Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Element:Earth
Mentor:Amanda

Members:
Elena (CAPTAIN)
Chris (CO-CAPTAIN)
Sarah
Megan
Shinjini
TheButterflyEffect
Rebecca S
Jaclyn
Nichole
Deedee

Reserved

Reserved

Hi Team! What does everyone like to read?

I'm a big fan of historical fiction, crime and romance.

Hi! I love fantasy most! Though I also love paranormal and dystopian a lot

Woohooo! I love this team name!

Other than general fiction, I love cozy mysteries and historical fiction :)

Misty Mountain Trolls



MMT Self Updating Spreadsheet
Trolls Weekly Points Spreadsheet
BOMs and BRs Spreadsheet
Misty Mountain Trolls BOOKS READ

Members Shelves Links

Elena - tt3-misty-mountain-trolls
Chris - misty-mountain-trolls
Sarah - tt3
Megan - misty-mountain-trolls
Shinjini - tower-teams-three
TheButterflyEffect - tower-team-iii
Rebecca S - misty-mountain-trolls
Jaclyn - tower-teams-3
Nichole - tower-teams-3
Deedee - mountain-trolls


Miscellaneous Links
Books of the Month (BOM) group folder

Buddy Reads:Current and Upcoming (folder)
Buddy Read Requests
Featured Series Read (group folder)

AR BookFinder - a great website to check word count

WorldCat - website to check page count (thanks Nichole for the link!)

All Romance - another site to check word count (thanks again, Nichole!)

Reading an old BOM or BR?


Points Breakdown

For reading books
Books between 100 and 160 pages (100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum) = 10 points
Books between 161 pages and 450 pages = 20 points
Books between 451 and 600 pages = 50 points
Books between 601 and 750 pages = 70 points
Books between 751 and 900 pages = 90 points
Books over 901 pages = 100 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

For NBRC Buddy Reads
Participating in a buddy read with a member from a different team, or with a member of NBRC who isn't on a Tower Team = 30 points

BOM/Buddy Reads Tracker - NOVEMBER

BOMs
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - Nov 2 - Deedee, Chris, Nicole, Shinjini, Elena
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths - Nov 1 - Sarah (DQ), RebeccaS
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - Nov 22 - Sarah (DQ), TheButterflyEffect, Elena

Buddy Reads
The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory - In Progress - RebeccaS
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - Nov 5 - Sarah
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein - Nov 5 - Sarah , RebeccaS
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - Nov 9 - Sarah, Elena
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts - Nov 10 - Chris
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Nov 12 - Sarah
The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma - Nov 15 - Elena, Chris
Outlander - Nov 17 - RebeccaS, The ButterflyEffect (maybe), Elena
Howards End by E.M. Forster - Nov 20 - Sarah
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg - Nov 22 - TheButterflyEffect
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Nov 23 - Sarah, Shinjini
Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Nov 25 - RebeccaS, Shinjini
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett - Nov 25 - Chris
Shift by Hugh Howey - Nov 28 - Sarah


DECEMBER

BOMs

Buddy Reads
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - Dec ? - Shinjini
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - Dec 6 - Sarah
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown - Dec 7 - Sarah
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor - Dec 8 - RebeccaS (maybe)
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - Dec 9 - RebeccaS, Jaclyn, Shinjini
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - Dec 13 - Sarah, Shinjini
Still Alice by Lisa Genova - Dec 16 - Sarah, RebeccaS (maybe), Shinjini
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - Dec 18 - RebeccaS
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham - Dec 20 - Sarah
Broken Harbour by Tana French - Dec 21 - Sarah
Cress - Dec 23 - Jaclyn, Shinjini


JANUARY

BOMs

Buddy Reads
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - Jan ? - Shinjini
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Jan ? - Sarah
Atonement by Ian McEwan - Jan 1 - Sarah, Shinjini
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan - Jan 2 - Sarah, RebeccaS (maybe), Shinjini
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - Jan 7 - Shinjini
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - Jan 8 - Sarah
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters - Jan 15 - Sarah, RebeccaS


FEBRUARY

BOMs

Buddy Reads
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - Feb 5 - Sarah, Shinjini




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Hello all! Very nice to meet everyone! Love our team name name too!!! Very excited about this but also a bit nervous - first Tower Teams and first time captain :). So glad to have Amanda as a mentor, she was my captain in my very first team challenge and she rocks!!!

I love Sci Fi and fantasy, also contemporary general and young adult. Would like to read more of non fiction and mystery/crime.

Hi Misty Mountain Trolls! You have my favorite team name :D.

I'll be your mod mentor, so just let me know if you have any questions or if there are any issues you need worked out. You'll be seeing me around a lot!

Elena wrote: "Very excited about this but also a bit nervous - first Tower Teams and first time captain :). "

You'll be a great captain! :D

Hey everyone! My favorite genres are Romance (just about any kind), Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Paranormal. This is my second TT challenge but I've done many team challenges. I'm sure you'll do great Elena :)

Checking in. My shelf I am using I renamed TT3, it was my wheel a thon shelf and only had nine books on it, so I am re using it. Do we have an actual man on our team? Or is Chris a woman? I am gonna peruse y'all' s pages and see what you are about.

My favorite genres are literary/general and historical fiction, but I read classics, horror, murder/mystery/suspence, memoirs/non-fiction, sci-fi/dystopia/post-apocalyptic, magical realism. Don't do romance and tend to think most YA is poorly written.

Yes Chris, I now see you are a female, just like almost everyone discussing books on Goodreads.

Yeah I've noticed that too Sarah. I guess girls are more prone to enjoy chatting about books non-stop. :)

My shelf is called "Misty-Mountain-Trolls" and is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

You'll be awesome Elena! It'll be so fun I thin you'll enjoy being a captain

I love the name too! My shelf has the team name in it. I read pretty much anything. Some of my favorite series include, Harry Potter, Hush, Hush, Across the Universe, Thirst, Divergent, etc.

I can't wait to get started! I am leaving for vacation the day this starts, but I will be reading and checking in when I can. Just one question, what if we can't get a copy of the books of the month? Do we have to read the book of the month?

Thanks guys! And I have no doubt this challenge will be so much fun!

Hi Megan! Yay for you going on vacation, hope it's some place warm and with great food! Reading books of the month is optional I believe, we'll get extra points for participating in discussions and writing questions.

Copied from the All About TT thread:
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

For NBRC Buddy Reads
Participating in a buddy read with a member from a different team, or with a member of NBRC who isn't on a Tower Team = 30 points

Here's my shelf link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Hey team!! I'm new to Tower Teams but I've done a couple other group challenges and I'm addicted to book challenges in general! I read just about anything if it has a good rating or is friend recommended, but my favorite genres are Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Romance, & Crime/Suspense/Thriller. I can't wait to get started and get to know everyone! Feel free to send friend requests!

I'm still at work, so once I get home I'll create my shelf and update with the name.

I am joining in some of the buddy reads in November and December - also I have already volunteered to do BOM daily questions for two of the BOMs next month. The one I didn't do is the sci-fi/fantasy category. If someone wanted to volunteer for that one, I do have the other ones covered - YA and Anything Goes.

And you do not have to read the BOMs, but each member that does will get 20 points.

Here is the link to my team shelf.

I know the challenge hasn't started yet, but what's everyone reading right now? I just started . It was released today and I had to start it right away because I love this series! Next up will be , which I need for another challenge.

I am reading - waiting to finish when I get it back from library. When I find time I gotta get back to - only 13 percent, but haven't had time to get back to it. Listening to . About to start . Would like to squeeze in and

I've heard a lot of good things about Cormac McCarthy...I may need to read something of his soon!

I have only read - he is very dark and dreary. But I also thought the story was beautiful. I don't know what to expect in Blood Meridian. I am reading it for my real live book group.

Elena wrote: "Thanks guys! And I have no doubt this challenge will be so much fun!

Hi Megan! Yay for you going on vacation, hope it's some place warm and with great food! Reading books of the month is optional ..."

I'm going to Florida so it will definitely be warmer than it is here at home at least lol. Thanks for responding to my question. :)

I'm reading because I wanted to reread the first four books before getting to the last one (aka I'm putting off finishing the series).

Sarah wrote: "I am reading - waiting to finish when I get it back from library. When I find time I gotta get back..."

Sarah, I'm planning to read most of the books you're currently reading someday! Very interested to hear what you think.

I'm reading right now and also started and for the YA challenge I'm trying to complete.

I read Treasure Island last month and I actually liked it.

Sarah wrote: "I read Treasure Island last month and I actually liked it."

It's one of my favorite adventure books, I first read as a child and loved it. Really wanted to join the group read but other books got in the way.

TheButterflyEffect wrote: "I'm reading because I wanted to reread the first four books before getting to the last one (aka I'm putting off finishing the series)."

I love this series, haven't read the last one yet either and considering rereading the whole thing starting with for one of the challenges sometime next year :)

@Sarah - I just read and I agree, super dark and depressing! Also pretty slow which really fit with the mood/setting. Also, I've read Olive Kitteridge and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and really liked both of them! Can't wait to hear what you think :)

@TheButterflyEffect - Is coverThe Son of Neptune a different series with Percy or a continuation of the series? I read that one and really liked it, so I'd love to read more!

@Elena, I can't wait to hear what you think of ! I read that last year and loved it!

Sorry for all the posts, just catching up from over-night :)

As far as Buddy reads and BOM:
I am hoping to read the BOM for November : .

Also I plan on joining in the "informal" buddy reads for and + (if they happen).

@Rebecca...it's a spinoff series and Percy is still on it. It's another good series! I'm also just needing to read the last one (Blood of Olympus). That's another one I have coming up!

I've also read The Husband's Secret (sorry I'm using my phone app and can't add links)...and I thought it was really good!! After reading that one, I added the rest of the authors books to my TBR.

I should also mention that I'm a big series reader. I'm currently in the middle of 37 series (I'm not even exaggerating!). So I made myself a rule to not start any new series until I've finished at least half of the ones I've started! We'll see how that goes!!

Oh and I'll probably do a buddy read with Steven from Scions of the Dark to get us some extra points :)

@Jaclyn - I am a big series reader too! Except I never seem to finish any (unless I start reading when the series first comes out). I haven't counted how many I have started, but it's probably less than 37! Wow that's a lot!

I hadn't realized how many I had, but I joined the group "Series Readers Anonymous" and created a page to keep track of all of them, and yep! It was actually 38, but I just finished one (thanks to my new rule lol). When I actually was able to visualize how many I had started, that's when I knew I had to start finishing them!

Oh boy, I don't even want to know how far behind I am on series! I always seem to be starting new ones >.<

I've been pretty busy the last few months and my reading time has been cut in half :( Unfortunately, I don't see that changing any time in the next few months either. So, I'll be checking in and reading but not as active as before. Sorry guys!

I'm hoping to start Magic Breaks in the next day or two and finish off One Reckless Summer tonight.

Oh yeah! My shelf is tower-teams-3

I did this in the last TT challenge for LJB.

Just For Fun!

What Will You Get Trick or Treating?

@Nichole, I got a tin of cat food! Lol

@Jaclyn If my "continue the series" shelf is anything to go off I have about 55 series to continue...

@RebeccaS Like Jaclyn said it's a spin off series. It's very good! A tad older then the original series, and a little more complex in it's plot as there are about 9 main characters and the POV switches a bit

@Nichole I got a pair of glow in the dark socks!

Wanna trade your glow in the dark socks for some cat food? Lol

@Jaclyn

I do have a cat...

Woohoo I got a bag of just green M&Ms! Yum

I'm reading by Camilla Läckberg it's the 2nd in the Patrick Hedstrom series and just finished