EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion
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2024 EHRTBM House Cup Challenge - Ruby House
Ali wrote: "Message 12 updated.Our leader is so kind to me, my own goal would be: nothing under 25 points is good enough XD
I've got some serious workload dropped on my head, but since one of these things i..."
That’s funny, Ali! I didn’t dare set the targets too high in case they seemed too difficult. I am particularly concerned for people who have work & family commitments - this can be such a busy time of year. Good luck with the extra work.
No notifications? I hardly ever get them either. A quick alternative - when you open Goodreads, look at the notification symbol, top right of the screen, but click on the symbol to its right. That gives a list of your groups with the most recent discussions showing the number of new posts in red. You can click on any of them to read. I use it in a negative way - if there’s no red text, there’s nothing new to read so it saves time looking. (I use the website, so it may not work on the app.) I hope this helps.
I like that Group Discussions thing as well. I can see any new challenges in my groups that way as well.I keep a Goodreads webpage open on my laptop. Whenever I come back to GR after a period of time, I refresh the page. If the Notification symbol has a red number, I click on that, then "View All Notifications". Then I can either go through the updates I haven't seen, or pick & choose.
That's just how I do it.
Richard wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Hi! I actually come here every day, before going to work :) But I am in a different time zone ;) I having lot's of fun seeing the different read lists and taking notes ... besides ..."
I am in Portugal, same time zone as Tr1sha
Tr1sha wrote: "🎈🎈At midnight tonight we are halfway through November. So I have a new challenge for everyone (except Richard - he has earned so many points already!)
By the end of November, can we try to double..."
Challenge accepted!!!
Sandra wrote: "…Challenge accepted!!”
That’s good - I thought you’d do it. Thanks, Sandra. It’s interesting that you & I are in the same time zone.
Oh, so that's what this tab does! Thanks, it really helps.
Ali wrote: "Oh, so that's what this tab does! Thanks, it really helps."That’s great!
Message 12 updated!Also, does anyone have any suggestions of titles starting with L?
Ali wrote: "Message 12 updated!Also, does anyone have any suggestions of titles starting with L?"
Little Women - a classic, so should be free online
Little Fires Everywhere
Life of Pi - I haven’t read this yet but have a copy to read in the next few days
Remember the Goodreads “Browse” menu, you can enter a search & get lists of books.
If you need a letter for our challenge, you could use author’s name too - Lisa, Linda, etc. There are some books by Lisa Unger for Kindle, including some short stories - some of them are free to read depending on your Amazon account.
Message #38 updated, and challenge accepted
🎈Thank you to everyone who has added to the team score this weekend!
🎈Message to Richard:Please edit your post for 17 November - your last book in the list has 250 pages so scores 2 points not 1.
Tr1sha wrote: "🎈Message to Richard:Please edit your post for 17 November - your last book in the list has 250 pages so scores 2 points not 1."
Oh sorry, I thought it was 1 point for every 250 pages. My mistake. I see it's 249.
♦️ Oh hey Tr1sha, on the spreadsheet, my points for Nov 16 are 12. In my list, I have it at 20. Just letting you know. 😊
Richard wrote: "♦️ Oh hey Tr1sha, on the spreadsheet, my points for Nov 16 are 12. In my list, I have it at 20. Just letting you know. 😊"Sorry I must have done the spreadsheet before you finished updating -I’ll correct it tomorrow when I do the other updates. Thanks for noticing the mistake.
Message 12 updated. 3 points on top of my salary are a nice bonus.
Hi Tr1sha,Yes i read your message, next time i shall Goodreads before i start the book. The 2nd book which is not showing any pages in Goodreads actually has a Kindle edition, but somehow the pages are not updated here. For now i have added 1 point for each of the books which have no page number in Goodreads.
Post 253 updated
I was sick from last week so couldnt read much , will try to reach the goal of 33 points
Tr1sha wrote: "I’ll correct it tomorrow when I do the other updates."All good.
On behalf of the team, I just want to say that we appreciate all your hard work on the spreadsheet & group. 😊👏
Anupama wrote: "Hi Tr1sha,Yes i read your message, next time i shall Goodreads before i start the book. The 2nd book which is not showing any pages in Goodreads actually has a Kindle edition, but somehow the page..."
Thanks, Anupama - I’ll update your points later today. I’m sorry you have been unwell, but hope you feel much better now. It’s good to have you back in the team.
Richard wrote: "… On behalf of the team, I just want to say that we appreciate all your hard work on the spreadsheet & group. 😊👏"Thanks, Richard.
Thank you for the updates.Anyone who has finished reading some books but not listed them, please do it soon. There’s less than a week left this month…
Updated post 253 I'm hoping to triple my points from 16.5 , need 7 more points
Anupama wrote: "Updated post 253 I'm hoping to triple my points from 16.5 , need 7 more points"
Thank you - I’m sure you’ll do it. It’s great to have a target & you are collecting a lot of points for the team.
🎈🎈🎈Anupama - congratulations! Your total for October & November so far has passed 100 points. It’s a great score, thank you.
Well done Anupama! That's fantastic!
Updated message 253Thanks Tr1sha and Richard :-)
Wow, the first 100 points aside from Richard really is Something! Congratulations!And Richard, congratulations on passing the 750 mark!
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Our leader is so kind to me, my own goal would be: nothing under 25 points is good enough XD
I've got some serious workload dropped on my head, but since one of these things is editing a new translation of a book existing in Goodreads database, it totally counts for the challenge. Can't fix the text without reading it after all.
I'm also one of those unlucky ones who can't get notifications even after choosing YES at all the notification options. So, I know something happens here only if I have a minute to come and check.