Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Team Cheery Littlebottom

• Paula (Captain)
• Melissa (Co-Captain)
• Gem (Co-Captain)
• Sharon A.
• Jessica Buzzard
• Melissa Williams
• Maddy
• Tone Bardal
• Ashleigh
• Sixty
• Brittany
• Andrea Orjuela
• Mamacita
• Sehrish Naaz


Challenge Status Sheet
Team Sheet

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RULES

Book Points
◈ Books less than 100 pages = 0 points
◈ Books between 100 and 1000 pages = 0.1 points/page
◈ Books over 1000 pages = 100 points

◈ Points will be rounded up/down from 0.5 as per standard maths
◈ For audio only books, the page count will be set as 100, no matter how long the audio is

Link for Word Count


Team Members Shelves
Paula
Melissa
Gem
Sharon
Jessica
Melissa Williams
Maddy
Tone Bardal
Ashleigh
Sehrish
Sixty
Brittany
Andrea
Mamacita

Team Recs
Listopia Cheery Littlebottom Recs

BOMs

For current BOM (Book of the Month) discussions
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM = 20 points

May BOMs
The Foundling by Stacey Halls - Starts May 2nd
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy - Starts May 16
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett - Starts May 22

Participants:

Completion Template

Book:
Date Read:
# of Pages:
The task it works for & how it fits: List all the tasks/bingo/Jackanory your book fits
BOM: yes/no, DQs links.

Tracking Spreadsheet

Bingo tasks

Our Recs:
Cheery Littlebottom

Recommendations from other Teams:

Team Rincewind

Team Moist

Team Rob Anybody

Team Nanny Ogg

Team The Librarian

Team Sam Vimes

Team TIffany Aching

Team Lord Vetinari

Team The Luggage

Team Lady Sybil

Team Carrot Ironfoundersson

Team Angua von Uberwald

Team Archancellor Ridcully

Team Granny Weatherwax

Hello!!
Welcome to Tower Teams, have you played before?

I'm Paula, I'm from Chile and my native language is spanish but I read books in english too. I work in mining consultancy and right now I'm working from home (due to lockdown).
I haven't read the Discworld books, but I think I'll be joining the Mort's BOM in june, I hope to like it hahah.

For those who haven't created a TT shelf yet, please do and link it here. Thank you!

I'm sure we'll have a great time

Yay!

Hi, I'm Jess. I've never played before and had this recommended to me from an UNO teammate. I live in Missouri and am a social worker for Children's Division. I've never even HEARD of Discworld...but I just got the May BOTM from the library.

Go team

Hi team! So excited to get started on this year's TT! I've taken part in a couple of these as a regular team player and a captain/co-captain, but this year wanted to take it easy :)

My shelf is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

So as I've never played this before...how do you decide where a book is placed? between the tasks, bingo, and the story?

Also for tracking what do you guys prefer? Do we post in here or on the spreadsheet.

Sorry if I'm jumping the gun lol. Just still in game mode with UNO

Hi Everyone! I'm Melissa from the Philadelphia suburbs, PA. I've played TT a few times as both Captain and Co-Captain. It's been a couple of years since I've played and I'm excited to be a Co-Captain! I'm pretty sure I sent a friend request to everyone but if I missed someone please let me know (or just friend me :D )

I read nearly everything but Fantasy, Thriller/Mystery, and Historical Fiction are my favorite. I've never heard of Discworld either but I'm going to dive in starting with The Color of Magic (I know I've been warned against the first 2 books but my OCD won't let me start anywhere else LOL )

I'm finishing up UNO as well Jessica and am still in planning/game mode!

I'm sure Paula will let us all know how she wants the books completed posted. :)

I know everyone is different but for me I usually only plan on the book I'm reading, which is usually just one maybe two at a time, and possibly the one after that. I don't like to grab too many spots in case someone else can cover something. This way I can plan my reads based on what is actually available. Since it's a 3 month challange I assume we should be able to cover most of the spots. We will probably go with the highest point tasks first is my guess.

Link to my Profile and my shelf : ttviii-2021

Edit: helpful if the link actually works

Hello everyone! My name is Tone, and I'm from Norway. I am currently writing my master thesis in Business (Finance) and only have like 6 weeks until I'm graduated! This is my first ever TT, and I'm still a little confused, but I hope I'll get the hang of it eventually. I've never read any Discworld either, but I'm joining Mort, and I've also acquired a few other Discworld books :)

I mostly read in English and my favorites are Fantasy, YA, historical fiction and any book with LGBTQ+ content is always welcome!

I think my shelf is already linked above, but here it is again :)

Hello, everyone! I'm Sixty, I live in California and I have a lot of crayfish. Discworld is one of those series that I keep meaning to get to, but still haven't! I have not played TT before, but I did play in a different team challenge last summer.

I'm looking forward to having fun with you all!

Hi everyone, hey sixty!!
I’m gem, I live in England and work an office 9-5 job.
I’ve not played TT before but I needed something to cure my annual UNO hangover!!
I’m on a year long book ban (September-September) so I’m enjoying reading everything Ive had on my shelves in forever and had otherwise abandoned! Never heard of discworld before and I’m not a fantasy fan so might be avoiding them unfortunately.
Looking forward to spending the next 3 months with you all :)

Hey everyone :)

Lovely to meet you all! Glad to see I won't be the only one in Europe time zones :D

This is my 3rd TT (I think). I haven't read discworld either, never even heard of it, but can't wait to start!

Oh, here is the shelf - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

It's nice that we seem to be all over the world!

Congrats Tone! That is the best feeling in the world knowing all your hard work paid off and it is finally over!

So excited for all the new TT players. I've found that it's easiest to understand by looking at the spreadsheet. I usually don't get the rules by reading them LOL Some can be confusing for sure. If anyone has any questions please let us know. :)

Hi everyone,

My name is Andrea, I am from Colombia. I am a chemical engineer and work on a process design company.
I have never played TT and just this year started playing UNO, I enjoyed it a lot since it allowed me to read a lot of books that had been on my TBR list for a while.
I read a bit of everything but mostly fantasy, science fiction, YA and historical fiction.
I read The Color of Magic, but did not enjoy it as much, however I have heard the series gets better after the third book. I plan on reading the second one and join the BOM reading.

Looking forward to reading alongside you guys

Andrea wrote: "Hi everyone,

My name is Andrea, I am from Colombia. I am a chemical engineer and work on a process design company.
I have never played TT and just this year started playing UNO, I enjoyed it a l..."

Andrea I'm a Chemical Engineer too!

I see that several of you come from the UNO challenge too, that's how I first came to TT like 4 years ago I think, and every year I wait for it to be announced haha.
You'll discover this is a simple challenge, except for the special tasks, but basically al you need to do is read as much as you can ahahaha.

Do you plan your books for the month in anticipation?

My plan revolves around what I can get from the library most of the time so I’m usually somewhat flexible.

I’m a big mood reader so I was just planning to mostly read like normal, and then see what points the book can get.

I kinda do both. For UNO at least I've been pretty good at finding stuff on my TBR to match tasks. So I've been knocking a lot of my stuff of doing that method

I'm here!!! Sorry. I've been at the grandbabies house & have been super busy.

I’m Mama & live in Texas. I've only played Tower Teams once before? Are we gonna use a Google Spreadsheet or how are ya'll planning on tracking besides shelves?
Mama's Tower Team


Also a big mood reader but usually plan what I'm gonna wanna read soon like in the next week or so. Usually read a book in 2-3 days depending on length & what I've got going on IRL. I only read Romance & mainly read PNR, HR OR Rom Suspense. I've never even HEARD of Discworld either.

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.

Hi Team Rob Anybody! We would love some recommendations!

Here are some of my favorites:
The Scent Keeper
Darkfever (first book is a little slow but the rest of the series is amazing!)
All the Missing Girls
Between Shades of Gray

I’m sure we’ll have a Google sheet for tracking! Seems like that is the easiest way to keep track of all the places a book fits.

Some of mine..


(my absolute favorite litRPG series and author)

AND


(late to the party on this..but my favorite book so far of 2021)

And obviously all of the HP books 😉

Hi everyone! I'm Sharon from Northeast Pennsylvania (near the Poconos) where I live with my husband and two dogs. During the day, I am the Director of a Community Foundation.

This is my second time playing TT and I'm really looking forward to it again this year. These challenges always help me increase my reading and I need it. I've been in a bit of a pandemic slump the last few months :(

I rely a lot on the library, so I don't plan too far out in advance but I can try to pitch in wherever is needed.

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

OMG SHARON! I'm from The Poconos!! I moved to Missouri a few years back for school and then moved to Stl.

Jessica wrote: "Some of mine..



I loved Before We Were Yours

Hello! I am Melissa W. I can go by Mel to distinguish the two Melissa's if you'd like :) I am a middle school teacher in Vermont. This year, I teach science, but I usually teach Language Arts (reading, writing, spelling) and science, and that's what I'll teach again next year.
I am very excited to be reading with people from so many different occupations and nationalities.
I read a little bit of just about everything. I've been pairing fiction and non-fiction lately, but I have a slog of fiction I'm behind on. I like mysteries, non-fiction, historical fiction, generational stories, romance, zombies, YA, happy pet books, really just about anything. The only type of fiction I have come across that I don't usually care for is dark academia, or books without a strong female character in there somewhere.
I have not done a TT challenge before. I have done a few challenges - one was called a Wheel-a-Thon. I've heard so much about the TT challenge! I'm really looking forward to it.
I'm going to finish up my books for April, and check out the rules in more depth. I have spring break this week, but tomorrow it's supposed to snow (!) so I'm going to hide inside and pretend it's not.

I'd like to read The Foundling and Equal Rites. I've never read a Discworld book, but my cousin likes them, I think, and it would be good conversation material.

I can write some questions for the BOMs. Where do we sign up for those?

Hi Melissa (Mel)! It’s not usual to be around another Melissa (for me at least LOL) I go by Melis or Mel sometimes too :)

If you go to the main NBRC page under the BOM section click the thread for whatever book you want to write DQs for. Once it’s open you can just post that you volunteer to write DQs. If you prefer a specific group of questions ( first day, last day, etc) you can ask. The Mods try to accommodate usually if they can. It’s not always possible especially during TT.

I can post the link tomorrow when I’m on the computer if you having trouble finding it.

Hey everyone! Just got a notification for the thread! Hey Maddy, this should be fun haha.

I'm Brittany from Montana but reside in Texas, USA. Bibliophile and also a writer. Hopefully, a published author by the end of the year!
I love to read anything, but especially dark fantasy, urban paranormal, psych thrillers, nonfiction, and exciting historical fiction.
I can recommend some 5 star reads I have encountered so far this year in my next post.

My shelf for this challenge is : Tower 8

My 2021 reads worth 5 stars: (I read a lot of classics from lists for challenges this year)

Psych Thriller
YA/Space Opera/SciFi
: True Crime
: Classics/Humor
: YA/Fantasy
: Sci Fi/YA
: Classics/Contemp
: Classics
: Non Fiction/History
: Historical Fiction/Mystery
:Urban/Paranormal
: Classic/Historical Fiction
: Psych Thriller
: Historical Fiction
: Urban/Paranormal
: Classic/Historical Fiction
: Contemp/YA
: Mystery/Contemp
: Urban/Paranormal
: Sci Fi/YA
: Psych Thriller/Retelling
: Historical Fiction/Sci-Fi
: Psych Thriller
: Horror/Humor/Sci-Fi
: Historical Fiction
: Superhero/YA
: Poetry/Contemp
: Romance/Contemp/Sci-Fi
: Dark Fantasy/YA
: Contemp
: Contemp/Mystery
: Dark Fantasy/ YA

I can do Dumplin' for DQs, the other 2 books aren't available at my library

I can do any of the 3. I got them all from the library. Just let me know what we need

Jessica:

I second The Hate U Give and Where the Forest Meets the Stars

Melissa wrote: "I can write some questions for the BOMs. Where do we sign up for those?"

The links are towards the top for each of the BOMs

Brittany that's funny. Illuminae and Midnight Library were 2 of my least favorite so far this year. Granted, I do a lot of audiobooks and I listened to Illuminae. I felt like maybe I didnt get the right experience

Ive already planned 4 May reads, I'll be reading :


my fave so far this year and recommend are:



and not released until may this is now my most favourite ever read (bold shout I know)

@Brittany I loved The Wife Upstairs too! One of my favourite books of the year so far.

Brittany wrote: "My 2021 reads worth 5 stars: (I read a lot of classics from lists for challenges this year)

Psych Thriller
YA/Space Opera/SciF..."

Wow! That is an impressive list!!

My favorites of 2021 are:

Brittany wrote: "My 2021 reads worth 5 stars: (I read a lot of classics from lists for challenges this year)

Psych Thriller
YA/Space Opera/SciF..."

I might try Loki in anticipation of the Disney + series coming up :)

Paula wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Hi everyone,

My name is Andrea, I am from Colombia. I am a chemical engineer and work on a process design company.
I have never played TT and just this year started playing UNO, I..."

It is always nice to find a fellow Chem eng. and a fellow reader!

Paula wrote: "I see that several of you come from the UNO challenge too, that's how I first came to TT like 4 years ago I think, and every year I wait for it to be announced haha.
You'll discover this is a simp..."

I am a big mood reader, but I normally try to keep up to date with the new releases of series or authors I have been reading for a while. I usually try to look in my TBR list to see what works for challenges and special tasks.