Challenge Corner discussion

Ask any and all questions about the 2nd quarterly here!

For the allies/enemies, we can use multiple books to complete the page count requirement right? For example, if we are reading for Sam we could use 1 150 page book and 1 300 page book or 3 150 page books to complete?

Toshita wrote: "For the allies/enemies, we can use multiple books to complete the page count requirement right? For example, if we are reading for Sam we could use 1 150 page book and 1 300 page book or 3 150 page..."

Yes, absolutely! You can put as many book as necessary to complete the page count. You just can't use books for an ally/enemy AND a task. But you can definitely use several short books or one long one or whatever to fulfill a specific page count

Cover requirements must be the edition cover I read? Or could I count an alternative cover that I did not read?

DeeNeez wrote: "Cover requirements must be the edition cover I read? Or could I count an alternative cover that I did not read?"

You can use an alternate cover for the cover tasks. If you do, please provide a link to the relevant cover in your review post!

I posted on Goodreads my review for the 1st book I read but I'm not seeing any link for me to copy. Where or how do I find such links?

Kai wrote: "I posted on Goodreads my review for the 1st book I read but I'm not seeing any link for me to copy. Where or how do I find such links?"

Hi Kai! You just copy-paste the URL for the page where you can see your review. So once you write it, Goodreads will automatically take you to the page with your review. You can also access your own reviews through your profile - just copy the link like you would with any other website

Ok so I figured out the link to my reviews part. i posted the link in the grid. But could not put my name in team member name part. When I hit it for the drop down arrow to go to my name it just keeps saying try again. Oh boy, lol

Kai wrote: "Ok so I figured out the link to my reviews part. i posted the link in the grid. But could not put my name in team member name part. When I hit it for the drop down arrow to go to my name it just ke..."

Thanks for pointing that out, I just went into your SS and the issue should be fixed now!

Where do we see which enemy/ally we're encountering? Will you post that in our review thread/chat or is it somewhere on the spreadsheet that I missed?

Toshita wrote: "Where do we see which enemy/ally we're encountering? Will you post that in our review thread/chat or is it somewhere on the spreadsheet that I missed?"

The enemy/ally will be posted in the chat! I already posted the ones for this week, so you might just have to scroll back a bit.

Hi Saige,

I just want to make sure I'm understanding the rules correctly.

If I read a book today that doesn't work for any of this weeks tasks, I can add it to the banked sheet then use it for future tasks?

What if I don't add the book to the banked sheet but just use today's book for one of next week's tasks. Is that allowed?

Jessica wrote: "Hi Saige,

I just want to make sure I'm understanding the rules correctly.

If I read a book today that doesn't work for any of this weeks tasks, I can add it to the banked sheet then use it for fu..."

Hi Jessica!

You are welcome to use any book you read from April-June for any of the weeks. So if you read a book today and you don't use it until the final week of the challenge, that's ok!

The banked tab on the spreadsheet is not official - it's there for you and your team to use if you wish, but using it is not required. The only thing I look at "officially" is the review thread where you post books.

I hope that clears things up!

Hi Saige, wondering what 2 in page count means?

Also, what's an MPG thriller?

Hi Kai!

2 in page count literally means a book with the number 2 in its page count. So a book with 120 pages would work, or 239, or 352, etc. Any number that contains a 2 would count!

MPG means "main page genre" - when you look at the book's page on Goodreads, there's a little section for what genres it is. So MPG thriller would have "thriller" on that page. The reason we do this is because lots of books are horror AND thriller or thriller AND supernatural - any book with "thriller" as an MPG would work even if the book feels as though it's primarily another genre

Where would I find the review thread? I kept posting my reviews in the banked section becuz it was the only place I saw to post review links

I think I found the review spot

Kai wrote: "I think I found the review spot"

Yep, I see your posts on the review thread now!

Thanks for letting me know, Saige!

Hey Saige. Hope ur day is good! Question..for the prompt that says feet on the cover, does one foot on the cover count? Or does it need to be both feet?

Hi Kai! I hope you're well, too! Just one foot is ok (I know this is a sort of goofy prompt, lol)

lol, it's definitely different, but i like it! Very unique!

Saige - Team Shire's spreadsheet says it's in the owner's trash. I'm not sure what is going on with it.

Jamie wrote: "Saige - Team Shire's spreadsheet says it's in the owner's trash. I'm not sure what is going on with it."

Hi Jamie! Sorry to see/answer this so late - it should be all fixed now, but please let me know if there are still issues!

Hey Saige, is it just one person reads for the ally and enemy? And if so does that mean I should use the book I read for the ally on something else since another teammate posted there's already?

Kai wrote: "Hey Saige, is it just one person reads for the ally and enemy? And if so does that mean I should use the book I read for the ally on something else since another teammate posted there's already?"

Hi Kai! To win the ally/enemy you just need to post enough pages. So if the number is 400 and one person posts a book with 400 (or more) pages, that works. If two people each post a book with 200 pages, that also works! If someone posts for the ally before you then yes, please count your book towards a category instead. You can chat with your team in advance to make sure you aren't doubling up on the allies/enemies

Ok, thank u

We still get page points for the book we post for the ally/enemy, correct?

So if we have to read 400 pages for our ally and we post a book that is 550 pages, we still get credit for 550 pages while also meeting the page requirements, correct?

Jamie wrote: "We still get page points for the book we post for the ally/enemy, correct?

So if we have to read 400 pages for our ally and we post a book that is 550 pages, we still get credit for 550 pages whi..."

Yes, that's correct!

That's what I thought, but I just wanted to confirm. Thanks Saige!

If a task required a word in the text… can variation of the word also count? Example. Stew, stews, stewed, stewing, ect

DeeNeez wrote: "If a task required a word in the text… can variation of the word also count? Example. Stew, stews, stewed, stewing, ect"

Yes! What matters is that the letters "stew" are in text in that order. So even "steward" would count because it contains "stew" even though it's not related to the food at all

Thanks!

Hi Saige, for 'eye on the cover' Are you looking for the eye to be the main feature, or would a book with a cover model count?

Jessica wrote: "Hi Saige, for 'eye on the cover' Are you looking for the eye to be the main feature, or would a book with a cover model count?"

A cover model counts! For all of the categories that say "x item on cover" it does not need to be the main feature, it can be a tiny background item or anything in between. The only time that "x" on cover needs to be a majority/main feature is for the colour categories like "cover is white"

Hope that's clear!

Saige wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Hi Saige, for 'eye on the cover' Are you looking for the eye to be the main feature, or would a book with a cover model count?"

A cover model counts! For all of the categories that..."

Thank you :)

Hey Saige, what does it mean to read a book in translation?

Kai wrote: "Hey Saige, what does it mean to read a book in translation?"

It means that the book was originally written in another language, but has been translated into English. For example: Men Without Women was written by Haruki Murakami in Japanese, but if you read it in English then it would count towards that category

Ohh ok. Thank u!

As far as I know our last day to get in books for this challenge in Monday, June 30th..Will we get new prompts for that one day or do we stick with the same prompts as this week's?

Kai wrote: "As far as I know our last day to get in books for this challenge in Monday, June 30th..Will we get new prompts for that one day or do we stick with the same prompts as this week's?"

Hi Kai, sorry I didn't see this sooner! Today is just one more day of the previous week - you can still post for Mount Doom and your enemy/ally if necessary

Ok, thank you!