Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

About this Challenge
◈ Starts on 13th July, 2014
◈ The first team to reach 2000 points wins (If more than one team reaches 1000 points in the same week, then the team with the highest points is the winner)
◈ Each week the mods will "spin the wheel" and assign each team a genre name
◈ The team's task is to read books to spell out the genre name for 10 points per letter
◈ The team will get an extra 15 bonus points if all the letters in the genre name are part of their spell-it-out
◈ The team will get an additional 20 bonus points if at least one person in the group reads a book of that genre (the book must be "shelved" by at least 10 users on Goodreads for that genre)
◈ Once teams have read their genre name for the week they can "re-read" the genre name to gain more points (10 points per letter, but no bonus points)
◈ Books must be more than 160 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 160 pages

How a "spell it out" works
Spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book's title, the first letter in the author's first or last name, the first letter in the series name, or the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with an indefinite or definite article ('A', 'An', 'The', etc.), you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word. If your book starts with a number (e.g. 24 Bones) use the number to determine the first letter (in this example, it would be T)

Challenge requirements

To be a part of this challenge you need to be able to:
◈ Read at least one book per week
◈ Create a special shelf for the challenge for the books you are reading
◈ Check-in on your team's discussion thread at least once per week
◈ Have fun!

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To join, please post your:

★Name
★Approximate number of books read per year
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge)
★If you are willing to be a team captain

About Team Captains
There will be no "special twists" for this challenge so your role is pretty easy for this challenge and you just need to:
* help motivate your team to complete the spell-it-out each week
* check that the books are posted within the right time frame and submit each week to BookNinja (Posts will be due each week by 11am Sunday Australian Eastern Standard Time (exact time to be determined with team captains) - convert this to your timezone here)

Current sign ups (to post 200)

Note:that an 'average' books has been taken for purposes of the spreadsheet

reserved

I get to be the first posting :)

★Name - Karen
★Approximate number of books read per year - 120
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) - Australia
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) - Wheelathon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain - sure

Ohhhhhhh, Fun! :)


★Name ~ Karsyn
★Approximate number of books read per year ~ 200
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) ~ North America (USA ~ East Coast)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) ~ Wheel-a-Thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain ~ Yup

★Name: Amanda
★Approximate number of books read per year: ~200
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): USA (West Coast)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge): Wheel-a-Thon
★If you are willing to be a team captain:
Unfortunately, I'll be gone for a little over a week in July. I wouldn't be able to do much during that time. But I would be happy to help out as co-captain.

★Name: Kimberly
★Approximate number of books read per year: 100 (but I'm 10 books ahead of schedule right now)
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): Australia (Tasmania)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge): Wheelathon
★If you are willing to be a team captain: No, but I'd be willing to be a co-captain, if needed - if not needed, I'll skip it this time

Karen! I can't resist all of these team challenges! Everyone stop having fun or I will go insane!!! :P

★Name: Logan
★Approximate number of books read per year: ~200
★Your continent: North America (CDT)
★Your shelf name: NBRC Wheelathon
★If you are willing to be a team captain: I'll say no for now, but if you need more captains when sign up is over, I can probably swing it.

★Name - Pigletto
★Approximate number of books read per year - 80-120
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) - Europe
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) - wheel-a-thon
★If you are willing to be a team captain - no, I've just started a new job and will be doing a diploma over the next few months too

Logan wrote: "Karen! I can't resist all of these team challenges! Everyone stop having fun or I will go insane!!! :P
..."

lol!! welcome :)

This would be my first team challenge. I've done other challenges in this group.

★Name - Karen
★Approximate number of books read per year - 200
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones)- North America US (CDT), Illinois
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) - Challenge-NBRC-Wheel-A-Thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain - Since this is my first team challenge, think I should pass.

★Name: Sallie
★Approximate number of books read per year: 120
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): US-CST, Illinois
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge): NBRC-Wheelathon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain: YES

Sounds like fun!

*Name: Becky
★Approximate number of books read per year: 100+
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): US-CST, Oklahoma
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge): NBRC-Wheel-A-Thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain: This is only my second team challenge and I've only been on GR's since March, so I'd rather not.

I'm not very familiar with Australia and didn't see a Australian Eastern timezone. which one would be the same? I was trying to see if the posting time would be one where I could be a captain or not.

select Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
:)
If the time doesn't work for the captains I am happy to make it later that day

Turtlecollector wrote: "I'm not very familiar with Australia and didn't see a Australian Eastern timezone. which one would be the same? I was trying to see if the posting time would be one where I could be a captain or ..."

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...

sounds like fun

★Name: Lesley
★Approximate number of books read per year: ~200
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) North America (Eastern time zone)
★Your shelf name: NBRC Wheelathon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain no, only because my weekend online time is sporadic

★Name Erin
★Approximate number of books read per year 200 to 300 books
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) North America, Nebraska (sorry, I am blanking out on the time zone)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) NBRC Wheelathon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain Not really, I am not a fan of being a leader

I'm in...

Name: Lisa - Aussie Girl
Books per Year: 200
Continent: East Coast, Australia
Shelf Name: NBRC Wheelathon
Captain: No thanks

Kimberly wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "I'm not very familiar with Australia and didn't see a Australian Eastern timezone. which one would be the same? I was trying to see if the posting time would be one where ..."

Karen wrote: "select Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
:)
If the time doesn't work for the captains I am happy to make it later that day"

Thanks.

★Name: Turtlecollector, aka TC, Turtle
★Approximate number of books read per year: Currently on pace to read 400 this year, my highest ever
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): USA - PST
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge): nbrc-wheel
★If you are wiling to be a team captain: Yes, I can be a captain if needed

★Name:Lizz
★Approximate number of books read per year:100+
★Your continent:US-CST Texas
★Your shelf name:NBRC Wheelathon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain:Not this round I am trying to find a "big girl" job

★Name:Sandy
★Approximate number of books read per year:145 (but I'm a little behind right now!)
★Your continent:US-CDT Minnesota
★Your shelf name: Wheelathon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain:Not this time

★Name ~ Margaret
★Approximate number of books read per year ~ 100-140
★Your continent~ North America (USA)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) ~ Wheel-a-Thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain ~ No

I'm in...I just finished the last team challenge and loved it!

★Name ~ Greta
★Approximate number of books read per year ~ on schedule for more than 50
★Your continent~ US-CDT Minnesota
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) ~ NBRC Wheelathon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain ~ No

Sandy, I saw you said MN...me too! I'm just south of you in Lonsdale!

What is the duration of this challenge? Is it 6 weeks like the last one?

★Name - Renee
★Approximate number of books read per year - 120
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) - Australia (NT)
★Your shelf name(for books read during the challenge) - wheel-a-thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain - No - I'll be away at the beginning, but I could Co-captain with Amanda?

Greta wrote: "What is the duration of this challenge? Is it 6 weeks like the last one?"

Hi Greta - It is the first team to 1000 points, so I would guess that will take 6-8 weeks

Ok, thanks!

I'm in

★Name ❤Stephanie
★Approximate number of books read per year 200-250
★Your continent Australia (AEST)
★Your shelf name wheel-a-thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain No Thanks

Kimberly wrote: "★Name: Kimberly
★Approximate number of books read per year: 100 (but I'm 10 books ahead of schedule right now)
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): Australia (Tasmania)
★Your she..."

Hey Kimberly, it would be awesome if we could be on the same team :)

❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Styxx Anaxkolasiღ♥ღ wrote: "Hey Kimberly, it would be awesome if we could be on the same team :) "

Agreed! :)

Kimberly wrote: "❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Styxx Anaxkolasiღ♥ღ wrote: "Hey Kimberly, it would be awesome if we could be on the same team :) "

Agreed! :)"

Yay, I wonder who we ask for that to happen

I'll do what I can when making the teams (but they will mostly be driven by total numbers of books and location)
:)

★Name : Skandia
★Approximate number of books read per year: 120
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): Europe GMT +3
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge)Wheelaton
★If you are wiling to be a team captain :No, thanks

I added the link to my bookshelf in my post #31

★Name: Lauren
★Approximate number of books read per year: 170
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): Europe (GMT+3)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge): 2014 Wheel-a-Thon
★If you are willing to be a team captain: Yes

★Name - Sonia
★Approximate number of books read per year - 100
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) - Europe (GMT)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) - wheel-a-thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain - Sadly, no, since I'll be busy the last two weeks of August. But I can help as a co-captain after that.

Karen wrote: "Logan wrote: "Karen! I can't resist all of these team challenges! Everyone stop having fun or I will go insane!!! :P
..."

lol!! welcome :)"

AHAHAHHAHAHA

I hear you.
If not for the fun I had googling all those pretty masks and inventing evil ways of inventing tricks to make life harder the UncoverIt! more fun I would be pouting till no end for being in the background.

★Name
Tea

★Approximate number of books read per year
200+

★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones)
Europe - CET

★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge)
nbrc-wheels *private profile*

★If you are wiling to be a team captain
hm, no. Post time is too early am here. Maybe co-captain with someone who has better time zone

❀Tea❀ wrote: "
hm, no. Post time is too early am here. Maybe co-captain with someone who has better time zone
"

I've moved it to be 6 hours later, as hopefully that works better for most people. I've recorded you as a possible co-captain, if you want to change that just let me know!

I'd love to join in with a team challenge again:

★Name - ✿Claire✿
★Approximate number of books read per year - 200
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) - Europe (UK)
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) - Wheel-a-thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain - I don't think I'll be able to this time, my job's too hit and miss at the moment. But I'll be happy to help out where I can.

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "I've moved it to be 6 hours later, as hopefully that works better for most people. I've recorded you as a possible co-captain, if you want to change that just let me know! "

oops. Missed that. I've read rules last night on tablet so I waited to be on comp to sign in (but didn't check the rules again).
This is better. 10am here. Should be up.

I'd still prefer being co-captain (traveling in August probably), but if you really really really need another captain I might be bought persuaded :D

★Name - Danielle
★Approximate number of books read per year - 400
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) - UK
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) - 2014-wheel-a-thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain - No thanks

★Name -Marie
★Approximate number of books read per year - around 150
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) Europe - Serbia CEST
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) Wheel-a-thon
★If you are wiling to be a team captain-I'll be traveling in August, and I'm not sure I'll have internet connection in Greece, so I'm not sure it would be possible. But I am willing. Maybe a co-captain?
Cheers!

★Name - Christine
★Approximate number of books read per year - 200+
★Your continent (so we can try and match time zones) - Europe/Austria CEST
★Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge) - nbrc wheel a thon challenge
★If you are wiling to be a team captain - no

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "
hm, no. Post time is too early am here. Maybe co-captain with someone who has better time zone
"

I've moved it to be 6 hours later, as hopefully that works better for most people...."

Well that's 3am for me. Is there any problem/disadvantage with posting earlier than the deadline? Otherwise I may need a co-captain or at least another teammate outside N. America.

Sonia wrote: "

AHAHAHHAHAHA

I hear you.
If not for t..."

I felt bad skipping UncoverIt, but I was worried I'd be too busy. Looks like you all had a lot of fun and I was jealous. :)

Hells yeah i'm in!

★ Name: Eni
★ Approximate number of books read per year: aiming for 80 this year
★ Your continent (so we can try and match time zones): Europe - Portugal, but i'm going to be 2 weeks in quarantine.. plus i am used to playing video games with US ppl.. so i'm good with whatever
★ Your shelf name (for books read during the challenge): wheel-a-thon-team-challenge-2014
★ If you are willing to be a team captain: If you need me to. I'm good either way.