7% Solution Challenge

[✿Claire✿]

This is where I'll keep up to date with what fits for each category :) Feel free to post books that fit and where they might fit (especially ones like Behind Enemy Lines!) here as well as the main thread :)

[✿Claire✿]

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1. “Behind Enemy Lines”: Go “Behind Enemy Lines” and have some of your members read books that are from the enemies’ bookshelves. Yes, more than one person may read the same book. Please state the Team and person from whose shelf you are stealing.

1 (Claire) [Karen Booklover - Hobbit Blue]
2+3 (Susan and ShoSho) [Vi - Moonstone]
4 (ShoSho) [Dagna - B'dazzled Blue]
5 (Claire) []
6 (Susan) []
7 (Claire)

[✿Claire✿]

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2. Color Ahead: Read books with a cover that has a predominant color of the Team ranked ahead of you in the last Sunday Update of May or June. If your Team is ranked first, then use the color of the Team ranked last.

1 (Cathie)
2 (ShoSho)
3 (Phyllis)
4 (Claire)
5 (Claire)
6 (Claire)
7 (Claire)

[✿Claire✿]

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3. Color Behind: Read books with a cover that has a predominant color of the Team ranked just behind you in the last Sunday Update of May or June. If your Team is ranked last, then use the color of the Team ranked first.

1 (Claire)
2 (Susan)
3 (Claire)
4 (Claire)
5 (Claire)
6 (Cathie)
7 (Claire)

[✿Claire✿]

4. Book of the Month or “Buddy Read”: Read books that are a NBRC BOM or “buddy read” AND participate in the posting Discussion Questions. (Please check with Mod running the discussion about the day’s DQs for which you want to volunteer.) NOTE EDIT BELOW! Yes, you may ask to have a “buddy read” set-up for a particular book. It must be posted in the regular NBRC group, under the alphabetical authors’ listings, and includes the regular NBRC members not involved in the Tower Teams Reading Challenge. You may all read the same book, or pick and choose which ones you want to read, or from those already designated.

1 (Robin)

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5. Spell-It-Out: Read books whose title, author’s (first or last), or series name would spell “N.B.R.C. T.O.W.E.R. T.E.A.M.S. R.E.A.D.I.N.G. C.H.A.L.L.E.N.G.E.” You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, and, the), if that helps. Special Note: You can ONLY use a letter as many times as it occurs. For example, you may have two people read a book with a title, author or series name that starts with “T,” but you may NOT have three people doing so. Yes, you only have to do seven books. Unless you choose to do it twice, or even thrice, in which case you still MAY NOT repeat the letters, unless they are repeated in the spelling.

7/7

N
B
R (Susan)
C

T (Cathie)
O
W
E
R

T
E
A (ShoSho) [Ashley, author's surname]
M
S

R
E
A
D (Claire)
I (Cathie)
N
G

C
H
A
L (ShoSho)
L (Phyllis)
E
N
G
E

[✿Claire✿]

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6. From May’s R-a-T Mini Challenges: Read books with a predominantly green color; or have a flower on the cover; or are set in a favorite holiday destination; or have a moon on the cover; or have a iconic landmark or monument on the cover; or would spell out “A.N.Y. R.O.S.E.” (same rules apply as for #5). Yes, you may count one book that has a flower, one that has a landmark, and one that helps spell “any rose” to reach a combined total of seven (7) books.

1 - (Susan) [green]
2 - (Cathie) ['E' (Eric)]
3 - (Phyllis) [green]
4 - (Susan) [green]
5 - (Claire) [green]
6 - (Cathie) [green]
7 - (Cathie) [green]

[✿Claire✿]

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7. Seven: Read books with seven letters in the title. Read books that have seven words in the title. You may include the series name, or not, and you may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, and, the), whichever is to your benefit. Or read books that are the seventh book in a series. Or are written by an author with seven letters in their first, last, or combined names - and initials, if that helps. Or you may read books, that total seven words with the title, series name, and author combined. (Example: Summer Knight, The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher.) Or if the title has the word “seven” in the title. Or read a book that was originally published in the seventh month (July). Or you may spell out “S.E.V.E.N. U.P.” using the same spell-it-out criteria mentioned above.

1. (Phyllis) [seven brides for seven bachelors series]
2. (Cathie) [Susanna has 7 letters or total words]
3. (Robin) [Colleen has 7 letters]
4. (ShoSho)[title, series, author 7 words]
5. (Susan) [title, series, author 7 words]
6. (Claire) [title, series, author 7 words]
7. (Kme_17)[title, series, author 7 words]

[✿Claire✿]

So, I've read - fits 3, 5, 6, 7
- fits 5, 6, 7
- fits 1 (Karen Booklover, Hobbit Blue), 5, 6, 7
- fits 5, 6, 7
- fits 5 and 7
- fits 7, 5, 2/3?
- 2, etc
- 2 etc
- 1

Prince Caspian

[✿Claire✿]

Susan's Books:
- fits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
- fits 5, 6, 7
- fits 5, 6
- 1 (Vi Moonstone), 6, 7,
- fits 6,
- 5 and 6
- 5, 6?, 7?
- 6

[✿Claire✿]

ShoSho's books:
- fits 2, 3, 5,
- fits 1 (Vi Moonstone), 5, 6, 7
- 1 (Dagna B'dazzled Blue), 7, 5
- 5, 7
- 5

[✿Claire✿]

Robin's Books:
- fits 5, 7
- fits 5, ?6, 7
- 4 (see post 32)

[✿Claire✿]

Cathie's books:
- fits 7?, 6, 5
- not sure where fits
- 5
- 2/3? 5
- 5,
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- 6




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[✿Claire✿]

Phyllis' books:
- 5?
- 7?
- 5?
- 5?
- 2
- 7?
- 2?

[✿Claire✿]

Kme_17's books:

[Phyllis]

Claire wrote: "Phyllis' books:"

I am sorry Claire. I am totally confused with this. I have no idea what to do. You will just have to call me your confused old lady.

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

I am totally confused too Claire. Over in the other thread I posted how I am working on the challenge as I have books lined up for them specifically but noticed you have my books fitting in #s 6 & 7 when they should all be under #5. I do have some coming up that will fit under 6 & 7 and will let you know on my challenge post when I get them read : )

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[✿Claire✿]

That's ok, I found it confusing to start with too :)

Phyllis, the challenge is to read 7 books in each category, as a team (49 books in total). If you're finding it confusing, feel free to just read as normal and I'll figure out where your books fit in, if that helps.

Robin, I know you've listed them under one category as to where they'll fit, which is seriously helpful (!), but I'm also putting anything else they may possibly fit under, just in case we end up with 8 books fitting one category, if a book someone else has read only fits into say #5 and nothing else (I think one of mine does that), I may have to rearrange one of yours so it's helpful to know everywhere they may possibly fit.

Does that make sense? And is that ok? :)

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

LOL OOOPPPPSS!!! I did this one wrong then LOL I planned out books to read for specific tasks :) I will nix those and just read since I'm still confused and hopefully my books can be slotted in. Sorry.

[✿Claire✿]

That's fine, don't worry :) Are you happy with that?

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Yeah I guess since I am still confused. I had it planned out to read 7 books for #5, 7 books for #1, 7 books for #6 and 7 books for #7. But I don't think that is what I was supposed to do. So I am just going to read and not worry about the 7% challenge.

[Susan (susayq ~)]

It looks like no one is doing the BOM/buddy read category. There weren't any I was interested in reading. So, what category do we want to repeat to take it's place?

[ShoSho]

I think the seven category is the easiest but we can wait and see what do we have a little bit closer to the end.

[✿Claire✿]

I think either 7 or spell it out will be easiest but I'll see how it's looking when I update later on :) We can always decide in a few weeks :)

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Susan (susayq) wrote: "It looks like no one is doing the BOM/buddy read category. There weren't any I was interested in reading. So, what category do we want to repeat to take it's place?"

I am doing the A Discovery of Witches buddy read which starts tomorrow. If you all want me to, I can do 6 more as there are several I am in interested in.

[✿Claire✿]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Susan (susayq) wrote: "It looks like no one is doing the BOM/buddy read category. There weren't any I was interested in reading. So, what category do we want to repeat to take it's place?"

I am do..."

Go for it, if you're happy to :)

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

I will do #4. I went through and looked at all the BOMs & BRs and there are about 20 of them that I have on my TBR LOL One of the books I started this week :)

Therefore I will read 7 books for #4 :) I will post links to the ones I do when I finish them.

[Susan (susayq ~)]

Great Robin!!

[✿Claire✿]

Great! Thank you :)

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

You're Welcome!!!

[✿Claire✿]

Just doing a quick partial update before I head upstairs to the lab!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Robin's Daily Questions and Comments on A Discovery of Witches


Robin's Daily Questions and Comments on A Discovery of Witches


Reporting Post

Link to Main Thread

June 10th A Discovery of Witches DQs Chapters 1-7

June 11th A Discovery of Witches DQs Chapters 8-12

My Questions for June 12th Discovery of Witches

June 12th A Discovery of Witches DQs Chapters 13-17/Answers to My Own DQs

June 13th A Discovery of Witches DQs Chapters 18-22

My Questions for June 14th Discovery of Witches

Answers to My Own DQs for June 14th

June 15th A Discovery of Witches DQs Chapters 30-35

My Questions for June 16th Discovery of Witches

Answers to My Own DQs for June 16th

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

That's the info regarding my buddy read of that book.

I will be writing/making 3 sets (June 12th,14th and 16th) of daily questions which,if I understood this correctly, will earn the team a cupcake.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[✿Claire✿]

Thank you Robin. I'll have a proper look nearer posting, I've found the BR/BOTM requirements a bit confusing!!

Are any of the others you've read buddy reads or can I just put them anywhere?

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Claire wrote: "Thank you Robin. I'll have a proper look nearer posting, I've found the BR/BOTM requirements a bit confusing!!

Are any of the others you've read buddy reads or can I just put them anywhere?"

Ok the BR for A Discovery of Witches finished today!!! I posted links to all my DQs I wrote and answers to all the DQs for the sections :) here in this thread Post 32 Discovery of Witches BR links I think that is all the verification you need proving my participation in the BR to claim this book for #4 :)

No, so far none of my other reads have been BRs or BOMs so you can place them where you would like to.

I will now concentrate on the other 6 BRs/BOMs we need to finish out #4. I will post links to the my discussion/questions/comments in regards to those here in this thread and let you know that they are a BR/BOM.

[✿Claire✿]

Great! Thank Robin :) How did you like Discovery of Witches?

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Claire wrote: "Great! Thank Robin :) How did you like Discovery of Witches?"

I liked A Discovery of Witches :) I would rate it a good 3.5 stars. I didn't love it but really enjoyed it. Here is a link to my review :)

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[ShoSho]

I finished these 3 , I think they only fit in the spell it out and the seven category.

[ShoSho]

I finished these , again I think they'll only fit in spell it out and the seven category.

[✿Claire✿]

ROUND 1 is finished!! Round 2 is here but this is only for cupcakes:

I'll post the categories as I sort them here, up to 5 categories

[✿Claire✿]

1. Buddy Reads or BOMs

All read by ♥Robin ♥

1. A Discovery of Witches
Reporting Post

2.Catching Fire
Link to Discussion

3.Shatter Me
Link to Discussion Thread

4.Sugar Daddy
Sugar Daddy Reporting Post

5.Moon Called
Reporting Post

6.Blue-Eyed Devil
Reporting Post

7.Dearly, Beloved
Reporting Thread

[✿Claire✿]

2 - Spell it out

A - Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden read by Phyllis 12/7/13
E - Even Now by Karen Kingsbury read by Phyllis 30/6/13

M - Modern Disciples Volume 2 by Ian Anderson read by Claire 15/7/13
S - The Five Elements by Scott Marlowe (author surname) read by Claire 13/7/13
R - Raspberry Crush by Jill Winters read by Claire 27/6/13
D - Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James read by Claire 12/7/13

N - Good Fortune by Noni Carter (author first name) read by Robin 28/7/13

[✿Claire✿]

3 - Spell it out

B - Shades of Gray by Maya Banks (author surname) read by ShoSho 13/7/13
O - Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning (author first name) read by ShoSho 24/6/13
N - Skin Deep by Nora Roberts (author first name) read by ShoSho 2/7/13

R - A Vote of Confidence by Robin Lee Hatcher (author first name) read by Phyllis 8/7/13

C - Dishing Up Death by Marie Celine (author surname) read by Kme_17 6/7/13
C - Midnight Feast by Meg Cabot (author surname) read by Kme_17 28/6/13
I - I am America by Stephen Colbert read by Kme_17 13/7/13

[✿Claire✿]

4 - Spell it out

N - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness read by Cathie 15/7/13
R - The Symptoms of My Insanity by Mindy Raf (author surname) read by Cathie 9/7/13
H - Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson read by Cathie 12/7/13

W -Water's Edge by Robert Whitlow read by Phyllis 5/7/13

T - To Touch a Sheikh by Olivia Gates read by Susan 29/6/13
T - Texas Wide Open by K.C. Klein read by Susan 27/6/13
L - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan read by Susan 14/7/13

[✿Claire✿]

5 - Seven

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