Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

@ Teresa
Congrats! *dances with you*

@ Karla
Adding you now. Just let me know if you want me to change your goal. :)

Sorry! Time zone=AST

I too will do the readathon but my goal will TBD right now. I have to see what kind of work sched I get that week first =)

About to start my fourth book of the year :)

Mary, I loved Shadow and Bone! It was simply thrilling and I finished the book in 2 days!

Also, you can put me down for 800pages, will be doing the 4x6. My timezone is GMT +8

Hello team! I am a bit late on the team, but will catch up!

Here is a little info about me:

Name: Erica
Location (optional): Alaska
Favorite Book of All Time: To Kill A Mockingbird
Favorite Book of 2012: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
and Code Name Verity
Favorite Book Genre: Dystopia, zombies, mystery, classic literature and anything funny
Favorite Animal: My dogs, tigers, jaguars and elephants
Favorite Cartoon: Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles, X-Men and Fantastic 4
Favorite Movie: 300, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Harry Potter series and the Lord of the Rings series
If I could meet any fictional character, it would be: The characters from Lord of the Rings
Some of my other hobbies/interests are: I am a 4th degree black belt in the martial art taekwondo, art, geocaching, writting, outdoor activities (snowmachining, snowshoeing, hiking, swiming, boating), watching movies or playing video games.

Hello Erica, welcome to the team!

If you want a BIG & FUN change to catch up we'll have a readathon next week, you can see the details here or on the Team's first page, message #2

A little late today, but here are the current results (1:50 pm GMT)

TEAM A:286
TEAM B:307
TEAM C:324
TEAM D:262

GO TEAM!

I finished my my 5th book and I'm going to take a quick break to read then onto !

We're awesome! I'm on book #13 and with the 3 day weekend of laziness coming up, I should be able to knock out a few more. Unless I decide to conquer one of my 1000 page books in which case send help ;) Keep up the great work everyone. This is so much fun!

@ Stephanie
Put you down as TBD. Just let me know when you've got your schedule worked out.

@ Elaine
Glad you liked Shadow and Bone! I thought it was one of the most unique fantasy YAs I'd read in a while. Signed you up for the readathon.

@ Em-Em
Hope you enjoy Pandemonium! I love that series. The third comes out soon!

@ Erica
Welcome, Erica! To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite book, too. Your hobbies/interests sound so exciting! I've heard geocaching is so much fun.

Finished and started

Finished book #4 for the team challenge.

Stacie wrote: "with the 3 day weekend of laziness coming up, I should be able to knock out a few more."

I'm jealous, Stacie! I only work one weekend a month, but wouldn't you know, this is my weekend to work :(

I will do 4 6 hours and I will you know on the page count later

Barb wrote: "Stacie wrote: "with the 3 day weekend of laziness coming up, I should be able to knock out a few more."

I'm jealous, Stacie! I only work one weekend a month, but wouldn't you know, this is my week..."

Well that's not fair! I'll read for both of us?

Sounds good, Stacie, thanks :) I'll read as much as I can in my off-work hours!

Mary/Sonia, I've decided to do two 12-hour reading periods which will take place on Sunday and Monday. I'm aiming for 500 pages and my time zone is EST.

Have I mentioned I'm on book 6 and that I'm almost 100 pages in?? I'm doing so good on my challenge! I think this group helps a lot because I become competitive with others as well as myself. I'll see that someone is on book 8 or 10 and I'll think, "Okay, gotta get my butt in gear", lol. Definitely motivational to be here.

Sonia wrote: "Finished book #4 for the team challenge."

Woo!! What did you think of it? I've been planning on reading it for a while now..

I'm done with all my mock exams so I'm finally getting back into a book now!

I am slowly but surely working my way through I find it pretty boring, but I refuse to give up. I can't wait to finish it so I can get to something better.

I also started and will slowly work on that bad boy over time.

I also started

@ ❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥
Added you! Just let me know your page goal whenever. You in CST?

@ Sashana
Gotcha!

@ Teresa
That's great, Teresa! I think that's what this challenge is all about. I'm finding it motivational, too! :-D

@ Stephanie
Love Les Misérables, but it definitely takes a while to get through. Good luck!

I wish I had the time for a readathon but I'm afraid I won't. I would need two weekends for the 4 6-hour periods and I have too many other things to do for 2 12-hour periods.

But I'll read a lot anyway. I just finished book number 13, , numbers 14 and 15 are in progress.

Okay, for the Read-a-thon, I'm going with 4 six-hour periods and I guess I'll say 600 pages because I have no idea how many pages I can read in 24 hours. That's probably low but I guess we'll see.

I'm in CST.

Alexa wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Finished book #4 for the team challenge."

Woo!! What did you think of it? I've been planning on reading it for a while now..

I'm done with al..."

It was cute, frustrating and an emotional roller coaster. I loved it. Specially the ending. Now I'm ddyyyyyyyyyyying to see the story through Travis's eyes... but helas, got to wait till April.

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Okay, for the Read-a-thon, I'm going with 4 six-hour periods and I guess I'll say 600 pages because I have no idea how many pages I can read in 24 hours. That's probably low but I guess we'll see.
..."

Added you!

Readathon decisions :o)
I'll be doing 2X12 hour periods, saturday and sunday. The page goal will be 1000

Added your goal, Sonia! Guess that means I need to be thinking about mine...

I finished book 5 Which is exciting because it means I've reached my monthly goal.

Now I'm starting

I just finished my 5th book of the year: . I gave it 3 stars because I didn't like the dynamics between many of the characters. Particularly Leah and Molly. I don't see how they could have been best friends.

Reeeeaaally got thrown off track there for a while. Thankfully, though, I'm back on track with the reading and I just finished my 10 book goal for January.

The 10th book was .

Not sure what's next. Got a huge and beautiful TBR!

Mary wrote: "@ ❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥
Added you! Just let me know your page goal whenever. You in CST?

@ Sashana
Gotcha!

@ Teresa
That's great, Teresa! I think that's what this challenge is all about. I'm finding i..."

Yes I'm in CST and I am going to try and read 600 pages

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Yes I'm in CST and I am going to try and read 600 pages "

Gotcha!

Got 9 so far, reading 10, 11 and 12 as we speak.

Finished my 6th book and I thought it was pretty good. And now, I'm waiting for my Nook to charge so I find a book on there.

Found my 7th book. It is .

Nancy wrote: "Found my 7th book. It is ."

I'm so excited for you to start this! Hope you like it as much as I did!

Sashana wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Found my 7th book. It is ."

I'm so excited for you to start this! Hope you like it as much as I did!"

It's starting out slow for me right now

Nancy wrote: "It's starting out s..."

It gets better! Read on :)

I'm going to sign up for the Read a thon - let's say 3 8's for 1000 pages :) (I'm not sure which days yet, though - and I am central time zone)

Good morning Team! Less than 5 days till the readathon, are you as excited as I am? Seriously, is my first readathon and I'm all up and bouncy and smiley (and looking at my shelves trying to figure it out what to read)

Anyway, here are the teams' results:

TEAM A: 354
TEAM B: 405
TEAM C: 394
TEAM D: 327

First 2 weeks Team A was leading, last week was Team C and now we have Team B. That means... is everybody's game!!!

And the team effort is absolutely amazing! The participants of our "little" team challenge have read almost 1500 books in 3 weeks... woooohooooo... way to go!!!

Happy readings

Go Team!!!

Mandy wrote: "I'm going to sign up for the Read a thon - let's say 3 8's for 1000 pages :) (I'm not sure which days yet, though - and I am central time zone)"

Signed you up, Mandy!

Finished last night, and have on tap to start this afternoon. The series comes highly recommended, so I have high hopes for this book.

Finished last night :)

A bit over halfway through audiobook:
Halfway through hardcover edition of
And started my ebook edition of
(will switch to the hardcover once I'm done with Matched)

I can't read more than one book of each "version" LOL, it either has to be a hardcover and ebook. Can't read more than 1 hardcover at the same time...I just can't get through the books (:

Pretty sure I will be done reading/listening to them all by Friday. That's when the Readathon starts right? :)

Barb wrote: "Finished last night, and have on tap to start this afternoon. The series comes highly recommended, so I have high hope..."

Loved Crocodile on the Sandbank! I have yet to continue on in the series, but I really enjoyed that first one. Hope you like it, Barb! Amelia Peabody is hysterical.

Alexa wrote: "I can't read more than one book of each "version" LOL, it either has to be a hardcover and ebook. Can't read more than 1 hardcover at the same time...I just can't get through the books (:"

Sounds familiar :) I usually have three books going at the same time -- one audio, one print and one e-book -- although I sometimes have two e-books, one on the Nook, another on the Kindle. I keep the two e-readers in different rooms in my house, so the book I finish first is determined by which room I spend the most time in LOL

Mary wrote: "Barb wrote: "Finished last night, and have on tap to start this afternoon. The series comes highly recommended, so I h..."

I agree with loving the Amelia Peabody books - I've read many of them more than once and picked up a bunch at a used book sale to keep around the house for those times when I need a re-read :)

Finished my 7th book . I thought it was an ok book.

Having a real hard time picking my 8th book.