Tower Team D: Dangerously Determined to Devour All Books Showing 1,551-1,600 of 1,770

[Rhonda]

I have a couple of ideas. I'll bounce them off whoever contacts me.

[Rebecca NJ]

Sounds good - Vi is usually the captain who works on the month long challenges.

[~Melissa~]

Finished for a team challenge. This was a re-read for me. I put the dates I read this time in the private notes of the review section under options if the captains need to check.
This has 376 pgs.
This is a really good thriller suspense novel if you like them. Loved it just as much my second time through

[❉⊰Gayle⊱❉]

Finished . The link goes to the audiobook, but I read it on my Kindle (there is no Kindle link available). Odd... Anyway the Kindle edition has 481 pages.

[~Leslie~]

Happy Easter Team! I finished my book but don't have a computer with me so I can't post it yet. I hope to everyone has a beautiful day.

[Jane]

Finished . Not my kind of book but it still counts toward team challenge with 245 pages

[Deedee]

Finished 345 pages to team challenge whoo-hoo!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Just finished my re-read of A Novel Approach (last read in 2010) and it has 219 pages for the team challenge.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Current Stats:

Team	 Books Read/Goal*	% of Goal	% of 2,013
Team A	 1663/6409 	 =	 25.9%		82.6%
Team B	 1770/6385 	 =	 27.7%		87.9%
Team C	 1794/6321 	 =	 28.3%		89.1%
Team D	 1567/6375 	 =	 24.5%		77.8%

Goal totals adjusted, subtracting people who never signed up, or never posted a book.

If your Team is on track, it would be at 24.6% of Goal as of today.

Note: Teams A & C’s adjusted totals have changed because people changed their personal goals (some up, some down). Interestingly, while Team B members also adjusted their goals, they all managed to still keep the same Team goal. Team D’s hasn’t changed b/c Captain Rebecca has been so on top of things, she has been notifying me of their updates as they happen.

[Vi]

Go, Rebecca!

I had some reading time last weekend and I finished 3 books! Long time since I had so much time on my hand.

- a realllly good contemporary romance. I loved it. Much better than the previous Knox book I read. 230 (ebook version)
- Supposed to be a retelling of Cinderella but I didn't like it so much. It supposedly took place in the 1300s? but it didn't feel like that. A very average book. 342 (paperback)
- A super fantasy-romance book. The world building was excellent and the meeting of cultures was done beautifully. 314 (MMPB)

All 3 count for the captain's challenge.

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Just started The Reaper Within .

[Amanda]

Just finished by Keith Miller. It had 288 pages

I will probably be a bit scarce this month because of Camp Nano, so good luck to everyone in your reading endeavors!

[~Melissa~]

Finished 394 pgs for captains challenge
I'll be starting later today

[~Leslie~]

I am testing out going to GR on the browser on my new phone while my husband drives us home. Finished this book, 287 pages.

[Lisa Kay]

Leslie wrote: "I am testing out going to GR on the browser on my new phone while my husband drives us home. Finished this book, 287 pages."


That is so neat, Leslie. Let me know if you have any trouble "tagging" that book with the correct bookshelf for Team D's challenge. We've been having trouble with people marking them as "read" on mobile devices.

Thanks!

[Rebecca NJ]

Leslie and Lisa Kay - the book is tagged on the Team D bookshelf! Yay!!!

[Lisa Kay]

Oh, yes, it is there now. I couldn't see it at the time of my post.

[~Leslie~]

Wow, GR left out my post! So annoying.

@LK - I didn't mark the book as read until I got home on my computer. That's probably why you didn't see it. I will try the experiment again with another book.

Finally finished It has 386 pages.

[~Leslie~]

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Let's Celebbrate . . . SPRING Mini Challenge

WHEN: Wed April 3rd - Sunday April 7th

WHAT: Read any book in which the words in the title, series title or Author's name begins with any letter in the word Spring.

HOW: Post the cover of the book as you finish and specify that it's for the mini challenge. Book must be finished between Wednesday and midnight Sunday.

EXAMPLES:
Author by Diana Gabaldon
Title Street Game
Series Title Iron Seas series

[[deleted user]]

Leslie is that any word in the title or the first word?

[Rebecca NJ]

Captain's Challenge Update


Captains - 4365 pages
Team D - 5872 pages

Remember, this challenge goes to April 7th.

[Vi]

Come on, Team D! Do you want the captains to beat you?

[Vi]

APRIL MONTHLY CHALLENGE

WHEN: April 1 - April 27
WHAT: Read books with one of the 5 elements (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Space/Sky) or cover with green/blue colors

RULES:
1. The book cover should have either the 5 elements OR the color explicitly. Please add the cover when you post.
2. Book should be read between April 1 and 27 and meet the Tower Team Challenge requirements i.e page count >170
3. Participants in this month-long challenge, please post the book in the thread. If it ties in with any mini-challenge, it has to be stated explicitly. (It makes work easier for us mods)

Happy Reading!

*Remember, books that meet the mini-challenge and the monthly will win you 2 points.

[❉⊰Gayle⊱❉]

Finished . 356 pages.

[[deleted user]]

Just finished The Reaper Within Free book for review. The characters and story line is believable and is a page turner from beginning to end. This book is certainly a must read.

Captain page challenge 196 pages

Just started Darkness on a Pale Blue Stone .

[Lisa Kay]

Leslie wrote: "@LK - I will try the experiment again with another book."

That would be great, Leslie! I'd like to know if it a fatal flaw with the program, or an educational/trick issue with the end-user.

[Rebecca NJ]

March 2013 Determined to Devour All Books Update
Thought I'd give everyone an overview of what we did in March. As a group, we read 489 books last month which is a small increase from the 450 books we read in February.

Big Books (over 750 pages):


Read by more than 1 person:
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Top read authors:

[Jane]

Finished counts towards captains challenge with 448 pages.

[~Leslie~]

Marguerite - Yes, it's any letter in the title or series title. Thanks for asking the question.

@Gayle - I'm so jealous of you just starting that series. It only gets better and better!!

Rebecca- awesome job recapping our month!! Thanks for the update and all your hard work. You definitely deserve a treat.
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[~Melissa~]

finished these two this morning
this was ok 374 pgs
loved it! ebook 299pgs

[Gen]

Since I am putting A Game of Thrones on hold because I had to give it back to my library, I'll now start The Historian.

[Leana]

Finished last night with 480 pages.

Going to pick up from the library this evening, so I'll probably be starting one of those tonight.

Continuing with until then.

[Rebecca NJ]

Good morning everyone! I just wanted to give everyone a quick little update.

Here are the current standings:
Team C - 1825 books
Team B - 1793 books
Team A - 1691 books
Team D - 1609 books

While I have been back checking your books, please take a minute or two to double check your Team D shelves. Non-fiction books do count.

Hope everyone has a great day!

[~Leslie~]

Good morning, Team!! Thanks for the update, Rebecca.
I finished last night. 305 pages Also counts for the Mini challenge - Letter S. And I think it counts toward the April Challenge with a blue cover.

I have started
Marsha Canham writes the most amazing pirate/swashbuckling hero stories. Just incredible. But I'm having a hard time pinning down the page numbers for the book. Amazon says 278 estimated.

[Rebecca]

Just finished
which I think should count for the April Monthly Challenge!

426 pages for the Captain's challenge!

[Rebecca NJ]

Rebecca wrote: "Just finished
which I think should count for the April Monthly Challenge!"

Rebecca - I just got this in from the library. It was recommended to me by a co-worker. What did you think of it?

[Jane]

Finished by Nicholas Sparks
counts for 210 pages towards captains challenge
also counts toward spring challenge
I am unsure if it is blue enough for the April challenge?

Getting ready to read unfortunately this is too short for Tower Team Challenge

[Rebecca]

The Orchardist
Rebecca - I really liked it. It's long, but I felt that as soon as it started to drag, something drastic happened to make it interesting again. It's a somber book and for some reason I want to describe it as "quiet". Its beautifully written, but there aren't many parts where something big and "in your face" happens. haha sorry it's hard to describe, I'm still sorting out my feelings about it.

[Rhonda]

I have a question about the Earth Day challenge. Do the elements need to be an image (picture) or can a word in the title be used, i.e. Mountain (Earth), Ocean/s, etc? Also, can a cover like the one on this book be used? Would that be considered an Earth picture?

[~Leslie~]

I second that question, Rhonda!

[Vi]

Rhonda, since you set the challenge, you get to decide what goes. For what it's worth, I'd say yes to pic or a word in title.

The Kite Runner is showing both sky and Earth so a definite Yes :)

[Rhonda]

Thanks, Vi. I feel I need to defer or at least reach out for guidance from someone with experience. I believe you're "my girl" in that arena. :-)

[Vi]

Huh, we'll, since the goal is to have fun, let's just say either the cover OR the title must link to the five elements. So as an example, these words work: Mountain, Sea, River, Wind, Gale etc. Does that make sense?

[Rhonda]

I have a particular word in mind - Sunset. It's cloudy to me (pardon the pun). What do you think? Is it a stretch? I'm not sure.

[Chris]

Spring Mini Challenge & Monthly Challenge

Just finished: Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham - the Sea is a Water Element and the book has both blue and green on the cover. 388 pages on Kindle.

[Rebecca NJ]

Don't forget to add your page numbers if you want your book to count toward the Captain's Challenge.

[~Melissa~]

Fogot this would work for the April challenge as well - Moon/Sky and blue cover.
LOL I can't keep all these challenges straight

this was ok 374 pgs (finished and origianl post on 4/2/13)

[~Leslie~]

Just finished . Loved it!! It counts for the Captains Challenge with 278 pages. And it counts toward the mini challenge with the letter S and it counts toward the April Challenge - the cover is a picture of the ocean.

@Lisa Kay - I marked the book as "read" using my app on my tablet. I see it in my list of books for this challenge. Not sure what else to check.

@Melissa - I know!! It's a little crazy!!

@Chris - that is one of my favorites!! Hope you enjoyed it. It's not everyone's cuppa tea. But I love her madly!!

[Deedee]

just finished , 246 pages for the Captain's Challenge

There is a picture of the Earth on the cover (it's the smaller planet); however, I read half of the book in March, and half in April, so I'm not sure if it counts for the April Monthly Challenge.

[~Leslie~]

Vi wrote: "Huh, we'll, since the goal is to have fun, let's just say either the cover OR the title must link to the five elements. So as an example, these words work: Mountain, Sea, River, Wind, Gale etc. Doe..."

Okay, then my book works for the April challenge as well. Way to go Vi and Rhonda!!