Fall Challenge 2011: Completed Task Posts with ?s/problems

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Questions or problems with completed task posts will be posted here.

If you have questions about your points on the Readerboard:

1. Please check your math first!
2. Check to see if one of your posts is listed in this thread with a question. If so, please make a NEW POST in the Completed tasks thread to clear up the question. DO NOT go back and edit the original post. I will not go backwards in the completed task thread to pick up points.
3. To avoid further questions/problems, please refer to the TASK DESCRIPTIONS and the POSTING REQUIREMENTS.

Thank you for helping keep the record keeping for the challenge as manageable as possible.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

JODI post 33

You must include your readerboard name to get credit for any tasks.

Task 5.2 requires "state the country in which you live" - the GR description of the book describes the setting, so you don't need to list that separately.

PLEASE list your completed tasks in order - 5.2, then 10.10, and so on.

You will need to do a new post for these tasks.

[Nick]

Nickboy. For post 61, I just noticed that the edition of which I read is not on the listopia list, even though the paperback edition, is. Will this still count for me?

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Nick wrote: "Nickboy. For post 61, I just noticed that the edition of which I read is not on the listopia list, even though the paperback edition, [bookcover:The White Nile|34..."

This is not a problem. The listopia lists aren't edition specific - while one edition needs to be linked to include the book on the list, any edition of the book works for that title. Your post is fine.

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AUDIAA post 102

For task 15.8, what book did you read?

Please repost for this task - no need to repost 10.2.

[Jodi]

Sandy wrote: "JODI post 33

You must include your readerboard name to get credit for any tasks.

Task 5.2 requires "state the country in which you live" - the GR description of the book describes the setting..."

Reposted with the corrections as message #103. Thanks :)

[Jodi]

Checking to see if I need to repost for message 90 also since I didn't receive any "points" on the readerboard yet. Thanks

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Jodi wrote: "Checking to see if I need to repost for message 90 also since I didn't receive any "points" on the readerboard yet. Thanks"

everything will be there in the next update.

[Jodi]

Thanks so much!

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KIM NY post 130
Wicked Games appears to be an ebook without a print edition. You must get this approved for length.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

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JENSOWNZOO post 133

Task 20.7 requires that you state whether this book was on your own TBR or a friend's TBR.

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JAMIE posts 143 and 145

There are several Jamie's on the readerboard. Please re-post, including your readerboard name.

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JAYME THE GHOSTREADER post 160
15.1 is only a 1 book task is the book was published in the same year that the name was retired. "Janet" was retired in 1955, so you'll also need to read a book published in that year.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I know, I messed up. I read it wrong. It will be a two book task as soon as I read the second book.

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JODI2 post 163

You already used A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier for task 5.7. A book can only be used for one task.

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DONNA JO post 168

The book you linked to for task 5.4 shows 172 pages. If you read a different edition with a 5 or 4 in the total number of pages, please link to that edition.

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AD.LEWIS post 174
For task 5.2, you need to include the country in which you live and the setting of the book.

You will need to repost this task with the missing info. No need to repost 20.10

[Donna Jo]

Sandy wrote: "DONNA JO post 168

The book you linked to for task 5.4 shows 172 pages. If you read a different edition with a 5 or 4 in the total number of pages, please link to that edition."

Sorry, I did read the right number of pages, just got wrong link. I'll repost.

[Kristina Simon]

AD.LEWIS post 174

If you want to claim a Goodreads Author, you must say so in your post and include a link to the Goodreads author. A tally of GRAs at the bottom of your post is not sufficient.

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KIM post 208

There are several people named Kim on the readerboard. Please re-post, including your readerboard name.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

EILIS post 221

Unfortunately, the title of Catching Fire is only 2 words. The reference to the Hunger Games, as your link shows, is the series title.

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CHERYL TX post 243
The edition of Undone that you linked to only showed 448 pages. while this is enough for task 10.6, it's not enough for a Big Book Ticket.

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SHEILA post 238

"Innocent" doesn't work as a compound word containing the word "inn" - while the letters are there, a compound word would have to relate to "inn" - such as "innkeeper."

[Sheila]

hmmm. I guess I don't understand the difference between compound words and variations nor did I see anything about the word having to relate. No problem, there are lots of slots! Thanks Sandy

I guess I just finished book one for YOUR task. :)

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Sheila wrote: "hmmm. I guess I don't understand the difference between compound words and variations nor did I see anything about the word having to relate. No problem, there are lots of slots! Thanks Sandy

I..."

You could use it for 25.4 - Sue Grafton is a diamond dagger winner.

A compound word is a word made by putting two other words together - you can take it apart into two separate words. A variation on a word has some relationship to the original word, but is slightly changed. Innocent isn't a compound word, because "ocent" isn't a word, and it's not a variation on "inn" because it has no relationship to an "inn."

[Sheila]

Thanks Sandy for the explanation AND the suggestion for 25.4. That works!

[Anne (Booklady)]

Hi Sandy, Kristi has me on the Goodread Authors Readerboard list, but I'm not on your Readerboard list and Not on Posts with problems. My post is 225.
Would you please look into this? Thanks!

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Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Hi Sandy, Kristi has me on the Goodread Authors Readerboard list, but I'm not on your Readerboard list and Not on Posts with problems. My post is 225.
Would you please look into this? Thanks!"

You're right there on the readerboard post, Anne.

[Sandie]

In post 241, I claimed Laurie Halse Anderson as a Goodreads Author, but I am not on the list. Could you please have a look at this for me? Thanks.

[Anne (Booklady)]

Sandy wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Hi Sandy, Kristi has me on the Goodread Authors Readerboard list, but I'm not on your Readerboard list and Not on Posts with problems. My post is 225.
Would you please lo..."

Thank you Sandy, I found it :)

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

TANYAPT post 262

Task 20.4 requires that, if you read a book other than a book in the series published in 2011, you identify the book published/to be published in 2011. The book you posted was published in 2010.

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LUCKNGRACE post 281

Any ebook without a print version must be approved for length in the verification thread - http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

Ain't No Sunshine does not appear to have a print version.

[Kristina Simon]

Sandie wrote: "In post 241, I claimed Laurie Halse Anderson as a Goodreads Author, but I am not on the list. Could you please have a look at this for me? Thanks."

Sorry about that, Sandie! It's fixed and will show up in the next update.

[Tanya Patrice]

Sandy wrote: "TANYAPT post 262

Task 20.4 requires that, if you read a book other than a book in the series published in 2011, you identify the book published/to be published in 2011. The book you posted was ..."

Sorry Sandy - the book in the series published in 2011 is Forever (Maggie Stiefvater). I'll update the post or do I need to repost the task?

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Tanya wrote: "Sandy wrote: "TANYAPT post 262

Task 20.4 requires that, if you read a book other than a book in the series published in 2011, you identify the book published/to be published in 2011. The book you..."

Please repost - it's too timeconsuming to try to backtrack to old posts to pick up later edits. Thanks!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

KATE S post 293

For task 20.5, can you give some info on how Surfacing relates to option A? I haven't read the book myself, and there's nothing in the GR description about illness/doctors/medicine, etc.

thanks.

No need to repost any of the other tasks, just this one.

[Kate S]

Sandy wrote: "KATE S post 293

For task 20.5, can you give some info on how Surfacing relates to option A? I haven't read the book myself, and there's nothing in the GR description about illness/..."

It's not about an illness, it was meant for option B! Reposted and corrected

[Kristina Simon]

KIMBER post 297

The link you posted for Dreamcatcher by Stephen King goes to a book with 684 pages (1 big book ticket), not 879. If you'd like credit for the book with 879 pages (2 big book tickets), you will need to repost the task with the correct link. Please make a note in your repost that it is to correct a Big Book issue only, so Sandy doesn't have to look at it again.

[Rachel Lee]

I don't see an update on the readerboard for 284. I have that my total should be 225 points.

Thanks

[Eilymay]

Sandy wrote: "EILIS post 221

Unfortunately, the title of Catching Fire is only 2 words. The reference to the Hunger Games, as your link shows, is the series title."

Scholastic books (the publishers) gave the title "The Hunger Games Catching Fire" to the edition I read (it is printed both on the cover and on the first page, the title page).

Whoever added the edition to Goodreads changed the title so that the Hunger Games was the series title.

Should it not be the title that physically appears both on the front cover of the book and on the title page rather than the "virtual" title that should be taken into account?

[Katrina]

Eilis wrote: "Sandy wrote: "EILIS post 221

Unfortunately, the title of Catching Fire is only 2 words. The reference to the Hunger Games, as your link shows, is the series title."

Scholastic boo..."

I have those same editions, but it is definitely only Catching Fire, and it just says 'The Hunger Games' on the cover in order to indicate it is part of a series called 'The Hunger Games' however it's not part of the official title.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Eilis wrote: "Sandy wrote: "EILIS post 221

Unfortunately, the title of Catching Fire is only 2 words. The reference to the Hunger Games, as your link shows, is the series title."

Scholastic boo..."

and if you look at the scholastic website, the title of the book is clearly just Catching Fire. http://www.scholastic.com/thehungerga...

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STESSE post 318

Task 10.8 requires that you indicate the book you started with. Please repost the task with the required information.

Task 15.5 requires that the book be set in Egypt or about the country of Egypt, not just about Egyptian artifacts - and from the description, it appears that this book is set in England, not Egypt.

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JULIE5876 post 327

I don't see Beth Gutcheon listed on the TNBBC bookshelf as an author.

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SHANNON posts 337, 338
There is more than one Shannon on the Readerboard. Please re-post, including your readerboard name.

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JAMIE post 348
There is more than one Jamie on the Readerboard. Please re-post, including your readerboard name.

[Eilymay]

That link is not for the edition I have. There is a fundamental difference between the two edition best highlighted I think by the different titles given to the book on Amazon:

Here is the original hardback edition http://www.amazon.com/Catching-Fire-S...

Here is the edition I read http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Ca...

In the first link it is clearly stated that Catching Fire is the second book of the Hunger Games however in the second link The Hunger Games is included in the title and there is no mention of a series.

Sandy wrote: "Eilis wrote: "Sandy wrote: "EILIS post 221

Unfortunately, the title of Catching Fire is only 2 words. The reference to the Hunger Games, as your link shows, is the series title."..."

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Rachel Lee wrote: "I don't see an update on the readerboard for 284. I have that my total should be 225 points.

Thanks"

Sorry, Rachel Lee. The night I was working on that page, everytime I clicked on a book to check something, GR would then shoot me to the page with the picture of the little girl in the chair. I must have skipped over your post when I finally got back to the list.

It's fixed now, and will show in the next update.

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Eilis wrote: "That link is not for the edition I have. There is a fundamental difference between the two edition best highlighted I think by the different titles given to the book on Amazon:

Here is the origin..."

The publisher's website, the author's website, and GR all show the title of the book as Catching Fire. The series title is not part of the book title, even if it is printed on the front of the book to encourage people to buy it.

[Sheila]

That sweet little girl in the chair is one annoying chick!