The NYS Education Department has discontinued its subscription to the “Evanced” Reading Program that we have been using for the 2018 TCPL Adult Reading Challenge. The Evanced site (http://ny.evanced.info/tcpl/sr/homepa...) for posting book reviews and ratings will be turned off on April 15, 2018.
We did not see this coming, and I apologize for those of you who were using that tool.
Please do not continue to post reviews on the Evanced TCPL Reading Program site! I have downloaded all reviews so this will not affect anyone's reading challenge totals at the end of the year.
What’s next?
The good news is that we are going to continue the Reading Challenge. Hopefully, there will be another tool for submitting reviews available soon, but, in the meantime ....
1. Our 2018 TCPL Reading Challenge group on Goodreads remains live. We had planned to stop using Goodreads because it was difficult to share and track books unless one was friends with everyone in the group, but here's a solution. b. On the right hand side of the group’s home page, click on “Bookshelf.” Then, in the top left corner of the Bookshelf page, search for a title under “Add a book” (This lets you add your books to our Group bookshelf and you get to maintain privacy of your personal Goodreads site.) c. Provide a rating (1 - 5 stars). d. Post a review for the book which you added to the Group’s bookshelf. Even if you have already written a review for your personal Goodreads page, you have to repost (copy and paste) it on our group's bookshelf or it will not be considered for the challenge. e. Tag the book with the monthly category IF you want it to enter the monthly mini-challenge.
2. If you prefer, you can email your review to me at jwheatley@tcpl.org . Please include: a. Your name b. The title of the book you are reviewing c. The author of that book d. Your rating (1- 5 stars) e. A short review f. Include the subject if it meets the criteria for one of the upcoming monthly challenges
If you have trouble or need help with the Goodreads bookshelf, I’m happy to help.
Finally, yes, there is an April Challenge! There will be two winners of a TCPL umbrella selected by random drawing. The category for April is …. Poetry! Read and review books of poetry, biographies of poets, novels on poets, etc. Reviews posted from April 11th through April 30th will be eligible for the drawing.
We did not see this coming, and I apologize for those of you who were using that tool.
Please do not continue to post reviews on the Evanced TCPL Reading Program site! I have downloaded all reviews so this will not affect anyone's reading challenge totals at the end of the year.
What’s next?
The good news is that we are going to continue the Reading Challenge. Hopefully, there will be another tool for submitting reviews available soon, but, in the meantime ....
1. Our 2018 TCPL Reading Challenge group on Goodreads remains live. We had planned to stop using Goodreads because it was difficult to share and track books unless one was friends with everyone in the group, but here's a solution.
b. On the right hand side of the group’s home page, click on “Bookshelf.” Then, in the top left corner of the Bookshelf page, search for a title under “Add a book” (This lets you add your books to our Group bookshelf and you get to maintain privacy of your personal Goodreads site.)
c. Provide a rating (1 - 5 stars).
d. Post a review for the book which you added to the Group’s bookshelf. Even if you have already written a review for your personal Goodreads page, you have to repost (copy and paste) it on our group's bookshelf or it will not be considered for the challenge.
e. Tag the book with the monthly category IF you want it to enter the monthly mini-challenge.
2. If you prefer, you can email your review to me at jwheatley@tcpl.org . Please include:
a. Your name
b. The title of the book you are reviewing
c. The author of that book
d. Your rating (1- 5 stars)
e. A short review
f. Include the subject if it meets the criteria for one of the upcoming monthly challenges
If you have trouble or need help with the Goodreads bookshelf, I’m happy to help.
Finally, yes, there is an April Challenge! There will be two winners of a TCPL umbrella selected by random drawing. The category for April is …. Poetry! Read and review books of poetry, biographies of poets, novels on poets, etc. Reviews posted from April 11th through April 30th will be eligible for the drawing.
To get started, explore some of the books on these booklists, Novels on Poets, http://library.booksite.com/6631/nl/?... or Poetry, http://www.tcpl.org/using-library/jus... .
Happy Reading,
The TCPL 2018 Reading Challenge Team