Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Welcome, Team!

It's time to push up the sleeves of those leather jackets and dig in!

Nice Welcome sign....good job....

LOL Love the smack talk. For sure would like help on creative ideas for challenges.

About my shelf "manatee" for this challenge..
Only books (on this shelf) that are placed as "to-read" will be read for sure. I place books on "maybe" shelf so I´ll probably switch books on regular basic. Just so you know. I keep my shelves up to date so you may not even notice, but in case you do you´ll know what´s going on

Holy gaucomole!!

I am still trying to recover from fits of laughter after reading Methods of Victory. Awesome job Oo!!

Hilarious. Love it.

I had posted this on our other thread but I think this one is suppose to be our main one.

My name is Zina and I live in Calgary Alberta Canada. I am a tax accountant. Married with 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Big milestone birthday for me this year is The big Five OH!!

I love reading and will read just about anything. i love mysteries and UF.

Currently reading . I love challenges and talking about books.

❀ Oo ❀, I should follow you Victory prepositions but some habits die hard. I always chose a book by everything except by page number. On my shelf for this challenge, most of the books are 200+ long, some more than 400 pages long. But I read relatively fast, so we´re going to win that way or another! We won´t let hobbits win this battle!

Last round i was on Stephens team. So i vote for launching frozen mango smoothie canon balls at their fortress.

I didnt know about #10 on the list. What happens if you do drink too much green tea.

Hey Everyone!
My name is Madilynn, and I am the captain c:

Good Morning!

I want whatever Oo is having. She's so energetic. I'm awake, but just a big blob on the couch.

I'll turn 49 later this month. UGH!!! I can't believe I'm that old. Whoda thunk it?! I'm happily married with 4 grown kids and 3 grandsons. My pic is a family photo taken at Xmas 2012! I'm really proud of my kids (of course).

I enjoy family stuff, reading, reading activities (challenges, read-a-thons), and knitting. I'm a huge pro football fan and find myself perhaps a little too involved with fantasy teams, etc.

I'm one of the captains for the team and am here to serve! I think we're going to have a blast.

We're still getting our ducks in a row, but we'll surely have some mini challenges etc., set up soon.

Rhonda

Im thinking it must be the herbal tea!!!

Im a coffee drinker myself......speaking of which I need some now...

Back later to hash out some duties and get those slush balls ready for launch...have a feeling once Mango Tango is mobile there will be some hurling happpening....

I´m done with my 1st book for this challenge:

The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
2 stars from me.

❀ Oo ❀ wrote: "Methods of Victory : 10 Ways To Increase Your Reading:"

Clever and funny, ❀Oo❀.

P.S. You're in.

Zina wrote: "So i vote for launching frozen mango smoothie canon balls at their fortress."

FOFLMBO!

Lára IS wrote: "I´m done with my 1st book for this challenge:

The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
2 stars from me."

That's fantastic...looks like we're off and running! Hopefully, you'll like your next read more.

Lára IS wrote: "I´m done with my 1st book for this challenge:

The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
2 stars from me."

woohoo we are on the board...

I hope those frozen mango smoothie cannonballs are laced with slices of real fruit - a little more bang for the buck.

lol...nuts...good one...

maybe we should be prepared for a visit from Steven and the Mangoettes

Rhonda how do i post a pic?

Omg - took me 90 minutes yesterday. First - don't follow the instructions here under (some html is ok). You'll need to upload your photo to photobucket. Then refresh the photobucket page - double check your pic is there. On the right of the screen it lists web addresses for your picture. Click in the one that says html and it will copy the link. Then, simply paste that link in the comment box and hit post!

How about this as our wheels?

rofl! that's great...for some reason I pictured a Harley Davidson. I shouldn't stereotype :-(

i looked up fastest motorcycle and this is made by Dodge...its a prototype and goes from 0 to 100 in 2.3 secs...

Id really need to wear Depends if I rode that!!!

My vote is Yes! I think I found a better pic of it though, without the background stuff.

Cool lets see

your pic looks sportier though! Especially when I can see them all on one page. If it ain't broke - don't fix it....your's is the best.

Zina wrote: "Last round i was on Stephens team. So i vote for launching frozen mango smoothie canon balls at their fortress."

Ah but while you all have been writing, reading and laughing over Methods of Victory, we on the Mango team have been adding completed books to our team's shelf. At last count, we have eight books done :)

Why does everyone want to attack SteVen??? :(

We should be teaming up against the BLUE ALLIANCE that has formed between all the Blue teams!!!

Zina, I'll be re-reading Dead Until Dark soon (as I read it four or five years ago and then didn't read any more of them) and I'm watching season one of True Blood right now!

Good luck LJB team.

Steven wrote: "Why does everyone want to attack SteVen??? :(

We should be teaming up against the BLUE ALLIANCE that has formed between all the Blue teams!!!

Zina, I'll be re-reading Dead Until Dark soon (as I r..."

Steven...I am all for an alliance against the Blue....
power in numbers ....

Barb wrote: "Zina wrote: "Last round i was on Stephens team. So i vote for launching frozen mango smoothie canon balls at their fortress."

Ah but while you all have been writing, reading and laughing over Met..."

I noticed that barb...you guys rock on...I still have two weeks of overtime to contend with and then Im a mean Leather Jacket Black reading ....machine

Not quite sure how alliances work really. Not like we can bolster each other's reading. But we can be encouraging!!! ;)

❀ Oo ❀ wrote: "Okay, a proper question this time:

I'm just making 100 % sure, but I sign up with the same shelf that I used for the Round I challenge?

Thanks."

@Oo - Yes, you will use the same shelf and please post the name of that shelf so I can add it to the list for checking totals!

Attention Leather Jacket Black Team Members

We're in the process of setting up our team. If you would please message me or post the name of the shelf you've assigned to the Tower Teams Reading Challenge Round II, we will begin our tally.

Thanks!

I have shelf names for Karen, Lara, Zina, Madilynn,and Ozana.

Wait, YOU lose and WE have to read a book you hate????

❀ Oo ❀ wrote: "How about this - regardless of whether or not my Captains approve of a treaty and alliance, since Mango Tango has registered 8 books read,,in what 2 days, I challenge myself to read 8 books by next week Sunday. Including today, that's 8 books in 7 days. If I succeed, then I shall hereby be dubbed the Ooster . If I lose, you have to read one of my least favourite books of all time The Legend of Sleepy Hollow . Take note, it's short and you could very possible enjoy it?

Interested ?

Remember, it's little old me, little ole loud mouth, one lone goal against a team? You game ?"

LOL If you lose, what 'deadline' did you have in mind for reading Sleepy Hollow? I wouldn't be able to read it until June, at the earliest, due to another challenge that I'm in :)

CAPTAINS/CO-CAPTAINS Please read!

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Lára IS

You are NOT accepting messages, so I'm posting here. You are signed-up for both Leather Jacket Black - right! - and B'dazzled Blue; your view books screen - oops! Please removed yourself from that second challenge. Thanks!

To have a member leave a challenge they should:

• click on "update my status" - which will provide a dropdown box

• then click on leave challenge (red arrow)

Yay Oo! Go Oo!

Well I'll be finishing a book this morning and then have a 500+page one I need to decide whether to continue with or not
The Diviners
Anyone read it? It is so popular and I am just STRUGGLING with it even though I'm almost half way now...

Never heard of it.

I just noticed the current goal for our team is 666 books... lol!

Karen wrote: "Well I'll be finishing a book this morning and then have a 500+page one I need to decide whether to continue with or not
The Diviners
Anyone read it? It is so popul..."

I haven't heard of it either Karen, but my motto is if you're not liking it, let it go. There are just too many books out there. Then again, if you stick it out, you might be rewarded with a great read after all. Life's a gamble...~sigh~

Karen

I started reading The Diviners about a month or so ago. I just couldn't get into it. Maybe it wasn't the time for me to read it. Sometimes I feel that books chose us to read them because they have a message for us to understand. Anyway I just couldn't read it might pick it up again in a few months.

I agree Rhonda, I usually do just ditch a book if I can't get into it, because it is so popular I keep thinking maybe if I just get a little further.... lol
Thanks Zina, nice to know I'm not an island. I may give it a bit more today and move on if its still not getting there for me. :D