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Moderators of NBRC’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 		MPDQs
16 Apr		Prologue - 5		Melissa
17 Apr		6 - 13			Judith
18 Apr		14 - 20			Angie
19 Apr		21 - 27			Jenny
20 Apr		28 - Epilogue		Cat

Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?

Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here

In Depression-era Arkansas, something wicked has come to a haunted mountain town in a novel of uncanny suspense by the author of Parting the Veil.

Blood and power bind three generations of women in the Ozark Mountains. So does an evil that’s followed them across the decades.

1931. Gracelynn Doherty lives peacefully on Tin Mountain, helping her adoptive granny work her cures. Despite whispers that the women are witches, the superstitious locals still seek them out, whether they suffer from arthritis or a broken heart. But when evangelist Josiah Bellflower comes to town touting miracle healing, full bellies, and prosperity, his revivals soon hold Tin Mountain in thrall—and Granny in abject fear.

Granny recognizes Josiah. Fifty years ago, in a dark and desperate moment, she made a terrible promise. Now Josiah, an enemy, has returned to collect his due.

As Granny sickens and the drought-ridden countryside falls under a curse, Gracelynn must choose: flee Tin Mountain and the only family she knows or confront the vengeful preacher whose unholy mission is to destroy her.

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Nominator: Angie

Participation Verified

Cat
Lexi

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	Pages		MPDQs
6 & 7 Apr	1 - 5		101		Lexi
8 & 9 Apr	6 - 17		309		Cat

Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?

Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here

'The remarkable story of an astounding transformation' George Monbiot

Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp in West Sussex was economically unsustainable, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made a spectacular leap of faith: they decided to step back and let nature take over. Thanks to the introduction of free-roaming cattle, ponies, pigs and deer – proxies of the large animals that once roamed Britain – the 3,500 acre project has seen extraordinary increases in wildlife numbers and diversity in little over a decade.

Once-common species, including turtle doves, nightingales, peregrine falcons, lesser spotted woodpeckers and purple emperor butterflies, are now breeding at Knepp, and populations of other species are rocketing. The Burrells’ degraded agricultural land has become a functioning ecosystem again, heaving with life – all by itself.

This recovery has taken place against a backdrop of catastrophic loss elsewhere. According to the 2016 ‘State of Nature’ report, the UK is ranked 29th in the world for biodiversity loss: 56% of species in the UK are in decline and 15% are threatened with extinction. We are living in a desert, compared with our gloriously wild past.

In Wilding, Isabella Tree tells the story of the ‘Knepp experiment’ and what it reveals of the ways in which we might regain that wilder, richer country. It shows how rewilding works across Europe; that it has multiple benefits for the land; that it can generate economic activity and employment; how it can benefit both nature and us – and that all of this can happen astonishingly quickly. Part gripping memoir, part fascinating account of the ecology of our countryside, Wilding is, above all, an inspiring story of hope.

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nominator: Lexi

April is open: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

How to Participate:

The Audiobook Challenge is designed to not only help you to read your audiobooks, but to also find out about other great audiobooks from other challenge participants!

Though you may pop in/out at any time, the Audiobook Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.

There are no minimum page requirements, and you can read abridged or unabridged audiobooks!


1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post

2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year


Then start a new post for the next month!


FORMAT YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE:


Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

Books in category:

FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

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EXAMPLE : (under spoiler)(view spoiler)[

Start of Month

Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:


FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 9
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 1

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Great story about women, culture and love set in Nigeria. I loved the characters and the setting, and the audio narrator was great with the different voices and bringing the story to life (hide spoiler)]

~ Monthly Audiobook Challenge ~

Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).

Let's find some great audiobooks together!

Duration: Monthly


April 2024 Theme:

◈ Same Name
Narrated by, or written by an author, with the same first name as you (spelling variations and translated names are acceptable)

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Feed Your Readers, the NetGalley Challenge

Duration: Monthly

How to Participate:

The NetGalley Challenge is designed to not only get you to read your NetGalley books, but to also advertise your reviews for others to see because after all, that's what NetGalley is all about.

Though you may pop in/out at any time, the NetGalley Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.


1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is

2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio

Then start a new post for the next month!


**When linking your reviews, please link only to the book(s) here at GoodReads. At this time, linking to a personal blog is not allowed. Thank you!

You now have multiple options for task selection for your maze. You can use the traditional set (general) which has multiple difficulty settings, or you can pick one of the additional genre linked task sets (which are the same difficulty regardless of whether you select easy, medium or hard).

Massive thank you to Sammy for all her help with the task creation.

Breakdown and DQs have been assigned above. Please shout out with any issues.
(I ended up getting a hardcover from the library so will be a DQ back-up if needed)
-Karen

March has begun!


If reading to schedule, you should now be starting

Part Two: The Illuminating Storms

Hello March!
Are well all ready?
Here comes the line (drums) here comes the line....
sing it with me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrlhL...

Name	% Progress to goal
Marla		69%
Gwen|| 		68%
Karen ⊰✿	67%
Gabby		52%
Sammy		50%
♞ Pat		48%
MelanieJoy 	45%
KelB		45%
Melindam	43%
Janis		39%
Sophie (mod)	37%
Tricia		35%
Cindy		34%
Jenny		34%
Cordelia	30%
Keely		30%
Kellie		29%
Karen ♐	28%
✨Brianna Raque	27%
Jessica (Golde	26%
Jim		25%
Angie ☯	23%
Rocsana		23%
The other Sandy	23%
Jessica		20%
Judy		20%
Laurie B	20%
Elena		18%
Keli		18%
Lexi		18%
Roe		16%

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Insiyah		14%
Carmen		13%
Pandamunky	13%
Christina	13%
Annalisa	10%
Cat		10%
Linda C		10%
Sophie		10%
Trisha		10%
Jenner		10%
Heather		9%
Eldarwen	8%
Vicki Willis	7%
Yasmine		7%
Jillypenny	6%
Cass☀️		5%
Jenn 		5%
Amanda		5%
Beth (Jasonve	4%
Kim		4%
Maritza		4%
Sheri 		4%
Chrissie	3%
Melanie		3%
Sarah (addtomyt	2%

I've popped in additional names with some optimistic hope there too!

A breakdown is up. Subject to more people volunteering for DQs we might need to move to more of a buddy read approach, with thoughts for later sections...

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Decades Challenge ~ Diamond Coin

How to Earn:
1 Diamond Coin for completing Level 9 of the Decades Challenge in Lite Version
1 Diamond Coin for completing Level 5 or higher of the Decades Challenge in Full Version
2 Diamond Coins for completing the Millennium Level (Level 8) of the Decades Challenge

LITE VERSION

The number of books you have to read for each of the years is the number corresponding for that year and must be published within that year.

For example:

2024 = 4 books published in 2024
2023 = 3 books published in 2023
2022 = 2 books published in 2022
2021 = 1 book published in 2021
2020 = 10 books published in 2020
2019 = 9 books published in 2019
etc...
2015 = 5 books published in 2015

LEVELS

Level L-1 = 10 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 to 2024.

Level L-2 = 15 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 to 2022, then the corresponding ending number for 2023 to 2024.

Level L-3 = 16 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 to 2021, then the corresponding ending number for 2022 to 2024.

Level L-4 = 16 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 to 2020, then the corresponding ending number for 2021 to 2024.

Level L-5 = 25 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 to 2019, then the corresponding ending number for 2020 to 2024.

Level L-6 = 33 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 to 2018, then the corresponding ending number for 2019 to 2024.

Level L-7 = 40 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 to 2017, then the corresponding ending number for 2018 to 2024.

Level L-8 = 46 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015 and 2016, then the corresponding ending number to 2024.

Level L-9 = 51 books.

Read one (1) book for 2015, then the corresponding ending number to 2024.

Level L-10 = 55 books.

Read five (5) books for 2015, then six (6) for 2016 and so on with the corresponding ending number to 2024.

Start date: 1 March 2024
End date: 1 March 2025

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