Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Truitt_T wrote: "Captains - How do we post for the informal Buddy Read of The Hunger Games? Do you want links to posts in the thread like a normal BR? I don't want us to miss out on the 20 points....."

You can link to your posts in the thread and I add to the spreadsheet where there is a BOM tab, so you can link there too. Up to you!

HOW-W-W-DEE-E- I'm just so proud to be here!!! OK OK--yes, I'm from TN but can't say it no where near as PERFECT as Minnie Pearl🤣Anyway I tried!

I see some familiar faces--HEY HEY HEY Donna & Tru & Ivelisse & Lizzie!!! Good to see you all! 🤗

For those who don't know me--I'm Erin's problem child over there in
District 13😈 I just wanted to stop in and check in with you all! I wish you all the Best of Luck in Book Games and hope you get some GREAT books read!

SHHHHHHH Donna! I'm trusting that you don't tell them how big of a PITA I can be --they may run me off from here and tell me to never come back to visit again!!! 🤣

Robin... I would never say such a thing about you. I would only tell them lovely things ; )

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "

For those who don't know me--I'm Erin's problem child over there in
District 13😈 I just wanted to stop in and check in with you all! I wish you all the Best of Luck in Book Games ..."

Hi Robin! Thanks for popping in. This is my first challenge and already it's been great. I'm just about finished with my first book, which I love. Hope all is well over at District 13!

Robin, I can't imagine you being the problem child :) Happy to see you dropping by

She is NOT a problem child, of course! We do enjoy spreading our mayhem around together randomly and ranting to each other but it's all in Goodreads challenge fun 😇

We do have to keep an eye on each other though for random sneakiness...

Do you think there will be any buddy read or some mini tasks for The Hunger Games sequels? I want to read the prequel but am worried I should save it in case we get extra points for reading the series.

mhmm good question.. i dont think there will be time for the prequel buddy read?

Donna wrote: "Robin... I would never say such a thing about you. I would only tell them lovely things ; )"

🤣😘 Yep, that's it Lovely coughcoughPITAcoughcough!!! I love it!!!

It's good to see you Donna!! Hope all is going well for you😊

Joanna wrote: "Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "

For those who don't know me--I'm Erin's problem child over there in
District 13😈 I just wanted to stop in and check in with you all! I wish you all the Best of Luck in B..."

Hi Joanna!!! Nice to meet you!

YAY!!! Welcome to the Challenge Addicts Club!!! We love challenges and so happy to hear that you are enjoying your first challenge!

Jhmingos wrote: "Robin, I can't imagine you being the problem child :) Happy to see you dropping by"

Thanks Lizzie!!! UMMM well trust me when I say I can be a problem "child"🤣...sometimes it's not intentional, others times it errr uhhh hmmm might be 😉

I like to stir the pot sometimes and raise some cane, but it's all in good fun😊 keeping Donna and Erin and a few others on their toes!

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "She is NOT a problem child, of course! We do enjoy spreading our mayhem around together randomly and ranting to each other but it's all in Goodreads challenge fun 😇

We do have to keep an eye on ea..."

🤭 well yeah, sneakiness and mayhem is fun!!! And we do love to go around spreading the love of it all!!! Keeps things interesting and enjoyable for all who are around us!!

anybody else worried that their reading time will slow down when their kids get out of school lol

Dale wrote: "anybody else worried that their reading time will slow down when their kids get out of school lol"

I don't have kids but I am the head of the children's department at a library so I will be very busy this summer. That's why I made my goal to just finish two books a week.

Alisha wrote: "Dale wrote: "anybody else worried that their reading time will slow down when their kids get out of school lol"

I don't have kids but I am the head of the children's department at a library so I w..."

Thats good :) last year my oldest was able to volunteer to help out the youth desk but i dont think they are doing it again this yr:/

Dale - can you put why Out of the Darkness is defense on the spreadsheet please!

I'm wrapping up my school year (librarian at an independent school) and hoping it will open up my reading. But I have a 7 year old who I'm sure is going to tell approximately 8000 times (a day) that they're bored.

I should also note I will be camping mid-June and without computer!

I feel a little foolish admitting this, but I still don't entirely understand how we win.

We're clearly reading for points, but surely there's more to it than that, right?

TARA wrote: "Dale - can you put why Out of the Darkness is defense on the spreadsheet please!

I'm wrapping up my school year (librarian at an independent school) and hoping it will open up my reading. But I h..."

Done :) and they should try living the childhood summers we did🤣

does any of your guys do a summer reading program?

Dale wrote: "does any of your guys do a summer reading program?"

My library system has a summer reading program, that, while primiarily intended for kids/students, also welcomes adults. They use Beanstalk, if you've ever run across it.

I participate in a low key way, only submitting books I've read that I sourced through the library. They're always ;ooking to improve participation numbers.

Do you participate in a program, Dale?

Truitt_T wrote: "Dale wrote: "does any of your guys do a summer reading program?"

My library system has a summer reading program, that, while primiarily intended for kids/students, also welcomes adults. They use B..."
I use to but now for adults it all digital and the kids get cute logs

My library also has the Beanstalk reading program, but I don't participate in it. I tried to get into it a couple of years ago, but I kept forgetting to record the books I read.

We're implementing Beanstack at our school, but literally just rolled it out this spring, so we'll really ramp up in the fall. We have a summer reading list, but it's mostly the teachers.

As for my daughter, I'm going to get her going on the one at the public library which is just a couple of blocks away from us! My husband/her dad isn't a reader, but I obviously am. Hope she takes after me!

Same with my kids,i hope the become readers🥲🤞

Good luck Tara and Dale! Growing up, I was a huge reader, and my first summer job was at the library. It was a dream because they let me wander around the library and read books.

Dale wrote: "does any of your guys do a summer reading program?"

I used to be heavily into participating in the adult summer and winter reading programs my library would run but the end of 2023 and so far this year have not been overly kind to my reading time. As evidenced by how I've only just finished my first book for the challenge. I'm hoping to get at least one more read by Monday since Memorial Day is last day off before the final 16 days of school.

Briana wrote: "Dale wrote: "does any of your guys do a summer reading program?"

I used to be heavily into participating in the adult summer and winter reading programs my library would run but the end of 2023 an..."
you can do it =]

Dale wrote: "Briana wrote: "Dale wrote: "does any of your guys do a summer reading program?"

I used to be heavily into participating in the adult summer and winter reading programs my library would run but the..."

Thanks. I'm trying, so we'll see how things go from here.

The mini is up! I have added it to the spreadsheet and here is the link to the post about it!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I have a feeling this is where supply drops are going to come in handy!

Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!

Would this work as a diacritic? Dust Child

Angela wrote: "Would this work as a diacritic? Dust Child"

If it didn't, I'd be shocked!

Until AugustAngela wrote: "Would this work as a diacritic? Dust Child"

Definitely! I'm using for one of those too!

Thanks! Will add to the spreadsheet.

Good day, all!

I don't know if everyone is aware of the NBRC Backroom. You have to be 18+ to join the group, becasue discussions there are about books that are on the risque or racy side of the reading spectrum.

There's going to be an extra June BOM over in the Backroom group - it'll run just like a main group BOM, with points for joining the discussion and writing Discussion Questions - but the material may be very different, lol. You also don't get to count this BOM toward extra entries.

So join the group, and then vote on the tie-breaker for the June winner: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2.... After the winners is chosen, we can volunteer ourselves as Tributes to write the DQs and earn points!

Speaking of DQs, thanks again to Alisha for getting picked for DQs for The Malevolent Seven - those 40 points (plus 20 for participation) are great!

The Poll is also up for the main NBRC group BOMs for July - you can find the poll here. If someone from District 2 had nominated a book, I'd say to vote for it - the nominator of the winning BOM automatically gets one of the DQ spots. If I missed that we have a nominator in the District, please speak up!

For the upcoming Mini, CORNUCOPIA:

Here's a GR list of authors with a diacritic in name:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

If anyone is going to read Salt & Broom for the BOM, it works for Hidden Word: broom

The upcoming BOM for Starling House works for Author Initials in HERACLES.

Remember, now that the Games have begun, it's that date that you finish a book that matters, not the start date. I've got one more book I have to finish in May, but I'm going to try not to finish any others until June....

I've got several books for Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela, and a few for Crete.

What has everyone else got lined up?

Truitt_T wrote: "I've got several books for Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela, and a few for Crete.

What has everyone else got lined up?..."

I'll read Starling House and I'll likely read one of Gabriel García Márquez's novels. Possibly Of Love and Other Demons since it takes place in Columbia. Does that mean it can count for two categories on the mini-challenge?

Joanna wrote: "Truitt_T wrote: "I've got several books for Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela, and a few for Crete.

What has everyone else got lined up?..."

I'll read Starling House and I'll likely read..."

It will only count towards 1!

i put my name down for some of the challenges in the mini :)

Truitt_T wrote: "For the upcoming Mini, CORNUCOPIA:

Here's a GR list of authors with a diacritic in name:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

If anyone is going to read [b..."

I've got several lined up - I'll finish up [book:It Waits in the Forest|196849307] before the end of the month and probably one other and then look towards filling up some of those mini challenge ones The Girl from the Grand Hotel, Until August are the 2 definitely at the ready!

So can ONE book count for several tasks in the mini? Love in the Time of Cholera is set in Colombia and it's by Gabriel García Márquez. Should work for big points if it's allowed.

Jhmingos wrote: "So can ONE book count for several tasks in the mini? Love in the Time of Cholera is set in Colombia and it's by Gabriel García Márquez. Should work for big points if it's allowed."

If I understand Tara's post above, it's one book, one task.

@Tara, Ivelisse, and Karolyn - I'm guessing we should list additional tasks for which our books are good? I'm thinking extras wouldn't be amiss, with the possibility of Supply Drops.....

Jhmingos wrote: "So can ONE book count for several tasks in the mini? Love in the Time of Cholera is set in Colombia and it's by Gabriel García Márquez. Should work for big points if it's allowed."

Only 1 task per book and clarification for farms: it has to be a working farm where produce/livestock are being grown/raised to sell. Does not work for like a homestead. Does that make sense?

Not sure if the other captains have takeaways from captain's chat, but those were the main ones I got!

TARA wrote: "Jhmingos wrote: "So can ONE book count for several tasks in the mini? Love in the Time of Cholera is set in Colombia and it's by Gabriel García Márquez. Should work for big points if it..."

i would think that would workk

Truitt_T wrote: "Jhmingos wrote: "So can ONE book count for several tasks in the mini? Love in the Time of Cholera is set in Colombia and it's by Gabriel García Márquez. Should work for big points if it..."

Yes, and that way we can move around as needed - there is a mini reference column on round 1 tab and I've a second one!

Dale wrote: "TARA wrote: "Jhmingos wrote: "So can ONE book count for several tasks in the mini? Love in the Time of Cholera is set in Colombia and it's by Gabriel García Márquez. Should work for big..."

This is what the mods stated in the captain's chat: "2. intention is for it to be farming for commercial / third-parties, not homesteading etc."

Does anyone know the dates for the rounds? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Noted that one book can only count towards one mini-task. I'll keep you posted on how Of Love and Other Demons is. It's only 160 pages, so could be an easy 5 points for others, assuming multiple people can read the same book for the task?

Joanna wrote: "Does anyone know the dates for the rounds? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Noted that one book can only count towards one mini-task. I'll keep you posted on how [book:Of Love and Other Demons..."
Round one ends june 15th
Round two july 15th
Round three aug.15th
( i think)

Joanna wrote: "Does anyone know the dates for the rounds? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Noted that one book can only count towards one mini-task. I'll keep you posted on how [book:Of Love and Other Demons..."

The cover looks pretty

Joanna wrote: "Does anyone know the dates for the rounds? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Noted that one book can only count towards one mini-task. I'll keep you posted on how [book:Of Love and Other Demons..."

It's been ages since I've read it, but he is one of my favorite authors! I'm curious to hear if y'all like it! That being said, some of his writing is considered problematic currently 😳

If anyone wants to participate in the Backroom BOM here is the link!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...