Tina ❣’s Comments (group member since Mar 09, 2016)

Tina ❣’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I forgot to mention that if anyone wants a tab on the SS to track their own books for this challenge, then feel free to add a tab for yourself and organise as you would like. Otherwise I can create a tab for you and set up some organised thing for it.

I tend to track my books in my own spreadsheet as well as a team one which is helpful to keep track of my books and challenges

Namita wrote: "I added my books to the Spreadsheet. I might add more depending on how fast I get through them."

Looking good Namita!

Stacey wrote: "I'm doing DQs for The Foundling! (Or Lost Orphan, whichever way you want to think about it. I love the fact that my copy has some questions at the end to help me too."

YAYYYYY!! That's amazing Stacey! :D

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Here's another book for our recs. It was my favourite book from last year.

by V E Schwab. It was so imaginative and a killer ending."

Ooh yeah! I love V.E. Schwab's books! I'm happy she's done an adult book now. I did binge read her Poison Study series

Kimber~☆♡Love of Books♡☆ wrote: "Hi!
In June ill be out of town I just found out.
So I wont be able to sign in all the time. Once a week I can probably do and Im not sure how many books I can bring and really read. (Maybe 2 or 3)
..."

Checking in once a week is fine Kimber! It's the minimum requirement but if you're away, I'll understand why you may not have checked in with us. 2 or 3 books in June is also fine Kimber. If you're away, I'd hope you would spend more time enjoying yourself :)


Kimber~☆♡Love of Books♡☆ wrote: "Tina ❣ wrote: "Update

I have some more information in messages 5 and 6 on our thread, including the book recommendations. I will keep updating it as more recommendations come out.

We will use the..."

Sent you a message now about it!

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Morning everyone, (or evening... )

My library has the BOM so I've volunteered for back up for Stacey for the DQ's. I'm guessing different readers can still use ..."

I'd say yes to your question Lisa. It's what we've done in previous TT :)

And I had no idea they adapted Good Omens to a TV show. I should really try and read it, then watch it... David Tennant and Michael Sheen are good fun though!

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "some book recommendations:

- mystery; interesting format as the main character refers to footnotes on previous "cases" all the time

[bookcover:Midnight at t..."

They look great Diane! I'll add them to our list

@ Kimber - Bugger! Hopefully one of the books will magically appear between now and then at your library! One is perfect though :)

@Alysa - That sounds great! Hopefully Equal Rites is as good as you remember it being (if you liked it)

With BOM, The mods decide on a set page count for each BOM closer to the date. I normally add them into the SS and a few other places when the page count gets decided

Stacey wrote: "For anyone who wants to read the adult BOM this month, please note that this book has a different name/title in some locations. These are the same book:
[bookcover..."

Thanks Stacey! Maybe I'll be able to find the book by searching both covers and join in the BOM

Is anyone else interested in any of the May BOMs?

Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "Team Cheery Littlebottom here, please check out our list of recs:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..."

Cheers Gem! Love the list!

Sally906 wrote: "Couple of questions

Can we just read a book for the page count but it won’t fit a task - or must it fit a task?

If it needs to fit a task can we ‘bags’ tasks that we know a planned book will work..."

You can read a book for the page count Sally. I'm sure that we can slot it in somewhere as well. Most likely the Jackonary tasks if nothing else fits. We can also shuffle other books around to accommodate yours.

You can definitely 'bags' a task! But see if it fits anywhere else as well. I think having at least 2 or 3 other options than what you've chosen will be helpful.

With your books, you can add in a new 'date read' for the book and the edition.
If it is the same edition of the book:
- Click on the book
- Scroll to the heading 'My Activity'. To the right of it you will see 'edit' in gray.
- Click on 'edit'
- Scroll down to 'dates read'
- Click on 'Add read date'
- Enter your new dates
- Scroll down and press 'Post'!

Et voilà! You have a new date read for the book!

If it's a different edition for the same book then it should be as normal.

Update

I have some more information in messages 5 and 6 on our thread, including the book recommendations. I will keep updating it as more recommendations come out.

We will use the following for our books:
1. Completion posts on this thread
2. Tracking spreadsheet (ss)
3. Main team spreadsheet - for captains only.

1. Completion Posts
When completing a book, you can use this format:

Book:
Author:
Narrator/Translator: (if fitting)
Date Read:
Used for: (Tasks/Bingo/Jackonary)
How it fits:

Other options:
Tasks:

Bingo:

Jackonary:

* Not entered on SS

I have an example in message 5.

2. Tracking Spreadsheet
I have sent you all a message about it!
Use the "Books" tab to enter information about your book. You can add in all your books at once or you can do it book by book. It's up to you. The way Jessi and I will know that your book is ready to be entered into the spreadsheet is when you've entered the 'date read' for your book.

I have a book there as an example of how you can enter your book on the sheet.

But basically you can enter as little or as much details as you want on it. Use columns G-I to enter information about Tasks, Bingo and Jackonary. Use the 'Used For' column to select where your task is chosen to go. You can enter it in the relevant tab as well and add a link to it if you're really keen (not necessary at all!!!). I have done it so you can see how I've entered my book in.

3. Main Spreadsheet
Jessi and I will enter the details in it :)

I hope this clears up the knowledge gaps for everyone!

Kimber~☆♡Love of Books♡☆ wrote: "Tina ❣ wrote: "Kimber✌ wrote: "I'm still focused on UNO but I was thinking about reading the Discworld books. The witch series looks really good.
So im going to start with those and when I get a c..."

You can list the books for the month if you know what you’re reading. I tend to put my book is once I’ve read them as I change my mind a lot with which book to read.
I’m tweaking the last few things in the spreadsheet we’ll be using which will help with book allocations. Your book counts for either Task, Bingo or jackonary. If it’s a BOM then it counts for that too

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Helo Carrot!

Team Moist has compiled some books in a listopia. Dive in, bring a towel...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

If you ha..."

We could do that! I think it would be fun. I think it would be good if you still posted some recommendations on the thread so we know who has recommended what book. Saturday night is my down night so I’ll collect our recommendations and put them in one place for us and for other teams to find

Hopefully I can get the tracking sheet up and running too. I have a long weekend coming up which is nice! Note sure if my fellow Aussie’s have ANZAC holiday on Monday as well

It’s much needed though!

Jenny wrote: "Helo Carrot!

Team Moist has compiled some books in a listopia. Dive in, bring a towel...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

If you have any recomme..."

Thanks Jenny! We sure will!

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Hi team, sorry I've been quiet. It has been a busy week at work and goodreads is awful on email notifications again.

Hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to the start soon!"

All good Diane! Hope everything is ok and manageable 😊

Jessi wrote: "Kimber✌ wrote: "Tina ❣ wrote: "Kimber✌ wrote: "I'm still focused on UNO but I was thinking about reading the Discworld books. The witch series looks really good.
So im going to start with those an..."

Agreed! Generally, if you have the book or can get the BOM book, discworld themed or not then it’s a super help and boost for our points!

Celanchia wrote: "Hello everyone!! I'm Celanchia from Auckland New Zealand!! I'm so excited for this challenge, and it's awesome to see some team members I did a wheel-a-thon with a while back. I've not read discwor..."

Welcome Celanchia!
I’ve always wanted to go to NZ. There’s so much to experience there.

Have a look around and see if everything is clear to you!

Jessi wrote: "Tina ❣ wrote: "@Stacey and Jessie - I definitely agree with you both. Like hotels weirding you out Jessi, doll and chestnut like things have me a bit wary of them. I remember thinking in Sun down t..."

Oh gosh! Clowns! I feel the same as you but with Marionette dolls... ugh I just can’t
They are freaky

Christina T wrote: "Hi team! Just a quick hello because I work Grave Shift and have to get going to work soon. I'm ChristinaT from the center of the States, Iowa. This puts me at CST time zone like Celia. I'm new to t..."

Welcome Christina!

To start, I'd suggest for you to have a look at the rules and familiarise yourself with them. Then to have a look at the Team Spreadsheet and read through the tasks, bingo and jackonary and see what you can read for or would like to read for.

Please also post your shelf for this challenge here when you get a chance