Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Great update! Good to know Sonia.

One question, I've seen that you've read :) I will read that one soon, does it count towards the challenge when we read the same book?

Yes. I used it from Lisarenee's shelf, she read it on July, 31st.
Since I already read mine, yours will also counts :o)

We'll have a "jump" next SU because of Laura's books, but we still are going to try for the 600, right?

*giggles*

For Monday in Uniform I bring to you: Air America (reached the 90's)

Sonia, there you go again being B.A.D. LOL!

Drat! You pic didn't stay around long enough for me to see it.

It didn't? Fixed and added a new one to compensate :o)

And why am I being B.A.D. this time?

Btw, I'm going to filter through August spreadsheet to put books into categories, and then will check on the non-participant team members.

I'm hoping to have some results later tonight

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Sonia wrote: "And why am I being B.A.D. this time?"

Team goal of 600. ☺

Thanks for the pics! I can see them now.

Oh that. Well, with Laura's books 550 would be too easy, and I think a picture of 580 is harder to find than 600. *grins* plus we have you and Christine, 600 is a good number, and if we can't reach it we'll have fun (and uniform hotties) trying!

**chuckles** Okay. I'll go with that.

Cool

NEXT GOAL

Very nice, Sonia!

Thanks :o)

I just finished .

I am about half way done with .
It is due to the library in three days and its an Ebook so I have to finish it. Its been a busy few days with the start of teacher inservice.

Thanks, Sonia for the welcome.

I go for my DR's check up today, so I won't be on until either late this evening or tomorrow.

I hope the doctor gives you a clean bill of health and a gold star, Laura!

Laura wrote: "I go for my DR's check up today, so I won't be on until either late this evening or tomorrow"

Aww... So sweet, Sonia.

*beams*

OK, I have 35 of our read books fitted into categories (see the August thread on the sister group)

I'll add the non-participant books later today, will start with Laura because I know that she has read this month's BOM *giggles*

Hi, my team, Pewter Blue, is MIA, have you seen them?

No, I didn't see them. Some cadets are also MIA. Do you think the non-blues have finally united against us?

Literally not one new post in any of our teams threads and I can't find our main discussion thread. I am stuck in the Twilight zone. I am Pewter Blue, all alone, left to compete against all the other teams. I really have a lot on my plate right now.

You can't find your discussion thread? How come? Give me a sec

I posted a wake up call pic on pewter blue's main thread. Can you see it now?

I may be wrong, but I think our mighty captain Baroness Blue said that she couldn't take on September's for BAP challenge, so I decided to a little takeover.

If I'm mistaken, please forgive me Lady Baroness, I'll gladly step out and reduce myself to my place.

If anybody wants to step in, go ahead, I'll share :o)

Anyway, the thread on the sister group is still in a beginners state, I'm planning start working on it as soon as August's is under control.

That is the coolest picture over there in the "sister group," Sonia!!!

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You might need some help, or a bit of Novocain.

If you need a hint, for any quote or spell,
what letter you desire, be sure to tell.

Redeem a “Blinkie” cupcake you have earned.
Choose wisely, to help you decipher and discern.

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To set you on the right path, it’s such a small fee.

We don’t want those cupcakes to go to waste.
Consider logically where the “t” could be placed.

Or maybe you’ll want an altogether different choice.
It’s important, as there are no hints that have voice.

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to reveal from the alphabet what you want him to show.

With each submission, be sure to make clear,
which letter from this Captain you want to hear!

See, we don’t want your cupcakes going to waste.
So tell us the letter for which you’d like a taste.

It’s almost like magic: a “Blinkie” for a hint,
to earn a “bouncing” or “Triple Threat.” That’s a “Blinkie” well spent!

Hi, guys - sorry I've been MIA over the weekend and things. I've been feeling very poorly. Hoping to get some books read this week as I'm feeling a bit better. :)

Also, hi, Laura! Nice to meet you.

I love the picture you posted for the September challenge thread.

I've read somewhere that we have to read 1/3 of the books for the 1st challenge: A Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge

That seems really hard.


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Christine wrote: "I love the picture you posted for the September challenge thread.

I've read somewhere that we have to read 1/3 of the books for the 1st challenge: A Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Ch..."

Have you see my crazy September plan? Something we'll be able to take from there :o)

OK, so at a first glance, didn't analyze it that much

1) first book of a series - easy, or one word title - coraline or bitten apply
2) romance book - also easy
9)a post-apocalyptic future - either the eternity cure or kate daniels apply
17) Is a book set in Japan, we have Ink for that :)

And we can double each sub-option.

*Christine waves to Laura* Hi Laura! It's nice having you on board. I'm excited for the September challenge and I hope we'll hit the 600 soon with you! :)

@Sonia: I was totally fired up at some point & started looking through my September books and I can have lots of choice for the A-Z author challenge, I am only missing U, X, & Z.

My personal goal for September is to read at least 16 books :)

Oh! Just read the thread again *lol* -> "Goals & % will depend on the number of participants" totally missed that :)

Don't worry. Is supposed to be fun. I'm a bit behind my reading and I'm trying to catch up so no big planning till next week :o)

We still need to know how many team members want to participate for books and goals. I know I have a few Brazilian & Portuguese authors on my shelf to fit #10 if needed :)

Sonia wrote: "OK, so at a first glance, didn't analyze it that much

1) first book of a series - easy, or one word title - coraline or bitten apply
2) romance book - also easy
9)a post-apocalyptic future - eithe..."

You are a genius! If you put it that way it seems easy.

Hello Everyone!

Good news! My doctor says everything still looks good. I have another check up in two months and then I won't have to go as often. Hormones are still a bit out of wack, but hopefully we can get that taken care of soon.

I look forward to helping out the team. I feel a little overwhelmed with all of these challenges, though. I am a bit confused as to what is what.

Sonia wrote: "I posted a wake up call pic on pewter blue's main thread. Can you see it now?"

Oh Sonia yes. Thank you. Oo also sent me an email with the link. And now my team has all reassured me that they are all alive. The guilt trip worked, which was not my intention. I was just playing around.

Laura wrote: "Hello Everyone!

Good news! My doctor says everything still looks good. I have another check up in two months and then I won't have to go as often. Hormones are still a bit out of wack, but hopeful..."

YAY for the good news!!!



I'll hope you be back on track soon :o)

Yes, the TTRC can be a little overwhelming! Too much happening at the same time.

OK, so do you remember May's read-a-thon? It was the fist mod challenge to earn Book Advantage Points (BAP).

Next LK come out with the 7% in 7 challenge for June& July.

In August the mods took the month off, but the teams had to come with their own challenge in order to win BAP's. Ours is the "All about us in 9 steps" , since we were only 9 active members when the challenge begun to take shape. We then adapted it to meet Christine and Emy, since they arrived to the team before the deadline.

For September, the mods challenge for BAP it will be a set of 3 challenges:
1)A book a day keeps the boredom at bay
2) an A to Z challenge (teams got to choose their own)
3) a NBRC challenge (teams go to choose their own)
percentage and goals will be decided by the number of participants per team. Also 1/3 of percentage will have to be for each challenge (I think, I haven't read the last revision to the rules with care)

October will be a read-a-thon - not the whole month - I'm thinking on 2 weeks but is not official yet. Since the BAP challenges had a little controversy between team captains, I'll probably will choose some "beta testers" to look at it before releasing.

November will not have a BAP challenge.

To add to all this we have the mini-challenges and games, that can earn us cupcakes to redeem - Lisa Kay can explain that better than me.

Sarah wrote: "Sonia wrote: "I posted a wake up call pic on pewter blue's main thread. Can you see it now?"

Oh Sonia yes. Thank you. Oo also sent me an email with the link. And now my team has all reassured me t..."

You were playing and I tried to play too, but they didn't play along

*tantrum face*

*giggles*

OK, makes a bit more sense now. Let me think about which challenge I can join and maybe actually do.

Thanks Sonia for the detailed explanation!

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Finished! I don't know what it is about this book but for some reason I always read this so sloooooooowly. :) Hope everyone is doing great!

Oh! Sonia, I will join for the September challenge. I don't have classes until the last week and will be able to read a lot more then I have. :) If you need any help or need something from me in particular, let me know!

UPDATE ON ME! I'm so sorry for my absence! I have had technical issues this past week!! My internet kept coming and going at random times and random lengths of time. I don't know what that was about -- maybe some storms messed things up. Seems to happen whenever it rains, the internet just goes poof. It's so frustrating because it is tied to our phone line, as well, which means our phone dies when the internet does (I have digital through cable company). And it makes me paranoid that I somehow forgot to pay the bill.

If that wasn't enough, my computer kept dying on me for no good reason. Ugh. It seems okay now but I'm not sure what was up with that. So, after it would die, I'd just leave it off for the evening and let it cool down and rest. Maybe it needed a time out, I don't know.

Anyway, I'm giving Sonia access to edit the team spreadsheet so she can catch up your August challenge stats. So sorry for not being able to get in touch!

Sonia wrote: "I may be wrong, but I think our mighty captain Baroness Blue said that she couldn't take on September's for BAP challenge, so I decided to a little takeover.

If I'm mistaken, please forgive me Lad..."

Yes, you are correct, Sonia! Thank you for taking it on.

Luckily, that was one message I was able to read right now but I can't catch up much because now I have to get ready for work, boo hoo. Dreaded inventory count today, ew. Anyway, I'll keep looking for a PM from you with your email so I can permit you to edit the spreadsheet!

Sonia asked if I wanted help with the August challenge tracking for you guys and I'm so glad she did because I was going to ask her since my internet and computer decided to hate me this week.

Man-oh-man! Sorry about your Internet and computer issues, Baroness Blue.

Hey guys, I have been out trying to get my classroom ready. School here starts tomorrow. EEPPP! I feel overwhelmed with stuff to do and consequently haven't had much time to read.

I am about half way through .

Its okay. I don't like it as much as I do other subject matter. Maybe that is why it is taking so long for me to read it.

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for 3rd challenge what about the animal spell out? looks like fun :)