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SPRING CHALLENGE 2015
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Spring Challenge 2015: Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
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If this is meant to be a completed task post, it needs a link to the book you're claiming.
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Task 30.1 - book 1 is a cover task and you must include the cover in your post.
Task 30.3 requires that you "choose two options." Both of your books are from option 4.
Julia103I had two Goodreads Authors in post 1583, one in task 10.7 and one in task 30.3, but my total on the Readerboard only went up by one (from 3 to 4) and I don't see any message about the discrepancy. Can you please check?
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Task 15.8 - The Nightingale was specifically discussed in the help thread as being questionable for this task:
"From the description, it's not clear - it appears that one sister's story is about civilians living in occupied France, so that wouldn't work. The second sister is described as falling in love with a member of the Resistance and joining the Resistance - if she's out there blowing up bridges and such (i.e. participating in combat), and the book is predominantly (more than 50%) about her, it would work."
If the book is indeed at least 50% about a woman actually participating in warfare, please repost, explaining how your book fits the task.
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Task 20.5, option 1, requires that the author be new to you and that you state this in your post.
Julia wrote: "Julia103I had two Goodreads Authors in post 1583, one in task 10.7 and one in task 30.3, but my total on the Readerboard only went up by one (from 3 to 4) and I don't see any message about the di..."
Found and fixed. Thanks for the quick heads-up, Julia! Your ticket total will be corrected in the next update.
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Agatha Christie was a British author, by birth and residence, so will not work for this task.
Sandy wrote: "Perletwo post 1684Agatha Christie was a British author, by birth and residence, so will not work for this task."
Ah crap, missed that bit. NM, I've got a substitute and it's fairly short, I'll see if I can get it read & reposted tonight.
Sandy wrote: "Perletwo post 1684Agatha Christie was a British author, by birth and residence, so will not work for this task."
Reposted.
SHIRALOOI want to double check my GR and BB tickets. For BB tickets, I should have 4 (I think). I claimed 3 in post 1374 for Drums of Autumn as it is a 1000+ page book. This should bring my total to 4, but on the list I only have 1. I'm not sure I recorded that one correctly, so just let me know if I need to repost.
For GR tickets, my tally says 23 as of post 1569, but the readerboard list says I have 20. I recorded 1 in post 1569 and 2 in post 1497 which should bring my total to 23.
Shira (Shiraloo) wrote: "SHIRALOOI want to double check my GR and BB tickets. For BB tickets, I should have 4 (I think). I claimed 3 in post 1374 for Drums of Autumn as it is a 1000+ page book. This shoul..."
The problem was post 1374. Your links were not working, so I skipped over the post. I've gone back and manually looked up each book, so your ticket total should match after the next update.
Thanks @Kristina Simon....sorry you had to go to all that trouble!
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While it is fine to include multiple tasks in one post, they must be listed in numerical order, lowest to highest.
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For task 25.10,option 3, I didn't see any Patricia Collnge on the list of winners. Fortunately, Patricia Arquette won in 2014, so that covers you!
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All posts must include links to the books posted.
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Please check your totals - looks as if you didn't include this post in your overall total. No need to repost - this is just an FYI to keep our totals synched.
Could you please recheck post 1577? I don't see my big book listed on the board. Everything else looks right. Thanks!
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The Hiding Place includes "childrens" in its main page genre:
Fiction 50 users
Historical Fiction 14 users
Literary Fiction 7 users
Young Adult > Coming Of Age 5 users
Sociology > Abuse 4 users
Family 3 users
European Literature > British Literature 3 users
Adult Fiction 3 users
Modern 2 users
Childrens 2 users
Please see the Rules of the Challenge for the use of childrens books.
If you believe that this is clearly a book for adults, you may request an exception in the
Not Really for Kids Books thread.
Good morning! For message 838 (Task 5.3) I was given a GR ticket for this but not the points. Thank you!
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I'll try to check on it tonight - I'm at a conference out of town, just quickly checking mail on a lunch break.
Sandy wrote: "Peakles post 1751The Hiding Place includes "childrens" in its main page genre:
Fiction 50 users
Historical Fiction 14 users
Literary Fiction 7 users
Young Adult > Coming Of Age 5..."
Dang it - that catches me every time! I try to scan for Children's but I must have missed this one too.
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Found and fixed, Vicki. It will show up in the next update.
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Please check your totals - I have you with 175. I think the problem comes from your previous post, when you posted a 30 point task but only increased your total by 25.
No need to repost - this is just an FYI so we can keep our totals synched.
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Please check your totals - I have you with 265. 255 after your previous post plus 10 this time.
No need to repost - this is just an FYI so we can keep our totals synched.
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Task 20.6 is a cover task, so the cover must be included in your post.
Sandy wrote: "Donna Jo post 1785Task 20.6 is a cover task, so the cover must be included in your post."
Oops, I missed that one. Reposting.
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Did you mean that you were moving Betrayed from 25.6 to 50.1? If so, no need to repost. That's what I'm assuming, since Betrayed was originally posted for 25.6.
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Task 30.7 requires that the books you read for this challenge be written by new authors to you, as well as the authors in the winter challenge. You must state this in your post.
Sandy wrote: "Catherine T post 1797Did you mean that you were moving Betrayed from 25.6 to 50.1? If so, no need to repost. That's what I'm assuming, since Betrayed was originally p..."
Ooops,yes,that's what I meant. thanks!
Sue T wrote: "Could you please recheck post 1577? I don't see my big book listed on the board. Everything else looks right. Thanks!"Fixed! Thanks for letting me know. Our numbers should be synchronized after the next update.
Shari wrote: "I think I am missing a GRA point for 5.8 Cell by Stephen King? I should have a total of three. I didn't see a problem post here unless I missed it."You claimed that book in post 1763. At this time, the GRA and BB tickets have only been updated through post 1734. So, I haven't gotten to that post, yet, but I hope to before the night is over.
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The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 Paperback Edition includes "childrens" in its main page genre:
Genres:
Humor 57 users
Sequential Art > Graphic Novels 34 users
Sequential Art > Comic Strips 30 users
Classics 21 users
Fiction 17 users
Comics > Comic Book 14 users
Sequential Art > Comics 10 users
Graphic Novels Comics 10 users
Childrens 8 users
Sequential Art > Comix 8 users
Please see the Rules of the Challenge for the use of childrens books.
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Task 25.2 requires that both books be new to you and that you state this in your post.
Task 30.1 also requires that the books be new to you and that you state this in your post.
The other tasks in your post have been recorded - please do not repost them.
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Task 25.2 requires that the books be new to you and that you state this in your post.
The other tasks in your post have been recorded - please do not repost them.
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Task 25.1 requires that the two books be first published at least 2 years apart. According to the GR data, The Rosie Project was first published in 2013, so will not work in combination with The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla.
Please do not repost the other tasks in your post.
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Task 30.5 requires that books must be at least 250 pages. The Brilliant History of Color in Art only has 128 pages, so will not work for the task.
If you plan to use the book for a different task, please note that Children>Middle Grade is a main page genre, so you will need to be mindful of the requirements for use of books with children as a main age genre.
The points for the other tasks in the post have been recorded. Please do not repost them.
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Task 25.4, option 2, requires that the letters EGILTTO appear in the title (subtitles and series titles cannot be used) and/or author's name. Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress does not contain "T" or "O."
The points for the other tasks in the post have been recorded. Please do not repost them.
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Task 10.8 requires a link to an edition showing that the book was published by Viking. The link you provided for Juneteenth shows the publisher as Vintage.
The points for the other tasks in the post have been recorded. Please do not repost them.
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The Outsiders has "childrens" as a main page genre. Please refer to the posting requirements when using a childrens book in the Rules of the Challenge.
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Please check your totals. I show you with 195 - 180 in your previous post, plus 15 more in this post.
No need to repost - this is just to try to keep our totals synched.
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The Rules of the Challenge provide that "5. Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may only be used for 5, 10, and 15 point tasks unless specifically allowed in the task description for a higher point task.
Task 50.1 does not specifically allow these genres, and Firefight includes Comics>Superhoes among its main page genres.
The other tasks in your post have been recorded - please do not repost them.
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All posts must include links to the books claimed.
Sandy wrote: "Sam ID post 1903The Rules of the Challenge provide that "5. Books whose main page lists any of these genres: Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga may only be used for 5, 10, and 15 point ..."
I did see that the genre Comics was listed, but as this book is NOT a comic book, there are not illustrations at all, I didn't even connect those two things. So I guess this book won't work, since it falls under the same category as books that are mis-shelved as children's?
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Task 25.5 requires that the object to be pillaged be a word in the title, not an object pictured on the cover of the book. Neither "grave" nor "mercy" would be something that would work for this task.
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Please check your totals. I show you with 745 - 700 after your previous post, and 45 in this post.
No need to repost - this is just to keep the totals synched.
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Are you Nikki B? The totals don't work for Nikki. If you're Nikki B, please repost with your readerboard name.
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You posted Being Caribou: Seven Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd for task 10.8, but you already used that book in your previous post for task 30.4.
Also, I'm showing you with 15 more points than your totals are showing. Problem seemed to start with your post on April 17.
Sandy wrote: "Teri-k post 1927Please check your totals. I show you with 745 - 700 after your previous post, and 45 in this post.
No need to repost - this is just to keep the totals synched."
To tell you the truth I've kind of lost track since I got sick... I'll take your word for it and if we don't come out right at the end we can go back and find the problem. I suspect your math is right. :)
I'll readjust my totals for the next few claims I put in and let you know if it doesn't look right.
Thanks.
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All posts must include links to the books listed. Also see posts 174 and 220 in this thread.
Looking further, I noted that there is no "Camille" on the Readerboard. You will need to post in the Readerboard Names thread to get listed on the readerboard.