Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Choose a tea cup, and your brew of choice.

This is where you can be sociable and get to know your fellow players. This thread is not for asking questions to the mods. It is purely for chatting.

It's official... I can't ignore a challenge.

I promised myself that if you guys posted a challenge in the first couple of months of the year, I would sit it out. I managed to hold out for all of about 30 seconds. *sigh*

I have no impulse control. But at least the books don't have to all be 800+ pages, lol!

Sammy, I am not as good at individual challenges. But, I will sign up if you (or others) nudge me along. Or share and compare books. Maybe?

Jenny wrote: "Sammy, I am not as good at individual challenges. But, I will sign up if you (or others) nudge me along. Or share and compare books. Maybe?"

*nudgenudgenudgenudge*

I refuse to be the only glutton for punishment :D

Enlisting some help to persuade you...



Teehee...

Damn you are good at persuasion, and being just inherently evil.

I'm in.

Jenny wrote: "Damn you are good at persuasion, and being just inherently evil.

I'm in."

Hehe... I know, I don't play fair ;)

I'm not sure since I am away from a computer for half of Jan.

Whatever you do, do not start playing fair!

Come on Lexi, you can catch up later!!!!!!

Jenny wrote: "Whatever you do, do not start playing fair!"

I wasn't intending to! :D

Lexi wrote: "I'm not sure since I am away from a computer for half of Jan."

With this one you know all the tasks up front so you really don’t need to access a computer frequently 😉👍

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lexi wrote: "I'm not sure since I am away from a computer for half of Jan."

With this one you know all the tasks up front so you really don’t need to access a computer frequently 😉👍"

I'll go look now. I leave at 5 AM tomorrow so I may not have time to assemble a reading list.

Edited: I stayed up too late for being up at 4 AM but I am in but at a very low reading level for me.

This looks really fun! Someone worked hard on this challenge! so Thank you!

There is a status spreadsheet here which shows all the players, their current points and books read, and links to spreadsheets.

Sally wrote: "This looks really fun! Someone worked hard on this challenge! so Thank you!"

Thanks, Sally.

Sonia has been thinking about the concept for years and it is so great to see it finally all together :)

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Sally wrote: "This looks really fun! Someone worked hard on this challenge! so Thank you!"

Thanks, Sally.

Sonia has been thinking about the concept for years and it is so great to see it finally ..."

We've known for a while that Sonia is an evil genius! :)

Seriously, I held out for 30 seconds. What is wrong with me!? lol.

Sammy wrote: "It's official... I can't ignore a challenge.

I promised myself that if you guys posted a challenge in the first couple of months of the year, I would sit it out. I managed to hold out for all of a..."

Yes, I caved, too.
My husband came home from work...
DH: What are you doing?
Me: Looking to sign up for a reading challenge.
DH: I thought you were not going to sign up for reading challenges this year
Me: Right 😏

Haha 🤣

Sammy.. Sunshine.. I feel you ladies..

I promised my self last year that as a new years resolution, I would not sign up to any group challenges until I finish uni and not start any individual challenges... Come Jan 1st I signed up to about 6 -.-

They could probably do a very interesting psychological study on us...

I'll save them the hassle : I'm completely insane.

Insane, but motivated and curious. Grab the diagnostic manual, and come up with a label.

I forgot to buy coffee, and I am out!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

Well, if you can't get hold of any, see if you can find someone to share with...

Gee, I wonder if he will be at my local Starbucks this morning?
I'll let you know...

Jenny wrote: "Gee, I wonder if he will be at my local Starbucks this morning?
I'll let you know..."

If so, you'll probably want to give Teddie a heads-up too, lol.

Sunshine wrote: "Yes, I caved, too.
My husband came home from work...
DH: What are you doing?
Me: Looking to sign up for a reading challenge.
DH: I thought you were not going to sign up for reading challenges this year
Me: Right 😏

Haha 🤣"

I caved as well 😂🙈 One of my goals is not to commit to any individual challenges. Just no time. But I figured this was kind of like a team challenge 🤷🏼‍♀️ Clearly I'm just twisting things to feed my need to do reading challenges. And then there's also FOMO...

I'm another with the willpower of a wilted leaf.

Was not going to add to my list of challenges. Was going to spend more time actually reading and less time on GR... Jan 2nd and look what's happened!

How cool is this challenge. I couldn't pass it up. You may feel all your willpower draining and promises made being broken but its really the the magic of the hatter making us powerless to resist.

Me when TT ended: All right, I'm going to take a nice, relaxing month-and-a-half-long break from challenges until UNO starts...

Also me: *sees this challenge and signs up right away*

I love this concept though!

Kaley wrote: "Me when TT ended: All right, I'm going to take a nice, relaxing month-and-a-half-long break from challenges until UNO starts...

Also me: *sees this challenge and signs up right away*

I love this ..."

That’s so relatable. :D

#sorrynotsorry

*evil laugh*

What is everyone thinking of reading for their Alice retelling book? I have started Alice by Christina Henry and loving it so far if you are undecided.

I grabbed Alice Games from KU. It seems to be a mash up of Alice and The Hunger Games. It will either be so bad it is good, or just bad- is my guess. Who knows, it might end up being a fun read. I will let you all know!

I was planning on reading Neverwhere because I love Neil Gaiman, but I might do Alice Games since it is on KU. I second the recommendation for Alice by Christina Henry. Really enjoyed that. I liked the sequel but not as much as this one. (And she also has a good Peter Pan retelling - Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook)

Sighs, I went ahead and did it also because it looked fun and interesting. Why did I do this to myself? Oh yes, because I have an addiction. Now, off to figure out what the devil I just got myself into....

So what I want to know is how the mods of NBRC overcame all of our individual willpower. It seems that most of the people playing this Mad Hatter game had no intention of joining a challenge so soon after Tower Teams,

Have they somehow drugged us? Are there subliminal messages in their oh so innocent posts? It couldn't possibly be that they just come up with interesting and fun challenges. No. There has to be another explanation.

Also, to is good to know that Henry's Lost Boy is good. I keep meaning to pick that up. I liked Alice too.

There must be something in the tea. It's the only plausible explanation. They waited until we all were looking the other way and lured us with pretty tea cups and fancy tea and then bam! hooked. At least, that's what I'm thinking as I sit here looking for books.

lol
it is a very pretty looking challenge... and there is always FOMO because you never know if we will run it again. ;)

I had to look up FOMO- I don't speak twitter. But, it is the right expression. Also, EMMUDIAWCHO would work.
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Haha
I don’t speak twitter either but I do have kids 😂😁

That explains it. My two kitties don't text much, so I have to pick up the lingo through osmosis.

I get it. Cat often writes things on here I need to google
*young people these days*
Teehee

Older and wiser, and more likely to use punctuation while texting.
Nothing wrong with that!

Lol thank god for urban dictionary I say.

Thanks Lynne Ive added the Peter Pan retelling to my TBR list too. I'm enjoying Christina Henry's writing style.

oooh there also a red riding hood ... wait stop and focus on challenge at hand!

Yes I have the Red Riding Hood one, and I am going to try to make it work for this challenge so I can read it soon!

Yeah, I hadn't heard of FOMO either, but it definitely applies.

As does Jenny's slightly longer acronym, lol.

And I'm reading Neverwhere. Partly because I've been wanting to re-read it for years now, and partly because I really need to stop buying so many books until I have somewhere to actually put them! lol.

Talking about FOMO, don't forget to put a watch onto the Perks group.... UNO2020 is coming soon!

So, I ended up reading A Blade So Black for the Alice retelling. whilst I want to give props for diversity & inclusion, the story & writing just weren't great :(

Now I'm on the hunt for a tea cup... Any suggestions, Gin Partyers?

Just One Damned Thing After Another

Can't remember if you have read this series, but if you haven't, then start it, and start it now.

I have read it! am 100% up to date.

I found on my TBR. There's a coffee cup on the LHS and a teacup (I'm 98% sure, anyway) on the RHS, so I think I shall go for that one :)

ETA: found this Listopia which might help: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
I mean, I disdained all the options, but that's just me!