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I also want to read Left hand of God but have made a pact with myself not to start any more series until I whittle away some ones I've started.Hi Elspeth, oh no about your kindle. Love my kindle would feel naked without mine. When I travelled when I was younger had to lug around all our lonely planets and books to read which we would swap for other books at hostels. How I wish we had kindles back then!
Finished Dragonfly in AmberLand animals in the title = 1 = 20 points
Land animals in the book as characters = 0 points
Land animals mentioned in the book (max 5 (5 pts each)): horse, dog, snake, bear, ants = 25 points
Land animals on the cover for (max 5 (10 pts each)): 0 points
Bonus: Melissa on Slender Loris has read for 20 points
TOTAL = 65 points
@ Nikk. Yes I remember that! You always had ARCs that I wanted to read haha.@ Ange. Just waiting on two more - they were PM'd this morning and have a couple of days to make an appearance. Don't stress and leave this one up to me ;)
@ Karishma. I think I just really loved the writing and the way the story was told. I'm not sure if I want to start watching it! I have Game of Thrones to start haha
@ Kimberly. Oooh you're making me excited to read it! I've owned it for sooo long but just haven't gotten to it. (Story of my life really)
@Elspeth. Welcome!! Glad that you've checked in :) We have a mini challenge running at the moment so please post any books that you've finished since the 8th.
It seems like a lot of us here are fantasy fans! I look forward to adding books to my TBR lol.I agree! Kate Daniels is one of the best UF series out there. I shove it to everybody who's looking into paranormal... along with Fever and The Others.
*sigh* I liked The Name of the Wind well enough but I (view spoiler)
Has anybody read Joe Abercrombie's Half series?
I choose D for the shoutout and because we're a team my shelf name's bit bland too haha nbrc-wobble-2016.
I like Lies of Locke Lamora! I love the whole gang they remind a bit of the old Musketeers movie (released sometime in 1990s I think) but with more attitude. And I loved Assassin's Apprentice. I haven't finished the series yet but I really liked the 1st book and have bought the rest of the books in the series.
I haven't read any Stephen King yet because I was thinking his books are mostly scifi (not really into the genre) or hint of goth?
I also like Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. I also wish he'd write a sequel to Warbreaker already!
I highly recommend to all: The Thief series byMegan Whalen Turner. Ot is all kinds of epic!
HI TO THE WHOLE PLUMED BASILISK TEAM!!!! I AM JANET FROM THE BURNING FIREBIRDS AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE WOBBLE GAMES AND HAPPY READING TO YOU ALL!!!!!
I LOVE this discussion of sci fi!So I have been wanting to read Name of the Wind for a long time and I just haven't gotten to it yet! I actually haven't read any other Rothfuss yet but I really want to.
I think Brandon Sanderson is amazing. Everything I've read by him has been wonderful.
And Stephen King was one of my favourites growing up. I read almost everything he had published when I was a kid. He's not really sci-fi at all. He's really more horror with some fantasy and/or sci-fi elements thrown in. But I really love the social dimensions of his books. I think he's a really talented writer.
Ange, I luuurve the Gentleman Bastards, Ive only read the first two. Lies is such an incredibly written story. Two Anges on the team :)Kat, I havent read the half series but have read some of Abercrombies First Law series which I liked.
Karishma, I have read the first three Mistborn series, also really liked them. I need to continue with the series I think hes an amazing writer.
Stephen King holds the honour of my fav book The Stand which Ive read three times. I find his other works a bit hit and miss though. Recently read The Shining which was a bit spooky, and also have read the first two books of the Gunslinger ... second book a LOT better than the first, almost didn't continue the series. The Gunslinger is just weird.
So cool that we all have similar tastes in books.
OOohhhh this is exciting!!! I feel that I'm going to read Name of the Wind this challenge now. YAY! I also really want to read Mistborn and the Gunslinger series too. I started SK's IT about a month ago and put it to the side to read a library book that I had to return. Now I can't remember what I've read so far.
I think you ladies are going to throw all my planned books out the window...
(my "planned books" are the 30 books I've borrowed from the library)
I just want to add that whatever we do spreadsheet wise I'd really like for everyone to post their finished books on here as well.I think we'll get a lot of excitement and new books out of seeing what everyone else has read :D
Uh, so many great books mentioned! It's nice to see we all seem to share a vein in our tastes. I love The Thief! I've not gotten around to book 3, but maybe I can do that this challenge :) I also just got a copy of The Ranger's Apprentice from a friend, and I'm planning to start it as soon as I finish this poetry book I'm on. I read paperbacks and hardbacks infinitely slower than the ebooks I read at the same time. It used to be I absorbed them when I didn't have an ereader, but now I like to treat them like precious babies in constant danger of getting damaged.
Noa, I've got the whole Ranger's Apprentice. I got them in a thrift bookstore but never gotten around to reading them! Wanna buddy read it? Great reason to start (andhopefully finish) the series!
Ange and Ange, how are you going to differentiate whos who when we say Ange? haha Maybe you can add a 2nd name or something?Has anyone read Brent Weeks?
Oh wait scratch that haha. I thought we had 2 Anges on the team. It's Ange from team Tapirs. my bad. Hi Ange! lol
Kathleen wrote: "Noa, I've got the whole Ranger's Apprentice. I got them in a thrift bookstore but never gotten around to reading them! Wanna buddy read it? Great reason to start (andhopefully finish) the series!"Great idea! I'd be happy to :) When would you like to start?
We do have an Ange and an Angeline here ;)
Karishma wrote: "This is one of my first team games so will be needing some help."Sorry for the belated response.... but my puppy lost his leg after he was run over last year :( :(
It happened just 2 months before my husband and I were due to get married and cost us $5000 - so we basically chose to get Jasper the surgery over having a honeymoon. Very stressful all round! He's much better now though.
My book shelf is creatively named "wobble" :)
I am a huge fan of Stephen King's older stuff like The Stand and Salem's lot as well as IT and Nightmares and Dreamscapes but I kinda went off his stuff after the girl who loved Tom Gordon. I do remember though that reading Pet Sematery gave me nightmaresI read the first few books of the gunslinger series about 10 yaers or so ago but for what ever reason stopped some where in the idle so I fear I would need to start again before being able to finish the series
I've only read one Stephen King book Insomnia
I didn't enjoy it very much - found it a tedious read. Been too scared to try again because I find it very hard to give up on a book (even if I hate it) and all his books seem to be mammoths.
OK, finished one for the challenge:The Clay Lion, 14/6/16
- Land animals in the title - Lion
- Land animals in the book as characters - Cowardly Lion
- Land animals mentioned in the book - Lion (separate from Cowardly Lion), Squirrel, Cat, Chipmunk, Dogs
- Land animals on the cover - Lion
Total: 65 points
Rebecca wrote: "Karishma wrote: "This is one of my first team games so will be needing some help."Sorry for the belated response.... but my puppy lost his leg after he was run over last year :( :(
It happened j..."
Awww poor boy :( Glad he's okay! I think puppy trumps honeymoon for sure :)
Oh my gosh Noa you have SO many books on your TBR!!!!!
Ashley wrote: "Oh my gosh Noa you have SO many books on your TBR!!!!!"Yeah, I added a lot my first year on Goodreads. Also, I've never cleaned it up much so... It would be nice if the 5000+ was my Read number and the 2000+ was my TBR number though. Maybe one day I'll feel the need to do a massive cleanse.
Your TBR is so small! I envy that. Says something about your organization and/or impulse control.
Haha mine is only as large as it is as I'm determined to read the Dymock's top 101 book lists! I can't believe how many books you read!!!
Just love books <3 I'm not familiar with Dymock's list but I just searched it up. I've read 22 of them and almost all the others are ones I own or want to read/buy. Looks like a great goal. How far along are you?
I've read 57 out of the latest 101...so only 44 to go! I was hoping to finish the current list by then end of the year as I haven't completed on yet....I'm just doing the math now and some 28 weeks to go...I'm cutting it fine since I'm not planning on reading any soon :/
Still, half way is good. Hope you get them all done :)
It annoys me because there is a colouring book on the list this year! How do I read a colouring book? Or a recipe book!?
Oh will definitely check this list. Do they come up with a new list every year?
Yeah they do! They are public voted :)
⁀☆‿Ang ‿☆⁀Team Tapir wrote: Sorry for the confusion! I was lurking and mixing things up. I dropped an "e" so I am now "Ang" from Team Tapir. :) ..."No worries Ang :)
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...I'm just doing the math now and some 28 wee..."
Nice one! Maybe we should make this into a reading challenge? Are you collecting gem coins? Perhaps I could include them in :o
Oooh yeah...that would help me finish it hehe! No I'm not :(
I would join that challenge, but probably only to read 10-15 of the books on it by the end of the year. Finished
which mentions different animals 4 times: wolf, bear, puppy, cat.
Finished Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes 15 June for 45 pointsMentions: Cat, mouse, horse, bear, chicken: 25 points
Read by Nancy on Tapirs: 20 points
Finished House RulesLand animals in the title = 0 points
Land animals in the book as characters = 5: Gabriel Keene, Berna, Jeff Christopher, Derek Keene, Chris Keene, Ben Keene = 50 points
Land animals mentioned in the book (max 5 (5 pts each)):
Land animals on the cover for (max 5 (10 pts each)): 0 points
TOTAL = 50 points
Battleship Rule Are Here :D
About the game
If you have never played battleship, here is easy and quick explanation.
Each team will have its own board (see post below) where Mods have hidden ships. Your job is to find those ships and sink them by trying to guess right coordinates. There are 15 ships on the board with 5 different sizes. In general, ships can touch each other, but not overlap. We tried to make your life easier, so they can be connected only in diagonal (for example, if one ship ends in C3, other can start in D4). We tried to have them touch as little as possible, but with so many ships there is not that much space on the board.
Ships that are hidden are: 1 battleship (5), 2 cruisers (4), 3 frigates (3), 4 minesweepers (2) and 5 submarines (1) making it total of 35 squares with a ship on it (hit).
How will this work in reading challenge?
Each square on the board has specific task team needs to read. Tasks are assigned randomly, so each team has a different task for same square (there won't be peeking in other teams to see what tasks is so you can prepare).
Wobble battleship rules
- Standard wobble rules apply
- Each team can make 10 guesses on ships on Fridays and Mondays with exception of first one that I'll allow on Thursday 16th so you can start reading on time. So guesses can be made on 16th, 20th, 24th and 27th.
- Captain or co-captain of each team will enter team's guesses into spreadsheet and get tasks
- New round of guesses can be made even if previous ones are still being read for. Time frame for finishing tasks is end of battleship.
- Team will need to read 2 books for each task to call it done and collect points for it. And that's only 2 books (see below for exception).
- Books for same task/square need to be read by different team member .
- All books read during battleship can be used for tasks (it doesn't matter if book is read before team got task it fits).
- There are going to be couple of different ways for teams to collect points:
- by guessing right square with ship (hit)
- by page numbers of read book edition (only used books can earn points)
- by sinking whole ship
- bonus points
- Book once used can't be used for another task. There is no moving books around (in official spreadsheet) to better fit.
- Additional perk: when team sinks a ship, they will get bonus guess they can use at once or during next set of guessing
Points
To collect any and all points for specific square team needs to read 2 books for it
- hit (square with ship) = 5 points
- pages of read edition
<199 = 1 point
200-299 = 2 points
300-399 = 3 points
400-499 = 4 points
500-599 = 5 points
600-699 = 6 points
700-799 = 7 points
800-899 = 8 points
900-999 = 9 points
>1000 = 10 points
- sank ships
battleship = 5 points
cruiser = 4 points
frigate = 3 points
minesweeper = 2 points
submarine = 1 point
- bonus points - 1 point per book
- after task for hit square is done (2 books read), members that weren't
reading that task can read book to collect extra points (page numbers
still count). Maximum is 8 bonus points per hit.
- miss squares get only page number points
Points Example
For a hit you get 5 points. If you sink a ship you get a number of points based on the type of ship.
Then for the tasks:
I get a hit task for "xyz"
Kelly reads book Alpha for 400 pages.
Karsyn reads book Beta for 200 pages.
We get 6 points.
Tea reads book Gamma for 500 pages.
We get an additional 6 points (one bonus, 5 for pages).
Up to 8 bonus points total (10 total books), then no more bonus points or page points.
(i.e. 10 books max on hits)
I get a miss task for "xyz"
Kelly reads book Alpha for 400 pages.
Karsyn reads book Beta for 200 pages.
We get 6 points.
No more books can be read for points.
(i.e. 2 books max on misses)
Additional rules/FAQ
- in all tasks edition that was read needs to be used
- for genre tasks, book needs to be tagged (shelved) at least by 10 people. It can be subcategory or part of the shelf (for example, science fiction fantasy works for both SF and fantasy)
- in author tasks, if book has multiple authors, any author can be used
- only authors in author tasks can be used. No narrators, translators, forward, illustrators, etc. can be used.
- for name list tasks, it has to be name on the list (no Jamie for James, etc.). Gender isn't important. Only author's first name count.
- no boxed sets, bundles, omnibuses, 2-in-1 or similar can be used. If parts 'exist' separately on GR, they need to be used as such.
Questions & Answers
- Do I understand correctly that we only get tasks for our guesses that hit?
No, you get tasks for both hits and miss, Difference is that hits are easier tasks and get you more points
- When talking about tasks, I'm assuming these are based on the same task lists we've used for the past few team challenges?
Yes. Tasks are mostly taken from Gladiator Games and last Tower Teams. But picked that way that captains can figure out if book fits the tasks without waiting for additional information from reader.
- Let's say for instance, we get 2 hits in a round of guesses. I could read one book for each hit, so long as someone else on my team reads the second book for each hit.
In theory yes, you can read both hits with someone else reading other book. But still every member of the team needs to have at least one book read and used for task during the game.
- So, do we know after our guesses if they are hit or miss? Or after we read the task?
You'll know right away if guess is hit or miss (and even if you sank a ship) and what is the task for those coordinates)
- we may not be able to finish many tasks before the second round of guesses comes up. We would be able to guess for the full ten new squares regardless, right?
Yes, you can make new guesses regardless if previous ones are done or not.
- And maybe concentrate our efforts on the hit squares?
That is up to your team and your strategy.
- To get the bonus, I'm assuming the extra book must match the "hit" task, is that correct?
Yes.
- If someone doesn't read a book during battleship, can another player take over that task to win points
No. Players have two weeks to finish that one book they need to read. If they don't, sadly team will lose those points. Best way is to try and minimize losing points.
- For the bonus points on a hit, do each of those have to be read by a different person, or can there be more than one book from a person?
No. Bonus points will still need to be read by different player. Spreadsheet is set up that way, that it'll notice if same member is reading for same task and just won't count those points.
- If the spreadsheet works out, let's say I'm putting guesses in and the first one is a hit - could I change my next guesses to the surrounding squares on the fly? Or do I need to stick to my original (declared?) list of guesses
It would be great if you'd stick to your original guesses. As Syn said before, if you were sending us your picks you wouldn't have known if it was hit or miss until you've done all your picks.
But since it's you who's entering them, and you don't have to let us know what are your picks before that, how would I know if you change some?
I'm going to trust you guys not to change everything and let your conscience do all the work for me ;)
- Can ships be oriented diagonally or only vertically and horizontally?
Ships are only vertical and horizontal.
They might only touch each other diagonally. You won't find ships in T or L. Also I tried to make them touch as little as possible, but with so many different boards and so many ships, I couldn't avoid it.
- What time do guesses have to be posted?
There isn't fixed time since you are entering them yourselves. Since I'll have to set up your guesses manually, I'll try to do them before going to bed so around midnight my time (GMT+2). You can start with guesses as soon as you see them in your spreadsheets :)
We need to select our first co-ordinates! The following members will select one co-ordinate each and post on this thread. If you don't post before the commencement of the challenge then I'll be making a pick on your behalf :)
✴ Kathleen J1
✴ Nikk J8
✴ Ange B2
✴ Angeline
✴ Dee D6
✴ Elspeth D3
✴ Karishma A5
✴ Kimberly
✴ Noa C3
✴ Rebecca
✴ Gillian F5
✴ Viji F9
✴ Ashley C9
A5 B2 C3 C9 D3 D6 F5 F9 J1 J8
I pick J8 :-)
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Please welcome Viji and Gillian to the group!
Hi I'm not sure how this works but I'm here :)
Such a speedy check in!! Welcome Gillian :)When you have time read through this thread especially regarding Battleship which will commence shortly. Let us know if you have any questions!
Then take a moment and introduce yourself - where you're from, what you like to read...any fun facts!
Hi, nice to meet you!I select C3. I have to admit I'm still kind of confused about Battleship, but I think I get the general idea.
Gillian, Viji, Angeline & DeeCan you also please let me know what your WOBBLE read shelf is?
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My name is Elspeth and I live in Hong Kong. I like to read pretty much everything but mainly fantasy and sci-fi. My kindle just recently gave up the ghost on me so I'm going to have to get creative to keep my reading up. I just move around too much to buy a lot of paper books :( Audiobooks and reading on my phone will have to do for now!
I haven't caught up on this whole thread yet but I'll go back to see if there's anything I missed.
My shelf is wobble and I like B for the attention grabber.