SandyL’s Comments (group member since May 11, 2015)

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

Arggghhhhh.......I'm looking for books to read for our word and it seems like everything I'm interested in reading is a few pages short of the next page count level - 384 pages, 396 pgs, 492 pages, 292 pages....sigh.......

Good morning everyone! (Well, morning for me.)

I haven't decided what book I'm going to start with. I've found a few with the Adventure tag and I'm also doing SRC and finishing up the NBRC Right Side Up challenge, so hoping to find some books that fit everything! I usually have at least two books going at once - one on my kindle and an audiobook. I've got a number of books on hold through Overdrive, so when they become available I try to read them as soon as possible.

Welcome Joanne!

Yay - we're all checked in.

I'm going to update the reserved posts with links and challenge info. If there is anything you want included that isn't, please let me know.
Also, we'll have a planning worksheet and here's the link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

You can add your finished books or books you plan to read to the "Wk1Books" tab and Melinda and I will use the other tab to sort where they end up.

I can't wait to get started!!!

Hi Suzanne!
I hope you're going somewhere fun!

Megan wrote: "SandyL wrote: "Hi Team!
Welcome to Anne of Green Gables! Is everyone excited to get started? Melinda and I will get stuff added to our reserved spots above as soon as possible since we get started..."

Hi Megan - Welcome!
The half cat is a feral cat that requires I feed her, but otherwise wants nothing to do with me. What kind of pet accessories do you make and sell? That's so fun and interesting!

Hi Devann! Welcome!!!
I'm not a fan of the color beige either (although I think I do have some beige-ish walls in my house :-)) For the genre, it just has to be on the first page of Top Shelves, so some books that you might not think are adventure might have a tag. If there is only one tag, it can't be yours, though.

BTW - our first word is Beige and genre is Adventure

Hi Team!
Welcome to Anne of Green Gables! Is everyone excited to get started? Melinda and I will get stuff added to our reserved spots above as soon as possible since we get started on Friday - yay!!!

In the meantime, I live near Los Angeles so I'm on Pacific time. I'm divorced with no kids but two needy dogs and 1-1/2 cats. I mostly read romance, but for these challenges I'll read just about anything. More later as I'm just waking up (yawn......)

Thanks!

Good morning Cat. Will you please open Anne of Green Gables - we're all set to go!

Thanks!

Thanks - done!

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June BOM

- Starts 16 June
Discussion Thread
- NBRC Backroom - Starts 16 June
Discussion Thread


July BOM

- Starts 2 July
Discussion Thread
- Starts 16 July
Discussion Thread


August BOM

YA BOM Nominations - nominate a book by 27 June
Adult BOM Nominations - nominate a book by 27 June

Challenge Dates: 14 June - 9 August

Countdown to Start
Countdown to End of Week 1

All About Wheel O Brown
Coffee, Chai, Cocoa & Chat

Points:
◈ Books between 160 and 200 pages = 5 points
◈ Books between 201 and 300 pages = 10 points
◈ Books between 301 and 400 pages = 20 points
◈ Books between 401 and 500 pages = 40 points
◈ Books between 501 and 650 pages = 60 points
◈ Books between 651 and 800 pages = 80 points
◈ Books over 801 pages = 100 points

Additional Points
The teams will get additional bonus points as below:
◈ Points will be available for participation in BOM discussions (specifically June's YA BOM, both July BOMs and August's Adult BOM).
- Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
- Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points

Top Shelves
Each word on the wheel has been paired with a genre. If you read and use a book with the matching genre, you will gain 5 bonus points per book, for a maximum of 10 books / 50 points per team. Genres must match exactly (though plural/singular is OK), and must be found on page 1 of the "Top Shelves" for the book. There is no minimum number of tags needed, provided it is present on page 1. If it's at the bottom of page, you might want to get approval from the Captains Group.

Member Shelves

SandyL
Melinda
Devann
Joanne
Megan
Suzanne

Planning Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Challenge Status Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Books Read Posting Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Pretty please - can you open Anne of Green Gables? Thanks!

Hi Laura!!!

Volunteering for DQ's! Hope you're feeling the love, Cat!

Team - Anne of Green Gables

Susanne wrote: "can someone tell me where to find the weight of a book on amazon?"

It you go to your book on amazon, click on the paperback version and scroll down to Product Details, it will show the shipping weight

This was a really fun challenge Karen - thank you for putting it together!!! I hope we can do it again.