Wobbly WOBBLE: Pre-Challenge chat Showing 701-750 of 1,381

[Vicky]

@Kristen - Everyone is different, but I know it helps me when there's more interaction on my team! If you feel like it will help motivate you, it probably will. :)

[Nanci]

Hmmm...I don't know...I might be willing to give up a bookstore to live on Oahu! I'm a big library patron, so I'd be happy to take my library book to the beach with me! (Inside a plastic bag, of course.)

[Kirsten]

Nanci wrote: "Hmmm...I don't know...I might be willing to give up a bookstore to live on Oahu! I'm a big library patron, so I'd be happy to take my library book to the beach with me! (Inside a plastic bag, of co..."

How does one read a book when it is in a plastic bag?

[Diane Woods]

Kirsten wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Hmmm...I don't know...I might be willing to give up a bookstore to live on Oahu! I'm a big library patron, so I'd be happy to take my library book to the beach with me! (Inside a plas..."

If there is a hole to see through, there is a hole to read through! LOL

[Nanci]

Ha! I am a maniac about keeping library books in good shape, so I always put them in a clear large ziplock to tote to the beach, so they don't get sandy or wet. I do take them out to read! :p

[Kirsten]

Nanci wrote: "Ha! I am a maniac about keeping library books in good shape, so I always put them in a clear large ziplock to tote to the beach, so they don't get sandy or wet. I do take them out to read! :p"

lol I see! I was picturing reading it through the bag and didn't know how you'd turn the pages without opening the bag :P

[Diane Woods]

Okay so is it possible for me to change my team prefrence to not chatty? Not that I don't enjoy getting to know all of you ;) I'm just not the greatest at keeping up with things like that.

[Sumit]

Diane Woods wrote: "Okay so is it possible for me to change my team prefrence to not chatty? Not that I don't enjoy getting to know all of you ;) I'm just not the greatest at keeping up with things like that."

Haha, my natural preference is to be relatively less chatty as well and I grappled with the idea of opting for a similar team. But then, decided to opt for a chatty team and see if I can cope. :)

[RachelvlehcaR]

Sumit, you joined!!! Maybe you will be on my team!!! LOL

[Sumit]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Sumit, you joined!!! Maybe you will be on my team!!! LOL"

Rachel, I thought this would be a good opportunity to break out of my reading rut. Nothing like social pressure to get cracking! :)

Looking forward to being on the team.

[Sophie]

This looks really fun, I'd love to give it a try. I love reading challenges and joining a team sounds awesome!

[Karsyn]

Diane Woods wrote: "Okay so is it possible for me to change my team prefrence to not chatty? Not that I don't enjoy getting to know all of you ;) I'm just not the greatest at keeping up with things like that."

Absolutely. Not a problem.

[Diane Woods]

Okay thank you. Has the challenge started yet? LOL

[Beth]

I may have missed it, but is there a countdown for when the game starts?

[Kirsten]

Wobble doesn't start until June 17th. Still plenty of time left beforehand.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Beth (Ducky) wrote: "I may have missed it, but is there a countdown for when the game starts?"

Nope. I forget if we determined a start time. I'll converse with the other mods about it and see about getting a clock going. :D

[Audrey Jane]

Justed wanted to say that I've read through all the posts since I last logged in (5 pages) and as a slow reader that's it for me for my evening reading time :p

@ Sumit; exactly the same here. I always feel like team challenges pushes me to read more. And I must admit, I like the competition.

@Diane: Personally I've been both on chatty and quiet teams before and both have their pros and cons. I've always chosen my preference depending on my schedule and work. If I feel I can keep up with a chatty team, I would opt for that one. I've noticed that for captains quiet teams are the most painful, aside from that they can be quit nice as well :)

Oh and my favourite book is The Three Musketeers, fell in love with it when I was twelve, and the sequels are even better.

[Blakely]

This. Sounds. Amazing.

And overwhelming.
I'm diving in with the hopes that I'll redeem my failure with the Around the World Challenge (apologies to former teammates.) Just the summer/fall boost I need, perhaps. I easily read a book a week, so I think I can handle the pressure.

[Amy J.]

I can't wait to get started.

[Leslie Ann]

This sounds so fun. I am definitely up for a challenge!! Can't wait!

[Tia]

I'm on the fence with this one! It sounds so fun, but I'm not sure about reading outside my favorite genres (science fiction and nonfiction). Will you be able to read subgenres and have them count? For example, if I were required to read a romance, could I read a science fiction romance as opposed to just a straight romance?

[Vicky]

TS wrote: "I'm on the fence with this one! It sounds so fun, but I'm not sure about reading outside my favorite genres (science fiction and nonfiction). Will you be able to read subgenres and have them count?..."

I wouldn't worry too much about this. I don't 100% know what the mods have up their sleeves, but from past experience, I can say that there are always options!

In most cases any task you get will also accept any reasonable variations. A task calling for a romance book would also accept a sci-fi romance, paranormal romance, or historical romance (to name a few).

[Karsyn]

TS wrote: "I'm on the fence with this one! It sounds so fun, but I'm not sure about reading outside my favorite genres (science fiction and nonfiction). Will you be able to read subgenres and have them count?..."

Vicky is correct. There's ways to do everything and for anything that DOES ask for Genres, that's why we asked you what your favorite genres are. If a team has players that only read romance, and historical, we're not going to ask them to read biography and science fiction.

Mostly you just need to be flexible on choosing things to read. It's about working with your team to cover tasks so it's a lot of picking books in the moment, rather than having a set lineup ready now.

I hope you'll take a chance on it. :)

[Erin]

I have signed up for this but I have no idea what to do. I am guessing we will be assigned a letter or theme of book to read. I am hoping whenever teams are planned the captain is ready for a ton of questions from me.

[Karsyn]

Erin wrote: "I have signed up for this but I have no idea what to do. I am guessing we will be assigned a letter or theme of book to read. I am hoping whenever teams are planned the captain is ready for a ton o..."

Have you read our initial info in the All about Wobble? That'll give you some general info of what is going on.

If you haven't done anything like any of these before, it might be a good idea to take a look at one of our former Wheel-a-thon events or Battleship (you can find those old threads linked HERE.) Read over the rules so you have a little bit of an idea.

All the events are different. You're not really "assigned" anything, but you work with your team to figure out what everyone can read. For example, if the team gets the world "WOBBLE" to spell out. 6 members will each take a letter, and its up to you all to figure out who reads what.

All the captains ARE seasoned in our team challenges, so they will be able to help. Just ask when you are unsure. Many people will have many questions, as we've never done an event like this before. :)

And ENJOY!

[Karsyn]

Erin wrote: "I have signed up for this but I have no idea what to do. I am guessing we will be assigned a letter or theme of book to read. I am hoping whenever teams are planned the captain is ready for a ton o..."

BTW, SO glad that you posted. I was actually going to go hunting for you soon. The user idea we needed include the numbers before your name, so I hadn't known who you were. YAY. Now I don't have to search!

Again, welcome and I hope you love Wobble! :)

[Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon]

Just popping in to say hello as I have been meaning to since I signed up last week. I am really looking forward to WOBBLE. I participated in my first team challenge with Tower Teams IV and loved it so have been looking forward to another huge team challenge. Did I mentioned I am a bit of a joiner? :-P

I also enjoy chatty teams :-)

[Sally906]

A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "My two recently read favorite books that I recommend to everyone...A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry.

Why....they just have a won..."

If you liked them - then you'll love his latest release Britt-Marie Was Here - was a 5 star page turner!

[Sally906]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Favourite book huh...well, either Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights for iconic reads but I do enjoy me some heart pounding series eg Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooters or Karen M Moning's Fever... not to mention my "guilty pleasure" reads. As you can see I'm a romance gal but I will read anything for the team, LOL..."

It's amazing what a good team member will read for the sake of their team :)

[Tati]

Hello, everyone!

When does the challenge begin?

[❀Tea❀]

Tati wrote: "Hello, everyone!

When does the challenge begin?"

Hello Tati :)

It's going to start July 17th. We are still discussing time zone by which we'll go.

[Tati]

For some crazy reason, I was thinking it would start in June. Happy I asked :)

[Karen Michele]

Tati wrote: "For some crazy reason, I was thinking it would start in June. Happy I asked :)"

I think Tea might have had a spell check correction happen. I just happened upon these posts and I'm not a moderator, but it is a June 17 start date, Tati.

[Amanda]

Tati wrote: "For some crazy reason, I was thinking it would start in June. Happy I asked :)"

It does start in June (June 17th).

Maybe Tea isn't quite ready for Wobble to start yet. ;)

[Tati]

Ah, thanks! :)

[Plethora]

Sally906 wrote: "A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "My two recently read favorite books that I recommend to everyone...A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

I have Britt-Marie Was Here.out from the library, now i just need to get to it before it's due back.

[❀Tea❀]

Amanda wrote: "It does start in June (June 17th).

Maybe Tea isn't quite ready for Wobble to start yet. ;)"

No, I have problem remembering which month comes first, June or July. :P I totally blame it on a fact that we use our own words for months, but mostly we just go by numbers.

Sorry, for confusion everyone!
Just to make you all happy, I'm currently playing with ships for you to sink in first round ;)

[Sonia]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Amanda wrote: "It does start in June (June 17th).

Maybe Tea isn't quite ready for Wobble to start yet. ;)"

No, I have problem remembering which month comes first, June or July. :P I totally blame..."

Own words? Wanna know portuguese words?
June = Junho
July = Julho

ONE LETTER DIFFERENCE

How's that for confusing and hard time? Even sounds are alike, so verbal month is a good thing to understand

[Karen Michele]

Sonia wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Amanda wrote: "It does start in June (June 17th).

Maybe Tea isn't quite ready for Wobble to start yet. ;)"

No, I have problem remembering which month comes first, June or July. :P I..."

Oh, my gosh -- I would have a terrible time keeping them straight!

[Alex]

When can we expect teams to be announced?

[❀Tea❀]

Sonia wrote: "Own words? Wanna know portuguese words?
June = Junho
July = Julho

ONE LETTER DIFFERENCE

How's that for confusing and hard time? Even sounds are alike, so verbal month is a good thing to understand "

Well we have something completely different :P

June = lipanj - based on Cro word for linden which is supposed to bloom then
July = srpanj - because most of the harvesting that is done in that month (meaning farms and co.)

See, nothing similar

btw, I typed it wrong again first time :P

[Sonia]

Zee wrote: "When can we expect teams to be announced?"

Not before sign-ups close

[Tati]

Sonia, yep, junho and julho are too close phonetically and spelling wise... Then you have to keep emphasizing the L or the N

[Sonia]

Tati wrote: "Sonia, yep, junho and julho are too close phonetically and spelling wise... Then you have to keep emphasizing the L or the N"

I know... I just use the numbers... less confusing.

[Kirsten]

Sonia wrote: "Own words? Wanna know portuguese words?
June = Junho
July = Julho."

Very similar in Spanish too (Junio y Julio)

Although I've started learning some Scottish Gaelic and June & July are very different there too
June = An t-Ogmhìos
July = An t-Luchar

[Kazen]

Japanese went straight for numbers:

6月 = June
7月 = July

It may be the only part of Japanese that's easy to learn, though! They get back at you by having dozens and dozens of special words just to count stuff, hehe.

[Nanci]

This is one of the reasons I enjoy GR. I learn so much about cultures around the world! And Tea, I love how you have meanings for the names of your months!

[Catherine]

French...


June..juin
July..juillet

And italian

June..giunio
July..luglio

There os no J in italian..giu becomes J sound

:)

This is cool....all these different languages :)

[Ray (user2637)]

Sonia wrote: "Zee wrote: "When can we expect teams to be announced?"

Not before sign-ups close"

Heh.

[Ray (user2637)]

Kazen wrote: "It may be the only part of Japanese that's easy to learn, though! They get back at you by having dozens and dozens of special words just to count stuff, hehe."

My two friends who know (some, a good amount of) Japanese, just use the "child" numbers for counting. At least, that's how they explained it to me -- instead of using different numbers for flat things, and round things, and whatever, they just use the numbers the little kids first learn. Is that really a thing? I always thought they might be pulling my leg....