Lilac ’s Comments (group member since Jan 21, 2013)

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

Hello, I've joined! I'm really excited to start a new round because I wasn't very active in the last one. :)

Haha, yeah, badbutt would never work :)

Oo, you're in Leather Jacket Black, I think. :)

Sorry, what I meant was this:

When I join the round 2 challenge, if I put my goal as 70 (as it is for the whole year), won't the tracker always read "behind schedule" because it's not counting the first 20-odd books I read towards my total yearly goal?

Wouldn't he be behind schedule then?

Steven wrote: "Question: If my goal for the NBRC full year challenge was 60, and I've read 24 up to this point, would I put 36 in as my Color Challenge goal?"

I'd like to know this too, please :)

Okay, thanks. That sounds like a very good idea. :)

Does that mean we won't start round 2 until all teams have reached 2013 books?

Oh, no! It looks like we're about to lose :0

Okay, no problem. Thanks :)

Does The Fractured: Elena (Fractured #1) have more then 170 pages? It's 383 KB so by the rule mentioned earlier in this thread it would have enough pages - 191.5, but on Amazon it says the estimated length is only 93 pages.

This is an amazing book. I'm glad it's been chosen so more people will read it. :)

I loved Peter Pan, Five Childern and It, The Fairy Magic books, Harry Potter and The Secret Garden.

I'd like to join. I love the idea of having less people on each team. :)

How many books you read in 2012? 97
How many books you plan to read 2013? 70
If you were in Round I, the percentage of goal reached would be appreciated, if you know it. 20% so far, I'm on track
Would you be willing to be a Team Captain? No

I really want to read this! It's just that so many great books have come out this past month and I'm not sure asking the library to order 8 new releases for me is the best idea :-(

It really depends on the book/movie but generally I love it when a book I've really enjoyed becomes a movie, even if the film's not as good. I like to see how other people (the director) interpreted the book and, though it may sound stupid, I love pointing out all the things that are wrong about the movie. For me the best thing it that the book gets read by so many more people after a movie adaption comes out and I can finally discuss one of my favourite books with friends.
Here's book/movie adaption and what I though of them off the top of my head.

The Notebook: terrible book, quite a good movie
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: AMAZING book and movie
Harry Potter: Wonderful books, very good movies (especially 1,2 and 4)
The Hobbit: Good book, boring movie
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Very good book, very good movie
Rest of the Chronicles of Narnia: Decent books and okay movies
Twilight series: okay movies, decent books (well I thought so at 12 and haven't read them since then)
The Kite Runner: Fairly good book, boring movie
The Lovely Bone: Good book and movie
Life of Pi: Rubbish book, okay movie
Inkheart: Ok movie and book

My Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter... and more recently anything dystopian
My Favorite Movie(s): The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Titanic
My Favorite Celebrity: Don't know...
My Favorite Author: J.K. Rowling
My Favorite Music: Not sure
Sign: Virgo
Day Job: School?
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Hogwarts, Morganville or some other fictional place
Weird stuff I’m into: Umm... can't think of anything right now
Why I read: For a million reasons... I just love to and always have :)

I'm in for this one. This is just a rough draft but if I stick with it I guess I'll be going for 15.

7th in Series
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows DONE

6th in Series
1. Light DONE
2. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince DONE

5th in Series
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DONE
2. A Dance With Dragons

4th in Series
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DONE
2. Dead to the World
3. A Feast for Crows DONE
4. Children of the Mind DONE

3rd in Series
1. Harry Potter and The Prisoner or Azkaban DONE
2. Reached DONE
3. Club Dead
4. A Storm of Swords DONE
5. Xenocide DONE

2nd in Series
1. Through the Ever Night DONE
2. The Vanished DONE
3. Fever DONE
4. Unravel Me DONE
5. Scarlet DONE
6. Ohre DONE
7. A Clash of Kings DONE
8. Speaker For the Dead DONE

1st in Series
1. The Blemished DONE
2. Under the Never Sky DONE
3. Beautiful Creatures DONE
4. A Game of Thrones DONE
5. Ender's Game DONE
6. The Lies of Locke Lamora DONE
7. The Fellowship of the Ring DONE
8. BZRK DONE
9. If You Die Before I Wake DONE
10. The Eyre Affair DONE

Oh good, a movie of this would be really good provided it had the right actors. I just wish films didn't take so long to be made, we'll probably be waiting years for this. :(

Glad that we're back in the lead! :)
The read-a-thon was fun but I think it was a little too long. It sounded like a great idea beforehand but 9 days is a long time. Maybe next time just a 24 hour or weekend one?