☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2013)

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

RULES

◈ Starts October 7th, at 7 AM Sydney Australia (AEST) and goes for 10 weeks, ending on December 16th.
◈ Each week will start at the same time on Mondays, 7AM Sydney Australia (AEST).
◈ Books must be />100 pages.
◈ Audio books are allowed. (For page numbers, use the "default" GR book page numbers. If the "default" is a Large Print version, use the next most popular edition for page numbers.
◈ If there is no print / ebook, then the audio book must be longer than 3 hours, and page numbers will be set at 100 pages, no matter how long the audio is)
◈ No graphic novels, cookbooks or poetry. (Sorry.)
◈ Anything with the word" boxed set" in the title on Goodreads can not be used as "one book". They need to be shelved as separate books to count for this challenge.
◈ No children's books or plays/screenplays less than 25,000 words. ArBookFind is a great site to double check. Another rule of thumb is the audiobook version should be over 3 hours.
◈ Any book in any language will count, as long as it meets the criteria.
◈ "Re-reads" will be allowed, if it has been six months since you have read the book. This includes listening to the audio version, if you've already read the book.

◈ For reading books
Books between 100 and 499 pages = 0.1 points per page
Books between 500 and 799 pages = 0.15 points per page
Books 800 pages or more = 0.2 points per page

NOTE: Book Points will be rounded to integer.

EXAMPLE:
Pages Points
160 16
450 45
500 75
750 113
800 160
1050 210

◈ Sinful Pride Points
As you assign each book to a sin, using one of the three categories you will get bonus points. If you are lucky enough to find a book that meets all three requirements (two for Avarice), you can call Sin Bingo!

7 points for achieving Sin Bingo
5 points for each book used for colour cover
3 points for each book used for top shelf
1 point for each book used for sin specification (EXCEPT for Avarice, which gets 0 points)

◈ For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points

NOTE: We will accept one team member per book per team for writing a days DQs. If, by three days prior to the BOM starting, we don't have enough volunteers to write all DQs, then we will let more than one team member per team write questions. If we have more people than days sign up (prior to 3 days before start date) we will randomise the volunteers to determine those who can write DQs

◈ For accuracy
Each week we'll do a team analysis of books read vs books signed up
Teams that stay in the 80% - 120% reading range get an additional 50 points
Teams that fall below the 80% mark get a penalty of -20 points
Teams that go over the 120% cap but stay under the 250% get a penalty of -100 points
Teams that go over the 250% mark get a penalty of -200 points

Team Shelves
•Carmen - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Plethora - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Trinia Guttuso - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Ashlee Marie - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Devann - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Mary, Mary, Just a bit Contrary - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Rebecca - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Sharon A. - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Tara Taylor - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
• Vicki - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

BOOKS READ THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm working on my last book V for the current word. We have 2 days and about 8 hours. If we want to go with another word and use Keli's book we can try "Arsenic or Lands"?

A - Kill Me Twice - Carmen (possibles: R,C,A)
R - Grim Reunion - Nikk
✔S - Party Girl - Carmen (possibles: L,R,H)
E -
✔ N - Knight - Keli (9/20) (possible A)
I - I Dare You - Carmen (possible: D,S,M)
✔ C - To Helvetica and Back - Carmen (possibles - C, D, P,S,H)

or

L - Paper Money - Carmen (possibles: K,F,L,T,C)
A -
N -
D -
S -

Keli if you finish your book by tomorrow, we could use your finished on another word. Maybe a smaller one, if everyone is in? It still have a few books that I can done.

Awesome! Thanks Keli 😁

Ok so if this works out.
If Nikk and I finish our bulk of the letters, we can get this word done :)

S - Breaking Him - Carmen
C - Hex Hall - Carmen
A - Witching You Were Here - Nikk
N - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Nikk
D - Animal Attraction - Carmen
I - Sense of Evil - Nikk
N - Ninth Key - Plethora (also works for A)
A - Plethora
V - Virgin River - Carmen
I - Clean Sweep - Keli
A - Unborn - Carmen

Round four starts 23 September, 9pm, Sydney Australia (AEST) !
Countdown

If anyone can get Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson it will work for task #4
I can’t get it. It’s out at my library 😔

I think Keli got the ok for task 3 but I've been looking to see if there was something for task 4. This are some of the authors that can work - Sophie Jordan, Ian Thompson, or...... If you can find something that works it would be great but if you want to work on #3 that's good too just in case

Will you consider this for yellow (blond hair)?

Plethora wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Keli wrote: "I thought your Poison book was for sz2 for task #3? It's what you posted here ..."

I can't say that the bottle would qualify to cover Ta..."

Ok got it.

Keli wrote: "I'll be reading
Poison letters S, P, W Sarah Pinborough, Snow White (there are other characters, I'm sure, but they're not listed on the book page. I'll list them as i read, unless ..."

I thought your Poison book was for sz2 for task #3? It's what you posted here

Plethora wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Oh I thought she was done. No worries I have my werewolf book to do as well but may hold out on that one as well since it can work for the spell out. ..."

Oh I forgot I have that book to add too and a couple more but yes, I should be done with my book before then. If Keli post her completion I can finish my books later tonight.

For Spell-out

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Characters:
Jenna, Sophia Mercer, Archer Cross, Elodie, Mrs. Casnoff

Dragos Goes to Washington by Thea Harrison
Characters: Dragos, Pia

Pia Does Hollywood by Thea Harrison
Characters: Pia Cueleore, Tatiana, Liam

The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones
Characters: Charley Davidson, Reyes Farrow, Cookie Kowalski

Oh I thought she was done. No worries I have my werewolf book to do as well but may hold out on that one as well since it can work for the spell out.

I'll post my books. BRB

Plethora wrote: "Figured it out. I moved nikk book from N to S for character Shadwell."

Nice catch!

Ok so we're good to go with the next sz. Yay! I'll get my books started. I still need to post my books that may work for sz3. I'll get on that once I walk the dog. Lol

Looks good to me. I'll make a list of my books that will work.

I finished my I book for sz

I can do

Read a book with a yellow cover (>50%) where the author contains the letters D-E-A-D (doesn't need to be in that order) with
by Darynda Jones

Read a book with yellow writing on the cover where the title contains the letters P-O-I-S-O-N (doesn't need to be in that order) with

I finished my O book and now working on the I book.

Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: "Sorry full on weekend and didn’t get as much ch reading done e as I hoped. Hope to have at least on my f books done today and the other by early tomorrow"

No worries. We all have our days 😉