Amanda’s Comments (group member since Mar 13, 2022)

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

WE GOT OUR FIRST WORD(S)!

COWORKER FROM HELL

Ashlee wrote: "Hi, I'm Ashlee and I'm also from Pennsylvania. I am a middle school special education teacher. Reading is my number one hobby, but I also love baking and cooking. I'm excited to do Wheel. It's one ..."

I want to love cooking so bad and I do sometimes and then others it's such a slog lol

Jackie wrote: "Hi, I'm Jackie from North Carolina. I live in the middle part of the state and didn't receive the devastating blow from Helene that the mountains in my state did. I'm retired, have three grown chil..."

Oh my god Jackie I totally forgot you live in NC!!! I'm so glad to hear you're doing okay (and sorry for just casually talking without checking in on you )

Sharon wrote: "Also, I feel like I was meant to be on this team, judging by the number of alarms I have to set every day 😂"

Oh my god, we haven't moved the baby out of his floor crib in our room yet and I know it's time because he's better at waking up to alarms than we are and we have to set so many lol

Maritza wrote: "Hi Guys, My name is Maritza, from NYC. I have been in a reading slump all year long but really enjoy this challenge. I hope I was over ambitious in my reading goal for TT. I also like puzzles of al..."

Reading slumps are the WORST! Hopefully this helps you out of it!

MN Lisa wrote: "Hello, I'm Lisa and I a co-captain with Amanda. I love spreadsheets, so let me know if you have any questions on our planning one as it is a creation from my brain. :)

My Shelf: https://www.goodre..."

I thought this said "and try to get everything coordinated" and I was NOT surprised lol

Denise wrote: "Hi I'm Denise (zoeycat for this challenge because there are several Denises), I'm as high school teacher in California. In addition to reading I like sewing, beading and hiking. I wish I could read..."


I grew up in CA! Lots of great hiking.

This is the first time they're trying out a cap so it'll be interesting!

Janeylou wrote: "Amanda , i do jigsaws as well , have one permanently set up in the spare room. I like the WASGIJ ones"

One christmas my mom got me a specific puzzle table that is felt lined and I can move around without losing pieces. It's a game changer!

I haven't tried any of those I don't think but I'll have to. I don't know how shipping is to your side of the world but I like using puzzledly.com because they always have crazy sales

Hello hello!

Name's Amanda, I'm a lawyer from Metro Detroit and I live with my husband, our (almost) 14 month old, and our 2 dogs! Reading is my number one hobby so that's pretty much the most interesting thing about me lol, but I'll occasionally get super into jigsaw puzzles as well (luckily you can listen to audiobooks while doing it)

I've played Wheel a number of times! I like that generally you can use any book you've read but also that minis make for some challenges along the way. I think this time around will be interesting with the individual caps!

I cannot pick a favorite, I refuse lol.

And I already linked to my shelf :)

Team Oversleeping is wide awake (okay, semi-awake) and ready for check in!

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

Wake up! It's time for another round of Wheel!

I've added a bunch of links above for your reference and Lisa has added some more information that is very helpful. There's also a planning spreadsheet for us to put books on either that we're planning to read in a round, or you can put it on after you've completed. Lisa is our resident spreadsheet expert so if you're having any issues they can be fixed!

If you're using the planning spreadsheet, please fill out each line with as much info as possible. If you don't like using spreadsheets, you can just make a post in the group. As Lisa outlined above. Please include any information we can use (don't just give one option unless it truly only has one option!)

YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE WAY. You do not have to do both a post and the spreadsheet, I just know not everyone enjoys spreadsheets. Everyone does needs to make sure that all books are on their designated Wheel shelf and has a date read marked

I think that's a good starting point! Other than that we can answer any questions as we go. Please take the time to introduce yourself! Here's some questions you can answer (but feel free to say whatever you'd like)
-General about you (if you're uncomfortable sharing too much information, don't worry!)
-Have you played Wheel before? If so, what's your favorite part?
-Do you have a favorite book that you've read so far this year? (You don't have to answer this one either, it's too hard for me too lol)
-PLEASE LINK to YOUR WHEEL SHELF. It'll make mine and Lisa's lives so much easier

Reserved

***Please keep in mind that for the first time there is an individual cap on books read. The cap is per round which is two weeks. You can add everything you read to the tracking spreadsheet still but we will only be able to use your individual max number so everyone will have to be strategic

🎃🎃October BOM🎃🎃

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary
Starts 16 October
Discussion Thread

🦃🦃November BOMs🦃🦃

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Starts 2 November


The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Starts on 16 November

START OF CHALLENGE/ROUND 1
12 October, 9pm, UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

END OF ROUND 1/START OF ROUND 2
26 October, 9pm, UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

END OF ROUND 2/START OF ROUND 3
9 November, 9pm, UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

END OF ROUND 3/START OF ROUND 4
23 November, 9pm UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

END OF ROUND 4/END OF CHALLENGE
7 December, 9pm UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

**IMPORTANT LINKS**

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Official Spreadsheet (Captains only edit)-https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Planning spreadsheet (Everyone uses) **Make sure you read Lisa's Posts below on how the spreadsheet works!-TBA

Team Wheel Shelves
Amanda | Wheel24 | MAX BOOKS PER ROUND- 23
MNLisa | A-Wheel-9 | MAX BOOKS PER ROUND- 15
Sharon A | Wheel 2024 | MAX BOOKS PER ROUND- 8
Jackie | NBRC-Wheels9 | MAX BOOKS PER ROUND- 30
Ashlee | Boring-Wheel | MAX BOOKS -PER ROUND 6
Maritza | Wheels 9 | MAX BOOKS PER ROUND - 8
Kirsten | 24-Wheel| MAX BOOKS PER ROUND- 18
Janine | Wheel-24| MAX BOOKS PER ROUND- 17
Carmen | Boring Wheel 2024| MAX BOOKS PER ROUND - 9
zoeycat | Boring Wheel| MAX BOOKS PER ROUND - 6


AR Book Finder-https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.a...

Lol Lisa we are too much on the same wavelength today. I just finished a Y book. If yours is done I'll keep it, but otherwise I'll swap (I'm sure we can use an e/y next though!) EDIT: I put mine in luxury items initials so we're good!

I've got about 1.5 hours left in my R book but it's my baby's first birthday so iffy on if I get it done today (he's napping now but that wont last much longer). Wont be offended if someone swaps it!

I did put in the wrong code, but if you finished yours I could move mine to O too!

I think I filled purple text this morning? Maybe I put in the wrong code

I love that book Caly! Hope you enjoy it