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

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

POINT SYSTEM

For reading books
05 points = 100 and 160 pages (100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum)
20 points = 161 pages and 350 pages
40 points = 351 and 500 pages
60 points = 501 and 650 pages
80 points = 651 and 800 pages
100 points = 801 and 900 page
130 points = +901 pages



📖 Book of the Month
For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
- Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
- Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
(view spoiler)[NOTE: We will accept one team member per book per team for writing a days DQs. If, by three days prior to the BOM starting, we don't have enough volunteers to write all DQs, then we will let more than one team member per team write questions. If we have more people than days sign up (prior to 3 days before start date) we will randomise the volunteers to determine those who can write DQs (hide spoiler)]

Books of the Month
May
1. Children of Blood and Bone (May 1 - 10)
Tina
2. Lilac Girls (May 16 - May)
Brooklyn

June
1. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (Young Adult BOM) (June 02)
Halli
Brooklyn
2. Red Sister by Mark Lawrence (Adult Sci-fi/Fantasy) (June 16)
Tina
Eunice
Teri

July
1. Mod takeover - Link to Rosemary and Rue, by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #1) Start: July 2

2. Link to I Hunt Killers, by Barry Lyga Start: July 12

3. Link to The Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris Start: July 22

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📖 For NBRC Buddy Reads
Participating in a buddy read with a member from a different team, or with a member of NBRC who isn't on a Tower Team = 30 points
Participating in a Harry Potter buddy read with a member from a different team, or with a member of NBRC who isn't on a Tower Team = 40 points

*There are plenty of Buddy Reads to look through in this link.
**You can request a Buddy Read here

May
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
These are all informal
Starts: May 12
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews
Starts: May 12
Book 1 is a relaxed buddy read; Books 2-9 are informal buddy reads
1. Magic Bites
2. Magic Burns
3. Magic Strikes
4. Magic Bleeds
5. Magic Slays
6. Magic Rises
7. Magic Breaks
8. Magic Shifts
9. Magic Binds

(view spoiler)[ by Tiffanie DeBartolo
Informal Buddy Reads
Starts: May 12
DeBartolo, TIffanie--How To Kill A Rock Star

by Sally Hepworth
Relaxed Buddy Read
Starts: May 12
Hepworth, Sally -- The Family Next Door

by Tahereh Mafi
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: May 14
Mafi, Tahereh- Restore Me( Shatter Me #4)

by Lynn Weingarten
Informal Buddy Read
Start: May 14
Weingarten, Lynn--Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

by Kendare Blake
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: May 15
Blake, Kendare-

by Seanan McGuire
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: May 17
McGuire Seanan, Every Heart a Doorway

by Sarah Pinborough
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: May 18
Pinborough, Sarah-- Behind Her Eyes

by Amy Harmon
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: May 21
by Alexandre Dumas
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: May 22
Dumas Alexander, The Count of Monte Cristo

by Sarah J. Maas
Informal Buddy Read
Start: May 22
Maas, Sarah. J--A Court of Mist and Fury

byKatherine Kovacic
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: May 23
Kovacic, Katherine ; The Portrait of Molly Dean

by Robin LaFevers
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: TBD
His Fair Assassin Series by Robin LaFevers

June
by Catherine McKenzie
Relaxed Buddy Read
Starts: June 1
McKenzie, Catherine--The Good Liar

by Edward Rutherfurd
Informal Buddy Read
Start: June 4
Rutherfurd Edward, Sarum: The Novel of England

by Aimee Molloy
Informal Buddy Read
Start: June 6
Molloy, Aimee--The Perfect Mother

by Veronica Roth
Informal Buddy Read
Start: June 11
Roth, Veronica; Allegiant (Divergent #3)

by Ursula K. Le Guin
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: June 20
Le Guin, Ursula K ; A Wizard of Earthsea

July

by Gillian Flynn
Relaxed Buddy Read
Starts: July 8
Flynn, Gillian - Dark Places

by Naomi Alderman
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: July 15
Alderman, Naomi-The Power

by Karen M. McManus
Informal Buddy Read
Starts: July 22
McManus, Karen M. --One of Us (hide spoiler)]

Welcome to Team Nymphadora Tonks!

When
Starts: May 12th, at Midnight (WEST Time)
Ends: July 31st

Useful Links
Tower Teams VI Discussion
Owl Mail
All About Team Towers Challenge VI
Leaky Cauldron (Pre-challenge chat)
Scoreboard


Books Read Discussion Page (Post the books you've read here)
Our Planning Spreadsheet (You can also add your books here)

Classes Information
Spells Information
Let’s Play Quidditch
List of Buddy Reads Spreadsheet
Request a Buddy Read
Characters
TriWizard Team Tasks


Nymphadora Tonks Official Spreadsheet
Tower Teams VI Status


Huff Puff Houses:
Cedric Diggory
Newt Scamander
Pomona Sprout

Rules
(view spoiler)[◈Those people who want to keep their Profiles Private, must be willing to "Friend" their Team Captain(s), the NBRC Mod account, or one of the Moderators, to allow page count verification and to assist you if you are having difficulty with your bookshelves.
◈ Books must be started after the start date of the challenge to count towards the challenge
◈ Books must be />100 pages. NOTE: This number is lower than our other team challenges! For page number questions, please check with your captain who can ask in the Captains group for verification.
◈ Audio books are allowed. (For page numbers, use the "default" GR book page numbers. If the "default" is a Large Print version, use the next most popular edition for page numbers)
◈ No graphic novels, cookbooks or poetry. (Sorry.)
◈ Anything with the word" boxed set" in the title on Goodreads can not be used as "one book". They need to be shelved as separate books to count for this challenge.
◈ No children's books less than 25,000 words. ArBookFind is a great site to double check. If in doubt, ask your captain. Another rule of thumb is the audiobook version should be over 3 hours.
◈ Any book in any language will count, as long as it meets the criteria.
◈ "Re-reads" will be allowed, if it has been six months since you have read the book. This includes listening to the audio version, if you've already read the book.
◈ This challenge involves adding a special bookshelf to your personal. GRs bookshelves other than "read." You may choose a preexisting one.
◈ Please wait to be told to which Team you are assigned. It might take awhile; however, you will be able to count the books you have read from the START date of the challenge.
◈ Once you actually join, please check-in with your team discussion thread by posting the name of your bookshelf. Remember to add a HYPHEN between words for your bookshelf.
◈ Helpful Tip: Knowing about Sticky Shelves may help you put your assigned bookshelf near the top of your dropdown box.
◈ With MOBILE DEVICES there have been major problems when trying to add books. If that is all you have to access the Internet, or you don't know how to Cut & Paste on it, then this challenge probably is NOT the right fit for you.
◈ Discussion threads will be in the regular NBRC group. (No secret groups allowed this time)
◈ You do NOT have to join the discussion, if you don't want to; communicating via posting a book is good enough. Nevertheless, Your Team wants to know if you are still participating. We understand Real Life gets in the way. However, please plan to "check-in" in some manner at least once every week. If we don't hear from you for two weeks, you may be replaced with another team member (hide spoiler)]

Could a mod please open up Tonks for me to reserve some spots?

Chapters 1 - 12

1. What made you pick up this book? Do you have any expectations / hopes of it? (beyond being a good, entertaining read, obvs!)
I think the front cover sold me. Sometimes you just know you'll enjoy a book by its front cover. How intense is it?


2. We open up with some action, and it doesn't let up at all - do you like this break-neck pace, or is it sacrificing characterisation?
I don't mind it. I think it's always best to get your readers attention from the start. That is what happened with me. I'm sure as the book goes on we will know more about the characters. So far, I am still trying to get my head around the unfamiliar names and places and to understand the magic system which is slightly different from what I've read/learnt about in other novels. I think I need to take my time getting to know the characters so I can get to know their worlds.

3. There's 3 POVs - do you have a preference at the moment?
Zelie. So far, the prince's (Inan) is my least favourite POV. I just don't care enough yet. Nor do I care about the possible and most likely romance between Zelie and Inan. We shall see whether that changes.

4. What do you think of the setting & magic system, that we've seen so far?
I appreciate that at the start of the book, there is the guide to the Maji clans - 10 of them. I think more needs to be explained, though. But I guess not much can be explained when most people in the book have no idea how magic works and what they can do if they are Magi and use magic.

5. We end this section on a reveal - how do you see this playing out?
I think that certain person needs help on many levels. I can't really say as I don't want to spoil anything.

Completed!

Book of the month May

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi( Young Adult Fantasy) starts May 2, 2018

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi


1 Ruby Coin for half DQ participation
1 Ruby Coin for Writing Disscussion Questions
1 Ruby Coin for completing ALL days DQs within month of BOM start

I'd be happy to do DQ

Life Gives You Lemons
COMPLETED

Open Ended

Start: 01/01/18
End: 21/04/18
Book level: Lemons 25+ books
Adventure: Option 1 AND option 3
Progress: 29/29

One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Lemons)

Completed!

Choose Your Own Adventure: Harry Potter
COMPLETED

Open Ended

Start: 18/04/18
End: 09/03/19
Level: Cursed Child
Read: 34/34
Option 3: Harry Potter Spell-it-Out

I'm going to give this a go.

Start: 18/04/18
End: 09/04/19
Level: Cursed Child +25 books
Books Read: 34/34
Option: Harry Potter Spell-It-Out

Accio
5/5
A - Artemis by Andy Weir 17/05/18
C - Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray 26/05/18
C - A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray 05/05/18
I - Ivy (protagonist) Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins 22/04/18
O - Magical Influence 1 by Odette C. Bell 29/05/18

Episky
6/6
E - Ed (character) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 02/06/18
P - Primals by Lexy Timms 16/05/18
I - Deceptions by Isabelle Arocho 22/05/18
S - This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab 15/05/18
K - Runebinder by Alex R. Kahler 27/05/18
Y - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 06/06/18

Muffliato
0/9
M - Circe by Madeline Miller 30/05/18
U - Unbearable Arms by Aya Morningstar 03/08/18
F - The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth 13/07/18
F - Foundation For Three by Vella Day 05/06/18
L - Unlucky in Love by Lexy Timms 17/05/18
I - The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 21/07/18
A - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 10/05/18
T - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 28/06/18
O - Over the Hills and Far Away by Kelli Jean 06/06/18

Nox
3/3
N - Secrets of the Lost Summer by Carla Neggers 31/05/18
O - On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta 08/06/18
X - Xoe by Sara C. Roethle 08/03/19

Salvio Hexia
11/11
S - Red Velvet: A Four of Fallon Novella by Zara Steen 19/04/18
A - Antigoddess by Kendare Blake 19/05/18
L - Prince of Wolves by Quinn Loftis 28/04/18
V - A Viking's Peace by Zoe York 18/04/18
I - Ice by M.S. Watson 21/04/18
O - The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 30/06/18

H - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 15/06/18
E - Intoxicated by Jeana E. Mann 12/05/18
X - The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan 14/06/18
I - Infinite Blue by Darren Groth 06/07/18
A - A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 21/05/18

I'm keen to read this this in May!!

Underwater
COMPLETED!

Open Ended

Start: 24/01/18
End: 11/04/18
Level: Gone to Blazes
Read: 29/29

One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Gone to blazes)

Woo! Completed!

The Harry Potter Sorting Hat Reading Challenge
COMPLETED

Open ended

Start date: 10/11/17 (as an Australian, I go by date/month/year)
End date: 19/03/18
Level: Hard
Books read: 26/26


Hufflepuff vs Ravenclaw
Books read: 6/6 vs 6/6
Rating: 19/30 vs 24/30
Verdict: Ravenclaw will win

Gryffindor vs Slytherin
Books read: 6/6 vs 6/6
Rating: 21/30 vs 21/30
Verdict: Tie

One Coin upon reaching the Hard Level

Finished!

Ravenclaw won!

I quite enjoyed this challenge. Thanks guys!

Finished! :D

Earth Day Challenge

ENDED - Achieved Community Leader status
2 month challenge

Start: 01/04/18
End: 31/05/18
Level: Community Leader
Read: 18
Total Carbon Credits: 50

Start: 01/04/18
End: 30/05/18
Level: Community Leader
Read: 18
Total Carbon Credits: 50

Tasks
Earn an extra carbon credit per book read that is a borrowed book or a digital book.

1 Carbon Credit Tasks
Total of Level 1 Carbon Credits: 8

☙Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover.
by Carla Neggers 31/05/18 (iBooks)
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title.
Intoxicated by Jeana E. Mann 12/05/18 (iBooks)
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living.
The Seven Steps to Closure by Donna Joy Usher 08/04/18 (iBooks)
☙ Celebrate the day - Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
☙ Celebrate the Earth - Read a book that starts with the letter E, A, R, T or H.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee 11/04/18 (eBook from library)


2 Carbon Credit Tasks
Total of Level 1 Carbon Credits: 3

☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
☙ Plant Wildflowers - Read a book with a flower in the title.
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose.
☙ Save water - Read a book that's set at sea or where someone captains a ship or boat.
Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch by J.E. Hunter 11/04/18 (iBooks)


3 Carbon Credit Tasks
Total of Level 1 Carbon Credits: 19

☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other. (All of the letters of one book title are in the other one.) Example: Mine is inside A Straight Line to My Heart.
1. Ice by M.S. Watson 21/04/18 (iBooks)
2. Prince of Wolves by Quinn Loftis 28/04/18 (iBooks)
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year.
1. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen 10/04/18 (Audiobook)
2. Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins 22/04/18 (Audiobooks)
☙ Go Organic - Go back to basics by reading 2 books that are the first in their series.
1. Red Velvet: A Four of Fallon Novella by Zara Steen 19/04/18 (iBooks)
2. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 10/05/18 (BorrowBox app)
☙ Pull Weeds - Read a book where someone fights against the "bad guys".
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab 15/05/18 (eBook)
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.


4 Carbon Credit Tasks
Total of Level 1 Carbon Credits: 0

☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series.
1.
2.
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
1.
2.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
1.
2.
☙ Donate your time - Read a book that spans at least 3 years.


5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
Total of Level 1 Carbon Credits: 20

☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
T - A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray 05/05/18 (Borrowbox)
R - Reverse Haram (series title) Primals by Lexy Timms 16/05/18 (iBooks)
E - Elaine A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 21/05/18
E - Evie (protagonist) Deceptions by Isabelle Arocho 22/05/18 (iBooks)
☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title (A, An, The can be ignored if desired.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
A Viking's Peace by Zoe York 18/04/18 (iBook)
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover.
1.
2.
☙ Donate your money - Read a book with someone who has a lot of money.
Playing For Keeps by Liz Matis 15/04/18 (Kindle)

I am a Community Leader. Woo!