Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Yeah Team U (or X) We'll pick a new name soon enough!

I'm Kate, I'm working right now, but I will send out friend requests and secret group invites this evening (about 7 hours from now).

Hi Team U/X! I'm Tea, I live in Europe (so I'll probably be asleep when you send those invites ☺).

Do you want name ideas here or in a secret group? My inner geek is working full speed coming up with ships from books/movies. :P

I think name ideas can go here. Nothing too secret or private about those. Bring on the suggestions!

OK, here it goes...

Ulysses
The Black Pearl -> I think it's already taken
The Black Hawk
Black Wind
Voyager
Enterprise
Argo
Sirius
The Dawn Treader
Poseidon
Titanic
Nautilus
Yellow Submarine
The Whale
Ghost
Black Swan
Flying Dutchman

Yes, The Black Pearl is already taken.

There is also an HMS Unrivalled in a series by Alexander Kent.

Friend requests sent. As everyone accepts, I will send invites to the secret group. Some things will be easier to set up when I am at my home computer, but I wanted to get the ball rolling!

Need help with anything? ☺

Team photo/masthead ideas would be great!

Kate S wrote: "Team photo/masthead ideas would be great!"

I'll see what I can do. ☺

I've uploaded some images into group.

I like first one as masthead. Some will probably need cropping. Potholes are group photo. I can't put them as masthead/group photo.

Perfect. Thanks Tea!

❀Tea❀ wrote: "I've uploaded some images into group.

I like first one as masthead. Some will probably need cropping. Potholes are group photo. I can't put them as masthead/group photo."

Yeah, I will work on them tonight. There are some great choices there, though. Thank you again.

I read The Ship of Brides last year and the ship was called HMS Victoria. Based on a true story.

Or we could be a U-boat, because we are the u team. That's a german submarine from WW2, but then we might be the "bad guys", but everyone will be scared of us!

Wikipedia is always good for ideas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
I liked:
African Queen from The African Queen
Jolly Rodger from Peter Pan
Salty Wench from A Game of Thrones
I went cross eyed before I got to the end of the list.

Tea, I'm glad you crossed out Titanic - we don't want to sink. I like Ulysses because of the U, or the Dawn Treader.

I'm happy with any name though.

Hi, Lisa reporting in..(salutes).

Not sure I get all the rules, but looking forward to being an enthusiastic player.

Renee wrote: "I read The Ship of Brides last year and the ship was called HMS Victoria. Based on a true story.

Or we could be a U-boat, because we are the u team. That's a german submarine from W..."

Thanks for the suggestions, Renee! I am not sure I mind being the bad guys scaring all the other teams in this particular challenge...

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Hi, Lisa reporting in..(salutes).

Not sure I get all the rules, but looking forward to being an enthusiastic player."

Welcome, Lisa! I am thinking we will figure it all out as we go along!

❀Tea❀ wrote: "OK, here it goes...

Ulysses
The Black Pearl -> I think it's already taken
The Black Hawk
Black Wind
Voyager
Enterprise
Argo
Sirius
The Dawn Treader
Poseidon
Titanic
Nautilus
Yellow Submarine
The W..."

Ohh, I like Nautilus!

(I'm a big Jules Verne fan and I just started re-reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)

Nautilus sounds like Naughty Lass, still a bad girl name, a play on words and a ship from a book. Any other favourite votes?

Renee wrote: "Nautilus sounds like Naughty Lass, still a bad girl name, a play on words and a ship from a book. Any other favourite votes?"

That sounds great. ☺

I am also a fan of the Nautilus. We still have one more member to join, but if everyone else is on board with Nautilus for our team name, we can submit it and move forward with our challenge.

If someone does not like this name, please step forward and let us know! :)

I like the team name Nautilus.

Steph wrote: "I like the team name Nautilus."

Fantastic!

We are still waiting on one member to check in, but then we will get our card! Hope everyone is getting excited.

I am very excited! i cant wait to start!

This part of challenges I hate the most. Waiting for challenge to start. Especially if I'm ready to pick new book.
Can we start? Please! ☺

❀Tea❀ wrote: "This part of challenges I hate the most. Waiting for challenge to start. Especially if I'm ready to pick new book.
Can we start? Please! ☺"

I agree. I want to start now!

Cool name.

So, do we like Team Nautilus or do we want to be the Lasses of Nautilus? Or something else "of ship Nautilus"?

Nautilus is fine with me. We can read it as Naughty Lass :P

Here, you'll need when you name our ship.

Hi. Sorry for being late checking in, but had checked on main page that this was okay. I have just arrived home from a 4 day canoetrip and it is 3.20am here in Denmark.

I will return later today after a bit of sleep.

Hi Jane. Glad you made it. Great to see we team up again.

Jane wrote: "Hi. Sorry for being late checking in, but had checked on main page that this was okay. I have just arrived home from a 4 day canoetrip and it is 3.20am here in Denmark.

I will return later today a..."

Jane! We're glad to have you. Get some sleep and I will send you the invite to our secret group when you are up again! :)

Yay we have a full team. Glad you didn't miss out Jane.

Hi jane. Glad you made it!