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My challenge for 2015 is to try to read some more of those books sitting on my bookshelves - and I thought the group bingo challenge would make it a bit more interesting so we will see what happens!

A book with more than 500 pages: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
A forgotten classic: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
A book that became a movie: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
A book published this year: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
A book with a number in the title: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
A book written by someone under 30: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
A book with non-human characters: The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide
A funny book: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
A book by a female author: The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane
A book with a mystery:The Secret Place
A book with a one word title: Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
A book of short stories: Horowitz Horror by Anthony Horowitz
A book set on a different continent:The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
A book of non-fiction: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The first book by a favourite author: The Loving Spirit by Daphne Du Maurier
A book you heard about online: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
A bestselling book: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
A book based on a true story: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
A book at the bottom of you TBR pile: Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
A book your friend loves: Longbourn by Jo Baker
A book that scares you: The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
A book that is more than 10 years old: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
The second book in a series: Home byMarilynne Robinson
A book with a blue cover: The Children Act by Ian McEwan
free square = The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones

Love it Shirley :)

Good luck.

Good luck Shirley. I'm doing similar :)

https://d.gr-assets.com/photos/142177...

Right. I have managed to use "add more photos" to add my amended bingo square, but can't get it to appear here. What am I doing wrong?

Shirley wrote: "Right. I have managed to use "add more photos" to add my amended bingo square, but can't get it to appear here. What am I doing wrong?"

click on the "(some html is ok)" link and follow the example for linking an image (it starts "<img src="). You can omit the height and width parameters or play around with them to get it to be the size you want.

Shirley and Leslie, how do you add the stars to the image? Also Shirley, sorry for cluttering up your reads thread!

I managed to put stars in the bingo square on a word file, but after that I can't upload it in the thread!!! Sorry again for pestering your thread Shirley!!!

Leslie, thanks but at what point in the copied part below do I insert the image? I have tried all sorts but still can't get it to work? Edit: now I have posted it, it doesn't show what I have copied!



Laura and Greg - no worries! Glad you asked, we can all learn together!

Greg - I copied the image onto word and then used paint to edit and put stars on. I am not very technical so that might not be the best way! Now I have the image on my photos on my profile but I can't seem to get it to appear here!

The point is that it is a .doc file and I can't upload it on my photoes!!!!
If you're not techmical I don't want to know what am I

I have now got it to work! Haven't yet posted but know how to. I am so excited I may post a group announcement about it (joke)

Ha ha Laura!

They really could make it easier!

Sorry Laura, I'm not sure I can help you with a doc file. I edited mine in paint

I will see if I can type in the code without it thinking it is code so that you can see it:

At the place you want to put the image, you type:

<img src="the web address of your image">

I copy and paste the web address from my profile page by selecting the picture and then right-click to get a menu choice of "view image" but you can also click on the tiny link on the upper right corner of the image that says "largest size". That gives a page with nothing on it except the photo or image to which you are trying to link.

Copy the address (should be something like "blahblah.jpg") Shirley, for yours the blahblah is 1421772244p8/1125099

If you want to change the size, then you add in height and width values (from 0 to 400 I believe). If you want to do this, I recommend checking with the preview button before saving. With the height/width parameters, the code looks like this:

<img src="your image's web address" height=250 width=200>

@Laura -- see if you can do a "save as" and then select .jpg as the file type. If not, perhaps save as Powerpoint and then save as a jpg from there (I did mine once in Paint and once in Powerpoint so I know you can save a jpg from powerpoint.)

Leslie wrote: "I will see if I can type in the code without it thinking it is code so that you can see it:

At the place you want to put the image, you type:

the web address of your image">

I copy and paste the..."

Leslie you're a star! And you are so patient with us, thanks for this step by step guide! I will post my bingo tomorrow when I am back on the pc!

Leslie wrote:@Laura -- see if you can do a "save as" and then select .jpg as the file type. If not, perhaps save as Powerpoint and then save as a jpg from there (I did mine once in Paint and once in Powerpoint so I know you can save a jpg from powerpoint.)

The maximum I can do is saving it as PDF!!! I'm not techonoligal, but my pc is even less so!!!!

Shirley - a suggestion.

Why don't you cut and paste (or copy and paste) this whole conversation to the "Basic How Do You Do This Tips" thread in "General Info"? There must be many people in this group (not me, actually) who are doing the Bingo challenge, but do not know how to add the stars.

Jean wrote: "Shirley - a suggestion.

Why don't you cut and paste (or copy and paste) this whole conversation to the "Basic How Do You Do This Tips" thread in "General Info"? There must be many people in this ..."

Good idea, Jean - will do.

I AM SO PROUD!!!

Yay!!! Well done on getting your picture up, great teamwork everyone!!
(I had enough trouble trying to get mine to work, so didn't confuse you with my thoughts on how to do it)

I still can't manage to have my .doc file saved as .jpeg. I'll manage it ... by the end of the challenge!!!

LOL Shirley! :D

Well done! The only problem is you have to remember how to do it again when you want to edit your bingo picture...

@Laura- It adds another element to the challenge!

Shirley wrote: "I AM SO PROUD!!!"

Woo hoo!! Now you can link all kinds of pictures :)

LauraT wrote: "I still can't manage to have my .doc file saved as .jpeg. I'll manage it ... by the end of the challenge!!!"

Maybe just start over & try using a different program?

I'll see. Now I don't have time to consider it!

updated today

I see you have marked off several more squares -- good going :)

Well done on your update :)

Thanks Leslie and Pink, I am hoping this will enable me to clear some of my books I have been meaning to read for ages!

Same for me Shirley! Seen you've read quite a lot!!!!

Yay - my first bingo on the diagonal!

Well done Shirley!!!

Yay! Well done Shirley!

Congrats on your first BINGO, Shirley!! :-)

Some nice books in there -- including Gilead and Longborne.

Well done, congratulations!

Thanks, I am hoping to be able to complete the whole square!

Just added The Glass Castle as a work of non fiction.

Just added Cloud Atlas as a book that became a film.

You are doing pretty well, Shirley!

Heather wrote: "You are doing pretty well, Shirley!"

Yes, but I think I might have left all the difficult ones till last!

Shirley wrote: "Heather wrote: "You are doing pretty well, Shirley!"

Yes, but I think I might have left all the difficult ones till last!"

Don't we all? I still have no ideas for the book that scares me!

I usually start with what scares me! I like sweet for the last!!!

Leslie wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Heather wrote: "You are doing pretty well, Shirley!"

Yes, but I think I might have left all the difficult ones till last!"

Don't we all? I still have no ideas for the book that s..."

I know, that's a tricky one. Especially as I don't tend to read horror!

LauraT wrote: "I usually start with what scares me! I like sweet for the last!!!"

Yes, and profiteroles are my favourite dessert, lol!

Shirley wrote: "LauraT wrote: "I usually start with what scares me! I like sweet for the last!!!"

Yes, and profiteroles are my favourite dessert, lol!"

One of mine as well Shirley. In Perugia there's a "Bar Pasticceria" that makes a great one; it's called "L'Accademia"; I'll wait for you to taste it!

Just added The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey as a book based on a true story. Hope this qualifies!!

Shirley wrote: "Just added The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey as a book based on a true story. Hope this qualifies!!"

Can't argue about Richard III being real!