Decade Challenge

[Leena]

Ure right Natmessagehan, we need an entire new message for each team -

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Or you can just post here after completing a book here with what category you want to put it in. I will check the thread daily and update message 2 and 3 accordingly. Does this work?

[Leena]

This wont allow ys to discuss amongst ourselves regatding how we would.like to distribute/ choice of categories/books. Etc
A new message/page /discussions will help.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Team B, you guys are quick!!

[Soumith]

Team B Picks:


Currently Reading:
2011 - Horror - Graveminder 324 Pages, Nathan
2013 - Crime - The Cuckoo's Calling 456 pages, Leena
2015 - Translation - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry 372 pages, Soumith

Finished Reading:

Team B, Lets update this comment

[Nathan]

@Bookworm : we have to compete against a bookworm so we ought to be fast 😂😂😂

I thought a separate team thread would be feasible.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

@Nathan, Well, all of us are bookworms. :D

@Vis and @Pallavi, any team name ideas? I'm the least creative (my username is enough proof) lol.

@Em, that works. We'll just have to watch out msgs 2 and 3 for scores etc. And you might have to filter out these recent msgs to keep track.

[Pallavi]

@Bookworm: I had liked a few in an article on book clubs.
Some are like:
1) Born To Read
2) Lit Ladies (ladies group)
3) Wild Readers
4) Readers To Death
5) Page Turners

We can always google though :P

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

@Pallavi, Did I mention I'm indecisive too? :P
I like Lit Ladies and Wild Readers.
The Lit Trio?
@Vis, what about you?

Also googled for fun. Look what I found, music based 😂
Nerdy and We Know It
Can't Stop Reading

[Leena]

guys, we need a name!!

[Leena]

How about Born to Read or Book Fanatics?

looking forward to your suggestions

[Pallavi]

Bookworm wrote: "@Pallavi, Did I mention I'm indecisive too? :P
I like Lit Ladies and Wild Readers.
The Lit Trio?
@Vis, what about you?

Also googled for fun. Look what I found, music based 😂
Nerdy and We Know It..."

I liked "Born To Read" and "Can't Stop Reading"

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Pallavi wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "@Pallavi, Did I mention I'm indecisive too? :P
I like Lit Ladies and Wild Readers.
The Lit Trio?
@Vis, what about you?

Also googled for fun. Look what I found, music based 😂
Ner..."

@Vis, "Can't Stop Reading" has got 2 votes already! This ok?
Tbh, I like 'Born to Read' too.

Ok, till she comments her agreement (lol), lets assume it's 'Can't Stop 'Reading'.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Pallavi wrote: "@Bookworm: I had liked a few in an article on book clubs.
Some are like:
1) Born To Read
2) Lit Ladies (ladies group)
3) Wild Readers
4) Readers To Death
5) Page Turners

We can always google tho..."

I liked Born to Read and Wild Readers. Lit Ladies sound classic.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Bookworm wrote: "Em, that works. We'll just have to watch out msgs 2 and 3 for scores etc. And you might have to filter out these recent msgs to keep track..."

nah... I will read each and every message. ;)

[Leena]

Born to Read is Team B name suggestion. ladies kindly note I'm your competition

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Leena wrote: "How about Born to Read or Book Fanatics?

looking forward to your suggestions"

both are good. :D

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

@Em, I thought I was the indecisive one. You commented 3 out of 5 of those names. :D

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Bookworm wrote: "@Em, I thought I was the indecisive one. You commented 3 out of 5 of those names. :D"

then I will vote for Can't Stop Reading.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

So, Team A as in Team TBD (we'll finalize the name today for sure)
the following are the current reads, for us:

1) Award Winner - Network Effect - 2020 (Nebula 2020, Hugo 2021) - Bookworm
4) Fantasy - Age of Myth - 2016 - Pallavi
5) YA - The Fault in Our Stars - 2012 - Visalakshi
7) Sci-fi - Borne - 2017 - Pallavi
8) Non-Fic - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - 2018 - Bookworm
9) Book to Movie - Ready Player One - 2011 - Visalakshi

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

@Leena, You're a voracious competitor never to be forgotten. :D
And, 'Born to Read' was Team A's suggestion as well - message 58 by Pallavi. :)

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

out of 9 books I have read only Grandmother asked me, that too was a DNF for me.

Hope you have good time with your respective picks. Will be here to read out the thoughts on them. :)

[Soumith]

Leena wrote: "Born to Read is Team B name suggestion. ladies kindly note I'm your competition"

lets go with Born to Read !!

[Visalakshi]

Woah, lot happened since I came! Cool names and I want all of them! ;)
Lit Ladies sounds great!
But between "Born to read" and "Can't stop reading", I'll go for the latter

[Leena]

Bookworm wrote: "@Leena, You're a voracious competitor never to be forgotten. :D
And, 'Born to Read' was Team A's suggestion as well - message 58 by Pallavi. :)"

Oopsie. My bad!@

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "nah... I will read each and every message. ;) "

Why does it feel like you're going to have the most fun among the 7 of us? :P

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Leena wrote: "Bookworm wrote: "@Leena, You're a voracious competitor never to be forgotten. :D
And, 'Born to Read' was Team A's suggestion as well - message 58 by Pallavi. :)"

Oopsie. My bad!@"

It's fine. :D

[Leena]

Soumith wrote: "Leena wrote: "Born to Read is Team B name suggestion. ladies kindly note I'm your competition"

lets go with Born to Read !!"

Soumith! Thats Team A suggestion.
Team B
How about
1.Never Say Never ...to Books!
2. My name's - Bond with Books.
3.

[Leena]

Bookworm : do u 3 have another thread for discussing book choices?

[Soumith]

Leena wrote: "Soumith wrote: "Leena wrote: "Born to Read is Team B name suggestion. ladies kindly note I'm your competition"

lets go with Born to Read !!"

Soumith! Thats Team A suggestion.
Team B
How about
1.N..."

ok! I second never say never ... to books!

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Leena wrote: "Bookworm : do u 3 have another thread for discussing book choices?"

Leena, I just created one.
@Team Can't Stop Reading - Here's our thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

@Em, hope this is fine. :) Since GR doesn't have a group chat.
We'll most likely delete it once the challenge is done, if needed.

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

@Em, coming to translation, it's the year when the book is first translated to English or just first publication year (in it's original language)?

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Year of translation should work.

[Leena]

Soumith, Nathan do you guys want another thread too? We shoukd decide books ro each categories amongst ourselves.

[Soumith]

Leena wrote: "Soumith, Nathan do you guys want another thread too? We shoukd decide books ro each categories amongst ourselves."

Yess! lets do that!

[Leena]

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Link to Team B

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

@Em, Team Can't Stop Reading has completed #1. Award Winner (Hugo, Nebula, Locus) - Network Effect -2020

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My intuition says, 96% of sci-fi readers will like this series.
@Em, this is amazing. You need to get to it this year! There's so much ..... ok.. I'll stop my gush fest for now.

Happy Reading All!

[Nathan]

😂😂😂looks like i was right. Bookworm is on a roll

[Leena]

How does she do it?? Never gets up from her place?? Wow! I love her family for allowing her all this space.

[Leena]

She'll single handedly win the entire contest

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Leena wrote: "How does she do it?? Never gets up from her place?? Wow! I love her family for allowing her all this space."

😂 Kind of. I use work breaks and late evenings/nights because I have been working from home since beginning of covid. Yeah, I love my family too, for far too many reasons (including the one you mentioned). :D
But, I'll be mostly moving out, to my office site from my hometown (in mid-Apr), so I'll be far too busy then. Just getting my fill before those days come. ;)

Does anyone else wish for work-from-home scenario long term? (not covid, just in general)

Nah... 'Team Can't Stop Reading' can't win without one another. :)

[Nathan]

Hahahah

[Pallavi]

not me @bookworm
I want office to open and especially daycares... :)

[Visalakshi]

I don't mind either. WFH nad office works for me.. both have their own pros and cons!

I guess Bookworm will finish another book by EOD :p come on, B!

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Pallavi wrote: "not me @bookworm
I want office to open and especially daycares... :)"

Yeah, my colleagues with kids (especially toddlers) want the same. Understandable :)

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

Visalakshi wrote: "I don't mind either. WFH nad office works for me.. both have their own pros and cons!

I guess Bookworm will finish another book by EOD :p come on, B!"

I want WFH so bad. Sigh!

lol no... I haven't even started another book. Will try tomorrow. :D

[Nathan]

So far I've learnt not to underestimate @Bookworm 😂😂😂

[Bookworm (have loads of catching up to do)]

@Nathan, maybe you're overestimating a little. 😂

[Visalakshi]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "out of 9 books I have read only Grandmother asked me, that too was a DNF for me.

Hope you have good time with your respective picks. Will be here to read out the thoughts on them. :)"

Guess that's the beauty of these challenges!

[Leena]

Em, i think Backman is super overrated.