Brie’s Comments (group member since Mar 04, 2015)

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

Corey wrote: "Hey everyone, I'm Corey. Native born and resident of Southwest, Florida. My shelf is nbrc-ttiv-2015. My favorite genre is really anything fiction save romance (I know horrible right?) and I do enjo..."

Good morning Corey! We have already interacted a couple times during the wheel-a-thon challenge and a couple BOMs so it's great to be on a team with you! And The Giver is AMAZING no matter what age you are ;)

Farhad wrote: "Hey Brie! I know Russian, French, Italian, Esperanto, and Turkish. So, especially for our captain I'm going to translate ur sentence:

1) я люблю читать

2) j'adore lire

3) mi piace leggere

4) mi..."

YEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!! :D This is AMAZING!

I realized that after reading about all of you, I had forgotten to mention anything about myself.

My name is Brie and I am 28. I am currently residing in New York, working in a needlepoint and knitting store, but I am moving to Northern California at the end of January. I am definitely looking forward to going back to the west coast (I was born and raised in Southern California) and HOPEFULLY going to graduate school. I got my degree in forensic psychology and am hoping to go back to school for counseling with a focus on addiction studies, but I'm editing that plan every day ;)

I have a giant cat named Ichabod Craine, a cooking/reading/crafting blog called A Little Slice of Brie, and am completely diehard obsessed with all things Disney.

CAN'T WAIT FOR NOVEMBER!

Natalie wrote: "Hello! I'm Natalie. I live near Boston, Massachusetts in the US with my husband and the two best cats in the world. I've been in the AAMP group for a while so I'm used to group challenges. I'm new ..."

Welcome Natalie! I love that you came to the group bearing video gifts hahaha That's fantastic!

Valentin wrote: "Hello, glad to be part of our fresh team. My name is Valentin, 26 years old and I work as a trader. I am a vegan and I enjoy reading. My favourite book is Iain Banks - Transition and my favourite g..."

Hi Valentin! What did you think of Transition? It sounds very intense.

Erin (Paperback stash) *is juggle-reading* wrote: "Greetings all, excited to be on the team with everyone here. I know we'll do a great job discussion books and gathering those points.

My name is Erin, I'm from central Florida, and of course enjoy..."

Very nice to meet you Erin! What do you consider 'creature themes'? And although you don't do favorites, what would you say are your top 3 horror books?

Philippa wrote: "Hey everyone!! I'm Philippa (or pip if I'm/you're feeling lazy) && I'm from the UK. I'm also thrilled to be a co-captain. Go team Moirai!!
I've just finished University (I studied Physics- ARGHH) &..."

Hey Pip! (I am usually always feeling lazy if we're being honest) So a degree in Physics?! That's...incredible. What kind of jobs are you looking for?? I wish you lots of luck!!!

AND THANK YOU AS WELL FOR CO-CAPTAINING!!!

Farhad wrote: "Nice to meet u ladies and gentleman...It is time to introduce myself.

My name is Farhad...Born in Baku, I'm 22 years old. Currently studying at the Rotterdam University. Know 5 languages. Love all..."

Hey Farhad! First off ----- FIVE LANGUAGES?! Which ones??? And can I please bother you and ask that you translate "I love to read" in each language? Thank you :)

Of Mice and Men is divine. Steinbeck is my all-time favorite author!

THANK YOU FOR CO-CAPTAINING!!!

Karen Michele wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm very excited to meet you all!

I'm Karen aka Karen Michele and Karen Burns.
Bookshelf: tower-team-iv
Favorite genre: Historical Fiction, but I really read and enjoy almost all genr..."

Hi Karen! What kind of dogs do you have?? And are you our only West Coaster? I think so! That is, until I move back to California the end of January.

Very excited to see what historical fiction you encounter during the games! I love that genre myself and might have to copy your reads every once and a while ;)

CURRENT BOOK OF THE MONTH #1

A Darker Shade of Magic

Team member writing DQs: N/A

Team members participating (as of 1/1):
Brie
Natalie
Karen
Erin

You can find the link to the Discussion Questions HERE

CURRENT BOOK OF THE MONTH #2

The Nightingale

Team member writing DQs: N/A

Team members participating as of 1/11/16:
Brie
Erin

You can find the link to the Discussion Questions HERE

***FINE PRINT***

From the Moderators re: Tower Teams point allocations --

Tower Teams Points for BOMs
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
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

***In order to receive participation points for this BOM, you must participate in the discussion. You do not have to answer all of the DQs every day on the day assigned, but participation and feedback (more than once or twice) is part of the rule.

***You may join in the BOM at any time, but in order to count for participation points you must finish the BOM within the month it is assigned.

I will be consistently updating this post as new BOMs take place and teammates join.

TWENTY-FIVE DAYS OF TOWER TEAMS

***MEGA BOON USED ON 1/11/16***

WEEKLY STATUS UPDATE: WEEK 10

*Total Books Read: 282

*Total Goals Completed: 187


*TOTAL POINTS: 12,375


*GREEK TEAMS STANDING: 5 (out of 5)

*TOWER TEAMS IV STANDING: 19 (out of 27)

***OPEN GOALS***

1. Read a book with one of these Harry Potter title words (Sorcerer, Philosopher, Chamber, Prisoner, Goblet, Order, Half, Deathly) in the title

2. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as brain-candy - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

3. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2004 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

4. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as north-america - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

5. Read a book with an alternate history

***When reporting books on the Team Moirai BOOKS READ thread, please include PAGE NUMBERS, FINISH DATE, and GOAL/S COMPLETED (if any).

***If a book you are reading fulfills more than one goal, please include ALL of them when you complete your read. That way if we have more than one book that can be used for one goal, I can try and shimmy things around.

***Books read DO NOT HAVE TO FULFILL A CURRENT GOAL. Read what you LIKE and, who knows??? It may fulfill a future goal. :)

I will be consistently updating this post as goals are completed and new ones added.

OMG I get off a plane and like a million books are finished this is awesome!!!!!

Thanks for updating Tea!!!! You're all super duper wonderful and amazing!!!!!

ok guys we have completed our first spell it out! letters are all up for grabs in our second!

I know this is our final week, but I will not be able to post anything to the spreadsheet starting tomorrow morning. I'm on another flight to california for my best friend's bridal showers (yes, there are two) on saturday and sunday. I will be staying with her and THERE IS NO COMPUTER! (i know. crazy.) I will be able to keep in touch via the app, but no spreadsheet updates from me :(

any completed reads from here on out will have to be added by savannah or tea!

it has been...so fricking fun. i am so glad i got to spend the last 8 weeks getting to know you guys :) i'm truly going to miss this!!!!!

COMPLETED READ

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

W: Lawrence Wright (author)
M: Morton Sellers (narrator)

Hey friends!!!! We only need three more letters to complete our first spell-it-out!!! I-N-C!!!

Nothing in particular darling! We already have an H and O (I added two of Berit's books that she just hasn't posted about yet...I stalk her read shelf).

Hey Tea or Savannah, can one of you add Tonyas book to the spreadsheet pleeeaaase? I'm not gonna be home the rest of the night.

That's what it was last night. Granted, I was so tired I was practically delusional but I feel like Inchworm isn't something my brain would randomly come up with hahaha