Sue’s Comments (group member since Sep 27, 2016)

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

NRBC Planning vs Achieving Challenge

Duration: January 1st to December 31st 2017

Rules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set you level of Planner - aka, fill the blank spots below and define your year goals.
3. In post number two keep the record of ALL your books read that fit one of the goals below (*)
4. By the end of the year discover your level of Achiever
5. Have fun and read lots!

This year I will read:
2 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
1 books that I keep avoiding
1 chunksters (over 450 pages)
3 new releases
5 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
3 books from my favorite genre
3 books from my favorite author(s)
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me

I'll join in. Lets start with 12.

NBRC 1001 Books Before You Die Challenge
Feb 6,2017 to February 6, 2018
0/12

I'm in.

NBRC 50 States Challenge
February 5, 2017 to February 5,2018

0/50

Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ)
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA) - Of Mice and Men
Colorado (CO)
Connecticut (CT)
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)
Maryland (MD)
Massachusetts (MA)
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota (MN)
Mississippi (MS)
Missouri (MO)
Montana (MT)
Nebraska (NE)
Nevada (NV)
New Hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ)
New Mexico (NM)
New York (NY)
North Carolina (NC)
North Dakota (ND)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK)
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC)
South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN)
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Vermont (VT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)

I would love to join this challenge!

NBRC Jane Austen Yearly Challenge
February 6, 2017 to February 6, 2018

Points: 1

Levels:
Mrs Bennet: 5-14 points
Charlotte Lucas: 15-24 points
Jane Bennet: 25-34 points
Emma Woodhouse - 35+ books, you haven't managed to use all of the categories
Elizabeth Bennet: 35+ points, you have to use each of the categories at least once.


Categories:
Original: Read or re-read a Jane Austen (JA) novel.
2 points per book.

Sequels & Re-tellings: Read a sequel to a JA novel or a story of JA characters with a twist (alternate reality, paranormal elements, nowadays setting or just a secondary character's perspective).
1 point per book.

✔Setting: Read a book/watch a movie or a TV series set in the regency era (late 18th and early 19th century: 1780s through 1830s) in which the hero/heroine is English.
1 point per book, 1 point per movie, 2 points per TV series

✔I heart Austenland (movie)

Plain Facts: Read a non-fiction book/ watch a documentary related to JA or to the time period of JA novels.
3 points per book, 1 point per documentary

Spell-it-out: Spell out one of the following words: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Mr Darcy, Elizabeth, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, Regency, Classic, Romance.
1 point per book.

Adaptations: Watch a movie or a TV show based on a JA book or her life.
1 point per movie, 2 points per TV show/series.

I definitely want in on this one!

NBRC Books to Movies Challenge
February 5, 2017 to February 5, 2017

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I have Around the World in 80 days on my current reading stack. It's a great idea for a challenge. Thanks! I really want to try this one.

Sounds fun! I'm in!

NBRC Love Quote Mad Libs Challenge
February 5, 2017 to February 5, 2018