Vicki’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2018)

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

Lol we’re crazy huh? Lol

I did books yesterday for the ladder. I’m doing one countdown book & the other tomorrow.

I got several books done today but I'm posting here and we can worry about the ladder later. I have to get to bed now so I can get up early to babysit.

Defending Morgan 282 pages
Second Grave on the Left 307 pages
Stone Cold Touch 464

I HATE not being able to use them for the spell-out. I also finally finished A Curse So Dark and Lonely today BUT I started it early September, misplaced my book, and found it 2 days ago so I finished it today. I don't think I can use it since I began it back then.

MODs I’m sorry. I meant I started the book the day before round 4 began but finished it the day round 4 started. I had begun the book for another challenge and then when I finished it and saw what we needed to do for the regeneration I wondered if I could use it for regeneration. We lost points in round three and we are making them up in around four. So since I started the book on the last night in round three and finished it on the first day of round four I wanted to know if I could use it as my first regeneration book or if the book I am reading for regeneration had to be started the day round four started or later. I hope that is more clear.

Okay cool 😎

So it's okay if we do that? If I were to finish a book today that ended in 2 and you finished one that started in 2 as well or in a 4 and then tomorrow one of us reads one that starts in a 3 that's okay even though they weren't read in order?

Still no response, but if they say no I can read which is 252 pages. Then we have a buddy read for 333 pages. I think you're doing that one but if not, I am.

Does anyone else have anything?

Jenny, I assume we CAN read these now and not wait, right? Do you know if we can use our books we are doing for the countdown and double dip?

Sharon, good point! Thank goodness my library is only 2 blocks away plus Libby & Scribd. Lol

Yay! I thought I was just about the only one that doesn’t plan out a month of reads! Lol My reading desires change too much, but since I’m going to Cabo I want to plan a book or two. But this challenge starts later in October around the 7th I think. Maybe that’s another challenge lol So that helps. I hate going on vacation and have a challenge start because with most challenges it takes a little bit of time to get used to them even if I’ve played them before because a year ago of playing doesn’t spark my memory that well. LOL

One book I finished today is 302 pages BUT I started it yesterday so I don't know if it would count. I asked in the Q/A.

We need to read for regeneration and I began a book yesterday and finished it this afternoon. May I use it or not since I began it yesterday?

Yes, I understand now. I just didn’t realize that we had to start with books that had 250 pages plus. I’m glad I found that out now because I’ve been looking for books that ended in the number one so somebody could read a book that was 100 and something pages LOL I’m such a loser Jenny! LOL what would I do without you girl?

So we cannot start from a book that ends in zero? I was looking today for books that end in a number 1 but didn’t find any yet. I also finished a couple books today but I think that they ended in higher numbers but I’m going to look. If we found a book that was, for example, 161 pages we could use it right? Then the next book would need to begin with the number 2 if I understand correctly.

I would think we could pick up the slack unless we're being held to the number of books we said we'd read per week. I would think it would be a team total, as long as one team member doesn't miss a week or 2 weeks. I'd have to go look in the rules or ask about that. Maybe Carmen knows.

Wow! 418? That's amazing! :) I got the same as you, so we (team) need to be careful, especially if we have other heavy readers.

Looking at this I have a couple questions:
Each week we'll do a team analysis of books read vs books signed up
Teams that stay in the 80% - 120% reading range get an additional 50 points
Teams that fall below the 80% mark get a penalty of -20 points
Teams that go over the 120% cap but stay under the 250% get a penalty of -100 points
Teams that go over the 250% mark get a penalty of -200 points

I don't know about everyone else but I read a lot...just reached 301 for the year. I am wondering if anyone is good with math (not me) if we can somehow figure out our books to read range so that we can get our 50 points every week and never get a penalty.

Okay, I just wanted to be sure I had it right. I'll check the rules. Does it count as one of our 40 books? I don't know where to look so when you can, no rush, can you tell me what do I do? Do I just say something on the DQ like 'playing for team We Lava to Read? Or do I post it somewhere? If you don't know, I'll try to find it.

Jenny, do I need to read now during September and do the DQ's prior to October 1?

Jill wrote: "Starting the Invisible Man on audio today. Should be quick since it’s under 6 hours.

I wanted to give you a heads up that today is moving day and I won’t have WiFi until sometime on Tuesday. I’ll..."

No worries, Jill. We have your back! Good luck with your move!

Hey everyone, I'm like the rest of you...ready to plan and discuss but not wanting to post if I'm not supposed to yet. I was looking at the thread of all the teams and one team has like 133 posts and our team had 5 other than the reserved boxes. LOL So I feel behind. This is my 2nd time playing TT and I'm very excited to play again. :)

Mary, Mary Congratulations!! Curious where you'll honeymoon!

I'll be gone from Sept. 30 through Oct. 10 (more like 11th since we get back late). BUT I'll be taking my books/NOOK/Libby/Scribd with me so hopefully my reading won't slack too badly. I just hate that I won't be home on day 1 because I won't have access to a regular computer all the time and cell phones don't cut it! I might be PM-ing one or two of you if I have questions or need help posting. Hope that's okay.