Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Rebecca wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Adventurer post 417

Option 2 of the task requires that the book be set at least 90% in the 20s, and that you provide a reference to support this. The blurb for [book:Journey to the E..."

Look at how much of the book happened in the 20s -How much in WWI (which is before the 20s)? How much is later, while he's writing and trying to get it published?

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Rebecca post 521

Task 15.10 specifically requires that "If you do not plan to complete task 20.10, or you plan to read the Gutenberg Classic, post in the help thread, and I will randomly assign a category that cannot be used for this task."

I do not see any request from you for a category that cannot be used. I choose these randomly, so the book you are claiming for this task may or may not be acceptable.

Also, when you repost, be sure to include your readerboard name.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Oh. Ok. I thought that meant if you read a classic for the additional version.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Hello, just wanted to correct the IAF for #487 and #519 (2 total) through 550 and GO for #520 and #477 for 2 total.

Thank you! I love t his challenge! I'm reading a great deal more! =)

[Dee]

Rebecca wrote: "Hello, just wanted to correct the IAF for #487 and #519 (2 total) through 550 and GO for #520 and #477 for 2 total.

Thank you! I love t his challenge! I'm reading a great deal more! =)"

you need to do a totally new post - with task; book etc and then add disclaimer posting for GO ticket only

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

it was in the posts

[Dee]

belay my last then - i thought you were adding them after the fact

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

No worries. Thank you!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Rebecca wrote: "Hello, just wanted to correct the IAF for #487 and #519 (2 total) through 550 and GO for #520 and #477 for 2 total.

Thank you! I love t his challenge! I'm reading a great deal more! =)"

problem is found and fixed and will show up in next update.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Thanks Sandy!

[Alex]

Hi there! I think my points from post #596 might have been missed--I believe that takes me to 50 points, but it is still listed as 45. I didn't see a question in this thread

Readerboard name: Rockynook

Thanks!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Alex wrote: "Hi there! I think my points from post #596 might have been missed--I believe that takes me to 50 points, but it is still listed as 45. I didn't see a question in this thread

Readerboard name: Rock..."

found and fixed, Alex - thanks for the quick heads up!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Wayne post 656

For 25.8, option 2, you need to post a cover showing your animal on it. A blank generic cover isn't going to work.

Ask a librarian to add the cover to the edition you reead. Or post another cover for the book. If you read an audiobook, I notice that there is another audiobook listed that does has a cover.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Adventurer post 659

You linked to The Night Circus - that shows 387 pages, which does not qualify for a BB ticket

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Wayne post 662

What edition did you read? Robin's advice to just post a paperback cover is not accurate. If you read an audiobook, that's the cover you need to post.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Sandy wrote: "Adventurer post 659

You linked to The Night Circus - that shows 387 pages, which does not qualify for a BB ticket"

I'll repost with the correct version.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Adventurer post 677

Which edition did you actually read?

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Sandy wrote: "Adventurer post 677

Which edition did you actually read?"

The corrected version.

[Robin P]

Sandy wrote: "Wayne post 662

What edition did you read? Robin's advice to just post a paperback cover is not accurate. If you read an audiobook, that's the cover you need to post."

So sorry if I gave wrong info. My understanding is that if you listen to an audiobook, you need to state that and link to the mmpb or if none, 1st paperback listed. I didn't write all that out, and actually it wasn't my place to give advice! I am a Mod in several groups, but obviously not here, so I apologize and will make sure not to butt in again.

It looks like my misleading post has been replaced, thank you.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Robin P wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Wayne post 662

What edition did you read? Robin's advice to just post a paperback cover is not accurate. If you read an audiobook, that's the cover you need to post."

So sorry if I ..."

I know you were trying to be helpful, Robin, but the problem is that this is NOT the rule for covers - you always need to post the cover of the edition that you read. You seem to be confusing it with the rule for determining page length of an audiobook.

[Alex]

Sandy wrote: "Alex wrote: "Hi there! I think my points from post #596 might have been missed--I believe that takes me to 50 points, but it is still listed as 45. I didn't see a question in this thread

Readerboa..."

Thank you so much! :)

[Robin P]

Sandy wrote: "Robin P wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Wayne post 662

What edition did you read? Robin's advice to just post a paperback cover is not accurate. If you read an audiobook, that's the cover you need to post."..."

Got it, thanks, and it definitely won't happen again. Thank you for the amazing and detailed work you do for the group.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Robin Saturndoo post 715

Please check your math! Looks like you only added 5 points from your previous post, rather than 15. I show you with 450 after this post.

No need to repost, this is just an FYI so you can fix your records.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Adventurer post 720

Task 25.3 requires that the books be new to you and that you state that in your post.

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Sandy wrote: "Robin Saturndoo post 715

Please check your math! Looks like you only added 5 points from your previous post, rather than 15. I show you with 450 after this post.

No need to repost, this is just a..."

Thanks for the catch Sandy : ) Apparently I can't do basic math not to mention that I didn't even have it recorded in my records that I posted that task LOL I think I straightened it all out now!

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Sandy wrote: "Adventurer post 720

Task 25.3 requires that the books be new to you and that you state that in your post."

Thank you!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Lauren Jodi post 734

Please check your math - you appear to have added 25 points for a 15 point task. No need to repost.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Adventurer post 701, 740

PLEASE do not delete the contents of your post. I am guessing that this was one that was incorrect, but I now have a point discrepancy in your posts. It's difficult to track down the problem, when you've deleted information.

ETA - in a later post, the discrepancy seems to have been resolved. However, understand that I try to review these things post by post, rather than just saying "oh, well, I guess it will work out in the long run."

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Apologies. I thought I was supposed to delete errors.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

701 was a duplicate post I believe.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

This is what I have so far: I’m having a hard time keeping track of it myself….

ADVENTURER's Reading Plan
✔ read ✔✔ read+submitted ☆ points attributed
♬ currently reading ☞ waiting for book

Remaining Tasks: 21

Completed & Pending Tasks - 1 (view spoiler)[
15.6 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated by Eric H. Cline, 304p (read kindle version 290p), NF, archeology, Egypt, #767, Task #31
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Total Points: 425/840
Total Books Read: 37; Total Tasks: 31/52
BB(500+): 3; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 10

Completed Tasks - 30 (view spoiler)[
1. ☆ 5.1 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, 1948, from list, ugh... why. #428/#520, Task #15
2. ☆ 5.2 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, 368p, on p5 BBCCList, #579, Tasks #17.
3. ☆ 5.3 Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon, pub:May 2016, 271p, cute, fast-paced, mystery, #427, Task #6
4. ☆ 5.5 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 104p, "Christmas", classic, #424, Task #5
5. ☆ 5.6 A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky, 304p, book cover below, #578, Task #16
6. ☆ 5.7 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 256p, published 1901, Setting: United Kingdom, Devon, England (United Kingdom), London, England, England, #629, Task #21
7. ☆ 5.8 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, 300p, 5-star, as are all the books I've read by him. Difficult reads and important. #423 Task #4
8. ☆ 5.10 Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, 299p, IL:UG, BL:6.9, AR:14.0, MPG:YA, this is for kids? awful on many levels. #430, Task #8
40/50

1. ☆ 10.1 Land of Big Numbers: Stories by Te-Ping Chen, BINGO-title, 233p, shifted perspective, #420, Task #2
2. ☆ 10.2 Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, under 200p (165p), will re-read, slow-paced, #422, Task #3
3. ☆ 10.4 The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, Penicillin Notatum, word:Time, 128p, will re-read, highly encourage, #429, Task #7
4. ☆ 10.5 Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 272p, #5 Incerto series, #487, Task #13
5. ☆ 10.6 The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, 357p (read kindle 356p), word:GIRL #713, Task #27
6. ☆ 10.8 Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, 372p, loc:CA, USA, loved this book, #418, Task #1
7. ☆ 10.9 Please Don't Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr, Bessie Smith's song Baby Won’t You Please Come Home, 118p, doesn't really capture the spirit of her music! oh well. 1950's white family humor. so-so. great word play. #472, Task #10
8. ☆ 10.10 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, 516p (paperback), MPG:Romance(#3), #659, Task #24
80/100

1. ☆ 15.2 A. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, 303p, #9 of 9 books in Sherlock Holmes Series per Goodreads, though is the 5th and last compilation of short-stories published before his death. and 15.2 B. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 625p, Les Trois Mousquetaires #1 (of 5 books), #623, Task #20
2. ☆ 15.3 O2. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro, 206p, title beg. A, author contains Z, #481, Task #12
3. 15.10 Bossypants by Tina Fey, 250 pages (paperback), CANNOT use Historical Fiction, Randomly chosen. #721, Task #29
45/150

1. ☆ 20.1 OPTION 1: Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, pub. 1932, 453p, p1 PHILList, #580, Task #18
2. ☆ 20.3 O1. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, 274p, published first in 1933, #597, Task #19
3. ☆ 20.6 O1. Finding Me by Viola Davis, 289p, on p2 SuffrageList, #645, Tasks #23
4. ☆ 20.8 An Immense World by Ed Yong, 464p, pub. 2022, 5-star! will re-read word:world from Frank Winfield Woolworth, #630, Task #22
5. ☆ 20.9 O1. The Gathering by Anne Enright, 261p, author initial in "FOXLEASE", trauma narrative invoked by death, not an easy read, #471, Task #9
6. ☆ 20.10 CL The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde …r by Robert Louis Stevenson, 139p, #477, Task #11
120/200

1. ☆ 25.1 O1.  Crank by Ellen Hopkins, 537p (read kindle 688p), IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5.0, p1 NVList and 25.1 O2. To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey, 417p (hardcover), p3 #213 EPISFList, #742, Task #30
2. ☆ 25.3 O1. Option 1: The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, 208p (vogue, kindle 208p) and 25.3 O3. Option 3: Series #20-29, Top Secret Twenty-one by Janet Evanovich, Stephanie Plum, #21, 326p (kindle 327p) #720/#740, Task #28
3. ☆ 25.4 O2. Born a Crime… by Trevor Noah, 289p, BATHTUB GIN (author initials), classic 25.4 O3. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead, 318p, NY, NY, Again, 5-Star, 1960s Harlem, #445 (#519), Task #14
4. ☆ 25.6 O1. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 336p (read kindle 322p), ZUMBA in title, author, and 25.6 O2. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib, 301p (read kindle 320p), MPG:music, #700, Task #25
5. ☆ 25.7 BA O2. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi, 592p (Kindle 594p), ESTONIA in title, 5 Star, must read for all. and 25.7 BB O3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, 248p (Kindle 248p), author initials in CHICAGO, #702 Task #26
125/200
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Completed Total Points: 410/840
Total Books Read: 36; Total Tasks: 30/52
BB(500+): 3; GO(1950): 6; IAF (NF): 9

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Hannelore post 784

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking includes Middle Grade as a MPG. Please review the rules for the use of children's books in the SRC. Rules of the Challenge

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Jayme (the ghostreader) post 817

It appears that others are able to use the add book feature. If you can't, then include a link to your book.

[Aprilleigh]

Sandy wrote: "Jayme (the ghostreader) post 817

It appears that others are able to use the add book feature. If you can't, then include a link to your book."

My post immediately after hers I wasn't able to use the "Add book" feature, either, and had to do it the hard way. It does seem to be working again, however.

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Aprilleigh wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Jayme (the ghostreader) post 817

It appears that others are able to use the add book feature. If you can't, then include a link to your book."

My post immediately after hers I wasn'..."

I've been having A LOT of issues with the "add book" function as well. IF I didn't have all my stuff already planned/typed up in my personal private group where I can copy & paste it here, I would be lost as I don't know what the hard way is that Aprilleigh speaks of.

I have also found in the last couple of days that when I go to a book's page to add it to shelves, write reviews, etc it's asking me to sign in when I should already be & won't allow me to sign in from the book's page : ( This ONLY happens when I'm on the NEW page which thankfully isn't very often.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Goodreads was down for a bit earlier today. Not sure what was up. Maintenance maybe.

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

Thank you for all you do Sandy! We appreciate you trying to keep us all in line. hah. I imagine it's like herding cats, as we're trying to figure out what we're doing. Or... at least I can speak for myself.

[Dee]

Rebecca (Adventurer) wrote: "Thank you for all you do Sandy! We appreciate you trying to keep us all in line. hah. I imagine it's like herding cats, as we're trying to figure out what we're doing. Or... at least I can speak fo..."

more like herding squirrels at a rave on PCP ;)

[Rebecca (Adventurer)]

LOL

[Lauren]

Dee wrote: "more like herding squirrels at a rave on PCP ;)."

Yes, this is definitely us, lol!

[Hannah]

Sandy wrote: "Hannelore post 784

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking includes Middle Grade as a MPG. Please review the rules for the use of children's books in the SRC. Rules of the Challenge"

Oh oops! I saw the rules but missed the updated page part. Sorry about that.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Sadly , as some of you seem to understand, we DO NOT control GR and whatever screwups /changes/absurdities they choose to inflict on all users.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Priya post 841

Task 15.8 requires that you include the page number of the list on which your book is found, not the number on the list.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Cat post 874

Please check your totals. Looks like you added 10 for a 15 point task. No need to repost.

[Kristina Simon]

Hi, Sandy! I think my points in post 689 have gone missing. When you get a chance, could you have a look? Thanks!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Kristina Simon wrote: "Hi, Sandy! I think my points in post 689 have gone missing. When you get a chance, could you have a look? Thanks!"

found and fixed

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Joop post 880

There is no one on the readerboard with this readerboard name. If you have been posting under another name, please repost with your readerboard name. If you are new to the challenge, please post in the readerboard names thread to be added to the list of participants.

[steph (librarianish)]

Just a heads-up, my IF ticket count was off and I found I didn't claim a ticket for one. So it'll be off on post 945, but should be right after post 947. Sorry about that!

[Joop]

Sandy wrote: "Joop post 880

There is no one on the readerboard with this readerboard name. If you have been posting under another name, please repost with your readerboard name. If you are new to the challenge,..."

Just added my name.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Coralie post 941

Task 30.1 has a minimum page requirement.

The book you posted for book 2 has no page numbers listed. If this is the edition you read, you will need to get a librarian to add the page number. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...