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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2020
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
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Please check your totals. I show you with 85, not 115. 65 after your previous post, plus 20 this post.
No need to repost.
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Task 30.6, option 3, requires "Required: State that you began the series before this season."
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I am confused by your post - this task only involves your mother/father's lifetime and your own year of birth - the author's year of birth (which doesn't seem accurate in your post) is not involved in this task.
Christine VIt looks like I might be missing one Big Book ticket on the readerboard. My records show I have claimed 7 (3 books >500 pages, 2 books >750 pages). I most recently claimed a BB ticket in post 1886. Thanks for checking!
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It looks like I might be missing one Big Book ticket on the readerboard. My records show I have claimed 7 (3 books >500 pages, 2 books >750 pages). I most recently claimed a BB ticket ..."
Thanks for the heads up, Christine. Found and fixed!
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Please check your totals - I show you with 765 - 745 after your previous post, plus 20 in this post.
Sandy wrote: "Sally M post 1924I am confused by your post - this task only involves your mother/father's lifetime and your own year of birth - the author's year of birth (which doesn't seem accurate in your po..."
That's cuz I'm silly and originally misunderstood the task, later correctly understood the task, but then never updated the wording in my spreadsheet. I'm a dolt! The years I put in my post are not their birth years (which is what it says), they're the years published. Let me know if I need to repost to remove that incorrect detail.
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The problem is not the inclusion of the incorrect info - that was just confusing. However, there's nothing in the post indicating that these books were not published during your lifetime.
Sandy wrote: "Sally wrote: "Sandy wrote: "The years I put in my post are not their birth years (which is what it says), they're the years published. Let me know if I need to repost to remove that incorrect detai..."Oh, I see! I thought it was enough to simply note 1984 as the end for each set of years. I can repost with a line adding that 1984 is my birth year.
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That's what I'll need - thanks.
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Please check your totals. I show you with 45:
5.7
10.6
10.5
20.1
No need to repost, just check your records and either let me know why your numbers are different, or change your totals in your own records.
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Pet has Childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Fantasy 594 users
Young Adult 528 users
LGBT 263 users
Fiction 189 users
GLBT>Queer 140 users
Magical Realism 77 users
Childrens>Middle Grade 73 users
Young Adult>Teen 53 users
Audiobook 52 users
Young Adult>Young Adult Fantassy
Please see the Rules of the Challenge for the use of childrens books in the SRC.
gah! didn't think, as it only had the top 5 when I checked. luckily it just scrapes - reposting
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Task 20.8 requires that you use an equal number of letters from each word i the title. I don't see anything in Sisters that comes from "of" or "Baba"
Sandy wrote: "Shala post 1983Please check your totals. I show you with 45:
5.7
10.6
10.5
20.1
No need to repost, just check your records and either let me know why your numbers are different, or change your t..."
Thanks. I guess I just can't add. LOL
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I can't either - I rely on my spreadsheet to keep it straight!
Sandy wrote: "Katrina T post 1698Task 15.5 requires that you include in your post the date when you read book 1 in the series.
Also, if you are claiming a BB ticket, you need to explicitly say so. A tally at ..."
My apologies I missed that you had tp say when you read the first book.
I had posted like this to claim a BB, I have always done this in the past, is this not sufficient? Thanks
KATRINA T ***Claiming BB***
15.5 - Again, Really?
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon Book 2 in the Bones Seasons Trilogy 544 pgs
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Sorry, Katrina - I missed it since it was up next to your name.
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All posts, including reposts, must include a link to the book claimed. If you are trying to just copy and edit your previous post, you need to click on "edit" at the bottom of the post, then copy that screen. Just copying the printed post will not preserve the links.
Sandy wrote: "Nicole OH post 1853Hot Six does not include Thriller as a main page genre.
Genres at review:
Mystery 2,262 users
Fiction 749 users
Humor 547 users
Womens Fiction>Chick lit 467 user..."
Great.... it was literally there when I posted, I double checked. I have no idea why it would be there for two months and then just mysteriously vanish but hey why should I be surprised? Nothing goes smoothly for me no matter how hard I try.
Do I need to do anything special to move it to task 15.5? Or just post again using that task?
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nothing special, you didn't get credit for the task, so the book can be used wherever you like.
Nicole wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Nicole OH post 1853Hot Six does not include Thriller as a main page genre.
Genres at review:
Mystery 2,262 users
Fiction 749 users
Humor 547 users
Womens Fiction>Chic..."
TBH I just started getting everything genre verified to avoid this happening
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Task 10.8 requires that you include a link to the list you used.
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You claimed Let The Dead Lie in your post for task 30.11, on July 20. Books can only be claimed once in a challenge.
Oma1229I see the mistake with Post #2112.
However, did I get credit for post # 2109?
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We work with the author name shown in the GR record for the book - you cannot substitute a full name if the author is shown on GR as being an initial, so "Shannon" cannot be used instead of "S.A."
Please see the FAQs
"6. What about if an author uses initials but I know that his/her full name fits an author name task, can I use that author?
No. The name as it appears on Goodreads will be used."
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In order to claim a BB ticket, your post must include the number of pages - "over 500" is not sufficient. See the posting requirements
You have received credit for the task - if you repost to claim a BB ticket, be sure to indicate at the top of your post that this is what you are doing.
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Task 20.5 is a cover task, and the cover must be included in your post.
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Please check your totals. Looks like you subtracted 5 here, rather than adding. No need to repost.
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Task 50.1 requires a combined page total of 750.
The Interesting Narrative and other writings - 190 pages.
Oroonoko - 144 pages
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination - 110 pages
190 + 144 + 110 = 444 pages
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Task 30.6, option 4, requires that you identify the continent on which you live.
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Task 25.6, option 4, requires that the author initials be found consecutively in the phrase. A and M are separated in the phrase by several letters.
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Task 30.3, option 1 requires a book first published in December or May. Boy, Snow, Bird was first published in August 2013.
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Task 20.3, option 1, requires that you include in your post the list you used and the page of that list on which your book was found.
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All posts, including reposts, must include links to the books claimed. If you copy an old post, the links will not transfer. You need to click on "edit" at the bottom of the post and copy from that screen. Then you can paste into a new post and make whatever changes are necessary.
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond includes Childens as a main page genre.
Genres at review:
Historical>Historical Fiction 3043 users
Young Adult 1843 users
Fiction 1213 users
Classics 1041 users
Childrens 647 users
Historical 632 users
Childrens>Middle Grade 345 users
Paranormal>Witches 208 users
Romance 192 users
Academic>School 170 users
Please see the Rules of the Challenge for requirements for the use of childrens books in the SRC.
Sandy wrote: "Cindie post 1633Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story does not include Humor as a main page genre.
Genres at review:
Autobiography>Memoir 110 users
Nonfic..."
How do I lock it in? Right now (and before when I posted) it was the fifth genre on the main page?
Cindie wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Cindie post 1633Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story does not include Humor as a main page genre.
Genres at review:
Autobiography>Memoir 11..."
Post in the genre verification thread; 1 of the mods will verify and pick it in then just reference that post when you claim the task
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Task 20.1, option 2, states that a competition must have "a defined set of rules." I don't see anything in the description or your summary that notes that there is a competition with a defined set of rules in this book.
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Please check your totals. You had 825 after your previous post, plus 30 this time, for a total of 855. No need to repost - this is just to keep our records synched.
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Since Rick Riordan's birthdate is not listed on his GR bio, the task requires that you provide a link to a reference for it.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe includes Childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Fantasy 24,581 users
Classics 9.535 users
Fiction 7.256 users
Young Adult 4,614 users
Childrens 3,636 users
Please see the Rules of the Challenge for the requirements for the use of childrens books in the SRC.
Can you please check my BB tickets? The Readerboard says I have 6, but I think it should be 7:
1 each in posts 654, 1152 and 1483; 2 each in posts 1891 and 2153
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The Readerboard says I have 6, but I think it should be 7:
1 each in posts 654, 1152 and 1483; 2 each in posts 1891 and 2153"
Sorry, Julia - found and fixed. Thanks for the complete info - made it very easy for me to find the problem right away!
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Please check your totals. From the tally at the bottom of your post, looks like you're not including 5.6, which you posted on July 23, and you are including 20.8 (see post 168 in this thread).
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Task 30.1, option 1B, is a cover task and the cover must be included in your post.
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Task 25.11 requires that one of your books must have been first published before 2011. The Caring Teacher: Strategies for Working Through Our Own Difficulties with Students was first published in 2019, and The Futures was first published in 2017.
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Task 25.8, option 3, requires that you specify the number on the list of the names that you use.
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Genres at review:
Nonfiction 539 users
Autobiography>Memoir 388 users
Politics 353 users
Biography 114 users
Audiobook 109 users
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