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WINTER CHALLENGE 2021
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
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Please check your totals - I show you with 630 after this post, and I'm pretty sure that 653 must be a typo! No need to repost, just trying to keep out totals synched.
Sandy wrote: "Cat post 2120Please check your totals - I show you with 630 after this post, and I'm pretty sure that 653 must be a typo!"
I am having an absolute mare this week with competent postings!
I'll wait for the Readerboard update to see if we get in alignment by then (I think that I should be at 635 by that update)
And sorry!
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Please check your links. The link you included for "The Hidden Village" led to BUDGIES CARE GUIDES: The complete guides to caring for budgies and parakeets!
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Please check your links. The link you included for "The Hidden Village" led to BUDGIES CARE GUIDES: The complete guides to caring for budgies and parakeets!"
Yikes - I have no idea how that happened - I followed the same process I usually do to insert a book link!!
Corrected now (I hope!)
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Task 30.5, option 4, requires an author whose first and last initials appear in AUDIOBOOKS. Sweet Jesus, Is It June Yet?: 10 Ways the Gospels Can Help You Combat Teacher Burnout and Rediscover Your Passion for Teaching by A.J. Cattapan will not work, because there is no C in AUDIOBOOKS.
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Fairy and Impartial only shows a kindle, an audio, and a paperback with no page count. You will need to get a paper page count added to the GR record. You may want to ask for help in the Anyone with librarian status thread.
Sandy wrote: "Heather KS post 2179Task 30.5, option 4, requires an author whose first and last initials appear in AUDIOBOOKS. [book:Sweet Jesus, Is It June Yet?: 10 Ways the Gospels Can Help You Combat Teacher..."
Oh my gosh I feel dumb! I may have posted the wrong option. Let me check my records.
Sandy wrote: "Shelby post 2194Fairy and Impartial only shows a kindle, an audio, and a paperback with no page count. You will need to get a paper page count added to the GR record. You may want..."
Updated the paperback page count and reposted. :)
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Please check your totals. You went from 255 in your prior post to 230 in this one. No need to repost - this is just to keep our totals synched.
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Looks like a typo in your total points tally!
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Task 15.1, book 2, requires that you point out the 3 necessary colors on your book cover.
Sandy wrote: "Julia 103 post 2249Looks like a typo in your total points tally!"
Oops! I meant 610. Do I need to repost?
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Looks like a typo in your total points tally!"
Oops! I meant 610. Do I need to repost?"
no.
Sandy wrote: "Jayme (the ghostreader post 1464Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix includes childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Fantasy 52,725 users
Young Adult 16,388 users
Fictio..."
I will fix it and repost.
Sandy wrote: "Kristina Marie post 2216Please check your totals. You went from 255 in your prior post to 230 in this one. No need to repost - this is just to keep our totals synched."
I apologize for the error.
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Soar High includes Childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Romance 19 users
Contemporary 19 users
Romance>Romantic Suspense 13 users
Romance>Contemporary Romance 7 users
War>Military Fiction 6 users
Suspense 6 users
Romance>Erotic Romance 4 users
Adult Fiction>Erotica 3 users
Childrens 2 users
Sociology>Abuse 2 users
Please review the rules regarding the use of books with the MPG Childrens in the SRC: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sandy wrote: "Delicious Dee post 15.2Soar High includes Childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Romance 19 users
Contemporary 19 users
Romance>Romantic Suspense 13 users
Romance>Cont..."
ahhh crap - i'll get it approved for a non-childrens book because that wasn't there when i checked
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The rules of the challenge require that you include an up to date total of your points.
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To claim a BB ticket, your post must include the number of pages i the book. You have received points for the task, but you will need to repost for the BB ticket.
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Task 15.2, book 2, requires a book from a series with at least 2 published works. I have looked everywhere I can think of, and the "second book" in this series does not appear to have been published. It has no publication date, and is noted as "an upcoming novel."
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Juniper Hill includes the main page genre Childrens. Genres at review:
Romance 82 users
Romance>Contemporary Romance 42
Contemporary 33 users
Suspense 8 users
Adult 8 users
Audiobook 7 users
Romance>Romantic Suspense 6 users
Childrens 4 users
Fiction 4 users
Family 4 users
Please review the rules regarding the use of books with the MPG Childrens in the SRC: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sandy wrote: "Delicious Dee post 2410To claim a BB ticket, your post must include the number of pages i the book. You have received points for the task, but you will need to repost for the BB ticket."
i am failing epically this season lol!
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Juniper Hill includes the main page genre Childrens. Genres at review:
Romance 82 users
Romance>Contemporary Romance 42
Contemporary 33 users
Suspense 8 users
Adu..."
Sorry, I forgot to check it again before I posted and it just came out. It is definitely not a children's book but has children in it, so I will go to that thread.
Sandy wrote: "Boston Kate post 2041Kent State includes Childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Historical>Historical Fiction 250 users
Young Adult 216 users
Poetry 100 users
Historica..."
Whoops! Reposted 2471.
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For task 30.2, book 2, you linked to a large print book. Please see the Rules of the Challenge:
"When determining page count, you should go by the copy you read- EXCEPT as noted below for ebooks, audiobooks, and large print books."
The regular hardcover for this book, Going There, has 528 pages, as does the top paperback, Going There. 528 contains both a 2 and a 5, so does not fit the task.
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The Westing Game includes Childrens as a main page genre. Genres at review:
Mystery 3982 users
Young Adult 1861 users
Fiction 1809 users
Childrens>Middle Grade 950 users
Childrens 792 users
Classics 759 users
Thriller>Mystery Thriller 330 users
Academic>School 283 users
Childrens>Juvenile 205 users
Realistic Fiction 181 users
Please review the rules regarding the use of books with the MPG Childrens in the SRC: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Please check your totals - you appear to have added 30 points for a 15 point task.
Sandy wrote: "Cindie post 2461For task 30.2, book 2, you linked to a large print book. Please see the Rules of the Challenge:
"When determining page count, you should go by the copy you read- EXCEPT as noted ..."
Oops! I am a moron! I read the audiobook and thought i linked to that and didn't realize i looked at the large print for pp. So sorry!! My bad!
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For task 30.2, book 2, you linked to a large print book. Please see the Rules of the Challenge:
"When determining page count, you should go by the copy you read- EX..."
Stuff like that happens all the time, Cindie! Hope you can find somewhere else to put it.
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Task 20.4 requires that this author be new to you and that you state in your post that you have never read a book by Agatha Christie before.
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The Best American Sports Writing 2019 is an ebook and the only paper edition listed has no page numbers. You will need to get page numbers listed for the paper editions to use it for this task. You may be able to get help in the Anyone with Librarian Status thread.
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Task 25.3 requires that the letters by found in the titles
of your book(s) - you have used the subtitle for book 1 and I don't see the required letters in the combined titles for your books.
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Please check your totals - I show you with 440. Looks like the problem is that you didn't add any points for 15.2, either the first time or the repost time. No need to repost, just let me know if your records are different!
Sandy wrote: "MegSCL post 2629Please check your totals - I show you with 440. Looks like the problem is that you didn't add any points for 15.2, either the first time or the repost time. No need to repost, jus..."
You are right! Sorry about that
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Please check your totals - I show you with 440. Looks like the problem is that you didn't add any points for 15.2, either the first time or the repost time. No need ..."
no problem - I just wanted to resolve the discrepancy now!
Sandy wrote: "Lisa MD post 2628Task 25.3 requires that the letters by found in the titles
of your book(s) - you have used the subtitle for book 1 and I don't see the required letters in the combined titles for..."
Oops! Completely zoned out about the title only bit.
Sarah EI seem to be missing a BB ticket from post 2613, task 15.9. I've had the points credited in the last readerboard update, but not the BB. Could you take a look?
Thanks so much!
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Please check your totals. I show you with 925. Looks like you only added 10 points for this 15 point task.
No need to repost. Just want to get our totals synched, so we don't wind up with a complication this close to the end!
Ooops!I'm on my last couple of books so expect to finish by the end of this weekend 😃 totals should be synced by then!
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You already posted this task (same books) on February 8.
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Please review the rules regarding the use of books with the MPG Childrens in the SRC: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
To be used in the SRC, books with an IL of MG must have a BL of at least 5 and AR points of at least 7. Your post indicates AR points of 5, so this book does not fit the requirements.
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When using the one book option, you can only use each letter in VALENTINES as many times as it appears in the word. "For all options, letters may be used only as often as they appear in VALENTINES. NOTE: If you use option 2, this requirement applies to the title and author, since it is only 1 book. Therefore, for instance, S can only be used once in the combination of title and author."
V and L only appear once, so cannot be used for both the title and the author.
Sandy wrote: "Karen Michele post 2788"When this task came out, it confused a lot of people (myself included). If you check the 15.4 help thread, you'll find some books that work.
Sandy wrote: "Hannelore post 2766Please review the rules regarding the use of books with the MPG Childrens in the SRC: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
Hi Sandy! I figured out what I was doing wrong... copied the AR scores for the wrong version of this text... The combined book with the two stories in it does fit the SRC rules.
Did a repost. I'm sorry about that!
I was so determined not to make any posting mistakes! Anywho.. I will check and doublecheck for sure on my next posts...
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I cannot locate House of Earth and Blood on the Friends to Lovers list, p.25. I also looked at 23 and 24, and could not find it there either. Could you provide more info?
Sandy wrote: "Simone post 2805I cannot locate House of Earth and Blood on the Friends to Lovers list, p.25. I also looked at 23 and 24, and could not find it there either. Could you provide mor..."
I found it on page 20 about 2/3 of the way down. It's new enough that it will move a lot as people shelve it.
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I cannot locate House of Earth and Blood on the Friends to Lovers list, p.25. I also looked at 23 and 24, and could not find it there either. Could y..."
that's fine, but it is the participant's obligation to post correctly - I will not be searching through 25 pages hoping to find it.
Sandy wrote: "Aprilleigh wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Simone post 2805I cannot locate House of Earth and Blood on the Friends to Lovers list, p.25. I also looked at 23 and 24, and could not find it th..."
Understood, that was actually meant to help her out since it apparently moved since she originally identified it.
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Task 30.8, option 2, requires that you list the page of the list on which your book is found."
I have never complained about being posted in this section in the m..."
We cannot operate the SRC on the "well, the requirements of the task don't apply to THIS post because we can figure it out." Rules have to be applied to EVERYONE, or they're no longer rules. If we don't call out people who fail to comply with the requirements of the task some of the time, how can we justify enforcing the requirement the rest of the time? "well, it's book #52, so surely you could figure out that it was on the second page."