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For reading books Pages Points
100 - 160 5
161 - 350 20
351 - 500 40
501 - 650 60
651 - 800 80
801 - 900 100
901+ 130
For Tasks Tasks Points
BOM DQs 40
BOM Discussion 20
Buddy Read* 30
HP Buddy Read* 40
* All Buddy Reads must be done with a member from another team or a non participating member from NBRC for the points to countA brief clarification:
"You read a book and win page points. Then you can use it for one extra task - spells or quidditch or classes or Tri-Wizard.
The bom points and buddy read points are always cumulative, so they add up to those above. " ~ Sonia
Harry Potter Buddy Reads
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Buddy Reads
Buddy Read Requests 2018
Buddy Reads Spreadsheet
Kate Daniels BR Folder (May 12 - July 31)
How to Kill a Rock Star (May 12)
Restore Me (May 14)
Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls (May 14)
Never Mind (May 14)
The Shimmering Road (May 15)
Antigoddess (May 15)
The Good Daughter (May 15)
Wuthering Heights (May 15)
The Rules of Magic (May 15)
The Trials of Morrigan Crow (May 16)
Every Heart a Doorway (May 17)
Lincoln in the Bardo (May 17)
Behind Her Eyes (May 18)
A Court of Frost and Starlight (May 18)
The Black Prism (May 19)
Grave Mercy (May 20)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (May 20)
Dearest Ivie (May 20)
The Bird and Sword (May 21)
The Invasion of the Tearling (May 21)
A Court of Mist and Fury (May 22)
The Count of Monte Cristo (May 22)
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (May 22)
Cold-hearted Rake (May 22)
The Portrait of Molly Dean (May 23)
The Thief (May 23)
The Family Next Door (May 24)
Onyx (May 24)
Circe (May 25)
Scent of Magic (May 25)
The Bat (May 26)
Devil in Spring (May 27)
The Glittering Court (May 27)
God-Shaped Hole (May 28)
Big Little Lies (May 29)
Artemis (May 30)
The Good Liar (June 1)
Midnight Crossroad (June 1)
Red Rising (June 1)
Outlander (June 1)
Witness in Death (June 1)
The Coppersmith Farmhouse (June 1)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (June 2)
Written in Red (June 2)
Ink and Bone (June 3)
Hello Stranger (June 3)
Sarum: The Novel of England (June 4)
Age of Myth (June 4)
Scythe (June 5)
Moby Dick or the White Whale (June 5)
Ready Player One (June 5)
The Perfect Mother (June 6)
On the Jellicoe Road (June 6)
Taste of Darkness (June 6)
The Aeronaut's Windlass (June 7)
Still Me (June 8)
The Republic of Thieves (starts June 8)
A Treacherous Curse (June 9)
Buddy Reads Continued
Howl's Moving Castle (starts June 10)
The Astonishing Color of After (starts June 10)
The Cruel Prince(starts June 10)
The Fault in Our Stars (June 10)
Killman Creek (June 11)
Allegiant (starts June 11)
All the Crooked Saints (starts June 14)
The Hundred Year Old Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (June 15)
Shadow and Bone (June 15)
Gemina (June 15)
Game of Thrones (June 15)
A Thousand Pieces of You (June 15)
Six of Crows (June 15)
Ocean Light (June 16)
P. S. I Love You (June 16)
To Kill a Kingdom (June 17)
Catch of the Day (June 17)
Not That I Could Tell (June 18)
Strange the Dreamer (June 18)
Stalking Jack the Ripper (June 18)
The Way of Kings (June 18)
Magic Gifts (June 18)
Shadow of Night (June 19)
Gone With the Wind (June 19)
The Fates Divide (June 19)
A Wizard of Earthsea (starts June 20)
Truly Devious (starts June 20)
White Rabbit (June 20)
Gunmetal Magic (June 20)
Web of Lies (June 22)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (starts June 22)
Beneath the Sugar Sky (June 22)
Barefoot Seaon (June 22)
I'll Give You the Sun (June 22)
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (June 23)
Black Widow (June 23)
Wicked and the Wallflower (June 23)
Vicious (June 23)
Dark Matter (June 25)
Elephants Can Remember (June 25)
The Queen and the Cure (June 25)
A Torch Against the Night (June 25)
Vision in Silver (June 25)
Iron and Magic (June 26)
Paper and Fire (June 27)
Turtles All the Way Down (June 28)
A Reaper at the Gates (June 28)
Fate of the Tearling (June 29)
Grey Sister (July 1)
My Cousin Rachel (starts July 1)
The Outsider (July 1)
The Penelopiad (July 1)
A Court of Wings and Ruins (July 2)
Dragon Teeth (July 2)
One of Us Is Lying (July 2)
Marked in Flesh (July 2)
For Finlay (July 4)
Wonder (July 4)
Thunderhead (July 5)
Castle in the Air (July 5)
The Children of Hurin (July 5)
Crooked Kingdom (July 6)
Opal (July 7)
Breathing Underwater (July 7)
The Silver Linings Playbook (July 7)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (July 7)
Etched in Bone (July 7)
Always and Forever (July 7)
Dark Places (July 8)
Smoke and Iron (July 8)
Day Shift (July 8)
Buddy Reads Continued
Honor Among Thieves (July 9)
Unbound (July 10)
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life (July 10)
Ash and Quill (July 11)
His Majesty's Dragon (July 12)
Dark Lord of Derkholm (July 12)
The Tombs of Atuan (July 12)
A Discovery of Witches (July 12)
Black by T. L. Smith (July 13)
The Power (starts July 15)
The Diviners (July 15)
Throne of Glass (July 15)
Origin (July 15)
House of Many Ways (July 15)
The Thief (July 15)
Steelheart (July 16)
Ten Thousand Skies Above You (July 16)
Disgrace (July 16)
Love Bites (July 17)
History of Wolves (July 18)
Wait for You (July 18)
The Mistake I Made (July 18)
Deadly in High Heels (July 18)
Salvation in Death (July 18)
Shakespeare's Landlord (July 20)
Night Shift (July 20)
Ritual in Death (July 21)
Lake Silence (July 21)
One of Us Is Lying (July 22)
Before I Let You Go (July 22)
Venom (July 23)
The Golden Compass (July 23)
A Darker Shade of Magic (July 23)
Opposition (July 23)
Throne of Jade (July 24)
The Farthest Shore (July 25)
Sharp Objects (July 26)
The Three Body Problem (July 26)
Paper Princess (July 27)
Darkfever (July 28)
The Wise Man's Fear (July 28)
Cinder (July 28)
Pride and Prejudice (Aug. 1)
Go Set a Watchman (Aug. 1)
A Local Habitation (Aug. 1)
Shelter in Place (Aug. 1)
The Game (Aug. 1)
Call Me By Your Name (Aug. 1)
Dear Aaron (Aug. 1)
A Gentleman in Moscow (Aug. 3)
Shakespeare's Champion (Aug. 3)
The Alice Network (Aug. 4)
Good Omens (Aug. 4)
Tehanu (Aug. 4)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Aug. 5)
Believe Me (Aug. 7)
The Bear and the Nightengale (Aug. 8)
Shadow's Bane (Aug. 13)
Station Eleven (Aug. 15)
Sandman Slim (Aug. 19)
The Duchess (Aug. 26)
The Governess Game (Aug. 28)
Books of the Month
MAY
Children of Blood and Bone
Lilac Girls
JUNE
Leah on the Offbeat (June 2)
Red Sister (June 16)
JULY
Rosemary and Rue (July 2)
I Hunt Killers (July 12)
The Tatooist of Auschwitz (July 22)
August
Into the Water (Aug. 2)
Everland (Aug. 16)
Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels #10) (Aug. 28)
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Hey everyone! Welcome to Team Flitwick in Ravenclaw!
I hope everyone else is as excited as I am to get this challenge underway! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you.
All the important information for playing Tower Teams has been linked in one of the above posts. For any questions that are not answered in "All about Tower Teams" or any other thread the mods put up, please feel free to ask in this thread. Amber, Caroline, and I will do our best to answer all your questions, or we'll conjure up an answer from the resources in captain's group. This frees the mods up to focus on getting everything up and running.
As always, the most important reminder is to read and have fun!
When checking in please post a link to your tower teams bookshelf (or the shelf name is fine if you aren't sure about linking). If you have time, we would love for you to introduce yourselves at whatever level of detail you are comfortable with.
Hello teammates! This is only my second team challenge, with the first being Towers last year. My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I work from home in Dallas, TX, so I should be able to check in often most days. I travel to Austin most weekends to see my boyfriend, but that means I get through an audiobook every weekend. :-)
My reading time depends on my business travel. When I'm home I spend a lot of evenings reading, especially since my boyfriend lives 200 miles away. But when I am on a business trip, my reading is more unpredictable.
Aside from reading I enjoy cooking, wine & champagne, planning my next getaway, and sports. I read a lot of genres with the bulk being historical fiction or thrillers, but I usually avoid romance and westerns.
Ashleigh wrote: "Hi guys! Just checking in. Looking forward to playing alongside everyone!Here is my shelf"
Hey Ashley! Welcome!
I'm Deanna, your captain for this Hogwart's adventure, and I live in Virginia, USA. I read mostly fantasy, mystery, romance, and some young adult fiction; but also dabble in other genres as the mood strikes me. I usually read a combination of print and kindle books, but I've been making an effort in the last couple of months to listen to more audiobooks from Overdrive as well.I've read the Harry Potter series a few times and seen all of the movies. I haven't decided if I will join in the series buddy read or not. I do want to reread the Kate Daniels series before the next book comes out (in August I think), so I am planning to participate in that reread.
I can't wait to see all the surprises the mods have in store for us!
Hello all! Checking in. This is my third TT challenge and always looking forward playing and reading with team.
I'm from Estonia but I also consider myself a part-time Californian.
I read mostly UF , PNR, Fantasy and Romance, sometimes an occasional Historical Fiction or Mystery book.
My shelf is here
Hello all! My name is Kirsten & I live in Atlantic Canada (Nova Scotia). This is my first TT challenge but my fourth team challenge overall (counting Wobble & two UNOs). I read a variety of genres but prefer fantasy, historical fiction, paranormal, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and magical. These often tend to YA or Middle Grade books but occasionally adult books as well, as many on audiobook as I can acquire through my library. I also like graphic novels but promise to set those aside for this challenge. ;)
I am currently actively seeking employment as a Communicative Disorders Assistant so for the time being am home most of the time. These jobs include infant hearing screenings, audiology/hearing testing, and speech therapy for all ages.
here's my shelf: tthogwarts2018
Hi guys ! Welcome everyone :)I live in Montreal, Canada and am working in a pharmaceutical company! I will be co-captain for the first time, but I have done a couple challenges already with NBRC.
I read many different types of books, but mostly Young Adult and Historical fiction. I prefer reading old-style, with an actual book ! But for challenges I will often sneak in some audiobooks.
Here is the link to my shelf : tt-vi
I know some of you are on their first challenges, so be free to ask as many questions as you want ! We'll be there to make this SOOO much fun :)
Hello fellow Eagles!! I'm from Team Lockhart and just can't wait for something to happen in my team thread 🙈
Also hi hi Kirsten who I just finished the uno challenge with, and Ashleigh, I think we were on the same uno team 2 (?) years ago? Or was it last year? Honestly can't remember 😅
Christina wrote: "Hello fellow Eagles!! I'm from Team Lockhart and just can't wait for something to happen in my team thread 🙈"
We're always happy to welcome a fellow Ravenclaw for chatting. Your captain lives on the west coast and should be coming back on the boards soon. Hang in there!!
Hello my Ravenclaw friends!! I am so happy to be a part of this TT!! I've done a few of the tower teams in the past and always loved the fact that's it's basically just reading to your heart's content with some strategy thrown into the mix. I can't wait to start!I read pretty much only fiction - young adult, fantasy, sci fi, new adult, romance, historical fiction, and anything that someone can highly recommend. Please recommend me your favorites because I love finding new "hidden gems."
My shelf is titled tower-teams-2018
I have no idea if I linked it correctly, but fingers crossed
Reporting in! My Shelf: flitwick-tower-team-vi
Let's see, who am I...
I'm a 36 year old, single mother of five, living in Washington state, and a self-employed energy healer... So my reading primarily happens late at night lol I read some of almost everything, fiction and non-fiction alike - I just want quality writing. But I do have a definite lean toward sci-fi :)
This is my first time participating in this particular challenge - I'm really looking forward to it! It has been a few years since I read the Harry Potter books, but nevertheless am a huge fan, and total Ravenclaw - so, I'm pleased to have been properly sorted, ha!
Christina wrote: "Hello fellow Eagles!! I'm from Team Lockhart and just can't wait for something to happen in my team thread 🙈
Also hi hi Kirsten who I just finished the uno challenge with, and Ashleigh, I think ..."
Hi Christina! *waves* it was last year as I was on the same team as you both then, though I can't recall our team name then... :)
Amy wrote: "Hello my Ravenclaw friends!! I am so happy to be a part of this TT!! I've done a few of the tower teams in the past and always loved the fact that's it's basically just reading to your heart's cont..."Welcome Amy! The link worked great. Thanks!
Hello all. I’m Megan. Eastern time zone in the US. This will be my third Towers Team competition. When it comes to reading, I like to push my comfort zone. So, I’ll gladly read for those unpopular goals.I read mostly mystery/crime/thrillers and historical fiction. I go for YA or romance when I’m particularly stressed out at work. I also try to always be working on a non-fiction.
By day, I am a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry - big, big jet engines made by a company you probably thought only made cars.
Towers bookshelf: accio-books
megan wrote: "Hello all. I’m Megan. Eastern time zone in the US. This will be my third Towers Team competition. When it comes to reading, I like to push my comfort zone. So, I’ll gladly read for those unpopular ..."Hey Megan! Welcome!
Hey everyone! I'm Erin, from the Bay Area, California. My main job is in a bakery, which gives me a lot of down time for reading. I read mainly fiction- mysteries, ya, historical fiction, a little of everything. Always looking for more suggestions!My first group challenge was a Tower Challenge, so these are always my favorite!
My shelf is Tower VI
Hi everybody! Checking in. My name is Camilla, I'm 51, live on the southwestern coast of Finland, family includes hubby and 21- and 19-year-old daughters. I work full-time as a school psychologist. Besides reading I really enjoy travelling and gardening. In books I prefer fantasy, scifi, horror, thrillers and some non-fiction, usually avoid romance, erotica, westerns, classics and graphic novels, unless specifically needed for a challenge. I always read several books alternatingly, both paper books, kindle, Overdrive ebooks and audio, and audio CDs. I participate in several individual challenges in various groups, but this is my only team challenge at the moment. Probably my third TT if I remember correctly.I've read all the HP books and seen the films, liked them a lot but wouldn't call myself a fan. We visited the HP studios in London a few years ago and they were really cool. Did the Pottermore sorting hat thing and it concluded that I'm a Ravenclaw - no big surprise there - so it seems I'm in the right team, LOL!
Looking forward to playing with all of you!
Oh, almost forgot my shelf (too lazy to do a nice link):
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Kirsten wrote: "Came across this blog post on Flitwick's "makeover": http://fallenrocket.blogspot.ca/2015/..."
Welcome Kirsten ! Thanks for the link, it was interesting... I kind of like him more in his "second skin" also loll
Welcome Erin and Camilla! Neat article Kirsten! Thanks for sharing.
Oh Kirsten, weren't we Team Hercule Poirot at uno last year? :)
Kirsten wrote: "Christina wrote: "Hello fellow Eagles!! I'm from Team Lockhart and just can't wait for something to happen in my team thread 🙈
Also hi hi Kirsten who I just finished the uno challenge with, and ..."
Hi Christina! I believe it was last year we were on the same UNO team, alongside Kirsten. How did you get on this year? I think my team ended up 12th. But as always, it was fun!
Kirsten and I both were co-captains in Team Eris and came in 2nd! I still can't quite believe it, but we did have some awesome fellow book worms in our team who just kept reading and reading :')And a LOT of us are doing TT as well now!! So this is definitely going to be interesting :)
Christina wrote: "Oh Kirsten, weren't we Team Hercule Poirot at uno last year? :)"Oh yes, of course we were! This year it was definitely the luck of the draw with the cards as we completed every hand we were given & every mini challenge task possible but still couldnt beat the other team to get first. (Not that winning is the priority).
Caroline wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Came across this blog post on Flitwick's "makeover": http://fallenrocket.blogspot.ca/2015/..."
Welcome Kirsten ! Thanks for the link, i..."
I agree I like his 2nd look better at least in terms of a team "mascot" but I had to go look it up (for my own sanity) because I had his first look in my head.
Hello team!I am Kate. I also currently live in Virginia, a few miles outside of DC. I am an avid reader, and will read just about anything. I do shy away from romance, erotica and young adult books, but even those make it into my reading from time to time.
I participated in the first tower team challenge and have done most of them since then.
When not reading, I am playing with my nieces (4 and 7 years old), watching baseball/football/hockey/soccer, playing golf or knitting.
My challenge shelf is flitwick.
Hello Kate :) I too am a knitter, though I am a bit out of practice. Hoping the theme of this challenge will give me the push I need to make myself the Ravenclaw scarf/scarves I have been planning (yet putting off) for awhile now.
Ravenclaw scarf/scarves would be a fun, appropriate project. May need to investigate a bit...
Welcome Kate! I haven't tried knitting yet, but I do have a crochet project calling for my attention this summer. I enjoy making the squares but not putting them together.
Deanna wrote: "Welcome Kate! I haven't tried knitting yet, but I do have a crochet project calling for my attention this summer. I enjoy making the squares but not putting them together."I have not started crocheting yet, but I have thought about it. I also have any number of squares waiting around for my attention. Maybe this winter I will work on a few of them...(do I say that every year?)
Kate S wrote: "Deanna wrote: "Welcome Kate! I haven't tried knitting yet, but I do have a crochet project calling for my attention this summer. I enjoy making the squares but not putting them together."I have n..."
I started crocheting just in the last few years. & decided to embark on a GIANT project. A "temperature blanket" that spanned an entire year of high and low temps for two locations with one row per day that used coloured yarn based on when the temp appeared on my scale. (reds & oranges for warm days, blues & purples for cold ones) I was doing well for awhile but it had now sat incomplete for almost two years, as it took me 2hrs to do a single row/day. :(
Have any of you done any loom knitting?
Kirsten wrote: "Kate S wrote: "Deanna wrote: "Welcome Kate! I haven't tried knitting yet, but I do have a crochet project calling for my attention this summer. I enjoy making the squares but not putting them toget..."My blanket squares have probably been sitting for about two years as well.
I haven't tried loom knitting. I've been telling myself no new projects this year until I do something with those squares. It does look intriguing though.
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