Challenge Corner discussion

Thank you so much!
And yes! Can't wait for vacations to start :D

Hey guys! Hope everyone's Christmases were amazing and full of books.. I can't wait to get my claws into mine.. anyway...

@Salha:- I hope your last semester goes okay and of course you're welcome back in March! Just let us know when you're ready!

Hey guys! Sorry, just catching up on everyones comments from the past few days.

@CP, I read the February challenge. I think it sounds really good! And some of the categories match up with categories from the quarterly challenge. So it'll be easier for everyone to get points in both challenges! I seen you asked if we want to allow them to be repeated. If we didn't allow them to be repeated, would everyone have to complete every category before being able to repeat them?

Not sure how we would want to do it if they don't repeat. Matbe we should just let them be repeated? It makes keeping score a lot easier, haha.

Is there anyway I can participate on a less demanding basis?

The thing with a group like this is that there need to be a few mods who are on regularly to keep up with everything. Those who can't be as regular on goodreads could still help out if they see anything (like book of the month threads and buddy reads) that needs doing.

C.P. wrote: "Not sure how we would want to do it if they don't repeat. Matbe we should just let them be repeated? It makes keeping score a lot easier, haha."

Agreed. I think it'd be much more difficult in keeping track with what everyone read if they can't repeat categories.

C.P. wrote: "The thing with a group like this is that there need to be a few mods who are on regularly to keep up with everything. Those who can't be as regular on goodreads could still help out if they see any..."

I am on every weekday while at work. I keep a GR tab open my entire shift. Lol. Evenings and weekends I'm not on as much. Maybe once or twice a night during the week and on weekends.

So I can be responsible for anything you guys may need.

Thanks, Felicia! The scores, buddy read threads, and answering questions are the main things that build up a lot.

@Jackie I don’t see any harm in you taking a step back. And time you want to you could always see if there’s something that needs doing and then if and when you decide to come back on a more permanent basis just let us know:)

I agree just let them do the categories as and when as long as the book matches at least one of the categories it’s fine.

I’m in as and when I can. I get on as much as I can on my days off and when I’m not at work. Unfortunately I’m a waitress and not allowed my phone on me during work and I work long shifts ranging from 8- 12/13 hours a day. But I work around it:)

I wish I could be on all the time.:(

I can definitely be on during my winter break and weekends

That’s fine Jackie :)

C.P. wrote: "Thanks, Felicia! The scores, buddy read threads, and answering questions are the main things that build up a lot."

I am good with making buddy threads. The point system is still a mystery to me. Lol. I can help out with that if someone tells me how to figure out scores.

I’m on all the time 🤩 either by phone of computer.

I’ll have to let one of the others do that as I don’t really understand it myself.

Alaina does a really good job with keeping up with scores. Lol. She stays on top of that! (:

I’m on whenever I’m not at work😂

I’m on my phone right now and I can explain it once my work laptop lets me sign in 🙄🙄🙄 I’ve been here for more than 2 hours and haven’t been able to do work

@Alaina, Okay, sounds good. Thanks. :D

I wish the GR app was more user friendly. It actually kinda sucks. I use it more for the notification bubble I get on the app and then log into GR on safari on my phone. Because the app just isn't good. Lol.

Yeah is kind of annoying. Plus the whole autocorrect happens without me noticing so sometimes the comments I make from my phone never really make sense and I never notice until I’m on my computer 🙈

I'm on at random times. Mostly mornings or evenings while I'm working. With writing and work I try to not be on all the time.

Depending on the challenge, scores usually are calculated something like this:

points + buddy read points + pages/200 = total points

Alaina wrote: "Yeah is kind of annoying. Plus the whole autocorrect happens without me noticing so sometimes the comments I make from my phone never really make sense and I never notice until I’m on my computer 🙈"

Exactly! Lol. Autocorrect is the worst on the app. It makes us book nerds, who clearly know what we're talking about when it comes to books, look like we have no idea what we're talking about. Haha.

C.P. wrote: "I'm on at random times. Mostly mornings or evenings while I'm working. With writing and work I try to not be on all the time.

Depending on the challenge, scores usually are calculated something l..."

Do we give a different amount of points for buddy reads depending on the number of pages read during that buddy read? I seen that in the other challenge group. Or are we set at a certain number no matter the page number?

I think it was usually under 400 pages they get 1 point for the BR and over 400 pages they get 2 points for the BR

@Alaina, I'm gonna update the points for Charley Girl on the Seasons Challenge. Can you tell me if I do it right?

I don’t see a new score update on the thread. But it could be because I’m on my phone 🤷🏻‍♀️ but for charleygirl it would 36 | 5 | 13,799 | 110.00 - so if you had that then it would be correct.

Should be there now.

I put 109.99. But because on the calculator it was actually 109.995 would i just round that up to 110. and anything under 5 in the 3rd place after the decimal would round down?

Also, why is my comment so much bigger than yours?! Lmao.

*EDIT* Actually I think I know why, your comment is in a different font than mine.

Yes, because it ended in 95, you round up. If it had ended in 96, you were also round up, but if it had ended in 94 or below you would round down. You always round to the nearest tenths place. So something ending in 69 wood around to 70, something ending in 52 with around 50, and so on. Does that help?

Jackie wrote: "Yes, because it ended in 95, you round up. If it had ended in 96, you were also round up, but if it had ended in 94 or below you would round down. You always round to the nearest tenths place. So s..."

Yes, perfect. And we always divide the pages read by 200? That 200 never changes?

No, that never changes. This is because there are five points for every 1000 pages. And challenges that allow manga, you divide the page number of the manga by four. So, a manga book worth 200 pages would be divided by four equaling 50.

For different challenges we count buddy points differently, so sometimes it's just one and sometimes it's two for longer books. Yes, dividing the pages by 200 doesn't change because mathematically that is how the proportion would break up since we give five points for every 1000 pages.

Gotcha. I understand now. Thanks. I can help out with that portion as well now. (:

Great!

I also started thinking a bit about Alaina's idea for March and I think we could do a lot of cool things with that. Will share any ideas I have for categories later if I am able to get them all straight and typed up.

C.P. wrote: "Great!

I also started thinking a bit about Alaina's idea for March and I think we could do a lot of cool things with that. Will share any ideas I have for categories later if I am able to get the..."

woohoo!

What was your idea for March Alaina? I tried going back through the comments but I didn't see anything. Maybe I didn't go back far enough.

Felicia wrote: "What was your idea for March Alaina? I tried going back through the comments but I didn't see anything. Maybe I didn't go back far enough."

I think we were talking about it on page 16

Yeah, I think so. It was a Luck of the Irish thing, which could have a lot of good stuff associated with it.

Love your idea for March!!

Ahh, I found it! Haha. (:

I think it is a good idea. You can associate leprechauns, gold, rainbows, Ireland, alcohol, a book set in a bar/pub.

There are so many ideas for March and St. Patty's Day. Lol.

Yes! And you named some I hadn't thought about.

C.P. wrote: "Yes! And you named some I hadn't thought about."

I have a feeling the March challenge is gonna be super fun! (:

Agreed.

Felicia wrote: "Should be there now.

I put 109.99. But because on the calculator it was actually 109.995 would i just round that up to 110. and anything under 5 in the 3rd place after the decimal would round down..."

sorry I did answer what you should do to the score template in the season review - on my phone it looked normal but then again it was my phone. In case you see it here first: type <.pre> before the top line (where names is) and type <./pre> after the last line (Jackie's). Just don't type the "." and it should look like the rest.

Okay. Great! Thanks for letting me know. It just came up so big on my computer screen. I was confused. Lol.

Yes, that really helps make it all look a lot better. It used to drive me crazy when I couldn't get things to match up right.

Ok, here are categories that I have thought of so far for March. Let me know what you think and if you want to change some or have more to add.

*Read a book first published in March (of any year)
*Read a book with a green cover
*Read a book with food on the cover
*Read a book with a clover
*Read a book set/about Ireland
*Read a book by an Irish author
*Read a book with a cross on the cover
*Read a book with the word LUCK in the title
*Read a book with leprechauns in the story
*Read a book with a rainbow on the cover or with a cover that is more than three colors
*Read a book with a gold cover
*Read a book with a book with the word SAINT in the title
*Read a book by an author with the initials S P
*Read a book that takes place over Saint Patrick’s Day
*Read a book that is about/involves a festival or parade
*Read a book with a drink on the cover
*Read a book that involves a search
*Read a book with a religious theme
*Read a book set on an island
*Read a book with the letters W, I, S, H in the title
*Read a book from a series of at least 4 books
*Read a book that has a page ending on a lucky number

Read a book from a series that has at least 4 books in it.
Read a book that has a page ending on a lucky number.