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message 1: by Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (last edited Feb 24, 2014 06:26PM) (new)

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message 2: by Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (last edited Feb 21, 2014 07:51AM) (new)

Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) Members in This Team!

All Checked In!

1. Cinthia.
Brittany
3. Shirley
4. Shannon


message 3: by Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (last edited Feb 27, 2014 05:06PM) (new)

Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) The Rewind Challenge

In this challenge we will look back on some really great books that were published in 2013 and prier.

Each team can divide all eight of these up as you wish. The first team that reads all eight books will ern bragging rights for the first botb challenge.

1. Read a book that you got for free in 2013.
2. Read one book that was published in 2012.
3. Read a book that was published in 2013 or earlier, but you never got around to.
4. The person that has been a member of Goodreads the longest, must read a book that was published the year you joinned.
5. Read a book that has been on your to-read shelf the longest.
6. Read a book that was published in 2010.
7. Recommend a book to one of your team members that was published in 2013 or earlier.
8. Read a book by a favorite author that was published in 2013 or earlier. (re-reads count!)

Bonus!
Read a book that the entire team have, or have not read before, and read it as a buddy read!


message 5: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Checking in. I'm looking forward to this.


message 6: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) Checking in! Looking forward to this too!


message 7: by Shirley (new)

Shirley (5hip) | 20 comments Checking in!!! XD


message 8: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Who wants to be team leader?


message 9: by Shirley (new)

Shirley (5hip) | 20 comments I can


message 10: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Sounds good to me!


message 11: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) Thanks Shirley! WOOHOO I can't wait to start reading.


message 12: by Cinthia (new)

Cinthia (cinthiah) | 31 comments Checking in. :)


message 13: by Shirley (new)

Shirley (5hip) | 20 comments Wiiii, We are complete


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) Please let me know when you decide on a team leader, and team name!!!


message 15: by Cinthia (new)

Cinthia (cinthiah) | 31 comments What do the asterisks after our names mean? Some of us have 2, and others 3.


message 16: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Cinthia wrote: "What do the asterisks after our names mean? Some of us have 2, and others 3."

Not a clue. I thought they were just to keep track of who had checked in, but at that time there were only 2 asterisks beside our names. Who knows.


message 17: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments So, any ideas for team names? We've already picked the captain unless you're interested too Cinthia. Otherwise I say we stick with Shirley. :)

Do we have to have the name picked before tomorrow?


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) That you checked in, sent me a message agreeing to the rules, and you have logged into the challenge widget and created a shelf.


message 19: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Ah, makes sense now.


message 20: by Cinthia (new)

Cinthia (cinthiah) | 31 comments Jackie (fireandicebookreviews.blogspot.com) wrote: "That you checked in, sent me a message agreeing to the rules, and you have logged into the challenge widget and created a shelf."
Jackie, I couldn't find the e-mail, but I responded in another thread where you listed everything.


message 21: by Cinthia (new)

Cinthia (cinthiah) | 31 comments I'm fine with Shirley being team leader.
I'm having trouble coming up with a name.


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) Thanks ladies! The stars will be removed tomorrow! :)


message 23: by Cinthia (new)

Cinthia (cinthiah) | 31 comments I'm not very good at coming up with names, they'll probably end up being lame. I'm trying to think about mashing together titles or character names.
I remember reading a book where one of the characters said they were "Hoovering". Maybe we can do something with Hoover too, since it appears we're all fans. :)


message 24: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) One for the Record Books

What do you think?


message 25: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) So when do I create my shelf for February?


message 26: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Not sure. I guess today since we're supposed to start today.


message 27: by Shirley (new)

Shirley (5hip) | 20 comments ok, I like One for the Record Books

And the February Self can be created today or before the end of the month...


message 28: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) So I put books there when in done, right?


message 29: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments yup...i went ahead and put the book i'm going to read there so I don't have to remember to put it there when I'm done. Since I started it today it's going in my Feb folder.


message 30: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) If you haven't read the Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu and you liked books similar to Hunger Games and Divergent - I think you would really like these. And they are an easy read


message 31: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Fantastic Series! I still need to read Champion but I've read the other two. The Shatter Me series is really good too if you haven't read them.


message 32: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) I have the Shatter Me series all ready to go as soon as I finish Champion - which I just started today. I am going to have to get back to Labor Day later.


message 33: by Cinthia (new)

Cinthia (cinthiah) | 31 comments Shannon wrote: "If you haven't read the Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu and you liked books similar to Hunger Games and Divergent - I think you would really like these. And they are an easy read"
I second Shannon. I just finished listening to the audiobooks (I had already read the trilogy before), and it was fun hearing the story the second time, knowing what happens.
Should we just do One for the Record Books as our name?


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) Hey everyone, all books that you read must be at least 100 pages. If you have one that you have already read, that is fine it will count. But from now on, they must be at least 100 pages.


message 35: by Shirley (new)

Shirley (5hip) | 20 comments ok XD


message 36: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments sounds good


message 37: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) I was wondering that, especially with all the novellas out there these days.


message 38: by Cinthia (new)

Cinthia (cinthiah) | 31 comments Got it. :)


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) Hey guys, please only put books you have already read on you main botb shelf. If you have books that are on your shelf that you have not read, please remove them. You can create a botb to read shelf if you would like to plan ahead. Sorry for not telling you guys this in the beginning.


message 40: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) Do we put them there is we are currently reading?


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) After you have read them


message 42: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments Are we doing a theme or something for March? Like read a dystopian book or read a book that was recommended to you or read a book by a self-published author...

Just throwing things out there. Trying to make this challenge a little more exciting. :)


message 43: by Shirley (new)

Shirley (5hip) | 20 comments yeah brit, so what about post here 3 YA/NA books we recommend? Or everyone send me a message with the recommendations and then I send the list with all the recommendations???


message 44: by Brittany (last edited Feb 27, 2014 12:53PM) (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments I like the idea of everyone posting 3 books they recommend here and we can each pick one and try to read it for March. Then maybe for April we can do a theme read that we vote on.


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) I just posted a challenge for you guys. It is at the top of this thread!


message 46: by Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (last edited Feb 27, 2014 05:07PM) (new)

Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) Do you have a team name?


message 47: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments I'll take 1 and 8 unless someone else wants one of them. Shannon has me by a few months for the person whose been on Goodreads the longest so I can't take that one. :-)


message 48: by Brittany (new)

Brittany DeLys (brittdelys423) | 60 comments For the bonus I'll offer up the book I wrote to everyone if you care to read it. It's an eBook and I'd give it to all you ladies for free if interested. Just a thought unless someone has another book they'd like to suggest.


message 49: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (rocketshan) Okay I'll take 4 for sure. Thinking about my second one. Most books that have been On my to-read shelf are probably not ya/na. Brittany I would love to read your book for bonus.


message 50: by Shirley (new)

Shirley (5hip) | 20 comments I would like to read your book too...

The 7 I already do it... I take the 5 too...

(Brittany)1. Read a book that you got for free in 2013.
2. Read one book that was published in 2012.
3. Read a book that was published in 2013 or earlier, but you never got around to.
(Shannon)4. The person that has been a member of Goodreads the longest, must read a book that was published the year you joinned.
(Shirley)5. Read a book that has been on your to-read shelf the longest.
6. Read a book that was published in 2010.
(Shirley)7. Recommend a book to one of your team members that was published in 2013 or earlier.
(Brittany)8. Read a book by a favorite author that was published in 2013 or earlier. (re-reads count!)

Bonus!
(brittany book)Read a book that the entire team have, or have not read before, and read it as a buddy read!


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