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A’s comments from the ♥ Nothing Better Than Reading!! ♥ group.

Round 4/Week 4
Duration : 19th May - 25th May

Clue 1 : Read a book which begins with a marriage of convenience. (8 pts)
Clue 1 : Read a book which deals with magic. (5 pts)
Clue 1 : Read a book with a sharp object on the cover. (3 pts)

- The team leader has to update the books in one single post in the submission thread.
- Immunity can be opted for the entire week where the team members will not have to complete the clues, but yet be awarded with 10 points.
- Doubts regarding any clues can be posted here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Welcome to the group, newcomer :)) Thanks for joining!

3:37 pm, at home, board results came out today :D Relaxing with friends and GRing.

Alison wrote: "Hope you don't mind but have another suggestion re the buddy reads. Have you considered switching it around and basing on books rather than paired members?

You could start a thread where people po..."

We used to do that initially when the group was started. However it didn't work out much, we hardly got a few buddy reads. So after a few months, I thought of changing the system.

Celia wrote: "Week 3 Clue 1. Does the relationship have to be husband/wife? The book Everything I Never Told You deals with the death of a daughter.

The book Leaving Time has to do with the death of a mother."

It has to be a relationship betweeb husband/wife or girlfriend/boyfriend.

Alison wrote: "Are you allowed to read books that are on your own read shelf? I thought it had to be a different team members."

It has to be a different team member's shelf.

Alison wrote: "The most common one I've come across is the alphabet one. The idea is that you use books you've read to work through each letter of the alphabet and you get a point for each letter.

For example,

..."

Um..okay. I think I get an idea. I'll check out the same in other groups and try to come up with more ideas. Thank you for explaining :) I'll think of introducing this in the group in 1-2 months.

Breathe Me - Sia

Anyone watched Piku yet?

You get 10 extra points in spite of opting for immunity. So the total is 21 points. Please update week 2's books.

Round 3/Week 3
Duration : 12th May - 18th May

Clue 1 : Read a book which starts off with a break-up/divorce/end in a relationship. (Death of the loved one can also work) (8 pts)

Clue 2 : Read a book which deals with self-discovery. (5 pts)

Clue 3 : Read a book with a coin on the cover. (3 pts)

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- The team leader has to update the books in one single post in the submission thread.
- Immunity can be opted for the entire week where the team members will not have to complete the clues, but yet be awarded with 10 points.
- Doubts regarding any clues can be posted here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Melissa wrote: "How about...

Are you a person that needs complete silence around you, while reading a book, or not?"

Thank you for the idea. I added it:)

Are you a person that needs complete silence around you, while reading a book, or not?

I'm re-reading Dear John by Nicholas Sparks and will start with A Clash of Kings shortly.

9:11 pm, glad to be back home:) GRing and will start reading in a while.

Welcome all new comers! Thank you for joining the group :) Have fun ^.^

Alison wrote: "Have you thought about having a group readathon? Basically pick a topic/theme for a month and everyone reads as many books as possible that fit?"

Actually to be honest, I've seen readathons in a lot of groups but I never really understood what it means. Um...so what is it exactly?

Kme_17 wrote: "Just wondering if will work for clue 3? Thank you : )"

Yes. Sorry for late reply.

Janessa wrote: "Can the books be on our read shelves longer then three months? for example if I read a book last year that fits one of our clues and other team member reads it this week, we get the points for it. ..."

Yes. Absolutely correct. Sorry for late reply.

Put in your suggestions here for June 2015!

Categories -

(1) Free Pick (no genre)
(2) Genre-Based (thriller)
(3) Series (First book of a series)

Last date : 15th May, 2015