Take It or Leave It Challenge - February 2024 - Page 1
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1SqueakyChu
For those new to this challenge: More info and monthly index can be found in post #1 of this thread or this TIOLI FAQS wiki.
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Your challenge for February 2024 is to
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Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as your screen name
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Rules:
1. The definite articles "A" and "The" are to be used as the first letter of the title (if they are part of the title, of course) and are also to be alphabetized in this way on the wiki list.
1. (Updated rule as of 01/30/24): Disregard the definite articles "A"and "The" which begin titles.
2. You may share a read even if your name/book title doesn't fit the parameters of this challenge.
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Other Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. FAMeulstee's 2024 TIOLI Sweeplette Meter
2. FAMeulstee's Our TIOLI Sweeps
3. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges (2010-2016) - A reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it.
4. The February 2024 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. Not competitive--- just fun!
...logo by cyderry
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Your challenge for February 2024 is to
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Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as your screen name
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Rules:
1. (Updated rule as of 01/30/24): Disregard the definite articles "A"and "The" which begin titles.
2. You may share a read even if your name/book title doesn't fit the parameters of this challenge.
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Other Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):
1. FAMeulstee's 2024 TIOLI Sweeplette Meter
2. FAMeulstee's Our TIOLI Sweeps
3. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges (2010-2016) - A reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it.
4. The February 2024 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. Not competitive--- just fun!
2SqueakyChu
Index of Challenges:
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as your screen name - msg #1
2. Read a book whose average rating on LT is 4.0 or above - msg #3
3. Read a love story - msg #4
4. Read a book that has something to do with hair - msg #5
5. Rolling Challenge – Match first letter of book title to the phrase “Hearts and Flowers” - msg #6
6. Read a book where changing one letter makes a new title - msg #8
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book with the name of a city in the title or author's name - msg #9
8. Read a book published in a Year of the Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024) - msg #10
9. Read a book whose title conveys menace - msg #11
10. The “Balance it Out” Challenge - Read a book whose author has the same number of letters in both their first and surnames - msg #12
11. Read a book for the Zodiac challenge (Aquarius - author or character born Jan 20 to Feb 18) - msg #17
12. Read a book about the former Soviet "sphere of influence" or by a novelist from the region, or about Vladimir Putin - msg #19
Challenges #13-16
13. Read a book set predominantly in a European capital city - msg #21
14. Read a book with two or three words in the title - msg #33
15. Read a book with a single author who was born and died in the 20th Century (1901-1999) - msg #50
Please hold your challenge until the March TIOLI challenges are posted. Thank you!
Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as your screen name - msg #1
2. Read a book whose average rating on LT is 4.0 or above - msg #3
3. Read a love story - msg #4
4. Read a book that has something to do with hair - msg #5
5. Rolling Challenge – Match first letter of book title to the phrase “Hearts and Flowers” - msg #6
6. Read a book where changing one letter makes a new title - msg #8
Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book with the name of a city in the title or author's name - msg #9
8. Read a book published in a Year of the Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024) - msg #10
9. Read a book whose title conveys menace - msg #11
10. The “Balance it Out” Challenge - Read a book whose author has the same number of letters in both their first and surnames - msg #12
11. Read a book for the Zodiac challenge (Aquarius - author or character born Jan 20 to Feb 18) - msg #17
12. Read a book about the former Soviet "sphere of influence" or by a novelist from the region, or about Vladimir Putin - msg #19
Challenges #13-16
13. Read a book set predominantly in a European capital city - msg #21
14. Read a book with two or three words in the title - msg #33
15. Read a book with a single author who was born and died in the 20th Century (1901-1999) - msg #50
Please hold your challenge until the March TIOLI challenges are posted. Thank you!
3lindapanzo
Challenge #2: Read a book whose average rating on LT is 4.0 or above
This should be self explanatory. Please include the book's average rating. It's ok to include a book if its rating later drops below 4.0 as long as it was 4.0 when you first found the rating and posted it in the challenge.
This should be self explanatory. Please include the book's average rating. It's ok to include a book if its rating later drops below 4.0 as long as it was 4.0 when you first found the rating and posted it in the challenge.
4susanna.fraser
Challenge #3: Read a love story
For Valentine's Day. Your most obvious option is to read a romance novel, but I'll also accept other types of book with strong romantic elements, including biographies or memoirs that focus heavily on a marriage or romantic partnership, classics, books of other genres with strong romantic elements, etc.
For Valentine's Day. Your most obvious option is to read a romance novel, but I'll also accept other types of book with strong romantic elements, including biographies or memoirs that focus heavily on a marriage or romantic partnership, classics, books of other genres with strong romantic elements, etc.
5Citizenjoyce
Challenge #4: Read a book that has something to do with hair
Self-serving, I'll be rereading a book for my RL book club The Other Black Girl by Zkiya Dalila Harris which has a major plot line about hair. It's also a way for me to maybe get more people to read this book that I loved. You could also include a title with the word hair or the word hair in the author's name. A picture of hair on the cover isn't sufficient.
Self-serving, I'll be rereading a book for my RL book club The Other Black Girl by Zkiya Dalila Harris which has a major plot line about hair. It's also a way for me to maybe get more people to read this book that I loved. You could also include a title with the word hair or the word hair in the author's name. A picture of hair on the cover isn't sufficient.
6DeltaQueen50
Challenge #5: Rolling Challenge - Match First Letter of Book Title with the phrase "Hearts and Flowers"
Thinking of Valentines Day and hoping my hubby comes through!
"The" and "A" can be used as first word of title or passed over
I will add a new list as the first one fills up.
Thinking of Valentines Day and hoping my hubby comes through!
"The" and "A" can be used as first word of title or passed over
I will add a new list as the first one fills up.
7SqueakyChu
>5 Citizenjoyce: That was an interesting book, Joyce! I hope you grab others here to make it a shared read with you.
8Helenliz
When I posted my October challenge to add or remove a letter and make a new title, several people found their book worked better if you changed a letter, which I didn't allow at the time. That's because I was going to use change a letter for a new challenge. So here we are:
Challenge #6: Read a book where changing one letter makes a new title.
This one is in honour of a current quiz show favourite. Richard Osman's House of Games is a quiz show where each round is different. There are a couple of rounds that are related that my challenge draws upon. The most relevant to this challenge is Mouse of Games, where they take a TV show, book or film and change a letter, the contestants have to guess the new show from a synopsis.
In that spirit, you need to take your title and change a single letter to form a new title. I will offer kudos for those who offer a brief synopsis of your new book's title.
Examples:
Recently I have read:
The Night Hawks. I could change the w to a r and get The Night Harks (the nocturnal birds are listening to you)
Traitor's Purse. I could change the P to a C and get Traitor's Curse (the betrayer's reward turns nasty)
Who Fears Death. Couple of options here, Who Hears Death and Who Fears Heath would both work.
No need to include a subtitle, unless you want to. Use or ignore, as the mood takes you.
All words have to be valid words in the language the title is in.
Challenge #6: Read a book where changing one letter makes a new title.
This one is in honour of a current quiz show favourite. Richard Osman's House of Games is a quiz show where each round is different. There are a couple of rounds that are related that my challenge draws upon. The most relevant to this challenge is Mouse of Games, where they take a TV show, book or film and change a letter, the contestants have to guess the new show from a synopsis.
In that spirit, you need to take your title and change a single letter to form a new title. I will offer kudos for those who offer a brief synopsis of your new book's title.
Examples:
Recently I have read:
The Night Hawks. I could change the w to a r and get The Night Harks (the nocturnal birds are listening to you)
Traitor's Purse. I could change the P to a C and get Traitor's Curse (the betrayer's reward turns nasty)
Who Fears Death. Couple of options here, Who Hears Death and Who Fears Heath would both work.
No need to include a subtitle, unless you want to. Use or ignore, as the mood takes you.
All words have to be valid words in the language the title is in.
9wandering_star
Challenge #7: Read a book with the name of a city in the title or author's name
Embedded words allowed.
Embedded words allowed.
10Kristelh
Challenge #8: Read a book published in a Year of the Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024)
11dallenbaugh
Challenge #9: Read a book whose title conveys menace
Menace Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Menace is a noun that means a show of intention to inflict harm, a person or thing that represents a threat, or an annoying person. It can also be a verb that means to make a show of intention to harm, to represent or pose a threat, or to act in a threatening manner. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and legal usage of menace.
I leave it up to you as to whether your title fits the above definition, but include your reasoning if it will clarify your choice.
Menace Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Menace is a noun that means a show of intention to inflict harm, a person or thing that represents a threat, or an annoying person. It can also be a verb that means to make a show of intention to harm, to represent or pose a threat, or to act in a threatening manner. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and legal usage of menace.
I leave it up to you as to whether your title fits the above definition, but include your reasoning if it will clarify your choice.
12alcottacre
Challenge #10: The “Balance it Out” Challenge - Read a book whose author has the same number of letters in both their first and surnames
If an author includes their middle name, disregard it. In this case, only the first and last names matter.
If an author includes their middle name, disregard it. In this case, only the first and last names matter.
13cbl_tn
>12 alcottacre: If a book has multiple authors, do both author's names need to balance? Asking for a friend.
14alcottacre
>13 cbl_tn: No, as long as one of the authors qualifies, I am good with that. Friend :)
15cbl_tn
>14 alcottacre: Wonderful! My friend will be so pleased! ;-)
16Citizenjoyce
My planned reads:
Challenge #1: Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as your screen name - started by SqueakyChu
✔Chain Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (4)
Challenge #2: Read a book whose average rating on LT is 4.0 or above - started by lindapanzo
✔Biography of X - Catherine Lacey (3.5)
✔Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (4)
*✔The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading - Dwight Garner (5)
Challenge #3: Read a love story - started by susanna.fraser
✔The Love of My Life - Rosie Walsh (3.5)
Challenge #4: Read a book that has something to do with hair - started by Citizenjoyce
*✔*Beethoven's Hair: An extraordinary historical odyssey and a scientific mystery solved - Russell Martin (4)
✔The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dalila Harris (5)
Challenge #5: Rolling Challenge – Match first letter of book title to the phrase “Hearts and Flowers” - started by DeltaQueen
✔Weyward - Emilia Hart (4.5)
Challenge #6: Read a book where changing one letter makes a new title - started by helenliz
✔Go as a River - Shelley Read (4)
Challenge #7: Read a book with the name of a city in the title or author's name- started by wandering_star
*✔How to Say Babylon: A Memoir - Safiya Sinclair (5)
Challenge #8: Read a book published in a Year of the Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024) - started by Kristelh
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth - Natalie Haynes abandoned
The Fetishist -Katherine Min
*✔Gods and Beasts - Denise Mina (4)
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse abandoned
Challenge #9: Read a book whose title conveys menace - started by dallenbaugh
✔The Grimoire of Grave Fates - Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen (3.5)
✔Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country - 10004;Patricia Evangelista (5)
*✔Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All - Laura Ruby (3.5)
Challenge #10: The “Balance it Out” Challenge - Read a book whose author has the same number of letters in both their first and surnames - started by AlcottAcre
✔First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston (5)
Challenge #11: Read a book for the Zodiac challenge (Aquarius - author or character born Jan 20 to Feb 18) - started by Morphidae
✔Recitatif: A Story by Toni Morrison (4)
✔A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf (5)
Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens
Challenge #12: Read a book about the former Soviet "sphere of influence" or by a novelist from the region, or about Vladimir Putin - started by Chatterbox
✔The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin - Masha Gessen (4.5)
Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin by Fiona Hill
✔Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence by Yaroslav Trofimov (4)
Challenge #13: Read a book set predominantly in a European capital city ?- started by lyzard
✔Counting Lost Stars: A Novel - Kim Van Alkemade (3.5)
Challenge #14: Read a book with two or three words in the title - started by FAMeulstee
✔The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman (4)
✔Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney (5)
*✔Twilight of Democracy - Anne Applebaum (5)
✔Shadow Scale - Rachel Hartman (3.5)
✔Witch's Curse by Jenna Wolfhart (3.5)
Challenge #15: Read a book with a single author who was born and died in the 20th Century (1901-1999) - started by quondame
✔A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (3.5)
Challenge #1: Read a book whose title begins with the same letter as your screen name - started by SqueakyChu
✔Chain Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (4)
Challenge #2: Read a book whose average rating on LT is 4.0 or above - started by lindapanzo
✔Biography of X - Catherine Lacey (3.5)
✔Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (4)
*✔The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading - Dwight Garner (5)
Challenge #3: Read a love story - started by susanna.fraser
✔The Love of My Life - Rosie Walsh (3.5)
Challenge #4: Read a book that has something to do with hair - started by Citizenjoyce
*✔*Beethoven's Hair: An extraordinary historical odyssey and a scientific mystery solved - Russell Martin (4)
✔The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dalila Harris (5)
Challenge #5: Rolling Challenge – Match first letter of book title to the phrase “Hearts and Flowers” - started by DeltaQueen
✔Weyward - Emilia Hart (4.5)
Challenge #6: Read a book where changing one letter makes a new title - started by helenliz
✔Go as a River - Shelley Read (4)
Challenge #7: Read a book with the name of a city in the title or author's name- started by wandering_star
*✔How to Say Babylon: A Memoir - Safiya Sinclair (5)
Challenge #8: Read a book published in a Year of the Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024) - started by Kristelh
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth - Natalie Haynes abandoned
The Fetishist -Katherine Min
*✔Gods and Beasts - Denise Mina (4)
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse abandoned
Challenge #9: Read a book whose title conveys menace - started by dallenbaugh
✔The Grimoire of Grave Fates - Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen (3.5)
✔Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country - 10004;Patricia Evangelista (5)
*✔Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All - Laura Ruby (3.5)
Challenge #10: The “Balance it Out” Challenge - Read a book whose author has the same number of letters in both their first and surnames - started by AlcottAcre
✔First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston (5)
Challenge #11: Read a book for the Zodiac challenge (Aquarius - author or character born Jan 20 to Feb 18) - started by Morphidae
✔Recitatif: A Story by Toni Morrison (4)
✔A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf (5)
Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens
Challenge #12: Read a book about the former Soviet "sphere of influence" or by a novelist from the region, or about Vladimir Putin - started by Chatterbox
✔The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin - Masha Gessen (4.5)
Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin by Fiona Hill
✔Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence by Yaroslav Trofimov (4)
Challenge #13: Read a book set predominantly in a European capital city ?- started by lyzard
✔Counting Lost Stars: A Novel - Kim Van Alkemade (3.5)
Challenge #14: Read a book with two or three words in the title - started by FAMeulstee
✔The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman (4)
✔Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney (5)
*✔Twilight of Democracy - Anne Applebaum (5)
✔Shadow Scale - Rachel Hartman (3.5)
✔Witch's Curse by Jenna Wolfhart (3.5)
Challenge #15: Read a book with a single author who was born and died in the 20th Century (1901-1999) - started by quondame
✔A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (3.5)
17Morphidae
Challenge #11 Read a book for the Zodiac challenge (Aquarius - author or character born Jan 20 to Feb 18)
This year I'm doing zodiac-related challenges for the zodiac sign most often related to that particular month.
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Aquarius (Capricornus meaning "water-bearer") is represented by a young man or woman pouring water on the ground from a jug.
Originally, represents "the myth of Ganymede, a young and handsome prince who caught the eye of Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus, enamored by Ganymede’s beauty, transformed into an eagle and abducted him to Mount Olympus to serve as the cupbearer to the gods." (~Astrotalk)
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Here is a list of Aquarian authors I created. Let me know if you know of any others.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BPDaXS6NH2royAt1L9IRrrBRvsp6eHYdBdi6GKuK...
The challenges might be related to the zodiac sign, name, symbol, date (author's birthday, published date), associated symbols, element, character traits, associated holidays, etc.
This year I'm doing zodiac-related challenges for the zodiac sign most often related to that particular month.
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Aquarius (Capricornus meaning "water-bearer") is represented by a young man or woman pouring water on the ground from a jug.
Originally, represents "the myth of Ganymede, a young and handsome prince who caught the eye of Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus, enamored by Ganymede’s beauty, transformed into an eagle and abducted him to Mount Olympus to serve as the cupbearer to the gods." (~Astrotalk)
━━━━━━━━━»•» ♒️ «•«━━━━━━━━━
Here is a list of Aquarian authors I created. Let me know if you know of any others.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BPDaXS6NH2royAt1L9IRrrBRvsp6eHYdBdi6GKuK...
The challenges might be related to the zodiac sign, name, symbol, date (author's birthday, published date), associated symbols, element, character traits, associated holidays, etc.
18alcottacre
>17 Morphidae: I do not know, Morphy, considering how badly I messed up your challenge in January, I am not sure that "this is enough to go on," lol.
19Chatterbox
Challenge #12: Read a book about the Soviet Union's former "sphere of influence", or by an author from that region, or about Vladimir Putin's regime
February will mark the second anniversary of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, which he justified by claiming that Ukraine is really part of 'greater Russia'.
To mark the anniversary, read a book from any of the now independent former Soviet republics (think Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Uzbekistan) or set there; I'm broadening this to include the Soviet "sphere of influence", by which I mean the former Warsaw Pact nations (Poland, Czecoslovakia, Hungary, etc.) OR you can read a book about Putin himself and his regime.
I just finished reading the excellent nonfiction book about the war in Ukraine, Our Enemies Will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov. I plan to read a book scheduled to be released next week, Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili (set in Georgia, author is from there/lives in London), and The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano Da Empoli, a roman à clef about Putin. I've got others on my TBR list, like Calling Ukraine by Johannes LIchtman and Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (Polish author), but we'll see how things go....
February will mark the second anniversary of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, which he justified by claiming that Ukraine is really part of 'greater Russia'.
To mark the anniversary, read a book from any of the now independent former Soviet republics (think Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Uzbekistan) or set there; I'm broadening this to include the Soviet "sphere of influence", by which I mean the former Warsaw Pact nations (Poland, Czecoslovakia, Hungary, etc.) OR you can read a book about Putin himself and his regime.
I just finished reading the excellent nonfiction book about the war in Ukraine, Our Enemies Will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov. I plan to read a book scheduled to be released next week, Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili (set in Georgia, author is from there/lives in London), and The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano Da Empoli, a roman à clef about Putin. I've got others on my TBR list, like Calling Ukraine by Johannes LIchtman and Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (Polish author), but we'll see how things go....
20Morphidae
>18 alcottacre: LOL. I try too hard to explain everything and just confuse people. I thought I'd keep it easy this time.
About all I'm going to add are some examples and the graphic.
About all I'm going to add are some examples and the graphic.
21lyzard
Challenge #13:
Read a book set predominantly in a European capital city
Please name your city on the wiki. More than one city is fine; please name them both / all. At least fifty percent of your narrative should be set in the city / cities.
For the purposes of this challenge I am excluding the UK from 'Europe'. Just to be clear. :)
Read a book set predominantly in a European capital city
Please name your city on the wiki. More than one city is fine; please name them both / all. At least fifty percent of your narrative should be set in the city / cities.
For the purposes of this challenge I am excluding the UK from 'Europe'. Just to be clear. :)
23Helenliz
>21 lyzard: Yeah, yeah, no need to rub it in.
24alcottacre
>20 Morphidae: Simple is much appreciated, lol. I am often too slow on the uptake and end up confusing myself. I think my brain just works differently.
26raidergirl3
>5 Citizenjoyce: Challenge accepted! I am able to get your book from the library in the next couple weeks so I should be able to read it.
27SqueakyChu
Warning: Off Topic!
An FYI for those of you who stream ad-free films at no cost on Kanopy (or would like to through your local public library system) and would like to share that experience with others, let me direct you to @LolaWasser's thread here on LT.
For those of you who have never heard of Kanopy, check it out on kanopy.com ~
(I posted this here now...because I can! LOL!)
An FYI for those of you who stream ad-free films at no cost on Kanopy (or would like to through your local public library system) and would like to share that experience with others, let me direct you to @LolaWasser's thread here on LT.
For those of you who have never heard of Kanopy, check it out on kanopy.com ~
(I posted this here now...because I can! LOL!)
28Citizenjoyce
>26 raidergirl3: I hope you like it. When you're done you can watch the series on Hulu. It's good but strays pretty far from the book.
>27 SqueakyChu: I'll check it out.
>27 SqueakyChu: I'll check it out.
29FAMeulstee
>10 Kristelh: Should this be the first publication year in my language, the first original publication year, or can it be the year of my edition?
30Kristelh
>29 FAMeulstee: Lets make it flexible, if it has any date that fits with a year of the dragon, it's a go.
31FAMeulstee
>30 Kristelh: Thank you!
32Chatterbox
>5 Citizenjoyce: Can the word "hair" be embedded? I do have some books with "chair" in the title, but appear to have read the ones with hair in the title. :-/
33FAMeulstee
Challenge #14: Read a book with two or three words in the title
34SqueakyChu
Why, oh why, do people never read my Rules? Okay, folks, You can get away with it this time, but, in the future...read the rules before choosing a book for my challenges! Thank you. :D
I changed my rules for challenge #1 because of two rule breakers, but next time I won't be so lenient! LOL!
I changed my rules for challenge #1 because of two rule breakers, but next time I won't be so lenient! LOL!
35bell7
>34 SqueakyChu: oops! I read the rules and then promptly misinterpreted it by the time I was putting something on the wiki as "use it as a first word OR skip it". My bad...and I'm happy to change mine, I put in a book I own and want to read eventually, but I'm not tied to it.
36raidergirl3
>34 SqueakyChu: Sorry, mistakes happen, it's easy to misread. People will change their book if you point it out. I was just trying to find a book for your challenge. (hmm, you once called me out for not having a pronoun in my title when it did. Like I said, mistakes happen)
37alcottacre
>34 SqueakyChu: I am fairly sure that, for once, I did not break the rules :)
38SqueakyChu
>35 bell7: >36 raidergirl3: Don't change your books. Keep them the way they are. I changed the rule. This is a relatively minor infraction. I figured it would be better to change my rule to go with our conventional listing practice. Less confusion. LOL! I'm not hesitant to have someone change a book at times. Not this time, though. You both win!
>36 raidergirl3: hmm, you once called me out for not having a pronoun in my title when it did. Like I said, mistakes happen
Indeed. LOL!
>37 alcottacre: LOL!
>36 raidergirl3: hmm, you once called me out for not having a pronoun in my title when it did. Like I said, mistakes happen
Indeed. LOL!
>37 alcottacre: LOL!
39lindapanzo
>37 alcottacre: I always assume I did it wrong but I think I was ok this time.
40bell7
>38 SqueakyChu: Uh-oh, now I feel obligated to finish the book ;)
41alcottacre
>37 alcottacre: I alway assume I did it wrong, Linda, because I normally do!
42SqueakyChu
>40 bell7: You do NOT have to finish the book. TIOLI challenges are all about NO GUILT! LOL!
43Citizenjoyce
>32 Chatterbox: No, sorry. I'm after the subject not the word.
44Citizenjoyce
>33 FAMeulstee: Can we disregard the subtitle? I want to read Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney.
45Citizenjoyce
>39 lindapanzo:, >41 alcottacre: Me too. "Who ate the last cookie?" I don't remember doing that, but maybe I did.
47FAMeulstee
>44 Citizenjoyce: Yes, just the title, you can ignore subtitles. So your book fits perfectly.
48FAMeulstee
>34 SqueakyChu: Of course I immediately went to your challenge, but I think I am good :-)
49Helenliz
>48 FAMeulstee: The guilt reflex is strong. I know I've not added anything to Madeline's challenge and even I checked!
I might have an h book coming. Who knew how hard they were to find?!
I might have an h book coming. Who knew how hard they were to find?!
50quondame
Challenge #15: Read a book with a single author who was born and died in the 20th Century
The book listed may have one and only one author. That author must have been born on or after January 1, 1901 and died on or before December 31, 1999.
Note: because there are 2 ways to set the first and last years of a century, 1900 & 2000 are excluded from either birth or death years.
The book listed may have one and only one author. That author must have been born on or after January 1, 1901 and died on or before December 31, 1999.
Note: because there are 2 ways to set the first and last years of a century, 1900 & 2000 are excluded from either birth or death years.
51Helenliz
The things you do for a potential sweeplette. I am not the target audience for The Fairytale hairdresser. The complete collection you note, all 13 of them.
I imagine they work better in picture book than audio format.
I imagine they work better in picture book than audio format.
52alcottacre
>51 Helenliz: I understand. I really a kid's picture book, My Hair Is a Garden, for Joyce's "hair" challenge. It actually turned out to be pretty good! You never can tell.
53Citizenjoyce
>52 alcottacre: I'm always surprised when I read a "throw-away" book for a challenge and end up enjoying it. I guess that's what TOLI is all about, it opens us up to new writing that we never would have discovered otherwise.
54Citizenjoyce
It looks like my hair challenge was pretty difficult. I found some other hair related books:
A whole bunch of children's books plus
What Once Was Mine (A Twisted Tale)by Liz Braswell
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri
Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives by Lyzette Wanzer
The Cornish Princess by Tanya Anne Crosby
What Once Was Mine (A Twisted Tale) by Liz Braswell
Hair!: Animal Fur, Wool, and More by Marilyn Singer
Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers
Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman
Rapunzel and lots of retellings
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal by Rebecca M. Herzig
Red: A History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana Byrd
The Wisdom of Hair by Kim Boykin
Big Wig: A Little History of Hair by Kathleen Krull
Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman
Hair, Clothing, and Tire Track Evidence: Crime-Solving Science Experiments by Kenneth G. Rainis
Head Lice Up Close (Raintree Perspectives: Minibeasts Up Close) by Robin Birch
True Roots: What Quitting Hair Dye Taught Me about Health and Beauty by Ronnie Citron-Fink
Gray Hair Don't Care by Karen Booth
Love, Love by Victoria Chang
Are We Not Cats by Xander Robin
A whole bunch of children's books plus
What Once Was Mine (A Twisted Tale)by Liz Braswell
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri
Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives by Lyzette Wanzer
The Cornish Princess by Tanya Anne Crosby
What Once Was Mine (A Twisted Tale) by Liz Braswell
Hair!: Animal Fur, Wool, and More by Marilyn Singer
Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers
Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman
Rapunzel and lots of retellings
Plucked: A History of Hair Removal by Rebecca M. Herzig
Red: A History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana Byrd
The Wisdom of Hair by Kim Boykin
Big Wig: A Little History of Hair by Kathleen Krull
Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman
Hair, Clothing, and Tire Track Evidence: Crime-Solving Science Experiments by Kenneth G. Rainis
Head Lice Up Close (Raintree Perspectives: Minibeasts Up Close) by Robin Birch
True Roots: What Quitting Hair Dye Taught Me about Health and Beauty by Ronnie Citron-Fink
Gray Hair Don't Care by Karen Booth
Love, Love by Victoria Chang
Are We Not Cats by Xander Robin
55Helenliz
>52 alcottacre: It was actually quite well done, but 13, one after the other, meant that the repetition becomes very obvious. They all started with the same first sentence, for example "Kittie Lacey was the best hairdresser in all the land". The audio had fun sound effects for stuff like knocking on the door or a magic spell. At some point in each book, there's be a costume change while they found just the right costume - which would have worked better in picture book format.
It had a few interesting quirks. Red Riding Hood runs the bicycle repair shop, in one book she & Kittie head off, one on a bicycle, one on a skateboard. Mr Wolf runs the opticians. Most of the princesses or princes have a profession as well, Charming is a doctor; in the Princess & the Frog, she's a vet who feels more comfortable with animals and so is able to establish a relationship with the frog before he turns into a prince.
Part of me still revolts at the notion that a happy ending is marriage, as it is in almost all of these stories, but I like the way that the characters have their day jobs as well as almost all of them being a prince or princess.
I'm no way in the target audience for these stories, but if you did have a small person in your life they might be worth looking out for being a little bit different.
Just don't read then all one after the other >;-)
It had a few interesting quirks. Red Riding Hood runs the bicycle repair shop, in one book she & Kittie head off, one on a bicycle, one on a skateboard. Mr Wolf runs the opticians. Most of the princesses or princes have a profession as well, Charming is a doctor; in the Princess & the Frog, she's a vet who feels more comfortable with animals and so is able to establish a relationship with the frog before he turns into a prince.
Part of me still revolts at the notion that a happy ending is marriage, as it is in almost all of these stories, but I like the way that the characters have their day jobs as well as almost all of them being a prince or princess.
I'm no way in the target audience for these stories, but if you did have a small person in your life they might be worth looking out for being a little bit different.
Just don't read then all one after the other >;-)
56alcottacre
>53 Citizenjoyce: Yeah, I am currently reading one for Suzanne's challenge that I would never have ever thought to read, Voroshilovgrad. Not sure if I will like it in the end but it is definitely outside the box for me.
>55 Helenliz: All that repetition would likely have driven me crazy! Good on you for sticking with it.
>55 Helenliz: All that repetition would likely have driven me crazy! Good on you for sticking with it.
57Citizenjoyce
I'm reading How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair and realize it fits very well in the Hair challenge.
58Chatterbox
>56 alcottacre: Glad you found something for my challenge, and here's to outside the box!
>53 Citizenjoyce: Yes, I've been having problems with the hair thing. Primarily because I just don't read children's books (getting hold of them also a problem, given the work demands mean I struggle to get to any library) and a lot of 'em fall into that category it seems. I shall just have to hope that I end up reading a book that unexpectedly deals with hair as a theme, or lose my two-year streak of monthly sweeps... Sigh.
>53 Citizenjoyce: Yes, I've been having problems with the hair thing. Primarily because I just don't read children's books (getting hold of them also a problem, given the work demands mean I struggle to get to any library) and a lot of 'em fall into that category it seems. I shall just have to hope that I end up reading a book that unexpectedly deals with hair as a theme, or lose my two-year streak of monthly sweeps... Sigh.
59Chatterbox
Oh, if anyone else is struggling looking for something to read for my challenge on Putin-era Russia, the whole Greater Russia stuff, just let me know.
FWIW, I'd recommend Death and the Penguin by Andrei Kurkov, a Ukrainian writer. It's reasonably short and utterly hilarious as a satire. I may think about adding another of his novels myself to that challenge.
Note that there's a whole universe of fiction out there to explore by Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian writers. Oh, and East German. I'd think that some of Jenny Erpenbeck's novels might qualify, or anything that deals with East Germany under Soviet control, like Stasiland by Anna Funder. As long as the focus is on these countries that form "Greater Russia" (not Russia itself) since the birth of the Soviet Union. So Hadji Murad by Tolstoy wouldn't work, as it's set in Tsarist days.
FWIW, I'd recommend Death and the Penguin by Andrei Kurkov, a Ukrainian writer. It's reasonably short and utterly hilarious as a satire. I may think about adding another of his novels myself to that challenge.
Note that there's a whole universe of fiction out there to explore by Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian writers. Oh, and East German. I'd think that some of Jenny Erpenbeck's novels might qualify, or anything that deals with East Germany under Soviet control, like Stasiland by Anna Funder. As long as the focus is on these countries that form "Greater Russia" (not Russia itself) since the birth of the Soviet Union. So Hadji Murad by Tolstoy wouldn't work, as it's set in Tsarist days.
60Citizenjoyce
>58 Chatterbox: Are you in the US? Do you not use Libby? It sure makes life easy.
61FAMeulstee
>58 Chatterbox: Did you read Americanah? If I remember well there is some talk about the difficulties to straighten and maintain black hair, as straight hair is preferred. It isn't a major plot, but did stand out to me when I read it, as I never realised.
Not completely sure it is enough for the challenge.
Not completely sure it is enough for the challenge.
62ReneeMarie
>58 Chatterbox: Not a huge part of it, but if you've never read The Autobiography of Malcolm X, there's actually a bit about hair in there.
63cbl_tn
>58 Chatterbox: What about Pope's The Rape of the Lock? I remember writing a paper on it in a high school literature class!
64Chatterbox
Thanks for all the suggestions! I have indeed read both Americanah and Malcolm X; I may just possibly have a collected edition of Pope. Will check it out.
>60 Citizenjoyce: Not Libby. I have Hoopla, with a few options each month, and I'd already used my February quota. Will keep looking!
>60 Citizenjoyce: Not Libby. I have Hoopla, with a few options each month, and I'd already used my February quota. Will keep looking!
65alcottacre
>58 Chatterbox: I am a little over halfway through Voroshilovgrad and enjoying it for the most part. One of the reasons that I love the TIOLI challenges is that they force me at times to go outside my comfort zone.
66avatiakh
>54 Citizenjoyce: I came across two 'hair' books at my local bookstore recently -The girl with the red hair by Buzzy Jackson & The Hurricane Blonde by Halley Sutton. Normally I wouldn't notice but because of your challenge they caught my eye.
The Blonde Hurricane by Jenő Rejtő came up in the touchstones and that looks like an interesting thriller as well.
The Blonde Hurricane by Jenő Rejtő came up in the touchstones and that looks like an interesting thriller as well.
67Citizenjoyce
>61 FAMeulstee:, >62 ReneeMarie:, >63 cbl_tn:, >66 avatiakh: Thanks for the suggestions. I love it when people come together to suggest options.
68lindapanzo
Another sweeplette for me again this month. Once again, for challenges 1 through 6.
69Citizenjoyce
>68 lindapanzo: You're getting your mojo back. I hope that means life is getting less chaotic for you.
70alcottacre
>68 lindapanzo: That is wonderful, Linda!
71lindapanzo
>69 Citizenjoyce: Thanks, Joyce. Things are calming down and, after a few weeks of being cooped up due to heavy snow and sub-zero temps, we're experiencing a false (early) spring. Still reading lots though.
>70 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia. Now that I'm done with the sweeplette, I think I have quite a few potential shared reads with you, including the new J.D. Robb book.
>70 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia. Now that I'm done with the sweeplette, I think I have quite a few potential shared reads with you, including the new J.D. Robb book.
72SqueakyChu
>68 lindapanzo: Wow! Congrats, Linda!
73alcottacre
I am definitely reading books out of my comfort zone (as well as in it) this month. I am currently reading both Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan and Collected Poems by Philip Larkin which are not even remotely close to my comfort zone. Thank you for the TIOLI challenges that I "challenged" me to do this!
74FAMeulstee
>68 lindapanzo: Way to go, Linda, congratulations!
75lindapanzo
>72 SqueakyChu: >74 FAMeulstee: Thanks!!
>73 alcottacre: Probably my two favorite books of 2024 are the two I read that are outside of my usual (not cozy mysteries). The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride and also Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni.
>73 alcottacre: Probably my two favorite books of 2024 are the two I read that are outside of my usual (not cozy mysteries). The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride and also Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni.
77alcottacre
>75 lindapanzo: The McBride book is on my list to read since I loved his The Color of Water, but I have not heard of the other book at all. Off to check it out. . . Thanks for the mention, Linda!
78antqueen
>5 Citizenjoyce: I'm going to give Skin of the Sea an honorable mention for hair. No major plot lines or anything, but there is a scene where the characters braid a map into the MC's hair, which made me think of this challenge!
79Citizenjoyce
>78 antqueen: Another good suggestion. Thanks.
80SqueakyChu
TIOLI Stats for January, 2024
In January, 2024, we read a total of 328 books of which 71 (22%) were shared reads. We stand with a YTD total of 39 TIOLI points.
The most popular book, read by four challengers, was The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard.
The most popular challenge, with 49 books read, was the one by Helenliz to read a book with a title word that begins with A, B, C, Do, Re or Mi.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points (ten) was the one by Citizenjoyce to read a book that's on a Best of 2023 list.
Our stats are looking fine as we move along in our reading.
In January, 2024, we read a total of 328 books of which 71 (22%) were shared reads. We stand with a YTD total of 39 TIOLI points.
The most popular book, read by four challengers, was The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard.
The most popular challenge, with 49 books read, was the one by Helenliz to read a book with a title word that begins with A, B, C, Do, Re or Mi.
The challenge with the most TIOLI points (ten) was the one by Citizenjoyce to read a book that's on a Best of 2023 list.
Our stats are looking fine as we move along in our reading.
82lindapanzo
>80 SqueakyChu: Always good to hear that our stats are looking fine.
83Citizenjoyce
>80 SqueakyChu: I almost never have a popular challenge, but January is special.
84lindapanzo
>83 Citizenjoyce: Yours is always a popular challenge for January.
I rarely have shared reads since I'm always trying to get through my Net Galley piles but, in Feb, I had 3 shared reads which is probably close to a record for me. I was hoping for a fourth one but got distracted by something else (not surprisingly).
I rarely have shared reads since I'm always trying to get through my Net Galley piles but, in Feb, I had 3 shared reads which is probably close to a record for me. I was hoping for a fourth one but got distracted by something else (not surprisingly).
85Citizenjoyce
>84 lindapanzo: " but got distracted by something else" Oh, yes. Constantly.
86lindapanzo
>85 Citizenjoyce: It's baseball time of year so I'm easily distracted by baseball books.
87SqueakyChu
The January 2024 TIOLI Awards!
The Love Those Flowers Award goes to labfs39 for reading The Old Capital for the challenge by avatiakh to read a book with a garden or floral themed title or cover art. This book was by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata whose work originally got me into reading Japanese fiction, a favorite genre of mine. I also loved the cover art (cherry blossoms), although when my older son was in Japan this year, he didn't get to see the cherry blossoms, but he did get to see the ginko trees with their gorgeous yellow leaves in full diplsay.
The Birthday Happiness Award goes to susanna.fraser for the challenge to read a book with a new chapter/section starting on p. 53, 53 in the ISBN, or an author's first name in the top 25 for Alabama in 1971. This challenge was created in honor of this challenger's 53rd birthday. We were so happy to read to help celebrate this birthday.
The Best Tour Guide Award goes to paulstalder for the challenge to read a book with the rules for a trip down the river Rhine. One question, though? Where did our travelers all go when the boat was in Lichtenstein? Did they all jump ship?!
The Endurance Award goes to DeltaQueen50 for reading Wanderers for the challenge by FAMeulstee to read a book with 250 pages or more. Yep, a book of 845 pages certainly does qualify for this challenge!
Congrats, award winners! Folks, feel free to add awards of your own at this time.
The Love Those Flowers Award goes to labfs39 for reading The Old Capital for the challenge by avatiakh to read a book with a garden or floral themed title or cover art. This book was by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata whose work originally got me into reading Japanese fiction, a favorite genre of mine. I also loved the cover art (cherry blossoms), although when my older son was in Japan this year, he didn't get to see the cherry blossoms, but he did get to see the ginko trees with their gorgeous yellow leaves in full diplsay.
The Birthday Happiness Award goes to susanna.fraser for the challenge to read a book with a new chapter/section starting on p. 53, 53 in the ISBN, or an author's first name in the top 25 for Alabama in 1971. This challenge was created in honor of this challenger's 53rd birthday. We were so happy to read to help celebrate this birthday.
The Best Tour Guide Award goes to paulstalder for the challenge to read a book with the rules for a trip down the river Rhine. One question, though? Where did our travelers all go when the boat was in Lichtenstein? Did they all jump ship?!
The Endurance Award goes to DeltaQueen50 for reading Wanderers for the challenge by FAMeulstee to read a book with 250 pages or more. Yep, a book of 845 pages certainly does qualify for this challenge!
Congrats, award winners! Folks, feel free to add awards of your own at this time.
88Morphidae
>17 Morphidae: I was wondering why I didn't get as many entries for my challenge as I was thinking.
After all I had a pretty picture... a spreadsheet of Aquarian authors...
Wait a sec! 🙄 Well, so much for that!
It either didn't post or I forgot to post it!
For what it's worth, please go check out the nice image I created and spreadsheet of 160 author's born between January 30th and February 18th.
For a whole 29 hours or so!
After all I had a pretty picture... a spreadsheet of Aquarian authors...
Wait a sec! 🙄 Well, so much for that!
It either didn't post or I forgot to post it!
For what it's worth, please go check out the nice image I created and spreadsheet of 160 author's born between January 30th and February 18th.
For a whole 29 hours or so!
89DeltaQueen50
>87 SqueakyChu: Thanks for the Endurance Reward, Madeline. Perhaps it will give me the push I need to read the sequel which seems to be over 1,000 pages. :)
90SqueakyChu
Yep. It's that time again. remember to mark the books you've read COMPLETED or remove them from the wiki by 12 midnight tonight. If they are in a rolling challenge you, may just mark them DNF (did not finish). Thanks!
91FAMeulstee
>90 SqueakyChu: Isn't that tomorrow? 29 days in February this year.
92SqueakyChu
>91 FAMeulstee: Oops! Yes! Why did I think it was today? Thx!
93lindapanzo
>92 SqueakyChu: Oops. I'm well acquainted when we have a Leap Day. My birthday is Friday and I had an aunt who said I missed being a Leap Day baby by just a few hours. She forgot that I was born the year after a Leap Year.
Also, my nephew turns 21 today (seems unbelievable to me) and our birthdays are normally on consecutive days but, in Leap Years, we always say not this year.
Last night when the severe storms hit his town (I think a tornado touched down a half mile away from their home and another hit the community college he goes to). He's calm in a crisis and he was home alone with the very scared dog and they sheltered in the basement.
Also, my nephew turns 21 today (seems unbelievable to me) and our birthdays are normally on consecutive days but, in Leap Years, we always say not this year.
Last night when the severe storms hit his town (I think a tornado touched down a half mile away from their home and another hit the community college he goes to). He's calm in a crisis and he was home alone with the very scared dog and they sheltered in the basement.
94SqueakyChu
>93 lindapanzo: Yikes! I'm glad your nephew and his dog are okay.
95lindapanzo
>94 SqueakyChu: They are. He calmed the dog down and, by the time it was over, the dog was sleeping on his lap.
Of course, his auntie who, at one point wanted to major in meteorology (but didn't) and still thinks of it as a hobby kept him posted.
Of course, his auntie who, at one point wanted to major in meteorology (but didn't) and still thinks of it as a hobby kept him posted.
96labfs39
>87 SqueakyChu: My first ever TIOLI award. Woohoo! The cover is beautiful, isn't it? I'm posting it here for all to enjoy:
97SqueakyChu
>96 labfs39: It's really beautiful. I am a great fan of cherry blossoms (sakura). I read your review of this book and the one by lilisin (as I often read her reviews of Japanese novels as she lives in Japan. I added this book to my wishlist. :)
98Citizenjoyce
My sister will turn 80 years old tomorrow, but since she's a leap year baby, she'll be an almost legal 20 official birthday years old. From my favorite movie: Pirates of Penzance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WTSlr_WRgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WTSlr_WRgo
99cbl_tn
Is anyone else having trouble with the wiki? I finished my book for Challenge #1 and marked it as completed on the wiki, but it still displays as "Reading" even after I've saved it. When I go into the edit view, my change is there and it appears in the preview mode. I tried switching to a different browser, and the page in the other browser still has my book marked "reading" but in the edit and preview modes in the other browser I see the change I made to "COMPLETED".
I was able to update the TIOLI meter with no problem, so it is just page 1 of the February 2024 wiki that is behaving weirdly.
I was able to update the TIOLI meter with no problem, so it is just page 1 of the February 2024 wiki that is behaving weirdly.
100avatiakh
>99 cbl_tn: I had the same problem earlier, still not resolved.
101SqueakyChu
>99 cbl_tn: >100 avatiakh: Let the admin know what problems you’re having with the wiki and what pages. They will then work on it.
103FAMeulstee
>102 LizzieD: Same here.
104bell7
It's doing the same for me... I will try to remember to go back and edit, but if I forget, the Patrick Stewart book that I currently have marked reading is in fact COMPLETED :)
105FAMeulstee
I have made a report in the bug collectors group.
106Kristelh
New additions seem to go into Wiki without problem. I only ran into problems when I tried to edit or change a previous entry.
108cbl_tn
I'm wondering if it has something to do with leap year and the extra day in February. From the time stamps, it looks like the wiki is using GMT and the wonky behavior seemed to have started after 00:00 29 February 2024.
109SqueakyChu
>104 bell7: I see it marked as COMPLETED on the wiki, Mary.
110FAMeulstee
Mine is also updated now, looks like it is a time gap that slowly is catching up.
111avatiakh
My entry is also finally updated. We had a problem with leap year tech malfunctions at many petrol stations yesterday here in New Zealand. Payments couldn't process so people were unable to access petrol.
112bell7
>109 SqueakyChu: excellent, glad to hear things are getting updated. Hopefully the weird time gap resolves itself!
113quondame
>6 DeltaQueen50: I entered 2 books into challenge 5 and both of them were removed!
What You Need to Be Warm Neil Gaiman
The Ever-Fixed Mark AMargurite
I have moved
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance Foz Meadows from 14 to 5
since I don't know what happened with the other two.
What You Need to Be Warm Neil Gaiman
The Ever-Fixed Mark AMargurite
I have moved
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance Foz Meadows from 14 to 5
since I don't know what happened with the other two.
114FAMeulstee
>113 quondame: It looks like a lot of entries are missing, looking at the history of the page there were way more a few days ago.
I am working on restoring.
ETA: Page should be good now, Susan, including your missing entries. Not sure if you want your latest added book there.
I am working on restoring.
ETA: Page should be good now, Susan, including your missing entries. Not sure if you want your latest added book there.
115FAMeulstee
If you find the wiki messed up, it is always possible to restore it.
In the left hand menu you can find 'History' under 'This page'. There you can compare all previous changes of that page, and find where it went wrong.
If you are not able to restore by yourself, I am always available for help.
In the left hand menu you can find 'History' under 'This page'. There you can compare all previous changes of that page, and find where it went wrong.
If you are not able to restore by yourself, I am always available for help.
116SqueakyChu
>115 FAMeulstee: Thanks for your help, Anita.
118quondame
>114 FAMeulstee: Thank you Anita! I seem to have entered it twice so I'll fix that.
119DeltaQueen50
>113 quondame: I'm glad your books are showing up again, Susan. A big Thank You to Anita for keeping an eye on our Wiki.
120FAMeulstee
>116 SqueakyChu: >118 quondame: >119 DeltaQueen50: You are all very welcome.
I can hardly read at the moment, but I can restore a wiki page :-)
>117 Helenliz: Congratulations!
I can hardly read at the moment, but I can restore a wiki page :-)
>117 Helenliz: Congratulations!
121SqueakyChu
>117 Helenliz: Hurray for Helen!
122alcottacre
>117 Helenliz: Congratulations!!
