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Jaime
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Dec 17, 2009 07:56AM
I like that idea Ann. I always look at updated lists to see if the person mentioned anything about the book. I am pretty new to this genre so i am always looking for book recomendations. Reading what a person says after reading a book has lead me to the Psy-Changling and BDB series and I thank you all for that!
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Jaime wrote: "I like that idea Ann. I always look at updated lists to see if the person mentioned anything about the book. I am pretty new to this genre so i am always looking for book recomendations. Reading wh..."i had the same feeling about the challenges. I like to hear what they have to say and at the very least, their rating of the book. I have been linking my review on the challenge thread once I have finished a book, as well as the star ratings.
Cherra - I noticed you linking your review and I am very curious how you do that. I have been trying to write a brief review or atleast my feelings on the book once I finish one.
Jaime wrote: "Cherra - I noticed you linking your review and I am very curious how you do that. I have been trying to write a brief review or atleast my feelings on the book once I finish one."
click on the link in the upper right hand corner of the comment box (some html is ok) and the 3rd bullet will allow you to link it. so just copy and paste the command in the comment box. open another window and pull up your review--when you pull up the book you will see your review-click on the hyperlink "0 comments" and that will open your review. it will end in a number. copy the entire address and paste it onto the link sample address. then where it says "my link text" you will delete that and put whatever you want to call your link--My Review. you can click preview to make sure the link looks like it is supposed to.
let me know if you have questions.
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I really like this idea of Melissa, but I'm not completely sure how to handle it. I have some ideas, but willing to listen to what others can input.
I only got to participate in the last couple and enjoyed them so much. 1. You can raise it to 10, but that will be difficult, but fun to try. I read a lot of contemporary also.
2. Definitely December Clean-up
I also liked the looks of:
Characters Alphabet
Literary Colors
Raid a GR shelf
Go by the Year
Oh, Yz, your recent comment on the BDB thread gave me another idea for a challenge. Though not sure if its within the rules.Favorite all-time book rereads, or just reread month. =)
I discovered this group in early February and have participated all but a couple months (I had a major move in July and a baby in August so it was a busy year). My feedback is below:1. Sure!
2. My six favorite months!
January - Paranormal Creatures
March - P.E.A.R.L Awards Categories
April - Serial April (Read 9 books from 9 different series)
October - Literary Colors Challenge (based on colors of book covers)
November - Characters Alphabet (hybrid of an A-Z challenge)
December - TBR Clean-up
3. My least favorite month:
February - Share the Love, Read A New Author
OR
September - Reading with Friends
4. An idea that might require a bit of work from the readers, but how about location challenge. Along the lines of reading something that takes place in a city you've visited, a city you'd like to visit, the future, someplace not of this earth, place a friend lives in, etc?
Keep up the good work! I can't wait to see what neat challenges 2010 will bring!
Happy Holidays!
Martina
Yz aka Whyz wrote: "Melissa wrote: My only other thought about the challenges is ...I'd like to see a thread started for maybe the top few books that are on everyone's challenge lists for the current month. I really like this idea of Melissa, but I'm not completely sure how to handle it. I have some ideas, but willing to listen to what others can input.
Maybe, you could choose one of the ten categories each month, at random, and which ever book is in that category the most that month, a thread could be started.
I had another thought as well, maybe we should do a "five star" thread each month. This could be for any challenge book that was read and given five stars that month.
Hi - I've posted already, but I thought of a challenge suggestion.I like the "Lifetime of Books" Challenge that I am going to be signing up for soon in the Romance Readers Reading Challenge group and I thought that a variation of that would be good for in here for 2010.
We could do "A decade of Books" so that we get our 10 in and it would be 1 book published for each of the past 10 years.
That is all. Thanks!
Carla wrote: "Hi - I've posted already, but I thought of a challenge suggestion.I like the "Lifetime of Books" Challenge that I am going to be signing up for soon in the Romance Readers Reading Challenge group..."
Carla, that's pretty much what May's challenge was. It was called "Go By The Year".
YzI loved the challenges. I only participated in one but all of them had great ideas. I think you should increase the # of books to 10. The challenges we should repeat are:
September- reading with friends
December- TBR clean up
* Those were my favorite because in September I joined the group and it made me met other people. The challenge in December helped me clean the books that I put off and it made me clean up my shelf.
* I had an idea for a challenge, it is that we should read books we left off. Like books we never finished. I dont know just a thought.
