NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion

Welcome, Wild Blue Yonders! Grab yourself a spot to keep track of your pages read and Book Hunt books.

1. Hallow Places COMPLETE
For this option, is all about the setting - Cemeteries, dark forest, haunted house, the asylum, Dracula's Castle, etc.
1. Lover Enshrined


2. Masters of Horror/Fantastic COMPLETE
Read a book from a master of horror and Fantastic like Stephen King or Dean Koontz, or if you prefer a more lighter approach, like Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett.
1. The Light Fantastic
2. Equal Rites


3. Halloween Cover Hunt COMPLETE
Read books with covers matching Halloween colors - black, orange, red - or Halloween themes - pumpkins, skulls, etc.
1. House Rules
2. Mort
3. Acheron


4. Spell-it-Out (BUTTERFINGERS) COMPLETE
This can be the title(using or disregarding a, the, an), the author's first or last name, or a character's name or nickname.
1. R The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy
2. E Rose Under Fire
3. G When Lightning Strikes
4. F Fire with Fire




5. Supernatural Creatures COMPLETE
The title is self explanatory, read a book that has witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, zombie, ghosts, spirits, poltergeist, anything counts.
1. Bite Me If You Can
2. A Wrinkle in Time
3. Etiquette & Espionage
4. Obsession
5. Sirensong

October 4th-October 19th, 2013


Pages Read: 4932

Books Read:
1. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett 241 pgs 10/4 (4★)
2. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett 228 pgs 10/4 (3★)
3. Mort by Terry Pratchett 181 pgs 10/6 (3★)
4. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett 256 pgs 10/7 (4★)
5. Pawn of Prophecy 304 pgs 10/8 (5★)
6. Tell the Wolves I'm Home 367pgs 10/9 (5★)
7. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld 440pgs 10/10 (5★)
8. The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress 440pgs 10/12 (4★)
9. Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings 326pgs 10/14 (4★)
10. Bastion by Mercedes Lackey 336pgs 10/15 (4★)
11. Cart and Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones 222pgs 10/15 (3★)
12. Magician's Gambit by David Eddings 305pgs 10/16 (4★)
13. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 478pgs 10/16 (5★)
14. Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen 304pgs 10/17 (5★)
15. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer 504 pgs 10/18 (4★)

Books Used for Book Hunt
1. The Light Fantastic: Masters of Horror/Fantastic
2. Equal Rites: Masters of Horror/Fantastic
3. Mort: Cover Hunt

Books in progress:

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Ashley's RaT Tracking


(Cumulative) Pages Read:
10/19: 3134

Books Completed:
1. Rose Under Fire: 368
2. A Wrinkle in Time: 211
3. The Brides of Rollrock Island: 305
4. Warbound: 340
5. The Hum and the Shiver: 349
6. Wonder: 315
7. Endless Knight: 320
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 652

Treasure Hunt:
1. Rose Under Fire: Spell-it-Out (R or E)
2. A Wrinkle in Time: creatures, Spell-it-Out (I - Character "It"), Masters of Fantasy
3. The Brides of Rollrock Island: creatures - selkies

Books in Progress:
The Emperor of All Maladies
Jamaica Inn

October Mods Challenge
October 4th - October 19th, 2013

Treasure Hunt:
1.✔Lover Enshrined for Hallow Places - Chosen's Sanctuary
2.✔When Lightning Strikes - Novak for Spell It B, N, G, S
3.✔Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy - Leleux for Spell It B, R

Books Read/Page Counts:
01. 448 pages ✔ When Lightning Strikes - Novak
02. 542 pages ✔ Lover Enshrined
03. 288 pages ✔ Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy - Leleux
04. 527 pages ✔ Lover Avenged - Ward
05. 091 pages ✔ Father Mine - Mine
06. 512 pages ✔ Lover Mine - Ward
07. 224 pages ✔ Writing the Memoir - Barrington
08. 070 pages ✔ Word Loss Diet - Hall
09. 537 pages ✔ Lover Unleashed - Ward
10. 258 pages ✔ Memoirs of the Bathtub Psychic - Elion
11.In Process 50/321 pages - Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead (Still not hooked on this one)
12.In Process 110/296 pages - Bullies Bastards & Bitches - Morrell
13.In Process 025/216 pages - Journey of Memoir Myers
14.In Process 035/114 pages - Memoir Project - Smith

3,497 of 2000 Total Pages of books finished

If you add the In Process pages (220) Total pages so far is 3,717 RaT Goal reached

JenniferJ's Tracking
October 4th - October 19th, 2013
714/2000

Pages Read:
10/4: --- 150pgs
10/5: -----------
10/6: ---- 100pgs
10/7: ---- 182pgs
10/8: ---- 110pgs
10/9: ---- 172pgs
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Treasure Hunt:
1. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

Books Read:
1. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
2. Second Chance by Sawyer Bennett
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Books in Progress:

WBY October Mods Challenge
Duration: 10/4/13 - 10/19/13
Progress: 1436 of 1000 pages

Books Read: Pages: Total:0 Date Read: Rating:
The Ring of Water 320 320 10/7/13 ★★★★
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye 
 144 464 10/13/13 ★★★★
Sisterhood Everlasting 349 813 10/15/13 ★★★★
Hollywood Station 352 1165 10/15/13 ★★
Amethyst 271 1436 10/15/13 ★★★

Treasure Hunt:
The Ring of Water - 1. Hallow Places - haunted mountain; 4. Spell-it-Out - Ring of Water & Chris Bradford; 5. Supernatural Creatures - Tanuki
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye - 3. Cover - Zombies; 4. Spell-it-Out - by Robert Kirkman; 5. Supernatural Creatures - Zombies
Sisterhood Everlasting - 1. Hallow Places - cemetary; 4. Spell-it-Out - Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
Hollywood Station - 3. Black Cover 4. Spell-it-Out - Hollywood Station
Amethyst - 3. Black Cover 4. Spell-it-Out - by Heather Bowhay 5. Supernatural Creatures - Shapeshifters

WBY October Mods Challenge
October 4th-October 19th, 2013

Books Read:
1. House Rules by Chloe Neill (352 pages)
2. Sirensong by Jenna Black (312 pages)
3. In Seconds by Brenda Novak (400 pages)
4. Westbound Awakening by Hildie McQueen (181 pages)
5. Endless Knight by Kresley Cole (320 pages)
6. One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire (354 pages)
7. Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall (403 pages)
8. Sins of the Lost by Linda Poitevin (353 pages)

RaT - Pages Read:

Date/Daily Count/Total
10/4:---370 pages---(370 pages)
10/5:---404 pages---(774 pages)
10/6:---170 pages---(944 pages)
10/7:---167 pages--(1111 pages)
10/8:----73 pages--(1184 pages)
10/9:----77 pages--(1261 pages)
10/10:--132 pages--(1393 pages)
10/11:--145 pages--(1538 pages)
10/12:--401 pages--(1939 pages)
10/13:-- 85 pages--(2024 pages)
10/14:--103 pages--(2127 pages)
10/15:--263 pages--(2390 pages)
10/16:--221 pages--(2611 pages)
10/17:---72 pages--(2683 pages)
10/18:--245 pages--(2928 pages)
10/19:--175 pages--(3103 pages)

Treasure Hunt
1. House Rules by Chloe Neill (Cover Hunt)
2. Sirensong by Jenna Black (Supernatural Creatures)

Books in Progress:
Home Improvement: Undead Edition
Bronze Gods (Apparatus Infernum, Bk 1) by A. A. Aguirre
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire

WBY October Mods Challenge
October 4th - October 19th, 2013

Book Hunt:
1. Acheroncomplete (black/orange)
2. Bite Me If You Can(supernatural creatures)
3.

Page Counts:
Oct 4 - 325 pages
Oct 5 - 197 pages
Oct 6 - 155 pages
Oct 7 - 251 pages
Oct 8 - 16 pages
Oct 9 - 90 pages - (1034 to date)
Oct 10 - 131 pages
Oct 11 - 128 pages
Oct 12 - 164 pages
Oct 13 - 252 pages
Oct 14 - 284 pages
Oct 15 - 328 pages (2321 to date)
Oct 16 - 87 pages
Oct 17 - 157 pages
Oct 18 - 108 pages
Oct 19

Alexa's Tracking
4th October - 19th October, 2013

All Books Read:
1. Fire with Fire by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian, 500 pages, 4/10, (5★)
2. Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout, 275 pages, 5/10, (4★)
3. Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout, 366 pages, 6/10, (5★)
4. Fallen Crest Family by Tijan, 286 pages, 7/10, (5★)
5. Broken And Screwed 2 by Tijan, 308 pages, 8/10, (5★)
6. Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters by Meredith Zeitlin, 282 pages, 11/10, (4★)
7. Game. Set. Match. by Jennifer Iacopelli, 242 pages, 17/10, (5★)
7. Red by Alison Cherry, 320 pages, 19/10, (4★)

Book Hunt:
1. Fire with Fire || Hallow Places (Haunted House and Cemetery)
2. Obsession || Supernatural Creatures
3. Origin || Supernatural Creatures