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Matthew
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Jan 13, 2021 10:46AM
What happened to the series page for these books? II appreciated being able to find a list of all of them. 'm sure there used to be one, but now I can't find one.
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They do not qualify as a series by GR definition. You can find them instead under Listopia:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
That is a not a useful equivalent as it contains non-Choose Your Own Adventure titles and is not in order.
Matthew wrote: "That is a not a useful equivalent as it contains non-Choose Your Own Adventure titles and is not in order."It's not meant to be an equivalent, just a tool that people can use to add books with that theme.
To be honest, I am surprised there isn't a list for just the original series. Or maybe I am just bad at searching.
Scott wrote: "To be honest, I am surprised there isn't a list for just the original series. Or maybe I am just bad at searching."And there is no reason there can't be one. It could be a static list.
I had created a series for Choose Your Own Adventure, before I found out about the Goodreads definition. :( It is unfortunate (especially given how long it took me to add them all lol) but I guess a static list could be used for part of the purpose. Except that they wouldn't stay in order.
Lianne (The Towering Pile) wrote: "I had created a series for Choose Your Own Adventure, before I found out about the Goodreads definition. :( It is unfortunate (especially given how long it took me to add them all lol) but I guess ..."Ah! So there was a series! Thank you for making it, even if it's not there any more.
Is it possible to make a list in which the books will stay in order?
Matthew wrote: "Is it possible to make a list in which the books will stay in order?"Probably not, because the books would get votes, so that if later appearing books got more votes than earlier ones, the later ones would appear first.
I thought people couldn't vote on static lists. So if the books are put in order and then the list made static, wouldn't they stay in order?
When I look at a static list, I don't have the vote button under the book listinghttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Miriam wrote: "When I look at a static list, I don't have the vote button under the book listinghttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..."
Only Super-librarians can freeze the list, so regular ones don't even know it's possible.
Miriam wrote: "I thought people couldn't vote on static lists. So if the books are put in order and then the list made static, wouldn't they stay in order?"You're right. I thought I remembered I had the opporutnity to vote, but I was wrong.
