Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

That's a great start. The spreadsheet is filling up nicely with loads of time before we start! Thanks for being so proactive everyone!

Yay for more reading time!

That's a real shame about the holiday. Fingers crossed travel is more possible in the autumn. Sounds like a great tradition to have

MH, I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I'm going to double check in the captain's group

Sophie wrote: "MH, I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I'm going to double check in the captain's group"

That's how it is usually done in NBRC challenges, but I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the rules so I figured we better make sure :)

Mods have confirmed it's a yes to default edition page counts for audio. If there's no physical edition it needs to be at least 5 hours long.

Mary C wrote: "I recently cancelled Kindle Unlimited and Audible Romance to cut back on expenses. I might reactivate audible romance if I need to. I think they had a bunch of Julia Quinn books.

You know it neve..."

I forgot about Julia Quinn! This may be the perfect time to read her again.

I hope your side is okay! Definitely take it easy at the computer

And hopefully you'll make it to Cancun!

Sophie wrote: "Meeting up outside with 2 toddlers and trying to convince them to distance was interesting!"

That sounds like an impossible task!

How do I find tags for a book?

Thanks for the spreadsheet. It's very helpful! I added a couple of books.

Rosina wrote: "How do I find tags for a book?"

You can search on the genre page (links below) or if you have a specific book in mind you think would work you can go to the book page and to the right you'll see the top "Genres" and can search through the top shelves to see if it's listed.

Insects
Creepy
Racism
Wings
Twilight

Advanced method: You can also search a specific tag for a specific book by going to the top shelves and select the number of users who tagged any genre. This will take you to a page with the list of all the people who tagged it for that genre. You can then just change the word of the tag in the url to the tag you are searching for, for example:

For the book Heart of Obsidian 4 users tagged it as badass, if I select "4 users" it brings me to the page of the users who tagged it. I can then change badass in the url to racism and it will take me to any users who may have tagged it as such

https:// www. goodreads .com/shelf/users/15781026-heart-of-obsidian?shelf=badass

But I almost always get an error when doing this so may not be the best method.

Also, I suck at adding photo's or I would have provided screen shots for a better explanation.

Victoria wrote: "Rosina wrote: "How do I find tags for a book?"

You can search on the genre page (links below) or if you have a specific book in mind you think would work you can go to the book page and to the r..."

ok thanks...I thought it might be genre but then in lists I saw tags and got confused

Spreadsheet is great I added the books I will try to read in Round 1...

In case anyone is interested in the BOMs, they haven't assigned the Discussion Questions yet for June so still time to volunteer to write them - but only if you want to!

June BOMs

starting 21 Jun, YA BOM thread

starting 14 June, Adult BOM thread

Talia also posted this in the thread for anyone interested: "If you like audiobooks, the audiobook [Jetsetters] just became available on Scribd for me. I believe Scribd is doing a free month right now for new subscribers. Or here is a link that should give you a 60-day free trial: https://www.scribd.com/g/53o4vx "

And the winners for July are:



I personally have no interest in June's BOMs, but have both July's on-hold at my library so I'll volunteer for DQs if I get them in time.

Victoria wrote: "Rosina wrote: "How do I find tags for a book?"

You can search on the genre page (links below) or if you have a specific book in mind you think would work you can go to the book page and to the r..."

Oh I didn't know about that way of searching! Will make things a bit quicker

Victoria wrote: "In case anyone is interested in the BOMs, they haven't assigned the Discussion Questions yet for June so still time to volunteer to write them - but only if you want to!

June BOMs

from the library so will get involved with that one (and it works for letters!).

I'll have a look for the July ones and hope the letters work!

Both of July's are available at my library so I'll probably try to read them both.

As Victoria said, no one else has to get involved with BOM unless they want to!

A whole lot of books in the planning sheet already, great!

Has everybody checked in already?

We're missing 2 people at the moment which isn't too bad. Going to give everyone a couple more days before I start messaging and asking if they still want to play

Has everyone had a good weekend?

I'm somehow finishing it feeling more tired than I did to start! Tomorrow could be interesting - hopefully no-one will ask me anything too complicated!

We've managed to plant out a lot of tomato and pepper plants. Fingers crossed they grow ok from here!

I had a good weekend but as always, it went by too fast. I feel like I need weekends to be 3 days instead of 2 :)

Good weekend.....cold and rainy here today....great day for reading and chilling...

I get that MH, and I only work part-time!

Cold and rainy is good for some things! Curling up with a book hearing the rain hit the window is a lovely feeling

maria helena wrote: "Tonya wrote: "My favorite road trip would be... in the works. So far, my road trips have been utilitarian in nature and I look forward to the one I have planned that I call my "book tour". There ar..."

I had to choose the ones that aren't creepy, and also that can be reached in the car. I'd love to go to the real King's Cross Station (I've been to the one in Orlando) and other places like Europe that I've read about, but that'll have to wait.

maria helena wrote: "I had a good weekend but as always, it went by too fast. I feel like I need weekends to be 3 days instead of 2 :)"

I've always been a proponent of 4 day work weeks. I would consistently work 10-hour workdays for 3 days off (I'd want Wednesday and the weekend) for the most part. But right now, I'm working from home and so tired of being home that I could scream most days.

My weekend was pretty uneventful as I was/am working nights.

I do shift work so in theory I get 6 days off after working 3x 12hr days, followed by 3x nights, but I rarely get the full 6 days off. And the extra days off don't make up for the nights shifts.

My weekend was pretty uneventful. We got a little tipsy with my 22 year old daughter Friday night and played Cards Against Disney and got Indian takeout.

Yesterday I did 3 loads of laundry which gave to go up and down 2 flights of stairs. I cleaned my kitchen cabinet doors, all around the counters, behind canisters, appliances etc.., cleaned some baseboards and other similar stuff.

Today I did a bunch of weeding, planted an herb garden, picked strawberries at my mothers. Even transplanted a couple things.

No pain until I washed the window above my kitchen sink. Now I am in pain.

The real King's cross might be a disappointment! It's nothing like they've made it in the film. The studio just outside London where they filmed a lot of it is a great day out though!

I'm still heading out to work 2 days a week, but 5 days at home and in walking distance is beginning to drive me mad so I can't bear to think what 7 days a week of it would do to me.

Bleurgh that's a mess of shifts with a lot of long days/nights. Shifting your body clock backwards and forwards like that isn't easy at all.

Friday night sounds great Mary! And the rest of the weekend sounds v productive! Do you fancy coming and sorting out my house/garden?

Fingers crossed the pain settles down really soon for you too

Sophie wrote: "Cold and rainy is good for some things! Curling up with a book hearing the rain hit the window is a lovely feeling"

Its been great... I just love having one day to just chill....if its rainy even better

Agree that the real Kings Cross is disappointing....

@ Mary - I was not aware Cards Against Disney was a thing, and want it!

I'm going to have to jump on this Cards Against Disney thing as well - Oh Em Gee! Two of my favoritist things!!!

I have a friend who gets me out of the house at least once a day and a pupper that I have to walk so I'm getting some sunshine, but not much. I'm also at a disadvantage because my library is spread between 3 homes (Texas, New York, and DC) so I know that I have unread books that fit (tags, letters, tasks), and just don't remember where they all are!!!

So... about tasks.

Several are repeated - recommended books by someone on a different team and by someone on your team. Is that on purpose (20, 44, 99, 119, 120, 142, 155, 169, 188, 193, 200)?

Tasks 101 and 148 talk about reading books in a series. Is it all of those or one in that range?

Lastly, can one book represent more than one task? If there's a ladybug next to a woman knitting on the cover of a book whose title is 5 words long, does that count for one task or 49, 57, and 157?

Thanks!

One more clarification question @Sophie and @Victoria:

The rules say that only books read during the specified round can be used ("read date" is what counts, not the day you start). So, if I start a book on Thursday and of this week and don't finish until Saturday/Sunday, would it count (if qualifying for a tag, task, letter)?

Thanks a bunch!!!

Only books started AFTER the challenge begins can count, so no can't start on Thursday. However, if you start a book during Round 1 and don't finish till after Round 2 starts you can use it for Round 2.

You can only use one book per task, even if it fits multiple tasks

And I don't have access to the SS/tasks at the moment so can't confirm about the repeated tasks, but I assume it's on purpose.

For the series tasks, if it says read #3 in a series it needs to be that specific book, but if it's read a book #11-20 in a series it can be any one book that falls under that range (again, can't see the tasks atm so I may not be answering the question correctly).

Hello! Sorry I'm late in responding. I've been watching messages and notifications and didn't see anything til I saw the friend requests.

My name is Jennifer. I am in Arizona, US. I read a little of everything. Lately I have been into nonfiction and cozy mysteries with a paranormal theme. I work managing urgent care clinics. I will mostly be online after 530/600pm Arizona time.

Victoria wrote: "Rosina wrote: "How do I find tags for a book?"

You can search on the genre page (links below) or if you have a specific book in mind you think would work you can go to the book page and to the r..."

If that doesn't work you could always do CNTRL Find and then search the word and then it will come up on each page if it was tagged that way. A little more time consuming but less time consuming than looking through the list on each page.

Welcome to the team! I imagine you've been very busy these last few months managing urgent care clinics!

Feel free to add some planned books to the tracking sheets here - also linked in Sophie's post on the first thread page, message 6.

Our first word is PUB QUIZZING and feel free to ask Sophie or myself if you have any questions.

So long as the books are started after 13th June (when the challenge starts) then we use them in the round you finish reading them. So please don't start something long this week to get a head start on it for points as we won't be able to use it.

Each book can only work for 1 task. The duplication of tasks is deliberate to get different teams talking to each other.

The books in a series task are just one in that range.

Hi Jenn! You're here in plenty of time so don't worry. We're all getting settled into the Hobbit Hole with an appropriate selection of meal choices.

As Victoria said, work must be mad at the moment with the number of changes at short notice (if it's anything like healthcare here).

We're both in the UK so answers to queries might take a bit of time due to timezones and sleep!

Hello Dear Little Hobbits!

Greetings from Team Orient Express. 😉

You can find our collected recommendations here: Book recommendations by Team Orient Express

Please feel free to drop by and recommend books in return, you will always be welcome aboard.

Sophie wrote: "Meeting up outside with 2 toddlers and trying to convince them to distance was interesting!

I'm glad you can see each other and have slightly more normality at least. I suppose this is why love le..."

I actually write proper letters to penpals around the world. My fiance is neither a reader nor a writer so not really an opportunity to try love letters for something different. I have sent him some compliment slips - I got a book of them from Paperchase around Valentine's Day, so they're slips that say nice things or promise certain things, like cooking a favourite meal, a beach trip etc. Although I've just been using the ones saying nice things at the moment.

Tonya wrote: "maria helena wrote: "I had a good weekend but as always, it went by too fast. I feel like I need weekends to be 3 days instead of 2 :)"

I've always been a proponent of 4 day work weeks. I would co..."

I mainly work from home so that part of life has been normal for me. But I have been missing all my other activities that take me out of the house. At least I've been able to keep busy with various things and avoid boredom.

Greetings from The Wonderful World of Oz! We are preparing some book recommendations for you. We still have some people on our team to add theirs but you can check them out here. Happy Reading Y'all!

Fellow Hobbits - any favourite books that you've read so far this year? Or all time favourites?

Hello Hobbits!

As we Hitchhike through the galaxy, my team is collecting recommendations. Ours can be found here. And you may want to check it periodically as some members appear to of gotten lost in their travels and we also plan to update it with good books read during Wheel.

Happy Reading!

I'm hoping to update the spreadsheet some more this week. Waiting to see what library check outs I have left when this starts.

I just read Sundown Motel or I would so be in that BOM read. But I read it last month. Not a big YA fan but I'll look at the chosen book. I do read them once in a while.

This issue I am having with my arm is putting a damper on searching for books, letters and tasks.