WPF Schedule (Roughly)

[Anita]

Mar 1 - The poll will be posted.
Mar 14th - Voting to go to 32 authors will be closed
Mar 14th - Final date to post your reads/reviews of the initial 64 authors
Mar 15th - 32 remaining authors will be announced/new brackets posted
By April 1 - Participation points for round 1 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet
May 1 - The poll will be posted.
May 14th - Voting to go to 16 authors will be closed
May 14th - Final date to post your reads/reviews of the initial 32 authors
Mar 15th - 16 remaining authors will be announced/new brackets posted
By June 1 - Participation points for round 2 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet
July 1 - The poll will be posted.
July 14th - Voting to go to 8 authors will be closed
July 14th - Final date to post your reads/reviews of the initial 16 authors
July 15th - 8 remaining authors will be announced/new brackets posted
By August 1 - Participation points for round 3 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet
Sept 1 - The poll will be posted.
Sept 19th - Voting to go to 4 authors will be closed
Sept 19th - Final date to post your reads/reviews of the initial 8 authors
Sept 20th - 4 remaining authors will be announced/new brackets posted. No more participation points may be earned from this point onward.
By October 1 - Participation points for round 4 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet
Nov 1 - The poll will be posted.
Nov 14th - Voting to go to 2 authors will be closed
Nov 14th - Final date to post your reads/reviews of the initial 4 authors
Nov 15th - 2 remaining authors will be announced/new brackets posted
Nov 27 - poll will be posted
Dec 7 - Final date to post your reads/reviews of final 2 authors
Dec 7 - Winner announced!
Readers can read the winning author through the end of the year.
Winners from betting announced by first week in January.

[Phair]

Can I ask a dumb question... what does WPF stand for?? There are lots of cryptic (to me) acronyms in this group. Any chance for a glossary in the FAQ post?

[Anita]

Phair wrote: "Can I ask a dumb question... what does WPF stand for?? There are lots of cryptic (to me) acronyms in this group. Any chance for a glossary in the FAQ post?"

It's not a dumb question at all, and I like the idea of a glossary!

WPF = Who's PBT's Favorite?

Here's the original description of the activity.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We set up two annual challenges each year, and WPF is one of them. Unfortunately, they often devolve to acronyms since no one likes retyping the title over and over.

Thanks for reminding us that new people do show up on the scene. A glossary is a great suggestion.

[Book Concierge]

Anita wrote: By December 1 - Participation points for round 5 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet

I thought we could only earn the additional participation points through round 4 (8 authors competing) ...i.e. the one we are in now.

[Anita]

Sorry I just cut and paste and filled in dates. Will double check tomorrow and edit as needed.

[Linda]

Book Concierge wrote: "Anita wrote: By December 1 - Participation points for round 5 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet

I thought we could only earn the additional participation points through round 4 (8 autho..."

I hope that is not true. I was counting on being able to read through Sept. or Oct. I am a slow reader and need the extra time.

[Anita]

Book Concierge wrote: "Anita wrote: By December 1 - Participation points for round 5 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet

I thought we could only earn the additional participation points through round 4 (8 autho..."

This is accurate. Per the instructions:

Read and review books during a given round prior to the final 4 (i.e. 64, 32, 16, 8) by an author still in the running and earn points as follows:

2 pts for reading one author in a bracket of your choice
4 pts for reading a second author in a different bracket
6 pts for reading a third author in a third bracket
8 pts for reading a fourth author in the final bracket

[Anita]

Linda wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "Anita wrote: By December 1 - Participation points for round 5 will be tallied and added to the spreadsheet

I thought we could only earn the additional participation points t..."

Unfortunately, for participation points, Book Concierge is correct. For votes, reading may continue.

[Karin]

Thanks!

The 8 round is the last for participation points, but we can still get 20 points if we've read the winning author at any time during the challenge, correct? Do we make a post after that's announced or will that be determined another way?

[Anita]

Karin wrote: "Thanks!

The 8 round is the last for participation points, but we can still get 20 points if we've read the winning author at any time during the challenge, correct? Do we make a post after that's ..."

Yes on the 20 points. I will probably make a special thread for you to indicate that you earned the 20 points. It will require that you read the favorite author and post a link to the review . . .something simple to do.

[Karin]

Anita wrote: "Karin wrote: "Thanks!

The 8 round is the last for participation points, but we can still get 20 points if we've read the winning author at any time during the challenge, correct? Do we make a post..."

Yes, and since it's from any time in the challenge before the final vote, so if we get to the last two authors and there is one or two we haven't already read, we have to get hopping, correct?

[Hilde]

Hi Anita, I was looking for the voting link for round 4, but seems I am unable to find it. Which folder is it located in? Thanks :)

[Theresa]

Hilde wrote: "Hi Anita, I was looking for the voting link for round 4, but seems I am unable to find it. Which folder is it located in? Thanks :)"

Hilde - it is pinned at tbe top of the discussions list. Here is link: vote

[Hilde]

Great, thanks :)
I looked in the challenge folder and couldn’t find it, but now I am all voted.