Mauvelous

[jingles]

Ha! I just emailed it, Hina. I'm sorry. :(

[jingles]

Puzzle #59 has been emailed.

[Hina]

lol don't worry I was just getting started. I will stop now.

[jingles]

Puzzle #60 has been emailed.

[JoLene]

Puzzle 62 has been mailed. (a spot the difference one).

[jingles]

Puzzle #61 has been posted.

[Hina]

Hello Mauvelous Members,

I hope everyone is having a good week. Since we are such a quiet group, the mods would like me to add to our spreadsheet, the last time you guys posted, or I talked to you at some point. I know with everything that goes on in life, some of us don't have the time to be so active on the thread, so for anyone who is not here often can take the time to check in like every two weeks, with just a Hi, or etc. So far, I think the mods are using the increase in book reads every week to see we are all active members. But I think a lot of teams have had inactive members, so they want to make sure that we are all present and active.

I hope it won't be too much of a problem.

Also on the update, drop by https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

if you have an challenge idea to use in August since the Mods are taking a break.

We are probably going to be repeating 7% Solution, I know some of you guys didn't get a chance to participate much in it, but any books not used in previous categories and read from June 1st can still count, so drop by https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Barbara ★]

We can all do the puzzles. If you check the spreadsheet, there are multiple names for each puzzle. If I recall, there's something when you redeem cupcakes that you can only use the member who posted for that puzzle (not sure of the specifics).

I would think, that if you've finished a puzzle that someone else already submitted, submit yours as well. It certainly can't hurt anything and it could benefit us in the long run.

[Barbara ★]

puzzle 63 is up another spot the differences.

[Barbara ★]

I will do puzzle 61.
ETA: posted

[Hina]

I think jingles has done 61....?

[jingles]

Yes I did do puzzle # 61. However I didn't realize the benefit of multiple members doing/submitting the same puzzle.

Thanks for pointing that out Barbara.

Do you think it would be ok for me to work backwards and submit the puzzles I've not done yet? I'll make sure to keep up with the newer ones too.

FYI- I am posting from mobile so if it seems weird that's why.

[JoLene]

Submitted Puzzle 63 (Bookcover Tile Scramble) and 64 (Spot the difference)

[Barbara ★]

jingles wrote: "Do you think it would be ok for me to work backwards and submit the puzzles I've not done yet? I'll make sure to keep up with the newer ones too.."

I went back and did that last week but only the puzzles that require you to email the answer. The others only count once.

[jingles]

Gotcha,Barbara.thanks for letting me know.

[Thilde]

Wow. Just checking in to say I'm still here. Reading like crazy.
Good work on all those puzzles!!!

[JoLene]

Submitted Puzzle 66 (Spot the difference)

[Barbara ★]

I saw that no one did puzzle 63, 64 and 65 so I took care of them for the team.

[JoLene]

Puzzles 67 and 68 mailed for Mauvelous!

[JoLene]

Puzzles 69 and 70 in the bag. Since I'm not reading much (or I should say reading LONG books), I might as well some puzzles.

[JoLene]

Hey everyone!!!

We are still going strong --- we are only 12 books away from 1st place :-D We actually slipped to 5th (only by 2 books) --- I am partly responsible since I've been reading some long books, but we should be able to count them double using the bouncing cupcakes !!!

Great job everyone!!

[jingles]

Jolene, maybe I'm confused, but when I looked at the spreadsheet, we fell behind Electric Lime by 13 books. The totals I saw (with the book points advantage) were Electric Lime - 362, Mauvelous - 349. Wild Blue Yonder is in the lead with 374 (w/book point advantage), which puts us behind the lead by 25. I'm looking at the most recent update done yesterday (06/23/13). Is there something I'm not seeing?

In any case, I think we are all doing great!

[JoLene]

Ooops --- you're right jingles --- I shouldn't look at things late at night. I was looking at electric lime instead of us (the font is easier to see)

:-D

[jingles]

Puzzle #71 emailed for Team Mauvelous

[JoLene]

Puzzle 72 submitted.

[CountessPaige]

A decision has been made regarding the use of juvenile/children's/middle grade books for Round II. We have decided that we will accept all non-picture books equal to and greater than 160 pages. Little children's books are still not acceptable (for example: , , and ).

As you are reading your book, think about the following: does it seem like there are 250 words per page? How many pages have you read in 15 minutes - is it more than normal? When you tag your book look at the other editions - does that version's page numbers look similar to the others. If you have a question, ask in the Page Numbers, Just About Page Numbers... and we will help you out.

For all electronic books (ebook/Kindle/audio) that do not have an equivalent print copy on goodreads, they will still be verified for a word count. In situations where electronic books vary by 100 pages to print editions, those will also be verified.

The Moderators and Countess Paige will still be conducting random spot checks. We reserve the right of veto power over some books, specifically ‘gift books’, ‘novelty books’, or ‘coffee table books’.

Thank you for your time and understanding!

[Barbara ★]

I've been working on Puzzle #73 and it's a hard one. Here's the link
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

It's a word jumble and it's all things reading and tower teams reading challenge related. If there is a CAPITAL letter, that means there is 2 or more words to the clue.

I've figured out all of them except for
13) ipgoSrtuesr =
15) rnskiehpyl =
20) alsecbmr =
27) unctosse =
32) uydadeanStpu =

Please PM me if you figure any of these out so we can submit for team credit.

[Vi]

I'll give you a hint for 32 - It's the thing that happens every week without fail. 27 - That word is present in this page.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

I'll give you a hint for #15... though the answer is in its pleural form, you've got one in your post, Barbara★.

[Hina]

I pmed you Barbara. I am still looking at 13 and 15

[Barbara ★]

Ok now we need 13, 15 and 23. I'll keep working.

[Barbara ★]

Vi wrote: "I'll give you a hint for 32 - It's the thing that happens every week without fail. 27 - That word is present in this page."

I thought I had 27 but I couldn't figure the connection. Thanks Vi.

[Barbara ★]

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "I'll give you a hint for #15... though the answer is in its pleural form, you've got one in your post, Barbara★."

Duh. got it. Thanks for the hint.

[Barbara ★]

still need 13. anyone?

I'm also doing 75 mauve jigsaw.

[Lisa Kay]

Barbara ★ wrote: "still need 13. anyone?"

B★, you need to think where else you post.

[Barbara ★]

Submitted 74 and 75.

[Barbara ★]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Barbara ★ wrote: "still need 13. anyone?"

B★, you need to think where else you post."

Thanks Lisa Kay.

[Barbara ★]

Finally got them all. Puzzle 73 submitted.

[Barbara ★]

submitted #76

[JoLene]

Finished Puzzle 75 --- it is the MeanMauve in honor of us :-D

[jingles]

I read a couple of smaller books last week in hopes of helping to regain some ground in the challenge, but my strategy did not work.

:(

[JoLene]

We are still holding at 5th a very respectable 5th place. If you read the fine print, there is a person that was not logging there books for a long period of time which is why we all of sudden dropped one place. The mods are reviewing this situation and will be making a rule about this for the future :-D.

I also finished up my longer books and will try to read a few quickies this week :-D

[Hina]

JoLene wrote: "We are still holding at 5th a very respectable 5th place. If you read the fine print, there is a person that was not logging there books for a long period of time which is why we all of sudden dro..."

YAY JoLene!! I saw that you finished all the big books when I was doing the Sunday updates...Congrats!

[JoLene]

Well -- I didn't finish The Passage -- but I think I might shelve that one.

I'll finish another audio one today :-D

[jingles]

I did see that issue. It looks to me like we are one behind Radical Red but that may be pending the outcome.

Never the less, my intention was to help us gain some ground. Maybe in the long run it will. Maybe it won't. I'm good either way.

Good job on the big ones JoLene.

[JoLene]

I think we can get some extra chunksters points, so that will help --- I think that Barabar has also read some long ones :-)

[jingles]

JoLene wrote: "I think we can get some extra chunksters points, so that will help --- I think that Barabar has also read some long ones :-)"

Great! I also have 7 or 8 that are 500 pages or more. We should be well set for that, I think.

[Barbara ★]

JoLene wrote: "I think we can get some extra chunksters points, so that will help --- I think that Barabar has also read some long ones :-)"

I've read 3 over 1000 pages since 3-25 (don't remember when this challenge started.)

[jingles]

I think it was April 12, Barbara, but I could be wrong.

[Barbara ★]

cool then all 3 would count if needed. I have another biggie (1016 pages) scheduled for July.