Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Awesome Ellie, you just got us two goals, updating!

New Goals:

Read a book set in your home state/country
Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
Read a book with a U.S. State in the title
Read a book where the audio version is narrated by a female
Read a book with parallel worlds

Ellie wrote: "Just finished two books, Percy Jackson and City of Fallen Angels. I posted the details on our finished thread.

Right now I'm out of books to read, but I'm stopping at the library later today and ..."

Well done Ellie :)
Thats cool Rebecca. :)

I'm very close to finishing the Clockwork angels so that should be another goal as its set in London, England and I'm from England so I guess this counts for Read a book set in your home state/ country

Megan wrote: "Ellie wrote: "Just finished two books, Percy Jackson and City of Fallen Angels. I posted the details on our finished thread.

Right now I'm out of books to read, but I'm stopping at the library la..."

Yep, it counts :D

Okay I've just finished Clockwork Angels, I was determined to finish that before my boyfriend got in. It was such a good book. I totally recommend that and Mortal instruments if you guys want another idea for a read.

Current goals are now:
Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
Read a book with a U.S. State in the title
Read a book where the audio version is narrated by a female
Read a book with parallel worlds
Read a book written by an author who uses 3 names

I just finished The Martian.
Would it work for

Read a book with parallel worlds

I'm here! I'm working on Angelfall and The Bone Season.

❅Rebecca❅ wrote: "I just finished The Martian.
Would it work for Read a book with parallel worlds "

Rebecca I am not sure I would count this as a Parallell World as it is Earth and Mars rather than alternate reality but I may be wrong.

ok

I have several books on the go at the minute, reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell I am finding it a bit boring so I am also reading Pretty Girls and a couple of others.

I am beginning Ten Thousand Skies Above You. It's the sequel to A Thousand Pieces of You that we read for the YA group read last month. It's about jumping between parallel universes, so that goal is covered.

I am reading .

Almost finished with my current book. Next I will be reading Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson.

Grace wrote: "I have several books on the go at the minute, reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell I am finding it a bit boring so I am also reading Pretty Girls and a couple of others."

Concerning Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, I understand :) I've tried to read it multiple times, in the end I picked up the audiobook. It didn't help, I fell asleep every time. After one year I'm still around page 300. I think the story is good and want to know more but the pacing is extremely slow.

List of all possible goals:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I've not heard of these books, are they BOM? I was considering pretty girls but I'm not sure if its a bit out there for me...

Anybody got any ideas regarding the book with an author with 3 names? Does this mean they use 3 different names to write under like Sophie Kinsella or are we talking like an author that uses their middle name say? I assumed it was the pseudonym and just tried to google like frantically trying to find someone. But i think i was being stupid and its someone that has a name like sarah jane smith. I am sleep deprived. That is my excuse i am sticking to it.

Megan wrote: "I've not heard of these books, are they BOM? I was considering pretty girls but I'm not sure if its a bit out there for me...

Anybody got any ideas regarding the book with an author with 3 names? ..."

It might be both, I'd ask Sonia or one of the other mods though.

Megan wrote: "I've not heard of these books, are they BOM? I was considering pretty girls but I'm not sure if its a bit out there for me...

Anybody got any ideas regarding the book with an author with 3 names? ..."

It's supposed to be with middle name, like Susan Elizabeth Phillips
There are different goals with pseudonyms

I've just finished Rivers of London and thoroughly enjoyed it (I will add it to the books read thread now!). I'm planning on reading 'Fairest' by Marissa Meyer next which unfortunately doesn't match any of the goals at the moment.

Lauren wrote: "I've just finished Rivers of London and thoroughly enjoyed it (I will add it to the books read thread now!). I'm planning on reading 'Fairest' by Marissa Meyer next which unfortunately doesn't matc..."

Are you like me? Waiting for the library to get Winter?
I need to read Fairest.

I actually now have a copy of Winter - it arrived in work yesterday so I'm going to get Fairest read ASAP and then make a start on Winter. It is HUGE in comparison to the others!

At 5ish CST, I'll update the point counter.

I finished Angelfall which works for the audio version narrated by a female goal. I'll add it to my other post now.

Megan wrote: "I've not heard of these books, are they BOM? I was considering pretty girls but I'm not sure if its a bit out there for me...

Anybody got any ideas regarding the book with an author with 3 names? ..."

I think it is names like Karen Joy Fowler or Louisa May Alcott. I have a few possibilities I can read.

I am enjoying Pretty Girls so far. I signed up to do the DQs and I have them ready as I have the first chapters.

Our current Open Goals

°Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
°Read a book with U.S. State in the title
°Read a book with parallel worlds
°Read a book written by an author who uses 3 names
°Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as tbr - plurals and spelling acceptable

I don't understand this
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as tbr - plurals and spelling acceptable
I looked on GR front page and can't find anything.

For this challenge:
°Read a book with U.S. State in the title
Look here:
https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...
(Several State in title books)

❅Rebecca❅ wrote: "I don't understand this
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as tbr - plurals and spelling acceptable
I looked on GR front page and can't find anything."

Using your book The Martian as an example. You go to the book's page, on the right side it says Genres. Click this and it gives you the first page of shelf listings for the book. You are looking for a shelf named "tbr" somewhere on that first page. The Martian doesn't have it but you just check other books in the same way.

Grace wrote:

Using your book The Martian as an example. You go to the book's page, on the right side it says Genres. Click this and it gives you the first page of shelf listings for the book. You are looking for a shelf named "tbr" somewhere on that first page. The Martian doesn't have it but you just check other books in the same way."

Just looked at some of my books I've already read for this challenge but haven't assigned a goal and Fangirl has TBR in the Genre first page :) So I guess we can use that for that goal then... :-)

Current Goals
Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
Read a book with U.S. State in the title
Read a book with parallel worlds
Read a book written by an author who uses 3 names
Read a book with a adjective in the title

Guidelines for Posting Questions on Tower Teams IV

Before posting Any Question regarding the Challenge, Please do the following:

1. Read the RULES
2. Read the Goals FAQ We keep the first posts regularly updated with questions and answers

Still have questions?

FOLLOW THE HIERARCHY
The communication chain is:

Member --> Team Leader --> Mentor --> All Mods

What does this mean?

It means that if you make a question that is on the rules or Goal FAQs you may get re-directed to those posts.

It also means that members cannot go over their team captains/co-captains (team leader for short) directly to the mods.

We over 300 players, and so our captains and co-captains help team members by:
- Answering members questions
- Make the bridge between members and mods
- Also, there are extra threads for taking care of team issues, goal doubts, and general questions on the captains group. So they have access to a lot more info than the members.

But my team captain is a mod and she said she needed to check with the others

Well, yes.

Mods are like mom and dad. If one of them makes a rule about an issue, the others don't say otherwise. We respect each other and don't step into each others toes. So. If something was said before, it will be checked if memory fails.

Also, mods are like doctors. Sometimes they need a second opinion before taking a decision.

Mods also "hire" external consultants. Some of the goals were suggested by members, so we need to check what was their original idea before making a ruling.

Mods are humans too. Meaning we make mistakes. But, we assume them, and try to fix it as quickly and painless as possible. Also, we have real lives and real live issues too. This is a very loved hobby, but just that. A hobby. Unfortunately we don't get paid for all this volunteer work! ;).

But my team is too chatty and info gets lost
Ask your team leaders to put it on a visible place. You can also PM your team leaders.

I ask a question and my team captain only answers it when I'm sleeping
Please remember that there are different time zones, and people have demanding schedules too. Relax. This is supposed to be fun. Not stressful. Is a hobby.

I don't like my team or my captains
Is there a particular reason? Do you wanted a chattier team? Or are you not into chatting at all? We try to pair teams taking in account their preferences, but sometimes it doesn't work well. If you prefer quiet, You can focus on reading and just check in to post your books. If you prefer a chatty one, you can always try to make the team to chat.

If you think your team captains are not doing their job, compile a list of things - and this is not book or personal taste - with objective points and PM your mod mentor.

If you have issues with your mod mentor.. then compile those, and PM the mod account. We'll work it out.

Megan wrote: "Current Goals
Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
Read a book with U.S. State in the title
Read a book with parallel worlds
Read a book written by an author who uses 3 names ..."

I think 'Fairest' is an adjective? (Please tell me if I am wrong because I always get so confused!) but if it is, then I can use that for the goal when I am finished :)

Adjectives are the ones that modify nouns. Fairest is technically an adjective, but can be a proper noun. I don't think it matters in this case.

Our current Open Goals

°Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
°Read a book with U.S. State in the title
°Read a book with parallel worlds
°Read a book with an adjective in the title
°Read a book with a wheel on the cover

Would this count as a wheel?

(look in circled area)

❅Rebecca❅ wrote: "Would this count as a wheel?

(look in circled area)"

It looks a bit like a globe to me... I might be wrong.. :/

And then there's a pinwheel or whatever.

I think it looks like a ring around a planet.

Our current Open Goals

°Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
°Read a book with parallel worlds
°Read a book with an adjective in the title
°Read a book with a wheel on the cover
°Read a book where the page numbers add to 5 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)

Meg your Book has 320 pages and fitted the goal °Read a book where the page numbers add to 5 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)

Our current Open Goals

°Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
°Read a book with parallel worlds
°Read a book with an adjective in the title
°Read a book with a wheel on the cover
°Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number

We have our first repeated goal

°Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number

Finished
4 stars
448 page ct
11/12/15

Note
*I did start the first October 31st, but with new challenges I had to put it down, and work on those.
So I started over, and reread the first chapter, and kust completed the book.

Dangerous is an adjective:http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/par...

I just put it Graces book for that one.

Current Goals:

°Read a book that contains the word radish
°Read a book where the kindle version is 500 or more pages
°Read a book with parallel worlds
°Read a book with a wheel on the cover
°Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number

Thanks Abbie I had debated using that but was going to leave it. I just searched my Kindle for the word radish I have 18 books that contain it. Two of them I was planning to read soonish.

All the books I plan to read for this. I also plan on getting more.

Awwwwwwwwwww. I am reading . Unfortunately the series is a trilogy. (Not 10 books; or worse 1,000. Even worse: 10,000)

The parallel worlds goal is covered by the book I finished yesterday Ten Thousand Skies Above You