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Tower Teams VII
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Team Avarice
Jill wrote: "
Would this count for purple"Sorry, not sure if it would meet 50% either.
Jill wrote: "Also, for genre, is it MPG or tagged?"I believe there are 100 on the 1st page. So when you click on "See Top Shelves" on the main book page, it has to be on that 1st page. If it happens to be towards the bottom of the 3rd column, it's best to screenshot to show that when you looked it was actually on the 1st page. The genres change all the time so you never know if it will stay on the 1st page.
Ok three options for brown which ones will work?1.
2.
3.
Stephanie wrote: "Ok three options for brown which ones will work?1.
2.
3.
"#1 doesn't look brown at all to me.
#2 is a little iffy but would probably say no, don't think it would be 50%.
#3 would say yes to brown.
I’m reading my first book. Interesting read!!
Cathy M. wrote: "Jill wrote: "Also, for genre, is it MPG or tagged?"I believe there are 100 on the 1st page. So when you click on "See Top Shelves" on the main book page, it has to be on that 1st page. If it happ..."
gotcha. So its 1st page tagged
I thought I better check...Purple????
Namita wrote: "I’m reading my first book. Interesting read!!"Namita wrote: "I’m reading my first book. Interesting read!!"
Hey Namita, unfortunately you can't use The Blood Gospel for TT7 since you started it before the game started (you marked the start date as September 20th). Can you please remove from your TT shelf?
Sunshine wrote: "I thought I better check...Purple????
"I posted it in the Captains threads just to be safe.! (Plus Ashleigh is out for the night and won't be back on GR for a couple hours)
Cathy M. wrote: "Sunshine wrote: "I thought I better check...Purple????
"I posted it in the Captains threads just to be safe.! (Plus Ashleigh is out for the nigh..."
It is a Yes for purple!
And I kept thinking about
so asked in captain's threads and they said no to that one.
I am 20% into Anonymous Girl.Just starting The Wallflower Wager.
I hope to get at least one thing done by Wed.
Does week 1 expire on Sunday 4pm?
Jill wrote: "I am 20% into Anonymous Girl.Just starting The Wallflower Wager.
I hope to get at least one thing done by Wed.
Does week 1 expire on Sunday 4pm?"
It should be same time each week, at least until Daylight Savings.
Finished reading The Fifth Child! I couldn't figure out how to change it to Read on the spreadsheet, so I thought I'd just let y'all know here~ Is there a particular format I should be using to post my completed books?
@Ash just post the book you've read, date, page count, what sin you've read for and how it fits that sin. Otherwise, on the spreadsheet, there's a box that says 'read' so if you just put the date you finish in that box, Cathy or myself will be able to pick it up from there :)
Ash wrote: "Finished reading The Fifth Child! I couldn't figure out how to change it to Read on the spreadsheet, so I thought I'd just let y'all know here~ Is there a particular format I should be using to pos..."I couldn't find The Fifth Child being tagged as 'guilty-pleasure' so I've put this down as being tagged as 'contemporary' which is the same amount of points.
Wow, we have our first 2 books on the spreadsheet!
Oh oops, I think I might've misunderstood the description; When it said guilty pleasure, I didn't know it was referring to a shelf, I thought it was under criteria. So I thought it meant books that were personally your guilty pleasure, which for me is killer kids haha. That's a trope I never get tired of, no matter how well it's done. Sorry about that! Thanks for specifying~
Book: The Fifth Child by Doris LessingDate Read: October 7th
Page Count: 133
Sin: Pride - Contemporary
Oh yeah, is there a separate thread to post completed books? Or do we just post on here?
Just here, or the spreadsheet Jill :)
Ok, great. I'm 44% into An Anonymous Girl. I hope to finish it today and get started on Ugly Love right after. I'm signed up for 3 books, but pushing to read more :)
I love how quick paced thrillers are, and I think I enjoyed An Anonymous Girl. Definitely liked it more than The Wife Between Us. You don't wanna read too much more than your initial sign-up because if we fall ahead or below our target, we get punished!
Oh really? How much can we overread by?
Jill wrote: "Oh really? How much can we overread by?"
Our team average per week at signup was 38, so to keep from being penalized, we have to stay between 31 and 45 books per week as a team.
Our team average per week at signup was 38, so to keep from being penalized, we have to stay between 31 and 45 books per week as a team.
According to the spreadsheet, you put down 10 books per month, which is equivalent to 2.5 books per week. Ideally, we need to stay between 80% - 120% of the whole team's reading targets. If we do that, we get 50 bonus points.I don't think we've got it on the thread anywhere, but here's what's listed in the rules.
Each week we'll do a team analysis of books read vs books signed up
Teams that stay in the 80% - 120% reading range get an additional 50 points
Teams that fall below the 80% mark get a penalty of -20 points
Teams that go over the 120% cap but stay under the 250% get a penalty of -100 points
Teams that go over the 250% mark get a penalty of -200 points
So for you personally, I would say you could read between 8 and 12 books a per month or 2 to 3 books a week.
Ok I'll read 3 books. However, if someone is falling behind on their reading, and I read extra, wouldn't that balance out the team total?
It would I suppose. It's gonna be a hard thing to monitor but there's a page on the spreadsheet which shows the goals of each member on the team and their read percentage, so that'll help us out.
Darn I wish I signed up for more. I guess I can always read more for YABRC and just not post the books here..
Jill, I will definitely only finish one book out of my two the first week so you can read an extra if you want :-)
Guys, I’ve been blessed with the Flu, thanks to my son. I’ve read my first book, not so sure if I can do all 4 of my books this week. I will definitely try but I’m in a mind fog and my reading isn’t going fast.
I'm hoping to finish my first book tomorrow. I've been making good progress and am at 70% now.
Cathy/Ashleigh, does my first book not qualify for any criteria? Should I remove it? I am reading my second book already. We can swap it out.
is the book in question. I had originally listed it in Avarice Sin Specifications but I wouldn’t get us any points.
Namita wrote: "Cathy/Ashleigh, does my first book not qualify for any criteria? Should I remove it? I am reading my second book already. We can swap it out. is the book in q..."I changed the criteria to Top Shelf since it is 3 more points but you listed your Start Date as 9/20/19 & Read Date as 10/05/19 so the book does not count.
Books started/read before TT started (10/7 at 7am AEST) cannot be used.
Can you please remove from your TT shelf?
Jill - I'd say 3-4 books/week for you should be fine. But if you are able to go over that, just post here and we can see where everyone is at. I can put aside some of my smaller books and go back to my longer ones. That pretty much goes for everyone - as long as we let the other members of our team know that we're not able to read as much, or can get more reading than normal done, we can always make adjustments. Some of us are more flexible than others so just gotta make the time to communicate.
Namita wrote: "Guys, I’ve been blessed with the Flu, thanks to my son. I’ve read my first book, not so sure if I can do all 4 of my books this week. I will definitely try but I’m in a mind fog and my reading isn’..."Hope you feel better soon!
Finished my 1st book - 946 pgs so lotsa points :)Started 2 others, though I also need to start Gideon for the BOM, so we're making progress!
Namita wrote: "Cathy, I removed the book."Thank you!
You also started Archangel's War already right? It looks like you marked as Currently Reading on Sep 24? If so, I'll remove from our Planning Sheet since we won't be able to use it either.
Reticence was started after the game began so that one is good.
No, I haven’t started it. I have this habit of adding books to currently reading but not it. I’ve cleaned it up now. Archangel’s War has been removed. I’ll start it after my book 2!
Yea, usually it's not a big deal. But in a game where start dates matter, it does. And believe me, people will check!I still need to read Archangel's Prophecy but am hoping to get to that and Archangel's War soon!!
would this cover be considered a red?
Namita wrote: " would this cover be considered a red?"Not sure if it is more than 50% so posted to the Captains. Will let you know!
Also got the yes to use
for Brown cover so I'll change that on the planning sheet.
Is there a list of books with the approved colors?📚
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Am I supposed to have access to the spreadsheet or just the captains? Because I do not have access
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We do need to double-check that Children's books fit the word count. So I downloaded the book, converted it to Word, removing ToC and other misc areas, and it came out to 47,490 words. So you're good.