Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Mentor:Kelly

Members:
Julianna (CAPTAIN) - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Rose (CO-CAPTAIN) - TT3-Lighting-Hounds
Apoorv (CO-CAPTAIN if needed) - Challenge-TT3-NBRC
Dragana - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Lilac - Lightning-Hounds
Esther - TowerTeam
Trinity - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Catherine - Lightning-Hounds-grrrrrr
Sophie - TT3-LH
Michelle (NY) - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Jane - TT-Lightning-Hounds

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Hello All...

Am I the first one to the party?

Hi! :) Looks like it

I'm so glad long books count for more points now!

I was trolling the threads...and found this...hope I'm in the right thread :)

This is my first Towers Challenge. I've heard they were quite fun to do.

They are.

I personally like to snoop all threads and add my 2 cents :)

I hope you enjoy this one :D

Haha, I have been snooping too. I am snooping now.

they're loads of fun!

Unless there is another Esther, I guess I found my team... Hello all!

Hello all :) I'll be doing my best to answer any moddy type questions you have. Good luck and light speed!

As Lightning Hounds, we are also known for being responsible for the 'First Strike'.

So, hoping we all have braced ourselves for the sparks of enjoyment coming our way, hello and welcome my fellow mates ! :)

This is already fun ! :D

Hi Apoorv! Just stopping by since I'm on the River Sprites team this time. Lightning Hounds is lucky to have you...I will miss you after two challenges in a row on the same team!

Now this is not fair - one of the rare males and this group has him - Apoorv. I have found you and I love your book tastes too. And Kelly is here too - "Hi Kelly" - I am joining this team, please and thank you.

Oops - you don't have Kelly, she is just the Mod helper person. I guess I should go back to my team. I think I am nominating myself on all the teams, then my team will defenitely win. Hope y'all meet me over in the buddy reads thread and join me for some buddy reads.

Hello everyone! Really looking forward to this - was involved with the last tower teams and it was great fun.

Hello all the snoopers as well - will return the favour later when I have more time.

Sarah wrote: "Oops - you don't have Kelly, she is just the Mod helper person. I guess I should go back to my team. I think I am nominating myself on all the teams, then my team will defenitely win. Hope y'all me..."

*Waves* Hiya!

Greta, I know right ?! I will so miss our banter ! :(
But, I am sure River Sprites will enjoy your company. I hate to compete with you, though !

You are, after Abbie (who I have shared 3 teams in various challenges with), my most common partner and I am so glad ! :D

LOL, Sarah ! You are funny ! :)
.. and now that you say, I really need to go check other teams to check if there is any other guy around in this challenge, now thats interesting to find out ! ;)

Which team are you in ? I hope we end up reading some common books during this challenge ! :D

You will not find any men on my team - and we are apparently a bunch of trolls. I think the only other male is a Steven - if that is even a man, not sure. I thought Chris on my team was at first, but she is all girl. Hopefully we will be in some buddy reads together.

I am starting in the next few days, now if that isn't a guy book, I don't know what is. You can check out the buddy reads section and I posted some I want to read, also am joining in on others.

I'm just a snooper (I'm in Mordor Seekers) but it seems like everyone already has their friends and preferred teammates. Unfortunately, this is my first team challenge since I'm quite new to the group. Good luck, everyone! Hope to see you around and get to know everyone

Another snoop here, saying hello! I love Sarah's idea of declaring herself a member of each time, thus guaranteeing a win!

I'm on Fire Drakes. This is my third round of tower teams and I think it's my favorite challenge (let's face it, it's kind of like a game, too) here. I will try to poke in to say hello, cheer you on and also throw down gauntlets of book wars or some such nonsense!

So far all my team challenges have been with different people! I quite like getting the chance to meet an entirely new group.

Apoorv - Steven is on Scions of the Dark (or something similar). I don't know if there are any other men around though.

Muffin - I look forward to the declarations of war. Will try and check we rise to the challenge.

Captains - on my last tower team I helped with the endless spreadsheets for the 2nd half. I can't do that all the time, but if one of you wants a break for a bit for some reason I'm happy to fill in the gaps.

Hello all snoopers and teammates!
Just checking in. I was on a first tower teams challenge and it was loads of fun. Can't wait to chat about books and other things with you all. :)
And of course race all other teams. They will be eating our dust! ;)

Oh ! Did I mention that this is my first Tower Teams ?
So, since I am a novice and a rare specie here, I better get some brownie points ! ;) :P

I LOVE spreadsheets.. my works crazy a bit with 80-hours a week.. but I would be up to help if needed with that.

We'll be getting out some spreadsheet templates soon if you're interested in starting from those.

Hello everybody! I'm sorry for just showing up today.
But now I'm here and super motivated.
I'll read all the messages and see what we can already do.

I'm going to use this message to keep a track in the Buddy Reads that any member of our team decides to participate on. :)

BUDDY READS - LIGHTNING HOUNDS MEMBERS

Apoorv
- Nov 14th: 1st to Die by James Patterson
- Dec 06th: I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

Catherine
- Nov 28th: Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
- Dec 15th: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- Jan 01st: Atonement by Ian McEwan

Esther
- Nov 14th: 1st to Die by James Patterson (ok)
- Revisited: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (ok)

Juliana
- Nov 21th: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
- Dec 01st: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Dec 23th: Cress by Marissa Meyer

Lilac
- Nov 12th: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Rosie
- Nov 18th: Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick (ok)
- Revisited: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews (ok)

Sophie
- Nov 05th: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (ok)
- Revisited: The Maze Runner by James Dashner (ok)
- Revisited: Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (ok)

Trinity
- Nov 20th: Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
- Nov 29th: Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
- Dec 6th: Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz
- Dec 14th: Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman
- Dec 18th: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Dec 23th: Cress by Marissa Meyer
- Dec 28th: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

my shelf name...lightning hounds grrrrrr

Hi all! Looks like I'm co-captain. I'm not the most into spreadsheets, but I am oddly compulsive about lists. I'm thinking this will work out :)

Rose wrote: "Hi all! Looks like I'm co-captain. I'm not the most into spreadsheets, but I am oddly compulsive about lists. I'm thinking this will work out :)"

lol...I like organised chaos, myself!!! :)

*stops by to say hi to Catherine*

Hi Tea! :)

who did this challenge before? and what team were you on??!?

I was on team Moonstone...

Ok, now that I have read all the animated conversation let me introduce myself.

This is my first Tower Team challenge, but my third team challenge here at NBRC. It's also my first time as captain, so every help will be most welcome :)

I was in tt2 on ljb. Miss the sense of team we had there and looking forward to getting anew group of friends.

Hoping there will be some added competition between the groups of teams - think light vs dark challenges etc when we get going!

Team Members and Challenge shelves


Julianna (CAPTAIN) - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Rose (CO-CAPTAIN) - TT3-Lighting-Hounds
Apoorv (CO-CAPTAIN) - Challenge-TT3-NBRC
Dragana - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Lilac - Lightning-Hounds
Esther - TowerTeam
Trinity - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Catherine - Lightning-Hounds-grrrrrr
Sophie - TT3-LH
Michelle (NY) - TT3-Lightning-Hounds
Jane - TT-Lightning-Hounds

Lilac wrote: "Hi! :) Looks like it

I'm so glad long books count for more points now!"

I'm glad too Lilac. I like to read some big books but they almost always are hard to fit in challenges.

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Another snoop here, saying hello! I love Sarah's idea of declaring herself a member of each time, thus guaranteeing a win!

I'm on Fire Drakes. This is my third round of tower teams and I think it'..."

Welcome Ilovebokedgoods and all snoopers. Come to say hello any time. :)

Sophie wrote: "So far all my team challenges have been with different people! ...

Captains - on my last tower team I helped with the endless spreadsheets for the 2nd half. I can't do that all the time, but if one of you wants a break for a bit for some reason I'm happy to fill in the gaps. "

Sophie and Apoorv I'd love your help with the spreadsheet. I do like them but a second eye is always welcome.

Ok, last post for today :p

When you guys had created your shelf for this challenge let me know the name of it so I can put a information post.

Night!

Here is my shelf for this challenge !

Challenge - NBRC - TT3

Juliana, I certainly would help you with the Spreadsheet. As I mentioned, my work drives me bonkers at times, but I am hoping to be more around.

This will be my shelf for the TT challenge

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

LOVE your shelf name Catherine. Mine is boring: tt3-lightning-hounds

I am also very glad that there are more points for big books. I have saved one chunkster of 1000 pages especially for this challenge. :)

Here's my shelf lightning-hounds :)

Thanks folks!

I'm re-reading the rules and checking if I understood everything. If you guys have any questions send them on. I'll try to clarify any doubt or check with the mods if needed.

Just found my team, hi! I am excited to begin this challenge, November is just around the corner and I am ecstatic to start. I just created my shelf so here it is TT3 Lightning Hounds

Welcome Trinity! For know we are just hanging out together. Excitedly waiting for November 8th. :)

Stopping by real quick to say hello to Catherine! (No, this is not a snooping mission, lol!)