Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Question do we post here and our shelf or just shelf?"

You put the books on your TT shelf and you post a completion post here in the thread, detailing any possible tasks the book works for :-)

A sample completion post is at the beginning of the thread to show a little what kind of information should be in the post.

ATTENTION ATTENTION

Now that the challenge is soon going to start, information on a mini challenge has been released. This one will run over the course of the entire challenge, so there is no need to rush to finish it. But as usual, the more we can finish, the more points we can get ;-)

Towers Mini Challenge info can be found HERE .

Read it all through, carefully - I know we're all excited hehe.

If there is a specific book you've already planned to read and it works for one of the colours, perfect! Shout out, we shall keep track of the covers as you give them to us to build towers.

If you have a book that works for the mod tower, please also shout out, we will keep track.

Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Question mini challenge can a book be used in more than one of the different variations? Rainbow challenge blue cover crayola spell out winners lust sex workers or ..."


Any book can only be used for ONE task.

Also fair warning, I'm a strict captain when it comes to cover colours ;-)

Eldarwen wrote: "
ATTENTION ATTENTION


Now that the challenge is soon going to start, information on a mini challenge has been released. This one will run over the course of the entire challenge, so there is no ..."

Mini tasks

For now I can read two books for MOD TOWER

Lure of the Dragon: Bonus Edition by Anna Lowe which is on your read shelf Eldarwen

From Karen’s read shelf I can read The Wife and the Widow by Christian White - I am due to read this one as I need it for another challenge I am in.

Anyone interested in reading this month's BOMs, all the details are in this comment: here.

If you're planning on volunteering for DQs or participating in the discussion, let us know and I'll make a note of it :)

Question about children’s and middle school books

What if you can’t verify them on any of the suggested sites - can you use page numbers. I have read a couple for a recent NBRC challenge and didn’t include them as I couldn’t verify them - namely my recent famous five books reread marathon.

I’ve also read a middle school book that was over 700 pages but because at the start of each chapter there was a small picture it was classed as illustrated, it was an ARC so again wasn’t on any of the desired websites.

Are there any plan Bs for books that fall through the gaps?

MOD TOWERS -

I've got for the Winner's Tower

- LUST in text pg 277

Either LUST in text pg 143 or TEAM C - This is book 21 of a world with numerous books, spin offs and interconnecting series plus a sh**load of characters.

Ashleigh wrote: "Anyone interested in reading this month's BOMs, all the details are in this comment: here.

If you're planning on volunteering for DQs or participating in the discussion, let us know and I'll make ..."

I'll be participating in the Back Room BOM for May. I'm away but once I'm back I'll be definitely volunteering for DQ's in June and July... stay tuned.

I can read from Renee's shelf. Was planning on reading that soon anyway.

Oh, and from Laura's shelf.

Sally906 wrote: "Question about children’s and middle school books

What if you can’t verify them on any of the suggested sites - can you use page numbers."


Famous Five are not on any of the arbookfind pages?! uk/com/au? That seems odd...

If you can't find a word count, then the audio is still also a valid source. If that is also not available, then...

I'll check with the other mods, but I think we're going to stick to the strict line of "if it cannot be verified, it cannot be used" otherwise it will be a never-ending story.

I'll start tracking your mini challenge possibilities in a few hours - have a bit of work to do for a change ;-))

To be fair - I didn’t know arbookfind com - came with an au or uk version

Just found Five on Finniston Farm on the UK site and it had it - 36,023 words

Have saved the link.

Oh yay, that's good! :-)

Yes, for some reason arbookfind has three different sites and they don't all have the same books listed, so you may always get lucky on one of the other sites if the one you usually use doesn't have it.

I just saw what the back room BOM is 🤣 I should’ve seen that coming!

I’ll probably volunteer for DQs for that one and will def be reading along. I’ll have to look into the other two for May

Kaley wrote: "Hi team!

My name is Kaley and I live in the state of Indiana in the US with my husband and our two dogs and one cat."

Oh hey!! Another Hoosier in the group! What are the odds? LOL

😀

Michael wrote: "Kaley wrote: "Hi team!

My name is Kaley and I live in the state of Indiana in the US with my husband and our two dogs and one cat."

Oh hey!! Another Hoosier in the group! What are the odds? LOL
😀"

Hi!! A fellow Hoosier AND I see you have a Taylor Swift quote in your bio!?

Kaley wrote: "Hi!! A fellow Hoosier AND I see you have a Taylor Swift quote in your bio!?"

Heck yes I do! :) That's one of my favorite lyrics of her many many great lines. :) I still consider myself a newbie Swiftie even tho I've been a fan since she went full pop with 1989.

I am terrible with colors, I will stick to spell out for crayola.

hey everybody

i'm also in indiana so i guess we're just all located in the midwest or australia for some reason lol i mostly read horror with some fantasy and thriller and maybe a little bit of scifi. i would say most of what i read is between 200-400 pages although i have a few longer ones on the tbr that i've been saving to try out for this challenge so we'll see if i can get into any of them

and for some reason goodreads is giving me an error when i try to add the actual link to my shelf but it's at the very bottom of my shelves and is called 'z-23-tower-teams-x'

Hi All, Andy here, from Ireland
third time around for Tower Teams

hoping i can keep up with the reading pace, especially as this little distraction is trying to persuade me that steps walked are more important than pages read!!



looking forward to the challenge

Devann wrote: "hey everybody

i'm also in indiana so i guess we're just all located in the midwest or australia..."
Welcome Devann!!

This is wild to me! I am not a proud Hoosier by any means, I would prefer to live anywhere else (well not anywhere but tons of other places)... but it's so cool that there are three of us in one group! *insert dance emoji here*

#ope

Andy wrote: "Hi All, Andy here, from Ireland
third time around for Tower Teams

hoping i can keep up with the reading pace, especially as this little distraction is trying to persuade me that steps walked are m..."

How can you resist such a cute face? ;-)

Kaley wrote: "I just saw what the back room BOM is 🤣 I should’ve seen that coming!"

Yes, yes you should have :-p

Also... you know there are like 7 or 8 books in the series?? ;-)

Michael wrote: "This is wild to me! I am not a proud Hoosier by any means, I would prefer to live anywhere else (well not anywhere but tons of other places)... but it's so cool that there are three of us in one group! *insert dance emoji here*"

big mood. basically how i feel about indiana is like 'well it could be worse, it could be utah' 😂

Sally906 wrote: "For now I can read two books for MOD TOWER

Lure of the Dragon Bonus Edition (Aloha Shifters Jewels of the Heart, #1) by Anna Lowe Lure of the Dragon: Bonus Edition by Anna Lowe which is on your read shelf Eldarwen "

I should be worried that I can't even remember that one, but reading the synopsis, it is vaguely coming back to me.

Alisha,

since you've signed up for the Kings of the Wyld BOM as well, I'll put the two of us down for a MOD tower as both Cat and Shannon have read that book.

Ashleigh wrote: "I can read from Renee's shelf. Was planning on reading that soon anyway."

Such a lovely pinkish cover.. sure you want to read that for the mod tower? ;-)

Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "I am terrible with colors, I will stick to spell out for crayola."

Hehe, sure thing!
Put Dex in Blue toward the Winner Towers - if you change your mind about reading this book, just give a shout :-)

I might be confused - but do we put the ones we have that would work for one of the mini challenge towers on the spreadsheet or do we wait until we read them? or do we put in the comments of this thread? I have to use the app a lot so the comments are cut off and don't show the images most of the time.

Eldarwen wrote: "Alisha,

since you've signed up for the Kings of the Wyld BOM as well, I'll put the two of us down for a MOD tower as both Cat and Shannon have read that book."

Great! I have my copy ready to start reading on May 1.

I'm doing a personal readathon of all the Discworld books in order so I can easily do the Lord Vetinari challenge (WT36). I plan on reading The Wee Free Men next

Hi Team, Elisabeth here. Sorry I’m a bit late checking in but I’m here and ready to go.
There are some familiar names on the team which is great.

I haven’t read through the thread yet and looked at the spreadsheets but will later today.

This my 2nd TT and I’m in Australia.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Elisabeth wrote: "Hi Team, Elisabeth here. Sorry I’m a bit late checking in but I’m here and ready to go.
There are some familiar names on the team which is great.

I haven’t read through the thread yet and looke..."

Hi Elizabeth, great to be team mates again. 😊

Hi Lisa. There seem to be a few of us team challenge addicts in Aus. hahaha

Is there a planning spreadsheet somewhere?

Does this work for the Winners Tower, Lord Vetinari, the connection being Lord?
Lord Edgware Dies

This has a bright red cover for the Rainbow Tower.

- Does this pass for a white cover?

Eldarwen wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I can read from Renee's shelf. Was planning on reading that soon anyway."

Such a lovely pinkish cover.. sure you want to read that for..."

Ohh well it would probably fit better for the rainbow tower, wouldn't it? I'll have a look and see what else I can get from Renee's shelf.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: " - Does this pass for a white cover?"

Looks very white to me :)

Michael wrote: "I might be confused - but do we put the ones we have that would work for one of the mini challenge towers on the spreadsheet or do we wait until we read them? or do we put in the comments of this t..."

I believe that only the captains have access to the spreadsheet so you could jot down in the comments what your book works for before you've read it if you wish.

But you'll need to find in a completion post when you've finished it so the captains know and it can be marked on the spreadsheet.

Eldarwen has put a sample of the completion post in message 4 of this thread but I'll link it below for you.

Completion Post Sample:

Bookcover (please add especially for the colour cover tasks)
Book: the edition you have actually read (for audios, use the default)
Date Read:
Pages:
--> and (!) for any books tagged Childrens' and/or Middle Grade etc, please indicate that you have verified the wordcount
Rating: optional but could lead to interesting discussion :-)

Mini Challenge:
- which tasks/colours does the book work for?

Ashleigh wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: " - Does this pass for a white cover?"

Looks very white to me :)"

Great.. and its 657 pages too. I've got a 24 hour+ plane flight coming up so I'm loading the kindle. Can you add it to the colours spreadsheet for white. Ta.

What Ashleigh said!

Work is being a little crazy this morning, so have barely had time to look at all your comments - welcome to everyone who recently checked in! :-)

Elisabeth wrote: "Is there a planning spreadsheet somewhere?"


No, planning sheet, just let us know here in the thread - captains will track it all :-)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: " - Does this pass for a white cover?"

Looks very white to me :)"

Great.. and its 657 pages too. I've got a 24 hour+ plane flight coming up..."

I think you’ll need more than 657 pages for that time - even allowing a few hours for naps!

When do you leave?

24 hour plane ride o.O
Holy cow.
I love flying, but long flights are not for me. And thaaaat is wow.

Eldarwen wrote: "24 hour plane ride o.O
Holy cow.
I love flying, but long flights are not for me. And thaaaat is wow."

It's in Aussie's DNA.. want to travel to Europe or the US.. loooong plane flight!

Sally906 wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: " - Does this pass for a white cover?"

Looks very white to me :)"

Great.. and its 657 p..."

Ten days and counting. Got the suitcase out.. going to try and to it with carry on only.. wish me luck, LOL.

OK - Please let me know if this format will work for both completion and mini challenge placeholder posts. If this format works for you all - I will save the HTML template on my computer and should be able to just easily plug in the correct information for each book.

PLANNED READ


Book: The Sun is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon
Date Read: TBR
Pages: 384
Rating: TBD

MINI CHALLENGES:

Crayola Towers Starts with: "T, S, N, or Y"

Rainbow Towers Cover Color: N/A - Multi

Mod Towers BOM Aug 19

Winners Towers Possibly fits for: Moonstone

That works, Michael :-)

Thanks!

Perfect - thanks.

Ashleigh,

you can put me down for the Backroom BOM as well ;-)

Kaley as well please!

Lisa, you've already got :-)