New Years Resolution Kick-Start Challenge 2016 - Sign-ups and Questions

[Siobhan]

im in for fun

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Is there an update on when the teams will be up? I know that Tati already asked once and you weren't sure. ^-^

[Berit☀️✨]

LOL! Patience!
Also can I suggest a group wide resolution???
I resolve not to read a book I read when I was 10 years old :-) ;-)

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Berit wrote: "LOL! Patience!
Also can I suggest a group wide resolution???
I resolve not to read a book I read when I was 10 years old :-) ;-)"

I miss the teams!!! >.< I've been so lost without a team these past two months. I barely got any reading done. :(

Lol. I think I'd be safe with that resolution. I didn't read as much back then and about half of what I read was french! I've lost too much of my skill now to read at such a level that it would count for this challenge. lol. >.<

[Berit☀️✨]

I think we all miss the teams, but I'm sure they will be up super soon!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

siobhan wrote: "im in for fun"

Emily wrote: "I'm in! I'll go with the serious team."

Added ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I haven't done the teams yet as people are still signing up, but hopefully I'll get time to do them in the next couple of days ☺

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Yay! Thank you Sarah!!! :D

[Heather]

Gosh I am excited for the New Year!!

[David]

I'm in for fun and giggles.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

David wrote: "I'm in for fun and giggles."

David, I'll have to put you on hold until I have enough people for another team ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Teams have now been posted here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please make your team threads, and think about your resolutions!

[Brooke]

are we keeping track of our own scores?

[Abby]

Where do we declare our resolutions?

[David]

Sarah wrote: "David wrote: "I'm in for fun and giggles."

David, I'll have to put you on hold until I have enough people for another team ☺"

That's fine, thanks for letting me know!

[Santana]

May I be on the Fun Team please? They have cookies

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Brooke wrote: "are we keeping track of our own scores?"

Abbie and I will be counting points ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abby wrote: "Where do we declare our resolutions?"

once you have all of your teams resolutions, you need to post them in one post on your team review thread ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Olivia wrote: "David wrote: "Sarah wrote: "David wrote: "I'm in for fun and giggles."

David, I'll have to put you on hold until I have enough people for another team ☺"

That's fine, thanks for letting me know!"..."


Olivia, do you want to join a fun team?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Okay guys, I've created another fun team -

Team Alagaësia:

David
Olivia
Santana

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Is the Tortall team name from author Tamora Pierce? O.O

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Correct ☺

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Sarah wrote: "Correct ☺"

Awww. I kind of wish my team name was that then. She's one of my favourite authors. Oh well. Just not my luck I guess. ^-^

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It was really hard to work out which name went with which team! I ended up doing alphabetical order in the end ☺

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Sarah wrote: "It was really hard to work out which name went with which team! I ended up doing alphabetical order in the end ☺"

You did a fantastic job Sarah. I'm always awed at how much you and Abbie are able to do for the group. ^-^

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It's the housework that suffers ;)

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Sarah wrote: "It's the housework that suffers ;)"

lol. ^-^

[Rachmi]

Bookbuyer wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Correct ☺"

Awww. I kind of wish my team name was that then. She's one of my favourite authors. Oh well. Just not my luck I guess. ^-^"

While I never heard of Tortall before, I was wondering from which book it is. Thanks for pointing it for me, Bookbuyer :D

And Sarah & Abby, you guys always have awesome name for our team challenge!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Rachmi wrote: "Bookbuyer wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Correct ☺"

Awww. I kind of wish my team name was that then. She's one of my favourite authors. Oh well. Just not my luck I guess. ^-^"

While I never heard of Torta..."

NP. If anyone is interested here is the list of books associated with that world: https://www.goodreads.com/series/5026...

The other ones I think I know are:

Ixia - Study Series by Maria V. Snyder?
Middle Earth - Either from The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
Narnia - From the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Neverland - I only know this one from the Disney movies. Is there a specific author this is from?
Oz - From Oz by L. Frank Baum
Terabithia - From Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Westeros - From Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Wonderland - From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

There are several others that I don't know though.

Adarlan - Throne of Glass (Info by Noella.)
Idris - Mortal Instrument Series (Info by Rachel)
Old Kingdom - Abhorsen Series by Garth Nix (info by Tati and Google)
Alagaësia - Eragon Series (Info by Rachel)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

they sometimes take a bit of thinking to get there! I thought of Narnia straight away, but took a while to think of Wonderland and Oz ☺

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Sarah wrote: "they sometimes take a bit of thinking to get there! I thought of Narnia straight away, but took a while to think of Wonderland and Oz ☺"

I'm probably making a random connection but I've just realized that most of the names are books that have been made into movies! O.O

Middle Earth, Narnia, Neverland, Oz, Terabithia, Westeros, Wonderland.

[Noella]

@Bookbuyer
Neverland - Peter Pan
Adarlan - Throne of Glass

:)

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Noella wrote: "@Bookbuyer
Neverland - Peter Pan
Adarlan - Throne of Glass

:)"

TY! :)

[rachel, x]

@Bookbuyer - Alagaesia is the world of this series. And Idris is from the Mortal Instrument series.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

They're supposed to be names of fictional worlds ☺

[Eesh]

So, our team has a resolution to read books from our Physical TBR. How would that work?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

You would have to read books which you physically own.

[Tati]

Old Kingdom, according to Google, is where the Abhorsen series takes place

( is the first in the series

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Correct ☺

[Mary]

Fun team please!

[Ashley]

I would like to join a fun team please!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Mary and Ashley, you can join Team Alagaësia ☺

[Ashley]

Thank you!

[Mary]

Woot, Woot! Thanks!

[Tia]

can you add me in for fun?

[Berit☀️✨]

Quick question, apologies if this was Artie asked, everyone on your team comes up with resolutions, and then all of you use those resolutions, correct?

[Abi]

Berit wrote: "Quick question, apologies if this was Artie asked, everyone on your team comes up with resolutions, and then all of you use those resolutions, correct?"

Yep, you pick 2 individually, but everyone in the team can read books that fit them.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Tia wrote: "can you add me in for fun?"

You can join Team Alagaësia: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Berit☀️✨]

Can I use either of these resolutions
I resolve to read 10 more books this year, then last or
I resolve to read 25 books every month

[Sarah Elizabeth]

The resolutions need to be a bit more specific than that really Berit, otherwise there's no point anybody else in your team creating resolutions because all the books read would fit under the one resolution. Does that make sense?