hi, I've got a question about signing up for buddy reads. I've got a few books I'm signed up for, but I'm not sure I'll be able to read that certain month b..."

Ohh okay! I’ll definitely go and read the first two posts then; thank you :)

[Karolina]

Can I have my personal challenge topic deleted here (it says I can't do this on my own)? I'd rather enjoy one 800-page book in a month and thoroughly think it over than speed read several shorter ones with almost no break between them.
So yeah, it was a really dumb idea.

[oshizu]

Karolina wrote: "Can I have my personal challenge topic deleted here (it says I can't do this on my own)? I'd rather enjoy one 800-page book in a month and thoroughly think it over than speed read several shorter o..."

Karolina
I can certainly delete your thread, if you wish.
Another option would be for you to revise your annual goal (12 long books?), after which your thread title could be edited and your entire thread to the 1-25 Personal Challenges folder.
In that way, you could continue recordinging your 2021 reading journey.

Let me know. I'll check back here for your reply.

[Karolina]

oshizu wrote: "Karolina wrote: "Can I have my personal challenge topic deleted here (it says I can't do this on my own)? I'd rather enjoy one 800-page book in a month and thoroughly think it over than speed read ..."

I'd rather start a new thread if it's not a problem.

[oshizu]

Karolina wrote: "oshizu wrote: "Karolina wrote: "Can I have my personal challenge topic deleted here (it says I can't do this on my own)? I'd rather enjoy one 800-page book in a month and thoroughly think it over t..."

Karolina
Not a problem at all. The thread you previously linked has been deleted.

[Karolina]

oshizu wrote: "Karolina wrote: "oshizu wrote: "Karolina wrote: "Can I have my personal challenge topic deleted here (it says I can't do this on my own)? I'd rather enjoy one 800-page book in a month and thoroughl..."

Thank you very much!

[Alaina]

Hello Mods!

This might seem like an odd question but for the POPSUGAR 2021 Yearly Challenge, there's an advanced prompt - '#49. A DNF book from your TBR list'. If you haven't actually DNF'd a book before, would you count a book from a series that you possibly ghosted forever ago but decide to jump back into it due to all the books being published now?? Or no??

[Ilona]

Alaina wrote: "Hello Mods!

This might seem like an odd question but for the POPSUGAR 2021 Yearly Challenge, there's an advanced prompt - '#49. A DNF book from your TBR list'. If you haven't actually DNF'd a book..."

Hi Alaina, that is good question. Our general rule is that this decision is up to the reader; if you think that it counts, it counts. In this case, I think that using a book of a series that you DNF'd is a good substitution for a single DNF'd book.

[Alaina]

Ilona wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Hello Mods!

This might seem like an odd question but for the POPSUGAR 2021 Yearly Challenge, there's an advanced prompt - '#49. A DNF book from your TBR list'. If you haven't actual..."

Thanks!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Oh, fabulous Mods, I humbly come before you seeking assistance. Updates to the Give Us a Clue yearly challenge have stalled. New folks have joined the challenge, goals have changed, questions have gone unanswered, and as best I can tell, the participant list has not been updated since February -- almost three months ago. I hope Rachael is well, but if you need someone to step in or help her, please let me know. I'm glad to do whatever I can.

[Ilona]

TerryJane wrote: "Oh, fabulous Mods, I humbly come before you seeking assistance. Updates to the Give Us a Clue yearly challenge have stalled. New folks have joined the challenge, goals have changed, questions have ..."

Hi TerryJane, thank you for alerting us! I'll check in with Rachael and see if she needs any help.

[Lisa Marie]

I am very new to goodreads and I am learning how to do things slowly....but, I am wondering how I go about participating in a Buddy Read? Thank you in advance!!

[Ilona]

ReadingWithLisaMarie wrote: "I am very new to goodreads and I am learning how to do things slowly....but, I am wondering how I go about participating in a Buddy Read? Thank you in advance!!"

Hi Lisa, you may want to have a look at the Buddy Read guidelines. Once you've signed up for a certain book and the read has been confirmed, the mods will post the thread around the 25th of the month prior to the agreed month.

[L Y N N]

I realize I am probably just missing it somewhere...but...where are the 2021 quarterly themes listed? I discovered the monthly themes, but can't find a comprehensive listing of the quarterly themes...

Updated to add: NEVER MIND! I found them!! :)

[Julietta]

Hello Ilona,
Being new I have a very basic question...how do I change colors on my posts? Specifically, I notice that others have their titles in blue or some of their other information. It looks much better that way with the contrast between the blue and the black.
Thanks!

[Ilona]

Julietta wrote: "Hello Ilona,
Being new I have a very basic question...how do I change colors on my posts? Specifically, I notice that others have their titles in blue or some of their other information. It looks m..."

Hi Julietta, I am not completely sure what you are referring to. Do you mean the info like the "Welcome Committee" behind my name? That is only there for moderators, indicating our main focus. As far as I know, it is not possible to change any colors on Goodreads posts.

Edit: confusion solved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Ashleigh]

Hi mods!

Quick question about the group read for July! I noticed the poll was even between two books but for a few days there seemed to be one of the ones chosen as it was listed as 'next up' but now it's vanished again? Just wondering if a decision has been made as to which book will be read? I'm asking because I like to plan my reading ahead so I can get my hand on the books if needed 😅 it looked as if a decision had been made but now I'm confused!