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

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

Chris wrote: "Question: am I able to add books to tags I know would fit before we start? Or is that considered cheating?"

Ooh controversial. The general rule of thumb is it needs to be tagged by at least one person, but you cannot claim the tag if you’re the only one who has tagged it. Hope that makes sense :)

Louise wrote: "Christina wrote: "I added a new tab to our planning sheet with the task list put in categories to have a better overview. hope that's okay. I would have made a list for myself anyway so I thought w..."

I’ve organised this, put some Color and definition in and tracked it back to the main task list.

Christina wrote: "I added a new tab to our planning sheet with the task list put in categories to have a better overview. hope that's okay. I would have made a list for myself anyway so I thought why not share it wi..."

That’s fine I was going to have a play about with the list today to arrange into categories for ease.

MPG is main page genre. So this is the book’s main page. If you’re Tag is showing as the last one on the main page I would screenshot it and post it here. I have had tags drop off the main page before know.

Christina wrote: "so if I got this right we can read as many tasks as we want each round which means in order to get as many points as possible we should also fulfill as many tasks as possible, right?"

That’s right, as the challenge progresses we will black out the tasks that have been used.

✿ Claire ✿ wrote: "Ah cool! I didn't realise Tasks were already available. I'll have a look to see if any of the books I choose fit any of the "obscure" ones

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That's great. I've added your books to the first tab on the planning sheet. The spellout tab is for Rina and Myself to complete and move as necessary. Can you add your alternate letters :)

Hi Joanne I'm sure we've been on some team challenges together. I forgot about cutthroat, that was fun.

Hi Christina, welcome to the team. Hopefully the randomiser will look favourably on us, I know Rina has Requested to be back up, I’ve managed to get hold of the audiobook for the BOM, can’t wait.

Hi Sandy, you’re all linked up 😄

Brigia wrote: "There are five books tagged "crazy" that I wanted to read soon:

which would work for C with the series name
- M in author name
[boo..."

Tempted by the Nora Roberts, but I may have to take up the Rachel Caine. I really enjoyed the first in the series

Welcome Claire, Brigia and Keely. Shelves are linked above. Feel free to add books to the planning spreadsheet. Everyone has the same task list (200 each) this is on the 2nd Tab on the s/sheet.

Bonus points are available for our first complete word. Every other complete word per round is only on page points.
Genre specific tag (Max 10 books)
Task list - each player can complete the task list but can not duplicate a task. (I.e if you use your book for Set in Canada this task will not be available for further books; other team members can complete this on their list). (Hint: if your book works for an obscure task use that one first)

Sonia wrote: "Sophie wrote: "This team captain from Hobbit is having a moment of slight despair! That's a lot of U and Z as was pointed out earlier! Time for a KU search!"

Ouch!

Yeah.

If you have LGBT readers..."
Going to hunt out Book 3 & 4

Poor Kitty, when our dog was spayed last year she kept bumping into everything with the cone. It hurt when what she bumped into was your leg

Hi Everyone, looking forward to this challenge. We have just over a week to get ready for the start so a little time to get to know each other. This is my 3rd Wheel and I’ve also played UNO, Tower Teams and Wobble as well as other smaller Team Challenges. I am a little bit addicted to Team challenges which I find is great for expanding my reading, although some of the books I have read have been rather dubious 😂

Although originally from North Wales, I live in South Wales with my OH and 4yr old SpanielxDaschund. Since lockdown I have been “reading” more audiobooks as I can listen while working from home. We had planned a road-trip to visit long lost relations in May but unfortunately this had had to be put on hold until next year 🤞.

My favourite genres are Mystery, Thriller, Romance and YA but will read most genres. I don’t think I’ve read Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver but I have watched the Ted Danson and Jack Black adaptation. I do prefer Ted Danson’s version.

Gulliver’s Travels is open head on over 😄

Round 3
Duration 11 Jul - 17 Jul
Wheelathon Word: DRIVE TO ULURU
Genre Tags:
• GAMES
• BACTERIA
• TURKEY
• POISON
• UMBRELLA

(view spoiler)[Round 2
Duration: 27th June - 10 Jul
Wheelathon Word: TOURISM
Genre Tags:
• Tiger
• Safari
• Desert
• Africa
• Indegenous

Countdown to Check-In

(view spoiler)[Round 1
Duration: 13 - 26th June
Wheelathon Word: ZOOM CALLS
Genre Tags:
• Delusion
• Liquor
• Hallucinogenic
• Trippy
• Crazy

End of Round 1/Start Of Round 2 (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

June BOMs
Adult BOM:

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
Discussion Starts 14th June
Pages: 352
Discussion Thread
Tasks: Yellow Cover; Deckchair on Cover; 4 people on cover; Set in a boat; MPG Contemporary; 2-Word Title; Multiple POV?

YA BOM:

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Discussion Starts 21st June
Discussion
Tasks: Blue Cover (some editions); Romance/Contemporary Young Adult MPG; 2 people on cover; 3-Word title; GR Award;

July BOMs
Adult Fiction:

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Discussion starts 2nd July
Discussion
Tasks: Set In A Hotel

YA BOM

Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Discussion starts 16th July
Discussion
Tasks: epistolary novel; some eds have a red cover

BOM Points
Participating in Book of the Month (BOM) discussions during the time frame of the challenge will score points as follows:
◈ 40 points for writing a discussion question set
◈ 20 points for participating in the discussion

Recommended Books
Keeley -
Brigia -
Joanne -
Louise -
Christina -
Claire -
Rina -

Chris -
Rachel -
SandyL -
Shelby -
Jeremy -

Other Team Recommendations

All About Wheelathon 5

Countdown To Start

Team Shelves
• Louise
• Rina
• Brigia
• Celia
• Chris
• Christina
• Claire
• Jeremy
• Joanne
• Keely
• Rachel L
• SandyL
• Shelby
• Sunny

Planning Sheet

Welcome fellow travellers to the 5th edition of Wheelathon.
I am Louise and I will be your Captain for this journey.

Please link your shelF when you drop by. Introduce yourself to the team, there are some new faces amongst us.

Please read the rules carefully whether your a seasoned traveller or just starting out it does’nt hurt to familiarise yourself with the rules. If you do have any questions feel free to ask and we will do our best to answer.

Has anyone read the book?

Book Completions
I have linked a planning spreadsheet above, Completions can be input straight into there or you can post in here.
Completions need to include the following:
the link to the book edition you read
- the page count of the book edition you read (or the default if you read an audio version / large print)
- the date you finished it
- the spell out letters and reasons (i.e. Simon char / Robert author / Expanse series etc)
- if it has one of the tags for the round
- the task you are using it for, with reason

Donna wrote: "Louise wrote: "After much deliberation I’ve decided to jump back in to this. I enjoyed the HP Towers Quidditch although I ended up reading some rather dubious books to try for a win."

Aw come on....."

I’m probably scarred for life 😉