Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

THANKS SONIA! :D

Way to go, team!!!!

Go team! Thanks Sonia :)

Just got back and checked the tally table. WOW, look who's fourth! Go team Mango Tango!!!!!!!!!

Congrats on 4th place, MT!

Thank you, m'dear :)

Good work team!

Whoa, it's been quiet on this thread this week...

Well, we're all busy reading like banshees...

To all my fruity pals at Mango Tango:

LOL Awwwww! Wish I had a cute pic like that to send back to you :)

Yay for us. We are still in 4th place.

I just saw that too :) We're about 65 books behind the 3rd place team, but we can try to catch them, right?

Yea we can catch up to them. With all the reading that we are doing for read-like-a-banshee challenge, should help us.

YES... I think we can catch up, if we all read like crazy :D

And if we keep reading books that count as chunksters/triple threats/cutthroats, I can turn those cupcakes we've built up in as well :)

Well done guys! Don't count on catching up with us though - know we've got some Banshees in hiding!

Chunksters and triple threats?

That's to do with completing the puzzles, Nicole. Chunksters and triple threats are books with large word counts and you can exchange the "cupcakes" we've earn't in the puzzles for extra book points for these.

Dr Sophie wrote: "Well done guys! Don't count on catching up with us though - know we've got some Banshees in hiding!"

So do we though... hehehehe

Less than 24 hours till the end of the Read-a-Thon

◈ Important Info: Sunday is a busy day so, after the read-a-thon, captains and team members will have time to post last minute updates.

The new countdowns are:

*End of Read-a-Thon:Click Here
*Last Minute Updates Deadline:Click Here

The Halloween Read-a-Thon is Over.

Time to write down your numbers and take some rest. You deserve it! Hope you had some fun

Don't forget to update your final results till Monday 8 AM (BST)

So... What's the next challenge? ;)

Well, we don't have an official one for November, but we will probably do our own, just for fun!
Maybe another books by the numbers or the count to five thing!

If you need some ideas I think my evil inner chip'n'dale can think of something... after recovering form the RaT, off course. The poor chipmunks are out of commission.

Haha definitely welcome to suggestions!

we are still in 4th place

That's awesome! We need to push for third!!!!! WE CAN DO IT! hehe

Give me a few days to recuperate from the RaT and I'll be back to reading again :)

Yes, Barb, you are a reading machine!

Just don't ask about the condition of my house or anything else after these past two weeks LOL

Haha, Barb, my house is pretty much readathon neglect level all the time. Unless Alex and Tara are gone for a few days. Then my cleaning finally passes their messy. X)

I finished another book today...Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, joanne fluke...4*s...it was actually much better than previous book in this series...& that means I am caught up to the author with this one...yeah baby...

You know she has another one coming out in February, right? LOL

  Blackberry Pie Murder

*snooping :D*
Did she finally decided between guys?
I've read #15 and since last two I didn't like at all, I decided to finish with series.
But I could change my mind if Hannah finally decided. :P

Great job on the Read a Thon, Team Mango Tango!

❀Tea❀ wrote: "*snooping :D*
Did she finally decided between guys?"

Nope, not yet *sigh* In fact, there was a reference in the first few pages of a recent book to how much Hannah likes having two men (paraphrasing) "fight over her." Ummmm ... you're not in high school anymore! MAKE A CHOICE and get on with your life!!

Amanda wrote: "Great job on the Read a Thon, Team Mango Tango!"

Thanks :)

Steven (and/or the Mods) is Kayla back on our team? I know she has been reading a lot lately and has added four books to her Mango Tango shelf this month. She would like to come back, if she can.

Thanks Amanda!!!!

I think so, Karla. LK and the mods are doing some updates and changes, an Kayla's return was mentioned in the message I received.

:)

It looks like she's definitely back. :)

With a few books for the mix!

Congrats on kicking butt on the Read-a-Thon, guys! I know you worked really hard :)

Thanks so much, Ashley Marie! :)

Steven wrote: "I think so, Karla. LK and the mods are doing some updates and changes, an Kayla's return was mentioned in the message I received.

:)"

I saw that she was included on your spreadsheet, but not on the Mods spreadsheet, so I was just wondering.

Steven wrote: "It looks like she's definitely back. :)

With a few books for the mix!"

That's great. I hope she keeps up her reading pace! We'll definitely move up to third place, if she does!

Ashley Marie wrote: "Congrats on kicking butt on the Read-a-Thon, guys! I know you worked really hard :)"

Thanks Ashley!

@ Karla: It will be great if Kayla can help us in our rush to the finish :)

I've finished two more books since the end of the readathon
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 652 pages, 20 Oct
Letters from Skye, 290 pages, 21 Oct

I'd recommend this last to those who enjoyed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Like Guernsey, Letters from Skye is epistolary. It centers around both World War I and World War II. Letters from the past between a published poet and a fan (WWI) are interleaved with letters from the present (WWII) as the poet's daughter tries to uncover her mother's past.

Welcome back Kayla.

Thanks Evana! I loved Guernsey, so I've added Letters to my list to look for at work on Wednesday :)

A note to our Australian teammates: Please check in when you can and let us know whether or not you're safe. Those wildfires look not only massive but really nasty!
*sending up good thoughts for all Aussies affected*

Barb wrote: "A note to our Australian teammates: Please check in when you can and let us know whether or not you're safe. Those wildfires look not only massive but really nasty!
*sending up good thoughts for al..."

*ditto what Barb said!* I've been thinking about you gals.

Team Member Reassignments - For more information and Team Assignements go here.

◆ We have decided to close the sign-up thread to the Tower Teams Reading Challenge, except for replacement players who exactly fit our needs.

◆ We are going to fill the gaps from absent Team Members on the Teams from within our current Team Members.

◆ In order to do this, we will reassign the Team Members of Banana Mania and the Mods of Cadet Blue to various Teams. We have been working on this for quite awhile and have tried to be as equable as possible.

◆ In an effort to keep Banana Mania as together as possible, we are moving some of the Mods.