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January 2024 Upside Down Challenge
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I'll play. I'll play, but there's no sheet for entering books on the SS, just the list of tasks.
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Once you sign up we create you an individual sheet to enter your books :)
(looks like this) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Catsalive wrote: "I'll play, but there's no sheet for entering books on the SS, just the list of tasks."Once you sign up we create you an individual sheet to enter your books :)
(looks like this..."
Got it. I went to make a copy & realised that's probably what you'd do. I was too impatient :0)
Mod
no worries. I've updated the "how to play" above also in case anyone else also has the same question
Aah! That all makes perfect sense now. Sign-up form completed :0)
I enjoyed this one last time!But I'm in serious need of a challenge break, lol.
I'm going to play. I need some points motivation to get me going for 2024. I've been slacking. LOL
I'll be reading anyway. Might as well sign up. :)
Mod
But I'm in serious need of a challenge break, lol."
Me too. 😬 just focusing on my tbr closet for Jan
Question on task 3 "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as dnf - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable":Is it acceptable for the tag to be "unfinished" rather than "dnf"?
Thanks!
Mod
Is it acceptable for the tag to ..."
Yes I am ok with that
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Beth wrote: "Question on task 3 "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as dnf - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable":Is it acceptable fo..."
I appreciate it, thanks!
Mod
All players have individual spreadsheets shared with them, and you can track progress to goals and total points here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
My sheet doesn't appear to be tracking my points. The cells in column H aren't generating point totals.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Mod
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"
Fixed :)
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "♞ Pat wrote: "My sheet doesn't appear to be tracking my points. The cells in column H aren't generating point totals.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"
Thank you!
Can we read more than the books we estimated we'd read?
Mod
Sure. And if you’d like to change your goal and stretch yourself just adjust the number in your spreadsheet (cell I2) 😊
I enjoyed this challenge so much! I like when there’s a list of tasks right up front. Thanks, Mods, for running this!
Mod
When you add them into your personal s/sheet they all feed into the overall spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
We will wait until tomorrow before posting the points leader and those who achieved their goal
This was so much fun! Thanks for putting it together!
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Emily wrote: "Where do we report our points?"When you add them into your personal s/sheet they all feed into the overall spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"
Right but the spreadsheet I used was a copy not the one that I should have asked for edit access. How should I transfer it over? This is what I used
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Mod
Right but the spreadsheet I used was a copy not the one that I should have asked for edit access. How should I transfer it over?.."
Your spreadsheet was shared with you using the email address you signed up with and it is linked in the overall sheet. If you add your books into that, then the overall sheet will automatically update.
:)
Mod
Well done participants!
TOTAL POINTS
Name Points
Sixty 3,020
Beth 2,910
Judith 1,850
Kylie 1,610
Mary X 1,500
Patti Mansfield 1,160
Stacie Schultz 860
Ashley Basile 850
Suzanne 850
Pat Gent 760
KelB 710
Mary 570
Kaley 550
Fiona 460
Briana 450
Danielle 360
Andrea 350
Bobbi 200
Ooha 200
Lily 100
Cameo Molina 50
Mod
Great work those who achieved their goal!
Name % Progress to goal
KelB 220%
Beth 168%
Kylie 150%
Sixty 123%
Mary 111%
Patti Mansfield 110%
Judith 105%
Pat Gent 100%
Andrea 100%
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Stacie Schultz 95%
Fiona 90%
Ashley Basile 85%
Mary X 83%
Kaley 80%
Ooha 75%
Danielle 58%
Bobbi 50%
Suzanne 50%
Briana 50%
Lily 20%
Cameo Molina 10%
Mod
See you at the next challenge!!
Summer is upon us in the Southern hemisphere and we invite you to get a bit topsy turvy, upside down, and jumbled up joining this challenge for one month only;
from 1 January 2024 - 31 January 2024
This is an Individual challenge, but you are playing for:
>Meeting your own goal of books read (a minimum of 3 for the month, there is no maximum)
>Points against everyone else who signs up. (you may wish to have a friendly side competition with those with equivalent book goals!)
IMPORTANT
You will need to be able to access and edit Google Sheets to join this challenge. We will give you a template, but you need to use it to track your books and your points.
We work on an honour system, so we are not asking you to submit your spreadsheets for review, but all sheets need to be accessible for viewing by all players.
ABOUT
Sign up using this form: https://forms.gle/1GevtUBeEyg2DhhD7
and we will send you a google tracking sheet that you will use to track your challenge. This will feed into a main tracking sheet here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
that will track the points of all players.
Sign ups close on January 6, 2024.
1. HOW TO PLAY
You are given a list of tasks to choose from for January here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
that have points allocated to them as 10, 20, 50 or 100. It is up to you which tasks you decide to cover in the month, but you must choose a minimum of one 100 point and two 50 point tasks.
Each task can only be completed once.
2. POINTS TRACKING
Players are responsible for tracking their own points by using the Google Sheet template provided. (Once you sign up we create you an individual sheet to enter your books)
This will feed into the overall tracking spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
3. BOOK REQUIREMENTS
Books must be started on or after 8am, January 1st, 2024, AEDST to count for this challenge. Click here for the countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
All books must be read by 11.59pm, January 31, 2024 AEDST (countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...)
Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since you last read the book.
The minimum page requirement is 100 pages unless a task specifies differently.
Unless otherwise specified in the task, (some lower point tasks will allow this) the following books can NOT be used:
* Comic / Graphic / Magna
* Cookbooks
* Textbooks
* Travel Guides
* Poetry
* Poems
* Childrens / Middle Grade novels and plays/screenplays can only be used where you can verify the word count through AR BookFind as 25,001 words or more. If you can't verify it with that site, you can check if audible or overdrive has the unabridged version as more than 3 hours. If you can't verify either, then you can't use it (unless the specific task says you can)