Silje’s Comments (group member since Apr 15, 2015)

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

Shannon: I found it quite enjoyable, but I quickly learned to overlook America's indeterminacy. The selection was better though, a good mix of The Bachelor and The Hunger Games.

thank you, Tea!=)

Delta said: The Living Years: The First Genesis Memoir has a 3.80 rating.
Then we could use that one, but it could perhaps be an idea to save it in case we get a goal about biographies or music genre?

Delta said: What are the rules for audio books? For other challenges using page numbers I use the first edition that pops up in the search

This is what the moderators said:
"If you find an eBook publisher who gives you word count, we will use that; and for the purposes of this challenge we will divide the wordcount by 250 per page.

We are using this from techtips.salon.com "This gives a rough rule of thumb of one page in print equating to 2KB."

According to Audible (or ACX): "On average, most performers narrate about 9,300 words per hour." "

So I guess you have to multiply the hours with 9,300 and then divide that by 250. But your former method is probably good enough=)

We have a new goal: Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 3.01 and 3.99. Can we use any of the books we are already reading?

Shannon, what did you think about "the Elite"?=)

Nidhi, Shannon and Kate, nice to meet you!=)

I'll try to update the spreadsheet at least once a day, let me know if I forget a book or something. I list all the books you say you start to read and just add on finished date afterwards. Let me know if there's a book there that you don't started reading after all=)

Take care on which book edition you all add on the gladiator shelf, I have to use the pagecount from that book on the spreadsheet for it to be "correct". So make sure it is the same as the one you read, or at least one close to similar.

Nidhi, all books we read will count for attack, even though some also count as defense goals, so don't worry about that=)

I think I have the shelf-link for everyone now and the spreadsheet is updated.

If anyone has suggestions for a good read, feel free to share it. I guess all that's left to say is; Happy continued reading everyone!

I'm halfway through One Night, Two Heirs and will start reading Inferno by Dan Brown, which works for the goal with the B=) It is also over 500pg in my edition, so it will give us extra in attackpoints-

Spreadsheet updated=) Delta, did you start reading the book after the challenge started? (just double checking:P)

we have a new defensive goal: read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as paranormal. Anyone got anything?=)

No, only books that you have started during this challenge can count.

A Taste of Temptation is finished, one of the maincharacters is named Ashton so that takes care of the defensive goal. I have still not gotten access to edit the team spreasheet, but will update it as soon as possible.

Hi Anita, welcome=) Yes, I have books for the two other defense goals. Have you gained access to edit the team spreadsheet yet?

Hi Delta, nice to meet you=)

not bad!=) for me it is at 2am august 2nd:P

Yes, just start at any book you want=) When we get new defense goals later on it is possible to assign an already read book to it, as long as the book is started and finished within the timeframe.

Due to timezone differences I will most likely be asleep when the challenge starts in less than two hours, but I will update our team spreadsheet as fast as I can when I get up, if Anita doesn't beat me to it=)

380pg
308pg
339pg
384pg
348pg
372pg
213pg
272pg
384pg
216pg
184pg
192pg
200pg
186pg
187pg
208pg
410pg
304pg
398pg
367pg
192pg
383pg
372pg
192pg
256pg
192pg

Current total = 1,581,349

hey Alyssa, welcome!=)

I found a book that has a character with first name that starts on A, so I guess I can fix that one too if nobody else got something?=)

I think I will put up a shortcut to everyone's "Gladiator"-bookshelf, that way it is easier to keep a good overview of things.

Anita - Gladiator challenge
Silje - Gladiator challenge
Delta Stet- Gladiator
Kate - Gladiator
Alyssa - Gladiator challenge
Margaret - nbrc-gg
Shannon - Gladiator games
Nidhi - Gladiator challenge
Sunshine - Gladiator games

Here's the link to the countdown for Round 1:
Countdown Round 1