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Summer Challenge 2011 - Completed task posts with ?s/problems
Sorry Sandy! Missed that rule - will adjust my goodreads author count!Sandy wrote: "MRS SOULE post 1320
Neither Jayne Castle nor Amanda Quick is noted as a GR author. The rules on GR authors state that
** The author of the book must be listed as a Goodreads Author. Therefore,..."
I posted 3 Good Reads Authors in post #861 and another in post #1196 for a total of 4. The readerboard is showing only 3. Thanks for checking.
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I'm guessing you mean post #1197 - I just looked at it, and you didn't claim a GR author ticket there. You must specifically claim that.
Two reasons: first, not everyone claims GR author and BB tickets - the ONLY thing these give you is a chance to possibly create a task, so if you're someone who expects to complete the challenge, there's no reason to do this. Someone who completes the challenge is not eligible for the 20 point tasks. Also, some people just aren't interested in creating a task - in that case, again, listing GR authors and BB pages just adds to the record keeping duties of the mods, without any benefit to the participant. So, if you want to claim a GR author ticket, you must explicitly claim it.
Secondly, it's not realistic to expect the moderators to check every author listed in your post, to see if s/he may be a GR author, and then to decide that you probably want to claim a ticket.
If you realize that you forgot to claim a GR author ticket in your post, you need to do a new post, explaining that you're doing it to claim a GR author ticket (so that we'll know you're not reporting a new task) and giving the information necessary (original post #, task #, book and author).
Sorry! I have never claimed GRA before so I wasn't sure. Would you like me to repost regarding Post #1197?Hope the post I made today is correct (#1514). I don't mean to make more work for you(or make things difficult).
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Hope the post I made today is correct (#1514). I don't mean to make more work for you(o..."
Please do repost the info from 1197.
It's just necessary for you to be specific in the post, so that I know you're claiming a GRA.
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Task 25.5, Donna Jo, you need to include info for book 2: Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, with a main character that is (or was) a U.S. military service member.
Please repost this task with the missing information
(Sorry to welcome you back with a problem. Hope you had a great trip)
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Nicole, please check your total. The last post I recorded before 1541 was 1202 on July 13. That total was 215 + 50= 265, not 455.
Dlmrose wrote: "Donna Jo -- post 1526Task 25.5, Donna Jo, you need to include info for book 2: Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, with a main character that is (or was) a U.S. military service member.
Please ..."
Sorry, I guess I was just too eager to get all my stuff on the board. I'll repost now. (Obviously, vacation softened my brain.)
Arrgghh! I've made a big mistake on one of the tasks I posted on message 1543. For some reason I put the setting of Romeo & Juliet & Vampires as being Italy when it was set in Romania. This means it does not fit the task 15.3 that I was using it for. Can you please delete my points for task 15.3. I'll read something else for part one and post it later this week.Do you want me to repost the other task I had on the message with my corrected points totals?
Sorry for my stupidity. I blame the heatwave...
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No need to post to correct your total- I have 355 as your total
Thanks! Sorry to mess you guys about x
Dlmrose wrote: "Kate.x -- post 119025.3 Please confirm that this is the title you claimed for #3
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
This book seems to be travel essays about Portlan..."
Sorry very belated reply, It is about the author's view of portland and his experiences of it (he lives there), it is billed as the closest thing he will ever write to an autobiography. It tells stories of where he threw his tonsils and the like.
Kate.x.
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Task 20.8, from the task description: " The genre "Science Fiction" should appear on the book’s home page. "
Science Fiction does not appear as a genre for Angel by L.A. Weatherly
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Emma, are you Emmalita on the RB? Please repost including your RB name
Big book tickets: I should have 3 big book tickets. I only now saw from this thread (refer to post 81) that I linked the wrong edition of the book on the Completed Tasks thread: post 783.So sorry, I thought I checked this thread thoroughly but missed that problem!
Now that I've edited my post, can I please claim the 3 tickets for the book?
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So sorry..."
Please repost in the completed task thread with the necessary info for the big book ticket. Editing a post doesn't work - there are too many posts for us to go back and find old ones to see if they've been edited.
Post the correct link and the original post #/task, and please indicate that you're doing this to claim a BB ticket, so that there's no confusion about this being a new task.
Thanks.
Dlmrose wrote: "Emma -- post 1578Emma, are you Emmalita on the RB? Please repost including your RB name"
Oops. Reposted now as requested with my RB name
Dlmrose wrote: "Nicole VA -- post 1541Nicole, please check your total. The last post I recorded before 1541 was 1202 on July 13. That total was 215 + 50= 265, not 455."
Oops, I accidentally looked at my readerboard standing from the spring challenge.
265 is correct.
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Lee Child is not noted as being a GR author.
Sandy wrote: " BETH NC post 1552Lee Child is not noted as being a GR author."
Sorry, I had switched out books for that task and forgot to take out the GR Author from my spreadsheet.
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Task 15.9 Required: Please state which method you chose and your average rating if using that selection method
Please repost that task with the required info
Dlmrose wrote: "Kate.x -- post 1573Task 20.8, from the task description: " The genre "Science Fiction" should appear on the book’s home page. "
Science Fiction does not appear as a genre for [book:Angel|7991200..."
Opps sorry, i'll try and use it for another task.
Kate.x.
My links are a little messed up in post 1700. I must not be awake yet.
The books are
The Graveyard Book
Minnesota State Fair: An Illustrated History
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Task 20.4, Cindy, your book fits option 3 (The Protector of the Small) not option 4, but since you rolled a 6 it works. Please update your records, no need to repost.
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Brenda WI
Pollyanna
Josalyn
Sue T
Dlmrose wrote: "There are some posts with math inconsistencies. Please take a look at your totals. You may have excluded a task, etc.Brenda WI
Pollyanna
Josalyn
Sue T"
Found the problem, had listed a 20 point task with 15 points on my spreadsheet. Got it fixed, so things should be accurate from here on out. Thanks!
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You claimed a big books ticket for The Last Song, but the link only shows a 390 page book. If the edition you read has more than 500 pages, please repost the book, with the correct link, indicating that you're only reposting to claim the BB ticket.
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Task 5.9- All but the German edition of Gregor and the Code of Claw have more than 400 pages, for this task a 400+ page book must have a title with less than five words.
Please indicate if you read the German edition.
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Task 50.1, Category H: Book with more than 25K ratings on Goodreads main book page
A Visit from the Goon Squad has 13,827 ratings on the main page. The book needs more than 25,000 ratings to qualify for H
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To claim a BB ticket, you must link to the edition that you read, showing the number of pages in that editions.
If you are claiming GR authors (and your summary total at the bottom of the page suggests that you are), you must indicate the particular GR authors that you are claiming.
Sandy wrote: "LAURIE ME post 1844To claim a BB ticket, you must link to the edition that you read, showing the number of pages in that editions.
If you are claiming GR authors (and your summary total at t..."
My post has been updated.
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You'll need to do a new post,giving the details on any BB/GRA tickets that you have not already claimed. If you've already gotten tickets for the books, PLEASE do not list them again - only ones that have not been credited to you.
Please be specific in your post that you are not claiming new tasks, just posting for BB/GRA tickets.
Thanks.
Sandy wrote: "Laurie wrote: "My post has been updated. ..."You'll need to do a new post,giving the details on any BB/GRA tickets that you have not already claimed. If you've already gotten tickets for the b..."
I'll have to reconstruct what I changed later. I haven't a clue what I've gotten credit for.
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Task 15.3- Faithful Place- set in Dublin, Ireland- uses the Euro Dublin Info
You'll need to find a book for a country that does not use the Euro
Missing Big BookIt's finally summer vacation, and I'm getting caught up! As I was posting a bunch last night, I checked the readerboard as well. I read Bitten, and my copy has 518 pages, but I haven't received credit for it. That was in Post 511. Thanks for checking into this!
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Task 50.1 Book 2- Option C- One word title- The Everafter doesn't work for a one word title- message 31 in the help thread
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Task 50.1 Book 2- Option C- One word title- The Everafter doesn't work for a one word title- message 31 in the help thread"
Ok I will switch it to another option. sorry about that.
Dlmrose wrote: "Beth NC -- post 1887Task 15.3- Faithful Place- set in Dublin, Ireland- uses the Euro Dublin Info
You'll need to find a book for a country that does not use the Euro"
Oooops, My bad. I wasn't thinking and inaccurately considered Ireland part of the UK. I have moved some things around and reposted.
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J. K. Rowling is not noted as being a GR author.
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The link you provided for THE BOOKS OF RACHEL does not give any page numbers. If you read this on kindle (which is what the link shows) and there isn't a page number for kindle, you need to refer to the rules on ebooks without specific page numbers.
5. When determining page count, you should go by the copy you read. Therefore, if you obtain (own, borrow, check out from the library, etc.) the hardback edition, use the page count for the hardback edition. If you obtain the paperback edition, use that page count. If you read an electronic version of the book and an eBook page number is given on Goodreads then use that page count.
However, if there is no page count for the electronic edition, use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardback edition.
Sandy wrote: "BETH NC post 1887 The link you provided for THE BOOKS OF RACHEL does not give any page numbers. If you read this on kindle (which is what the link shows) and there isn't a page n..."
Wow I am batting a 1000 this week aren't I? That is what I get for doing 5 things at one time. I will repost that task again..... Sorry.
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LOL - I often find that when I think I'm efficiently multi-tasking, things start falling apart!
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Task 20.3 The book you read must be a least 250 pages long.
Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between is only 192 pages.
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Jen, Each book may only be used for 1 task. I have used your 2 books for 5.4 and 5.9. If you want to move books, please post requested changes in Completed Tasks.
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task 5.8- if you don't include a link you must include your book's title and author in your post. Please repost with all the info.
Please report completed tasks in number order. Thanks
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Charles Finch is not noted as being a GR author. You also indicated Jacqueline Winspear as a GR author - she isn't noted as being one, and even if she were, you can't claim a GR author ticket for using her as the starting point to find another book.
Before claiming a GR author, please check either the book page or the author bio. If the author is a Goodreads author, the main book page will indicate that in parentheses after the author's name. Or, if you look at upper right hand corner of the GR bio, that will indicated that the person is a GR author, if s/he is.
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Task 20.6 Required: Post the place(s) or activities where you read. Please repost with the required information
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There is more than one Kim in the challenge. Please repost including your Readerboard name.
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Task 5.1, Sandy excluded Manhattan settings in post 47 "From the book description, sounds like the setting is Manhattan - so that doesn't work, even if Manhattan is "technically" an island - it's not an island in the beaches, rocky shores sense."
Heroic Measures: A Novel won't work for task 5.1. It would work for task 5.3. The Dog Days of Summer (or other places) if you would like to use it somewhere else. Please repost.