General Questions

[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

Please post your general questions about the Fall 2021 Challenge here. Specific questions about individual tasks should be posted in the Help Threads for those tasks. You may find answers to some questions in Default Rules and FAQs.

[Teri-K]

I think I posted this question somewhere else, obviously in the wrong place, because now I can't find it. lol I did read through the rules again, but if this addressed there I missed it.

I'm listening to How to Read and Understand Shakespeare. The print version is labelled a transcript, not a book. Would this still work for this challenge as a book? And if so, can I use it for a task that requires a book over 500 pages? In other words, is it considered a regular book or no?

Thanks very much.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Teri-K wrote: "I think I posted this question somewhere else, obviously in the wrong place, because now I can't find it. lol I did read through the rules again, but if this addressed there I missed it.

I'm liste..."

Transcripts with an isbn/asin work.

[Teri-K]

Dlmrose wrote: "Teri-K wrote: "I think I posted this question somewhere else, obviously in the wrong place, because now I can't find it. lol I did read through the rules again, but if this addressed there I missed..."

Ok. Thanks!

[Zach]

Fried asking somewhere else with no luck. I've never read The Night Circus but saw it on the list for twins. Could anyone confirm, are the twins in the book main characters?

[Marie (UK)]

Zach wrote: "Fried asking somewhere else with no luck. I've never read The Night Circus but saw it on the list for twins. Could anyone confirm, are the twins in the book main characters?"

Zach I think there are but it is a long time since i read it

One of the reviews of the book says this "Then I laughed when the twins were born and the Chandresh was disappointed that they weren't identical" That was written by Alaina and is the third review as I look at it. That should be enough to claim twins in it

ETA I am not sure how big characters they are

[Simone]

Yes, there are twins in the book.

[Simone]

Can the group read be part of a combined edition? I have The Complete Sherlock Holmes on my TBR for next month. The Hound of the Baskervilles is also part of that collection. Can I log the Baskerville book as if it was a standalone as long as I discuss the book?

[Kristina Simon]

Simone wrote: "Can the group read be part of a combined edition? I have The Complete Sherlock Holmes on my TBR for next month. The Hound of the Baskervilles is also part of that collection. Can I log the Baskervi..."

From the Rules of the Challenge:
11. Books identified as collected works (The Complete .... , anthologies, etc.) may be isolated into component parts and read separately as long as the isolated work has been published separately and meets the minimum page requirements.

If you choose to read an element isolated from an aggregate work, you MUST include a link to the book (isbn/asin) that you read AND provide a link to a separately published work that relates to the isolated title.

Page numbers should be determined by the copy you read. If a component part has 200 pages in the print edition you read, record those numbers. For digital or audio formats follow the page number guidelines in item 7 above for the isolated title.

[Julia]

I posted a question in the help thread for task 20.2 on 10/21 but haven't seen an answer yet. How do I follow up?

[Kristina Simon]

Julia wrote: "I posted a question in the help thread for task 20.2 on 10/21 but haven't seen an answer yet. How do I follow up?"

Thanks for letting us know, Julia. I've sent the task creator a message. If you don't hear back in a day or two, post here again and I'll step in with an answer.