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[Helen]

Thank you!

[Carrie]

Hi there! Any chance Cutthroat will take place again? It was probably my favorite challenge ever!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Carrie wrote: "Hi there! Any chance Cutthroat will take place again? It was probably my favorite challenge ever!"

No plans for it this year, sorry Carrie

[Tina Reads]

Hello! Is there a list of which Discworld books we'll be reading over the year? I've been looking but can't find anything. Thanks!

[Teri-K]

Can anybody jump in and answer questions for the BOM, or is it only for folks on teams? I'm reading Mort and am enjoying reading other folks answers but would kind of like to share my ideas, too. I just don't want to jump in where I shouldn't.

Thanks.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Tina wrote: "Hello! Is there a list of which Discworld books we'll be reading over the year? I've been looking but can't find anything. Thanks!"

Hello! We are just reading one each month over May, June, July as part of our Tower Teams challenge, but you can also request one in the buddy read thread and see if you can find anyone who would like to read with you

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Teri-K wrote: "Can anybody jump in and answer questions for the BOM, or is it only for folks on teams? I'm reading Mort and am enjoying reading other folks answers but would kind of like to share my ideas, too. I..."

Yes absolutely, jump in! The TT players are doing it for team points but anyone can join :)

[Teri-K]

Great! Thanks.

[Gayatri]

Hi :) I was wondering if we can read the same book for different challenges or they need to be different?

[Jenn]

Will there be a Decades challenge for 2022? I know the current one ends on the 21st of Feb :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Gayatri wrote: "Hi :) I was wondering if we can read the same book for different challenges or they need to be different?"

yes, you can!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Jenn wrote: "Will there be a Decades challenge for 2022? I know the current one ends on the 21st of Feb :)"

Thanks, Jenn we will get on it :)

[Betty]

Are there any active audiobook challenges? The ones I’ve seen haven’t been active in years.

[Cat]

Betty wrote: "Are there any active audiobook challenges? The ones I’ve seen haven’t been active in years."

Not explicitly, but you can use audiobooks in any standard challenge.

If you have a suggestion for a dedicated audiobook challenge, please feel free to send the mod account a PM and we'll look into getting one sorted

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Betty wrote: "Are there any active audiobook challenges? The ones I’ve seen haven’t been active in years."

We have three individual
audio challenges that have been around for years, but people still do them - often more than once.
You can start here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(Last person to complete was just a few months ago) and then once finished move to part two and part three

[Abigail]

Hey! Would someone be able to explain how to get involved in BOM convos? I've read the thread for City Of Brass and see people volunteering - what does this mean? I want to volunteer but unsure for what I'd be signing up for. But am excited to get involved and read the BOM with you all. Thanks

[Angie ☯]

Hi Abigail,
I'm not a Mod on this group, but I think I can help you out. :-)

The volunteering on the BOM threads is for writing a day of DQs (discussion questions). From all the volunteers the Mods will put these in a randomizer and the people that come up will be assigned a day to write questions for a specific section.

Oh almost forgot - when you are in a team challenge points are earned for writing DQs and participating in be BOM by answering DQs. (There is a team challenge going on now - Tower Teams - so there are lots of volunteers! Lol)

Some people post that they will be participating in the BOM discussions, but other will jump in once the DQs have been posted and start joining the discussions then.

Hope that helps!

[Abigail]

Angie ☯

Thank you so much Angie, I really appreciate your clear explanation. I look forward to partaking

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Thanks Angie 🙌

[Tricia]

Question about handling notifications - I have digest only checked for this group, but it still is an overwhelming amount of info in the emails as it includes all the teams, all the challenges, etc. I tried switching to notifications, but I still have to go through and "uncheck" every group I don't want to hear about, and as this group is constantly adding new challenges, it's still a lot.

Is there a way to only get notifications for the challenges I'm actually a part of? I feel like I'm missing something.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Tricia wrote: "Question about handling notifications - I have digest only checked for this group, but it still is an overwhelming amount of info in the emails as it includes all the teams, all the challenges, etc..."

I don’t know the answer but I can share what I do…

With all my groups I have all notifications and emails off.

Then when I add a comment in a thread I set that thread to “notification only”. That way I just get the notification on the site for what I am active in.
You can also check what you have currently set on/off by going to the group home page - edit membership - edit group discussion updates.
It may take a bit to start to turn everything off you no longer want, but at least then you can start to only turn things on for what you comment on

[Tricia]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Tricia wrote: "Question about handling notifications - I have digest only checked for this group, but it still is an overwhelming amount of info in the emails as it includes all the teams, all the ..."

How do you find out about new challenges and discussions you do want to be a part of, though? I am afraid if I turn off all notifications and emails, then I'll miss out when they announce something new.

[Patty]

I wanted to try the Twelve Tower challenge but it looks like it is closed for new comments. Is there any way to open it back up or is there another place I could try the challenge?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Tricia wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Tricia wrote: "Question about handling notifications - I have digest only checked for this group, but it still is an overwhelming amount of info in the emails as it includes all th..."

The monthly broadcast message that is sent (from this group from the mod account and I find most other groups also send one now) includes the new challenges and discussion threads.
You can also click your profile picture in the top right and then click discussions. That page will show the latest discussion threads in your groups.
It may not be 100% in keeping across everything but will save you a lot of emails :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Patty wrote: "I wanted to try the Twelve Tower challenge but it looks like it is closed for new comments. Is there any way to open it back up or is there another place I could try the challenge?"

Try this one
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I’ll update the link in the reading challenge index later too

[Patty]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Patty wrote: "I wanted to try the Twelve Tower challenge but it looks like it is closed for new comments. Is there any way to open it back up or is there another place I could try the challenge?"

..."

Thank you!

[Vicki]

Not sure what I did wrong, but I signed up for GOTM but linked it to the wrong challenge and now I can't find it. Is there a GOTM in this group?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Vicki wrote: "Not sure what I did wrong, but I signed up for GOTM but linked it to the wrong challenge and now I can't find it. Is there a GOTM in this group?"

Not sure I know what rhat is.

If you go to the top right to your profile picture and click that and then comments.
Then you can check out your comments in different groups until you find it :)

[The other Sandy]

Will there be a DEAR Day thread this year?

[Abigail]

Hello, I've seen mention of tokens. How do I go about tracking and earning these please?🌸

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Abigail wrote: "Hello, I've seen mention of tokens. How do I go about tracking and earning these please?🌸"

Gems: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

BOM Tokens: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Robin]

Hi everyone! I'm new to CYOA challenges (specifically the Scavenger Hunt options) and I have two questions:

1. When trying to earn gem coins, is the "use at least 10% of the word total as your book count" rule applicable to all Scavenger Hunt options for each CYOA challenges? This rule is listed explicitly on some challenges and not others, so I'm wondering if the 10% rule only applies if it's listed?

2. For the "only accepting plurals and no other variations on the words" rule, does this work in the other direction? Meaning, could I find a singular version of a plural word (apple instead of apples for example)?

Also bonus for those of y'all who enjoy doing the scavenger hunt options: any tips on trying to keep your challenge comment under the character limit? I'm struggling, with so many words and quotes and page numbers, and I hate having to break up my comment into multiple parts lol.

[Richard]

Hi there, I've just finished "Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level 3", & am ready for the next level, which hasn't been created yet.

Thanks in advance for any assistance. (c:

[Melanie]

Can we only do New 2U Authors Challenge 2024 once per year or can we redo it with 20 new authors if we finish early and get another gem?

[Stephie]

Will there be a Towers challenge this year?

[Chelsea]

I would like to participate in the Book of the Month challenges, but I’m a little confused about how the District teams work.

Do I have to be on a District team to participate? Also, how do the District teams work?

[A.]

Hi, all. New to the group, although I was invited a couple of years ago. (I'm the worst about deleting messages!) I love reading challenges, but I am also curious if there is a place in the group for deciding what to read on an individual basis. I see there are Buddy reads, so maybe that's closer, but what I'm wondering is...I get a lot of requests to review people's books. How do you choose? I love the cover of this one, but I'm not 100% sure it will make it from my TBR to my list. How do you decide? I def am not ready to submit it as a BOM as I haven't read it yet, but I'm curious if anyone has posted about their personal criteria for choosing. I have like 15 print books on my end table here, 4 magazines and 11 audiobooks checked out on Libby, and then we won't even talk about what's going on with my Kindle. I searched for a thread, but maybe I missed it. Thanks in advance for your help. Oh, here's the billionaire romance I'm trying to decide on. The reviews are very good so far.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

A. wrote: "Hi, all. New to the group, although I was invited a couple of years ago. (I'm the worst about deleting messages!) I love reading challenges, but I am also curious if there is a place in the group f..."


I’d say for many of us that is where reading challenges come in. Pick a reading challenge that you like the sound of, and then find a book from your physical or digital shelves that matches the criteria. Voila you have your next read!

All the individual challenges are here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

And for BOMs you don’t need to have read the book - in fact people generally have not read what they nominate. It’s just about nominating something that fits the criteria for the month :)