Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Team Members

❅ Laila Jane
❅ Trinia
❅ Stacey
❅ Jennifer

Team spreadsheet

Current points spreadsheet

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Round 1
Starts: Mon, Aug 12, 7am Eastern time

Countdown Stage
10. First published on the 10th of a month - Laila
9. With at least nine characters (need to have a speaking part, do not need to be main characters) - Jennifer
8. That has a carnivorous animal on the cover - Laila
7. Written by an author who has published at least seven books (as listed on Goodreads) Jennifer
6. That is number six in the series - Stacey
5. That was first published in the 1950s - Trinia
4. Where the audio version has at least four narrators - Trinia
3. That is part of what was originally a planned trilogy, but became a longer series (can include .5 books added later) - Stacey
2. That has two authors (as credited on Goodreads) - Trinia
1. Which is the author's debut novel - Jennifer

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Hey Ladies 😄

Hi everyone!

Hi girls!

Hi there! Since I filled out the form, I got the "invitation to edit" for the above spreadsheet. Can you let me know if you have the power to edit the team spreadsheet that is linked above? If not, PM me your email address and I'll get you on the edit list
OR
I can link an editable version here and Laila can put it in the top message. If we do that, others can also edit (anyone with the link), which personally doesn't worry me but ???

Just let me know :)

Hi everyone

My next book I am starting has author with more than 7 books. Do we have to wait until August 12 to read or is it finish date of book ?

This challenge is going to require a lot of coordination...

According to the Q&A thread, books have to be started after the challenge starts on August 12.

We also can't start reading books for the Safezone Stage until all tasks are read for in the Countdown Stage. And then once we're in the Safezone we're only able to work on one group at a time

Suzanne wrote: "Hi there! Since I filled out the form, I got the "invitation to edit" for the above spreadsheet. Can you let me know if you have the power to edit the team spreadsheet that is linked above? If not,..."

I'm able to edit the spreadsheet

I’ll look through the spreadsheet tonight and make a list of books for me to read. I love these challenges!😊

Oops, didn't have my notifications turned on and missed all the fun yesterday. I can edit the spreadsheet. I'll take a look after work and see what I have that fits the 10 tasks first, correct?

I'm glad the spreadsheet is open and ready! Good luck everyone!

I can read these 2 books...

- published Nov 10

and

- #6 in series

I'll plan to read for the trilogy task. I have possibilities for most of the others depending on what Trinia and Jennifer want to read -- except for published in the 1950s.

I have 2 books on my list to read, One of them fits~ written by an author who has published at least seven books (as listed on Goodreads)
Others I can find a book for are:
~that has two authors (as credited on Goodreads)
~where the audio version has at least four narrators

I think : that was first published in the 1950s --- will be a tough one. I'll see if I can find a book for that task as a backup.

I can be flexible and find a book to fit any tasks. So Jennifer, if you already have a book in mind for any of these tasks, I can switch.

I found a book published in 1950’s
The End of the Affair

(If needed )

Ok we'll see what Jennifer has and then I'll assign the rest of the tasks. I'm flexible too and can change my books to cover other tasks as needed. I'm sure either one of my books can cover the 9 characters task. And if needed I can read one of the Ilona Andrews books for carnivorous animal on cover.

Great find Trinia on the 1950's book!

My next book to read is
She has published more than 7 bookks
I can find something else just tell let me know

I can also do the
Published August 10th your choice
Not sure if it is the first edition or not

Juts found this as well a debut author

It looks like we've got something for every task.

Countdown Stage
10. First published on the 10th of a month - Laila
9. With at least nine characters (need to have a speaking part, do not need to be main characters) - Stacey
8. That has a carnivorous animal on the cover - Laila
7. Written by an author who has published at least seven books (as listed on Goodreads) - Jennifer
6. That is number six in the series - Laila
5. That was first published in the 1950s - Trinia
4. Where the audio version has at least four narrators - Trinia
3. That is part of what was originally a planned trilogy, but became a longer series (can include .5 books added later) - Stacey
2. That has two authors (as credited on Goodreads) - Trinia
1. Which is the author's debut novel Jennifer

Since we only have 2 weeks per round, we should probably try to finish the countdown stage in the 1st week so that we can work on the safezone stage in the 2nd.

My max is usually 3 books/week, 4 if I'm really into a book and can't put it down.

Jennifer wrote: "
I can also do the
Published August 10th your choice
Not sure if it is the first edition or not"

I checked. Original publication date is Feb 1st =(

I can do 2 or 3 books a week, so I can take another 1 or 2 from anyone who has too many for this first week. I have books picked/available for each task, so just let me know.

OK I will do the debut novel then

I can definitely do task 5 and 2, so Stacey you’re welcome to any of those others with my name listed 😉

Also just to confirm , start date is Aug 15th?

Trinia wrote: "Also just to confirm , start date is Aug 15th?"

Aug 12

Ok so I edited the tasks (Msg 4) and put each of us down just for the ones we for sure said we were going to read and left the rest open

Laila Jane wrote: "Ok so I edited the tasks (Msg 4) and put each of us down just for the ones we for sure said we were going to read and left the rest open"

Looks good Laila. I'll see what I get read in the next week and then pick up another book or two.

Thanks Laila!

Hey girls! I took a look at the Questions thread and found some clarifying answers.

This challenge starts on Mon, Aug 12, 7am Eastern time

And regarding the Safezone:

   You start the countdown stage. You must complete 10-1 before starting any books for the safezone stage. After all, you are in Lava.
You jump out of the lava and hit the safezone. So now you can start books for any of the safe zone groups ; but you can't complete them concurrently. So you can start a book for safezone group 1 and 2 at the same time, but provided your team complete safezone group 1 before you complete your book for safezone group 2. That is perfectly fine to then use that book for group 2.

Sounds good, I’m eager to start!!!

We are skipping Group 1 in the safe zone, correct?

Yup!

I don’t know if you guys have seen it, but I posted on our private thread if you wanted to start strategizing and looking for books for the safe zone

Everyone ready? Feels like this has been in planning stages for a while....

I've got ready to go for the trilogy task.

For other challenges this I'll be reading these 2 books - if we need them.
which should work for the author with more than 7 published works (Nalini Singh) and possibly more than 9 characters (but its an anthology, so not sure if that's cheating?)
-- I think will work for 9 characters... but I'll keep count to see.

I think I’ll start with The End of the Affair for the 1950’s task. Should get through it pretty quick !

I’m going to start with The Art of Racing in the Rain for carnivorous animal. It’s 6 hrs on audio so I’ll knock this one out quick

Curious what you think of it Laila! I read(listened to) both the adult and kid versions, Not what I expected. I liked them both , thought provoking for sure 😌

I should finish my book tonight or tomorrow had the dsy off

Finished my book. I'll update the spreadsheet. Do I need to post anything anywhere else?

I'm starting The Two Lila Bennetts for my next task of that has two authors (as credited on Goodreads)

My book is in the spreadsheet and I can read Delirium next has at least 7 published books and can have read in the next 3 days. After that I probably will only be able to do one a week. I have to go back to work tomorrow.

I should finish The Two Lila's in a day. For my next one, my clean sweep book has 5 Narrators, so I put it on the spreadsheet for the task , "where the audio version has at least four narrators". May take me a bit to get through. So I'll see if anything is left after that one.

I just finished The Art of Racing in the Rain and will get started on Ella for published on the 10th.

The Art of Racing in the Rain was hard for me to get into at first. I didn't read the blurb so I had no idea what the story was about. So the first hour (on audible) or so just seemed like a lot of random rambling. But once we got to the part where (view spoiler)[Eve was hospitalized and then everything that happened with her parents (hide spoiler)] I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. I ended up rating it 4 stars because of the slow beginning.