Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Team Members:

Gavin
Michelle
Megan
Poongothai
Kirsten
Darren
Samantha
Jenn
Abby

Your itinerary is here

When you have a team name, just let me know and I'll update this thread name :)

First stop - Santa Cruz De La Palma (Spain)

So just to get you started...

Your first stop is Santa Cruz De La Palma, Spain

You can choose as a team to:
TASK
- Read books set in Spain, or by Spanish authors or
- Do a spell-it-out of Santa Cruz De La Palma or Spain

OR
You can elect to do the detour, which for this stop, means that four of you need to "Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 3.51 and 3.99"

R

I vote to do a spell it out of Spain

Michelle wrote: "I vote to do a spell it out of Spain"

Ditto. Santa De La Cruz is way too hard.

Oh yeah, what should we name the group?

Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I vote to do a spell it out of Spain"

Ditto. Santa De La Cruz is way too hard."

agreed

Gavin wrote: "Oh yeah, what should we name the group?"

Hmmm. Wanderlusters? Literary wanderlusters?

Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I vote to do a spell it out of Spain"

Ditto. Santa De La Cruz is way too hard."

Just keep in mind that for maximum points for tasks you need 6 people to contribute to the task (and Spain is only 5 letters). So if you want to play for points you may want to do the detour on this stop instead ;)

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Points

TASKS
◈ Completing a task will earn the team 10 points AND
◈ If at least 6 members of the team read a book that contributes to the tasks, that is an additional 15 points AND
◈ If ALL team members read a book for the time you are at the stop, that is an additional 10 points

DETOURS
◈ Completing a detour earns the team 25 points AND
◈ If at least 7 members of the team read a book for the detour, that is an additional 15 points AND
◈ If ALL team members read a book for the time you are at the stop, that is an additional 10 points

NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I vote to do a spell it out of Spain"

Ditto. Santa De La Cruz is way too hard."

Just keep in mind that for maximum points for tasks you need 6 people to contribute ..."

Oh really? Did not realize that. Thanks for the information!

Let's do Santa De La Cruz instead then.

NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I vote to do a spell it out of Spain"

Ditto. Santa De La Cruz is way too hard."

Just keep in mind that for maximum points for tasks you need 6 people to contribute ..."

Thx!

Michelle wrote: "NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I vote to do a spell it out of Spain"

Ditto. Santa De La Cruz is way too hard."

Just keep in mind that for maximum points for tasks you ne..."

Ok, so... Anyone got a plan?

Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "NBRC Travel Agent wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I vote to do a spell it out of Spain"

Ditto. Santa De La Cruz is way too hard."

Just keep in mind that for maximum points..."

Since we're seven people and Santa De La Cruz is 13 letters, each of us will have to read 2 book, with one person reading 3.

I think we should plan it out like this:

Let's divide it out:

S
A
N
T
A

D
E

L
A

C
R
U
Z

I can do D and L from what I'm reading at the moment. Are there any letters that work well for you right now?

Let's use the itinerary google doc they created to plan it out so that it's easy to keep track

I can do T and A

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I added to the spreadsheet that the Moderators created for us.

In a group I was in before, we kept track of everything through Google Docs and it worked out extremely well

Do you guys want to keep track on that?

I can do L.

Oh yeah, what books will you guys be reading?

I'm reading Killing Rocks by D.D Barant. and Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham

S-
A- (Samantha)
N-
T- (Samantha)
A- A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie

D- (Michelle)
E-

L- (Michelle)
A-

C-
R-
U-
Z-

P-
A-
L- The Giver, Lois Lowry (Gavin)
M- Heartless, Marisa Meyers (Gavin)
A-

awesome, I added to the spreadsheet too. I was reading the rules, if everyone reads a book we get an additional 10pts

Let's do this!

Oh yeah, Michelle, pls add the names of the books you're gonna read to the list. Seems more neat and orderly that way.
Anyways, good night! See ya guys tomorrow!

I already did. They are on the spreadsheet.

Just click on the itinerary back in message 2 that the Mods created :)

I'm planning on reading Throne of Glass and I'm currently reading Angela's Ashes

Michelle wrote: "Just click on the itinerary back in message 2 that the Mods created :)"
Thx!

Samantha wrote: "I'm planning on reading Throne of Glass and I'm currently reading Angela's Ashes"

Nice! I've been intrigued by Throne of Glass for quite some time now. Is it any good?

S-
A- Angel's Ashes, Frank McCourt (Samantha)
N-
T- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Mass (Samantha)
A- A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie

D- Killing Rocks, D.D. Barrant (Michelle)
E-

L- Running As Fast As I Can, Lauren Graham (Michelle)
A-

C-
R-
U-
Z-

P-
A-
L- The Giver, Lois Lowry (Gavin)
M- Heartless, Marisa Meyers (Gavin)
A-

Megan ••bookslayerReads•• wrote: "And I'm ok with any team name y'all decide on. I like Literary Wanderers or Literally Literary or Literary Wanderlusters."

I like Literally Literary, too.

Megan ••bookslayerReads•• wrote: "I'm currently reading The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine, which can work for S, C or R."
Nice!

Megan ••bookslayerReads•• wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Samantha wrote: "I'm planning on reading Throne of Glass and I'm currently reading Angela's Ashes"

Nice! I've been intrigued by Throne of Glass for quite..."
Thx for the tip!

S- The Shadow Queen, C.J. Redwine (Megan)
A- Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (Samantha)
N-
T- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Mass (Samantha)
A- A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie (Gavin)

D- Killing Rocks, D.D. Barrant (Michelle)
E-

L- Talking As Fast As I Can, Lauren Graham (Michelle)
A-
C-
R-
U-
Z-

P-
A-
L- The Giver, Lois Lowry (Gavin)
M- Heartless, Marisa Meyers (Gavin)
A-

I should finish Killing Rocks today. And Talking as Fast as I can will be done Monday or Tuesday.

Michelle wrote: "I should finish Killing Rocks today. And Talking as Fast as I can will be done Monday or Tuesday."
Nice!
The Giver I cab finish pretty soon, though I won't be able to read as much, since we're traveling at the moment.

Nice! One of the things my group did before was have a section for "banked books" that we could use for future challenges. I think it would be good to create one of those as another tab on the spreadsheet that way if we read more books before the next stop, we can easily find and use them.

Yeah, that's a great idea!
Btw, how do you edit the spreadsheet?
When I click on the pencil sign it keeps asking me to download Google Spreadsheets, which I already have.

Oops, gotta go roam the streets of Rome now.
See ya later!

I click on the pencil and then it says to get the app so I click get app, even though I have it, and it takes me to the App Store so I click open and it pulls it up. I can add everyone to it via email also if that's easier

Have fun in Rome! Jealous haha

Gavin and Megan, I'll let you know what I think :) I haven't started it quite yet. I have to finish 8 books by the end of the year, so I put myself on a reading schedule to make sure I knock out 8. I'm supposed to be done with Angela's Ashes on the 21st and I'm starting Throne of Glass the 22nd and finishing on the 26th.

Megan, I'm not sure about Throne of Glass (obviously), but I read A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Mist and Fury and absolutely loved those books. Maybe you could try those and see if they're better for you?

P.S. LOVE Literally Literary ^^

Michelle wrote: "I click on the pencil and then it says to get the app so I click get app, even though I have it, and it takes me to the App Store so I click open and it pulls it up. I can add everyone to it via em..."
Thx!

Samantha wrote: "Gavin and Megan, I'll let you know what I think :) I haven't started it quite yet. I have to finish 8 books by the end of the year, so I put myself on a reading schedule to make sure I knock out 8...."
Good luck with finishing your book quota!

Gavin wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I click on the pencil and then it says to get the app so I click get app, even though I have it, and it takes me to the App Store so I click open and it pulls it up. I can add ever..."
Arrgh, still won't work!
Sorry I won't be able to help with the spreadsheet. I'll just work on the list here.

S- The Shadow Queen, C.J. Redwine (Megan)
A- Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (Samantha)
N-
T- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Mass (Samantha)
A- A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie (Gavin)

D- Killing Rocks, D.D. Barrant (Michelle)
E-

L- Talking As Fast As I Can, Lauren Graham (Michelle)
A-
C-
R-
U-
Z-

P-
A-
L- The Giver, Lois Lowry (Gavin)
M- Heartless, Marisa Meyers (Gavin)
A-

Gavin wrote: "S- The Shadow Queen, C.J. Redwine (Megan)
A- Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (Samantha)
N-
T- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Mass (Samantha)
A- A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie (Gavin)

D- Killing R..."
One down!

Gavin wrote: "Gavin wrote: "S- The Shadow Queen, C.J. Redwine (Megan)
A- Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (Samantha)
N-
T- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Mass (Samantha)
A- A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie (Gavin)..."

If you can keep track of the regular list, I'll keep track of any "banked books" we have. That way if we read ahead, we can potentially use them for future stops

Michelle wrote: "Gavin wrote: "Gavin wrote: "S- The Shadow Queen, C.J. Redwine (Megan)
A- Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt (Samantha)
N-
T- Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Mass (Samantha)
A- A Murder is Announced, Agatha Ch..."

Sure thing!