Challenge Corner discussion

If you have any questions about the challenge - please write them here.

Sorry, I'm a little newer to the group and only did one brief team challenge before, but someone told me we have to do reviews or multiple status updates to participate? Is this is the case? I have never seen challenge groups have rules for non-reading activity so was not sure. I very rarely write reviews or status updates any longer.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Sorry, I'm a little newer to the group and only did one brief team challenge before, but someone told me we have to do reviews or multiple status updates to participate? Is this is the case? I have..."

Hello!

Yes, we do require a book review or 4-5 status updates for a book to count towards a category/task in a challenge.

Okay thank you, that's too much work for me besides reading/all the challenges I do, so will bow out. Sorry for not fully understanding the unique extra work of the group before signing up.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Okay thank you, that's too much work for me besides reading/all the challenges I do, so will bow out. Sorry for not fully understanding the unique extra work of the group before signing up."

Sorry for just seeing this! Thanks for letting me know Erin. Are you bowing out of both DWTS and the Winter Olympics? Or just this one?

Alaina, for series must start/end with a letter in premier, can articles (A, An, The) be ignored? Also, I was going to put my name on the SS for a book but it wouldn't let me. It said the date I entered violated the rules for the cell. I don't know if we have to wait until January 1 or if it needs fixing.

Vicki wrote: "Alaina, for series must start/end with a letter in premier, can articles (A, An, The) be ignored? Also, I was going to put my name on the SS for a book but it wouldn't let me. It said the date I en..."

Articles can be used or ignored :)

Hmm... I'll double check those when I can. About to do monthly score updates.

Alaina wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Alaina, for series must start/end with a letter in premier, can articles (A, An, The) be ignored? Also, I was going to put my name on the SS for a book but it wouldn't let me. It said..."

No problem. :)

Okay, try now Vicki - it should work. If it doesn't, let me know.

Alaina, I'm having issues with the spreadsheet. When I try and select Len Goodman I get the following error. Same for when I try to select the task.

"The data you entered in cell H6 violates the data validation rules set on this cell."

Let me know if this is just user error and what I'm doing wrong. :)

Jamie wrote: "Alaina, I'm having issues with the spreadsheet. When I try and select Len Goodman I get the following error. Same for when I try to select the task.

"The data you entered in cell H6 violates the d..."

Hmm not sure what's going on with these formulas. I think I fixed it now. Let me know if you run into any other issues

Quick question about the tasks: If we do the tasks for Derek Hough for week 1, we can do them again for week 2 if we want to right?

Toshita wrote: "Quick question about the tasks: If we do the tasks for Derek Hough for week 1, we can do them again for week 2 if we want to right?"

If it's not a theme task, they are repeatable throughout the challenge. Each week, you only need to read for one judge and one host (you can read for the same two the whole challenge if you want). It's just for each dance you read, you need to also read for a professional and star dancer.

I tried and failed to make this a general question so here's my specific book series question.

I'm reading a series of novellas where book 1 is over 100 pages but the rest aren't. The edition I own is The Complete Series. Could I use book one for a task then use the Complete Series (minus the pages for book one) for a second task once I've completed the series?
I know I could do each one individually for page points only but I'd rather knock off tasks where possible. There's also a set of editions that are 1-3, 4-6, 7-9. If I can't break up the complete edition could I use those (so 3 tasks) as they are each over 100 pages?

Jessica wrote: "I tried and failed to make this a general question so here's my specific book series question.

I'm reading a series of novellas where book 1 is over 100 pages but the rest aren't. The edition I o..."

Oh, I'm so sorry if I missed this!

Sure, I'll allow that. Any way you want to break it up will work for me.

I'm also having issues with our spreadsheet -- any time I try to add a theme/category or task, I get this error: "The data you entered in cell H6 violates the data validation rules set on this cell."

What are you trying to do for the theme? It looks like you have 4 books for the theme task - premier night. Are you trying to replace someone who hasn't finished their book?

Okay, I moved Aly's book from the novella task to the banked tab. Added your novella book to the correct spot. Spots 2-5 are for the theme of that week only. 6-224 will be for the remaining tasks.

Can we use multiple graphic novels to reach the page count minimum for this challenge to use for a task?

So for example if I read volumes 2, 3, & 4 of the Grimm Fairy Tales comics which would be 520 pages or 130 after dividing by 4, could I then post those 3 for a single task?

I know we could do this in some past challenges but I don't know if it's allowed for all of them.

Melanie wrote: "Can we use multiple graphic novels to reach the page count minimum for this challenge to use for a task?

So for example if I read volumes 2, 3, & 4 of the Grimm Fairy Tales comics which would be 5..."

Sure, you can combine them if they both work for that task.

Alaina wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Can we use multiple graphic novels to reach the page count minimum for this challenge to use for a task?

So for example if I read volumes 2, 3, & 4 of the Grimm Fairy Tales comics ..."

Perfect, thanks!

Alaina wrote: "Okay, try now Vicki - it should work. If it doesn't, let me know."

Jeez, sorry I just now saw this. It works. lol :) Thanks!

Will you accept hop within another word for hop in text? Ex: chopped, shopping, hoping etc.

Toshita wrote: "Will you accept hop within another word for hop in text? Ex: chopped, shopping, hoping etc."

Yes, I will accept 'hop' within a word. Like chop, hope, etc.

Hello! For Grayson Hawthorne: MC is a billionaire, does the MC have to be stated to have a billion dollars, precisely?

For example, if the MC is a king or queen with a huge castle and (presumably) a ton of money at their disposal, would that count? Or does the text have to explicitly state that the MC has at least a billion dollars?

A second question: I'm reading a book from the Oxford Very Short Introductions series. All the covers are related and they're all published by the same group as part of a series with a unified mission, but they have different authors and aren't classified as a series by the Goodreads database. Would one of those books count for "series has more than 10 books"?

Saige wrote: "Hello! For Grayson Hawthorne: MC is a billionaire, does the MC have to be stated to have a billion dollars, precisely?

For example, if the MC is a king or queen with a huge castle and (presumably)..."

No, it doesn’t have to be stated

Saige wrote: "A second question: I'm reading a book from the Oxford Very Short Introductions series. All the covers are related and they're all published by the same group as part of a series with a unified miss..."

Sure

Alaina wrote: "Saige wrote: "A second question: I'm reading a book from the Oxford Very Short Introductions series. All the covers are related and they're all published by the same group as part of a series with ..."

Thank you!

Ruthless Vows is a BOTM for Jan. If I read this in Feb, do I get to count as a BOTM or is it only for the current month?

Jamie wrote: "Ruthless Vows is a BOTM for Jan. If I read this in Feb, do I get to count as a BOTM or is it only for the current month?"

If you get the amount of comments you need by February 5th, then yes.

Is it too late to join this team quarterly challenge? I'm reading much less than I did before - averaging about 6-8 books/mo.

Hi Alaina!
3 questions:
-what happens if we don't finish three vooks for the weekly task?
-can we use a banked book for the weekly task?
-does the rule "substituting any book in series for the book in series in a given list for a list task" apply for the weekly task?

Thank you!

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Is it too late to join this team quarterly challenge? I'm reading much less than I did before - averaging about 6-8 books/mo."

Not at all, sorry for just seeing this. I haven't been feeling well. It looks like there's one team that needs some help, please head on over to Team Ariana! Here is the link, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Andy wrote: "Hi Alaina!
3 questions:
-what happens if we don't finish three vooks for the weekly task?
-can we use a banked book for the weekly task?
-does the rule "substituting any book in series for the book..."

Hello!
1. Hm... that's a great question. I didn't add that into the rules but if a team doesn't complete the theme task for that week, then I will spin a wheel to take away points. That could range from 1-10.
2. Yes, you can use banked books for any part of the challenge - including the theme task.
3. Substituting series reads will work for a task that has a list. Or if I ever give a list for an option to help out that theme task.

Alaina wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Ruthless Vows is a BOTM for Jan. If I read this in Feb, do I get to count as a BOTM or is it only for the current month?"

If you get the amount of comments you need by February 5th, ..."
What if we got the number of comments but didn't finish the book in time? Normally I finish so it's a non-issue but I stopped at 83% last night because I was falling asleep - I will finish today but am just wondering if I can count it or not, or if I can count the 83% tripled for BOTM and not the rest.

Jessica wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Ruthless Vows is a BOTM for Jan. If I read this in Feb, do I get to count as a BOTM or is it only for the current month?"

If you get the amount of comments you need by..."

You can count it.

Would a microphone count for "music instrument on cover"? I know it isn't like, a guitar, but since singers use it as part of a band I feel like it could count.

Saige wrote: "Would a microphone count for "music instrument on cover"? I know it isn't like, a guitar, but since singers use it as part of a band I feel like it could count."

Sure, since they are using their voice which is a singer's musical instrument.

Alaina wrote: "Saige wrote: "Would a microphone count for "music instrument on cover"? I know it isn't like, a guitar, but since singers use it as part of a band I feel like it could count."

Sure, since they are..."

Great, thanks!

Hi Alaina! Sorry, can you confirm I can use the second book i a series in place of the first book even for the lists for week 13? I am planning to use Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands instead of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries for the 2023 goodreads nominee list!

Thank you!!!

Yes, you can substitute series books if one is on a list.

Alaina wrote: "Yes, you can substitute series books if one is on a list."

Thank you! :)