Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Go Karla!

Barb wrote: "Go Karla!"

Thanks :)

Just checking in. Been sick for two days. Early yesterday morning was the worse. Haven't read for 2 days cause all i've done was sleep. Feeling a little bit better today but still have stomach pains.

I hope you feel much, much better soon, Nancy.

Sorry to hear that Nancy. You know you are really sick when you can't pick up a book. Get well soon.

Feel better, Nancy! :(

I hope you feel better soon, Nancy!

Nancy, hope you feel better soon!

Thanks everyone. I'm slowly getting better after the sickness just came out of nowhere early saturday morning.

This is the NBRC Book Ninja! Just when you thought you couldn't earn any more Book Advantage Points (BAPs), I appear!

You never know when I will pop up, or what I will ask for. These little mini tasks will be worth one or two (1 - 2) BAPs.

For the first task, I will grant your Team one (1) BAP for any Team where two members read books by the same author. They may be the same book, or not. They may be under different pseudonyms, too; it matters not to me!

You have until the 23rd of November to earn these points.

Until the next surprise.

Post finished task here.

I guess I need to get cracking on Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris then, so that'll match Lisa's After Dead!

:D

I should have known better than to believe "the mods are taking November off" LOL

Haha, me too, Barb!

If anyone wants to know for the sake of this new challenge, the authors I'm reading this month are Robin Hobb, Charlaine Harris, Ilona Andrews, Diane Wynne Jones, Philippa Gregory and Joanne Harris.

Well, we can only earn one extra point -- so only one match will count. I'm sure the next ninja 'challenge' will be something entirely different, so it will be next to impossible to plan ahead. Meeting these challenges is going to be sheer luck, I think.

Oh I see. I read that wrong the first time ;)

I'm reading Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris now to match Lisa's book for the Ninja BAP and to fill my commitment for the Chain Game hehe.

Hopefully the next ninja task will be easy!

I'm currently rereading The Hunger Games with my daughter-in-law since we have now finished the Harry Potter series. This would be the point where I miss that competing reading addict's site. They provide the ability to log multiple read dates for the same title but GR does not. I want our team to get credit but don't want to lose my original date read. Suggestions?

Evana wrote: "I want our team to get credit but don't want to lose my original date read. Suggestions?"

Mark a different edition of the book for either your previous read or this one?

Evana wrote: "I'm currently rereading The Hunger Games with my daughter-in-law since we have now finished the Harry Potter series. This would be the point where I miss that competing reading addict's site. The..."

You can edit your review, click on "more options", under there you will see something like "private notes". You could add the original read date in that section and then change the "date read" section.

Thanks Barb and Karla. I had thought of the editions trick but when I go to the book and view all editions I don't have the option to mark a different edition as currently reading - just switch to this edition. I'll try the Private Notes route.

Evana, to use a second edition, go to the book, click on "all editions" and find the second edition that you want to use. Click on the link to be directed to that edition's book page, and the above your old review is a tiny link that says "review this edition."

Should let you do a separate review for the separate edition. :)

That worked Steven! Thanks.

Evana wrote: "That worked Steven! Thanks."

Of course :)

Task #2 - Spell-It-Out F.A.L.L.

Same spell it out rules as before. (Character names included.) One member, or four, it matters not to me.

Any books 160 pages or greater, finished by November 1st, or after.

You may NOT use books used in other November tasks.

You will be granted two (2) BAPs.

You have until the 23rd of November to earn these points.

Until the next surprise.

Post finished task here.

Note to M. Mango: I took the liberty of posting this one for our team -- and I used books read by four different people. Too bad that won't earn us any bonus points :)

Ah! An excellent idea, Barb.

I will keep it in mind for a possible future attack surprise.

I finished Allegiant, for the A! Or the F (Four is a main character)!

Also finished Hatshepsut's Collar which has a major character named Loki and the author starts with an A.

So I can cover FA or AL! :)

Oh! Already done! Thanks Barb!

I'll be done with my Sookie book soon and then Lisa's Sookie book will match for the first task :)

I'm about 100 pages off finishing Shelf Life by Stephanie Lawton which covers an L with the surname.

Steven wrote: "I'll be done with my Sookie book soon and then Lisa's Sookie book will match for the first task :)"

Then you can post in the Ninja thread so we'll get another BAP :)

Turned in our Task One for the Book Ninja, using Lisa and I's read Sookie Stackhouse books :)

Yay!

Is this competition really nearly over??

The latest Sunday update shows that team Moonstone is only 20 books away from winning this thing. We're still in fourth place, behind by about 25-ish books. I don't know if the challenge will end as soon as they hit 1350 books, or if it will continue until next Sunday, but NOW is the time to double- and even triple-check to be sure all of your books that qualify have been tagged with your Mango Tango shelf name!

As much as I wish we could have finished higher than fourth place -- maybe even first place! LOL -- I am *thrilled that we finished where we did. Congrats to all of us :)


It's been fun reading with all of you, and I hope we can all stay in contact after this challenge ends. For those who enjoy reading challenges in addition to what's offered here in NBRC, might I suggest you consider joining the Crazy Challenge Connection ? I know several of our teammates are already members, but we'd love to have the rest of you join us :)

See? Multiple places to spend time together! Buddy reads and challenges here... challenges there... and I'll even wager there will be other places we can all interact :D

We will keep in touch FO SHO! :D

Strange, reading that the competition is almost over made me sad. I hope we can go until we reach 1,350 books, you don't quit a race just because you don't come in first place.

Maybe they'll leave this thread for us to chat! :)

I don't know if that's going to be an option or not, Karla. I guess time will tell!

Just finished another book, Shelf Life by Steph Lawton, for both the ninja challenge #2 and another book towards our end goal here :)

Karla wrote: "Strange, reading that the competition is almost over made me sad. I hope we can go until we reach 1,350 books, you don't quit a race just because you don't come in first place."

In our experience with Round I, when a winner was announced, the majority of players quit 'tagging' books, so we didn't have an accurate reflection of the Teams placement.

Do you feel lucky?



Task #3 - Random Genre

I will randomly assigned the following twelve (12) genres to a corresponding number.

Contemporary Romance
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical Romance
History
Horror
Mystery/Cozy
Mystery/Thriller
Non-Fiction
Urban Fantasy
Women's Fiction
Young Adult

Go to:

http://www.random.org/dice/

and roll one or two dice.

Come back to this thread and tell me the number you rolled and I'll tell you the genre a member (any member) of your Team needs to read this month.

I will reassign the genre before each Team request.

Yes, if a member has already read that genre, you may count it.

You may NOT use books used in other November tasks.

Any books 160 pages or greater, finished between November 1 - 23, 2013.

Classification will be by the top five most popular 'tags' - according to GRs members.

You will be granted one (1) BAP.

You have until the 23rd of November to earn this point. (Or the end of the TTRC, which looks like November 17th, according to the poll in the "sister" group.)

Until the next surprise.

Post finished task here.

I rolled a 5 for us *crossing fingers that we get a 'good' genre*

I saw in a different thread (there are wayyyy too many threads to keep track of in this round!) that Evana had already rolled for the team, ooops! The good news is that she also rolled a 5 LOL


So, has anyone on our team read a historical fiction book since November 1? None of my books qualify.

Since we've already used them for a different Ninja task, we canNOT use Hatshepsut's Collar (Steven), Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage (Lisa) or The Lost Art of Mixing (Evana).

I really didn't realise we were that close to finishing, that is sad as I enjoy being part of our little Mango Tango group. Hope the challenge returns next year.

Unfortunately I have been in a reading slump these last 10 days and only finished two books which is extremely unusual for me. I will drag myself out and hope to finish another three this week.

I have been over and joined Crazy Challenge Connection but I think I will wait before looking at the challenges as I need to wrap up all my 2013 challenges and I have about another 15 books to read to achieve my goals.

I don't think I want to count how many books I still "need" to read before the end of the year! LOL

Evana has come up with a historical fiction book for the latest Ninja challenge. Yay, Evana!

Oh fantastic Evana! Otherwise, I was going to have to try to stretch Etiquette and Espionage as a possible historical book ;)

Are you feeling lucky again?



Task #4 - Random Bookcover (Color or Item)

This task like the Random Genre in that I will randomly assigned numbers to all seventeen (17) Teams, as I did with the 12 genres. However, each Team has a corresponding predominant color or item to find on the cover, for what your Team needs to search.

• This is an either/or challenge. You only have to read one book that qualifies for either the ITEM - or the COLOR of the Team you are assigned.

• For predominant color book, it needs to be the edition the Team Member actually read.

• However, if it is an item on the cover, then you may post the actual bookcover and the alternate one (different edition) in which you found the item .

• If you get your own Team number, I will roll/reassign again.



If you can't see the picture chart, refer to list under this spoiler: (view spoiler)[Atomic Tangerine: ITEM Fruit on the cover; rocket; car. COLOR Orange
B'dazzled Blue: ITEM Jewel; some that sparkles. COLOR Blue
Blastoff Bronze: ITEM Fire; something bronze. COLOR Bronze/Brown
Cadet Blue: ITEM Military person; a hat. COLOR Blue
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue): ITEM Wizard; door. COLOR Blue or Turquoise
Electric Lime: ITEM Artificial, electric, or neon light source. COLOR Green
Forest Green: ITEM Tree(s). COLOR Green
Leather Jacket Black: ITEM Person in a jacket, cape, coat, etc.; a silhouette of something. COLOR Black
Magenta Mix-up: ITEM Modern in design, confusing, or abstract. COLOR Multicolored
Mango Tango: ITEM Someone dancing or jumping. COLOR Mango colors (yellow-orange, peach, blush)
Mauvelous: ITEM Weapon; graveyard. COLOR Mauve
Moonstone: ITEM Moon on the cover; a shadow. COLOR Blue or White
Pewter Blue: ITEM Flask, cup; something made of pewter. COLOR Gray or Blue
Purple Mt's Majesty: ITEM Mountains; bird. COLOR Purple
Radical Red: ITEM A book; an open road. COLOR Red
Tickle Me Pink: ITEM Someone laughing, or looking coy. COLOR Pink
Wild Blue Yonder: ITEM Lots of sky; or something wild! COLOR Blue (hide spoiler)]

Go to:

http://www.random.org/dice/

and roll two or three dice.

Come back to this thread and tell me the number you rolled and I'll tell you the Team Item/Color a member (any member) of your Team needs to read this month.

I will reassign the Team/Color/Item before each Team request.

Yes, if a member has already read a bookcover that works, you may count it.

You may NOT use books used in other November tasks.

Any books 160 pages or greater, finished between November 1 - 23, 2013.

You will be granted two (2) BAPs.

You have until the 23rd of November to earn this point. (Or the end of the TTRC, which looks like November 17th, according to the poll in the "sister" group.)

Until the next surprise.

Post finished task here.

Okay guys, we rolled a 14 and got:

Mango Tango, for Task #4, you need to do:
Radical Red =
ITEM: A book; an open road.
COLOR: Red

So we have to find a book with the item or the color on the cover to match this! :)