Apoorv ’s Comments (group member since Mar 26, 2014)

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

Cait S wrote: "Can someone take me off of the O spot on the spreadsheet? I just dropped that book because it was awful haha"

Done! :)

Spreadsheet updated till Post 202!
We have completed 4 spell-outs and covered 2 special bonuses so far! Great job everyone! :)

P.S. Please ensure that all the books you have read are added to the respective shelf that you would have created for this challenge. The books won't be counted to our final tally, if they are not added to the shelves.

The spreadsheet should be updated till Post 161, with all posted books so far. Do check if there are any discrepancies.

I will let Vicky come work her magic to get Week 2 added to the spreadsheet. No hurry on that just yet!

Laura wrote: "Provided Apoorv rolls properly for us in Challenge Factory's Super Series, I will continue with the Firefly Hollow series. On of the MCs is named Owen. ."

LOL! The dice really needs to favour us there.
I hope you get to keep reading that series. I can't for the life of me fine a quartet of a series that I would either like or get books in time from the library! So, you are going to be the savior! ;=)

The spreadsheet is updated till Message 125!
Tammie, I have added Crazy Rich Asians and NOT added An Unkindness of Magicians from your list (Msg. 118) - we can obviously move things around when we start.

Let me know if I am missing anyone or anything!

Alysa wrote: "*waves*
*is nosing around in other teams*

You know you only get completion points for the first spell-out, right? :D"

*goes to a corner and starts singing a sad song*

Why did you have to be right, Alysa?
It felt nice for a while to live in a bubble of extra points.
*wipes a stray tear*

LOL! Thank you for catching that though! :D
But, still...

ALSO, if a majority of us can participate in the BOMs (and it would hardly be two sets of BOMs since the challenge runs for only 6 weeks), either writing those DQs or answering them would give us loads of extra points!

Laura wrote: "What’s better? Longer books/fewer letters, or more letters/shorter books?"

For once, I am going to err on the side of getting more books in instead of getting bigger ones done. If we can complete as many spellouts in a week as possible, we have the chance to get the bonus completion points and they add up for sure.

But then, I would definitely recommend being in the 400page range because that is a nice cusp to get an extra 20 points for just a few extra pages. (I liked it when it was 350 pages though - a lot of books fall in the 350-400 category and it used to help a lot just getting those additional points)

But but but, if you are a super speedy reader, I highly encourage you to hit the chunksters - your speed can gain us more points. Relatively slower readers can squeeze in an extra book if they read comparatively smaller books.

Cait S wrote: "I'm the same. I'll fill in whatever is necessary. I have about 20 challenges going at once so whatever I can make fit in more than one spot is a bonus so I'm going to wait and see what we need when..."

Oh, I hear you!
Finding that one book that fits multiple challenges can be both fun and frustrating, all at the same time! :P

I am going to keep myself open for selections as well.
I will read whatever spot we need to fill, plus I am beginning to collect a bunch of CBOWE books as well.

Hey! Hey! Hey!
Welcome Barrelers,

So glad to be part of another iteration of Wheelathon!
I love this game, it's so much fun! :D

Great to see so many known faces in the team as well. I've had great fun with a lot of you in many other challenges across GoodReads, and I'm ready to add this to that list. :)

Ummm... I'll add another

One more!

Reserved

Sonia wrote: "Cat wrote: "on a separate thing: are men allowed to buy these MILK-based yogurts? or do they not need "triple zero" products?"

Hey! Hey!
What's wrong with that fine gentleman on that advertisement?
I'd drink his the milk he is selling! :P

August
Completion Post

Book Read: Things We Know by Heart | Jessi Kirby
Date Completed: 31-Aug-2018
Pages: 319
Points: 20
Challenge Shelf updated

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Tasks:

Young Adult Square - Starts and End with T

August
Completion Post

Book Read: In the Blood | Lisa Unger
Date Completed: 30-Aug-2018
Pages: 416
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

U: Author U

Paula wrote: "Apoorv the book that you sign as a T-T book ("It's not your Fault"), doesn't start with T, do you have another book that starts with T and ends with T ? or star with S and ends with S?"

Holy crap in a handbasket!
Sheesh... that was so darn stupid of me! LOL!
I do have another T-T book that I can read instead.

Things We Know by Heart

Christina wrote: "I checked but unfortunately don't have any YA books that both start and end with T or S. Can you guys think of any YA Contemporary or so that would work?
I also don't have anything else that would ..."

I can do the final T-T book, to complete the square.
Following which, I will be reading an U book!

I may be able to squeeze one more in, but those two are my priority for the remainder of the challenge.

August
Completion Post

Book Read: A Million Worlds with You | Claudia Gray
Date Completed: 25-Aug-2018
Pages: 432
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

A: Alexander
B: Beck, Theo
C: Connley, Wyatt
H: Henry Caine
J: Josephine Caine
K: Katya
M: Marguerite Caine
P: Paul Markov
R: Ramola
S: Sophia Kovalenka
T: Theo Beck
V: Vladimir
W: Wyatt Connley

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Tri Wizard Tasks

124 - Read a book with a number in the title - Million in the title.