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

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

Oh thank you! Honestly yesterday was a many brain fart day for me, so I wouldn't have been at all surprised if the misunderstanding was on my end :)

Good job getting your last Uno book done Elinor! My uno team still needs a lot but it has been fun. And I'm very much looking forward to Tower Teams.

I'm a little confused because it looks as if I was first on the Random list?
No problem, but just wanted to see if I don't understand how this works.

Wow Lisa - that is a lovely personal tracking spreadsheet! As is the team one.

It is flying by for sure!

I think what has really hooked me on Goodreads challenges is the amazing people I get to associate with. You are right Cris, so many fantastic talents and interests!

At the moment my notifications are working - but I HATE when they are not. I've missed some important things when they are broken.

Currently I have a google spreadsheet that lists my challenges with links, which lets me get to them easily. Then I try to just go to the thread once a day (if I'm captaining) to check just in case... I am loving the spreadsheet because I can also note books that I need to read for something.

But I'll never show my spreadsheet to Lisa because she'd just shake her head :)

Guess I should have said checking up on us :) Nanci it sounds like SUCH a fun trip - enjoy!!

Elinor thanks for checking in! Good luck with the last part of Uno - it's such a crazy last mini-challenge.

Vi - you made it plenty clear! And we are all set now - thanks for your patience! And good luck with your company! That can be fun, but also consuming.

Ok so it's the second - if there is a print copy that lists a page # we will use that. But if a book is only on audio, then even if it is 20 hours long it will only count as 100 pages. (And it would have to be at least 3 hours long to count.)

Keli wrote: "It's awesome to read that there's not a detriment for over-reading. I said 4- 5 books because that's been my average lately but with audio I can possibly double that.

Also, did anyone notice in th..."

I'll check on that and let everyone know! Way to carefully read the rules!

That made me nervous too! It's a big change!

Keli - that sounds like a good plan - we will use whatever you read - and you certainly don't need to stress about searching for color covers!

Unlike the last few years, there is no cap on the number of books we read - we can use everything our team manages to read! However, don't let that pressure anyone - let's enjoy ourselves. (Ha and win if we can.)

Absolutely no hassle Janeylou!

And wow - I'm SO happy a few of you have found mod books already for that tower. Way to go!

Janeylou wrote: "I do t seem to have many books in common with our mods , but did find 2 books i can take but when i went to input the info all i got was a load of random numbers/letters"

Lisa may have a better answer - but if you have a mod book you can read - say for Shannon. See how she has "MT13" in the first column (entitled "Ref")? What you would do is go to the "Books" tab of the spreadsheet and put in your book title and your name under "Read by" then under Mini Ref you can put MT13 and it'll fill the information into Mod Towers.

If that makes sense, give that a try and see if it works.

@Vi - when you have a chance, can you link your tower team shelf or just tell me the name of it? Sorry if I just somehow missed it!

I DID miss it - and it's right at the top of this page! Sorry Vi!

Janeylou wrote: "I always like to get all my questions out the way before we start 😄"

Very smart! For me, getting a clear picture in my mind helps me feel less overwhelmed. Well and as a teacher, I adore questions.

And note to team: Perhaps the easiest way (at least initially) to find the planning spreadsheet is in my "LINKS" post (message 4) - I copied the link Lisa gave us and it is by "Planning Spreadsheet". It is, of course, in her post above too.

Janeylou wrote: "Ive had another look at SS and think i may just post in team thread
I'll post in groups of about 5 books to make it easier"

Thanks for checking things out and seeing what works best for you! Which spreadsheet is extra confusing because they do look very similar, and the one in the first post of the thread (in the mod post) is the official team spreadsheet that in theory only the captains can edit. But it just says Team Spreadsheet so...

Posting in the thread is fine too (of course!). And groups vs. individual posts is totally your preference.

Hi Nicole :) You are living one of my favorite "comfort genres". I'm sure opening a bookshop is much more work than it sounds in the wonderful books I've read. And weekly updates are fine - that works beautifully!

If any of you would like to enter books in the planning spreadsheet, feel free to do that at any time. It can be exciting to plan future reading adventures!