NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion
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Banana Mania - September Check-In and Finished Books
The September Mod Challenge has some choices we need to make as a team, below is the preliminary information from the mods so we can start discussing what we want to do! Preliminary Info on September BAP Challenge: (Revision V)
Goal: Total number of your “Team within a Team” participants will need to read a percent of their total goal to earn Book Advantage Points (BAPs). The breakdown is as follows (see Post #20 below for increase in BAPs and another Mango Tango Option):
9.9% = 9 BAPRules: Your Team must have a minimum of one-third (1/3) of your books from the first challenge, A Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge. You may then choose the rest, in any percent each of the next two NBRC challenges you choose.
8.33 to 9.8% = 7 BAP
7 to 8.2 = 5 BAP
• We will allow members to “double up” on days for the A Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge; however, not for the A-Z challenge, nor any Spell-It-Out. Of course, if you spell T.I.G.E.R. and C.A.T. (using two "T"s., that is acceptable).
• There must be at least one book in the remaining two challenges, unless you have met your goal in the first challenge.
• Yes, your Team may have only one participant.
• If one member wants to read more to make up another member’s percent, that is fine.
• You do NOT need to complete the selected challenges; just fit your books to the three you choose.
• To give you an advantage, we will round down instead of up to determine the number of books you read.
• Any Team participant at 70% or higher of her (or his) yearly ‘target goal by the August 18th Sunday Update will be considered an ‘outlier’ and will have their goal adjusted for the September BAP Challenge to below 70%. (Remember, this is based on the TTRC ending April 11, 2014. To be ‘on target’ on that day, a Team or participant would be at 35%.)
Example• We will be happy to calculate your “Team within a Team” goal for you. Yes, you may adjust it, if more players wish to join after the start of the month.
Let’s say a player is at 80% of her yearly goal of 100. We would adjust their monthly goal upward for the September from 100 to 115 (69.56%). This would mean she would need to read 9.57 books to reach 8.33% or 11.38 books to reach 9.9%.
• Someone who has had the summer off and is returning to school, has a new job, or has a special event planned in September, etc., may ask for special consideration of their goal.
• Referring to our challenges, choose books that fit:
◈ A Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge.These links might help:
◈ One A-Z challenge posted in NBRC. (See below.*)
◈ Plus one more from any other of our NBRC challenges.
Reading Challenge Index
Monthly/Season Challenge Index
Spell It Out - is available in many of the challenges.
Your Team just needs to select books from the sub-options in the
Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge
. How many books you read is determined by your goal.
Below is an example of a category's sub-options restrictions. The example we use is for Category #4 from the challenge:
4 – 4th of July is Independence Day. Read a book with a red, white and blue cover, or that is set on the US, or has the US flag on the cover. Or read a book where the main character is fighting for his independence or for some greater good.
Example of a Category's Sub-options Restrictions
Two (2) books per Book A Day Challenge sub-option. Using Category #4 as an example we have two (2) books with a red/blue/white cover, two (2) books set on the US, two (2) books with the US flag on the cover. Or two (2) books where the main character is fighting for his independence or for some greater good.
That is a total of eight (8) books for Category #4. Some categories allow more, some are less.
*Here are A-Z Challenge. The Animal Alphabet Reading Challenge, Cooking & Cookware A-Z, and Herbs & Spices A-Z, etc. actually count as Spell-It-Out challenges.
A-Z Challenges
Author Alphabet Reading Challenge
Hero Alphabet Reading Challenge
Heroine Alphabet Reading Challenge
Pet Names Alphabet Reading Challenge A-Z
Title Challenge: Read the Alphabet
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge
Villains Alphabet Reading Challenge
The Short and Sweet of the Mod's September Challenge for BAPs:
• As a team you need to read between 7% and 9.9% of your total team participant goal in order to get any BAPs.
• 1/3 of these books needs to fit into the Book a Day challenge of which you may double up and the remaining books need to fit into:(1) One A-Z challenge which is not a spell-it-out.
(2) One other NBRC challenge.
Reserved
Participating Team Members
Player Overall Challenge
Name Goal 9.9% Goal
Amanda 200 19
Christina 125 12
Corey 40 3
Elizabeth 52 5
Susan 50 4
Vanessa 50 4
Total 47
The numbers listed here are based on the 9.9% goal. View the spreadsheet to see goals by percent.
I am interested in taking part in the September challenge.
I will be participating in the September challenge.
Added everyone who is participating to Post #7 above.
I will be participating as well. :)
I hope I'm doing this correctly.
The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey #2), by Julie Kagawa
Book a Day Options:
- Day 4: Fighting for her independence or a greater good
- Day 15: Faint glow of light on the cover (i think?)
- Day 2, 8, 16: Genre: Romance, Magical, Young Adult
- Day 3: Love triangle
- Day 7: Has a tight deadline
- Day 10: Main character struggles to save a precious item
- Day 27: Mathematical riddle or codes (maybe? there was 1 riddle/code)
September 2013 Takeover Challenge
- Blue cover (sort of? i might be grasping here)
A-Z Title
- I & D
A-Z Author
- J & K
Mod
- Faint glow of light on the cover (i think?)
- Blue cover (sort of? i might be grasping here)"
Both approved. We have no idea about the riddle/code.
Finished
Book a Day Option: First in a series (day 1)
Finished:
by V.C. AndrewsBook a day:
1a. MC has a first experience (father died first loss, puberty, loss of virginity)
1c. First in Series
2b. Chris and Cathy are partners in raising the twins. Twins are their own partners. Corrine and her mother are partners in keeping the children concealed, and later in attempting to make them "disappear".
4b. Is set in US (Virginia)
4d. Cathy and Chris must try to free themselves and the twins from captivity.
6a. Mother keeps kids captive at the instruction of her mother. Oldest daughter acts as mother to the others in her place.
10d. Cathy struggles to save the twins.
15. Glow of light on cover.
16a. Chris turns 16.
16c. Young adult
2013 takeover
V is for
V.C. Andrews
Author Alphabet Reading Challenge
V and A
Title Alphabet Reading Challenge
F
Finished
by Alice ClaytonBook a Day:
1-One word title
2-Romance
4-Set in US (San Francisco)
23-Title begins with "W"
28-Black and White cover
A-Z:
Title - W
Author - A and C
Takeover Challenge:
Challenge Book - First book for September challenges
Finished
Life after Life by Kate AtkinsonBook a Day:
2 - Second Chances
30 - Dies from Flu (5x)
21 - Has a drinking problem
16 - has a sweet 16
1 - Main character has a 1st experience (many really).
6 - becomes a mother.
A-Z:
Title: L
Author: K & A
Added books through here to the spreadsheet! :)
Finished
by Mark AnthonyBook a Day:
1 - First of a series
19 - Character is a doctor
25 - Picture of a horse on the cover
September 2013 Takeover Challenge:
6 - Animals - A book with an animal on the cover
A-Z:
Title: B, P
Author: M, A
Finished A Walk Across the SunBook a day
1. Being raped, enslaved, a drug mule, living through a tsunami & losing a daughter.
2. Starting over after such terrible events
4. Fighting to escape (???)
6. The main character gets pregnant
22. A LOT of corrupted cops and good cops too.
23. Walk starts with W
Takeover
Challenge Book - First book for September challenges
AZ Title
W, A, S
AZ Author
A, C
I just finished:Exclusive by Sandra Brown
Book a Day:
Exclusive
1b. One word title
2a. Romance/Partnership Barrie and Gray
3b. Love triangle: Vanessa/gray/David
3c. 3 best friends: David/Gray/Spence
4a. Flag on Cover
19b. Dr. Allen
21a. Vanessa and Dr. Allen both have drinking problems
September Takeover
This is a mystery.
Author A to Z
S and B
Title A to Z
E
Finished
The Book of Lost Things by: John Connolly
Book a Day:
1A - Has a First Experience (enters a new world, and has many first experiences)
4D - Fighting for his Independence or a Greater Good (Is trying to keep from falling to the Crooked Man who wants to imprison him as King, which could also be a bad thing hence also fighting for Greater Good).
8A - Magical (Narnia style)
10B - Is a Writer (in the end, but not the main plot point)
10E - Struggles to save a precious item (if you count saving his mother from dying of illness, and going into another thinking he is trying to save her)
13A - Supersitions (has an OCD style routine that he believes will help keep his mother alive, continues to do them after her death because he believes harm will befall him if he stops).
Author A to Z
J & C
Title A to Z
B & L & T
Susan wrote: I just finished:Exclusive by Sandra Brown
Book a Day:
Exclusive
1b. One word title
2a. Romance/Partnership Barrie and Gray
3b. Love triangle: Vanessa/gray/David
3c. 3 best friends: David/Gray/Spence
4a. Flag on Cover
19b. Dr. Allen
21a. Vanessa and Dr. Allen both have drinking problems
September Takeover
This is a mystery.
Author A to Z
S and B
Title A to Z
E
So it looks as though I need to list ALL of the challenges in NBRC that my book fits, is that right? And post them here? Or are there only certain challenges that apply? Well, I suppose I should wait to see if I'm eligible to participate this month.
If I'm not mistaken, you're eligible to participate until September 20. Only the books you've read in September can be used for this challenge! We are referring to 3 challenges for this challenge (Book a Day Keeps the Boredom at Bay Reading Challenge, September takeover challenge & author and title A-Z challenges) so you don't have to list all the challenges your books fit in. FORTUNATELY!
Mod
OK, so do I post the books I've read for those challenges here? What I don't understand is why one book is posted to so many #'s within the Book-a-Day challenge. Doesn't it just apply to one task?
Because you post what each book qualifies for in that challenge. Then at the end of the month Banana will move the books around so that they cover the most ground. So for instance like If three of us read a book with a flag on the cover only 2 of those books count for the team, but by listing other alternatives, she can then place that book into another spot where it also fits. does that make sense?
Mod
Yikes, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to make the challenge at the rate I'm reading. I've been stuck in a reading rut this month.Anyway, I really enjoyed this book, so hopefully my rate will be on an uptick from now on.
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
1A: Has a First Experience (suddenly turning into an old lady/experiencing magic, new worlds)
1C: First in a Series
2B: Has a Partnership (Howl & Calcifer)
6B: Main character is a man (Howl)
Author: D, J
Title: H
Susan wrote: but by listing other alternatives, she can then place that book into another spot where it also fits. Aha! I think I finally get it! Thanks, Susan, it's been a full-time job to follow me around the site and answer all of my questions, hasn't it? Looks like I need to go back through my September reads and see what fits where. I'll post in the next few days.
Moderators wrote: You are doing great, Connie. It is a big challenge and you're learning your way around just fine. Thanks for making me feel much less dumb! I think I had an "aha" moment just now. Stay tuned...
Lol! You're doing great. I wouldn't worry about it, I couldn't figure it out at first either, so I figure the least I could do is help someone else! If you need any help let me know!
Updated books through here. :)We are at 10 books so far.
This is:
24% of the 42 books we need for 9 BAP.
27% of the 37 books we need for 7 BAP.
34% of the 29 books we need for 5 BAP.
Darn, I was hoping to add this before you updated ;) Finished
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Book a Day:
1C - First in Series
4A - Cover - Red, White & Blue
4D - Fighting for her independence/the greater good.
6C - Resistence to regime
19B - Dr. Nick Nygard
September Takeover:
Cover predominately blue
Author A-Z:
S
Title A-Z:
B & S
I finished 2 books. I just need to check the categories:
&
Book a day
3. Love triangle between Day, June and Tess AND between Day, June and Anden.
9. Set in a post-apocalyptic environment
16. YA book
20. June is a top student (best score of the republic)
Takeover
- Cover is predominantly blue
- Animal on the cover (not sure about this one)
AZ Title
P
AZ Author
M, L
Book a day
1. First time having sex, being married...
2. Romance book and partnership between Ramsesse and Nefertari
3. Love triangle between Nefertari, Iset and Ramsesse
6. Nefertari becomes a mother
12. Part of the book is set in Canaan (modern day Israel if I'm not mistaken)
Takeover
None
AZ Title
H, Q
AZ Author
M
Finished
by Sarah MacLeanBook A Day:
1-Heroine is a virgin
2-Romance
7-Hero runs a gaming hell
A-Z:
Title - O
Author - S and M
Takeover Challenge:
Blue cover
Love That Dress! (beautiful dress on cover)
I'm going to drop out of the challenge. I just can't seem to get into a reading groove this month. :(
Mod
Sorry to hear about the reading groove, Christina. I removed your book goals from the September Challenge page of Banana Mania and that section of the SU. Please feel free to join back in the challenge, if you change your mind.
Killing Floor by Lee Child
The Killing Floor
1c. First in series
4a. Set in us
4b. Reacher is fighting to save lives of several innocent people.
6b. Mc is a man
7c. MC has one week to discover what is going on in the town, why his brother died, and to stop it. Later he has less then 24 hours to save the lives of 5 hostages.
10c. Jack fights to save the lives of his girlfriend, friend, and 3 innocent victims
22b. Lots of police in story
Title
K
Author
L and C
September Takeover
Genre: mystery
Do you know jack: Jack Reacher
Wild card: Listened on audio book
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Lightening thief
1c. First in series
3c. Percy, Grover and Annabeth - friends
4f. Saving the world from a "God war"
7c. Percy has till the summer solstice to find the stolen weapons and stop the war.
8a. Magical items, magic weapons, etc
8b. Oracle predicts Percy's future.
10c. Percy has to find and return Zeus's Lightening Bolt, Hade's Helmet, save his mother and the world.
15. Glow on cover
20a. Percy is the Son of the top 3 Gods, strongest Hero living etc
20b. Percy's vision is highly sensitive to movement etc.
Sept. takeover:
Green cover
Title:
L
Author:
R
Guilty as Sin by Tami Hoag
Book A Day
22. Strong police presence
31. Final book in the series
September Takeover Challenge
Latest Kick... Wrapped Up in Mysteries
AZ Title
G,S
AZ Author
T,H
Finished
by Glenn Beckin September.Book A Day
2. Second chances
4. Set in the U.S.
12. Christmas
17. Puts a smile on your face
31. New beginning
Author Alphabet
G, B
Title
C
Finished
by Nevada Barr in September.Book A Day
1. First of a series
4. Set in U.S.
10. Struggles to save a precious item (lions in the national park are being killed)
Takeover
Latest Kick - Mystery
Animals - On cover
Beach, Mountains, Desert - Set in West Texas desert
Author Alphabet
N, B
Title
T
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