Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I'm totally addicted to these challenges. I'm going away for three weeks end of June/beginning July BUT I'm going to go and buy an ipad so I can still play the challenge and keep in touch. "

That's what I call dedication! ...or a really good excuse to pull the trigger on a long debated purchase ;)

When travelling I've gone weeks at a time with just an iPad for Internet and it works great. One time we got a wifi hotspot so we could use Google maps for directions while driving and while it wasn't perfect we got where we were going :)

I'm very excited too.

Karen, thanks for sharing the battleship. neat.

I just recently joined this group after being a part of the UNO 2016 challenge over in the perks of being a book addict group.

I discovered that I love challenges and this one sounds so fun and involved!

Wonderful Chelsea! :) great to have you here. :)

Just reading the info on Battleship and am so excited. I've never come across it before but sounds fun. Not sure I can wait till June. I want to start now :)

Daphne wrote: "Oh, my other question. I would love to consider signing up to lead or co-lead a team, but I will be out of the country on vacation for most of September. I will still be reading and listening lots,..."

Omg i'm so jealous! That sounds amazing! Take lots of pics and show us? =D

Beyond excited! *my fingers are so ready to sign up*

Eni wrote: "Daphne wrote: "Oh, my other question. I would love to consider signing up to lead or co-lead a team, but I will be out of the country on vacation for most of September. I will still be reading and ..."

Daphne takes the best vacations!

What is the minimum page count for the books?

Teresa wrote: "What is the minimum page count for the books?"

Our standard for team challenges - 160 pages :)

You'll also get general wobble rules after all letters are covered.

This looks like a lot of fun. I've not participated in a team challenge before.

I have a question - it may be covered when the general Wobble rules are shared...if so, please feel free to tell me to be patient!

I totally understand this:
◈ Books may be used for one event/task across all Wobble Events

My question is - Can a book that is used for one event in Wobble be used in a totally separate challenge - example, could it also be used in Around the World Team Challenge or a CYOA individual challenge?

Kudos to all the Mods and everyone that is working on setting up Wobble! It sounds awesome!!

Angie ☯ wrote: "My question is - Can a book that is used for one event in Wobble be used in a totally separate challenge - example, could it also be used in Around the World Team Challenge or a CYOA individual challenge?"

Oh yes, it can be used for any individual challenge (or Around the World), just not again within Wobble.

I'm stumped on the L & E. Looking forward to the new challenge!

Karsyn wrote: "Oh yes, it can be used for any individual challenge (or Around the World), just not again within Wobble....."

Awesome! Thanks, Karsyn!

Wonder whether L could be leaning tower as a variant of tower teams... Not really sure about that or the E

I think the Battleship is quite interesting! I feel this challenge will be pretty intense :) I'm also looking forward to how the teams will arranged, they are always so creatively done.

Btw the reason for my question concerning the numbers of pages read is based on the feedback after the first edition of Wheelathon and TT. I remembered that some had asked that after a certain number of pages their books will count for more. For example if someone reads 3 books in a week with an average of 300 pages and in the same time span another reader in the team reads a door stopper of let's say 600 pages or more, then imo both have contributed equally. I don't know if these challenges will take that into consideration or if I'm too early with my question :)

Audrey Jane wrote: "I think the Battleship is quite interesting! I feel this challenge will be pretty intense :) I'm also looking forward to how the teams will arranged, they are always so creatively done.

Btw the re..."

I see what you are saying.

On Wheel it's different though. A letter is a letter, so hopefully people will gravitate towards shorter or normal page counts, rather than doorstoppers. That'll just be a regular spell-it-out and page counts won't come into play, points wise.

I can say that with Olympics and Battleship, pages do play a part and there are higher points for longer books.

All the challenges are very different and each have their own sets of rules and points, which will be given just before that part of the challenge starts.

This will be my first team challenge, and I'm so excited! I see that sign-ups are May 15. Do we know what time the sign-ups will open yet?

I was also wondering about the format of the teams. Like how many teams there usually are and how many members are part of each team. And also how we'll communicate. Will we have to set up our own stuff to communicate? Or will each team just have its own discussion thread in the group?

Jessie wrote: "This will be my first team challenge, and I'm so excited! I see that sign-ups are May 15. Do we know what time the sign-ups will open yet?

I was also wondering about the format of the teams. Like..."

Glad you are looking forward to your first team challenge. :)

I can't tell you exactly time when it'll be posted since all of us is in different time zones. It'll probably be done by mod that is first online.

As for your other question, I can't give you specific since it depends on people signing up. Usually at the sign-up we ask you how many books can/will you read in specific time frame and based on those numbers we try to make teams even. Since not everyone read at the same speed, teams will wary in number of people in it.
We also make threads for each team where you can talk and make plans or just post your reading. Those are usually up sometime after sign-ups are closed and before challenge starts.

This looks so fun!!

I don't know what the L and E stand for either. Wondering if there will be some sort of cover challenge....

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I'm totally addicted to these challenges. I'm going away for three weeks end of June/beginning July BUT I'm going to go and buy an ipad so I can still play the challenge and keep in touch.

It sou..."

Lisa, I'm LMAO...We are so addicted...

Hmm, L for ladders like shoots (snakes) and ladders.

E? I have no idea what E would be for.

A quick question: I know the books from here can be used for separate challenges. Does that count for quests/book reserves for A novel role playing game?

This challenge looks more and more awesome every day! I've never done bingo here, I wonder what it would look like...

~dives into the archives~

E....Hmm....Exposure Reading??? Challenge yourself to read a new genre? I have a BUNCH of new genres I want to explore!

The L has me wondering if the mods will use all those recommendations and books read during the Leprechaun challenge. I love the Tower Teams challenge, it's one of my favorites, but we just finished that in January or February. That's not to say we won't be doing a mini-Tower.

Hey! Maybe it will be a Little Tower Challenge!

Becky- I also though of Leprechaun. Other thought was Life and for fun Laser Tag (I know that doesn't make sense!).

E- maybe Education? Like the University challenge?

For L I was thinking Ludo or Life no clue on E.

This looks like it's going to be so much fun! I love challenges! Thank you mods for setting this up. I can't wait for the fun to start. I'm also going to be gone without much internet for 3 weeks this summer, but if you need a co-captain I'm happy to help. :)

Jessica wrote: "A quick question: I know the books from here can be used for separate challenges. Does that count for quests/book reserves for A novel role playing game?"

Yes. Books used for Wobble can be used anywhere elsewhere in NBRC for other games/challenges including RPG, ATW, and individual challenges. It just can't be used again within Wobble.

Glad a part of Wobble is stumping you all! :)

Just went into google and apparently the most common search when you put in games is "games beginning with e". Me thinks I'm not the only one googling for ideas :)

This sounds amazing! I just took part in my first team challenge and I was looking around for another slightly more challenging challenge

Thank you for the answer Karsyn! Just wanted to be sure before commiting :)

This challenge sounds amazing! I can't wait to sign up

I am definitely up for this challenge and i see lots of people i have done challenges with before Hi Sonia, Cait, Lisa (Aussie Girl) Tea to mention just a view. I have captained before but am not sure am capable of something this complicated

How about the last two letter images revealed?!? I dunno that they will help y'all figure it out though..... ;)

Legends and myths & Epics and battles

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Legends and myths & Epics and battles"

You're on the right track. :)

Whatcha think about the L Reveal?

Looks terrifying :)

This challenge is making my head wobble, lol. So many different components, it will be a whirlwind. I foresee a future of many 160 page juvenile books to keep up with everything. Which isn't a bad thing, I've been working on reading many of the Newbery Winners and Honors books.

A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: " I foresee a future of many 160 page juvenile books to keep up with everything. "

It SEEMS like a lot, with all the different components in one, but it's really not. During TTIV, the average amount of books read per week was 50 (per team), so we took that into consideration. We won't be asking y'all to read 300 books a week or anything, it just seems overwhelming!

I'm feeling overwhelmed by it all at the moment - but should be a good way to push myself to read different things.

Have a habit of reading doorstop books that I might have to find a way round while the challenge is running

This challenge looks interesting. I'm looking forward to signing up.

This will be perfect for me. I have a plethora of unread books on my Kindle and I am usually stuck in a rut of the same genre. I think this will be a great way to read some new books and make some new friends along the way!

It looks like this is gonna be a great challenge! I can't wait to get started!

I'm really looking forward to working on this challenge! It does seem like a lot when we're getting the information all at once, but I like the concept of working on different goals every 2-3 weeks so you don't get stuck on one type of genre or whatnot. It'll be my first team challenge, so I'm super stoked about it!