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WINTER CHALLENGE 2022
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Questions/Problems in Completed Tasks
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We have a number of participants named Lisa. Please repost with your readerboard name.
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The book you linked to has only an ebook edition and two paper editions with no page numbers. You can ask for the record to be corrected in the Anyone with Librarian Status thread.
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Just an FYI for your own record keeping - your first book is option 2, not option 1, of the task. No need to repost.
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Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time only shows as an ebook and a paperback with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in the Anyone with Librarian Status thread.
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Books that are only in ebook form cannot be used for tasks with a specific page number requirement. Approval in the ebook verification thread only says that the book meets the 100 page floor for use of books in the SRC.
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Please check your totals. I show you with 40 points after your previous post, plus 20 for this one, giving you 60.
No need to repost.
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Books with the MPG of Comics, graphic novels, etc. cannot be used for 20, 25, and 30 point tasks unless specifically allowed in the task.
Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood includes the main page genres of Graphic Novels and Comics and task 20.5 does not have a specific allowance for these.
Hi, I should have 2 BB tickets by my records. Post #84 and #88. Thank you!
Hi Sandy, for post #85 my book was over 750 pages - that is worth 2 BB tickets, right? I only got 1 ticket - looking over the post, I think I worded the request oddly, sorry :/
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Stephanie (Librarianish) wrote: "Hi, I should have 2 BB tickets by my records. Post #84 and #88. Thank you!"
Both found and fixed. Thanks for the quick heads up!
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Task 10.4 requires that you state the word that you are using.
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Task 5.7 requires that the book be set at least 50% in the UK. The first location listed for What Price Love? is County Kilkenny, Ireland, which is not part of the UK. Please confirm that the book is set at least 50% in the UK.
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Take Me Home only shows as several ebooks and a paperback with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in the Anyone with Librarian Status thread.
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Flawless only shows as an ebook and several paper editions with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in the Anyone with Librarian Status thread.
Sandy wrote: "Lauren Jodi post 172Task 5.7 requires that the book be set at least 50% in the UK. The first location listed for What Price Love? is County Kilkenny, Ireland, which is not part of..."
Only the prologue is in Kilkenny, Ireland.
The rest of the book is in Newmarket, Suffolk, UK.
Do I need to re-post?
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Task 5.7 requires that the book be set at least 50% in the UK. The first location listed for What Price Love? is County Kilkenny, Ireland, which ..."
no, this will work
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Your name isn't listed on the readerboard. If you go by another readerboard name, please repost using it. If you have not signed up for a readerboard name, you can do this in the Readerboard Names thread.
Sandy wrote: "Daire post 178Flawless only shows as an ebook and several paper editions with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in the Anyone with Librarian ..."
This has been updated to include page numbers - do I need to repost?
Sandy wrote: "Daire post 176Take Me Home only shows as several ebooks and a paperback with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in the Anyone with Librarian S..."
The librarian helping me this was unable to add page numbers to this book, so I'll remove this from my list of tasks completed - do I need to repost in the tasks thread as an official update?
Daire wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Daire post 176Take Me Home only shows as several ebooks and a paperback with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in the Anyone wi..."
Daire, I was able to complete the addition early today. Please double check.
Bea wrote: "Daire wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Daire post 176Take Me Home only shows as several ebooks and a paperback with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in..."
Thank you!
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yes
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Take Me Home only shows as several ebooks and a paperback with no page numbers. You can ask to get page numbers added to the paperback in the Anyone wi..."
no
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I am mystified, since you are on my spreadsheet, with your points. I will need to figure out what's happened with the spreadsheet-posting connection, but my IT troubleshooter is not up yet, However, rest assured that your post was not missed and that it is on the spreadsheet and we will sort this out.
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Please check your totals. I show you with 100 points. Looks like you may have added points for your withdrawn post #235?
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Your name isn't listed on the readerboard. If you go by another readerboard name, please repost using it. If you have not signed up for a readerboard name, you..."
You'll need to repost, including your readerbaord name.
Sandy wrote: "... I am mystified, since you are on my s..."I don't think I've seen Jayme(The Ghost Reader) post anything yet this challenge, and she's on the Readerboard w/ the same number of points, so my guess is that something about the spreadsheet is posting Jayme rather than Jayne?
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I don't think I've seen Jayme(The Ghost Reader) post anything yet this challenge, and she's on the Readerboard w/ the same number of poi..."
Thanks - there were 2 problems and that was one of them!
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Please repost with a task number/description.
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Task 5.6 is a cover task, and the cover must be included in your post.
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Please repost with your readerboard name.
Sandy wrote: "Robin P post 316Please repost with a task number/description."
Missed the easiest part!!
Sandy wrote: "Wayne post 333Task 5.6 is a cover task, and the cover must be included in your post."
Darn! I even left myself a reminder to do that! I will fix.
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Task 10.9 requires that the matching word be found in the title of the book - "the" is in the subtitle of Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard
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The GR metadata shows that Upgrade is set in Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico. Please explain how it is set at least 50% in ONE of the listed states.
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Task 20.6, option 1, requires that you state which page of the list on which your book is found.
Sandy wrote: "Librarianish post 371The GR metadata shows that Upgrade is set in Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico. Please explain how it is set at least 50% in ONE of the listed states."
Aw, I only made it 14 days w/o errors. Sorry about that!
Sandy wrote: "Joanne MI post 363Task 10.9 requires that the matching word be found in the title of the book - "the" is in the subtitle of Blood & Ivy: The 1849 Murder That Scandalized Harvard"
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Ugh! I missed that-how I don't know since it is bolded
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Welcome to the challenge, Shadow.
Just an FYI - we do not use kindle page numbers for any purposes in the challenge. Please see the Rules of the Challenge for determininng page numbers:
"If you read an ebook, or audiobook use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition."
In this case, all of the editions exceed 220 pages, so it doesn't matter - however, it's best to know how this works, as it can matter in some cases.
This is just an FYI - no need to repost.
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Task 15.10 requires that you include in your post the book that you used/plan to use for task 20.10.
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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 Journey to the End of the Night states that it goes from "from the trenches of World War I, to the African jungle, to New York and Detroit, and finally to life as a failed doctor in Paris,"
Please provide a reference to support the setting being 90% in the 20s.
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Vita Nostra has 2 authors, one male and one female. See the Default Rules and FAQs:
"8. What if a book has multiple authors in a task involving author names, initials, or other characteristics (gender, birthplace, etc.)?
The general default rule is that books by a single author must be used. "
Task 5.1 does not allow multiple authors.
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Task 25.4 specifically disallows book with the Childrens genre on its main page. Aesop's Fables includes Childrens as its 4th main page genre.
Also, please note the Default Rules and FAQs:
"3. If a task call for author's initials, can I use an author who uses only one name?
If the task does not specify, the author must use two or more names."
Sandy wrote: "Katrisa post 408Task 15.10 requires that you include in your post the book that you used/plan to use for task 20.10."
D-oh! Reposted
Sandy wrote: "Adventurer post 5.1Vita Nostra has 2 authors, one male and one female. See the Default Rules and FAQs:
"8. What if a book has multiple authors in a task involving author names, i..."
I didn’t see that there were two offers. Ok! Thank you!
Sandy wrote: "Adventurer post 445Task 25.4 specifically disallows book with the Childrens genre on its main page. Aesop's Fables includes Childrens as its 4th main page genre.
Also, please note t..."
I’ll repost with the update. I added Trevor Noah’s book in case that one didn’t work. I’ll repost.
Sandy wrote: "Adventurer post 417Option 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 End of the Nigh..."
It’s considered semi-autobiographical of Celine, starting in WWI, and ending when he first tried to get it published in 1931. Following his own experiences. I don’t know how else to show it took place in the 1920s…
Thank you!
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If you have questions about your points on the Readerboard:
1. Make sure that the Readerboard has been updated through the post that you are concerned about.
2. Please check your math.
3. Check to see if one of your posts is listed in this thread with a question. If so, please make a NEW POST in the Completed tasks thread to clear up the question. DO NOT go back and edit the original post. I will not go backwards in the completed task thread to pick up points.
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