Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Sadly was not in the mood to read AT ALL while away (which was kind of to be expected as I stayed with friends and went to a concert) so I'll tryyyy to catch up on some reading but I can't promise I'll be able to finish anything this week anymore, sorry :(

Christina wrote: "Sadly was not in the mood to read AT ALL while away (which was kind of to be expected as I stayed with friends and went to a concert) so I'll tryyyy to catch up on some reading but I can't promise ..."

okay, just do what you can :) Hope you had a great time with your friends. :D

I will make @least 2 books done. The 3rd is up in the air. Is this bingo challenge just this week?

almost finished with my book.

Mamacita wrote: "I will make @least 2 books done. The 3rd is up in the air. Is this bingo challenge just this week?"

Yes, its just this week :D

Maritza wrote: "almost finished with my book."

Yay!!!

Week 7's MINI-CHALLENGE is here.....

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This week's mini-challenge is going to be a spell-it-out challenge and I have already come up with 37 word combinations, 2 of which are 7 letter words and 1 is an 8 letter word for the BONUS!! Whooot whooot!! Took me forever to find them WHICH is why we are not going to reveal the words, lol. We decided not to give the other teams an edge and we are going to play this challenge close to the chest.

A spreadsheet has been made called ENVY MINI and that has the letters we are looking to fill and you can just claim a letter for this challenge. Since we are focusing on 22 letters they will be listed first as our primary target. We usually read more than 22 books, so there will be additional letters to make more words as well but please focus on the initial 22.

Here are the spell it out rules:

One letter = One Book. You can use the first letter in titles, series names, authors (first or last names) that correspond to the word you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)

Thank you for being great team members! We are halfway through the challenge thus far and we appreciate all that you have done and read to meet these challenges each week!! GO TEAM VORACITY!! :D

Minx wrote: "Week 7's MINI-CHALLENGE is here.....

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This week's mini-challenge is going to be a spell-it-out challenge and ..."

This looks like a fun one too! I can't believe the challenge is halfway over already, its going so fast!

I know, I enjoy spell it out challenges!! 🤣 Well I love all reading challenges, honestly. 🥰

I love spell it out challenges!!

Ok I finished Wilder Girls just in time and am about to go answer the last 2 days of questions. Can someone remind me how I link that here for the captains to see?

JanEyre9 wrote: "I love spell it out challenges!!

Ok I finished Wilder Girls just in time and am about to go answer the last 2 days of questions. Can someone remind me how I link that here for the captains to see?"

on the BOM spreadsheet you just enter the comment number then add the link :D.

Ok thanks, let me know if I do it wrong, lol

Also do BOMs still go on the regular reporting tab of the SS?

JanEyre9 wrote: "Also do BOMs still go on the regular reporting tab of the SS?"

yes, they do.

JanEyre9 wrote: "Ok thanks, let me know if I do it wrong, lol"

Jan, you entered the book perfectly on the BOM SS, I added the book for you on the reporting thread, so you don't have to worry about it. :D

thanks!

Mamacita wrote: "I will make @least 2 books done. The 3rd is up in the air. Is this bingo challenge just this week?"

Hey Mama, I saw that the books you were going to finish were for Rich and King, so I grabbed a short lobster book to cover that word :D. Thanks for the books you are reading because they are high page counts :D

Maritza or Minx, if you still have a copy - can anyone find out if Two Can Keep A Secret will work for either treasure or steak for our bingo sheet? Or maybe oyster? I started listening to the audiobook tonight and can't stop listening, so I'm hoping I'll finish it by Sunday evening already!

Christina wrote: "Maritza or Minx, if you still have a copy - can anyone find out if Two Can Keep A Secret will work for either treasure or steak for our bingo sheet? Or maybe oyster? I started listening to the audi..."

It doesn't work for those words BUT it does work for cake which was one of my words. So let's put that book for cake and I will look for another word :D

Pg 22: ….”scraping the last of his birthday cake off a plate while Mom….”

Christina wrote: "Maritza or Minx, if you still have a copy - can anyone find out if Two Can Keep A Secret will work for either treasure or steak for our bingo sheet? Or maybe oyster? I started listening to the audi..."

I randomly came across oyster in a book I had to read today for another challenge so we've got that one covered. ;)

Also key to note with spell outs that Minx left of the list - Character names work too. :)

Shelby wrote: "Christina wrote: "Maritza or Minx, if you still have a copy - can anyone find out if Two Can Keep A Secret will work for either treasure or steak for our bingo sheet? Or maybe oyster? I started lis..."

I didn't include them on the list because the spell it out rules indicated that some of the challenges included the character names and I hadn't heard in the chatter that they were or weren't being used for this spell it out, so I opted for not including them until I heard otherwise :D

Minx wrote: "Christina wrote: "Maritza or Minx, if you still have a copy - can anyone find out if Two Can Keep A Secret will work for either treasure or steak for our bingo sheet? Or maybe oyster? I started lis..."

aaaaand I finished :D at least something this week, lol. can't believe that trip and concert put me into a bit of a reading slump; all I wanted to do was listen to music...

Christina wrote: "Minx wrote: "Christina wrote: "Maritza or Minx, if you still have a copy - can anyone find out if Two Can Keep A Secret will work for either treasure or steak for our bingo sheet? Or maybe oyster? ..."

How was the BOM. Just started and it seems alright so far.

Minx - I’m assuming they’re in play based off the last big spell out being Wheel of Brown and they worked then. I hadn’t heard of a challenge where they couldn’t be used but I certainly don’t play all challenges here so I could easily be wrong.

Maritza wrote: "Christina wrote: "Minx wrote: "Christina wrote: "Maritza or Minx, if you still have a copy - can anyone find out if Two Can Keep A Secret will work for either treasure or steak for our bingo sheet?..."

It was quite alright I'd say. Some things were kind of predictable, or I at least had considered them before, but I hadn't figured out who did the things, you know? and it was so quick to get through!!! on audio anyway, but wow I couldn't stop!!

Sophie, I need you to rate your Starless Sea book or we can't use it :(

Ugh I didn't rate 2 books this week because I didn't want to rate them. Oh well, I will rate both and delete my rating later on I guess!

TEAM! I'm so sorry! I didn't finish any books this week. I will get @least 3 done next week tho. Again, I'm so sorry!!

I may be able to finish King or rich. But just not b4 noon.

Mamacita wrote: "I may be able to finish King or rich. But just not b4 noon."

Mama, I moved 2 books around to cover yours, so no worries.

Please look at the Envy tab on the SS and see where those books might fit for next weeks mini-challenge.

Sophie wrote: "Ugh I didn't rate 2 books this week because I didn't want to rate them. Oh well, I will rate both and delete my rating later on I guess!"

I am sorry. I sometimes like to think about my ratings as well. For this challenge they require the rating though.

I finished my last book, The Wishing Spell, but am not by a computer. can someone add it to the SS for me? I used it for the bingo word "might". page 29 - "Alex held back her laughter with all her might..."

Amazing job this week you guys!!!

44 books read this week AND we completed 9 Bingo lines! So phenomenal. Love it!

Where does it say we have to rate a finished book for it to count? 🤔 I must have missed that...

Shelby wrote: "Amazing job this week you guys!!!

44 books read this week AND we completed 9 Bingo lines! So phenomenal. Love it!"

Good job Team!

Shelby wrote: "Amazing job this week you guys!!!

44 books read this week AND we completed 9 Bingo lines! So phenomenal. Love it!"

That was an AMAZING week! Great job team!!

Minx wrote: "Mamacita wrote: "I may be able to finish King or rich. But just not b4 noon."

Mama, I moved 2 books around to cover yours, so no worries.

Please look at the Envy tab on the SS and see where thos..."

IMPORTANT NEWS:

It is official, when you are looking for books for the ENVY mini-challenge you can use any speaking characters, first or last name.

So to re-cap:

- One letter = One Book.
- The first letter in titles
- series names
- authors (first or last names)
- You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.)
- any speaking characters first or last name.

in case anybody has missed it, Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo is the adult BOM for December. It starts Dec 2 and since TT ends on Dec 16 you can participate until then in order to get BOM points for it. Here's the link to the BOM thread.

I'm not interested in this book at all so I hope someone else will sign up for DQs this time around ;)

Christina wrote: "in case anybody has missed it, Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo is the adult BOM for December. It starts Dec 2 and since TT ends on Dec 16 you can parti..."

I just read this one a few weeks ago so I won't be able to do this BOM either

It is CRAZY to believe that as a team we have already read 82,226 so far (not including this weeks books)!! Just wanted to say that I really appreciate all the read you have been doing for the team!! :D Great job Team Voracity!!

Minx, you have been doing a great job. Thanks for all your help and prompt responses. We have got an awesome team.

Thank You 😊. I was just blown away by the numbers and wanted to share.

Minx wrote: "It is CRAZY to believe that as a team we have already read 82,226 so far (not including this weeks books)!! Just wanted to say that I really appreciate all the read you have been doing for the team..."

Wow that's a lot!!!!

Hey Teamies! We have our newest MINI-CHALLENGE!! Here it is:

GLUTTONY


Here is the MOST IMPORTANT part:

However, they need to be finished consecutively. #3 cannot be finished before #1, and #10 cannot be finished before #6. You may skip numbers on your way up, but you cannot read for a number that is lower than the one that has been read previously. The ladder only goes up, not down.

When you check out the spreadsheet you will see the open spots between the books that Shelby and I had planned on reading. Just claim a spot as long as you realize that the other teammates on the ladder require you to finish your book before they can finish theirs. We don’t want to lose any books on the ladder because a book didn’t get finished in time.

This is a biggie:

◈ It needs to be clearly visible on GoodReads which # in the series the book is.

Now for the mood readers on the team, if you don’t feel like reading a serial book, don’t. Between Shelby and I we have a pretty good ladder. You can read whatever you feel like and just enter it under the Sin Bingo books. If, however, you have a book that is a serial and you want to read, claim away.

IF YOU HAVE a book that you have to read, for example an ARC you have committed to and it is a serial # that has been claimed - please let us know and we will accommodate the need :D

Every book in the ladder is worth 5 points, so if your book works for a Sin Bingo, use it there please. Any questions, please let us know :D


The Spreadsheet for Gluttony is on the SS its basic right now because I am literally running out the door to an appointment but I will make it pretty later. You can make any claims you like now though.

I'm a bit behind this week! It's been a very hectic week but I'm about halfway through a big book and am hoping to read 2 more shorter ones this weekend. But hopefully I will finish at least 2 :)

That's great Sophie as I'm behind again :/

I'm confused about the last point of the Gluttony mini. Does it mean that we're getting 10 bonus points every 3 books we enter?

Christina wrote: "I'm confused about the last point of the Gluttony mini. Does it mean that we're getting 10 bonus points every 3 books we enter?"

For every 3 books read in order (example 1, 2, 3) we will get 15 points (5 points each) plus an addition 10 points. So for every 3 "rungs" we are getting 25 points.

Also, if you claim a task just be prudent and when you finish log it on the reporting SS asap that way the next reader can finish theirs. Of course you can start reading anytime but we want to get the books finished and entered with plenty time to spare.

Again, if you don't want to read a serial book, just read for the Sin books :D