Decade Challenge

[Leena]

Im done with my first book.
The Cuckoo's Calling is fantastic just very intense and not challenge material.

Rating , 4.5🌟

Starting with nonfiction The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

2014 346 pgs

[Visalakshi]

Did anyone have issues with godreads app? I wasn't able to login since yesterday!

I have finished Ready Player One. #9 on our list
I liked it, it's a somewhat fast paced and interesting novel. You'd like it if you understood or not cared about the 80s references! I knew a bunch of them so it was fine for me.

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

Have finished #8. Bad blood - 4*
I'm still reeling. I might up it to 5* later.
It's a true crime non-fiction read. Really good! Feels like fiction.

Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Highly recommended if you're into non-fic or true crime or Silicon Valley start-up scene or biotech & related medical fields.

[Leena]

TEAM.B UPDATE

1) Award Winner - Leena
✅2) Translation - Soumith
✅3) Horror - Nathan
✅4) Fantasy - Nathan
5) YA
✅6) Fiction - Soumith
7) Sci-fi
✅8) Non-Fic - Leena
9) Book to Movie
✅10) Mystery/Crime/Thriller - Leena

Our Picks:

2011 - Grave Minder 324 pages (horror) - Nathan

2012 -Wonder

🥳2013 - The Cuckoo's Calling 456 pages (crime) - Leena 3/4 4.5🌟

2014 - [book:The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistannonfiction Leena
347 pgs

2015 - My Grandmother Asked Me to
Tell You She's Sorry (fiction) - Soumith
2016 - A Gentleman in Moscow Soumith fiction
2017 -
2018 -Less Leena award
2019 -
🥳 2020 - Black Sun - fantasy Nathan 4/4

[Leena]

hi Em, a question:
Book to Movie- do both have to be from.the same decade? and since there will be a time.gap we take the Movie date?or book publisted date?

[Visalakshi]

I have taken book published date

[Pallavi]

Team Can't Stop Reading

Sci-fi - Borne - 2017 - Pallavi
Done - 3.5 stars...

[Leena]

So, how far away from publishing date was the movie made??

[Leena]

Has the movie been made?

[Visalakshi]

yes, the book was published in 2011 and movie released in 2018.
I have picked 2011 as the year for this category

[Leena]

but that cannot be right? we will need to take the movie date.?

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

Leena wrote: "but that cannot be right? we will need to take the movie date.?"

publication year is fine.

[Leena]

can we take the movie made yr?

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

Both are fine. :)

[Leena]

thanks

[Leena]

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

A new upcoming challenge on another group.

[Visalakshi]

woah, it's very extensive

[Leena]

I've always developed cold feet and haven't joined any. maybe after this one's done....

[Visalakshi]

go for it!! :D

[Soumith]

@Em, Team NEVER SAY NEVER TO BOOKS Updates:


Finished Reading:

2013 - Mystery/Crime/Thriller - The Cuckoo's Calling- 456 pages - Leene
2015 - Translation - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - 372 pages -Soumith
2020 - Fantasy -Black Sun - 454 pages - Nathan

Currently Reading:

2011 - Horror - Grave Minder- Nathan
2014 - Non-Fiction - The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan - Leena
2016 - Fiction - A Gentleman in Moscow - Soumith

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

Em, Team 'Can't Stop Reading' Status:

Completed:
Book to Movie - Ready Player One - 2011 - Visalakshi
Horror - The Library at Mount Char - 2015 - Pallavi
Sci-fi - Borne - 2017 - Pallavi
Non-Fic - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - 2018 - Bookworm
Award Winner - Network Effect - 2020 (Nebula 2020, Hugo 2021) - Bookworm

[Leena]

Never Say Never to Books status
completed nonfiction Underground Girls of Kabul - 2014 - Leena

Tasks completed: 4/10

[Leena]

NSNTB UPDATE

TASKS COMPLETED : 4/10

✅1) Award Winner - Leena
✅2) Translation - Soumith
✅3) Horror - Nathan
✅4) Fantasy - Nathan
✅5) YA - Leena
✅6) Fiction - Soumith
✅7) Sci-fi - Nathan
✅8) Non-Fic - Leena
9) Book to Movie
✅10) Mystery/Crime/Thriller - Leena

Our Picks:

2011 - Grave Minder 324 pages (horror) - Nathan

2012 -Wonder-Leena

2013 - The Cuckoo's Calling 456 pages (crime) - Leena ✅ 3/4 4.5🌟

2014 - [book:The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistannonfiction Leena
347 pgs ✅ 8/4 4🌟

2015 - My Grandmother Asked Me to
Tell You She's Sorry (fiction) - Soumith ✅3/4

2016 - A Gentleman in Moscow Soumith fiction

2017 - All Systems Red Nathan

2018 -Less Leena award

2019 - Five Feet Apart

2020 - Black Sun - ftasy Nathan 4/4

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

Bookworm wrote: "Em, Team 'Can't Stop Reading' Status:

Completed:
Book to Movie - Ready Player One - 2011 - Visalakshi
Horror - The Library at Mount Char - 2015 - Pallavi
Sci-fi - [..."

Completed Translation - The murmur of bees - 2019
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Recommended if you're into historical family novels, translation works, magical realism or BEES! :D

[Visalakshi]

Completed The Fault In Our Stars - YA - 2012

[Nathan]

Leena wrote: "NSNTB UPDATE

TASKS COMPLETED : 4/10

✅1) Award Winner - Leena
✅2) Translation - Soumith
✅3) Horror - Nathan
✅4) Fantasy - Nathan
✅5) YA - Leena
✅6) Fiction - Soumith
✅7) Sci-fi - Nathan
✅8) Non-Fi..."

Fantasy 2020/Black Sun/Epic Fantasy Done. Great Book
Horror 2011/Graveminder/Horror Book Done.
Very shitty novel. Don't read this.
Started with Sci-Fi/2017
All Systems Red
but novellas/short stories are not allowed as per rules.
So I am switching to a different Sci-Fi Novel/same year!

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

@Nathan, The muderbot series is really good. Do try to pick it up after the challenge. :)

[Nathan]

Bookworm wrote: "@Nathan, The muderbot series is really good. Do try to pick it up after the challenge. :)"

Aight! Will Do!

I hear that you have almost completed the challenge? Tell me how on earth do you find time to read so much?
And also looks like I estimated you correctly. :P

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

Our team is yet to complete it. :D

My friend says that it's my ability to sit for hours on end and read. Lol.

And I'm working from home (in my hometown), so almost no chores at home. Next week onwards that's going to change since I'll have to move cities (Unless something unexpected happens). Sigh!
And majority of the time, I read ebooks. For me, with ebooks I have decent reading speed whereas physical copies I'm a bit slower.
There you go! That's it. :)

Your estimate just coincided with my good weeks. If the challenge was even 1-2 weeks later, it might have been a totally different scenario for me. :D

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

Anyone else experience the reading speed difference with ebook and physical copies?

[Nathan]

Hahahhahaha...

I'm very slow at ebooks
compared to paperbacks.

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

Oh...that's interesting.
Guess it depends on how we're used to reading in general? I do know that some have issues with looking at screens for long.

[Leena]

I agree BW - I love ebooks. I just love the favt that we can increase the font size to my comfort zone.

[Nathan]

Yup. I usually take off my glasses/lie down and read my Kindle. Generally, I fall asleep or my eyes start hurting.
Paperback is different, I'm usually on the floor or chair in the balcony...
Also I spend way too much time on screen - Laptop/Work/Mobile/Kindle/Console/PS5/PS3-TV.

My eyes hurt a lot these days 🤣🤣🤣

[Leena]

Nathan wrote: "Leena wrote: "NSNTB UPDATE

TASKS COMPLETED : 4/10

✅1) Award Winner - Leena
✅2) Translation - Soumith
✅3) Horror - Nathan
✅4) Fantasy - Nathan
✅5) YA - Leena
✅6) Fiction - Soumith
✅7) Sci-fi - Nat..."

Bummer ,I too chose a novella for YA - Wonder. Wasnt too gaga on it And Ive started with another YA which Im enjoying tremendously.

And Im.tired of reading. Lets take a long lunch break with movie thrown in,and a dinner out with a long drive
Maybe afyer 2 days we can pick up the bks again🙄😞.

[Leena]

Nathan wrote: "Yup. I usually take off my glasses/lie down and read my Kindle. Generally, I fall asleep or my eyes start hurting.
Paperback is different, I'm usually on the floor or chair in the balcony...
Also I..."

Wow!!

[Leena]

Nathan wrote: "Yup. I usually take off my glasses/lie down and read my Kindle. Generally, I fall asleep or my eyes start hurting.
Paperback is different, I'm usually on the floor or chair in the balcony...
Also I..."

Wow!!

[Pallavi]

completed Fantasy -2016 - Age of Myth.
It was a 5 star read. Enjoyed it thoroughly

[Pallavi]

completed Fantasy -2016 - Age of Myth.
It was a 5 star read. Enjoyed it thoroughly

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

Nathan wrote: "Yup. I usually take off my glasses/lie down and read my Kindle. Generally, I fall asleep or my eyes start hurting.
Paperback is different, I'm usually on the floor or chair in the balcony...
Also I..."

@Nathan,
See..you game and so your hobby time is distributed with different things.
For me, my free time includes mostly reading (not just books but randomly surfing the net) and catching up on sleep whenever I can.

@Leena, True that’s one advantage with font.
Hey, wonder is 300+ right... Are we not talking about the same book?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Leena]

yes we are talking of the same bk. let me check again

[Leena]

anyways I'm truly enjoying this new one, Welcome Callers, This is Chloe.

[Leena]

completed Welcome.... I loved it. 5 stars for me.

[Leena]

@BW figured out why my copy of Wonder is only 100 pages..
it was a preview I'd downloaded ,so now I've got my complete copy, I'll read it later.

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

Leena wrote: "@BW figured out why my copy of Wonder is only 100 pages..
it was a preview I'd downloaded ,so now I've got my complete copy, I'll read it later."

Ohh. You loved the alternative 'Welcome...', so it was worth changing then. :)

[Leena]

Team NSNTB UPDATE

Genres/Categories
✅1) Award Winner - Leena
✅2) Translation - Soumith
✅3) Horror - Nathan
✅4) Fantasy - Nathan
✅5) YA - Leena
✅6) Fiction - Soumith
✅7) Sci-fi - Nathan
✅8) Non-Fic - Leena
✅9) Book to Movie - Soumith
✅10) Mystery/Crime/Thriller - Leena

Our Picks:

2011 - Grave Minder 324 pages (horror) - Nathan ✅ 9/4

2012 -Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe-Leena 1✅9/45🌟

2013 - The Cuckoo's Calling 456 pages (crime) - Leena ✅ 3/4 4.5🌟

2014 - [book:The Underground Girls of Kabul: in Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistannonfiction Leena
347 pgs ✅ 8/4 4🌟

2015 -  My Grandmother Asked Me to
Tell You She's Sorry (fiction) - Soumith ✅3/4

2016 - A Gentleman in Moscow Soumith fiction

2017 - Void StarNathan

2018 -Less Leena award

2019 - Let it Snow - Soumith

2020 - Black Sun - ftasy Nathan 4/4

[Leena]

Bookworm wrote: "Leena wrote: "@BW figured out why my copy of Wonder is only 100 pages..
it was a preview I'd downloaded ,so now I've got my complete copy, I'll read it later."

Ohh. You loved the alternative 'Wel..."

Absolutely. Wonder is sucha kids bk and the preview really didnt make me want to read more. But, ill.pick.it up again and finish it.

[Leena]

Another update :Changing Less with Bluebird, Bluebird-Edgar Award winner 2018. 320 pages

Ive been wanting to read this for sometime now and so voilà

[Visalakshi]

Finished The Lowland - Fiction - 2013

[Visalakshi]

Bookworm wrote: "Anyone else experience the reading speed difference with ebook and physical copies?"

I don't see much difference. I'm slow with either :p