Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Kazen wrote: "If someone is looking for a book to finish in the last 30-ish hours, we might be able to squeak out Card 1!

Read a book with irritating/annoying character or book that was annoying to you
Read a ..."

Not sure if biting during kissing counts, but there are several references to biting in Walk Through Fire which is Banked.

I found on my to-read shelf...I think that's blood...372 pgs...I'll start, but confirm it can be used for 'blood' please.

Tammie - no worries, we may be able to find TA books to fill those holes, we still have a couple left in case of emergency :)

Kazen wrote: "Tammie - no worries, we may be able to find TA books to fill those holes, we still have a couple left in case of emergency :)"

Ok I won't read...library has it...so I can get...message me if you chg your mind

I will work on finishing The Way You Look Tonight in next 16 hrs

I finished The Circle
Not sure if that fits anywhere.

There is an annoying character, but I think someone had that one already.

I'll finish Once Broken Faith and Landline today I hope!

Bethany wrote: "I'll finish Once Broken Faith and Landline today I hope!"

Rainbow Rowell's Landline?

Pragya wrote: "Bethany wrote: "I'll finish Once Broken Faith and Landline today I hope!"

Rainbow Rowell's Landline?"

Yep!

Finished

Rose and the Lost Princess
by Holly Webb
06Nov
255 pgs
Characters (view spoiler)[
Gus
Aloysius Fountain
Bella
Isabella
George
Ezra
Frederick Paxton
Miss Bullerby
Miss Trout
Lord Venn (hide spoiler)]

That's probably my last book for the event. It's my guy's bday and he has the day off (which was a surprise this morning) so I've got some celebrating to do. :)

Finished:

Landline by Rainbow Rowell
11/6
308 Pages

I don't know where this fits!

Lory wrote: "I finished The Circle
Not sure if that fits anywhere.

There is an annoying character, but I think someone had that one already."

That's perfect for circle in the title - the mods haven't gotten back to me yet so we can use that, yea!

I'm on a subway platform at the moment so Rose, it's all yours if you beat me to it! :D

Finished! 11/6

The Way You Look Tonight, Bella Andre
194 pgs
Not sure if you need any details
Rate Sullivan
Brooke Jensen
Cord Delacorte
Mia

CARD 4
Merely Kats
These adorable little cats can pop out of of the ground and survey the land. However, they are not sufficiently adorable to have their own television show. Therefore, they can be killed for their soft fuzzy skin without public outrage.

Attack: 25 Health: 65

Rewards:
•7 Experience
•1 Shield Potion

CARD 5

You've never been one to try to outdo everyone else. No one really needs to go a whole 20,000 leagues under the sea when 5,000 is plenty. You're quite sure after traveling 5,000 leagues that there's really nothing more that would surprise you down there. You've seen all the fish, sunken ships, sharks and mermaids that you could ever care to see in the sea. Just make sure to take some pictures so you can have a few rounds bought for you at the Tavern after you've returned.
Travel 5,000 leagues and take pictures! Reserve a wonderful spot at the tavern for all your stories.
Leagues may be traveled by reading books. To determine the amount of leagues traveled by a single book, round down to the nearest 100 pages, then calculate 2 to the power of the number of hundreds of pages. (Hint: use the xy button on the calculator)
Examples: 512 page book -> 5 hundred pages -> 2^5 = 32 leagues
(If not all spots are needed, x out all columns)


Tasks:
•Book 1
•Book 2
•Book 3
•Book 4
•Book 5
•Book 6
•Book 7
•Book 8
•Book 9
•Book 10

Rewards:
•5 Experience
•1 Greater Heal Potion
•1 Shield Potion

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 5

You've never been one to try to outdo everyone else. No one really needs to go a whole 20,000 leagues under the sea when 5,000 is plenty. You're quite sure after traveling 5,000 leagues th..."

Their math has got to be off on that one? 10 x 500 page books would be like 320 leagues. Seems a bit impossible to get to 5000

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 11/6

The Way You Look Tonight, Bella Andre
194 pgs
Not sure if you need any details
Rate Sullivan
Brooke Jensen
Cord Delacort..."

got it :)

Kazen wrote: "Lory wrote: "I finished The Circle
Not sure if that fits anywhere.

There is an annoying character, but I think someone had that one already."

That's perfect for circle in the tit..."

Another card incoming

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Landline by Rainbow Rowell
11/6
308 Pages

I don't know where this fits!"

Nor do I, but it is officially in reserve

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished

Rose and the Lost Princess
by Holly Webb
06Nov
255 pgs
Characters
Gus
Aloysius Fountain
Bella
Isabella
George
Ezra
Frederick Paxton
Miss ..."

Entered. We'll have to have an official after-party for Wobble.

Finished

Once broken faith by Seanan McGuire.
Tenthin aseries?

Right, but it's exponential. So one 1300 page book would be enough for the whole task (8192 leagues). That's what a lot of us in NRPG did for this quest. It's not really... convenient for Emerge though. :/

Rose wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 5

You've never been one to try to outdo everyone else. No one really needs to go a whole 20,000 leagues under the sea when 5,000 is plenty. You're quite sure after..."

This was the first challenge I did with this group...anyone have recommendations for other challenges?

Will Wobble repeat? What is timing?

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Right, but it's exponential. So one 1300 page book would be enough for the whole task (8192 leagues). That's what a lot of us in NRPG did for this quest. It's not really... convenient for Emerge th..."

I discarded it. I think we should get one more card draw, and hopefully it's something we can fill on the spot

Tammie wrote: "This was the first challenge I did with this group...anyone have recommendations for other challenges?

Will Wobble repeat? What is timing?"

I don't know if wobble will repeat, but there are a couple other team challenges here and on Challange Factory that tend to pop up. I've done Wheel-a-thon and Tower teams. Wheel-a-thon was about the same as we did for this. Tower teams is closer to the task based games + wobble in climate

I'm guessing as huge as wobble is the Mods will need a breather before undertaking it again.

Oh gosh.

We have things in planning but we're not ready for announcements yet. It's not wobble again though.

finished
Opening Hearts by Iona Findley.
7th nov
205pgs
heart in title.

So that completes this wobble challenge and my 2016 reading challenge of 160 books in 2016. I wont be able to do another book since i'm off to work now. I had a great time you guys :) :) A wonderful group with awesome team mates. I hope to see u all around in other group challenges.

Congrats on finishing your Reading Challenge! :D

Ella wrote: "So that completes this wobble challenge and my 2016 reading challenge of 160 books in 2016."

CARD 5
Novel Kingdom is having some problems with geographical dissenters. The rogue group is calling themselves Novelarian Flat Page Society. They believe that all of Novel Kingdom exists on a single sheet of paper in a single book in the Great Reader's library. The head of the geography department is beside himself. Help him map out the world and prove that Novel Kingdom actually rests on the cover of a book laying on the Great Reader's coffee table.

Tasks:
•Read a book set in country where you live or come from.
•Read a book set in a foreign country.
•Read a book set in imaginary country.
•Read a book set on the continent you live on.
•Read a book set on another continent except North America and Europe.
•Read a book with mountains on the cover.
•Read a book with river/sea on the cover.
•Read a book with valley on the cover.
•Read a book with forest on the cover.

Rewards:
•12 Experience
•1 Greater Damage Potion

Kelly wrote: "Oh gosh.

We have things in planning but we're not ready for announcements yet. It's not wobble again though."

Cheers for another team challenge! I can't wait!

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Congrats on finishing your Reading Challenge! :D

Ella wrote: "So that completes this wobble challenge and my 2016 reading challenge of 160 books in 2016.""

Yes Congratulations! Not only did I complete mine thanks to Wobble but I exceeded it by 18 books! Will have to up my goal for next year ;-)

Ella wrote: "finished
Opening Hearts by Iona Findley.
7th nov
205pgs
heart in title.

So that completes this wobble challenge and my 2016 reading challenge of..."

Yay! I'm 93% done with my challenge and even though I know I'll probably definitely finish it, I'm so anxious :/

But yeah, this was fun, y'all, thanks for an amazing challenge!

Congrats on finishing WOBBLE!!!

Everyone has done an amazing job - it's incredible to see how much we were able to read over the past few months! And just think of how far we've come, from Battleship and Wheel-a-thon through Labors and Emerge. Congratulate yourself - you deserve it!

This is one of the most fun team experiences I've had on Goodreads and it's all thanks to you guys! Margaret and Rose are amazing co-captains, and I feel lucky to have gotten to know everyone over the course of this massive challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone around the group and watching your latest reads scroll across my update feed. :)

Interested in another team challenge? NBRC does that! There will be a breather/sanity break before the next team game, whatever it ends up being. In the past it's been four to six weeks, so keep an eye out. :)

I'm going to go through the spreadsheet over the next 12-16 hours and finalize everything, so don't be surprised if points or standings shift a bit.

Keep on rockin' and being your awesome selves, and goooo Red Pandas! :D

Kazen wrote: "

Congrats on finishing WOBBLE!!!



Everyone has done an amazing job - it's incredible to see how much we were able to read over the past few months! And just think of how far we've come, ..."

Thanks Kazen...looking forward to the final results! You have been an amazing Captain! Thanks to all of the work you Margaret and Rose put in!

Rose wrote: "Tammie wrote: "This was the first challenge I did with this group...anyone have recommendations for other challenges?

Will Wobble repeat? What is timing?"

I don't know if wobble will repeat, but ..."

Thanks Rose!

Kazen wrote: "

Congrats on finishing WOBBLE!!!



Everyone has done an amazing job - it's incredible to see how much we were able to read over the past few months! And just think of how far we've come, ..."

YAYY, GO PANDAS!!

Thanks everyone! Captains were amazing and this challenge was a lot of fun. I love doing team challenges as solo challenges don't keep me motivated :)

Lory wrote: "Thanks everyone! Captains were amazing and this challenge was a lot of fun. I love doing team challenges as solo challenges don't keep me motivated :)"

I agree Lory. Can't wait for the next team challenge. Be really fun if some of us were together again!

Waaah, I will miss my wobble team! :(

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Congrats on finishing your Reading Challenge! :D

Ella wrote: "So that completes this wobble challenge and my 2016 reading challenge of 160 books in 2016.""

Haha. thnx ray, caly, pragya. These challenges really speed the process along. Ive done 2 group challenges back to back with only less than 2 weeks gap during which I had my examz(and included a lot of reading even for that) so Im gonna take a time out until the next group challenge comes up. ofcourse i hav my examz from the 1st so have to study for that.... and im babbling lol. well I really enjoyed myself and Im looking forward to seeing u all in the next group challnge :)

Kazen thx fr being such an awesome captain. for all ur encouragement and funny comments heheh. ^^b (weird that i now know that's supposed to be a thumbs up lol)

Ella wrote: "Kazen thx fr being such an awesome captain. for all ur encouragement and funny comments heheh. ^^b (weird that i now know that's supposed to be a thumbs up lol) "

Yes! A round of applause for captains and co-captains and mods! *claps*

Bethany wrote: "Ella wrote: "Kazen thx fr being such an awesome captain. for all ur encouragement and funny comments heheh. ^^b (weird that i now know that's supposed to be a thumbs up lol) "

Yes! A round of appl..."

**Claps long and loud**

*CLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAPCLAP*

Lory wrote: "Thanks everyone! Captains were amazing and this challenge was a lot of fun. I love doing team challenges as solo challenges don't keep me motivated :)"

Same here! Nothing like points and other people to stay motivated :)

Caly wrote: "I agree Lory. Can't wait for the next team challenge. Be really fun if some of us were together again!"

I would love that :D

Bethany wrote: "Waaah, I will miss my wobble team! :("

Me, too! I feel like I could connect with you guys really well because a) you're awesome and b) it was a nice long challenge. :) The nice thing is that we can friend each other, that way we're never far, and always in each other's update feeds ^^v

Ella wrote: "I'm gonna take a time out until the next group challenge comes up."

ME TOO.

~sets up an armchair on a beach somewhere with an endtable full of books and an endless margarita~

;)

CARD 2
It's the 1st annual Scrounger Hunt in Novel Kingdom! Queen Skye has been plagued with requests for various things that her subjects need and has found a clever way to make everyone happy. She is offering reward potions to those who bring back items on her scrounger list of things that people need.

Tasks:
•Gold
•Cotton
•Silk
•Fabric
•Dye
•Candle
•Wax
•Ink
•Paper
•Bowl

Rewards:
•20 Gold

CARD 1
The Queen is going on a first date with a very nice Prince of the neighboring kingdom of Novella. She wants some idea's of nice things to do on her date.
Find the following words in the text of a book.

Tasks:
•Find the word LOVE in the Text
•Find the word HEART in the Text
•Find the word DINNER in the Text
•Find the word CHOCOLATE in the Text
•Find the word ROMANCE in the Text

Rewards:
•5 Experience
•1 Gold

YAY! We're done! You guys were all awesome. :)