NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion

Once we hash out the details of our August Challenge over here, we will use this thread to report books that you've finished so I can add them to the list of completed books!

Categories borrowed from Team Moonstone's September Challenge. Thanks Moonstone! :D

1. Back to School Shopping - Read any book with shoes on the cover. For verification, you will need to post cover.

2. Day at the Beach - Read any book that has a beach scene or beach related items on the cover (sand bucket, beach umbrella, etc.) For verification, you will need to post cover.

3. Series, Series, Series - Read a book in a series you have already started. It cannot be a first in the series (although there should be record on your read shelf that you read others in the series.)

4. Summer Vacation - Read a book set in another country than your own. For verification, you will need to provide what country you currently live in and if not stated on GR, will need to say where the book took place.

5. What I Did On My Summer Vacation - Read a book that you are reading for another challenge (other than the Tower Team challenge.) For verification, you must state the name of the challenge. It does not need to be a NBRC challenge although that is preferred.

6. Recommendation Please - Read a book that was recommended to you. For verification, state who recommended the book. This does not need to be someone within GR or on your team but can be family members, librarians, etc.

7. Do You Know Your Team Members? - Read a book that another team member has rated 4 stars and above. This book can be read any time and does not need to be within the Tower Team challenge. For verification, state the team member, their read date and their rating.

8. Genres, Genres, Genres - Read 9 books from 9 different genres. The list includes: Romance, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Crime, Historical, Fantasy, Young Adult, Chick-Lit, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Non-Fiction, New Adult, Erotica, GLBT. The genre must show up on the book's main page.

9. They're My Favorite - Read a book by your favorite author.

10. New to Me - Read a book written by a new-to-you author.

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Are we supposed to update here? Or is this thread only for B. Banana's notes?

Here is my list:

1. Back to School Shopping

2. Day at the Beach

3. Series, Series, Series

The Last Olympian (8/9), The Battle of the Labyrinth (8/8), Of Triton (8/7)

4. Summer Vacation (I live in the US)
Anna and the French Kiss (8/12, France), On Dublin Street (8/6, Scotland)

5. What I Did On My Summer Vacation

6. Recommendation Please

7. Do You Know Your Team Members?

8. Genres, Genres, Genres
Twisted Perfection (8/2, Romance)

9. They're My Favorite

10. New to Me
The Silver Linings Playbook (8/14), Fifty Shames of Earl Grey (8/13), Crazy Rich Asians (8/6)

Summer Vacation - The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne by Madeline Hunter (England - I live in the US)

Genres, Genres, Genres - Something About You by Julie James (Chick Lit), Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson (Erotica), The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Young Adult)

They're My Favorite - Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr

New to Me - Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill and A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare

Christina wrote: "Are we supposed to update here? Or is this thread only for B. Banana's notes?"

Here is perfect!

My one request is that after the initial postings of books you've read up until now that everyone posts a new post here when they finish additional books instead of adding it to the posts above. It's easier for me to keep track of it that way since I don't have to keep digging through longer posts for updates. :)

I'm going to work on getting a spreadsheet together. I have a busy weekend coming up starting tomorrow though, so I may not have it together until Monday.

Finished

This fits the Day at the Beach, Genre - Women's Fiction and New to Me categories.

Finished

Fits Back to School Shopping and New to Me categories

Finished 8/19 - Lips Touch Three Times
Genres: Fantasy/Young Adult/Romance

I noticed that Silver Linings Playbook didn't make it into the August challenge spreadsheet. It would fit New to Me and Genres: Romance.

I don't know if this matters, but I mistakenly said that On Dublin Street was set in Ireland. It should be Scotland.

Finished

Fits Series, Genres-Romance and Genres-New Adult categories

Ok I'm new here so I'm not sure I understand exactly the details of this challenge. I'll just write books I finished in August that go into one of the categories.

5 books so far...
1. Back to School Shopping - Does a shoe print count?

2. Day at the Beach

3. Series, Series, Series

4. Summer Vacation
I'm in France.
Durable Goods (Aug 07) - Set in the US.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Aug 27) - Set in the UK

5. What I Did On My Summer Vacation
The Selection (Aug 19) - Goodreads Choice Award Challenge

6. Recommendation Please
Boot Camp (Aug 21) - recommanded by Robin from GR.

7. Do You Know Your Team Members?

8. Genres, Genres, Genres
- Romance : Selection, Out of the easy, The 5th Wave, Uglies, Legend
- Mystery : Out of the easy, Legend, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Thriller : Out of the Easy, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Historical : Out of the easy
- Fantasy : Selection, Uglies, The 5th Wave, Legend
- YA : Selection, Uglies, The 5th Wave, Legend, Durable goods, Boot Camp, Out of the easy
- Chick lit : Durable goods
- Women's fiction : Durable goods
- SF : Selection, Uglies, The 5th Wave, Legend

9. They're My Favorite
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys (Aug 16).

10. New to Me
The 5th Wave (Aug 10), Uglies (Aug 03), Boot Camp (Aug 21), Legend (Aug 25).

Added everything through here to the spreadsheet. Hope I didn't miss anything this time! haha

We're at 27 books read and because of some new members our challenge goal is now 32. Definitely doable!

Vanessa wrote: "Ok I'm new here so I'm not sure I understand exactly the details of this challenge. I'll just write books I finished in August that go into one of the categories."

That's perfect, Vanessa. I've added the list of categories at the top of this thread for easy reference.

We just read books that fit the different categories and when we complete the challenge we will get Book Advantage Points (BAP) for the challenge!

I finished Boot Camp (Aug 21) yesterday...

Finished
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi.

Fits categories Genres (Young Adult/Romance/Fantasy/Science Fiction) and New to Me.

7. Do You Know Your Team Mates?
Divergent - Vanessa

8. Genre:
Mystery - Reconstructing Amelia
Young Adult / Science Fiction Divergent

10. New To Me:
Reconstructing Ameliaby Kimberly McCreight.
Divergent by Veronica Roth.

Vanessa wrote: "I finished Boot Camp (Aug 21) yesterday..."

I forgot to answer about the footprint. I don't think it's going to work for shoe - does it qualify for any other categories for you? New to your author, maybe?



Added through here.

We are at 36/37 due to new members. We're almost done! Going to give it a few days before submitting in case we get new members. :)

Finished
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

- Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
- New to Me

I just finished Private Games it fits in:
Genre / mystery
Series: private series by James Patterson (3rd book)
Summer Vacation: set in England (London) I am in the US.

I finished . It fits "New to me". I will update my recap (message 12) for genres. :)

Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Genres: Romance
New to Me


Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson
Genres: Romance
New to Me

Genre: Mystery and thriller
Summer vacation

I just finished:
Unsaid by Neil Abramson which fits New to Me.
Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres which fits New To Me / Genre: Non-Fiction

Also previously:
Reconstructing Amelia fits Recommended to me, as it was by a close friend.

Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren

Series, Series, Series: #2
Genres: Romance

We are up to 40 books out of our goal of 37, woo hoo! I've submitted our books to the mods for approval, but I don't foresee any issues. Great job everyone! :D

If you haven't already, hop over to the September Mod Challenge discussion thread to get information on next month's Challenge!