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Mary Ann
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Jan 15, 2024 01:53PM
"*NEW*Print editions must be at least 175 pages. If reading an ebook, the ebook book must be at least 250 pages." Question on this - wouldn't the kindle version of a book typically have the same pages as the print version of the exact same book? I feel like I'm missing something here.
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Print pages and kindle pages are very different. Ebooks are based on the number of times, you flip the screen. In the past, we had you basing your page count on a print edition to try and even the experience out for everyone.
Thanks, and I realize print and kindle pages are different. And kindle pages are different depending on font size. What I don't see is if it's the exact same book just in a different form (kindle vs print) why the different page number requirement. To me, 75 pages is a big difference. If the book is published only as an Ebook it makes sense. Sorry to be so thick headed.
Just trying to even out the playing field so that we're all putting in the same effort. Likely, it's not going to affect every book you want to read. I had marked No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality in on illness theme. The hardcover is 256 pages, but the Kindle (which I have) is 231 and doesn't fit the requirement. (Remember, it's based on the edition you read.) So I will read something else for the task. No big deal. I'll still read this but not use it for the challenge.
Hi Janice -question about Inspired by literature: Nala & Dean
Task: read a book about Ancient Greece or Rome
I'm interested in reading a book on philosophy Meditations author Marcus Aurelius who was a Roman Emperor almost 2000 years ago, or were you thinking only of works of fiction?
Thanks
Even though it's written by a Roman Emperor, it's not about Ancient Greece/Rome. It's philosophy. The book can certainly be non-fiction, it just needs to be about Greece/Rome.
Okay, I'm probably overthinking this, but I have a question for Category 1 - Pilgrimages Tour of Slovania etc.For the Finish - Dubrovnik: Task: Read a book that was made into a movie. Does it matter what forum for the movie? For instance does it only have to be a major motion picture or can it be made for TV or one of the streaming forums? Also, some of those other forums make one book into a series. Would that count?
Sorry for babbling. Thanks for all you do and bringing us another great challenge!
Lori Z wrote: "Okay, I'm probably overthinking this, but I have a question for Category 1 - Pilgrimages Tour of Slovania etc.For the Finish - Dubrovnik: Task: Read a book that was made into a movie. Does it matt..."
Yes, to everything.
Good to know, Janice. I started watching Fool Me Once on Netflix based on Harlan Coben’s book Fool Me Once and wondered if I could use it for the task. (If I get that far)
For Nazareth - House on cover does the whole outline of the house have to show or will this work?
Katrisa wrote: "For Nazareth - House on cover does the whole outline of the house have to show or will this work?"Let's go with the outline of a house. I look at that cover and think "windows", not "house".
I was looking for books tagged as gothic and I just wanted to make sure that we can click the "...more" on the main page where one or two more genres show up (not the "show all")
If Gothic is the required genre, then it needs to show on the main book page without have to click the "...more" link.
I know the rules say for a word in the title you can use plurals with -s or -es but I was wondering if -ies counts (like if a word ends in y). Can I use a book with bodies in the title for the task that says you need the word body?
Yes, that will work Katrisa. Plurals such as mouse to mice where the word changes entirely are not allowed.
Can I have the genre tags verified for these two books since one of them is listed last?MPG Historical for The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America and Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Katrisa wrote: "Can I have the genre tags verified for these two books since one of them is listed last?MPG Historical for The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America a..."
Verified
Can I get the genre verified as well? It is the last and that scares me..MPG Romance for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Nistha wrote: "Can I get the genre verified as well? It is the last and that scares me..MPG Romance for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder"
Verified.
Can I use this for "train on cover"? The train is a lot of the cover but it is from above not the side
Katrisa wrote: "Can I use this for "train on cover"? The train is a lot of the cover but it is from above not the side"I hadn't really considered a bird's-eye view of a train. but the book blurb makes it clear that it's a train. So... I'll accept this cover.
Janice wrote: "Katrisa wrote: "Can I use this for "train on cover"? The train is a lot of the cover but it is from above not the side"I hadn't really considered a bird's-eye..."
Thanks! The book sounds really interesting and I think I have read all the books I own with trains on the cover already and I was hoping to read something new!
I hope you enjoy it. The book does sound interesting.
Janice I am just checking for Badge 2 if I am doing 3 walks can I be working on each walk at the same time as long as I do the individual walks in order
I have a couple questions about the Moria checkpoint.First would
be 75%. Just looking at it i would think yes but I want to be sure. Also for the if Gone Girl is okay to use I was thinking I was
as the second book. I was thinking about
with the connection being the black background. Would that work for the the third book or do I need to keep looking?
Hi Ammee. We tend to use a website called Tin Eye to check these sorts of questions out. Otherwise Janice would spend all her time eyeballing our books and not reading her own! The website is here https://labs.tineye.com/colorI go to the book page, right click on the cover image and open it in to a new tab. I then copy that URL into Tin Eye, and hit extract. The next bit is important, uncheck the two Exclude Background Colour options (as this is what we are very much interested in this question). And you get a break down of every colour on the book.
For your first option, Gone Girl, it says the cover is 90.1% black. Give it a go, and see if they all link how you want.
Rusalka wrote: "Hi Ammee. We tend to use a website called Tin Eye to check these sorts of questions out. Otherwise Janice would spend all her time eyeballing our books and not reading her own! The website is here ..."Thank you I had tried the website before and it lead me to the payment options so I thought I had to pay a lot of money to use it. I didn't see the link hidden to use the color lab.
Marie (UK) wrote: "Janice I am just checking for Badge 2 if I am doing 3 walks can I be working on each walk at the same time as long as I do the individual walks in order"Yes, that is correct.
Ammee wrote: "I have a couple questions about the Moria checkpoint.First would Gone Girl be 75%. Just looking at it i would think yes but I want to be sure.
Also for the if Gone Girl is ..."
Thanks Rusalka for responding. Tineye is the site we use to determine if the cover will fit those types of prompts.
So Gone Girl will fit the task.
Sharp Objects will connect to it because it also has a black cover, but also because they are written by the same author.
I don't think Rebel has enough black to count. but you could connect it to Sharp Objects because both authors are female .
Hi all - does anyone have any suggestions for a book with a wedding that isn't romance-y or or cozy mystery? I thought I would get around having to read a book like that by searching for wedding thrillers, but the book I chose ended up not actually having the ceremony because of stuff going awry so I won't actually be able to use the book for that after all and the more I look at wedding thrillers it seems like that is often the case.
Katrisa wrote: "Hi all - does anyone have any suggestions for a book with a wedding that isn't romance-y or or cozy mystery? I thought I would get around having to read a book like that by searching for wedding th..."I've got Murder at an Irish Wedding for that task.
Jane Eyre comes immediately to mind.
Rebecca
The Princess Bride
Alias Grace (I don't really remember all that clearly, but it seems to me that Grace got married in the book)
The Blood of Flowers
I'm sure there are more, but I was shocked as I scrolled through my read books, how little I remember about them.
The Guest List by Lucy Foley comes to mind and it has a wedding in it.
Katrisa wrote: "Hi all - does anyone have any suggestions for a book with a wedding that isn't romance-y or or cozy mystery? I thought I would get around having to read a book like that by searching for wedding th..."Dallas gets married in one of the early "in death" books maybe number 2 or 3
Those are some great suggestions, but I have read most of them, I may do a reread though - then at least I will know ahead of time if there is a wedding!
Hey Janice does an elopement count? Or does the wedding have to be a big to-do? Because I found a taylor jenkins reid that I haven't read that says the MCs elope and I like her books.
Katrisa wrote: "Hey Janice does an elopement count? Or does the wedding have to be a big to-do? Because I found a taylor jenkins reid that I haven't read that says the MCs elope and I like her books."LOL! I can always trust that you'll try and push the boundaries. I guess an elopement is still a wedding, even if it's just the two people in front of a J.P. and witnesses. It's your lucky day.
i don't mean to be a problem child. lol! Thanks for allowing it!
It's all good Katrisa. :) I was that problem child in highschool. Everyone else's picture in the yearbook had their ambitions in life. Mine read, "But Mr Landeen...."
Janice wrote: "It's all good Katrisa. :) I was that problem child in highschool. Everyone else's picture in the yearbook had their ambitions in life. Mine read, "But Mr Landeen....""LOL!
Wanted to verify if the sofa/bench in the books below is prominent enough for the task.
Hi Janice I notice that when others have posted their request for badges they have put the connections in their posts. I didn't do this. Would it be easier for you if i did next time? (although that is a long way off)
Marie (UK) wrote: "Hi Janice I notice that when others have posted their request for badges they have put the connections in their posts. I didn't do this. Would it be easier for you if i did next time? (although tha..."Marie - Janice posted an example of how we need to request in the first post in the request badge thread. She stated that we need to include the links. You can see her example in her post here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
You don't need to go back and edit your post Marie, because your connections were very clear in you own thread, Just remember to post requests as Kristie's post for future requests.
Janice wrote: "You don't need to go back and edit your post Marie, because your connections were very clear in you own thread, Just remember to post requests as Kristie's post for future requests."Thanks Janice
Janice wrote: "They're fine Nistha."Thanks!
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