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FALL CHALLENGE 2011: AFRICA
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Fall Challenge 2011: Completed Task Posts with ?s/problems
Sandy wrote: " RACHEL LEE post 660For task 25.1B, the book you use must have exactly 4 letters from ALEXANDRIA, no more, no fewer. The book you posted has 5 of the letters - E, R, L, A, I."
Grr. I totally missed the "R"!!! Ok, I will find another place for it and a new book for 25.1. Thanks!!
Sandy wrote: " CHERYL TX post 662For task 30.10, the book you linked to for your first die (a 3) was 242 pages. If you read a different edition that was 300-399 pages, please repost, linking to the correct ed..."
reposted for the correct edition. Thanks
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Carla -- post 504Yes, I noticed that after I posted #504. I have been writing "hpaddict" at the top of my posts going forward. You do have "hpaddict" listed on the reader board names. So my later post (#557, so after this recent scoring) will be on there. I will repost #504 with "hpaddict" at the top. Thanks!
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Task 20.7 requires that you note whether you used your own TBR or a friend's TBR.
Please repost with the required information.
Sandy wrote: " LAURIE ME post 702Task 20.7 requires that you note whether you used your own TBR or a friend's TBR.
Please repost with the required information."
okay
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Task 25.10, for option A, requirs that you include the year or month (if 2011) when you joined Goodreads.
Karen OZ -- post 739Task 25.4, book #2 -- you've linked to Salman Rushdies Chutnification of History in Midnight s Children, an ebook which has 15 pages. To claim a Big Book ticket, you need to link to the edition you've actually read. Thanks!
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Books for young readers can only be used for 5, 10 and 15 point tasks, or for tasks in which they are specifically stated to be allowed. Wayside School is Falling Down is geared toward young readers, both in reading level and in subject matter, so it won't work for 30.7.
Sandy wrote: "LORNA post 742Books for young readers can only be used for 5, 10 and 15 point tasks, or for tasks in which they are specifically stated to be allowed. [book:Wayside School is Falling Down|1006..."
O.K. (I'm new) so that's good to know. My other part of that task was a Young Adult - The Gifted. Would that also not be allowed?
Do I need to do another post for the 20 point task that I did? (post 742)
Sandy wrote: " CHERYL TX post 728Task 25.10, for option A, requirs that you include the year or month (if 2011) when you joined Goodreads."
Sorry about theat error
I joined in October 2009 - will repost
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Books for young readers can only be used for 5, 10 and 15 point tasks, or for tasks in which they are specifically stated to be allowed. [book:Wayside School is Fal..."
Young Adult books are fine. Since you're new, it might be good for you to read through the rules of the challenge to orient yourself.
No need to post the task that didn't have problems.
Sandy wrote: "Lorna wrote: "Sandy wrote: "LORNA post 742Books for young readers can only be used for 5, 10 and 15 point tasks, or for tasks in which they are specifically stated to be allowed. [book:Wayside..."
Sandy wrote: "Lorna wrote: "Sandy wrote: "LORNA post 742
Books for young readers can only be used for 5, 10 and 15 point tasks, or for tasks in which they are specifically stated to be allowed. [book:Wayside..."
I should have 20 points on the reader board then?
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10.10 requires you to read a book by an author on the TNBBC book shelf, linked to in the task. I don't see John Green on the book shelf - if I'm missing it, please let me know which page it's on.
AprilDTFor 5.6-Labor Day does Carrie Fisher count as a job? I instantly thought of fisherman but want to make sure before I read
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For 5.6-Labor Day does Carrie Fisher count as a job? I instantly thought of fisherman but want to make sure before I read"
April, when you have a question about a specific task, you should ask it in the help thread for that task. This thread is about problems with readerboard posts. http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6....
You should start, though, by reading the task itself and checking any links provided for helpful information. If you don't find the answer there,check the help thread, especially posts 2 and 3 which provide clarifications, approved/disapproved books, etc. If that doesn't help, then ask a question in the help thread.
April wrote: "AprilDTFor 5.6-Labor Day does Carrie Fisher count as a job? I instantly thought of fisherman but want to make sure before I read"
I looked on the help thread for that task and in message 2 Kristi has approved Fisher and Fischer.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...
Thanks to Sandy and Rosemary. It was late last night but now I see where to go.
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Just an FYI - Task 10.4 requires that the author's last name have the same number of letters as your readerboard name, not your own last name. In this case, luckily, it doesn't matter since all the names involved have 4 letters!
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Task 5.2 requires that you include the country in which you live and the setting of the book.
Please repost this task with the required info. No need to repost 10.7 and 15.10.
Sandy wrote: "Lorna wrote: "Sandy wrote: "LORNA post 742Books for young readers can only be used for 5, 10 and 15 point tasks, or for tasks in which they are specifically stated to be allowed. [book:Wayside..."
I should have 20 points on the readerboard then for task 20.10 that was included in post 742?
Sandy wrote: "JEAN post 834Just an FYI - Task 10.4 requires that the author's last name have the same number of letters as your readerboard name, not your own last name. In this case, luckily, it doesn't ma..."
Thank you for the clarification!
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and that shows on the readerboard
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There is more than one Jamie on the Readerboard. Please repost, including your readerboard name.
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Are you TANYAPT? Please repost with your readerboard name.
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there is more than one Kim on the readerboard. Please repost with your readerboard name.
Looks like my Goodreads Author didn't get added for Markus Zusak on post #878. I should have 2 total now. Thanks! Seakbee
Sandy wrote: "TANYA post 903Are you TANYAPT? Please repost with your readerboard name."
Yes - I'm TANYAPT - sorry, will repost.
Seakbee wrote: "Looks like my Goodreads Author didn't get added for Markus Zusak on post #878. I should have 2 total now. Thanks! Seakbee"Whoops. Missed that one ;-). Thanks, Seakbee. It's fixed now and it'll show up in the next update.
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Task 20.7 requires that you note whether you used your own TBR or that of a friend. If a friend, include the name.
No need to repost for 5.9
Sandy wrote: "AMANDA B post 849Task 5.2 requires that you include the country in which you live and the setting of the book.
Please repost this task with the required info. No need to repost 10.7 and 15.10."
I just reposted, but my score did not reflect 10.7 or 15.10 on the Readerboard. I have 125 as total with today's posting before that I had 75 and the Readerboard was still reflecting 45 so it should have at least been showing 70.
Thanks,
Hi Sandy, I see that the readerboard was updated up to post 1000. In post 853, I added another task for 25 points. It was the Math is Easy one and I read two books at 300pps a piece. I could have 95 points not 70 unless I added wrong.
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25.2 was added to your score - the problem was with task 25.1 (post 597) - see message 96 in this thread. Your book for the second part had too many letters from ALEXANDRIA.
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Fixed, sorry!
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Task 5.5 requires that the book you read be published in July - the book you listed shows publication in March.
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Task 30.7 specifically says that "a, an and the" count as words for determining whether a title has 5 words - you don't have the option to exclude "a."
Sandy wrote: "Amanda B. wrote: "my score did not reflect 10.7 or 15.10 on the Readerboard. I have 125 as total with today's posting before that I had 75 and the Readerboard was still reflecting 45 so it should h..."No problem, thanks for adjusting it :)
Sandy wrote: " JAYME (THE GHOST READER) post 597For task 25.1B, the book you use must have exactly 4 letters from ALEXANDRIA, no more, no fewer. You posted The Wizard of London, which has 7 of t..."
So do I have to choose a new book?
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For task 25.1B, the book you use must have exactly 4 letters from ALEXANDRIA, no more, no fewer. You posted The Wizard of London, whic..."
If you want to claim that task, you'll have to read a book that fits the requirements for 25.1B
Sandy wrote: "CARLA (HPADDICT) post 1004oops, I misread. I will repost Social Climber's... for another task and read another book to complete 30.7
Thanks!
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the challenge rules require that a book be read in its entirety. For 20.6, as you note, the audio books you listened to only equalled half of A Game of Thrones. To claim points for this book, you will need to read (or listen to) the entire book.
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Task 20.7 requires that you note whether you used your own TBR or that of a friend. If a friend, include the name.
No need to repost for the other tasks.
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Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board doesn't appear to be about an author. Can you explain how it fits the task requirements? Thanks.
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For 30.5, the different titles must be in the same language, not different titles in French and in English.
Also, since the description of J'Aurais Prefere Vivre 'i Would Prefer to Live' is in French, I am not able to determine where it is set, and A requires that the book be set in a place other than the author's birthplace. Please indicate the setting when you re-post for this task.
Sandy wrote: " SEAKBEE post 1050Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board doesn't appear to be about an author. Can you explain how it fits the task req..."
It looks like I may have misread the requirements by changing: "read a biography of an author or a book in which a significant character is an author" to "read a biography in which a significant character is the author."
However, if I just switched the two books around, then I believe they should work in this task. Soul Surfer as the 200-299 pps. And, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society about an author as a significant character.
Sandy wrote: "ISABELL post 1016the challenge rules require that a book be read in its entirety. For 20.6, as you note, the audio books you listened to only equalled half of A Game of Thrones. ..."
I was thinking it might work, because in German "A Game of Thrones" has been split into two in the paperback editions, so the first half actually is a whole book hereabouts. Sadly, German publishers are notorious for that. The audiobooks are in German and although that is not shown in the title itself, the German audiobooks go by the same division as the paperbacks (the covers are always the same for two audiobooks, equalling half an English volume in the series or one of the German paperbacks and the narrator also refers to the German paperback edition titles). So thinking in the German context, this is actually a whole book.
I don't mind reading/listening to the rest of A Game of Thrones, I was planning to do so anyways, but just to be sure I got it right (because as I mentioned above, quite a lot of longer English books have been split in the German translation and I don't want to make the same mistake again): So if I had read the paperback edition, I would have to read both of the German books to claim them?
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Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board doesn't appear to be about an author. Can you explain how it fits ..."
Great idea! Nothing like flexible book choices, LOL!
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the challenge rules require that a book be read in its entirety. For 20.6, as you note, the audio books you listened to only equalled half of [book:A Game of Thron..."
The key is what the book actually is, not how the publisher decided to split it up for printing purposes. Looking at the paperwork edition you listed, it says "Game of Thrones part I" - so it acknowledges that it's just part of the actual book.
It's like the opposite of the "omnibus" rule - even though 3 books may be bound in one volume, we accept them as separate books since they actually are separate books, just stuck together for price/convenience considerations. Here, it's the opposite - it's one book, but the publisher decided to split it into two parts for price/convenience considerations.
Sandy wrote: "Isabell wrote: "Sandy wrote: "ISABELL post 1016the challenge rules require that a book be read in its entirety. For 20.6, as you note, the audio books you listened to only equalled half of [bo..."
I see what you mean. Thanks for the clarification, I'll keep that in mind for the future.
Sandy wrote: "ANNE (BOOKLADY) post 1041Task 20.7 requires that you note whether you used your own TBR or that of a friend. If a friend, include the name.
No need to repost for the other tasks."
Ty Sandy. Forgot - Sorry!
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