Jen’s Comments (group member since Jan 13, 2016)

Jen’s comments from the Reading 1001 group.

And the popular winner by a landslide is...

Tipping the Velvet

Randomizer selected...

Slaughterhouse-Five

Which books will you be reading in december

Sorry fell asleep. Voting is closed. Results will be posted In the next hour

I will be posting results tonight at 8pm est (or as soon as my daughter is asleep). So get your final votes in today!!

Results of challenge will be posted tomorrow morning!!

Amd I just want to add that I’ve really enjoyed all your updates!

Challenge has come to an end. Please make sure your scores are all updated in each of your personal threads. Just add a new comment when you have fully updated saying you have fully updated. If any landmarks are still pending, please state which ones so I can review and approve.

I will be going through each person’s thread and validating. Prizes will be announced in about two weeks -I have a lot of threads to go through.

Also, we want to award the most prizes possible so each person will only be allowed to win once. If you qualify for more than one prize, I will contact you privately and ask you which prize you prefer and then the next highest score will get the prize you don’t select.

Kelly wrote: "I think it is correct, and yes some of them came from 1001 books. Unfortunately real life threw me some major curveballs so I have been unable to continue. I have read less in the last 6 weeks than..."

Sorry to hear that. Hope things settle down for you soon!

And the winner is...

The Light of Day

Randomizer pick is: The Charwoman's Daughter

Which books will you be reading?

Voting will close at midnight and results will be announced tomorrow morning. Get all your votes in!

Diane wrote: "I have a question about the latest special challenge. I have been keeping a very detailed travel journal the entire time and I am assuming this is geared toward those who have not done so. Do I hav..."

This is more of a snapshot than the level of detail you have put together. So it could be a list of places, a small photo collage, or bullet journal page. So think of one photo or image that captures your entire trip. It could be a map image etc. or a highlights version since you have visited so many places - picking 4-5 of your favorite books

Landmark for Spain is approved

update has been posted. I'm still working on updating scoreboard. things should settle down for me after next week so I'll be fully available again.

Your score posted in the first message. Did you add the 1001 landmarks to your 1001 score? It looks like at least some of them are 1001 books where you found the landmarks. is that right? I just want to make sure I'm calculating it correctly.

I'm so sorry. I've been home sick for a few days (nothing serious) and am behind. I will post the updates tomorrow am. Scoreboard will also be updated by tomorrow so you can all check your scores then and can let me know if they are correct.

They are NOT currently up to date so don't be concerned about your scores yet.

I'm inclined to say that Hispanic shouldn't apply to Brazil. In fact Brazilians are pretty adamant that they are not Hispanic but Latino.

As someone who is both Latina and Hispanic, I see them as different terms meaning slightly different things. But my Brazilian friends would not be happy being called hispanic. I'm thinking we should maybe add a second randomizer pick (from our selection) in case anyone has already started reading it.

Charisma wrote: "Jen wrote: "Charisma - 1"

Hi Jen, I'm wondering why I only have 1 point here? I've just added another book today, but even yesterday I had two books read, and both were 1001 books, so not sure if ..."

It’s too much work for me to update the scoreboard every week. So I will be updating it within the next week. I’m tracking over 100 people and over 500+ posts a week across the multiple platforms. So your scores will be updated, I just can’t do it regularly or I’d be spending hours each week just tabulating. In the final week I will post when scoreboard is complete and will ask everyone to double check their own scores

Also, I’d like to remind members that you can only use multiple votes IF you have participation points. If you haven’t started a thread to track, you can still do so. Several new members voting that I didn’t recognize and who used more than one vote. I only counted your first free vote. You can’t vote multiples unless you earn those points through participation. Thanks!

I am behind on everything (sorry juggling too many things. Updates posted. I have NOT updated the scoreboard. I hope to do so later this week. If I haven't updated your landmarks, bug me about it. I'm swamped in emails and notifications.

September is Hispanic Heritage month in the US. Technically it runs from September 15-OCt 15 but we will be honoring it this month.

The book selections are.

The House of the Spirits
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Underdogs

Now it's up to you. Nominate your book by Wednesday noon.

The winner for the popular vote is...

Absolute Beginners

Kristel will be announcing the lottery winner later today.

Who's reading this one?

Voting is closed. Results will be posted tomorrow by 8am eastern time