Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

FLIDAIS




Mentor: Amanda

• Amanda (Captain)
• Laura (Co-captain)
• Margaret
• Joanne
• Alex
• Amy
• Lucy Luu
• James Townsend
• Jex
• Nichole
• shaylee
• Jennifer
• Victoria
• Melanie
• BJ
• Brianna
• Colleen


Status Spreadsheet
Flidais Spreadsheet
Flidais BOOKS READ

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Tower Teams IV Rules At A Glance

✤ Challenge starts November 7th, 2015 Lisbon, Portugal time. Books must be started on or after this date to count toward the challenge. Countdown Clock

✤ Books must be more than 100 pages(or 25,000 words) to count. No graphic novels or picture books.

✤ Re-reads are allowed as long as it's been 6 months since you've read the book.

✤ Book Page Points:
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 current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points (to write a day's worth of discussion questions(DQ's), you must volunteer in the BOM thread at least 3 days before the start of the BOM.)
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points (to discuss a book of the month you must comment in the official BOM thread. Answering DQ's is not necessary as long as you have a meaningful discussion

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

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Team Member's Shelves

Amanda's Shelf

Laura's Shelf

Margaret's Shelf

Nichole's Shelf

Alex's Shelf

Joanne's Shelf

Amy's Shelf

Jim's Shelf

Jex's Shelf

Lucy's Shelf

Jennifer's Shelf

Victoria's Shelf

Melanie's Shelf

Brianna's Shelf

Colleen's Shelf



Countdown to start of challenge is HERE!!

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Oh boy, am I excited! And....we have our unofficial The Walking Dead discussion group on the same team. :D I know only two of you (Amanda and Laura) and am looking forward to getting to know the rest of the team.

Margaret wrote: "Oh boy, am I excited! And....we have our unofficial The Walking Dead discussion group on the same team. :D I know only two of you (Amanda and Laura) and am looking forward to getting to know the re..."

I know isn't it awesome?? Happy to be on the same team again Margaret! (I didn't get to watch last night's TWD episode yet... hopefully tonight or tomorrow night)

It was more a "wondering" or a "pondering" if Amanda and I would end up on the same team again rather than a request but I 'm quite happy that Sonia took it that way!

Hey team! I am so excited to start! And here I thought I was going to give team challenges a break for a while. ;) Yeah, right.

I only know a few of you (hi Mom!) so shall we introduce ourselves?

I'm from California and I read pretty much anything that I come across, though my favorite genre is and always will be fantasy. My favorite authors are Terry Pratchett, Patrick Rothfuss, Joe Abercrombie, Richard K. Morgan, and J.R.R. Tolkien. I don't have room to list all of my favorites but those deserve a special mention.

In my free time I knit, spin, write, and I'm also learning to paint.

Hey Everyone!
Alex I remember you from Wheel!

I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada. I love to read and will read almost anything! Mystery, YA and historical fiction tend to be my favorite genres! One of my favorite books this year so far is

If I 'm not reading or taxiing my children around then I love to bowl, hike and bake!

Hey guys my name is Alex and I am from South Carolina. While I do not watch TWD I may have to DVR it just to be able to keep up with the thread. My favorite literary genres are Fantasy, Action, Horror, and History. I am systematically attempting to read all of the books in my local library, even if I realize this is a project I may never finish. It forces me to read some books I would have never touched previously (like Westerns). I refuse to read chick lit or anything with an embarrassing cover.

The absolute worst thing about me is that I have never read Lord of the Rings.

Hi Team!

I live in Oklahoma. I'm also a huge TWD fan but I haven't seen any of the new episodes yet. My husband is torturing me because He wants to wait until we can watch a few at a time.... we'll see how long that lasts. I did just pick up the first 2 compendiums of the graphic novels to keep me entertained for the moment.

My favorite Genres are Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Fantasy and Romance of all kinds. Some Historical Fiction thrown in too. I wavered back and forth with signing up because of the Holidays. They don't mesh well with all the reading I like to do, lol. My husband has also roped me into starting my WoW game back up but that never lasts long! Thank God for Audios :)

LOL! I think one of the worst covers I've seen is . I'm not even sure where I first saw that but yeah...

Yes that is a cover that would make me skip the book.....and thankfully because it is paranormal chick lit ugh

Nichole wrote: "Hi Team!

I live in Oklahoma. I'm also a huge TWD fan but I haven't seen any of the new episodes yet. My husband is torturing me because He wants to wait until we can watch a few at a time.... we'..."

ohh another TWD fan!! Yeah!
Netflix is awesome for binge watching Nichole! I prefer to watch that way rather than tune in each week!

Nichole wrote: "LOL! I think one of the worst covers I've seen is . I'm not even sure where I first saw that but yeah..."

What on earth is THAT?!

Oh yeah, you're the TWD fans.

*runs to warn Eni to check this thread*

my shelf

If everyone else could post links to their shelf that would be appreciated!

Here's mine! tt-iv

*MY~!* shelf

Here's mine:
Tower Teams shelf

Amanda wrote: "Here's mine:
Tower Teams shelf"

Amanda, do you want me to use one of my spots and link up the shelves?

Laura wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Here's mine:
Tower Teams shelf"

Amanda, do you want me to use one of my spots and link up the shelves?"

Sure, go ahead. :)

As soon as I'm done figuring some things out with my Celtic teams I'll make a quick "rules at a glance" to put in one of the top posts.

Hello team! I am an artist from No. California and yes, Amanda's mother. We have a lot in common and it is really fun being on the same team. I think half of our time we spend together we are talking about books and now that she is learning to paint, we have another common subject to discuss. Life is good. :D

I agree with you Alex, I will not touch a book with an embarrassing cover. I will read chick-lit but it has to have depth and good character development. They are hard to find and I am always looking. My favorite genres are hard to pin down because I look for the content and depth first and then the genre, sometimes I am all over the place. I have recently discovered Sci-Fi. I have a varied range of reading interests and I positivity know what I don't like and one of them is anything to do with vampires, nope!

I have no idea why I love The Walking Dead but I do and I am a big fan of the show. I guess I am a walking contradiction. My favorite book of the year has been: and the most interesting has been:

I love to discuss books and life and whatever you all want to talk about. I can get quite gabby. What is the official start date for this challenge?

Countdown to challenge start is HERE!!

18 days! I am ready right now! lol....I'll work on being patient and lining up books from my very, very long tbr list.

Margaret wrote: "18 days! I am ready right now! lol....I'll work on being patient and lining up books from my very, very long tbr list."

Seems so far away! Though I am sure it will fly by. I thought this past week flew by! Tomorrow is my favorite day of the week rolling around again!! I love Tuesday's as it is my bowling league night.

What are you reading now Margaret? What is everyone else reading? ( ha sorry, everyone, I will not only add to my own tbr but I 'll make yours grow too!!I often ask what everyone is reading. You may find something you like!)
I am currently reading Lee Child's newest Jack Reacher book and Craig Johnson's newest Longmire book

I'm listening to and reading .

My next audio (tomorrow?) will be and next ebook will be .

I keep trying to talk my husband into reading The Longmire series because he loves the show but he's currently going through The Game of Thrones series. Maybe after that, we'll see.

Is anyone watching American Horror Story? They are certainly trying their best to push the shock value. Thus far I am not liking it as much as the first two seasons.

I have had a discussion or two with Margaret and am happy to have her on our team.

Alex wrote: "Is anyone watching American Horror Story? They are certainly trying their best to push the shock value. Thus far I am not liking it as much as the first two seasons..."

I've been watching it and I agree with you. So far I don't like it at all because the shock value is being pushed so hard. They've lost all of the subtlety that made some of the previous seasons great.

I miss Jessica Lange. Freak Show was my favorite season so Hotel has been a huge disappointment so far.

Alex wrote: "Is anyone watching American Horror Story? They are certainly trying their best to push the shock value. Thus far I am not liking it as much as the first two seasons.

I have had a discussion or two..."

You are correct Alex, we have had a conversation or two. I thought I recognized your avatar though it is a new one.

I am currently reading: a new author to me and I am in love with his writing. I am listening to an audio of: which is getting better as I delve more into it. Then last but not least: which is Thomas Merton's autobiography, one of my favorite authors.

I am like Laura, I always want to know what everyone is reading and then build up my tbr because 2,000 or so is not enough! lol

Nichole wrote: "I'm listening to and reading .

My next audio (tomorrow?) will be and next e..."

One of these days I 'd like to read and watch Game of Thrones!

Hey Team Flidais! I'm jealous of you guys and all your walking dead chit chat. I might stalk you. But only a little....

Kim wrote: "Hey Team Flidais! I'm jealous of you guys and all your walking dead chit chat. I might stalk you. But only a little...."

Poor Kim is teamless until her teamies check in!! Anything yet, Kim?

Good night everyone and Kim!! Hopefully the rest of our teammates will check in tonight and/or tomorrow. Granted they do have lots of time!! I'm sure you will be up and running tomorrow Kim, however feel free to come stalkvisit us anytime!

It looks like they just unlocked all the threads, so maybe soon!

Yes my avatar is new, I was playing around with a guitar in our local music shop and decided to take a picture.

I have only watched the first two seasons of American Horror Story and absolutely loved season 2. The storytelling in this latest season is not as tight as it was in the first two.

Laura wrote: "Nichole wrote: "I'm listening to and reading .

My next audio (tomorrow?) will be [bookcover:White Trash Zombie Gone Wild|2445..."

The Game of Thrones books are hands down -- as a whole -- some of my favorites!

Hiya!! Popping in since there's so many of my ex-teamies in here....

Hi everyone,

I'm Joanne. I love to read anything YA, especially YA fantasy and paranormal. I just find that adult books bore me. I have to be really interested in the plot to pick up an adult book. My favorite book of all time is .

In my spare time other than read, I love doing special effects makeup and crocheting. Anything crafty really. Oh and making youtube videos.

I LOVE the Walking dead and my dream is to be a special effects makeup artist on the show. I just want to make all the creep walkers. I keep up with the show and watch it every week. I'm so happy this thread has other TWD fans!

As of right now I'm reading

My shelf is ~ tower-teams-iv

Okay, so, Poseidon and Sehkmet are in a "friendly" meme war... something about proprietary rights to a Tom Hardy in water pic, don't ask.

Anyway, I came across this one, and thought to share it with my fav TWD fans:

LOL! maybe ultimate....but oh so boring! never to feel the soft crunch of grass or manhandle a walker!.....I am not so sure ;) I'll have to go check out the "meme war"

Margaret wrote: "LOL! maybe ultimate....but oh so boring! never to feel the soft crunch of grass or manhandle a walker!.....I am not so sure ;) I'll have to go check out the "meme war""

We're calmer now, but here it was

Disclaimer: Some eye candy and cute cats are displayed after the war

Hi Shannon!
Hi Joanne, Ohhh can't wait to see what YA books we have in common!
It's lunch time here for me so I'll add your shelf to the list later tonight after my bowling!

Enjoy your afternoon and evening everyone!

There are some things I have to get used to with the updated app. GR haven't changed their format in a long time so this is probably overdue.

Sonia wrote: "Margaret wrote: "LOL! maybe ultimate....but oh so boring! never to feel the soft crunch of grass or manhandle a walker!.....I am not so sure ;) I'll have to go check out the "meme war""

We're calm..."

Now that was fun...I don't think I am young enough to enjoy some of the "hunks" but loved the cats! and of course Benedict Cumberbatch is always easy on the eyes. Looks like you all have a good time with your meme war. lol :D

Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "Hi everyone,

I'm Joanne. I love to read anything YA, especially YA fantasy and paranormal. I just find that adult books bore me. I have to be really interested in the plot to pick up an adult boo..."

Hi Joanne!
I haven't read Nevermore. I'll have to give it a try once the challenge starts.

That would be amazing if you could become a special effects makeup artist for TWD. I'm sure you could make some great walkers! :)