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Tower Team D: Dangerously Determined to Devour All Books
Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Just finished
.@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 wha..."
I'm not sure what I did that was so special. Seemed pretty straightforward!
I finished
today. There were 367 pages for the Captain's challenge. Sunset in the title works for the Earth Day challenge. Sunset in the title is good for the S P R I N G challenge.Happy Reading everyone!
Leslie wrote: "I'm not sure what I did that was so special. Seemed pretty straightforward!"I guess I'll have to try it on my iPod/Touch.
Question. Did you already have the book on your bookshelf and you just indicated it was read? Or did you start from scratch?
Just finished Darkness on a Pale Blue Stone
Free book for review. An interesting concept on what the future holds for the human race. As well as future races so to speak. A must read.
Captain Challenge: 254 pages.
Spring mini Challenge: The S in Stone in title.
April; Monthly Challenge: Picture on Cover is of Earth)Enlarge cover of book to get a better picture.
Just started Becoming Red
.
Free book for review. An interesting concept on what the future holds for the human race. As well as future races so to speak. A must read.Captain Challenge: 254 pages.
Spring mini Challenge: The S in Stone in title.
April; Monthly Challenge: Picture on Cover is of Earth)Enlarge cover of book to get a better picture.
Just started Becoming Red
.
When I mark a book as "currently reading" I go ahead and put it on my Team D shelf. So, yes it was already on the shelf. I clicked on the book and then clicked on Status Update. Then clicked on "I'm finished".I will try again with the book I'm reading now. I took it off the shelf. We'll see what happens!
Leslie wrote: "When I mark a book as "currently reading" I go ahead and put it on my Team D shelf."So, when you put it on your "currently reading" shelf, you did that on your home computer - not you tablet?
Yes, that was done on my home computer. So for the experiment I should do it all on my app. I will do that with the next book.
Deeded, as long as you finish it in April, it counts :)Deedee wrote: "just finished
, 246 pages for the Captain's ChallengeThere is a picture of the Earth on the cover (it's the smaller planet); however, I read half of the book ..."
Kristin wrote: "@ Faith - how did you like Mila 2.0?"I really enjoyed it actually, more than I expected to. It was a little slow to get into at first, but I think I read the whole second half in one sitting!
I finished
last night but there is no page count listed. Not sure what to do next in order to make it count for the word count competition! Amazon says it has 212 pages and it's 85000 words if that helps?Assuming we can find a way to prove it has a valid page count, it'll also count for the Spring mini challenge with the word Need.
Faith - as a general rule of thumb which was established at the beginning of the challenge I've been taking the word count divided by 250 to get the page numbers. Bonds of Need would have approximately 340 pages.
Finished
and I thought it was an interesting premise and completely different from anything I've read in a long while.Counts for 277 pages for the Captains Challenge
and toward the April Challenge too.
Oo wrote: "Hello all of you ! I look forward to kicking some bookworm butt with all of you and am busy reading my first book for the challenge!My shelf for the challenge is tower-team-d-kicknboomboom ...."
Welcome Oo!! Let us know if you have any questions. We do have some small mini challenges going on.
1. April Monthly Challenge: This challenge runs from April 1 to April 27 and is to read a book with one of the 5 elements (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Space/Sky) or cover with green/blue colors.
2. Let's Celebrate . . . SPRING Mini Challenge: This challenge runs from April 3 to April 7 and includes any book in which the words in the title, series title or Author's name begins with any letter in the word Spring.
3. Captain's Challenge This is a mini challenge between the Captains and Team D which run from March 28 to April 7.
These are all optional. These books can be started anytime but need to be finished between the dates for each challenge. All you need to do is post your book here and state which mini challenge(s) it works for. You will need to include the page numbers for the Captain's Challenge.
Happy Reading!
Oo wrote: "@RebeccaThank you ! You are darling for that list!
"
I second that...it's hard to keep track of what is currently going on.
I posted the overall standings yesterday and Team D was in 4th place. I will be updating this weekend.As far as the mini challenges, Vi, Leslie and I each track those. I haven't run any numbers recently for the Captains Challenge and will do so later today.
Hello, Oo! Welcome to Team D!! This is a great group of readers and I know you will have fun. Can't wait to see what you are reading!And yes, thanks Rebecca for posting a list of what's going on! The beginning of April has been very busy!!
Just finished
This should count for the April monthly challenge, the Spring mini challenge, and the Captains challenge with 352 paages.
Finished
. This should count on all 3 challenges....I hope. Green/blue cover. Author's name begins in N and R both in the word Spring. 499 pages according to Amazon.
Oo, you can count any book started after January 1 that is greater than 170 pages for the overall Team D challenge. In glancing at your "read" shelf, The Book Thief, Adrenaline, The Shadow of the Wind are a few that could work. The mini challenges are little motivators we came up with to keep us reading.
Does that make sense?
Oo wrote: "@RebeccaYAY!
That will work . Thanks ;)"
Just pay attention to those page numbers and start dates. ;)
If you have a question about page numbers, you can ask them either here or in this thread: Page Numbers, Just About Page Numbers...
Forgot to post
for the Captain's Challenge (256 pages)
Just finished
Works for the Mini Challenge - letter R in Author's name and Captain's Challenge with 376 pages. I don't think it works for the April Challenge.
LK - I marked it on my tower Team D shelf using my android app and I marked it as "read".
Please post for the S-P-R-I-N-G and Captain's Challenges:
- Slave to Sensation-Psy-Changeling #1 by Nalini Singh - 334 pages.I may change my spots when it comes to Paranormal :-)
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Thanks for letting me know, Leslie!
Chris wrote: "Please post for the S-P-R-I-N-G and Captain's Challenges:- Slave to Sensation-Psy-Changeling #1 by Nalini Singh - 334 pages.I may change my spots when it c..."
Nalini Singh could make any one change their mind! She is truly an amazing writer and that series only gets better and better with each one. It's amazing!
I have to second Leslie ~ Nalini Singh really knows how to write an awesome series whether it is the Psy-Changeling series or the Guild Hunters series. Enjoy the ride!
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Current Stats:
Team Books Read/Goal* % of Goal % of 2,013
Team A 1744/6409 = 27.2% 86.6%
Team B 1853/6385 = 29.0% 92.0%
Team C 1892/6321 = 29.9% 93.9%
Team D 1677/6378 = 26.2% 83.3%
Goal totals adjusted, subtracting people who never signed up, or never posted a book.
If your Team is on track, it would be at 25.7% of Goal as of today.
Note: Teams D’s total has changed slightly; see Issues thread.
Welcome Oo! Hope you have fun with us.I finished
- 409 pages. Will work for the Captain's challenge only. This was a really good book. The female MC was good but I'll hope for more ambiguity. It was a little bit cliche romance but I really liked it.Also finished
- 482 pages. Again, only for captain's challenge. Loved this book. One of my top favourites for this year. Tackled a few issues that aren't generally seen. Highly recommended :)
Just finished Becoming Red
Free book for review. I loved the characters and the story itself. The unknown which is actualy known and that that don't make sense really does make sense. A must read.
Captain Page challenge 362 pages
Spring Challenge the R in Red
Free book for review. I loved the characters and the story itself. The unknown which is actualy known and that that don't make sense really does make sense. A must read.Captain Page challenge 362 pages
Spring Challenge the R in Red
Finished
last night, 336 pages.Doesn't count for the month long challenge but should count for the Spring Challenge with the series title (Sookie Stackhouse or Southern Vampire Mysteries).
Pleasantly surprised - last few books have been disappointing, I thought this was an improvement.
Finally finished
. Blue on cover should count for the April challenge.
Just finished:
Captain's Challenge: 288 pages
On April 2nd I finished the following:
. This fits the Captain's Challenge - 359 pages. The bottom half of the book is also "fire" which should fit the April Monthly Challenge.
. This fits the Captain's Challenge - 373 pages. The book is also predominately blue which fits the April Monthly Challenge.
Captain's Challenge UpdateCaptains - 6947 pages
Team D - 13681 pages
Remember, this challenge goes to April 7th.
Good morning/afternoon Team! Lots of reading going on! I just finished
This works for April Challenge (blue cover) and for the Captain's Challenge with 441 pages. It also works for the Spring mini challenge with the letter R.Whew!! Covered them all!!
Finished this week:
432 pgs - Captain Challenge - Letter S Spring Mini Challenge and April Challenge as the cover shows a scene of sky over the golden gate bridge
337pgs Captain challenge
282pgs Captain challenge
Another 2 books finished
S
tained counting towards spring and Captains challenge
254
pages
by
S
helley Adina counting towards spring and Captains challenge
203
pages
Just finished
which GoodReads says has 300 pgs for the Captain's challenge and has "fire" in the title for the April monthly challenge.
I just finished
by Lynn Kurland. It has 448 pages for the Captain's challenge. It has a flower on the cover, so I think it might fit for "earth" in the April challenge. If not, that's okay.
Please add to Captain's Challenge:
384 pages
Finished
- 358 pages.Fitting it into the challenges felt like stretching a bit so let me know if it doesn't count!
Month long challenge - blue/green cover
Spring mini challenge - The Chemical Garden Series
Just finished
with 270 pagesIt also works for the Spring Mini Challenge with the Letter G.
I have started
and
I don't think I will have it finished by tomorrow night, but it will count for the Earth Challenge ( Amber is a mineral). Maybe Rock Chick will count for that as well - can I get a ruling?
Leslie wrote: "Just finished with 270 pagesIt also works for the Spring Mini Challenge with the Letter G.
I have started
and [bookcover:Dragonfly ..."Leslie ~ Hope you like Rock Chick ~ oh to read Indy and Lee's story again for the first time *sigh*
For those who have a nook, here is a link to a sale on ebooks that B&N is having. Lots of good deals! I have definitely blown my April book budget.B&N Ebook Sale Link
@Melissa - liking it so far! KA certainly writes some fun stuff!! So glad you kept recommending her to me.
Here is a site to sign up to that has super cheap books as well as free books for kindle and nook. They have free book give away every day. It says kindle on the link but both kindle and nook are on it.lol
http://www.bookbub.com/deals/category...
http://www.bookbub.com/deals/category...
Here is another group that is nothing but free books for review for both kindle and nook in all genres. If it a section is labeled ARR with the genre after it every post under it is a free book for review.
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/6...
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/6...
Just finished Blood Ties: The First
Free book for review. The characters and story line is believable. I loved the good versus evil and good winning in the end. A must read.
Spring mini challenge R and P in authors name in Spring. Look at cover above.
Captain page challenge 310 pages.
Free book for review. The characters and story line is believable. I loved the good versus evil and good winning in the end. A must read.Spring mini challenge R and P in authors name in Spring. Look at cover above.
Captain page challenge 310 pages.
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@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."
Thanks, Leslie! I appreciate it. I'm looking for it to appear here , on your "view books" page for the challenge. And it does! Yay!
Now, you just have to educated everyone else - on all four Teams - that is using that media as to how you did it. LOL! (view spoiler)[Just kidding! (hide spoiler)]