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Polls are open for October's Books of the Month. The YA poll closes on OSeptember 22, Anything Goes closes on September 24, and the Paranormal/Urban Fiction poll closes on September 25. Find them here.
Ten more days for September's Labor of Love Challenge. As always, you are more than welcome to keep doing the challenge after September is over.
Voting closes tomorrow for the Anything Goes October Book of the Month Poll!
Voting closes September 25th for the Paranormal/Urban Fantasy October Book of the Month Poll.
November's Young Adult Book of the Month nomination thread is already up! Go nominate what YA book you would like to read in November! You can find the thread here.
Also, it is not to late to share your thoughts about September's Books of the Month. We would love to know what you thought!
October's Books of the Month:
We are reading this month's books buddy read style. Go to the book's thread to join, see what others have to say, or let us know what you think/thought of the book!
October's Challenge is Creature Feature. Prepared to be scared!
October's challenge not what you are looking for? Check these challenges out:
Soundtrack Challenge:Stand By Me
Comics Challenge: Classic
Books to Movies Challenge
Remember to tell us what you thought of October's Books of the Month. There is still time!
Nominations for December's Books of the Month are now up and will remain open until November 1.
For November we are reading:
Our next series read is:
The Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine
We are doing some maintenance this weekend and alphabetizing the author categories and buddy reads. We are hoping that this will make everything easier to find and navigate. Let us know what you think.
Sorry for any troubles we cause you,
Rachel, Lisarenee, and Sashana
P.S. The December YA Book of the Month poll is up and waiting for your vote! Go vote and check back tomorrow for the other two polls.
Polls are up for all three December BOM categories. Go get your vote in before November 12!
Also, tomorrow, November 8, we start reading
buddy style. Read it with us or at your own pace, but be sure to drop and and tell us what you thought!
Nominations are now open for January's Books of the Month! You might have noticed something new for January. The PRN/UF category has been expanded! You may now nominate books for Science Fiction and Fantasy. YAY! Nominations will remain open until November 29.
Join us in reading
. This creepy read starts on November 20. Also, it is not too late to tell us what you thought of
and
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Just a reminder that nominations for January's three BOM categories close on November 29. Have a book that you discussed over Thanksgiving with a family member that reads as much as you? Does it fit in one of our catgories? There ya go... easy nomination! :)
January Anything Goes (Except Paranormal/Urban Fantasy and Young Adult/SciFi/Fantasy) Book of the Month Nominations
January Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/Science Fiction/Fantasy Book of the Month Nominations
January Young Adult Book of the Month Nominations
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Five more days left for December's Singing in the Snow Challenge.
If you haven't checked out January's/seasonal challenge, you should do so. It is a lot of fun!
Also, don't forget to nominate your BOM for February. Nominations close December 29.
Polls are open for February's Books of the Month. Polls close on January 13, 2012.
Remember to vote for February's Books of the Month. Polls close on January 13! Also, start thinking about what you want to read in March. Nominations for March's Books of the Month will be up before you know it!!
ATTENTION! Author Q&A Session
Jill has arranged for Kristen Ashley , author of Sweet Dreams, to join us at the “buddy-read” to answer some “fangirl” questions. If I’ve got the time-differences right, she will be available:
USA
Sunday 15 January 12.00pm California time
Australia
Monday 16 January 7.00am East Coast time
UK
Sunday 15 January 8.00pm Bristol time
Please put your questions in bold and surround them in alternating flowers (this is a huge "buddy read" group) so that they will stand out for her. Also, be sure to put them here, in the “CHITCHAT & Getting to Know You” thread. Thanks!
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Do you want me to post my question like this? Can I start posting my questions now?
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Yes to both! ☺
Nominate what book you would like to read in March by January 29, 2012.
March Young Adult BOM Nominations
March Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/SciFi/Fantasy BOM Nominations
March Anything Goes (except Paranormal/Urban Fiction/Young Adult/SciFi/Fantasy) BOM Nominations
Polls are open for March's Books of the Month. They will remain open until February 14.
Remember to vote for March's Books of the Month. Voting closes on February 14. Also, remember there are three different polls! One for each BOM category.
Nominations close tomorrow for April's Books of the Month. If you haven't nominated yet please do so!April Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/SciFi/Fantasy BOM Nominations
April Anything Goes (except Paranormal/Urban Fiction/Young Adult/SciFi/Fantasy) BOM Nominations
There are a lot of polls going on right now!
April BOM polls are up. There are two BOM polls total. They close on February 29 so remember to get your vote in!
The best DRESSed cover of 2011 polls are also up. There are four total. So many pretty dresses!
With so many polls going at once (six total), don't forget to keep scrolling down so you don't miss out on any.
Click here for polls
Please remember to vote on June's BOM polls! Polls close May 1.Also, don't forget to join us May 2 when we begin reading the first of May's Books of the Month, Angelfall. If you are looking for a new e-book to buy, buy this one! It is still $1.99 on Amazon.
BOOKS OF THE MONTH IN MAY
Angelfall by Susan Ee
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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Partials by Dan Wells
The Dressmaker: A NovelKate Alcott
Saving Francesca by Melina MarchettaAlso, look for July book nominations to be posted later today!
July book nominations close May 16. Get your choice posted before it is too late!
Please join us this month for our Books of the Month reads. Titles and dates are as follows:Saving Francesca- June 2
The Dressmaker- June 12
Partials- June 22
Just wanted to remind everyone that August BOM nominations close June 16 (tomorrow night!!!). Please nominate a book you would like to read.
Note: August is Lisarenee's birthday month and she has chosen to take over the YA category. She has posted the books she is thinking about here. Give it a thought and don't forget to vote on one when the poll opens (June 17 or 18)!
Polls are up for the three BOM categories. Don't forget to vote.
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Don't forget! Answer some or all of the DQs, or volunteer to write a section, or volunteer to be a Discussion Leader and Bank Voting Power Points!
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Just a reminder. You can create a thread for your reading challenges and goals for 2013 under this folder:
here
, entitled Member's Reading List. Not sure how? Check out GoodReads 101 > Add a New Topic to a Folder.
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Tower Teams Read 2013 Rules & How to... , plus Sign-ups are posted. It isn't too late to join! We will also be adding people through out the challenge, as long as the teams are even.
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If Reading Were An Olympic Sport
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First Team to Read the Second 2,013 Books
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◈ If interested, and you have read the New Rules for Round II , then tell us:
✔ How many books you read in 2012.Now accepting requests to join Round II, which will open after a winner has been declared for Round I.
✔ How many books you plan to read 2013 >/160 pages?
(For the whole year, not just what remains...)
✔ If you were in Round I, the percentage of goal reached would be appreciated,
if you know it.
✔ Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? Or Co-Captain?
You can make a formal request to join NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II, if you like.
However, you will NOT be accepted until you have been assigned a Team. You will asked a very simple question about the Rules. ☺
So, it is necessary to sign-up here .
Be sure to provide the requested information above.
Thank you!
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While the challenges have been taken down, your bookshelves and Team treads are untouched. If you want any stats, just ask your Captains or Lisa Kay.
Winners are:
First to 2,013! Woohoo!
Second place. But kept tagging and ended with the most books at 2,056, when it was all said and done.
Placed third, but was soon distracted by Round II. ...so... with only 1,945 books...
This Team never said, "Die!" Well, to themselves, at least. ☺ They just kept tagging and came in third overall at 1,985 books.
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The Moderators of NBRC apologize for “spamming” you with all the invites to the different BOM polls earlier this month, especially those of you in the early part of the alphabet.
Please know that it was not our intention; it was a GoodReads glitch, in that we were getting error messages indicating the invites were not sent.
If you ever receive more than one invite to a poll, event, etc., please let us know so we can look into it.
We actually create lists to make sure we don’t spam you. GoodReads limits how many invites one account can send in a single blast; so, we conscientiously cross them off the list as they are sent, to keep what happened this month from happening.
Ah, well, even the best laid plans can be spoiled by a computer glitch.
Sincerely,
Lisarenee, Sonia, Jex, Mary, Laura, Lisa Kay, and the Mod Account.
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Tower Teams Read 2013 is still accepting new members. Rules & How to... , plus Sign-ups are posted. It isn't too late to join! We will also be adding people through out the challenge.
The first of our NBRC 4,000+ Members group giveaways is up. It's for 
The Son by Philipp Meyer. To enter to win go to:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
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We thought we'd let you know what's going on in Nothing but Reading Challenges.
Click on the title/author name (below) of the book to get to the discussion:
August 2nd - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn ( Adult Anything Goes)
August 12th - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Young Adult)
August 22nd - Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead (Adult Para/UF/SciFi/Fan)
Chronological Listing of Upcoming "Buddy Reads":
Date "Buddy Read" Book Location
August 01 - Throne of Glass here
August 03 - Divergent here
August 05 - The Art of Racing in the Rain here
August 06 Dawn of Eden here
August 09 - Fall of Giants here
August 10 - Shadow and Bone here
August 14 Wolf-Speaker here
August 19 - Shadow of Night here
August 26 - Legend here
??? The Twelve here
September 06 - The Eternity Cure here
September 12 - One Day here
Click on the name of the challenge to get to it:
August Author Appreciation (triple A challenge) Reading Challenge (NEW)
August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Challenge
Blue Moon Challenge: August, 2012
Summer Camping Reading Challenge
Camp Gottaread Summer Reading Challenge
Beach Blanket BINGO
Click on the name of the challenge to get to it:
A Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge
Game of Thrones Reading Challenge (Thank you, Ashley Marie!)
The Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Squad Reading Challenge
Stuck in a Rut Reading Challenge (Thank you, Annia!)
Title Titles (Thank you, Gayle!)
To get to the BMDC Click Here
Winners of the September nominated books. Please note dates are still to be decided.
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- The Prophet (Graveyard Queen, #3) by Amanda Stevens
Have a happy, healthy and fun August everyone!
The moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges.
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Chronological Listing of Upcoming "Buddy Reads":
Date "Buddy Read" Book Location
August 01 - Throne of Glass here
August 03 - Divergent here
August 05 - The Art of Racing in the Rain here
August 06 Dawn of Eden here
August 09 - Fall of Giants here
August 10 - Shadow and Bone here
August 14 Wolf-Speaker here
August 19 - Shadow of Night here
August 26 - Legend here
??? The Twelve here
September 06 - The Eternity Cure here
September 12 - One Day here
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Alphabetical Listing of Upcoming "Buddy Reads":The informal "buddy read" The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein is here. Start August 5th.
The “Informal Buddy Read” for Dawn of Eden (Blood of Eden 0.5), by Julie Kagawa is here. Start date August 6th.
The informal "buddy read" "revisited" Divergent, by Veronica Roth is here. Start August 3rd.
The "buddy read" of The Eternity Cure (The Blood of Eden #2), by Julie Kagawa is here. Start September 6th.
The "Buddy Read" for Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett is here. Start date is August 9th.
The “Buddy Read” for Legend by Marie Lu is here. Start date is August 26th.
The "Buddy Read" for One Day, by David Nicholls is here. Start Date is September 12th.
The "Buddy Read" for Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo (The Grisha #1) is here. Start Date is August 10th.
The "Buddy Read" for Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy #2), by Deborah Harkness is here. Start Date is August 19th.
"Informal Buddy Read" of Throne of Glass, by Sarah J Maas is here. Start Date is August 1st.
"Buddy Read" of The Twelve (The Passage #2), by Justin Cronin is here. Start Date ???.
“Informal Buddy Read” of Wolf-Speaker (Immortals #2), by Tamora Pierce is here. Start date is August 14th.
*Note: Only those books that are #2 or further into a series have their series name listed, unless they are a prequel.
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If anyone is interested, a new Team in the NBRC Tower Teams Challenge is forming.
Sign up is in this thread.
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Goodreads will be down for maintenance tonight starting at 9 PM PST (midnight EST) for a large database migration. The outage will be about 2.5 hours, but they plan to be get a lot of work done!
Plan your time accordingly!
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If anyone is interested, we need replacement players, plus a new Team in the NBRC Tower Teams Challenge is forming.
Sign up is in this thread.
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SUNDAY UPDATE SPREADSHEET
1. Moonstone
2. Electric Lime
3. Mango Tango
4. Pewter Blue
5. Leather Jacket Black
6. Wild Blue Yonder
7. Purple Mt's Majesty
8. Tickle Me Pink
9. Cerulean (Hobbit Blue)
10. Forest Green - tie!
11. Mauvelous - tie!
12. B'dazzled Blue
13. Blastoff Bronze
14. Radical Red
15. Cadet Blue
16. Magenta Mix-up
17. Atomic Tangerine
Now ranked according to percent of Adjusted Goal:
1. Moonstone
2. Mango Tango
3. Leather Jacket Black
4. Electric Lime
5. Pewter Blue
6. Wild Blue Yonder
7. Purple Mt's Majesty
8. Tickle Me Pink
9. Forest Green
10. Mauvelous
11. Cerulean (Hobbit Blue)
12. B'dazzled Blue
13. Blastoff Bronze
14. Cadet Blue
15. Radical Red
16. Magenta Mix-up
17. Atomic Tangerine
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Continuing on with the TTRC...
For those of you who want to finish what you started, we are leaving the Tower Team Reading Challenges threads, the "sister group," and Team Home Page Challenges open.
Some of you want to finish your Team Mini Challenges for November; some want to see what they can do towards reaching 1,350 (with or without BAPs); others want to go until the end of the year; and die-hards want to go until April, 2014!
Whatever you decide, as an individual Team or Team Member basis, is completely up to you. Even if you are the only Team Member interested in continuing, we're sure the other Teams will interact with you.
We, the Mods and Captain Paige, will do an informal update once a month.
Whatever you decided, remember to have fun! There will be much less pressure, definitely.
As far as Round III, we do NOT know when it will start, but it will NOT be in January. For the next Team Challenge, the other Mods want to do some type of board game that will last anywhere from one to several months.
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