Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

I love team challenges. They always motivate me to read more.
Here in NBRC group I have done Wheelaton, TTVI, Wobble? if I remember quickly.
One of my favorite team challenges is over at the SOS group. I guess I've done their Bingo almost every round and now it's round20.

Am I the only one in team Morelli?
I agree, Ranger is sizzling hot and mysterious but Morelli really loves Stephanie. I don't see Ranger and Stephanie together forever but I can see her with Morelli.
For me, I'd choose Ranger, so go figure :)

Truitt_T wrote: "Sorry I haven’t been by much in the last few days - I’ll try to do better! I love that this group is chatty. :)

Jen - You asked about previous challenges we’ve done. I’m new to GR (joined last Dec..."

Weird, Kulti used to be on KU. Most of her other books are. I'd recommend The Wall of Winnipeg and Me or From Lukov with Love. I double checked and those are still on KU.

These are very slow burn romances and long, especially for romance books.

Jen wrote: "Hey team! Sorry that I haven’t been active the last couple of days. I loved reading all of the recommendations! I’m in a slight reading slump at the moment but really hoping that the start of this ..."

Enjoy your time off!! I hope you are doing something fun and relaxing

Team Cheery Littlebottom here, please check out our list of recs:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

I wanted to add two more recommendations since I like novellas:
Binti: The Complete Trilogy and American Hippo. Both can be read as a single book (and counted for TTs) and are great stories.

Oh Binti is awesome series, her newest novella Remote Control was also really good!

Time has really disappeared, I had wanted to read Network Effect this past weekend, but I may have to read that this upcoming weekend and catch up with you all and the new book!

Skandia - I'm glad to know someone is rooting for Joe!

Lexi - I'm a definite fan of the Binti books, and of River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, aka the two parts of American Hippo. Have you read Upright Women Wanted? I enjoyed that one, too. I need to read Magic for Liars, and The Echo Wife is on my radar.

Snowtulip - Yeah, I need to get to Remote Control, too.

I'm assuming that Fugitive Telemetry will hit my Kindle at midnight, but I won't be staying up to read it tonight. :( My work schedule was changed and I'm not off tomorrow, so I guess that means I'll be a responsible person and wait until tomorrow night to read it.....

Snowtulip, I have read Remote Control, and really enjoyed it.

Truitt, I have also read Upright Women (not my favorite of theirs) and Magic for Liars. I recommended Echo Wife for the June BOM so holding off on that one for now.

I am first in line for the library ebook copy of Fugitive Telemetry so hoping to read it tomorrow. (I read it on my computer and then send the Kindle version to my mum (Susan). We are sneaky that way). I need to finish a book for UNO, but I may not have the self-control to not read Murderbot. I convinced my sister to read the first one this week (she just started) and she almost never reads speculative fiction, so 4/5 on family reading Murderbot so far.

Edited: I failed self-control already and have read the first chapter. I am now making myself go to bed.

Greetings from Team Archchancellor Ridcully!


If you're looking for our book recs, you can find them here!

Drop us your book recs on our team thread if you don't mind: thread here

Well drat - no Fugitive Telemetry for me tonight. I'm currently involved in two other games/challenges. I'm still trying to read books with better points for Scavenger Hunt and we're in the last two weeks or so for TART. Usually, I can make books work for both, but not this time. That leaves me reading The Color of Magic tonight (I'll very lucky if I get it finished) and then reading for Scavenger Hunt through Friday (rounds are monthly.) Worst case scenario, I get to it Friday night, or I keep it for my first book for TT.

I hope everyone else is enjoying it!

I did not get to read at all today. I spent too much time on PhD stuff. Maybe tomorrow.

Hello from Team Tiffany Aching

We have collated some book recommendations and put them in an easy to find post here

Lexi wrote: "I wanted to add two more recommendations since I like novellas:
Binti: The Complete Trilogy and American Hippo. Both can be read as a single book (and counted for TT..."

I believe there is a task involving a hippo if American Hippo appeals to anyone.

Wow, I had a lot to catch up on. Real life and Uno has been consuming a lot of my time due to flaky team members. But only a few more days of Uno and then y'all have my complete challenge attention.

Hello Team The Librarian!

Thank you for the book recommendations! Here are my recommendations.

- Alyana from Team Lord Vetinari

I'm excited for this to start! I've almost finished everything I've been reading. It's going to be hard to not start anything before it's time, but I have some very short books on my kindle I can read if I need to.

I've been through most of the recommendations from other teams and made a list (I like lists, don't judge) of the books I have or can get a hold of easily. I'm definitely hoping to get a couple of those longer books that have been sitting on my TBR list for years read during this challenge.

I must have missed something about the rules.
What should we do with the recs from other teams?

Skandia wrote: "I must have missed something about the rules.
What should we do with the recs from other teams?"

It is just five of the tasks. Feel free to ignore them or read them as you like. I think we won't have an issue as a team reading five books off these lists. It is also a good get to know each other activity for the teams while we wait to start (soon and very soon).

Must say I have been very curious about the American Hippo :)

I'm also trying to finish up some Uno books and it's been insane at work, so my reading has not went as planned this week.

Murderbot is going to have to wait for me, hopefully there are new episodes of Sanctuary Moon to occupy Murderbot in the mean time ;)

Boo, the randomizer was mean and we weren’t picked for DQs for The Foundling. Oh well, maybe next time.

But the breakdown is posted in the BOM thread if people want it to plan. Remember you’ll need to answer 3 sets of questions for participation points. You have until June 2nd (one month from start date) to read the book and answer questions

Judith wrote: "Boo, the randomizer was mean and we weren’t picked for DQs for The Foundling. Oh well, maybe next time.

But the breakdown is posted in the BOM thread if people want it to plan. Remember you’ll nee..."

That's a shame.
I'm ready to start it and as I will be listening to it as an audiobook, I should be able to keep up with the days for this one.
I'm looking forward to participating in my first BOM.

Hello!

Lady Sybil dropping by with some suggestions compiled in our Listopia here - enjoy!

Hello Team The Librarian!

The Luggage is on a strict books only diet at the moment, so please don't let our sudden appearance worry you. First, thank you for stopping by with recommendations. The list looks delicious.

We've put together a buffet of recommended books for your enjoyment.

Coutdown to START (it does seem to overlap with UNO for anyone playing UNO but make sure not to use any books started before then)

Also, does anyone have any questions or concerns about using the tracking spread sheet?

I do, actually. How are you linking the book titles to GR? And for the tasks that require spelling out a word, are we using the first letter of the title? If so, are articles considered or dismissed?

I'm not much of a planner with my reading - I'm more spur of the moment. I'll probably add books only as I begin or complete them - is that ok?

To add the link in the spreadsheet, if you right click in the cell a list will apprear. If you go to Insert Link a box will apprear. If you copy the URL link from the book page of the edition you are using and paste it into the second box and then type or paste the title into the first box it should create a link once you hit apply.

This is how I do it, if there is an easier way then I'm sure someone will share.
I hope that helps.

Yes, you can certainly add as you go or finish. Most of the ones I’ve added are library books I need to get read right away before I have to return them, the BOM, or for a different challenge.

You can also get the link in by copying linked text from Goodreads and pasting it into the spreadsheet. Example if you go to the My Books page, highlight the book title, copy, then paste it into the spreadsheet. The text format in the spreadsheet might look a bit different, but that doesn’t matter the link will be there.

Also if links are giving you fits don’t worry about it. It’s not worth the stress. Lexi, Jen or I can fix it as we check and log books.

This is a fun reading challenge and not meant as a practical exam on using google sheets 🙂

Thank you all for the help - it's appreciated! I imagine I'll manage to figure it out with help you've all provided. And I'm glad there's not a test, lol.

I can't wait to start! I've finished my last Uno book, so I'll get to Network Effects tonight, and hopefully be done before we start Tower Teams.

I am a bit in limbo on audiobook to listen to in the interim...I may just have to listen to music until we start :D

Greetings from Team Carrott Ironfoundersson!



With much discussion, our team has collated a few book recommendations for you! We've created a listopia for you which we are adding more books to.
We also have a comment section for books our team members have posted.

If you haven't already, we'd love to receive some recommendations for books your team has.

Snowtulip wrote: "I can't wait to start! I've finished my last Uno book, so I'll get to Network Effects tonight, and hopefully be done before we start Tower Teams.

I am a bit in limbo on audiobook to listen to in t..."

I'm in the same boat with my audios. Though not too much longer :)

Truitt_T wrote: "I do, actually. How are you linking the book titles to GR? And for the tasks that require spelling out a word, are we using the first letter of the title? If so, are articles considered or dismisse..."

I realized I didn't answer your question about spell outs. You can use title (articles can either be used or ignored), character first and last names, and author first and last names.

Edit: if you are listening to an audiobook or reading a translated book you can also use the narrator or translator's first or last name.

Oooh that's good to know about the narrator! I wouldn't have thought of that.

Yoo-Hoo!!


Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!

We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!

... and I'm off!

We have started. Happy Reading Everyone

Yipeee!!!

Yay!

NOTE: to those reading The Foundling/The Lost Orphan for the BOM.

The official page count we are using is 400 pages regardless of the page count for the version you are reading.

I’m not sure why my name is showing up in message 1 as the full name with the numbers (I probably signed up incorrectly lol) but if someone wants to change it to just Beth that would be fine!

Beth, you are likely clicking on the official SS. Please use the tracking spread sheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Are you clicking on the team spreadsheet or the tracking spreadsheet?

Only captains and mods can edit the team spreadsheet. This is the official one for points.


The tracking spreadsheet is one you should be able to access.


I’ve been meaning to ask about your name. I’ll get it fixed next time I’m one the computer. You filled in the sign up sheet in an extra special way. 😂

Polls are up for the June BOM:

Adult June BOM Poll
YA June BOM Poll

If you are feeling conflicted between the many good choices, Judith and I recommended The Marsh King's Daughter and The Echo Wife for adult and Firekeeper's Daughter and One of the Good Onesfor YA so our team would get an automatic DQ spot.

Yeah I deleted my comment once I realized I was on the wrong spreadsheet 😂

Judith wrote: "Are you clicking on the team spreadsheet or the tracking spreadsheet?

Only captains and mods can edit the team spreadsheet. This is the official one for points.


The tracking spreadsheet is one y..."

I promise I’m smart I just suck ass at filling out forms I guess 😂😂😂

The cover for is so beautiful and sounds good...so many choices!

Hey everyone. Sorry again. I’m on the vacation I mentioned last week. I’m driving from Charlotte, NC to Portland, ME to visit states I haven’t been to and see the sights. Today I just listened to music and podcasts but I’m excited to start some audiobooks tomorrow.

Snowtulip wrote: "The cover for is so beautiful and sounds good...so many choices!"

I voted for that one even though it wasn't my nomination

That is a GORGEOUS cover

I’m starting this challenge off with and if any of you read then you need to read this one. It might even be better than RWRB and I would die for that book