Suzanne’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2015)

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

(And I would say as far as cover - to me it looks like the background has both white and gray. It's strange that tin-eye didn't pick up any of the white.)

Books have to be started after the countdown (start of the challenge). BUT, if you started one now and didn't finish it until round 2, we could count it for round 2.

Note: I really like Mercy Thompson.

Hooray - it's go time! Have fun reading (and doing all the things) everyone!

Well the biggest rule is that we have fun with each other. We'll take whatever books people can read, and if there are slow weeks for someone, that's ok too! Life does that.

Yup - Bobbi is right. They went through a time where we couldn't go over a certain number, but that isn't happening now. I agree - it's hard to guess # of books for challenges. If we had a crystal ball and could foresee what life was going to hand to us it'd be a lot easier.

Thanks for checking in Lindsay! I'm sure excited to start later today. I guess this morning I'll try to be industrious so I get a chance to read later!

Ah Janine :) So I guess for you the start is Sunday :)

And awesome! It's so cool we have another player! Hello Lindsay!

Countdown timer: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

It's also at the start of the thread.

Note: The start is Saturday afternoon for me (US Mountain) so be sure to check when it is for you.

Oh boy just 1.5 more days! I'm on my way home- finally have internet! I'll put in a countdown timer when I get home.

Thanks all! And Cordelia that's amazing to even SEE a book that old much less touch it. wow!

It's great to be playing with a bunch of challenge addicts :)

We are leaving today for Yellowstone - will be back on Thursday. If I'm quiet it is because I won't always have a phone connection. But should be lovely up there! And I'll be here for the start of wheels.

Wow what a lot of great white covers you all have found! That's awesome!

Thanks for signing up for the BOM questions too Nanci. I too hope the book is more funny than horror. I've certainly expanded my genres since doing challenges.

I'm doing Turf Wars, Life, and this one as far as current challenges. There are so many more that tempt me but I've tried to resist :) I agree it really could be nice if rules were the same.

I spent the day at my Dad's house - it's about a 2.5 hour drive each way. He decided not to go to Yellowstone with us, which I totally understand, as with the dementia it is stressful for him to live out of the familiar house. Poor guy. But it was wonderful spending the day with him and my brother/sister-in-law.

Hi Bobbi and Cordelia! Wow - everyone has checked in on the first day we are open - that wonderful! Thanks so much! I hope we all have a fantastic time!

Hi Annalisa! Thanks for checking in. I'm more of a classic rock person too, but at least rap is a fun genre for us to toy with.

Fall is my favorite time of year too.


@Janeylou - I'm glad you figured out it doesn't start til the 7th :)

Lol thank you! I feel like it is pretty much the only song genre open to being that silly :)

Oh weird - it SHOULD be open for comments. I'll check on that!
Ha I thought I'd better look up bindle before I put it in there, in case it was something naughty. With rap, you never know.

Nice!

Seems like those will be perfect!

5 color books each round and THIS round 10 "instrument in text" books. I think Round 2 that will be something different. The mods are really good at keeping us on our toes.

Here are some Q&A answers. I'm going to keep a running list in my links thread too. I really welcome other ideas/opinions - those are what really make a team great.

1. Do we need to link books on the spreadsheet?
It's fine to just put in the book title & author for the spreadsheet without linking.

2. Do we need to record letters that aren't in our word?
Nope! Although for the author, it's nice to have that entered so we get the correct book. I was being an overachiever when I put in my three planned books, but it'd probably be easier to just have letters in the SS we can actually use - so I'm glad you asked this!

3. Bonus books - do they have to work for the word?
Yes, we'll have to use them somewhere as a letter in the word.

4. Bonus books - for the word list can we use a word more than once?
Yes, so if we use guitar (for example) 10 times, that's no problem.

5. What editions do we use?
We are supposed to use the edition we are reading for page numbers and color covers. That can be a beast if you're on the app so just do your best - we go for the default page numbers a lot because all editions don't have those numbers listed. But be sure if you are reading for a color cover it's the book you actually read/have on your shelf.