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Yoo-Hoo!!
Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Yoo-Hoo!!Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!
We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!
... and I'm off!
Anima wrote: "I would gladly read Guards!Guards! if it counts for any task"So apart from tasks, note that there are Books of the Month, and each month for the next three, we will have three books that qualify - one of which will be a book from the Discworld series! Guards! Guards! is one of the BOMs for July.
These are the May BOMs
The Foundling
Dumplin'
Equal Rites
Anytime you read a BOM, you can answer Discussion Questions for an additional 20 points. You can also these Discussion Questions, if chosen to do so for an additional 40 points!
This challenge is all about the points we accumulate.
For tasks, my recommendation would be to focus on the Rincewind and City Watch tasks first because they yield the most points, and then work in descending order of points.But, from my previous experience with Tower Teams, it goal is just read, read, read, because each book and each read page counts for something or the other.
So, definitely would be helpful to account for all the books you read. We don't want to miss on any of them! Haha! :)
You guys are genuinely awesome to actually be able to narrow it down to 10 books you'd recommend! Wow! :D
Thank you everybody who posting their favorite shelves, now let me ask you to do something even more crazier. Haha. :PList out the Top 10 books
I will collate the information up top and we can share it with the other teams.
I'll start,
Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
This Is How It Always Is | Laurie Frankel
When All Is Said | Anne Griffin
Dear Edward | Ann Napolitano
Full Disclosure | Camryn Garrett
The Night Diary | Veera Hiranandani
Miracle Creek | Angie Kim
My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell
Interior Chinatown | Charles Yu
The Black Flamingo | Dean Atta
Hey! Hey! Hey!I'm Apoorv, (supposedly) your co-captain. :P
I have been playing Tower Teams for a wee bit now and clearly love this challenge. It also doesn't help that I am wildly addicted to GoodReads and am just here wandering through the groups in search of group challenges. LOL!
Just like Annalisa, I'm also captaining a group in UNO, so will be focused a bit there till it ends at the end of this month, but will totally be around here.
I live in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and read almost everything that I can get my hands on (except maybe religious fiction). And Tower Teams has historically definitely helped me venture more into a variety of genres and authors.
Tower Teams Shelf: Challenge-NBRC-TT8
Since it is the Awards season for the movies, I am thoroughly engrossed in watching all the nominated movies across the globe, so I am a happy camper these days. The last one I watched was Minari (Dir. Lee Isaac Chung) which is a beautiful story of a South Korean family trying to find their footing in America. Highly recommend it!
Cannot wait to get the ball rolling on this one. We have a fun challenge in front of us! :D
In the interim feel free to ask any questions you have. I promise I will answer all the easy ones and let Nikk and Annalisa tackle the not so easy ones! :P
Okay, stop already. :P
TEAMMATE Tower Teams Shelves
• Annalisa - Tower 2021
• Apoorv - Challenge-NBRC-TT8
• Becky - Tower Challenge
• Diana - TT 2021
• Dorota - TT_2021
• Ekaterina - Challenge-TT8
• Erin - Tower Teams 8
• Jade - Tower Teams 21
• Laila Jane - TowerTeams8
• Lauri - NBRC TT 2021
• M - Tower 8
• Nikk - TTVIII2021
Team Angua von UberwaldRECOMMENDATIONS
Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
This Is How It Always Is | Laurie Frankel
When All Is Said | Anne Griffin
Dear Edward | Ann Napolitano
Full Disclosure | Camryn Garrett
The Night Diary | Veera Hiranandani
Miracle Creek | Angie Kim
My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell
Interior Chinatown | Charles Yu
The Black Flamingo | Dean Atta
Getting Rid of Bradley | Jennifer Crusie
The Blue Castle | L.M. Montgomery
Earth Fathers Are Weird | Lyn Gala
Discount Armageddon | Seanan McGuire
Widdershins | Jordan L. Hawk
Carry the Ocean | Heidi Cullinan
The Warrior's Apprentice | Lois McMaster Bujold
The Curse of Chalion | Lois McMaster Bujold
The 5th Gender | G.L. Carriger
Tikka Chance on Me | Suleikha Snyder
Think of England | K.J. Charles
Pansies | Alexis Hall
The Two Gentlemen of Altona | Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock
Fingersmith | Sarah Waters
The Fire's Stone | Tanya Huff
Know Not Why | Hannah Johnson
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks | Josh Lanyon
That Alien Feeling | Alessandra Hazard
Night Drop | Marshall Thornton
The Only Gold | Tamara Allen
Emigrantes | José Maria Ferreira de Castro (English version available, even though not listed on GR)
Die tote Stadt | Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein (no English version available but still needs to make it to my list!)
The Stone Raft | José Saramago
The Deep End of the Ocean | Jacquelyn Mitchard
Wuthering Heights | Emily Brönte
The Secret Keeper | Kate Morton
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | John Boyne
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Kate DiCamillo
One Child | Torey Hayden
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman
The Clan of the Cave Bear | Jean M. Auel
Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden
Outlander | Diana Gabaldon
Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell
The Red Tent | Anita Diamant
In the Shadow of the Banyan | Vaddey Ratner
Honolulu | Alan Brennert
Spring Moon: A Novel of China | Bette Bao Lord
The Hummingbird's Daughter | Luis Alberto Urrea
Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry
The Viscount Who Loved Me | Julia Quinn
Beach Read | Emily Henry
The Poppy War | RF Kuang
A Natural History of Dragons | Marie Brennan
The Magicians' Guild | Trudi Canavan
The Space Between Worlds | Micaiah Johnson
The Host | Stephenie Meyer
The Widows of Malabar Hill | Sujata Massey
The Alice Network | Kate Quinn
Beartown | Fredrick Backman
Mist Over Pendle | Robert Neill
The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett
Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden
It | Stephen King
The Lord of the Rings: The Trilogy | J.R.R. Tolkien
Dark Witch | Nora Roberts
The Magicians' Guild | Trudi Canavan
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
The Witching Hour | Anne Rice
The Bronze Horseman | Paullina Simons
Illuminae | Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer
The Deal | Elle Kennedy
Beartown | Fredrik Backman
Devil in Winter | Lisa Kleypas
It Ends with Us | Colleen Hoover
A Discovery of Witches | Deborah Harkness
Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult
Addicted to You | Krista & Becca Ritchie
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OTHER Team Recommendations
Team Moist von Lipwig
Team Rob Anybody
Team Nanny Ogg
Team Librarian
Team Cherry Littlebottom
Team Archancellor Ridcully
Team Tiffany Aching
Team Lord Vetinari
Team Lady Sybil
Team The Luggage
Team Carrot Ironfoundersson
YOU GUYS ARE F'KING AWESOME!This was such a joyous ride and all of you are just simply marvelous. Thank you for making me a part of the team and making these past weeks memorable. Cappies, you rock!
I'm sure I'll be bumping into all of you across GoodReads.
You might just have to tap me to get my attention because chances are I'm going to be busy drooling over some other hotties. :P
... and Sammy, O Sammy!!
Sammy wrote: "If you have time we could probably use a spare O, just in case :)"I'm almost done with Lean Mean Thirteen which has an O, so we will have a backup, if needed.
Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I will at least do Cut & Run, then we will see what is needed."YAAAAAAASSSSSS!!! :D
*happy dance*
