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I have one that's coming up on its 2-year anniversary but hasn't been solved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... I feel like the only thing that would help at this point is to have an influx of GR members who used to go to my old local library at the same time as me and might have a chance of remembering it! Evidently it's a pretty obscure book.
I have one that is three years old and still hasn't been solved.I think that if I could remember any more information, or find my ex-husband's uncle's ex-girlfriend and ask her, it would be better.
Considering the fact I read the books 16 years ago, and I haven't seen the woman in almost as long, I fear dumb luck is the only way I'm going to find this.
I browse used books stores all the time, so I've got my fingers crossed for dumb luck. :)
The request in question is: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...#
Yay! I love that we have this thread, it will encourage people who have been waiting ages.So now, the record to beat is 7.5 years. Anyone? Anyone? Buehler? Buehler?
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
There might be older threads out there which are not sitting at the bottom because they have more recent commenting activity.
So for this thread are we just looking for coldest cases solved, or coldest cases still open? Or both?
Lobstergirl wrote: "This is the oldest thread in the Abandoned folder, dating to July 2007. Or, at least, it has the oldest "last activity" comment, therefore sits at the very bottom of the list. If this got solved ..."He had two suggestions but never returned to verify if they are correct unfortunately.
Michele, I'd intended it to be encouragement, so coldest ones solved... but perhaps we could do both? But someone is going to have to keep a running total (maybe that would be me?)
I asked about this one almost 4 years ago.Still hopeful.
I think the bumps get lost in the shuffle very quickly.
Seems so anyway.
Here it is:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Mine has just been solved after 2 years and 3 months: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...I have to admit that I ended up posting about it on another lost book site. I got a correct suggestion within a few hours. I think it just goes to show, all you need is for the right person to see your post at the right time.
It also probably didn't help that I had forgotten a big chunk of the plot which gave the book its title (The Alpha Box). So I doubt anyone could have found it from my description unless they had actually read it themselves.
Older books are definitely harder to find unless they are classic/well known, because if they pre-date the internet there are usually no online reviews or descriptions to pick up in a google search. Also, books with very common plots are hard because you have to weed through so many suggestions.
Finding a missing book found is an amazing feeling. I'm so lucky that many of mine have been found. I feel like I should bump of the couple that are still waiting!
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You're allowed to bump any thread you're interested in, as long as it hasn't seen activity in 30 days.
Rachel wrote: "I have to admit that I ended up posting about it on another lost book site."That's how one of my coldest, most-interested-in case got solved, as well.
But, on the plus-side, it has now got solutions that Google can find. I usually update my queries with the solution right at the top, so it shows up in just the search results, and nobody needs to click through to read everything.
Bumping this thread, to give hope to the hopeless . . .
Michele wrote: "Yay! I love that we have this thread, it will encourage people who have been waiting ages.So now, the record to beat is 7.5 years. Anyone? Anyone? Buehler? Buehler?"
The record is now 8.5 years. See thread below.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Lobstergirl wrote: "No, I just saw one that was 9 years."Wow, which one?
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I really did see a thread solved after 9 years, though.
10.5 Years! Paper-doll type bears, you had to stick them in holes in the book according to the story
SamSpayedPI wrote: "10.5 Years! Paper-doll type bears, you had to stick them in holes in the book according to the story"Wow, now that is impressive! Just goes to show, you should never give up :)
ive been searching for some books for years. still bumping a few of them. i cant give up hope!
Cycad wrote: "The eye drops with poison short story?"Has that been solved? Is it a different thread than this?
SamSpayedPI wrote: "Cycad wrote: "The eye drops with poison short story?" -"Is it a different thread than this?"
One problem with the linked thread is that it has not been bumped for nearly 9 years between 2009 and 2018. So during that time only people who searched for it would have seen it.
Also for some other reason no moderator during that time asked the question wether it had been found or not and wether it is still actively searched for - which I saw happening with other threads.
There may be a reason for that, but I do not know it.
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There may be a reason for that, but I do not know it."
It's because we only really started bumping threads in 2017, and we try to do a very limited number at a time, in order not to overwhelm the group with new comments.
11.5 years!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm not sure it counts, though, since the OP ended up finding her book on her own; that said, it was through a hint from a poster to contact the National Library of Australia.
11 years, six months, 10 days
12 years, 3 months, 7 days . . . but it was actually solved in "only" three years more or less. It just sat in "possibly solved" for the rest of the time, until the OP moved it to "solved" yesterday.So in my opinion, 11 years, 1 month, 18 days is still the record.
SamSpayedPI wrote: "So in my opinion, 11 years, 1 month, 18 days is still the record."Nope, this thread took 12 years, 1 month and some odd days.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Yay, a new record! 12 years, one month, and 6 days — or 16 days, depending on when the book was suggested or when the book was confirmed. (I like "suggested," because it doesn't seem fair if the only reason it took so long to solve is that the OP doesn't come back for years to confirm it). I was, however, right at the time when I posted that on February 10, 2021; Tamar's thread wasn't solved until March/April 2021.
Fair enough. I'd forgotten how old this thread was.
Allegedly, we have one at 5 years.Preferably, we'd like to hear what changed, helped, or otherwise got the case solved.
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6 years7.5 years(2007)8.5 years10.5 yearsColdest case solved so far? 11 years, 1 month, 18 days
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
With a couple of technical quibbles for longer.