Louise’s Comments (group member since Aug 29, 2015)

Louise’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

@Mary please add a date read to The Night Raven on your shelf

Nanci wrote: "We're off to a great start, team, with a few of you already finishing your books on Day 1! Woo hoo! We still need one more pink cover and of course the more space operas the better, if anyone wants..."

It’s only Apples Never Fall and If We Were Villains that count for this 😞

Dale wrote: "What r checking out?"

Link corrected

Check This Out

Welcome Devann, I’m a little behind on my reading goal this year but I did set it a little higher

And we are GO

We have just over 12hours to go before we begin.

Don’t forget when posting your completions that you note all the options your book works for and that the edition you read is on your shelf.

@Dale I’ve highlighted the columns that are for Captain use only. Please add your book titles.

@Stacey you can read to your heart’s content. 😀

Dale wrote: "Vikki wrote: "Is there somewhere on the tracking sheet to have book titles, or have I missed it?"

On the team sheet there is one but not on the house keeping one"

Sorry, the columns were there just hadn’t named them. Should be fixed.

A little over 24hours until we can start. Our word of the week is RAZORBLADE TEARS We are predicted to be able to spell this out twice.

We need 5 books with PINK covers for our bonus points as well as Space Opera tagged books (minimum 10 tags) add to the tracking sheet or post here if you can cover any of these bonuses.

A Little Housekeeping

• Please make sure to check in at least once a week to let us know your still playing.
• Make sure the edition you read is the one on your shelf.
• Completions can be either posted here or added to the tracking sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Team The Great Gatsby is open

Hi, I’m Louise from South Wales where I live with my 6 year old Daschund x Spaniel. This is my 5th Wheel A Thon and it is one of my favorite team challenges.

My go to genres are mystery/suspense/thriller; urban fantasy; paranormal; romance and historical, I tend to stay away from horror and space opera although I will read pretty much anything if it fits a challenge.

Introduce yourself to the rest of the team with as little or as much info as you wish. Don’t forget to post your wheel shelf;
Here’s mine: Wheel 7

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Countdown

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

Tracking Sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

🎡Week 1
Duration: 14 Nov to 21 Nov
Spell Out Phrase: RAZOR BLADE TEARS
Colour Cover Bonus: PINK (50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: SPACE OPERA (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited


🎡Week 2
Duration: 21 Nov to 28 Nov
Spell Out Phrase: A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH
Colour Cover Bonus: BROWN(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: MYTHOLOGY (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

🎡Week 3
Duration: 28 Nov to 5 Dec
Spell Out Phrase: THE CARTOGRAPHERS
Colour Cover Bonus: BLUE(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: QUEER (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

🎡Week 4
Duration: 5 Dec to 12 Dec
Spell Out Phrase: THE BOOK OF COLD CASES
Colour Cover Bonus: BLUE(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: CONTEMPORARY (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

🎡Week 5
Duration: 12 Dec to 19 Dec
Spell Out Phrase: SEMIOSIS
Colour Cover Bonus: BLACK(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: ZOMBIES (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

Team Shelves
• Louise (Captain) - Wheel 7
• Mary C (Co-Captain) - Wheel 7
• Nanci (Co-Captain) - Wheels 7
• Jhmingos - Wheel 7
• Dale - Reading Shelf
• StaceyC - Wheel 7
• Vikki - Wheel7
• Stacey - Wheel 2022
• Devann - 22 Wheelathon

Rules - The Cliff Notes Version
All About Wheel and Announcement

◈ Starts on 14 November and runs for FIVE weeks (ending 18 December)
◈ The start / end time for each round will be 9pm UK time
◈ Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count

📚 Minimum page Count: 160

📚 Audio books: use default page count, if this is large print use next most popular book. If no printed or ebook, audio must be more than 4 hours and defaults to 160 pages.

📚 Books with MPGs Childrens / Kids / Poetry / Play / Graphic Novel / Illustrated / Photography / Art (or which have "Illustrated" in the title or an "Illustrator" contributor in the metadata) must have a verified word count of at least 40,000.

Verified Word Counts
UK - https://www.arbookfind.co.uk
US - https://www.arbookfind.com
Australia - https://www.arbookfind.com.au

📚 Re-Reads - must have been at least Six months since last read.

📚 Books cannot be banked for future rounds.


Points System
◈ Books less than 160 pages = 0 points
◈ Books between 160 and 1000 pages = 0.1 points/page
◈ Books over 1000 pages = 100 points
(points will be rounded up/down from 0.5 as per standard maths)


Bonus Points

Each week teams can gain 5 bonus points if a book used in the spell out is:
- at least 50% the colour cover associated with the team's word - to a maximum of 25 points
- that has at least 10 shelvings that matches the week's shelf. The same shelf will be used for all teams. There is no maximum points for the shelving

Spell-Out
Spell out using the first letter in:
🔤 Title/ Series (definite/indefinite articles can be ignored)
🔤 Author First/Last Name
🔤 Character First/ Last Name/ Nickname - FICTION ONLY - (must be significant to the plot)
🔤 Narrator First/ Last Name - for audios only
🔤 Translator First/ Last Name - for translated books only.

Laura wrote: "If my book says, "He's been fired from the Shrimp Boat.", does that work for Shrimp? The sentence is referencing the name of a restaurant, and the name of the restaurant is referencing the boat whi..."

I would say so

Laura wrote: "Louise, can you add the monthly special and the bonus words to your post 19, please? That way it’s all in one spot."

Done

We started Round 3 in 6th place so these are our bonus words

4-7 Keep up the great work, but perhaps get a bit more creative in round 3 to increase popularity.
Meals with the word "prawns" (shrimp is acceptable), "cherry", or "gelato" in the text or title, or used as a spell-it-out will attract more adults for round 3

Round 3 Special
"◈ Fig and raspberry crostata. (figs, vanilla, sugar, raspberries, creme frache, cream, flour, butter, sugar, eggs, rum, almond meal, icing sugar)
-Must contain figs, raspberries, sugar)"


Bonus
"Use your spell-it-outs and scavenger hunts to find items to ignite passion for couples on a date. Think oysters, roses, crystal.... use your imagination!!
MAXIMUM 20 ITEMS IN TOTAL"