Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Louise wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Why is our page count showing so low on the Team Sheet? Sorry, I'm a compulsive sheet/score checker in these things."

It may be down to the fact we currently have 2 incomplete words"

UPDATE - formula on the round 1 sheet was only counting the first 6 letters! Fixed

Nanci wrote: "Looking ahead to next week, please give me your feedback for these possible brown covers.

. (tineye 57.9%

(tine..."

They look good to me

Possibles

I have a lot of airport/flying time today so I'll switch to one that I know has an R -- since that seems to be a consistent need.

And our score looks better. :)

I will have to do some looking for Brown covers, but I know I have a couple mythology I can read. Sadly I will be back to work, so probably back to my normal book numbers.

Found some mythology audios 🎉

I will be able to take the E (for my Dune book) and the S (for my Cytonic book) if still needed when I finish them.

I'll do my best for next week for tags. I'll be reading, but I have a few other challenges that I am reading for so I'm not sure I'll get to mythology or brown covers.

i can take one of the mythology spots with Small Gods and one of the brown cover spots with We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories. those will probably be the only two i read next week since we've got thanksgiving and all

You guys plan more ahead than me🤣

Jackpot, I can read Daughter of Smoke and Bone which has a brown cover and is mythology. A surprising number of my TBR books are tagged mythology so I can do a few of those.

Week 1 Update

Spell Out 1 - COMPLETE


Spell Out 2 -
R - 3
E - 1
S - 1

We have started another spellout with a Z :)

Pink - 1

Dale please add a read date to Over Him: Not a Love Story- A F*cking Story and add to your wheel shelf.

Books Outstanding on sheet

Lizzie
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars tagged
Project Hail Mary tagged

Louise
Razorblade Tears
The Cartographers

Nanci
Cytonic pink; tagged
Dune tagged

Stacey
The Zombie Uprising Series: Books One Through Five

StaceyC
The Traitor Queen

If you think you may not finish by deadline please move them to Round 2
:)

Louise wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Looking ahead to next week, please give me your feedback for these possible brown covers.

. (tineye 57.9%

[bookcover:The Tumbling Turner Sisters|2..."

Thanks!

I changed my last book from The Traitor Queen to Wildest Dreams. Not as many letters, but I needed some KA to distract me sufficiently from flying. I'll be done by tomorrow.

Louise wrote: "Week 1 Update

Spell Out 1 - COMPLETE


Spell Out 2 -
R - 3
E - 1
S - 1

We have started another spellout with a Z :)

Pink - 1

Dale please add a read date to [book:Over Him: Not a Love Story- A ..."
Did it :)

Stacey wrote: "I changed my last book from The Traitor Queen to Wildest Dreams. Not as many letters, but I needed some KA to distract me sufficiently from flying. I'll be done by t..."
Is wildest dreams good?

Jhmingos wrote: "Jackpot, I can read Daughter of Smoke and Bone which has a brown cover and is mythology. A surprising number of my TBR books are tagged mythology so I can do a few of those."

Awesome! I love when one book works for two categories!

It seems like some teams haven't updated their points yet, but currently we are in 2nd place! Way to go team!!

woot woot

Dale wrote: "Stacey wrote: "I changed my last book from The Traitor Queen to Wildest Dreams. Not as many letters, but I needed some KA to distract me sufficiently from flying. I'..."

As a Kristen Ashley fan (she's my one of my go tos when I need to really be able to count on a book keeping my interest) it's pretty good. It's not going to be one of my favorites from her, but its an interesting idea and I'll keep going in the series -- especially because book 2 has a brown cover. ;)

Stacey wrote: "Dale wrote: "Stacey wrote: "I changed my last book from The Traitor Queen to Wildest Dreams. Not as many letters, but I needed some KA to distract me sufficiently fr..."

I love KA too:)

Can I start my books for next round now? Do we have to wait for the timer, or was that just first round?

Stacey wrote: "Can I start my books for next round now? Do we have to wait for the timer, or was that just first round?"

I would say wait for the timer.

Stacey wrote: "Can I start my books for next round now? Do we have to wait for the timer, or was that just first round?"

As long as it isn’t finished before the start of the next round it can be started anytime from the beginning of Wherl

Completion Post

Book: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Date: 11/20/22
Pages: 880

Bonus
Space Opera (185 users)

Spellout Letters
CLN: Reisner
CN: Alan Barnes
CLN: Orso
CN: Shar Dabo
CFN: Esfani
Title: To

Any book recommendations for someone who's never read Kristen Ashley?

Adding another space opera book. It occurred to me that I don't' think I filled in all the name options for Rules of Demption so I'll up date that too if I didn't. Got the 3rd book in the series started and should finish tomorrow. My house it getting really clean.

Jhmingos wrote: "Any book recommendations for someone who's never read Kristen Ashley?"

Rock chick series :)

Jhmingos wrote: "Any book recommendations for someone who's never read Kristen Ashley?"

My favorites are the Dream Man and Colorado Mountain series and then the Rock Chicks. To me, Law Man is the most traditional romance while still giving you a good idea of how she writes.

She has a style that you either love or hate. :)

These series all sound interesting, I'll definitely check out her books.

Completion Post

Book: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Date: 11/21/22
Pages: 476

Bonus
Space Opera (98 users)

Spellout Letters
CFN: Ryland
AFN: Andy
CFN: Olesya
CLN: Lokken
CFN: Dimitri
CN: Eva Stratt

Ugh. Did I miss the deadline? I thought 9pm London time today would be 4pm eastern time in US. The time on the countdown clock is 0:00. Maybe it's set for London time?? I don't know how to alter it for east coast US.
Anyway, I just finished listening to Dune. I will mark it as finished on the SS, just in case it can be used.

I thought the round ended tonight? It started 4pm my time on Monday. So that's what I was going by?

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


Here is the timer that was posted on page two :) ive been using this

I found that and got interrupted before I could say there's still 7+ hours left. That's good. I'm finishing up one more.

It will be close, but I should be able to finish my book in time.

A little under 3 hours to go. :)

Yup:)

Due to expiring wait listed library books, my first couple books for R2 won't be mythology.

With a little under 30minutes until the end of this round you can all relax for a bit.

Round 1 Stats
Books Read: 38
Words Spelled: 2 + 1 partial
Tags: 12
Color: 5
Points: 1577

Dale wrote: "https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


Here is the timer that was posted on page two :) ive been using this"
Thanks, Dale. That was the link I was using, but this morning it read 0:00 for "end of round 1, start of round 2" so I thought time was up. I'm confused how you all are still seeing hours were left. Mary C., I see you posted just shortly after me and stated we had 7+ hours left. Did it say that on the countdown clock? Just trying to figure it out for round 2 ending time. I know that if it's 9pm in London on Monday, then it's 4pm EST in the US, so I thought that was correct. Is there a way I change the clock to EST time, or do I just do the math?

Nanci wrote: "Dale wrote: "https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


Here is the timer that was posted on page two :) ive be..."

If you need to you can pm me and i can tell you the time left or ask here and u can post it for you

Completion Post

Book: Lord of Dark Places by Hal Bennett
Date: 11/21/22
Pages: 285

Spellout Letters
Title: Lord
CFN: Titus
CFN: Odessa
CFN: Ramona
AFN: Hal

Nanci wrote: "Dale wrote: "https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


Here is the timer that was posted on page two :) ive be..."

The Round 2 timer: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Also posted in msg 5 at start of this thread, which I forgot to swap out for Round 1.
Normally I have to post these clocks to remind myself of start/end dates rather than trying to figure out the UK/US time difference. This challenge is run by Cat so all the clocks are in London time, it’s great for me as I don’t have to think about time conversions.

If I forget to post the Round clocks please let me know and I can grab it


😀

Dale wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Dale wrote: "https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


Here is the timer that was posted on page..."

Thanks Dale, although PMs doesn’t help the rest of the team or the Captains know that there is information missing that benefits the team as a whole.

Danielle has added a v fancy countdown to their team's tracking spreadsheet which I have unapologetically stolen for ours.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... on the Member Info tab.

I think you are safe to go by Monday nights 4pm EST. If that's what time zone you are in like me. Maybe you accidentally clicked on the link for when the game started and that's why it said 0.

I actually give myself a deadline of an hour before so the captains have time to update although sometimes I am last minute finishing.

I'm speed reading/listening to 2 books before the library repossesses them. Fortunately hubby plays cards on Monday nights so I got through most of Wisteria Society for Lady Scoundrels thanks to speeding up the playback. Got a bunch of pictures finally hung up in my house and my pie crusts made .

And boy is this book a trip:

Mary C wrote: "I'm speed reading/listening to 2 books before the library repossesses them. Fortunately hubby plays cards on Monday nights so I got through most of Wisteria Society for Lady Scoundrels thanks to sp..."

I like the cover

Dale wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Dale wrote: "https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


Here is the timer that was posted on page..."
Thanks, Dale! Very kind of you! As long as it's 4pm EST then I will be fine!