NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion
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Nicole, since the second event has been changed yet again, and now tasks can only be turned in on certain days (and at specific starting times)...we're just doing event two for fun. There's no way I'll be able to commit to being at a computer at a specific time during the workday to turn them in, so it's kinda out! :PBut we're really aiming for LOTS OF PAGES! :D
I kinda need to know which person wants to commit to reading the first book for task one, and what they want to read for that.If no one wants to, I'll do it. :P
Bah, choosing these is hard!
Steven wrote: "I was thinking along the lines of:---
Steven's page tracking post:
Oct4: 50 pages in [book1] by author
Oct4: 75 pages in [book1] by author
50 pages in [book2] by author
Finished books:
[book1] by author, finished 10/6, 300 pages total, 275 read within RAT.
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Opinions? "
Looks good to me, as long as it will be easy for YOU to get the info you need. You're the one who has to post the official updates, which is going to keep you busy enough, so I think we should do whatever we can to help you out :)
Jane wrote: "I would now like to take part in the book hunt as well. We have been expecting a death in the family and that has now happend ( sad yes, but not in a bad way as she was 94 and needed peace)"So sorry to read that Jane, but I know what you mean about sad but not in a bad way.
"When we report read pages, do they all count towards the Banshee or only books we finish during the challenge? I will be listening to an audio but I am not sure I will finish it before the 19th"
Any pages we read/listen to during the RaT count, unless they've changed that part of it. If you listen to 50% of the book during the RaT, you'll be able to count 50% of the pages.
Looks like one of your posts didn't get lost in the ether, but you doubled it up hehe X)
I see that *sigh* But the first one was NOT there when I reposted it :\ So ... I just deleted one of the responses LOL
Steven wrote: "since the second event has been changed yet again, and now tasks can only be turned in on certain days (and at specific starting times)...we're just doing event two for fun. There's no way I'll be able to commit to being at a computer at a specific time during the workday to turn them in, so it's kinda out! :P"I know that ANY team member can post completed categories, but I would have the same problem. Heck, I'd have even *more trouble, since we can't even sneak online during work hours! Unless they change the time we'll be allowed to submit our completed categories, and if I've figured out the time zone issues, it would be 9am for those in the central time zone (Sallie, Nancy and Evana), 7am for Karla (Pacific time), 4pm for Jane in Denmark and midnight for our Aussies. I don't see those times being convenient for ANY of us :( So yes, doing it just for fun sounds like the best option. It's not going to cost us any points to try, and you never know what might happen!
Steven, I 'claimed' a post in our team's banshee section to keep track of my page count each day. If you'd rather have me delete that and just try to remember to post a daily update, let me know :)
Ooh, that was going to be my next question, Barb! I'm going to claim a spot there too, if it's okay with everyone?
I'd say go ahead and claim it, Nicole. If Steven would rather we did things differently, we can always delete them later :)
I've put mine in too. I will be away till Sunday night visiting our new boy but I will keep a track and post as soon as I get back. Will this be okay, Mon. Mango?
that'll work Lisa...and of course the tracking posts are fine. I asked for them up above somewhere. stupid kindle app doesn't show message numbers hehehe
I thought I'd read that, Steven, but I couldn't find it right off the bat, and I was too impatient to scroll through and look for it. Sorry :D
Barb wrote: "Steven, I 'claimed' a post in our team's banshee section to keep track of my page count each day. If you'd rather have me delete that and just try to remember to post a daily update, let me know :)"Great minds think alike, Barb. I was going to ask Steven if I could claim a post for my updates, but I saw you already had so I went ahead an claimed one.
Steven wrote: "Hmmm, Karla has two Halloween covers... Lisa has a few Halloween covers...And Karla's second fits into the supernatural creatures one.
I'll work on posting the tasks today or tomorrow then. It'..."
you're welcome, Steven. Sorry it was so late.
Does the books have to be just about Halloween if your doing the read-like-a-banshee or can it just be any book?
I've determined the categories for now... remember we can change up through a certain point in the challenge.Task One: Masters of Horror (I'm reading Carrie now)
Task Two: Halloween Covers (Lisa and Karla are both reading Halloween Cover books)
Task Three: Special Powers (Lisa and I are both reading Special Powers books)
Task Four: Supernatural Creatures (Lisa and I are both reading Supernatural Creatures books, and one of Karla's can fit here too)
Task Five: Trick or Treat SPELLOUT "GHOST" (Barb is working on this one)
Based off of Sonia's responses, since we're having specific turn in times for each task, we can count books started before the 4th... so get cracking! :D
Nancy Book Lover wrote: "Does the books have to be just about Halloween if your doing the read-like-a-banshee or can it just be any book?"Nancy, the Event One Reading like a Banshee is STRICTLY page numbers... anything will count :)
You going to join us for the two weeks challenge? :D
i'm thinking of it but i wanted to make sure that any book will count for the challenge.
Nancy Book Lover wrote: "i'm thinking of it but i wanted to make sure that any book will count for the challenge."Okie dokie! Just let me know once you've decided! :)
No worries Steven. I will have read by the 7th
- pumpkins and
special abilities by the 9th. Oh and the task four presents no probs either.
Yeah we got this! All gonna come down to posting... But there is discussion of changing it again.
Hi Steven, looking at your list I've already got books I'm reading that could help you out. First, I've got the third one of Special Powers with the main characters in Scarlet if that's helpful.
I can also cover Supernatural Creatures with Death in The Book Thief.
We shall figure it out. I've got quite a few planned myself that fit both categories. :)Also, the challenge (event two) is changing to a completion challenge and not a "who posts first" one. Details to come tomorrow.
Oh thank god! I know a lot of people will be relieved by that.
Yes! I'll check for the details tomorrow morning :)
It is going to be interesting to see where it ends, will definitely check it tomorrow (or is it now today?)@ Steven, I have books that fits both task 3 and 4 just let me know what you want me to read.
I am actually going to sneak into a library today and pretend to be my sister (we are identical twins) and borrow The Last Olympian as her library has it and mine doesn't - so that would definitely be special powers.
@ Steven. Just realised you have posted on the main event site who is taking part and I am not on it. That is fine, I will just read, read read LOL
Well, the main event is the event one read like a banshee. You said you were just going to do event one and not two.Since the changes make it more beneficial to have all event one people do event two (since its not about time anymore and just completion), I had planned on adding everyone from event one to event two also.
You have to remember that after 5pm my time, I'm rarely on a computer to update posts (only on my phone app, which doesn't allow editing posts).
I will change it today! :)
Also, that sounds like fun! Sounds like a novel -- identical twin sneaks into library, pretends to be sister! HeheAnd yay for Percy Jackson!!!
I think I wrote in a new post somewhere that I would like to take part in part two as well but never mind no worries. I got hold of The Las Olympian, the did have the first in the next series as well but unfortunately it was out. It is quite fun though because the Danish edition is in childrens section but the English is in adult section.
There have been so many posts about this, from all the groups and the mods and us, I'm sorry if I missed it! Of course you are definitely welcome to join event two! :DWhen I switch over to M. Mango later, I'll make sure your name is on the "planned participants post" in the other thread. :)
With so many posts in so many different places, it gets confusing and makes it really hard to find a post you know you read *somewhere just yesterday! LOL
I'm currently reading a book that i probably wont be done with for a few days. Can I add that to the challenge or do you have to start a book on the day of the challenge?
The pages you read within the time frame will count (so keep track of those).As for the book, it can be started beforehand. If we find a slot for it, we will use it. :P
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I'm going to join in in challenge #1 only I think, cause I can add to page numbers but I don't know that I'll be helpful with the other challenge unless it's number 6 or 7 (and thus to be reported towards the end of the challenge :D)
If that actually is something the team needs, I'm reading Discovery of Witches and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane at that part of the month. If they don't fit towards the end of challenge #2 that's fine as well. I'll surely be cheering loudly from the side lines.
Also Lisa, that's so exciting having a new baby in the family! Hope you get to spend loads of time with them :D