Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Mango Tango's Task Four (Radical Read cover/item):

The Moonstone and Miss Jones by Jillian Stone, read by Lisa Aussie Girl on 11/2

Wow, you're quick, thanks :)

I was going through our books since a few days ago for new chunksters anyways :)

Also keeping tabs, making sure everyone is pushing hard this week to help us pass LJB! I'm still hoping we can do it!!!

I'm reading - and listening! - as fast as I can :)

:) me too! I'm even sneaking it on my library's site while at work. Haha which is so bad.

Mod announcements released today!

"It looks like Moonstone will be making it to 1,350 BAPs any hour now. They are down to the last six or nine books, I believe. (I'm not quite positive.)

The results of our poll were that you wanted the rankings for the rest of the Teams to be as of the next Sunday Update, November 17th.

(One of the things we leaned in Round I is that once a winner is announced, interest wanes with regards to players posting, making it difficult to get an accurate count. That, and the upcoming holidays, will have us stopping on the 17th. We have no plans to close the "sister" group, so if you want to continue any Team Monthly Challenge there, go right ahead.)

Anywayz... since it will be an exciting race to see who places where, as Teams jockey for position, starting tomorrow we are reducing the amount of cupcakes Team Captain & Co-captains may redeem per day. So, if you have a lot, start posting them today! (Limit is still 12 per post, and 15 per day.) As of November 13, the limit will be five a day, until Sunday. "

Do we know what time on Sunday they'll do the update?

Blast it, I'm going to be gone ALL DAY Saturday, with no chance to read/listen to even a single page :( What lousy timing LOL

That's okay though. You've pushed hard through this whole challenge. One day isn't going to make or break us! :)

Yeah, but still ... it's the principal of the thing LOL

Barb wrote: "Yeah, but still ... it's the principal of the thing LOL"

Haha, well, I'll be helping our friend move out much of the day Saturday, so I won't have much that day either!

I'm over at a sleep over for nano this weekend, though technically Sunday is Monday for me ;)

:p how is Nano treating you?

I didn't even try this year. Maybe next year? I need more willpower to write every day and make some progress!

Between nano writing and working and reading this month, I have no social life, hah!

Wow, hasn't it gotten quiet here. I'm guessing everyone is busy reading their last books before sunday!

I just finished the Kate Daniels one, so there's another one to close that gap :)

I just finished that one too! So good!

Okay I bite (haha), I have been looking at this series for a long time but not gotten around to it.

I have this minute ordered the first book from Amazon and reserved the next 3 in the library ( hopefully I can pick them up later today) so I know what I will be reading the next month and unfortunately it is not part of completing any of my challenges.

You won't regret it, Jane!

Task #5 - Novella/Short Story

There are less than seventy-four hours until the last Sunday Update!

For Task #5, I will give you a different kind of mission. One that could create quite a quandary, but will bring a large reward: Five (5) BAPs!

◆ Reading novellas or short stories, spell out:

N.
B.
R.
C.

N.
I.
N.
J.
A.

• The twist is you may NOT apply a book larger than 160 pages, and thus they may NOT be “tagged” towards your TTRC.

• EXCEPTION: They may be in an anthology; this is the only way you may “tag” the completed book, if you do finish the whole book. However, you are NOT required to read the whole book if you use an anthology. Nevertheless, you must use the titles, etc., of the stories within the anthology to do the spelling.

• Short stories must be greater than 10 pages. (view spoiler)[This is nigh impossible for me to check, until it is a stand-alone edition; I'll just have to trust you. (hide spoiler)]

• The same rules as prior Spell-It-Outs apply. (view spoiler)[Title, Author's First/Last Name, Series Name, and Character Name (main). (hide spoiler)]

• They may all be done by one Team Member, or all nine read by different Team Members, it matters not to me.

• Yes, if a short story or novella has been read/finished on November 1st or after, you may apply it.

• You have until Sunday, November 17th, 9:00 a.m. - or your time zone to finish/post Task #5.

Decisions, decisions.

WHATEVER will you do?!!

Until the next surprise.

Post finished task here.

Book Ninja, do Graphic Novels count? I've read a graphic novel of 152 pages (less than 160!) in November that would work for this if allowed!

Hmmm... let me consult with the other Ninjas.

Thanks!

Also, while you're conferring, I was looking into short stories and was wondering if Poe's Pit and the Pendulum could count as N, as the main character is an unnamed Narrator? or is that stretching it? HEHE

Steven wrote: "...was wondering if Poe's Pit and the Pendulum could count as N, as the main character is an unnamed Narrator?..."

I will allow this.

Thanks!!!!!!

Steven wrote: "Book Ninja, do Graphic Novels count? I've read a graphic novel of 152 pages (less than 160!) in November that would work for this if allowed!"

After consultation, we will allow Graphic Novels for this task.

Vampires, the recent undead is a collection of short stories - I will have to check and see which ones I have actually heard after November 1st. but these I am sure of but I am not sure precisely how long they are.

Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977 • [Anno Dracula] • (2000) • shortfiction by Kim Newman
Vampires in the Lemon Grove • (2007) • shortstory by Karen Russell
Vampires Anonymous • shortfiction by Nancy Kilpatrick
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky • (2009) • shortfiction by John Langan

Jane, it looks like that Vampires the Recent Undead will cover all the letters we're missing. :)

Oh, except that damned I! LOL

These I have listened to in November. As it is audible I don't know how to find out if they are at least 10 pages long.

Conquistador de la Noche • [Kitty] • (2009) • shortfiction by Carrie Vaughn, main character Richardo De Avelar

Endless Night • (2008) • shortstory by Barbara Roden, main character Emely Edwards (she tells the story) or her father Rober James Edwards

Dahlia Underground • (2010) • shortfiction by Charlaine Harris, main character Dahlia

The Belated Burial • (2009) • shortfiction by Caitlín R. Kiernan, main character Brailey

Twilight States • (2005) • shortstory by Albert E. Cowdrey, main character Milton

To the Moment • shortfiction by Nisi Shawl

Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977 • [Anno Dracula] • (2000) • shortfiction by Kim Newman

Vampires in the Lemon Grove • (2007) • shortstory by Karen Russell, main character Clyde

Vampires Anonymous • shortfiction by Nancy Kilpatrick

The Wide, Carnivorous Sky • (2009) • shortfiction by John Langan

As long as you finished the compilation in November, than anything from the book counts. :)

Here's where we stand:

Mango Tango's 5 BAP Ninja Spellout!

N - Nick, in "A Restoration of Faith" by Jim Butcher, read by Steven (11/14)
B - Barbara Roden, author of "Endless Night," from Vampires: The Recent Undead by various authors, read by Jane (11/8)
R - Roderick Usher, in "Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Steven (11/14)
C - Charlaine Harris, author of "Small Town Wedding" from The Sookie Stackhouse Companion , read by Steven (11/12)

N - Narrator, in "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Steven (11/14)
I - "The Ice Princess" by Elizabeth Hoyt, read by Lisa (11/7)
N - Kim Newman, author of "Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977" from Vampires: The Recent Undead by various authors, read by Jane (11/8)
J - Jack Daniels, in "With a Twist" by JA Konrath, read by Barb (11/12)
A - Apollo, "Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo" by Rick Riordan, read by Steven (11/5)

*I'm working on a short novella by Ilona Andrews right now. So we'll be done since that covers that blasted I!*

Jane, if you have a length (minutes/hours) on those, I can figure it out.

Go us! "I" is a really hard letter to find ... and "N" isn't too far behind LOL

Barb wrote: "... and "N" isn't too far behind LOL"

Especially three of them!

Lisa Kay wrote: "Barb wrote: "... and "N" isn't too far behind LOL"

Especially three of them!"

It helps to be obsessed with Neil Gaiman on this one lol. Good job so far, Mango Tango!

I've read an I ... The Ice Princess by Elizabeth Hoyt.

45 pages in kindle edition. Read 6/7th November.

The Ice Princess

Thanks Lisa Kay but I have tried to check myself. I think this is right.


No matter Where you go is 55 minutes which should be 20 pages

Castle in the Desert is 52 minutes = 19 pages

The Belated Burial is only 20 minutes around 7 pages.

But we could use Endless Night by Barbare Roden instead which is 1 hour 6 minutes = 24 pages

WOW, then we are done. We have a great team.

Looks like we're done!

Mango Tango's 5 BAP Ninja Spellout!

N - Nick, in "A Restoration of Faith" by Jim Butcher, read by Steven (11/14)
B - Barbara Roden, author of "Endless Night," from Vampires: The Recent Undead by various authors, read by Jane (11/8)
R - Roderick Usher, in "Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Steven (11/14)
C - Charlaine Harris, author of "Small Town Wedding" from The Sookie Stackhouse Companion , read by Steven (11/12)

N - Narrator, in "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Steven (11/14)
I - "The Ice Princess" by Elizabeth Hoyt, read by Lisa (11/7)
N - Kim Newman, author of "Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977" from Vampires: The Recent Undead by various authors, read by Jane (11/8)
J - Jack Daniels, in "With a Twist" by JA Konrath, read by Barb (11/12)
A - Apollo, "Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo" by Rick Riordan, read by Steven (11/5)

Yay team! We finished that Ninja challenge without even realizing we'd done it :)

Barb wrote: "Yay team! We finished that Ninja challenge without even realizing we'd done it :)"

Well, I read through a few today to fit in some letters, but for the most part it was mostly stuff we'd already read :D

Does anyone know what place we landed on?

I know where you are, Nancy Book Lover. However, it could change by Sunday.

Steven wrote: "Barb wrote: "Yay team! We finished that Ninja challenge without even realizing we'd done it :)"

Well, I read through a few today to fit in some letters, but for the most part it was mostly stuff we'd already read :D "

Oh .... oops!

There! Spent all morning finishing the last book I'll have time for for this challenge!

Might be too late :p

Welllll....

Yup. Made it.

Oh thank god! :D

We got third place guys. That's pretty good.