Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Team Genghis Khan



Callisto

• Skandia Co-Captain - shelf
• Sandy Co-Captain - shelf
• Ariel - shelf
• Logan - shelf
• RebeccaS - shelf
• Snowtulip - shelf
• Amy - shelf
• Lucie - shelf

Hagen

• Ashley Co-Captain
• Nancy Co-Captain
• MB
• Cathy
• Sydney
• Maritza
• Kazen
• Sherri Wright
• Peyton

Spreadsheets
Master Spreadsheet

Callisto Spreadsheet

Hagen Spreadsheet

- Once all columns of a goal have been filled out a new goal will appear within 5 minutes.

- Do not change existing pages. You may add a new page to your spreadsheet if you want to track additional information.

- Mark books as used in your books list once they are used for a goal.

- Only books read during the current round may be applied towards goals, once the round has ended those books may no longer be used for a goal.

- Once you merge teams, you may use your books for your partner teams goals. List them in your books list and on their goals sheet. Mark them as used.

- If you end up with more than 3 open goals, contact a moderator for help.

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Hi team - I'm so excited to be playing with everyone!

Hi Team GK!!!

Here are the current Callisto Goals:

Read a book that starts with the letter N
Read a book with a zombie
Read a book first published in February

Hi Everyone!!!

Hi everyone!

I'm starting off round 2 with Stardust for the February goal :D

So, one of the things I liked that our old team did was to just read and aim for a goal, but if someone finished a book first for that same goal...no problem.

Is that something we still might be able to do in our combined team?

Just checked Hagen's goals:

Read a book with time travel
Read a book where a character is a nurse
Read a book where a character visits a city

Snowtulip wrote: "So, one of the things I liked that our old team did was to just read and aim for a goal, but if someone finished a book first for that same goal...no problem.

Is that something we still might be a..."

This sounds great to me.

Right now I'm reading a book towards the nurse goal, but if someone beats me there awesome! :D

I'm going to aim for time travel, Hemlock

Great start everyone! I'm reading a book that I need to finish for another challenge - it doesn't meet any of our goals unfortunately. But, maybe that will change by the time I finish it.

Hi everyone!

I had a surprise mini vacation and no internet, but I'm back well rested now :) Unfortunately, I've fallen so behind with my reading now, that summer is finally here, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

Mini vacations are always a good thing Skandia!

So glad you had a mini vacation Skandia, and sometimes it's even better to not have internet :D

Finished:

Hemlock
Date completed: 8/15/15
Pages: 400
3.5 stars
Goal: time travel

Decent read, but I keep comparing time travel books to Outlander!

Thanks Sandy and ST! It was a much needed break!

I'll try to mark down our first mixed goal and see what happens!

EDIT: I can't edit Hagen's spreadsheet, so we just have to wait for their captain to fill it in.

@ Snowtulip - that's the way we worked too so simple!

New Goal: Read a book that starts with the letter V (Hagen)

So now that we're a whole big team can we work on both former teams' goals?

Yes, both teams works on all six goals.

Here is a list of all current goals:
Read a book that starts with the letter N
Read a book with a zombie
Read a book first published in February
Read a book where a character is a nurse
Read a book where a character visits a city
Read a book that starts with the letter V

Happy Reading!!

Hi team. Just checking in. I have limited internet at the moment but will be home tonight.

Hey Team Hagen - what we (Callisto) were doing that seem to work pretty well is that we'll let the rest of the team know if we were reading towards a certain goal. It doesn't stop you from reading a book with the same goal - we could all be reading books staring with N right now and that's okay. But it lets everyone else know if there are goals that need to be claimed. Is that how you all were doing it too? Is there anything that worked particularly well that you want to continue or something that didn't work?

In the end, we all want to have fun!

Hi all! Just checking in.

Finished:


Stardust
8/16/15
250 p.
4.5 stars
Goal: zombie (there was a zombie unicorn)

Hi guys just checking in. Have 2 books i'm working on as they are due back at library, hopefully they fit in somewhere.

Zombie unicorn! Love it :D

Finished:


Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
8/16/15
224 pages
Goal: none

Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica
8/16/15
384 pages

Goal: Read a book where a character visits a city

Snowtulip wrote: "Zombie unicorn! Love it :D"

Indeed! I was so excited when I came across it in my book :D

How did you find Pretty Baby, Rebecca? I have the book on my shelf, and I'm dying to read it!

Hey everyone! I'm checking in. Just started reading Vanishing Girls

Amy wrote: "Snowtulip wrote: "Zombie unicorn! Love it :D"

Indeed! I was so excited when I came across it in my book :D

How did you find Pretty Baby, Rebecca? I have the book on my shelf, and I'm dying to rea..."

I really like it, but it was a little bizarre. Once I started I didn't want to put it down though!

Team Callisto spreadsheet updated through msg 28

Updated Goals:

Read a book that starts with the letter N
Read a book first published in February
NEW: Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter E
Read a book where a character is a nurse
Read a book where a character visits a city **goal has been met by RebeccaS and needs to be logged on Hagen s/s**
Read a book that starts with the letter V

We are still working out the kinks of two spreadsheets and hopefully all the captains will be able to access both soon, so thanks for your patience!!

RebeccaS wrote: "I really like it, but it was a little bizarre. Once I started I didn't want to put it down though! "

That sounds like my kind of book!

And yay for easy goal :D There's an Elena in Like Water for Chocolate.

Thanks Amy!!

Read a book that starts with the letter N
Read a book first published in February
NEW: Read a book with the phrase "head start" in a book
Read a book where a character is a nurse
Read a book where a character visits a city **goal has been met by RebeccaS and needs to be logged on Hagen s/s**
Read a book that starts with the letter V

I've just updated Team Hagan's spreadsheet. So our new goal is

Read a novel with a recipe in it

I've also just finished

by Irma Joubert
Read 16 Aug
320 pages

No goal at the moment

I'm just starting a book with recipes in it!

I'm just starting a book with recipes in it!

I found "head start" in one of my books, so I'll be reading for that.

@ sandy - yeah that's how we did it too

Finished:


Curve Ball
Completed: 8/16/15
Pages: 225
3 stars
Goal: None

finished
Beyond the Cut by Sarah Castille
08/16/15 ***** 384 pgs.

Finished:


The Ocean at the End of the Lane
8/16/15
181 p.
4 stars
No goal

Hey everyone! Checking in!

I just finished:

8/16/15
417 pages
4 stars
Goal: none

Now that we're double the size it feels like everyone reads so fast! I'm trying to get all my work done this morning so I can read the afternoon away. ^_^

Finished:


True Brit
Date Completed: 8/16/15
Pages: 200
4 stars
Goal: Published in February (2.18.15)

Finished:

Three Simple Rules by Nikki Sloane
Finished: 8/16/15 5 stars
Pages: 328
Goal: none yet

Updated Goals:

Read a book where a character is a nurse
Read a book that starts with the letter V
Read a novel with a recipe in it
Read a book that starts with the letter N
Read a book with the phrase "head start" in a book
NEW: Read a book with yellow text on the cover


Sydney's book Saint Anything meets the new goal of yellow text on cover. BRB with new goal.

Updated Goals:

Read a book where a character is a nurse
Read a book that starts with the letter V
Read a novel with a recipe in it
Read a book that starts with the letter N
Read a book with the phrase "head start" in a book
NEW: Read a book with a hellhound

What is a hellhound?