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January 2023 Upside Down Challenge
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I'm in and have filled out the form. This sounds fun and I am looking forward to it.
I'm in and I submitted the form!
Mods, just so you’re aware the formula in the points in column, says December Bonus, not January. I’ve changed it on my sheet.
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Thanks!
I did check that, but my brain clearly thought December was right as it is the month we are currently in ;)
Hi, just wondering if The Sandman would be allowed or not since it is the audio of a graphic novel? Thanks!
i ve had the countdown links to my spread sheet just to make it easier havig it in one place so i dont for get hope that was ok.
just wondering is it just January or do we get new tasks for February.
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just wondering is it just January or do we get new tasks for February.
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The first message of this thread gives details of challenge.
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Since it is 11 hours on audio (seems to be more of an adaptation of the original graphic novel rather than just a reading of it) I think it is acceptable
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just wondering is it just January or do we get new tasks for Febru..."
That’s fine
And it is just for January
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "Hi, just wondering if The Sandman would be allowed or not since it is the audio of a graphic novel? Thanks!"Since it is 11 hours on audio (seems to be more of an..."
Thanks!!!
This sounds like a really fun challenge. I'm in!
I've submitted my form. I'm looking forward to this!
Hi mods, I think I made some silly mistake. I added a column on my ss for the Reason it fits the task because the quotes don't fit in one column that I had to add another. When I checked the challenge status, mine has a 1 book read even though I haven't finished my book yet and there was a #VALUE! error as well. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Submitted my form. Love these kinds of task based challenges!
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No worries. I've changed our formula to match your edited sheet. :)
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Spreadsheets have been created and shared for all sign-ups received so far :)
I have completed the sign up and submitted :)
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Is there anyway i can change the task i picked for the book after i already logged it on the spreadsheet?
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We haven't stipulated that books are locked once logged, so you can change your task number by changing the drop down in column A and the reasoning
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Spreadsheets have been created and shared for all sign-ups received so far :)
Don't know how I missed this! I just squeaked in before it closed!
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Kylie wrote: "Is there anyway i can change the task i picked for the book after i already logged it on the spreadsheet?"We haven't stipulated that books are locked once logged, so you can change ..."
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The Sahara Desert is entirely in the northern hemisphere. The deserts in the southern hemisphere are the Atacama and Patagonia, in South America, the Namib and Kalahari, in Africa, and the Great Sandy, in Australia.
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Yay! Thank you!
Just wanted to make sure - only one task allowed per book or can more than one task be checked off for same book?
Lize-meré wrote: "Just wanted to make sure - only one task allowed per book or can more than one task be checked off for same book?"One task per book
Kylie wrote: "Is there anyway i can change the task i picked for the book after i already logged it on the spreadsheet?"You can change tasks that you’ve assigned to books up until end of challenge.
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sign ups are now closed
I managed to meet my goal of 12 books (plus one), so happy with that.
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Congrats to everyone who achieved their goal, and to Rebecca (Adventurer) for claiming the most points!
Member Name Points Books Read % to goal
Rebecca (A 3550 91 182%
Kira 2670 77 193%
Ivelisse 2280 50 167%
Kylie 1760 31 155%
Alyana Ortiz 1570 22 147%
Ricka 1550 23 230%
Jane 1350 30 120%
Michelle's Em 1260 21 105%
Preeti 1120 24 240%
Lucy 1080 14 108%
Ashley Basile 1040 18 120%
Darren Compton 920 21 175%
Ann-Marie 890 15 150%
Louise 870 18 100%
Jill Ward 850 10 100%
Varsha 820 9 225%
Sharon A 770 11 138%
Danielle 610 13 108%
Kylie 500 7 140%
Nate 450 4 133%
Caraina Edwards 440 9 60%
Dominique 430 8 267%
Kaley 400 9 90%
Marissa 390 10 100%
Samantha Al 370 2 50%
Jennifer 240 4 57%
Jodie 220 4 40%
Dee 200 4 80%
Saar Owl 200 2 67%
Elli 200 3 30%
Vicki 190 4 16%
Mandy Pinckley 170 5 50%
Natasha 160 6 38%
Vian 100 1 25%
Mama 50 1 10%
Shan~A~ 20 1 7%
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Summer is upon us in the Southern hemisphere and we invite you to get a bit topsy turvy, upside down, and jumbled up joining this challenge for one month only;
from 1 January 2023 - 31 January 2023
This is an Individual challenge, but you are playing for:
>Meeting your own goal of books read (a minimum of 3 for the month, there is no maximum)
>Points against everyone else who signs up. (you may wish to have a friendly side competition with those with equivalent book goals!)
IMPORTANT
You will need to be able to access and edit Google Sheets to join this challenge. We will give you a template, but you need to use it to track your books and your points.
We work on an honour system, so we are not asking you to submit your spreadsheets for review, but all sheets need to be accessible for viewing by all players.
ABOUT
Sign up using this form: https://forms.gle/MUXAAmrviavRGCbe8
and we will send you a google tracking sheet that you will use to track your challenge. This will feed into a main tracking sheet here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
that will track the points of all players.
Sign ups close on January 6, 2023.
1. HOW TO PLAY
You are given a list of tasks to choose from for January here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
that have points allocated to them as 10, 20, 50 or 100. It is up to you which tasks you decide to cover in the month, but you must choose a minimum of one 100 point and two 50 point tasks.
Each task can only be completed once.
2. POINTS TRACKING
Players are responsible for tracking their own points by using the Google Sheet template provided.
This will feed into the overall tracking spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/....
3. BOOK REQUIREMENTS
Books must be started on or after 8am, January 1st, 2023, AEDST to count for this challenge. Click here for the countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...
All books must be read by 11.59pm, January 31, 2023 AEDST (countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...)
Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since you last read the book.
The minimum page requirement is 100 pages unless a task specifies differently.
Unless otherwise specified in the task, (some lower point tasks will allow this) the following books can NOT be used:
* Comic / Graphic / Magna
* Cookbooks
* Textbooks
* Travel Guides
* Poetry
* Poems
* Childrens / Middle Grade novels and plays/screenplays can only be used where you can verify the word count through AR BookFind as 25,001 words or more. If you can't verify it with that site, you can check if audible or overdrive has the unabridged version as more than 3 hours. If you can't verify either, then you can't use it (unless the specific task says you can)