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

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

Hehe.
I really hope it works !
Grr.. I dont even know any good authors from Central America. I checked the names and none ringed a bell (doesnt mean they are anyway less famous/good).

But would be interesting hunting that down. ;)

Wow ! This is just the beginning.. hopefully the tasks dont get too meticulous going ahead.

Oh, I hope we can use it.
Honestly, I think if the edition that you are reading, Sara, is more than 160 pages.. we should be good.

.. and I have to thank Vicky for checking Scarlet for artichoke. It sure was a tricky word, lucky indeed that we had it in the book just read. Boy ! Looking for that word, would have been a task. :O

But, I must say the goals set in general for this challenge are awesome. Tough/tricky but fun ! :)

.. and all you guys are doing awesome with your books.
I am glad to be a part of this team already. :D

Wow, I just realized.. I have never read anything either set in or written by someone in Central America.

Glad you have a book, Sara.
I dont even know what to look for.

Abbie wrote: "Oh,...and we hate each other


Ashur vs Crixus"


I had no idea about this. Makes it all the more fun ! *MWAHAHA* :D
Honestly, I dont even know much about either of them.

*sneaking in*

Hey Abbie ! :D Now I know which team would be our prime competition :P

I am actually excited to see what happens when the teams fuse together.

Hey Cait, so nice to see you here too.
Wow, Abbie was by Wheel-a-thon 1 teammate and Cait, Wheel-a-thon 2. This is so cool. :D

Sara wrote: ""Murder on the Orient Express" maybe? Captain Obvious here ;) "

I am absolutely thinking of the same book.. and a couple of other Agatha Christie books.

Does anyone have anything lined up which includes any of this ? Else I am going to start my search. Would be interesting ! :)

Woopie on completing the first goal, Kate.
We have our new goal.

Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle

Sara wrote: "Vicky wrote: "@Sara We can definitely use it for a goal later in the round! All books read count for attack points, even those we use for defensive goals. :)

I started reading Lots of Illusion la..."


WTG, Sara, the spreadsheet is updated, just so that I dont lose track of things.
Incase if we have to move stuff around later.. we can, I guess !

Abbie wrote: "Apoorv...
I always hunt for him in these challenges, cause I know he is hidding some where around."

Its become a serious addiction for me.
Just cant stay away from team challenges.. and hey, you are partially responsible for that too Abbie !

The consecutive 3 challenges we did together more than a year ago (which I had an absolute blast in) were the triggers :P

*secretly thanks Abbie* :D

P.S. BTW, which team are you in ? Couldnt find you. I hope we team up in the up-coming rounds, when the teams fuse.

Sara wrote: "Hi, Team!
I plan to start reading Margherita Dolcevita by Stefano Benni today (with 1,385 ratings at the moment) to cover task #1."

Sara, Margherita Dolcevita has 1385 ratings and 114 reviews. We need a book with more than a 1000 reviews, so that one would not specifically work for that goal.

We can always use it as a book towards our attack points though. :)

Time to unleash our power, girls ! :)

Just as a reminder, please dont forget to update your finished reads here, I will be checking atleast twice a day (possibly more.. hey ! I am a GoodReads addict :P) so that I can update the spreadsheet real-time as far as possible.

Also, make sure to add all your read books to your designated shelf. I will lurking around your shelves as well. (Geez ! I do sound creepy)

All the best ! :)
*runs off to polish his weapons*

Thanks, Kate ! :)

Has anybody heard from Dragana ? She is the only one missing to the party !

Roger that, captain ! :)

.. and hey, heartiest congratulations.. we will do our special team celebration in that week for you ! :D

Woopie ! :D
This is so awesome.

BTW, I have all our shelves linked up to my first message. Please check if I have them correctly linked. Do let me know if not.

Dragana, Kate, its absolutely possible that I might not have found your shelves, but incase you havent set them up, please do so, so that we can be ready to go tomorrow. :)

EDIT : Also updated are some basic rules and the point system for easy reference.

Yay ! Just waiting on Dragana and we are all set ! *hii everybody, my first challenge with all of you.. super-glad*
I am so excited for this challenge.. amongst all the team challenges I have played so far, this is most novel.

The fusing of teams will be really cool.

Vicky, if you need any organizing help, spreadsheet preparations or anything of that sort.. I am here ! :)

Team Crixus - GoodReads Shelves
Please log in all the books you read during the challenge period, into your respective shelves.

✔ Apoorv (Challenge-NBRC-Gladiator Games)
✔ Dragana (NBRC-The Gladiator Games)
✔ Kate (Crixus)
✔ Sara (Gladiator Games)
✔ Vicky (NBRC-Gladiator Games)

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Rules
☞ Books must be more than 160 pages in length.
Children's books, Graphic Novels, Cookbooks and Poetry books cannot be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 160 pages.

☞ Only books read during the specified round can be used
(“read date” is what counts, not the day you start.)
Books cannot be “banked” from previous weeks to use later in the challenge.

☞ Books must be started after the start date of the challenge to count towards the challenge.

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Point System
A gladiator may gain an advantage through two methods: Attack and Defense

☞ Attack points
Any book read will earn:
161-500 Pages : 0.5 Points
500+ Pages : 1.0 Point

☞ Defense points
Any books read toward completing goals will earn:
1 Goal = 1 Point

REMEMBER: You also gain attack points for books read toward completing goals.

You had a task and one dedicated to you ? WOW !
Now, I need to go and check it out.. that is so neat, I must say !

.. and 800 points !! I have even come closer to that figure.. even remotely, LOL !

I hope you get to write another task, I would love to read books that you come up with for that. Mighty cool.

Summer looks wonderful, indeed. Need to lay my books out. Gonna be fun ! :D \m/

OMG, yes !
Getting the notifications back up and running makes me feel so relieved. It was just so weird to see that blank space up there.. I even thought that I pressed something wrong and left all the groups accidentally ! Hehe !

Zee, hope you are feeling better now with the knee. Take rest and hopefully you read stuff that you would enjoy.

Cait, arent you excited for the new season of SRC ? I am going back to it this time and I am all excited.. was out for 2 seasons now (one coz I wanted to, one coz I forgot :P). Hope you did well on the Spring Challenge. Which task did you like the most ?

Anita, Hii ! :D
I am so glad I be-friended you guys, now I get to see all the tons of books you read ! :)

How are you guys doing ?
Feels so weird.. I still have the spreadsheet tab open.. I just love looking at how we all worked together.

Cant believe that after an 8-week long challenge, I still feels wanting for more. All coz of you bunch of AWEEEEEEESOME people ! ^_^

For one last time !

Here are both the spreadsheets for everyone's reference :
Official Spreadsheet
Team Spreadsheet

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Weekly Tally

Total Points : 355
Total Books Read : 27
Total Complete Spell-outs : 4

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FINAL TALLY

Total Points : 2800
Total Books Read : 219