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@cathy why are we so far behind? I asked this question earlier but I don’t think you saw it..what can I be reading to help boost our score? Is it better to go for more books or longer books? Or go for sin bingo?
Looking at Landline it’s grey on my iPad but brown on my laptop, so I’ll pass on it. Thanks for the clarification on “Dark Fantasy”
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Jill wrote: "Signed up for week 2. How do I earn the team more points? Do I try to read longer books? Try for sin bingo? I do plan on reading Wilder Girls for BOM points. Just trying to maximize the books I'm r..."Sorry didn't see this earlier!
So in terms of points, longer books do give us more points. For books betw 100-499 pages, we only get 0.1 points per page. 500-799 give us 0.15 points per page. Over 800 gives us 0.2 points per page which is twice the points for each page. So it really depends on what you have the capacity for. If you can read longer books still keeping up with your #s, that would be awesome. BUT that might not always be the case so read what you can since we'll still get points for every book you read. Also participating in the BOMs get us a lot of extra points (at least 20 points) so if you can stomach reading the books picked, it would really help.
That being said, we still have to keep tabs on the # of books we read because if we fall under the minimum, we do get penalty points. We just made it this 1st week because there were several players who were not able to read their target # (what they should be reading based on the # given in the sign-up form). Unfortunately these #s cannot be changed as that it how the teams were formed (every team at the same target # of 38 books/week). The #s we signed up for are listed on the Member Info tab, with a break-down for how we do each week.
Sunshine wrote: "Looking at Landline it’s grey on my iPad but brown on my laptop, so I’ll pass on it. Thanks for the clarification on “Dark Fantasy”
...muck appreciated"
Some of these color covers are tough. I feel like I'm partially color blind! It would probably be best that it not be used for color. At least it works for Top Shelf Contemporary.
Ok. So did we just not read enough as a whole? Did the other teams just read more?
It's fair to say we just didn't read enough as a team, and we definitely have room for improvement. Some of the other teams, especially the ones who are leading, focused more on longer books (bigger points).
I see. I will try a long book for week 3. I have a few library books I have to get through for this week. I’m just worried that the long book will not allow for extra books if we are falling behind
I'm feeling pretty torn on what to do in my planning for the coming weeks. I have the highest number of books to put up each week, but I had based my sign up numbers on my typical monthly average. If I start going with books long enough to earn the extra points, I don't know that I'd be able to keep my numbers up. I feel like one way or the other, I'll be hurting the team somehow and I just don't know which way is better. If the captains have a preference on how I should approach it, I'm wide open to any advice. :)
Would you say this is brown enough to qualify?
Cyndee wrote: "Would you say this is brown enough to qualify?"Not sure that it's 50% brown.
Cathy M. wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "Would you say this is brown enough to qualify?
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Not sure that it's 50% brown."
Ok, it was pretty close so was crossing fingers. Thanks!
"Not sure that it's 50% brown."
Ok, it was pretty close so was crossing fingers. Thanks!
There is a balance for pages and books read that we still need to figure out. It would help if everyone responds and verifies how many books they are able to read because not saying anything and not really participating is what hurts the rest of us. This will especially be true when the mini-challenges are thrown in.If you are able to fit in some longer books, even if they are not 800 pagers but more 300 page books rather than 200 page books, that would really help. Don't try to over-extend yourself or stress yourself out since you know what you have time to read each week. As long as everyone keeps to their target #s, we should have a little more leeway.
I just finished Paintings from the Cave and put it on the spreadsheet. It’s a short book but since I’m still a bit emotionally overwhelmed I wanted to make sure I got a start on the week. I will meet my min. 3 books this week. Both others will be under 499, but one is 370 and I’m sure the other will be around 300+.
I will finish everything on the ss and likely another audio, bringing it to 4 books total.
I'm not sure if it's more than 50% of one colour Jill.
Ashleigh wrote: "I'm not sure if it's more than 50% of one colour Jill."Ok thanks. How's ur reading btw? Anything good?
Jill wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I'm not sure if it's more than 50% of one colour Jill."Ok thanks. How's ur reading btw? Anything good?"
Okay.. I guess haha. Before the beginning of this month, I signed up to do a few large BRs for YABC and I'm struggling with them because they're so dense and not that interesting to start off with, so I'm having to DNF some and just the stress of letting my reading partner down (to be fair, she's also DNF'd two of them) and knowing I should be pushing myself to read them, really stressed me out last week haha.
But reading should be fun and relaxing so I'm trying not to beat myself up about it. I just need to embrace the fact that I'm a mood reader.
That being said I've picked a couple of books for this week that I'm hoping I'll enjoy more and will blitz through. The first one I'm reading is Cadaver & Queen which is like a weird Frankenstein retelling and it's historical fiction and sci-fi at the same time? I might not understand what's happening 100% of the time, but it's a fun read haha.
How are you getting on this week?
Ashleigh wrote: "Jill wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I'm not sure if it's more than 50% of one colour Jill."Ok thanks. How's ur reading btw? Anything good?"
Okay.. I guess haha. Before the beginning of this month, I s..."
I feel like I'm in the same boat lol I'm finding it hard to mood read with this sin challenge, but trying my best. I also have some birth books I'm trying to get through, which is hard to squeeze in with all these challenges. My Colleen Hoover helped me get more in a reading mood.
I'm also finding it harder to read physicals with my new commute. Since its a lot earlier and longer, I end up sleeping on the train instead of reading -_-
Just trying to find a balance. And I really want to pick it up on this challenge this week. I'm doing pretty good on YABC though
I totally agree with you on trying to find a balance. How long have you got left until you have the baby? I think the birth books should be more important than books for challenges haha.
January!! Ik lol I have one I've been trying to get through and then I need to read another one for a birth class and I need it done before class starts in a month. It's hard to squeeze in because they don't count for anything buttt it is kinda a priority :P
Ohh not long now, how exciting. I was gonna say if the baby books are on Goodreads, you could probably use them for this challenge but I see on the rules that cookbooks can't be used, so they might not be usable either :(
Well cookbooks are just recipes. This is considered a non-fiction. Is that allowed?
Cathy M. wrote: "If you are able to fit in some longer books, even if they are not 800 pagers but more 300 page books rather than 200 page books, that would really help."
Ok, I'm going to throw in a couple of longer ones and still try to keep my total books at 8 per week.
Ok, I'm going to throw in a couple of longer ones and still try to keep my total books at 8 per week.
Cathy M. wrote: "There is a balance for pages and books read that we still need to figure out. It would help if everyone responds and verifies how many books they are able to read because not saying anything and no..."I will definitely finish 2 books this week.
Looking at that book Maria, I think it probably could work for red. @Cathy what do you think?
I'll ask about in the captains group Jill. See what the mods and other captains think
It looks red to me(Maria'sbook).Jill didn't know you were pregnant. Congrats!!! ANd yes birthing books should count - they fall under self-help/non-fiction which works.
I’ll probably just manage one book this week as it’s quite a hectic week for me
Thank you!! And ok noted. The one I'm reading now won't count because I started it before the challenge, but I will use my next one. I don't think it will count for a color though 
Green enough? (There is a light green hue over most of the cover but it's difficult to see on some screens).
@Jill general consensus in the captains group is that as long as they meet page/word count, they're good to use!@Cyndee not sure on that one. I think there's more black than green on the cover.
Thanks Ashleigh! Definitely one of those covers I wish we could use tineye because on there the black is actually a really dark green. But I totally understand why we don't!
I'm reading both my books at the same time. One in audio, the other on Kindle. Fingers crossed that I can read more than 3 this time.
How has everyone's week been so far? :)
Kelly wrote: "How has everyone's week been so far? :)"Good, two books down and working on another 3. How's your week going Kelly?
Staying up way too late reading! Have to get up in 6 hrs but don't want to put the book down...
Completion Post
Book: The Wallflower Wager
Date Read: Oct 16
Page Count: 368
Sin: Gluttony - Top Shelf (Historical Romance)
Are we projected to read enough books? I want to finish this book that doesn't count to just get it out of the way. If I do that, I will likely get to only 2 books instead of my pledged 3.
That's fine Jill, we should be good.
Finished the first book
; 50% done with my 2nd book!!
Ok. So I just finished one and will finish Beartown. Will get this other one out the way. Hopefully, will get to squeeze in one more
.. Is this blue or purple?? Help please!
That one is like those funky blue/purple colors that I have a problem with (I see one color, everyone else sees another). I do see that 1 other team used it for blue cover, and another said no to any color (mixed blue/purple).What do you think Ashleigh?
Great job reading everyone!I finished 1 yesterday and about to finish another shortly. Almost done with Wilder Girls but had to take a break so I can write DQs (it always takes me forever to do them & I usually end up reading my chpts more than once). And have another 2 others going so I have quite a few books in progress! I'll update all my books tomorrow :)
I see blue when I look at it enlarged on my phone.
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32 books completed
1522 total book points
80 total BOM points
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With the 1st week done, and hopefully recovered from illnesses and over the LAVA burnout, we can better prepare for Week 2. I had been focusing on longer books since they are worth more points but if people are unable to read what signed up for, I'll change to shorter books so we won't have to worry about making the minimum.
So can you please confirm at least by mid-week (Wednesday) if you are able to meet your target #, or what you are able to complete this week? You can see that information on the Member Info tab on the spreadsheet.
I should be able to at least meet my target of 6 books this week, though I may be able to fit in an extra.