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

~ 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 2023 Theme:

◈ Celebrity Narrator
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates. Examples: James Marsters reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series or Anne Hathaway reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
For ideas, check out: https://www.audible.com/blog/article-...

Participation Verified

Cat
Lexi
Angie
Ashley

DQ Volunteers

nominator: Sonia
Kate S

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	%ages		MPDQs
3/4 Apr		1 - 9		36%		Kate S
5/6 Apr		10 - 16		66%		Cat
7/8 Apr		17 - epilogue	100%		Lexi Sonia

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

Welcome to Charon's Crossing.
The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.

When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.

And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.

But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days.

Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.

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nominator: Sonia

BOM Participation Verified

Judith
Angie
Tammie
Lexi
Cat

<>DQ Volunteers

Lexi (nom )- 1st day
Judith
Tammie
Cat
Angie (if needed)

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	%age		MPDQs
16 Apr		prologue - 10	20%		Lexi
17 Apr		11 - 17		39%		Judith
18 Apr		18 - 26		61%		Tammie
19 Apr		27 -34		81%		Cat
20 Apr		35 - end	100%		Angie

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

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate.

I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that.

Have I killed someone? Yes. I have.

Who was it?

Let's get started.

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE

My brother

My stepsister

My wife

My father

My mother

My sister-in-law

My uncle

My stepfather

My aunt

Me

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nominator: Lexi

Ashara عَشَرَة



• suzanne (Captain)
• mn-lisa (Co-Captain)
• Shannon-o-flynn (Co-Captain)
• nanci (Co-Captain)
• apoorv-moghe
• jen-sabo
• nanci (Co-Captain)
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• Janeylou
• Vi
• tone-bardal
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• cris-the-biblio-blonde
• kerri
• nicole-b
• elinor
• Andrea
• Leslie-Ann


Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

สิบ (Sip)



• Louise (Captain)
• Melissa (Co-Captain)
• Karen ⊰✿ (Co-Captain)
• beth
• Vicki
• heli
• geri
• delitealex
• catsalive
• emma-m
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• jessica
• skye-blue
• cindy
• nistha
• maritza
• tati
• saar-the-book-owl
• amy-the-book-bat
• amy
• jo-young


Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

TTX pre challenge chat is open for the eager bevers

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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More details will be available in April
Sign ups will be open April 15

In the meantime, take a chair, grab a book and a beverage.

Tell us about yourself.

This thread is just for chatting and socialising. Mods won't be answering game related queries here.
Once the game gets going there will be threads for Q&A.

Christina wrote: "I just realized this, but there's a different Christina's profile linked on the spreadsheet. The link to the challenge post goes to my post though so there must have been a bit of a mix up lol"

Fixed!

posted!

Urban Legends wheel is up and ready for a spin!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

~Judith

Check the announcement thread for a new wheel, Urban Legends!

You've been busy fighting monster from Ancient Greece and the Far East. But it's important to pay attention to what might be lurking in your own backyard. Monsters can be found in your local woods or even on the train during your morning commute.

Remember, you can spin for monsters from any wheel, just no more than 5 monsters at a time. The tasks are in the Master List of Tasks spreadsheet on the tab labeled Urban Legends.



https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

*Again, a big thank you to Lexi for pulling most of this wheel together.