Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

A decision has been made regarding the use of juvenile/children's/middle grade books for Round II. We have decided that we will accept all non-picture books equal to and greater than 160 pages. Little children's books are still not acceptable (for example: , , and ).

As you are reading your book, think about the following: does it seem like there are 250 words per page? How many pages have you read in 15 minutes - is it more than normal? When you tag your book look at the other editions - does that version's page numbers look similar to the others. If you have a question, ask in the Page Numbers, Just About Page Numbers... and we will help you out.

For all electronic books (ebook/Kindle/audio) that do not have an equivalent print copy on goodreads, they will still be verified for a word count. In situations where electronic books vary by 100 pages to print editions, those will also be verified.

The Moderators and Countess Paige will still be conducting random spot checks. We reserve the right of veto power over some books, specifically ‘gift books’, ‘novelty books’, or ‘coffee table books’.

Thank you for your time and understanding!

How is everyone faring these days?

Happy reading, I hope!

Cute ladybug, Baroness Blue!

Hi team!!!!

Does anyone have any suggestions to the August BAP challenge?

We can snoop around consult other team's challenges and use them, as long as we give the team the credit.

So... are you ready to try to read 75 books in August? Who's with me?

I'm with you, Sonia. ☺

How about everyone who wants to join in suggest something they really want to do?

Cadet Blue, please welcome a new member, Emy (080).

Welcome, Emy!

Hi Emy, welcome to the team!!!

For our August Challenge, I kind of like what Pewter Blue was thinking of doing. Finding "beach reads" on listopia's Best Beach Reads 2013 (998 books) and One Day Best Summer Reads (over 1,700 books) or one of the other that list Summer reads by genre.

I like it.

I also like the Mango Tango series chain, but I'm a series reader, so I'm biased.

I like series, too. However, I don't know how many of our group will do the challenge.

Good Point. The lystopia about summer readings by genre is a better move.

Sonia loves Mango Tango's book by the numbers? WOOT!

LOL, Steven that is so cool!

Yes, I like it. I wanted to be rebeld and go to your thread and state that I will be participating too, but helas, RL got in the way and didn't let me invade you.

You're always welcome to participate :D

Try to stop me ;)

**hee hee**

Helloooo, I'm a new member of Cadet Blue! *waves*

I'm Emy, I live in England and I'm a creative writing PhD student. I love reading. :D

I'm planning on reading 80 books and my shelf is called nbrc-tower-teams-cadet-blue. Now I just need to add all the qualifying books to the shelf! :)

Edit: Added 24 books to my shelf. There was one other that had enough pages that I finished after April 12th but, alas, I started it in February so it didn't count.

Hi again Emy

*whispers to Emy*
We only validate finish date for this round, so as long as you finish the book after April 12th, it counts.

Right Lisa Kay?

*stage whisper* Ohhh, really? I was trying to work it out from the rules but I wasn't sure. If this is confirmed, I'll add that one too!

Welcome to Cadet Blue, Emy!

**whispers back** That is correct, Sonia. If you finished it on or after April 12th, it counts. ☺

BTW, Sonia, I was thinking maybe eight categories for the August challenge. Then we could do Steven's/Mango Tango's series train, too.

Thanks for the welcome! :)

*whisper* Good to know, thank you! I'll add it.

Lisa Kay - are you on this team or Pewter Blue? I am confused.

LK is on Cadet Blue. She was a part of the Cadet blue/Pewter Blue 7% Solution Challenge. Is that maybe where your confusion is coming from? Oh, I think she had joined Pewter Blue at some point, come to think of it, but then she went back to CB to help their numbers.

Yes, but then Pewter Blue didn't use any of my books. So, just to really confuse things, I joined Forest Green for the 7% Solution. Now I'm back on Cadet Blue. ☺

Lisa Kay wrote: "Yes, but then Pewter Blue didn't use any of my books. So, just to really confuse things, I joined Forest Green for the 7% Solution. Now I'm back on Cadet Blue. ☺"

*snort* I think you just enjoy keeping everyone on their toes!

**hee hee* True, Teresa.

I see now.

I'm so sorry I have not been around lately to lend an encouraging word or motivational speech or any sort of support! You all seem to be doing just fine on your own but I still feel a little obligated to make sure everyone is still enjoying themselves and keeping up with their reading and so on! Hope all is well with everyone.

I like your ideas (that you've had so far) for your August Challenge!

Very sweet, Baroness Blue. Yes, we are still friends.

Sorry I've been silent lately. Life got really busy. However, I finished two books!

and . The first was awesome but waaaaaaay too long, and the 2nd put me to sleep every time I listened to it (audio book).

Yay, Jex. Man-oh-man! The Passage is big.

Definitely big. Every time I read I didn't even feel like I was making a dent in the thing. I think it could have easily been split into a series instead of being so long.

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Wild Blue Yonder is extending an invite to everyone in a Tower II color teams to the upcoming with brooms Flying High Buddy Read for some WILD INTER-TEAM EXCITEMENT.

WBY has chosen the Wildly Favorite series Harry Potter for a Buddy Read and Watch. There will be open discussion each week on one book and movie as we travel through Harry's Magic World for anyone that is interested in joining from Tower 2.

How much and when you partake of the Buddy R/WaT is totally up to you. Be as flexible as you want, coming and going, reading and watching, and any comments when and if you so desire.

Starts Aug 1, 2013 running through to Sep 30, 2013.

If interested in the magical fun time, go to *HP Main Invite Info Hints for more information on participating on any level you desire.

To Join discussion or lurk or post a comment go to *WBY HP R/WaT Discussion Start Post # 1680

Please join Wild Blue Yonder - one of Hogwart's teams on a Wild Magical Ride with us.

Hi Team!!!!

Ok 2 things.

First, Gwendolyn's invite: I'm a big HP fan and I don't re-read the books for a while, so I'm sooo joining this one *inner fan squeals all over the place*

Second thing?

Second,

The August Challenge.

Since I had some free time on work a.k.a. I have a task ahead of me that I don't want to do, my brain started thinking.

So, I'm not sure if is ok or not, LK you'll have to aprove this, since I'm using one of our challenges as inspiration. How about doing a all-about-the-team sort of challenge?

1)Our team's name is CADET BLUE - this one is pretty easy, just a traditional spell-it-out for all the fans in our team

2)Our team's color is BLUE - read a book with a blue color

3)Our team's theme for the RaT was Books in Uniform. I like this one so much, why not to repeat it.

4)"Behind friendly lines" - "steal" a book from a cadet blue's member shelf.

5)

Lisa Kay wrote: "Second thing?"

working on it :)

I'm loving it so far, Sonia!

You're part of the approval process, too!

Sonia, for #4 - may it be any book on a Team member's shelf, as in any date? Or only since April 12th?

Since April 12th. Using teh same rules as "behind the enemy lines"

I only thought about this ones... but wanted to post them to the team to begin discussion and strategy and stuff

I'm really, really loving them. Thanks, Sonia!

:)

And we can choose to do as in the 7% solution, using all members read books during August.

Lisa Kay wrote: "You're part of the approval process, too!"

Yes, but I'm biased to my own ideas *naughty smile*

For #5 we could the favorite genres of the team members. Everyone puts in their favorite genre and you have to read from that list?

For example:
Jex loves Dystopia and Lk loves Historical Fiction so you have to read a book in one of those categories (but it would be one genre from each team member that submits one)

Oh, I like that idea, Jex!

Of course, my favorite is Historical Romance, something you might not want to read. Though, right now I would really like to find a bunch of historical mysteries.

that sounds kinda cool...
can i ask u a question?