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Team Angua von Uberwald

• Nikk the sapphired book dragon (Captain)
• Apoorv Moghe (Co-Captain)
• Annalisa (Co-Captain)
• Becky
• Jade Clarke-Mackintosh
• Dorota
• M
• Erin
• Ekaterina
• Lauri Saplad
• Diana Costa
• Laila Jane
• Navi


Challenge Status Sheet
Team Sheet

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BASIC REQUIREMENTS

◈ Books must be started after the start date of the challenge to count towards the challenge--> Countdown to the start is HERE
◈ Books must be at least 100 pages, or 3 hours audio.
◈ Some genres (including Children, Graphic Novels, Photography, Illustrated etc) require a minimum word count of 25k words
◈ Rereads are OK, provided it has been at least 6 months since the last read

POINTS

◈ Books less than 100 pages = 0 points
◈ Books between 100 and 1000 pages = 0.1 points/page
◈ Books over 1000 pages = 100 points
◈ For audio only books, the page count will be set as 100, no matter how long the audio is

BOOKS OF THE MONTH

◈ Writing a set of questions = 40 points
◈ Participating in discussions (at least three days) = 20 points

TASKS

◈Task Completion = 5 points
◈Completing ALL the tasks in a sub-series grouping:
Sub-series (#books) Bonus points
Rincewind (8 books) 40 points
DEATH (5 books) 25 points
Witches (6 books) 30 points
City Watch (8 books) 40 points
Industrial Revolution (6 books) 30 points
Tiffany Aching (5 books) 25 points
Others (3 books) 15 points

BINGO

Bingo square = 5 points
Full card = 40 points
JACKANORY

◈Each book used in the story gets 5 points
◈A completed story (minimum 8 books) gets 80 bonus points

Important Links & Timers

Tracking Spreadsheet

Tasks Remaining
Discworld Book Read By

R The Colour of Magic

1 trunk / suitcase on cover
2 from Satire list (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...))
3 Travel MPG (NOT time travel)
4 1st in a series
5 camera on cover
6 cover has green, yellow and purple on it
R The Light Fantastic
7 Moon on cover
8 Sun on cover
9 Features a barbarian
10 Features a female fighter (sword woman, fighter pilot, etc)
11 MC is inept
12 Humor MPG

W Equal Rites

13 Feminism MPG
14 Features a protest
15 Book where all the words in the title are the same length
16 MC is transgender or non-binary
17 Book set in South Africa
18 From Against Discrimination Listopia

D Mort

19 horse on cover
20 wedding takes place
21 Romance MPG
22 title has all the letters in M-O-R-T
23 has character's name in the title
24 book with footnotes / endnotes
R Sourcery
25 Spell out EIGHT - E
26 Spell out EIGHT - I
27 Spell out EIGHT - G
28 Spell out EIGHT - H
29 Spell out EIGHT - T
30 #8 in series

W Wyrd Sisters

31 Retellings MPG
32 features a ghost
33 features a clown / jester
34 Family MPG
35 has a family relation word in the title
36 focused on a group of friends

O Pyramids

37 book set in Eygpt
38 Science MPG (not Science Fiction)
39 geometric shape on cover
40 Mummy in text
41 Yellow cover
42 author has initials TP or PT

CW Guards! Guards!

43 repeated 4+ letter word in title
44 dragon on cover
45 MC is a policeman
46 flames on cover
47 sword on cover
48 Military MPG

R -Faust-Eric

49 book has two different titles (direct translations don't count, but if the translation is different that's OK)
50 features demons / devils
51 MC has an office job
52 MC has to obey someone else's commands
53 MPG Classic
54 set in South America

IR Moving Pictures

55 from Movies Better than Book Listopia
56 go to the cinema
57 MC is an actor / aspiring actor
58 set in India, Nigeria or Los Angeles
59 two dogs on cover
60 sausage on cover

D Reaper Man

61 read a book where someone changes job
62 MC is a funeral director/undertaker
63 Zombie MPG
64 Skull on cover
65 read a book by an author who passed away at least 5 years ago
66 features a necromancer

W Witches Abroad

67 focused on siblings
68 MC travels somewhere requiring a passport
69 MC is a cat shifter
70 MPG Holiday
71 MPG Fairytales
72 has the letters M-I-R-R-O-R in the title

O Small Gods

73 Book less than 200 pages
74 hs the word "GOD" in the title or series title. Plurals / possessives OK
75 MPG Mythology
76 Features a religious zealot
77 Features a superstitious character
78 Turtle on cover

W Lords and Ladies

79 features elves
80 title in format x and y
81 Spell out BEES - B
82 Spell out BEES - E
83 Spell out BEES - E
84 Spell out BEES - S

CW Men at Arms
85 Hippo on cover
86 river on cover
87 title has all the letters in G-U-I-L-D
88 set in a large city
89 cityscape on cover
90 author initials AM

D Soul Music

91 Music MPG
92 musical instrument on cover
93 with a character representing Death
94 motorbike on cover
95 features a grandparent
96 MPG "coming of age"

R Interesting Times

97 MPG History
98 Set in China (may you live in interesting times)
99 title has all the letters in C-O-H-E-N
100 butterfly / moth on cover
101 word in the title can be made into an anagram (e.g TIMES > ITEMS / MITES). word must be min 3 letters
102 MC is good at running

W Maskerade

103 MC is in the performing arts
104 mask on cover
105 poem / song in the text
106 features a ball
107 characters dress in costumes
108 character has an X in their name

CW Feet of Clay

109 features robot / golem / AI
110 Bare feet on cover
111 Spell out CLAY - C
112 Spell out CLAY - L
113 Spell out CLAY - A
114 Spell out CLAY - Y

D Hogfather

115 set at Christmas
116 someone pretends to be someone they're not
117 MPG Espionage
118 title has all the letters in D-E-A-T-H
119 someone makes a new friend
120 with a character of legend (e.g. Father Christmas, Jack Frost, Sandman, Tooth Fairy, etcetc)

CW Jingo

121 MPG War
122 boat / ship on cover
123 sea on cover
124 set on a water-based transport (ship / sub etc)
125 book has been translated from original language into English (you can read any language edition, but the original must NOT be English)
126 MC is an artist / engineer

R The Last Continent

127 drink on cover
128 set in one of the places listed: https://www.tentree.com/blogs/posts/1... Note: if the place listed is a town, then the region/country will be acceptable i.e. Siberia, Greenland, Tibet; for islands, it must be the island. 50% or more should take place in the location
129 from this shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
130 "Last" in title (exact match)
131 letters N-O-W-O-R-R-I-E-S in title
132 a book whose title initials make a well-known acronym (like TLC - Tender Loving Care) Define your acronym, with a reference link. min three letters in your acronym, use all the letters in the title, in unchanged order

W Carpe Jugulum

133 MPG Vampires
134 MPG Shapeshifters
135 MPG Paranormal
136 MPG Witches
137 MPG Fantasy
138 MPG Horror

CW The Fifth Elephant

139 #5 in series
140 animal in title
141 ordinal numeral (e.g fifth) in title
142 One of Sam Vimes' titles in the title (Captain, Commander, Duke, Sir, Ambassador, Butcher, Blackboard Monitor)
143 letters F-A-T in title
144 features a wolf shifter
IR The Truth
145 spell out TRUTH - T
146 spell out TRUTH - R
147 spell out TRUTH - U
148 spell out TRUTH - T
149 spell out TRUTH - H
150 features journalist MC

D Thief of Time
151 (ALL) inital letters of title words spell out a word (like TOT) min 2 words
152 Timepiece on cover
153 Historical Fiction MPG
154 Yeti found in text
155 MC uses horse(s) as a mode of transportation
156 Features a watch or clockmaker

R The Last Hero

157 MC is elderly - i.e 65+
158 Spell out KIDBY - K
159 Spell out KIDBY - I
160 Spell out KIDBY - D
161 Spell out KIDBY - B
162 Spell out KIDBY - Y

O The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

163 features talking animal(s)
164 Young Adult MPG
165 Rodent on cover
166 MC is an educator (school teacher, lecturer, governess etc)
167 title includes an adjective
168 award winning book

CW Night Watch

169 Spell out LILAC - L
170 Spell out LILAC - I
171 Spell out LILAC - L
172 Spell out LILAC - A
173 Spell out LILAC - C
174 Time Travel MPG

TA The Wee Free Men

175 cover has only men (one ok) PLUS something blue
176 cover has only men (one ok) PLUS something blue
177 cover has only men (one ok) PLUS something blue
178 cover has only men (one ok) PLUS something blue
179 cover has only men (one ok) PLUS something blue
180 cover has only one woman (can include men, but not multiple women) PLUS something blue

IR Monstrous Regiment

181 Mental Health MPG
182 on Spec-Fic Passing Bechdel Test list (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
183 Feminism MPG
184 War MPG
185 neurodiverse character
186 author is a person of colour

TA A Hat Full of Sky
187 hat on cover
188 hat on cover
189 hat on cover
190 Spell out Sky - S
191 Spell out Sky - K
192 Spell out Sky - Y

IR Going Postal

193 on epistolary novel list (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...)
194 recommendation from diff team
195 recommendation from diff team
196 recommendation from diff team
197 recommendation from diff team
198 recommendation from diff team

CW Thud!
199 chess piece in title (eg Rook / Queen)
200 title has an exclamation mark in it
201 Onomatopoeia in title
202 Someone reads a story to a child
203 Features a murder
204 #7 in series

TA Wintersmith

205 cover has lots of snow on it
206 "morris dancer" / "morris dancing" in text
207 title includes a season name (Spring / Summer / Autumn / Fall / Winter) in it. Can be embedded like Wintersmith
208 from the Cold Cover list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
209 title includes a job title. Can be embedded like "smith" in Wintersmith
210 has a seasonal celebration in it (e.g. New Year's Eve / Summer solstice / harvest festival)

IR Making Money

211 cover has something gold or silver on it
212 spoon / cooking utensil on cover
213 mini skirt on cover
214 dog on cover
215 garlic in text
216 economics in text

R Unseen Academicals

217 MPG Sports
218 MC learns a new skill
219 gown on cover
220 set in a university
221 MC is a baker / cook
222 MPG Nonfiction

TA I Shall Wear Midnight
223 black cover
224 Single person on the cover
225 1st person POV
226 Time of day in title (midnight, morning, noon, etc)
227 Memoir MPG
228 Rabbit on cover

CW Snuff
229 MPG Mystery
230 MPG Crime
231 MPG Race
232 MC goes on a holiday
233 brown cover
234 MC has a son

IR Raising Steam
235 Steampunk MPG
236 vehicle powered by engine on cover
237 features an epic journey (should be significant part of the plot)
238 MPG "politics"
239 celebration spirit of enquiry reading a book from https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... listopia
240 "Moist" in text

TA The Shepherd's Crown
241 last book in a completed series
242 crown on cover
243 fossil / skeleton on cover
244 important character dies
245 sheep on cover
246 From Best Ending Listopia

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Team Angua von Uberwald
RECOMMENDATIONS

Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
This Is How It Always Is | Laurie Frankel
When All Is Said | Anne Griffin
Dear Edward | Ann Napolitano
Full Disclosure | Camryn Garrett
The Night Diary | Veera Hiranandani
Miracle Creek | Angie Kim
My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell
Interior Chinatown | Charles Yu
The Black Flamingo | Dean Atta



Getting Rid of Bradley | Jennifer Crusie
The Blue Castle | L.M. Montgomery
Earth Fathers Are Weird | Lyn Gala
Discount Armageddon | Seanan McGuire
Widdershins | Jordan L. Hawk
Carry the Ocean | Heidi Cullinan
The Warrior's Apprentice | Lois McMaster Bujold
The Curse of Chalion | Lois McMaster Bujold
The 5th Gender | G.L. Carriger
Tikka Chance on Me | Suleikha Snyder



Think of England | K.J. Charles
Pansies | Alexis Hall
The Two Gentlemen of Altona | Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock
Fingersmith | Sarah Waters
The Fire's Stone | Tanya Huff
Know Not Why | Hannah Johnson
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks | Josh Lanyon
That Alien Feeling | Alessandra Hazard
Night Drop | Marshall Thornton
The Only Gold | Tamara Allen



Emigrantes | José Maria Ferreira de Castro (English version available, even though not listed on GR)
Die tote Stadt | Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein (no English version available but still needs to make it to my list!)
The Stone Raft | José Saramago
The Deep End of the Ocean | Jacquelyn Mitchard
Wuthering Heights | Emily Brönte
The Secret Keeper | Kate Morton
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | John Boyne
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Kate DiCamillo
One Child | Torey Hayden
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman



The Clan of the Cave Bear | Jean M. Auel
Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden
Outlander | Diana Gabaldon
Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell
The Red Tent | Anita Diamant
In the Shadow of the Banyan | Vaddey Ratner
Honolulu | Alan Brennert
Spring Moon: A Novel of China | Bette Bao Lord
The Hummingbird's Daughter | Luis Alberto Urrea
Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry



The Viscount Who Loved Me | Julia Quinn
Beach Read | Emily Henry
The Poppy War | RF Kuang
A Natural History of Dragons | Marie Brennan
The Magicians' Guild | Trudi Canavan
The Space Between Worlds | Micaiah Johnson
The Host | Stephenie Meyer
The Widows of Malabar Hill | Sujata Massey
The Alice Network | Kate Quinn
Beartown | Fredrick Backman



Mist Over Pendle | Robert Neill
The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett
Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden
It | Stephen King
The Lord of the Rings: The Trilogy | J.R.R. Tolkien
Dark Witch | Nora Roberts
The Magicians' Guild | Trudi Canavan
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
The Witching Hour | Anne Rice



The Bronze Horseman | Paullina Simons
Illuminae | Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer
The Deal | Elle Kennedy
Beartown | Fredrik Backman
Devil in Winter | Lisa Kleypas
It Ends with Us | Colleen Hoover
A Discovery of Witches | Deborah Harkness
Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult
Addicted to You | Krista & Becca Ritchie



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OTHER Team Recommendations

Team Moist von Lipwig

Team Rob Anybody

Team Nanny Ogg

Team Librarian

Team Cherry Littlebottom

Team Archancellor Ridcully

Team Tiffany Aching

Team Lord Vetinari

Team Lady Sybil

Team The Luggage

Team Carrot Ironfoundersson

TEAMMATE Tower Teams Shelves

• Annalisa - Tower 2021
• Apoorv - Challenge-NBRC-TT8
• Becky - Tower Challenge
• Diana - TT 2021
• Dorota - TT_2021
• Ekaterina - Challenge-TT8
• Erin - Tower Teams 8
• Jade - Tower Teams 21
• Laila Jane - TowerTeams8
• Lauri - NBRC TT 2021
• M - Tower 8
• Nikk - TTVIII2021

Okay, stop already. :P

Reserve

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welcome Team Team Angua von Uberwald to Tower TYeams 8

I am NIkk and I will be your captain this round, Apoorv and Annalisa will be your lovely co-captains so any one of us can help out if you have any questions. I think I have been playing since Tower Teams III or IV and its one of my favourite team challenges on goodreads.

I am live in Sydney Australia with my partner, 9 year old daughter, one dog and one cat and I mostly read paranormal romance,urban fantasy, but I also enjoy, high fantasy, YA Cozy and any kind of romance.

Let's start by introducing ourselves with our:
- name,
- location
- TT shelf
- genres we like to read plus
- the most recent movie we saw.

Right now I cannot remember the most recent movie I saw at the cinema but I do remember that I saw it with my daughter and we both enjoyed it LOL. The most recent movie I saw at home was Harry Potter and the half blood prince as my daughter and I are both massive Harry Potter fans and so we own all the movies and my daughter watches at least 1 every week depending on her mood LOL

I will populate the reserved messages above with all important information and have a tracking sheet available shortly. Ideally it would be nice if we could hear from you in the thread at least one a week to let us know what you are up to with your reading and you can post your book completions in either the thread or on the tracking spreadsheet. you may of course post more frequently as chatting is definitely a good thing also as this is supposed to be fun first and foremost.

Look out for my friend requests coming out shortly otherwise I won't bombard with any more info in this post .

I looking forward to getting to know all of you and to playing this round

Hi Team Angua von Uberwald!

I'm Annalisa and I'm one of your co-captains for TT. This will be my third TT. I'm currently a captain in UNO and don't have a co-captain, so I probably won't be very chatty here until UNO finishes.

I live in Asheville, North Carolina, US. I mostly read historical romance (this is probably because it is a de-stressor and they are fast reads for challenges), I also really like fantasy and science fiction. I will read pretty much any genre though if it is the right book. I don't remember the last movie I saw. I don't watch a lot of movies. It might have been Mulan (the new action version) or it might have been Wolf Walkers. Both were a bit disappointing.

Here is a link to my TT shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm looking forward to playing this version of TT with everyone.

Hey! Hey! Hey!
I'm Apoorv, (supposedly) your co-captain. :P
I have been playing Tower Teams for a wee bit now and clearly love this challenge. It also doesn't help that I am wildly addicted to GoodReads and am just here wandering through the groups in search of group challenges. LOL!

Just like Annalisa, I'm also captaining a group in UNO, so will be focused a bit there till it ends at the end of this month, but will totally be around here.

I live in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and read almost everything that I can get my hands on (except maybe religious fiction). And Tower Teams has historically definitely helped me venture more into a variety of genres and authors.

Tower Teams Shelf: Challenge-NBRC-TT8

Since it is the Awards season for the movies, I am thoroughly engrossed in watching all the nominated movies across the globe, so I am a happy camper these days. The last one I watched was Minari (Dir. Lee Isaac Chung) which is a beautiful story of a South Korean family trying to find their footing in America. Highly recommend it!

Cannot wait to get the ball rolling on this one. We have a fun challenge in front of us! :D

In the interim feel free to ask any questions you have. I promise I will answer all the easy ones and let Nikk and Annalisa tackle the not so easy ones! :P

Hello team!

My name is Ekaterina (or Rena). I currently live in Shisui, Japan, but I was born and raised in Siberia and it's always snowing in my soul.

It is my first time doing this challenge and I'm looking forward to it!!
Here's a link to my folder: TT8 Challenge.
Do I understand it correctly that we are supposed to add books to it after we finish reading them?

I read gay romance for comfort but other than that I enjoy fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction/nonfiction. I'd also like to explore horror genre more. I would like to catch up on Discworld novels and I am currently reading Guards Guards. I suppose our lovely team namesake appears in next city watch novel and I was planning to start the challenge with it!

Last movies that I watched were Bram Stoker's Dracula and Dead Alive. Two best things to my mind that happened in 1992 along with my birthday. And it's one of the few times that I thought movie was better than the book. Not to say that book is always better, I just don't watch a lot of movies. It's harder to take them together with you unlike books.

Hope to read a lot of books together with you all!

Aloha from Hawaii! I'm Lauri & I'm so excited to play! This will be my 4th TT (I think...) I'm also coming off of UNO, although I'm not a captain. I can't edit a spreadsheet to save my life! I will be asking for help entering my completed books. I read 100% paper & ink books which I borrow from the library. It makes life quite interesting. I will read just about anything, but historical fiction, chick lit, mysteries & paranormal are my favorites. I didn't really get into Discworld, but I will try again with our BOMs for May.

I can't really remember what movie I last saw in the theatre! It's been such a long time. The last movies I watched on TV were Karate Kid 1 - 3. Stop laughing! I watch a LOT of movies. And hey, it was a marathon. I was reliving my misspent youth. I speak fluent movie quote / song lyrics. It's both a gift and a curse.

I can't wait to start planning and reading with all of you!

Hi everyone! I'm Laila and I am in the Chicago area. I've been playing Tower Teams on and off for the last few years, and based off my book shelves, this is my 3rd TT. Like most everyone, I'm doing Uno too. I really love group challenges!

My favorite genre is romance (any sub-genre), but I've found that I will read just about anything for a challenge. I've discovered some of the best books that way and it has really expanded my reading.

I haven't done too much movie watching in the last year. I tend to watch TV shows more than movies at home. The last movie I remember going to was for a kid's birthday party - Frozen 2. I'm taking a wild guess and saying my last home movie was Avengers: Endgame. I love Marvel superheroes and did a marathon with all the movies when they were all out.

My TT Shelf: towerteams8

Hi guys! I'm Erin and I'm from Atlanta, GA. I *think* I played tower teams once many times ago? But I also might totally be misremembering haha.

My favorite genre is fantasy followed by romance. But I also will read historical, mystery, science fiction, and general fiction sprinkled in-between the fantasy or romance.

The last movie I saw in theater pre covid was the new Little Women movie which was really good! The most recent movie I've seen at home was The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society for like the sixth time

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

Hello everyone! I'm Diana, I'm from Portugal but currently live in London. This will be my first TT - a team member from UNO (the only challenge I know!) convinced me to join. I live a pretty busy and stressful life, and UNO helps me a lot with allocating more time to read, and that's my goal with TT too. :)

I don't think I have a specific genre; I don't usually read fantasy, that's a fact... But I read a long time ago the series from Die tote Stadt (I think it's pretty strange that no english version is available!) and loved it - I should revisit it!

I'm not much of a movie person and don't remember the last movie I saw... The pianist, maybe? It's one of my favourites, part of my top 3 together with One Day with Anne Hathaway which I looove and La vita è bella.

My TT shelf is here.

Looking forward to to playing with you all!

Hi! I'm Becky, and I live in Indianapolis. (That's in the Eastern time zone, although most people assume we're on Central. So that means I'm in the same time zone as Annalisa in Boston, not Laila in Chicago.) This is my first Tower Teams. First challenge in this group at all. I joined because some of my teammates in Turf Wars were talking about how much fun it is, and Turf Wars wraps up early next week, so the timing was perfect to start a new team challenge! Here's my TT shelf. I have absolutely no idea what we're supposed to be doing, but I figure someone will tell me when it's time to start reading. :P

I read mostly romance, about 60/40 m/m to m/f, with the occasional f/f thrown in. I also read a bit of sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery. I'm not a big nonfiction reader, although I will read them for challenges, and mostly enjoy them when I do. I have a big folder of nonfiction titles in my Kindle that I picked up because they sounded interesting... I just never seem to get around to reading them without the nudge of a challenge.

As for movies, the most recent movie I've seen in a theater was Crazy Rich Asians, I think? It's been a while. The most recent new movie was Wonder Woman 1984. And the most recent movie I've seen overall was The Goonies. (So much more screaming than I remembered.)

Hi there! This is Team Rob Anybody dropping in!!



Can you all provide some book recommendations? We'll supply some in return if you wish.

Sorry I forgot to mention my shelf! It's nbrc-TT-2021. I can't do a link to save my life, but there it is anyway!

Hello I am M from beautiful Vancouver BC where I love with my partner and our cat overlords.
I am an avid reader of all things science fiction and fantasy with a little historical fiction thrown in for fun. I love reading challenges and this is my 5th Tower Teams.
I can't remember the last movie I saw, honestly I really don't watch TV. I am looking to this challenge with everyone. I love Discworld and all thing Pratchett.

My tower shelf: tower 8

and because it is a part of the challenge
M's recommendation shelf

Oh, if recommendations are part of the challenge, I keep a shelf of favourites here :)

Helo Angua!

Team Moist has compiled some books in a listopia. Dive in, bring a towel...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

If you have any recommendations to send our way, please do!!!!!

If you're just asking for general recommendations I have a favorites shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Hello from Team Rob, dropping in to invite you to check out some favorite reads from our team here

Hi, Team Nanny Ogg here!
We’ve got some book recommendations. You can check them out here.
If you have any book recommendations, please send them our way :)
Good luck and have fun everyone!

Hello Angua von Uberwald

The Librarian has the following recommended reading list for you. Please check them out at your ease. However, make sure you return them to the library on time or face the consequences.

Hi, beloved Captains! I was just wondering how we're going to work this. Are we going to claim our tasks ahead of time? Please enlighten us with the grand plan.
It's hard to believe we're only a week out from starting!

I'm guessing, based on the visitor posts above, that we're supposed to be putting together a list of recommended reads?

Thank you everybody who posting their favorite shelves, now let me ask you to do something even more crazier. Haha. :P

List out the Top 10 books you have ever read you would like to recommend.

I will collate the information up top and we can share it with the other teams.

I'll start,

Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
This Is How It Always Is | Laurie Frankel
When All Is Said | Anne Griffin
Dear Edward | Ann Napolitano
Full Disclosure | Camryn Garrett
The Night Diary | Veera Hiranandani
Miracle Creek | Angie Kim
My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell
Interior Chinatown | Charles Yu
The Black Flamingo | Dean Atta

Oh, boy. It's hard to get it down to just 10!

Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn Gala
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk
Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The 5th Gender by G.L. Carriger
Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder

Mostly mm-romance but here you go!

Think of England by K.J. Charles
Pansies by Alexis Hall
The Two Gentlemen of Altona by Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff
Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks by Josh Lanyon
That Alien Feeling by Alessandra Hazard
Night Drop by Marshall Thornton
The Only Gold by Tamara Allen

Team Cheery Littlebottom here, please check out our list of recs:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Here are my recommendations:

Emigrantes by José Maria Ferreira de Castro (English version available, even though not listed on GR)
Die tote Stadt by Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein (no English version available but still needs to make it to my list!)
The Stone Raft by José Saramago
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
One Child by Torey Hayden
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

You guys are genuinely awesome to actually be able to narrow it down to 10 books you'd recommend! Wow! :D

Here are my ten!
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Spring Moon: A Novel of China by Bette Bao Lord
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Top Ten:

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Beartown by Fredrick Backman

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Hello from Team Tiffany Aching

We have collated some book recommendations and put them in an easy to find post here

Hello Team Angua von Uberwald!

Thank you for the book recommendations! I got some that are on my TBR. Here are my recommendations.

- Alyana from Team Lord Vetinari

Hey everyone :)

Thank you @Apoorv for sending me the team link, my notifications are hit and miss lately didn't know they have been published.

So as you will know from the team list my name is Jade. I am based in the UK and live a happy life with my Husband and our cat Pablo.

Link to my shelf is: J Shelf

For as long as I, and my poor Mother can remember I have been a bookworm, even at 3 years old when she used to drag me kicking and screaming out of the library. To be honest I will read almost anything but my favourite genres would be Historical Fiction and Romance. I am currently working my way through my Netgalley shelf trying to tick them all off :)

As for movies to be honest the only time I watch them is at the weekend, during the week my better half will be watching the tv whilst I am reading my kindle. The last film I watched was actually my favourite last night which is Roadhouse total 80's classic and I love it and Patrick Swayze.

I have done a few rounds of Towers now whilst I've been a member of the group and look forwards to chatting to you all and sharing recommendations.

Erin wrote: "Top Ten:

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
A Natural History of Dragons by ..."

The Magicians' Guild one of my favourite series ever!

Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Erin wrote: "Top Ten:

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
[book:A Natural History of Dragons|..."

Yess!! It's so good! I feel like I never hear anyone who reads fantasy ever talk about it!