The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

I was just wondering if I am on a team yet? I seem to be getting every notification from every group. So I am a bit confused here.

Stormie, the notification things are a goodreads profile function - you can enable/disble it for each group in your profile page. But yeah I bet that is confusing!

I tried fixing it. This is the only group that does it...I will check the settings again. Thanks!

Thanks Suzanne - yes that is true it is a GR set up that you can change for notifications (it must be currently on "all topics".
I don't have a spot for you yet Stormie, but will message you when there is one!

Is it ok to sign up even though I usually read books in Finnish and at the moment a series that has not even been translated into English so I would be the only one to tell if the book qualifies or not.(Unless there are other Finns participating...) I am honest with the challenge but I was just wondering that would it be a problem for others?

Thanks ok Tiina. :)

I have a question, and I think I'm still confused about the ruling on this.

Our team has a Reverse Card, a Draw 2 Card, an 8 and a 4 Card.

My question is:

Can my team made read The Eyre Affair|Jasper Fforde - a book I finished reading on 03/10/13, to cover the Reverse Card

And... can we also use that same book for the Draw 2 Card to cover:

Card #8 ('E' title), and Card #4 ('F' Author)?

Short answer is no. You need a different card for the Draw 2 to cover the 8&4. Or you can use the reverse card as one of your Draw 2 cards and only cover the 8 OR 4. As a draw 2 only gives you two other cards to cover (not 3 which is in your example)

Thanks, Karen!

Is there a tracking spreadsheet of some kind so we can see where we stand in relation to other teams? Hands finished? Points, etc.?

Yes I have shared this with the captains, but it is a public document to view.
So if you're interested, I have linked all the totals from all the spreadsheets to this spreadsheet which will give you a point in time reference on team points. Obviously the points are only as accurate as the team captains are up to date with their spreadsheets :)

We're not sure about how to use the surname for Morgan le Fay. Would it be the 'F'?

Yes, I'd let that be a L or F, so you can use the F

Thanks, Karen!

So for a book title called "Locked in Stone," would the 7 card work because there is an S in the title, or does the title have to start with an S?

It needs to start with s, so that one can't count as a 6 or 7

I have copied all the randomised cards to your March tab of your spreadsheets - hooray!

NOTE: There are 13 hands for March to stretch your reading goals even further!

How long do audiobooks have to be? I thought I'd ordered the unabridged version of I Capture the Castle from the library, but I've ended up with the abridged version, which is only 5 hours long. Is that too short?

The word count is 123,857 of the unabridged version, which is 343 pages on the default edition on GR, 12 hours 18 minutes on the unabridged audio.

I calculate that works out as approximately 50,000 words for 5 hours.

Is that ok???

oh that is annoying when that happens!
yes that should still meet the 40,000 words for the challenge (usually around 3.5 hours)

Thanks Karen. I was disappointed, I'll probably miss lots of good bits. :(

Not sure yet David. We'll probably have a break for a month or so before another team challenge

Karen , is there a deadline countdown?
I may be able to squeeze in one more book!

Just by the end of the 30th in your time and then we'll have a deadline for the captains to update the spreadsheets so we can finalise the points!

Thank you

Final Rankings

Team Name	Feb 	March 	April 	Total

Betty Boop	2125	2180	2300	8060
Monster High	2125	2225	2285	7955
Shrek	 2015	2240	2350	7300
Fraggle Rock	2005	2270	2180	7065
Speed Racer	2095	2140	2240	7060
Frozen	 2095	2265	2020	6870
Harry Potter	1790	2255	2245	6720
Green Lantern	2015	2120	1625	6115
Angry birds	1840	2030	1970	6060
Nightmare BC	1880	2155	1375	5710
X-Men	 1820	1360	1170	4700

Congratulations team Betty Boop!
Team Members: Annika, Denise, Eldarwen, Fairlee, Karen, Laura, Rachael, Snowtulip and Tina

Thanks to everyone for participating in this challenge, I hope you all had fun