Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Mentor: ❀Tea❀

• Joanne (Captain)
• Diane L (Co-Captain)
• V Audio Nerd (Co-Captain)
• Tory
• Filipa
• Amanda A
• Teresa
• A Bookworm Reading
• Silje Knarvik
• Mollie
• Storm
• Lily
• Anna



Status Spreadsheet
Odin Spreadsheet
Odin BOOKS READ

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The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology

Little fun for Norse teams

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How to play
There are 9 worlds to choose from.
◈ Each team member that completes a task in world receives 5 points for their team
◈ Team members can complete a task more than once
◈ Any team that completes all tasks in all worlds receives a bonus 10 points
◈ Books read from start of TT till December 15th can be used
◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for Tower Teams
◈ Book can be used only for one task
◈ The usual book length rules apply: Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com
◈ There will be a spreadsheet for the Captains to update and track the teams points
◈ This is challenge just for fun and does not have any connection with points to Tower Teams. Nobody has to feel obligated to participate.

What you win
Bragging rights ☺

Asgard - home of the gods and goddesses. In the middle of the world, high up in the sky is Asgard. Connected to other worlds with Bifrost (Rainbow Bridge). Part of Asgard is reserved for Valhalla, place where worthy Vikings 'go' for the afterlife.
- Read a book with gods and/or godesses
- Read a book with plenty of sky on the cover
- Read a book featuring vikings
- Read a book with rainbow on the cover
- Read book where all letters of VALHALLA can be found in title, author and/or series (all 3 can be used)

Vanaheim - home of old gods - masters of magic and sorcery and predicting the future. Nobody knows where exactly the land is located, or even how it looks like. According to some versions of Norse cosmology it seems to be poised between the heavens and the earth.
- Read book tagged as magic
- Read a book where main character is wizard/witch
- Read a book set anywhere on Earth
- Read a book with something/someone in between (eg. between jobs, looking new place to live, 'third' in relationship,...)
- Read a book where someone can predict future (eg. visions, tarot, tea leaves,...)

Alfheim - home of the Light Elves set near Asgard in the heaven. The light elves are beautiful creatures. They are considered the "guardian angels" and are minor gods nature and fertility and inspiration to art or music.
- Read a book with light cover
- Read book featuring elves
- Read book with beautiful cover
- Read book mentioning 'guardian angel'
- Read book where main character is artist (any kind)

Midgard - home of the Humans also known as middle earth. Connected to Asgard with Rainbow Bridge. Around Migdard is impassable ocean where huge sea serpent (aka Midgard Serpent) lives.
- Read book set in New Zealand
- Read book tagged as LGBT
- Read book with big body of water on cover
- Read book with snake/serpent in it (can be real, toy, tatoo,... but it needs to be part of the book not just mentioned. eg. someone holding toy works, but someone mentioning they saw toy in shop, won't)
- Read a book where someone bites

Jotunheim - home of the Giants consist mostly of rocks, wilderness and dense forests, so the giants lives from the fish in the rivers, and the animals in the forest, because there is no fertile land. The whole world was created from the corpse of the first Giant. Jotunheim is separated from Asgard by the river, which never freezes over. It lies in the snowy regions on the outermost shores of the ocean.
- Read a book with title starting with G (a, an the can be excluded)
- Read book with exterior on the cover
- Read book where someone hunts and/or fishes
- Read a book set on the farm/ranch
- Read a book where someone comes back to life
- Read a book with snow on cover

Svartalfheim - home of the Dark Elves. They hate sun so they live in the murky underground. They are hideous and can be of a great pain in the neck to the humans many describe them as being extreme annoying. The dark elves are nothing but trouble. Many Norse thought that dark elves were also responsible for nightmares. The dark elves can not be exposed to the sun, if the sun’s beams of light reached them they would instantly turn into stones.
- Read a book with dark cover
- Read a book with troublemaker
- Read a book where someone has nightmare
- Read a book with sun on cover
- Read a book that was annoying to you

Nidavellir - home of the Dwarves and means Dark Fields. Dwarves live under the rocks, in caves and underground. The dwarves are masters of craftsmanship.
- Read a book where author has initial D or F (or both)
- Read book set in underground (partly is enough)
- Read book with craftsman
- Read book with less than 200 pages

Niflheim - World of Fog and Mist also known as "Mist home". That part is darkest and coldest region in the world set in northern parts. In the lands of Niflheim there is located the eldest of the three wells (Hvergelmir) that is protected by the huge dragon. It is said that all cold rivers come from Hvergelmir and that it's actually origin of all living and the place where every living will go back (part of Niflheim is Helheim - home of the dead).
- Read book with weather word in title or series (fog, mist, rain, sun,...)
- Read book set in cold place
- Read book with dragon
- Read book written by author from northern hemisphere
- Read first or last book in series

Muspelheim - land of Fire. It was created far to the south of the world. Muspelheim is a burning hot place, filled with lava, flames, sparks and soot. It is the home the of fire giants, fire demons that will fight against gods in Ragnarok and turn Asgard into a flaming inferno.
- Read hot book (interpret it at will ☺)
- Read book set in southern hemisphere
- Read book tagged as war
- Read book with fire on cover, title or series name
- Read book with demons (hide spoiler)]

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For reading books 
Books between 100 and 160 pages (100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum) = 5 points
Books between 161 pages and 350 pages = 20 points
Books between 351 and 500 pages = 40 points
Books between 501 and 650 pages = 60 points
Books between 651 and 800 pages = 80 points
Books between 801 and 900 pages = 100 points
Books over 901 pages = 130 points 

For BOM (Book of the Month) discussions 
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points
NOTE: We 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

Team Shelves


• Joanne (Captain) Shelf
• Diane L (Co-Captain) Shelf
• V Audio Nerd (Co-Captain) Shelf
• Tory Shelf
• Filipa Shelf
• Amanda A Shelf
• Teresa Shelf
• A Bookworm Reading - Shelf
• Silje Shelf
• Mollie Shelf
• Storm Shelf
• Anna Shelf
• Lily Shelf

TEAM GOALS

Goal Spreadsheet

For completing goals 
For each book read That completes an open goal = 5 points

TEAM ODIN POINTS - 4th place today

Joanne 1290
Diane 1525
VAudioNerd 1675
Tory 220
Filipa 710
Amanda 2170
Teresa 475
ABookwormReading 440
Silje 975
Mollie 550
Storm 200
Anna 5970
Lily 160

Total Points 16360

Updated 11 Jan

res

reserved these spots but will delete some when the other captains / Co captains check in.

Will post rule etc.

Hi everyone *waves*

Yay Joanne!
I didn't think I knew anyone on this team lol we've swapped roles haha

I'm pretty sure I was supposed to be on this team. Joanne said so! :P

:○)

Hello team

As your mentor, I'm here to help out if needed (if I'm not too busy making mischief with rest of Loki :P)

Hope you'll have fun and read some great books ☺

Hi Tea fancy seeing you here lol

I know. You're stuck with me for next few months :P

Haha great stuff, should be fun then ;○)

Nichole wrote: "I'm pretty sure I was supposed to be on this team. Joanne said so! :P"

Awwwww, well, next time, ask the gods, I mean, mods. Maybe they'll grant a boon. Maybe.

:D

Hello everyone! I haven't done a Tower Teams since the first one but missed it.

Hi team (and Tea)! :) It's my first time playing, but I'm really looking forward to this challenge.

Hi everyone! So excited that we have teams now!

Not too many familiar faces for me but I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone. I'm going to send everyone a friend request so I can more easily look at all your shelves if need be.

Thanks V for taking care of reserving a few spaces at the top. I had to work late and then go vote (federal election today here in Canada) so it's 7:30 and I'm just getting online for the first time today.

Just wanted to say this is my first time captain-ing a big team challenge like this and also my first Tower-team challenge so feel free to give me tips or suggestions on how to manage the game.

Here is my shelf.

Link to spreadsheet with goal possibilities. I did play the Gladiator Games so I am familiar with this aspect of the game.

Hi everyone! Looking forward to another round of Tower Teams.

Here is my tt4 shelf.

Hello fellow teammates. This is my first time participating, so keep me pointed in the right direction as I learn the ropes.

My shelf for the challenge can be viewed here.

Whoop we are all piling in now lol.

I'll put everyone's shelf links above for you Joanne.

We should be able to muddle though together easily, I was captain for the last Tower team but I didn't do it this time because of the igloo, as I thought it would probably be too much lol

Amanda A wrote: "Hi everyone! Looking forward to another round of Tower Teams.

Here is my tt4 shelf."

Amanda A i couldn't add your shelf yet as your profile is private ;o)

Oh good, I'm glad to hear you've been a captain for this challenge before. I honestly don't know what I was thinking, should have started out volunteering as co-captain.

I've just been finding lately on big challenges that when I'm a regular team member I wish I were more involved in the spreadsheet part and organization portion of the challenges so though I would jump right in. We'll see how it goes.

I also know there are some real spreadsheet wizards in this group who make some crazy ones up for these challenges which takes a lot of pressure off. I can use one no problem but planning and making one is a different story.

We should probably all get to know each other a bit, seeing as we'll be spending the next couple of months together.

Where do you live? What time zone?

What type of work/school do you do/what do you do in your spare time (besides reading)

What is the last really great book you read?

What are you reading right now?

Anything else you want to tell us about yourself!

I hate to leave this questions and run but I have to get to work so I'll answer them when I get home.

Me too lol i'm sneaking on at work Shhhh!

It's pretty rare for me to be able to get on at work (so I am very jealous) and usually if I can sneak in a bit of computer time I use it to open up my library ebook on overdrive or scribd.

I'm from the Pacific Northwest, so Pacific Time Zone. Spare time? Do I have any? Seems like my darling child, teen now, but still fills my spare time with things. My current work deals with medical claims, prior I did civil engineering, land use planning and land surveying related work.

Last greatest book, isn't that like asking a parent with multiple children to pick their favorite? Some recent favorites that surprised me, The Girl with All the Gifts, Eugénie Grandet andThe Man Who Lost Himself. Reading right now, umm, easy to many unfinished projects as a peek at my currently reading shelf will reveal. So I'll just list, Heir of Fire, The Castle of Otranto and A Hero of Our Time.

Time to start work...

Where do you live? What time zone?
Omaha, Nebraska is US Central time

What type of work/school do you do/what do you do in your spare time (besides reading)
Retired from commercial work - full-time grandma, literally. I share a house with my son's family so I have 2 granddaughters under 3 here all day. I also crochet, cross stitch, knit and do large jigsaw puzzles. I'm working on a 9000 piece puzzle right now.

What is the last really great book you read?
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field, a Newbery winner from the 1920s.

What are you reading right now?
White Plague by James Abel and The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

My challenge shelf is called tower-teams-iv and is here

I'm jealous, a 9000 piece puzzle. My daughter and I haven't done a puzzle in a long time, but we enjoy doing them.

[edited for those obnoxious typo's on mobile devices]

I'm from Portugal, so my timezone is GMT.

The last great book(s) I read were Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness and Traitor's Moon. I'm really loving this series. Also Rattlesnake, which was surprising since I'm not usually a big fan of anything with a western feel, but this was amazing.

Right now I'm reading Guardian.

My shelf is here: tower-teams-iv

A Bookworm Reading wrote: "I'm from the Pacific Northwest, so Pacific Time Zone. Spare time? Do I have any? Seems like my darling child, teen now, but still fills my spare time with things. My current work deals with medical..."

I loved The Girl with All the Gifts. I listened to it on audio and really enjoyed it.

I added Throne of Glass to my to-read list after playing the Gladiator Games and everyone kept talking about them. Haven't started reading it yet though.

Diane L wrote: "Where do you live? What time zone?
Omaha, Nebraska is US Central time

What type of work/school do you do/what do you do in your spare time (besides reading)
Retired from commercial work - full-tim..."

2 granddaughters will definitely keep you busy, especially at that age!

I'm amazed at even hearing there exists such a thing as a 9000 piece puzzle. I like the idea of doing puzzles but in reality I mostly like them when I'm near the end and everything is coming together.

Shelf

Hi all! I'm in Michigan, the Eastern timezone. I work in a bakery where I mostly deliver wedding cakes. I enjoy gardening and traveling.

There are two books I've recently finished that were fantastic: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and The Martian (though it took me forever to get through the latter).

Now I'm reading The Maze Runner and Smart But Stuck: Emotions in Teens and Adults with ADHD

Filipa wrote: "I'm from Portugal, so my timezone is GMT.

The last great book(s) I read were Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness and Traitor's Moon. I'm really loving thi..."

So many people around here read M/M romance. One of these days I'm going to have to give it a try. I don't even know where to start though.

A Bookworm Reading wrote: "I'm from the Pacific Northwest, so Pacific Time Zone. Spare time? Do I have any? Seems like my darling child, teen now, but still fills my spare time with things. My current work deals with medical..."

Should we call you "A bookworm reading" or do you have a nickname or name I could use? It feels a bit awkward to me to use when writing to you, lol.

Where do you live? What time zone?

I live in Winnipeg (Canada), central time (UTC-06:00)

What type of work/school do you do/what do you do in your spare time (besides reading)

I work in a Transfusion Medicine lab doing patient testing for people who need blood transfusions. I don't really have any hobbies besides reading, watching Netflix and cuddling my two kitties.

What is the last really great book you read?

The last 2 books that got 5 stars from me were Seabiscuit: An American Legend and Station Eleven

What are you reading right now?

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Dreams of Gods & Monsters and Just One Day

Tory wrote: "Shelf

Hi all! I'm in Michigan, the Eastern timezone. I work in a bakery where I mostly deliver wedding cakes. I enjoy gardening and traveling.

There are two books I've recently finished that were..."

Oooh I forgot about gardening. I've been in my house for a year now so this summer I tried my hand at planting some vegetables. It went better than I expected and I liked it quite a bit.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and The Martian were both such good reads!

Tory wrote: "Shelf

Hi all! I'm in Michigan, the Eastern timezone. I work in a bakery where I mostly deliver wedding cakes. I enjoy gardening and traveling.

There are two books I've recently finished that were fantastic: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and The Martian (though it took me forever to get through the latter)."

My husband loved World War Z. I've read The Maze Runner and thought it was the best book in the trilogy.

Joanne wrote: "What are you reading right now?

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies,"

This is one of my top five all-time favorite books. I find myself referring back to what I learned in it when I read other science and history books.

Diane L wrote: "Joanne wrote: "What are you reading right now?

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies,"

This is one of my top five all-time favorite books. I find myself referring back to what I le..."

I'm really enjoying it. I gave it to my father-in-law for Xmas last year and he talked about it for months.

Joanne wrote: "I loved The Girl with All the Gifts. I listened to it on audio and really enjoyed it.

I added Throne of Glass to my to-read list after playing the Gladiator Games and everyone kept talking about them. Haven't started reading it yet though."

I was leery of The Girl with All the Gifts before I started because I knew enough to know it contained (view spoiler)[zombies (hide spoiler)] and that is outside my normal interest. However I was really drawn into the story.

While Throne of Glass was a descent book I felt book two, Crown of Midnight was a much stronger book and moved along with a bunch more excitement. I have barely gotten into book three, so can't comment here yet.

Joanne wrote: "Should we call you "A bookworm reading" or do you have a nickname or name I could use? It feels a bit awkward to me to use when writing to you, lol."

In one of my other group I'm usually referred to as BR, or sometimes Bookworm R. I just added (Plethora) to my user name, that is my blog name, so you can call me that if you'd like.

Joanne wrote: "I work in a Transfusion Medicine lab doing patient testing for people who need blood transfusions .... Station Eleven..."

That sounds like fun, in the research type of way. Probably hard knowing the story behind the needs for the transfusions. I get that "sad" feeling while working medical claims and seeing NICU baby claims come across and things of that nature.

Station Eleven, I've been trying to get to this book for months now.