Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR THE POSTING OF READ BOOKS BY TEAM MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE CAPTAINS

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Ok, so I have just finished Parasite - 512 pages, 50 points.

I read this one: Can You Keep a Secret? - 357 pages, 20 pts.

Shelves:
✿Claire✿ (Capt) - army-ants
Nadia - army-ants-tt3
Danielle - army-ants
Teresa - army-ant
Sadie - nbrc-tt3-army-ants
Ozana - army-ants-2014
Anima - army-ants_tower-team-2014
Kim - tower-challenge
Cathie - nbrc-tt3-challenge
Rebecca - army-ants
Kelsi - nbrc-army-ants-tower-team
Sara - army-ants-tt3
Heather - army-ants
Reva - army-ants-2014-2015

Points:
✿Claire✿ (Capt) - 640
Nadia - 510
Danielle - 140
Teresa - 220
Sadie - 720
Ozana - 280
Anima - 780
Kim - 150
Cathie - 370
Rebecca - 900
Kelsi - 800
Sara - 100
Heather - 980
Reva - 2130
Christmas Quest - 520 (complete)

Team Total: 8720 (9140 with Christmas quest)

Points Spreadsheet

Ok, so read two more books over the weekend,

The Blood Gospel 501 pages - 50 points
Testimony: Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis and History 294 pages - 20 points

I've finished Darkangel - 330 pages - 20 points :)

I just completed . 416 pages - 20 points.

I just finished The Maze Runner - 327 pages - 20 points.

and

The Kill Order - 327 pages - 20 points.

My Shelf nbrc-tt3-challenge


Books Read
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor (Nov 12) ♥♥♥♥♥
301 pages = 20 points. Buddy Reads = 30 points. Total = 50 points.
The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow (Nov. 15th) ♥♥♥♥♥
400 pages = 20 points
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Nov.17th) ♥♥♥
297 pages = 20 points
Tenth of December by George Saunders (Nov. 22) ♥♥♥
251 pages = 20 points
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Nov. 23rd) ♥♥♥♥♥
287 pages = 20 points
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (nov. 28th) ♥♥♥♥
304 pages = 20 points
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (Dec. 1st) ♥♥♥♥
310 pages = 20 points
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - Dec. 5th ♥♥♥♥♥
372 pages = 20 points + buddy read = 30 points = 50 points
Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story ... by McSweeney's Publishing - Dec. 6th ♥♥♥
208 pages = 20 points
The Submissive by Tara Sue Me - Dec. 7th - ♥♥♥
304 pages = 20 points + buddy read = 30 points. Total = 50 points
You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz - Dec. 8th - ♥♥♥♥
438 pages = 20 points + buddy read =


Total points: 310

Hi everyone, just like Cathie, I read Stolen: A Letter to My Captor as a buddy read with a few other people, not in our team.

301 pages = 20pts
Buddy read = 30pts

Total =50pts

My total points for team = 70pts

I finished Twin Souls last night for another 20 points :)

I finally finished my first book! :) I read The Burning Sky. It's 464 pages so I think that would be 50 points if I did that right.

Fantastic! I'll update now :)

310 pages-20 points?


238 pages-20 points?


452 pages-50 points?

Can someone double check my points please,I'm going from memory I might be a bit off

*************** Repost from sign up thread
Points
For reading books
Books between 100 and 160 pages (100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum) = 10 points
Books between 161 pages and 450 pages = 20 points
Books between 451 and 600 pages = 50 points
Books between 601 and 750 pages = 70 points
Books between 751 and 900 pages = 90 points
Books over 901 pages = 100 points

For NBRC BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a BOM (participating in discussion) = 30 points

NOTE: Moderators will accept one team member per book per team for writing a days DQs. If, by three days prior to the BOM starting, we don't have enough volunteers to write all DQs, then we will let more than one team member per team write questions. If we have more people than days sign up (prior to 3 days before start date) we will randomise the volunteers to determine those who can write DQs

For NBRC Buddy Reads
Participating in a buddy read with a member from a different team, or with a member of NBRC who isn't on a Tower Team = 30 points

NOTE: Points for BOMs and BRs are only provided for these discussions happening inside the NBRC group. Points are not provided for discussions in other groups

Thanks for the repost, Cathie. It is very helpful to have it in our thread! :)

thanks Cathie. I've got my cousin here for the night so I'll update the points either later on or tomorrow :-)

Thanks!

I figured we could all use it ☺

I read A Long, Long Sleep for 20 points.

Kim, that looks like a good book; what did you think of it?

Ok, so I have just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora = 90 points, plus I read it and discussed it as a BOM this month, so extra 30 points :). I will put my final thought on the book in the BOM thread this evening, but apart from it, there are my entries from various stages of reading :)

Woohooooo!!!! Anima, that's fantastic scoring! Awesome read girl!

Did you enjoy it?

Cathie wrote: "Kim, that looks like a good book; what did you think of it?"

I loved it! It was actually my second time reading it. The second book is coming out in December I think, so I wanted to refresh my memory.

I finished The Scorch Trials ....360 pages - 20 points
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The Death Cure ....325 pages - 20 points
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Gone Girl ...560 pages - 50 points.

Cathie wrote: "Woohooooo!!!! Anima, that's fantastic scoring! Awesome read girl!

Did you enjoy it?"

Thanks, Cathie. I had fun reading it, and the discussion questions were very interesting and thought-provoking. I used to read quite a lot of fantasy/adventure books, so it was really nice to come back to this genre. I will definitely keep in mind this series for the future sake of entertainment :)

Up to date to here :) Points updated too!

I've listened to an audiobook but I've got to wait and see before I know if it counts :)

Claire, Thanks for updating everything!

Sorry Claire, but the only spreadsheet I see is posted in msg. 10? It says up to week one and shows I have 50 points. I have 90 points. Where is the one that my dongled brain can't find, lol?

Sorry Cathie, I missed your two, think I was a bit jaded last night!! I've updated that spreadsheet. The first column of numbers, under the title 'points' is the current total for everyone, the next columns are the week by week numbers :) Hope that makes sense!

ok, thanks Claire ☺

I just finished for another 20 points. :)

Yay Danielle!

I wish I could read more and even faster - but I have a full time job and don't get to spend TOO much time reading, but I do like to get reading in every day. :)

Same here Danielle. The joy of reading is what's important. I think sometimes here on Goodreads we can confuse reading a lot with great reading. Last year I read a lot; I was not in as much a demanding job as I am now and my life was fairly smooth and quiet, so I had time to read a lot. But looking back on it and reviewing titles I read there were many reads that didn't wow me but I did simply for challenges and for "look how much I've read" or "I've read that too". This year I have read next to nothing, because well this has been a hell of a year. But I do remember every book that I have read this year. Some from last year I had to go back and see what the plot was about or re-read the synopsis to remember the characters, etc.

For me this year, reading has become about choosing a book as much as reading it and then enjoying it without the pressure to finish it fast and move onto the next one. If it has been a great read then I probably have finished it quickly because I totally got into it and didn't want to put it down ☺

Cathie wrote: "Same here Danielle. The joy of reading is what's important. I think sometimes here on Goodreads we can confuse reading a lot with great reading. Last year I read a lot; I was not in as much a de..."


I agree - the joy of it all is what matters and what is important. I like these challenges & the buddy reads because it's making me actually excited to get back into reading. :) I didn't keep track of how many books I read last year, and this year has been a total flop for me since I had kind of gotten out of reading, but this upcoming year will be so different or me. I am going to pay attention to see how many I really read.

I am trying to not get wrapped up in rushing the books, and what I am personally doing is I am writing my own personal review in a notebook I have on each book I read before I start another.. just to get my thoughts down and my real feelings out there. I'm not great at reviewing 'professionally' so I don't tend to write them on here (goodreads) as a review. lol

I love your journalling about the books you have read Danielle. What a great idea! And a nice keepsake to be able to go back and look at in the future :-).

Pages:528
Points:50


Pages:310
Points:20

Pages:214
Points:20

Way to go Nadia! :-)

(The Catcher in the Rye is one of my all time favorites.)

Catcher in the rye's on my tbr list but I haven't managed to find a copy yet.

Claire, try looking in used bookstores (it's old, lol)

Up to date to here.

Thanks Cathie, I will do :)

Great job, Sadie!

Way to go Sadie ~ nice points!

Well done Sadie :-)

I've finished Mockingjay which is a buddy read so either 50 or possibly more points!