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[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

Judy wrote: "Lyndi (mibookobsession) wrote: "I got the task to read a book shelved England. I tried typing that in to the genre search and it automatically switches it to British literature. I looked through se..."

Thank you! I got so frustrated when it kept switching. What did you type in?
I'm already three books done on my skip list and started the last one this morning so I'll probably skip anyway but I tend to get task repeats frequently.

[Judy]

Lyndi (mibookobsession) wrote: "Thank you! I got so frustrated when it kept switching. What did you type in?"

No problem :) I have a sample shelf bookmarked because I know how annoying it can be to get to this specific view, so I just replaced the word in that URL with "England" 😅

[Kristie]

Here's the main page for shelf searches: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf You just type in whoever shelf you are looking for in the search bar.

[Insiyah]

Task: Read a book with the phrase "Last straw" in a book
Direction: East

S - The Architect's Apprentice (author: Elif Shafak) (458 pages)
T - The Bourne Supremacy (688 pages)
O - Oreo (212 pages)
P - The Palace of Illusions (384 pages)

[Judy]

Task: Read a book that is in the Amazon 2015 bestsellers (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/...) - I've had this task before and at this point there are like 3 real books on this list I haven't read, and I've got good reasons for not reading them lol

Direction: South

P - With Any Luck - ALN: Poston
A - Women, Race & Class - AFN: Angela
S - Die Räuber* - ALN - Schiller
S - Rosie and the Dreamboat - AFN: Sally

*"die" = German for "the", so I'm omitting it and using R for the title

[Elli]

Task: Read a book where the first word of the text is One
Direction: South (Title starts with N-Z)

H -- Unlikely Heroes: 37 Inspiring Stories of Courage and Heart from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
A -- On the Prowl, CFN Anna
L -- Star in the Forest by Laura Resau
T -- The Kingdom of Copper

[Catsalive]

Task: Read a book that is in the "Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...)

P- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 2/3 5★
A- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 2/3 3.5★
S- Wild Card by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★
S- Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 6/3 4★

[Sam Fox]

Task: Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The World" in the text or title



S - The Snow by Flint Maxwell

T - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

O - Once Upon a Time in SilverLake by Mindy Kaling

P - Powerless by Lauren Roberts

[Insiyah]

Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as books - plurals and spelling acceptable
Direction - South

H - The Housekeeper and the Professor
A - The Architect's Apprentice
L - The Bourne Supremacy (A: Ludlum)
T - Matilda (C: Trunchbull)

[Lory]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I got the task: Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as need - plurals and spelling acceptable

Would "need-to-buy" as a tag work?

[Judy]

Lory wrote: "Sorry if this has been asked before, but I got the task: Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as need - plurals and spelling acceptable

Would "need-to-buy" as a tag work?"

Rules with tags is that it always needs to be the exact tag, only exception is the plural/singular version of it.

However - it would be great if we could have a modification on these types of tasks. I just got "want" which is similarly impossible as "need", but "want-to-buy" is everywhere ...

If anyone is looking for a laugh... I've already checked dozens of books and the only thing I've found that works for "want" so far is The Winds of Winter 🫠

[Lory]

Judy wrote: "Lory wrote: "Sorry if this has been asked before, but I got the task: Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as need - plurals and spelling acceptable

Would "need-to-buy" as a ..."

I was just looking for need and found Ever the Hunted which works for both need and want if you need a book A-M :)

[Judy]

Lory wrote: "Judy wrote: "I was just looking for need and found Ever the Hunted which works for both need and want if you need a book A-M :) "

Oooh thank you! I think I'm going for a skip instead, that lets me finish two books I'm in the middle of and knock two more off my TBR for the Cleaning Out the TBR Closet challenge

[Casey]

Skipping task: Read a book that is in the Amazon 2012 bestsellers and moving east.

H - Bride (Author - Hazelwood, 416 pages)
A - Exit Strategy (Character - Arada, 172 pages)
L - Vespertine (Character - Leander, 400 pages)
T - Land is Everything : Treaty Land Entitlement (Editor - Tasha, 176 pages)

[Heli]

Skipping task Read a book with the word build, make, create or construct (plurals are acceptable) in the title. Moving south.

P - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson - 3/21
A - We Know You Remember by Tove Alsterdal - 3/20
S - Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham - 3/18
S - The Absolution by Yrsa Sigurdardottir - 3/19

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

You now have multiple options for task selection for your maze. You can use the traditional set (general) which has multiple difficulty settings, or you can pick one of the additional genre linked task sets (which are the same difficulty regardless of whether you select easy, medium or hard).

Massive thank you to Sammy for all her help with the task creation.

[Sammy]

Yay! Excited to try one of those. but where to begin? lol.

[Sophie, The other one]

I'm about to start archiving some of the more impossible tasks - book depository I'm coming for you!

[Sammy]

Yikes, good luck rooting out all those devils, lol.

[Judy]

omg that looks so fun!!

Thanks ladies for all the hard work you're putting into this challenge :) it's my favorite individual one as it always keeps me motivated to keep going!

[Judy]

Also, I spy a "create a maze" button at the top of the page now, does that mean we can have multiple mazes running at the same time (e.g. a general and a genre-specific one)? 👀

[Sammy]

I just did 😆

But to be fair I'll only use a book in one or the other, not both.

[Sophie, The other one]

So I think I've caught some of the nearly impossible ones - will be keeping an eye out for more.

want/need as tags have now got (to read) in brackets after so those phrases can be used.

[Sophie, The other one]

And yes - we can now have multiple mazes! Please don't go too crazy as it's all run off a server in my house that my husband maintains not one of the big AWS or google ones.

[Judy]

Awesome, thank you! :)

I'll definitely keep myself in check regarding additional mazes 😅 I can't decide yet which genre I'd want anyway... I'll have to think a bit longer before I make a decision

[Sammy]

If it helps, the genre tasks lend themselves to certain genres, but not all of them require you to read said genre, if that makes sense.

[Kristie]

Oh! Thank you! 😁

[Kristie]

What do you all use to find a word in the text? I used to use the 'look inside' feature on Amazon, but it's not there anymore.

[Judy]

Kristie wrote: "What do you all use to find a word in the text? I used to use the 'look inside' feature on Amazon, but it's not there anymore."

Preferably I'll search my Kindle. If I don't have the book on there, Google Books is an option, but it's very hit or miss whether you'll be able to search the text of the specific book you're looking for. I also sometimes get the ebook from my library just for the purpose of using the search function to find a word

[Kristie]

Thanks, Judy. I'll have to check out Google Books.

[Sammy]

Kristie wrote: "What do you all use to find a word in the text? I used to use the 'look inside' feature on Amazon, but it's not there anymore."

If you select the physical or kindle version of the book there should be a "read sample" button under the book image, which takes you to what used to be the "look inside" interface. 😊

[Kristie]

Thanks, Sammy. I completely forgot that! I think it still checks the whole book, but do you know if it looks inside the whole book or just the sample?

[Tricia]

Yay! I'm so excited for this! thanks for keeping the challenge going. This is one of my favorites.

[Sammy]

Kristie wrote: "Thanks, Sammy. I completely forgot that! I think it still checks the whole book, but do you know if it looks inside the whole book or just the sample?"

I think it depends on the book. It can do either. I find that new releases generally only allow you to search the first couple of chapters.

[Kristie]

Thanks again, Sammy. :)

[Sammy]

Not a problem 😊

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

Oh goody! I'm so excited for the new mazes! I have to finish this one first though lol! Too easily distracted by the new and shiny ones.
Skipping though.
Task: Read a book where there is only "one left"

H Between Commitment and Betrayal Shain Rose 3/24 MC: Declan Hardy

A The Bug Guy Andrea Smith 3/26

L The Truth about the Devlins Lisa Scottoline 3/25

T Trust Me: A Mafia Romance Reina Bell 3/25

[Katrina]

Hello! I am going to try join the challenge :)

I don't quite understand my first task though - Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as 2003 - plurals and spelling acceptable.

Please help!

[Judy]

Hi Katrina :)

For the "shelved as" tasks, you go to the top shelves page of a book, e.g. https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve... and check whether the tag ("2003" in this case) is on the first page there

To get to this view from the book page, you look at the genre list, then click on "...more", then on "...show all"



A tip to help you find something that works:

To find a book shelved as 2003, you probably need to primarily look at older books, for example books people have read in 2003, or books that were published in 2003. To find ideas, it can be helpful to also look at the 2003 genre page: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Keep in mind this page doesn't know whether 2003 is among the top tags for the book, it just tells you how many people have tagged it as such, so you'll probably have to do a lot of digging to find something here.

In my experience, tags for years before Goodreads existed are tough to find something for, but maybe you'll strike gold quickly. Good luck and have fun!

[Insiyah]

Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as shelved - plurals and spelling acceptable
Direction: East

S: Sunlight on a Broken Column
K: Emma (C: Knightley)
I: Immortality
P: Prophet Song

[Sammy]

Skipping 'Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as done' - going North

C - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
A - Hunger: The Complete Trilogy (C: Anne)
N - A Court of Mist and Fury (C: Nesta)
T - A Court of Wings and Ruin (C: Temlin)

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

My Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as north-america. There are so many great books on the list, but the most any of them are shelved as North America is 136, not enough to rate anywhere close to the first page of shelves.
I'll have to skip this one.

H Never Come Back Joe Hart 4/3

A A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks David Gibbins 4/2

L Salem's Cipher Jess Lourey 4/2

T Falling for Alaska Belle Calhoune MC: True Everett 4/1

[Ashley]

FINE! You've convinced me to start a new maze Sammy! So, if we choose Fantasy, we aren't required to read only a fantasy, the tasks will just be more lonely to work for a fantasy book?

[Sophie, The other one]

You can read any genre you'd like so long as it works for the task. The mazes aren't being selective.

[Keli]

I still have a general maze going but I'd like a fantasy/sci-fi one too. If it's fantasy or sci-fi, I'll choose fantasy first. Thank you. 😁

[Sophie, The other one]

Keli - if you log in to the site you can create your own now.

[Keli]

Sophie wrote: "Keli - if you log in to the site you can create your own now."

Oooh, we've been given the power. I like it. Thank you for letting me know.

[Sammy]

Ashley wrote: "FINE! You've convinced me to start a new maze Sammy! So, if we choose Fantasy, we aren't required to read only a fantasy, the tasks will just be more lonely to work for a fantasy book?"

Teehee! Yep, like Sophie said, you can read what you want, though some tasks will be easier filled with Fantasy books in the fantasy maze, etc. and every now and then there will be something a touch more specific. (MPG tasks and such)

[Christina]

well damn now I want a crime/mystery/thriller maze and I barely even made a dent in my original one so far.

[Christina]

I assume if we have two mazes going on at the same time and my book works for both mazes I can only use it for one of them though. Is this correct??