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

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

Major goal update
Got through atleast 6 goals. :D

AGRON
Read a book that has been a NBRC Book of the Month [Christine]
Read a book with a pet rabbit [Sara]
Read a book where a character is a grim reaper [Sonia]

CRIXUS
Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with Z [Vicky]
Read a book with the phrase "cold feet" in a book [Dragana]
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter X

GANNICUS
Read a book that was originally published between 1901 and 1950 [Shannon]
Read a book that is in the Amazon 2009 bestsellers (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/...) [Kate]
Read a book with only one eye on the cover

SAXA
Read a book written by an author who was born in South Africa [Christine]
Read a book with an orange cover [Margaret]
Read a book where a character has more than one child

I guess we should use We Need New Names for this one, we can keep Extreme Frontiers, incase the colon goal comes back again.

These repetitions are killing ! :P

Sonia wrote: "Well, I'm going to start cramming for my exam on sunday, so, it's the last week of "power reading", meaning I SHALL POWER READ *giggles*"


Phew ! I am glad you remember about your exam.. I was beginning to think you had already..

I am going to cause some serious damage, if these goals dont stop repeating themselves. Grrrr !

Goal Update!


CRIXUS:
- Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with Z [Vicky]
- Read a book with the phrase "cold feet" in a book
- Read a book with the word hot, love or steam (plurals are acceptable) in the title

AGRON:
- Read a book with the word soldier, army, war or battle (plurals are acceptable) in the title [Dragana]
- Read a book that has been a NBRC Book of the Month
- Read a book where a character is a lawyer

GANNICUS:
- Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 male names in Spain according to nameberry [Margaret]
- Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with E [Shannon]
- Read a book where the page numbers add to 13 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12) [M]

SAXA:
- Read a book written by an author who was born in South Africa [Christine]
- Read a book with an orange cover [Margaret]
- Read a book that starts with the letter J [Sara]

M wrote: "***********************
Completion Post
Team Agron
***********************

Book: by Nathan Hawke
Page Count: 1200
Dat..."


This is so unfair.
You read 1200 pages and you get just 1 measly point !
You should get extra points for this chunkster.

New Goal
Yes, I am jumping off a cliff.. we completed one goal and got THE SAME goal after that. WTF !?

Read a book with 41-50 chapters

Sonia wrote: "GANNICUS

Finished Crossroads, for the goal: Read a book with 41-50 chapters (Crixus)

Read Aug-31
241 pages. "


How many chapters does this have, Sonia ?

Sonia wrote: "I honestly don't know...

I thought Michael's spanish version would be closer to the portuguese one.. but it may have to do with the region. "


Actually no, I just double checked.
The Spanish version of Michael is Miguel.

That is at #19 in the list. I really hope we would be able to use of the Michael Thomas books that M has read.

Sonia wrote: "New goal:

Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 male names in Spain according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Spain)"


Can Mikel be used for Michael ?
Its the Spanish version of the same name, right ? ;)

Just a quick reminder:


Please once in a while, hop over to all the spreadsheets and cross-check if all your books are accounted for. Kindly make sure that they are logged in on your respective team spreadsheets as also in the Viking Spreadsheet (under the goalless books tab) if unused for any goals.

The captains are doing a fantastic job, but with so many books and so many spreadsheets flying around.. its possible to miss a book or two in the process.

Thanks. You guys are awesome (do you guys eat books for lunch/dinner?), lets win this ! :)

New goal
Gannicus

Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter U

Margaret, as I mentioned earlier, even if you dont give all the information,

Some details like Chapter #s, Character Names, Setting of the Book and any other Miscellaneous information, which would be hard to acquire from the GoodReads descriptions, will make it easier for the captains to update.

Quick note:


Be careful about books that say published on Jan 1st.
GoodReads defaults the publishing date to that date, every time someone doesn't mention the exact date while uploading the book.

So, Jan. 1 is not always right.

Goal Update
Goal written in bold is the latest acquired goal. Members who have claimed to complete a goal are mentioned in parenthesis after that particular goal.

AGRON

- Read a book that has been turned into a movie or TV show and the filming is done in Europe. [in progress]
- Read a book that has been turned into a TV show [in progress]
- Read a book that contains the word leek

CRIXUS

- Read a book where a character is an angel [Sonia]
- Read a book with the word darning in the text [Dragana]
- Read a book with the phrase "Have a kitten" in a book [Shannon]

GANNICUS

- Read a book with a lion [Sara]
- Read a book where a character is a mermaid
- Read a book where a character is a succubus/incubus [Angel]

SAXA

- Read a book where a character becomes royalty [Vicky]
- Read a book where the amazon ship weight for the hardcover is over 2 pounds [in progress]
- Read a book where the audio version is narrated by a famous actor

Sonia wrote: "Well, thanks to Apoorv, The Vikings have their first hostage:
"


*fans himself and faints*

Till the time we all get used to who is on which team, it would be great if everyone posts their original team name when they post their completed books.

Also, some details like Chapter #s, Character Names, Setting of the Book and any other Miscellaneous information will make it easier for the captains to update.

You guys are awesome.. and I cant wait to get this started. :D

Hey, I am carrying Brad Pitt with me over to the Vikings.. just CANT leave him behind ! ;) *_*

Laura wrote: "well... hello again Apoorv.. long time no see!! Nice to be teamies again:-)"


Hey !
This is so cool. So nice to see you here.
Its always fun to be on the same team with you after UNO which was like ages ago. :) :P

This is gonna be great !

Vikiiiiiings ! :D
Time to kick some ass in the next two weeks ! :)