Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

The Hobbit




Team Members
• Sophie (Captain)
• Victoria (Co-captain)
• Camilla
• Cassie Struble
• Imke Sprengers
• Jennifer Cunning
• maria helena
• Mary C
• Natasha Zaleski
• Nicole P
• Rosina
• Samantha
• Tonya
• Vikki

Team Spreadsheet
Challenge Status Sheet

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Welcome to the Hobbit Hole!

1st please read THE RULES if you haven't already. I'm not going to repeat them all here!

Summary though -
We get a word every 2 weeks. We have to read books to spell out that word (using 1st letter of title, author initials, character initials, series name and translator's name/narrator's name if appropriate).
The books need to be at least 160p long and there are more points for more pages up to 1000p. There are some book categories that need more verification (see rules for details!).

Additional points for:
Tags - 10 books with relevant tags per 2 week round. This is a team activity so don't stress too much if the tags aren't your cup of tea.
Tasks - there's a list of 200 tasks. This bit is individual - you can read a book for each task once over the course of the challenge. Every team member can read for the same tasks or completely different ones, it's entirely up to you.
Optional more points from BOM.

We will be using a tracking spreadsheet to plan and mark books as read. If you can add a link to the books you've read that will make mine and Victoria's lives much easier too.

Finally - please come here and chat! If we don't hear from you at least once a week I'll start to get worried!

TRACKING SHEET

Word and tags

CELEBRATION

Tags: Flower
Lavender
France
Battle
Space

Happy hunting everyone!

Hobbit book recommendations



Cassandra Clare Nora Roberts

Round 5 Countdown

Edit: Please have final updates in at least 2hrs before end time

8 pm UK time; which is 3pm East Coast and 12pm Pacific Coast.



June BOMs
starting 14 June, Adult BOM thread
starting 21 Jun, YA BOM thread

July BOMs:
, starts 2 July Adult BOM thread
starts 16 July, YA BOM thread

Genre/Tags

Round 1
Insects
Creepy
Racism
Wings
Twilight

To find genres/tags you can search on the genre page (linked above) or if you have a specific book in mind you think would work you can go to the book page and to the right you'll see the top "Genres" and can search through the top shelves to see if it's listed.

other method: (view spoiler)[You can also search a specific tag for a specific book by going to the top shelves and select the number of users who tagged any genre. This will take you to a page with the list of all the people who tagged it for that genre. You can then just change the word of the tag in the url to the tag you are searching for, for example:

For the book Heart of Obsidian 4 users tagged it as badass, if I select "4 users" it brings me to the page of the users who tagged it. I can then change badass in the url to racism and it will take me to any users who may have tagged it as such

https:// www. goodreads .com/shelf/users/15781026-heart-of-obsidian?shelf=badass

But I almost always get an error when doing this so may not be the best method.

Also, I suck at adding photo's or I would have provided screen shots for a better explanation. (hide spoiler)]

Tasks sorted by categories.

Rainbow
(view spoiler)[4 Read a book with a yellow cover
22 Read a book with a black cover
41 Read a book with a green cover
105 Read a book with a red cover
111 Read a book with a white cover
184 Read a book with a brown cover
190 Read a book with a purple cover
191 Read a book with an orange cover
199 Read a book with a blue cover (hide spoiler)]

Series
(view spoiler)[33 Read #6 in a series
67 Read #1 in a series
86 Read #4 in a series
90 Read #8 in a series
92 Read #3 in a series
93 Read #10 in a series
101 Read #11-20 in a series
116 Read #7 in a series
148 Read #21-30 in a series
163 Read #2 in a series
168 Read #5 in a series
46 Read #9 in a series
47 Read #31+ in a series (hide spoiler)]

Country
(view spoiler)[1 Read a book set in Canada
3 Read a book set in Japan
5 Read a book set in Africa
9 Read a book set in New Zealand
17 Read a book set in South America
31 Read a book set in Scandinavia (inc Iceland & Greenland)
35 Read a book set on a Pacific Island
38 Read a book set in the Middle East
50 Read a book set in North Africa
55 Read a book set in China
60 Read a book set in a different world
61 Read a book set in Greece
70 Read a book set in sub-Saharan Africa
76 Read a book set in India
79 Read a book set in Oceania
83 Read a book set in mainland Europe
97 Read a book set in Eastern Europe
107 Read a book set in Italy
144 Read a book set in Russia
154 Read a book set in Asia
171 Read a book set in Brazil
172 Read a book set in the British Isles
175 Read a book set in the United States
176 Read a book set on an Atlantic Island (hide spoiler)]

MPG
(view spoiler)[2 Read a book with MPG Adventure
6 Read a book with MPG Thriller
14 Read a book with MPG Food and Drink
23 Read a book with MPG Paranormal
24 Read a book with MPG Sports
28 Read a book with MPG Suspense
29 Read a book with MPG Health
30 Read a book with MPG Holidays
36 Read a book with MPG Epic
37 Read a book with MPG Family
48 Read a book with MPG Contemporary
56 Read a book with MPG Romance
62 Read a book with MPG Young Adult
65 Read a book with MPG Travel
69 Read a book with MPG Memoir
71 Read a book with MPG Urban Fantasy
73 Read a book with MPG Zombies
74 Read a book with MPG LGBT
75 Read a book with MPG Steam Punk
81 Read a book with MPG Retellings
82 Read a book with MPG New Adult
94 Read a book with MPG Science
96 Read a book with MPG Horror
103 Read a book with MPG Time Travel
131 Read a book with MPG Historical Fiction
136 Read a book with MPG Mystery
138 Read a book with MPG Western
141 Read a book with MPG Science Fiction
156 Read a book with MPG Chick Lit
164 Read a book with MPG Fantasy
167 Read a book with MPG Music
170 Read a book with MPG History
174 Read a book with MPG Classics
177 Read a book with MPG Espionage
192 Read a book with MPG Space Opera
195 Read a book with MPG Dystopia (hide spoiler)]

Recommendation
(view spoiler)[20 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team
44 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team
99 Read a book recommended by someone in your team
119 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team
120 Read a book recommended by someone in your team
142 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team
169 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team
188 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team
193 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team
200 Read a book recommended by someone in a different team (hide spoiler)]

Specific Setting
(view spoiler)[8 Read a book set on a boat / ship
10 Read a book set in the future
11 Read a book set in a hotel
18 Read a book set on a road trip
114 Read a book set in the past
129 Read a book set in a cafe
137 Read a book that takes place in two places
140 Read a book set on a train
151 Read a book set on a plane
166 Read a book set on a space ship (hide spoiler)]

MC
(view spoiler)[13 Read a book with a doctor as the main character
88 Read a book with a nurse as the main character (hide spoiler)]

Writing Style
(view spoiler)[7 Read a book that takes place in two timelines
95 Read a book written from an unusual point of view (e.g. animal / mineral)
109 Read a book written in espistolary style (e.g. diary / letters / emails)
118 Read a book with multiple points of view
133 Read a book written in an oral history style
149 Read a book written in first person point of view
158 Read a book written in third person point of view (hide spoiler)]

Plot Feature
(view spoiler)[25 Read a book featuring a hobby (e.g. knitting / baking / hiking)
27 Read a book featuring robots
63 Read a book featuring a celebration
132 Read a book featuring a proposal
145 Read a book featuring a graduation
160 Read a book featuring a wedding
183 Read a book featuring a honeymoon
189 Read a book featuring aliens (hide spoiler)]

Specific Title
(view spoiler)[19 Read a book with an animal word in the title (e.g. cat / chicken / egg / etc)
34 Read a book with a job word in the title (e.g. nurse / teacher / writer / etc)
53 Read a book with dragon in the the title
57 Read a book with a five word title
59 Read a book with a plant word in the title (e.g. tree / flower / rose / etc)
77 Read a book with a city name in the title
78 Read a book with a geological feature in the title (e.g. cliff / bay / island / etc)
85 Read a book with a family relation word (e.g. sister / brother / son) in the title
122 Read a book with a building word in the title (e.g. house / library / castle / etc)
125 Read a book with fun in the title
135 Read a book with a one word title
143 Read a book with a four word title
155 Read a book recommended by someone in your team
161 Read a book with a two word title
179 Read a book with a three word title
181 Read a book with a six word title
196 Read a book with a title word in the title (e.g. queen / mister / president / etc) (hide spoiler)]

On Cover
(view spoiler)[12 Read a book with a chipmunk on the cover
15 Read a book with a fish on the cover
16 Read a book with a Spring scene on the cover
21 Read a book with a lizard on the cover
26 Read a book with a cityscape on the cover
39 Read a book with a country scene on the cover
40 Read a book with a deckchair on the cover
43 Read a book with a mouse / rat on the cover
45 Read a book with vegetables on the cover
49 Read a book with someone doing a hobby activity on the cover
51 Read a book with a dessert food on the cover
52 Read a book with text only cover
54 Read a book with a hot drink on the cover
58 Read a book with a Winter scene on the cover
64 Read a book with a hammock on the cover
66 Read a book with a bird and a cat on the cover
72 Read a book with five or more people on the cover
80 Read a book with a forest on the cover
84 Read a book with three people on the cover
87 Read a book with a barbeque food on the cover
89 Read a book with a car on the cover
91 Read a book with a river on the cover
98 Read a book with a cat on the cover
102 Read a book with a mountain on the cover
104 Read a book with a picnic food on the cover
106 Read a book with a space ship on the cover
108 Read a book with a book on the cover
110 Read a book with a swimming pool on the cover
112 Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover
113 Read a book with a phone (landline or mobile) on the cover
115 Read a book with circles on the cover
117 Read a book with a plane on the cover
121 Read a book with a body of water (e.g. sea / lake / pond / etc) on the cover
123 Read a book with a boat / ship on the cover
126 Read a book with stripes on the cover
127 Read a book with four people on the cover
128 Read a book with a bird on the cover
130 Read a book with two people on the cover
134 Read a book with a tent on the cover
139 Read a book with a townhouse on the cover
146 Read a book with a lampshade on the cover
147 Read a book with someone doing exercise on the cover
150 Read a book with a Summer scene on the cover
152 Read a book with a computer on the cover
153 Read a book with a snake on the cover
157 Read a book with an insect on the cover
162 Read a book with a single person on the cover
165 Read a book with a coffee table on the cover
178 Read a book with a spider on the cover
180 Read a book with a shellfish on the cover
182 Read a book with a beach on the cover
186 Read a book with a train on the cover
187 Read a book with a cold drink on the cover
194 Read a book with a dog on the cover
197 Read a book with an Autumn scene on the cover (hide spoiler)]

Misc
(view spoiler)[32 Read a book with "morris dancing" (variants like dance / dancers OK) in the text
42 Read a book with a map
68 Read a book that won a major literary prize (e.g. Pulitzer / Booker / Nebula. NOT GR Choice)
100 Read a book that as nominated/won GR Choice award
124 Read a book that you got for free
159 Read a book that you already own
173 Read a book by a Nobel Prize Winner (hide spoiler)]

Hi everyone! I hope you are all ready to explore Middle Earth and are prepared for hobbit like eating over the next 10 weeks!

Time for introductions - if you could tell us where in the world you are and a little bit about yourself that would be great. Favourite books/genres and those you'd rather avoid would be good too. And on the theme - favourite road trip/travel experience.

Right so I'm Sophie. I live just south of London in the UK. I work part time as a trainee GP and the rest of the time I spend with my delightfully chaotic 2 year old. I'm currently pregnant with number 2 so life is only going to get busier from here.

I will read almost anything, but I'm not a big fan of horror and YA is a bit hit and miss. Favourite books are probably the Rivers of London series, Pratchett and Shantaram.

Favourite travel was probably my honeymoon to Kenya. We went slightly mad and decided that we'd cycle for part of it which was great fun, especially the chance to feel more part of the savannah. We also got to see the Masai Mara and another reserve in the mountains.
I also enjoyed spending time on Vancouver Island exploring. Seeing the whales while reading overlooking the sound to the main land was fantastic.

My brain is being a little slow this evening - please can you also let us know your shelf so that we can make sure the links are working properly.

Hi I am Imke and I live in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. I read almost anything, but I am not a huge fan of non-fiction/biographies although I do read them sometimes. Favorites are the Harry Potter series which I will reread every year.
I recently discovered Elizabeth Acevedo, was a favorite and was a total cover buy which worked out very well. I also loved and I can't wait to start but probably not during the wheel a thon because the book is written in verse and I'm not sure it wil meet word count.
My favorite vacations/trips are cultural trips for me where you travel in a group and discover the history of a country or region. I mainly stay in Europe and my favorite was traveling Andalusia in Spain.
For the challenge I will use this shelve: imkeswheelshelve

Hi Sophie and Imke! :)

I'm Samantha or Sam, and I live in Seattle, WA. My favorite genre is fantasy or sci-fi, but also love a good mystery/thriller or chick-lit book when I'm in a bit of a reading slump. I like some YA, but as I get older I seem to just find the characters incredibly irritating.

Favorite trip would probably be Korea in 2015. I think we just had the right group of people, and we ate so much good food and just wandered the city, did some hiking, went out dancing. Perfect balance of everything I want in a trip.

Imke -- I love doing a yearly re-read of HP as well. It's definitely one to get me out of a reading slump.

Here's my shelf! nbrc-wat5

Hey Hey All!!!

I'm Tonya from Texas, living the in the DC area. My favorite genre is YA Fantasy and Dystopian Fantasy. I'm also fond of Historical Fiction and BDSM Romance. I have a goal of reading 100 memoirs/autobiographies before I'm 40 (another 3 years).

My favorite road trip would be... in the works. So far, my road trips have been utilitarian in nature and I look forward to the one I have planned that I call my "book tour". There are several locations that are in books - I plan to take 2 weeks and visit those places and do certain things while I'm there (i.e. First Beach and Forks in Washington).

My shelf is nbrc_wheelv.

Note about me - I suck at logging in but I try. Please feel free to friend and message me at any time!

Happy Reading all!

Hi everybody!
I'm Camilla from Finland. My favorite genres are horror, fantasy, scifi, thrillers, and non-fiction. I try to avoid erotica, western, and poetry. We don't have access to KU, but my kindle has magically attracted several thousand books, so I'm often able to find something to read, if a specific task pops up. Also, the libraries opened here last Monday, so it's possible to get books from them as well.

I work full-time as a school psychologist, so this spring has been strange with the schools being closed, and now they've started their summer holiday already. I will be on holiday for three weeks in July, during which I will not be able to chat as much as usually (we plan to hit some natural parks for hiking and spending time at in-laws' summer cottage).

Oh, almost forgot my shelf (too lazy to make a nice link):
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My favorite road trip... Well, if I think about strictly road trips, i.e. driving around in a car, I guess my favorite would be a trip from San Fransisco to Los Angeles with my at that time very good friend and her mother in 1988. I'm not too fond of spending hours in the car. I've enjoyed all trips I've taken. I like both visiting cities (New York and London being my favorites) as well as lazing in the sun by a pool, preferably with a drink in hand. I was actually supposed to be on a pilgrimage in Spain now, today I would have been walking onwards from Pamplona, but, alas, that has been postponed at least a year.

Hi everyone!

My name is maria helena (but most people just call me MH) and I live in Sweden.

I read almost exclusively mystery/crime and especially British/Nordic crime, but occasionally I enjoy other genres.

My shelf is here

I love roadtrips and it is difficult to pick a favourite, but one of my most memorable was with a couple of friends a few years ago. We drove from San Francisco to Portland and camped along the way.

Hello everyone!

I'm from the US but have been in England for 2 1/2 years now.

I'll read just about anything, but my favorite/most read genres are Fantasy and Romance. I tend to avoid YA, particularly newer YA, as I tend to be disappointed despite likely the concept. That being said I'm currently reading The Hate U Give and loving it so clearly there are exceptions!

When it comes to road trips my first thought is a family trip we did when I was about 12, driving from Kentucky to California and back. Still the longest road trip I've done and part of how I've managed to visit so many states.

A more recent, memorable trip was about two years ago when my mom visited me in England and we drove from East of England down to Canterbury / Dover and then across the Channel via a ferry to France and continued to Normandy.
That was the first time I've driven to another country (apart from Canada where I was never the driver) and had to switch from driving on the left to the right side of the road.
The yellow jacket protests were going on in France which also made the road trip interesting - or annoying as there were a lot of fires on the roads and road blocks. I kept having to stop in places to explain that I needed to go through the road block to get to my hotel, which was difficult as I can't speak French lol


shelf

I just sent out friend request to everyone and Sophie will as well (if she hasn't already). Be sure to accept it, especially if your account is set to private, so we can keep track of your books/shelves :)

Loving the info on the trips and how different they all are!

About to head off for a distancing picnic at my dad's for the day. First time seeing family for a couple of months. That means I'll be quite quiet today, but will try to make up for it this evening when I'm back

Hi everyone! I'm Vikki, 34, from Northern Ireland. Engaged to my lovely fiance who I'm finally able to see again after our lockdown restrictions have eased a bit. (We don't live together yet). I work as a sales & marketing manager.

My favourite genres are crime & thriller, and I really like Nordic crime/thrillers. Other genres I enjoy are chick lit, historical fiction, fantasy, paranormal, and classics.

Favourite travel... well I haven't travelled far, and I've loved the few places I have been. But I think I'd have to pick Iceland, I was there in January 2020. It had been on my wishlist for a very long time. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the Northern Lights, but it was a very memorable trip as that's where we got engaged. I loved spending time in Reykjavik and getting to see more of rural Iceland when we did the Golden Circle tour. Definitely want to go back to see more places we hadn't time to see this year.

And before I forget... My Shelf

Hi everyone...great reading all your stories.....im Rosina from Canada...i work in an accounting firm....loving that summer is on its way....

My road trip was in August 2018...from Calgary AB to Denver CO....4 women on the road ....so much fun...

I like to read mysteries...lately thrillers ....but i ll read anything if it peaks my interest...

Heres my shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Vikki wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Vikki, 34, from Northern Ireland. Engaged to my lovely fiance who I'm finally able to see again after our lockdown restrictions have eased a bit. (We don't live together yet). I wo..."

That's terrible you had to be separated from your fiancé! I feel like I had it easy being single and living alone, but still getting social interaction at work (as I couldn't wfh).

I'm also jealous of your Iceland trip. I was planning on going this year, but alas... At least I didn't get to the point in my plans where I'd booked travel and lodgings as I'm still waiting for a refund from a canceled Amsterdam trip

Sophie wrote: "Right so I'm Sophie. I live just south of London in the UK. I work part time as a trainee GP and the rest of the time I spend with my delightfully chaotic 2 year old. I'm currently pregnant with nu..."

I really need to catch up with the Rivers of London series! And Discworld for that matter - although I am stretching that one out as there are no more books coming :(

And your Kenya trips sounds amazing. I've yet to visit Africa and Kenya is high on my list of countries to visit! (If I am ever allowed to travel again...)

Apologies for not checking in earlier. We lost power for a day and a half due to bad storms.

Hello, my name is Natasha and I'm a cataloging librarian (cataloger). I'm from New Jersey.

I love science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction (before 1900 usually), science, history, and physics. I'm not a fan of chicklit. Some of my favorite books are The Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, the Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

My favorite trip was when I went to Germany in my senior year of high school. I can't wait to go back to Germany, hopefully in the next few years.

Here is my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Good morning.

I'm Mary from Massachusetts. I work for a family business that manufactures industrial metal parts mostly for security fencing, guardrails, gates and greenhouses.

I've driven cross country twice. Once from MA to Washington state across the top half of the US. Then again 10 years later across the bottom in reverse from WA to Maryland. 1st trip was good, my ex-husband and I made a lot of stops and took our time. The 2nd time, we were basically breaking up on the trip and did it as fast as we could and thankfully in separate cards.

I also take a lot of day trips to go kayaking around New England.

I read pretty much everything but really religious stuff, m/m romance and children's books. I will read non-fiction and general fiction LBQT stuff and the occassional YA along the lines of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson if they come up for genres. I tend to read mostly romances and mysteries for challenges like this.

I've already scoped out some books and have a couple possibles for racism, insects and twilight.

I have some library books I might need to get in first but I'm sure they'll work for spell outs and tasks if not the genres.

I usually read 4-6 books a week thanks to audio books and job that allows me to listen to them. I put down 25/month. If I read more than that will we be penalized? It wouldn't be a crazy amount but if I listen to shorter ones I might be be able to get an extra book or 2 in each month.

I love that they did a points per page scoring system instead of grouped by book size. I don't always feel like reading doorstopper after doorstopper and my number would be a lot lower if that were the case.

Oh and I have to say: I love the LOTR books and movies so very happy to be a Hobbit.

Same!

Hey everyone 😊 Sorry for the late check-in. Been crazy at work and also been preparing for the Quidditch match this weekend.

My name is Nicole and I'm from South Africa but am currently living and working in Abu Dhabi. My favorite genre is romance and read nearly all the sub genres except for historical. I only seem to read those for challenges! Not a fan of horrors or thrillers.

So hard to pick a favorite traveling experience 😩 But I'd have to say the road trip we did in the U.S. It wasn't a popular route. Started in Texas and then to Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas. Wanted to see a different part of the States and it was awesome!

Here's my bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

And FYI things are hectic at work as we wind down the year, so I won't be reading as much as I normally do for the next 2-3 weeks but will try my level best. And will aim for bigger books whenever I can 😊

Now to go read the rules again, because the tasks look like fun.

Take sec to vote for July's BOM, I believe the polls close tonight. We get extra points for participating in the BOMs and it's always more enjoyable when it's a book you want to read.

BOM Polls

Has it been mentioned if we will be penalized for reading more than the number of books we sign up for?

The mods haven't said anything about penalties for reading over what you signed up as. It tends to balance over the team most of the time in my experience.

thanks for reminder to vote....

Have there ever been penalties for reading more than you signed up for?

Natasha wrote: "Have there ever been penalties for reading more than you signed up for?"

I don't think so as I believe this is a relatively new method of accountability - having myself only seen it in the recent UNO challenge.

No one is expected to read exactly what they signed up, expecting fluctuation of 1-2 books, or more/less depending on the amount you pledged. And as Sophie said, it tends to balance out amongst the team as when one person reads less one week another will read more, evening it out.

It's really just there to make sure someone who said they only read 6 books a month don't suddenly read 30 or agree to read 30 and only read 6.

Thanks for the recs Imke, they look v interesting. The Fire on High has the added bonus of 3 racism tags so well worth it for this 2 weeks! I loved the 3 weeks I spent in Granada in Andalusia attempting to learn Spanish, so can understand your choice.

Sam - I think that's my problem with YA as well, but sometimes there are exceptions. The Korea trip sounds excellent.

Tonya - that's an impressive goal! Good luck. Victoria or I will message you if we notice you've been gone a while.

Camilla - yay for libraries reopening! Work must have been v weird for the last couple of months, hope you are doing ok. The trip sounds like it will be fab. Sorry to hear about the Pamplona delay.

MH - we'll keep you in mind if we have mystery/crime related tags!

Victoria - the switch is sides is a brain twister especially if you are in a car that drives on the 'wrong' side. Hope you managed to get through the barricades without too many problems.

Vikki - I'm glad you are able to see him again. Must have been really tough while you couldn't. Fingers crossed all the wedding plans are going smoothly (and that it's far enough away not to be too disrupted).

Rosina - I hope the summer lives up to hopes! Road trip with friends sounds great.

Natasha - don't worry we've only been up and running 24 hours so no rush at the moment. Looks like a good mix of book genres in that list and among your favourites.

Mary C - argh that second trip sounds like a bit of a nightmare!
Don't worry too much about tags, everyone in the group can contribute so hopefully will be manageable. I'm pleased with the page count to point thing as well, can balance reading a bit.

Nicole - you got sucked into quidditch?! At least that confirms you are a crazy fast reader! Don't worry about the slower start for the next few weeks while work is mad.

There were penalties as a team if you read a lot over in the last tower teams, but they aren't in place for this. Think the mods know that everyone's reading is all over the place with all the changes in the world from coronavirus so this is being kept relatively straightforward

That's what I figured but I didn't want to get us docked points if I read 27 books one month. It might not even happen. But since this game is doing a per page points system, I will probably avoid longer ones so I can get more tasks completed.

A huge part of the entertainment for me in these challenges is finding books for tasks etc...,

Voted!

I get sucked into tasks and get a little obsessive. I can at least recognise that completing 200 over 10 weeks is not going to happen! There's no way I can read 20 books a week.

@Sophie = I am the same way...I love doing puzzles and playing games -

For the spell out will we each claim a letter?

My strategy is to hit all the BOMs...

Off to check out some tags....

Sophie wrote: "I get sucked into tasks and get a little obsessive. I can at least recognise that completing 200 over 10 weeks is not going to happen! There's no way I can read 20 books a week."

I most likely will 🤪🙈 Once things are calmer at work I will have more free time and will read up a storm. Happy to hear there are limits for this round.

We should list all the possible spell out letters each book works for so they can be moved if needed. A tracking spreadsheet would be helpful.

I haven’t looked for spell out books yet. But I will over the weekend.

Nicole wrote: "Sophie wrote: "I get sucked into tasks and get a little obsessive. I can at least recognise that completing 200 over 10 weeks is not going to happen! There's no way I can read 20 books a week."

I ..."

Wow! I'll watch your progress as we go

Mary C wrote: "We should list all the possible spell out letters each book works for so they can be moved if needed. A tracking spreadsheet would be helpful.

I haven’t looked for spell out books yet. But I will..."

Tracking spreadsheet is on it's way and will be around before we start. Work and childcare mean I don't have it sussed yet (but Cat has kindly let me peek at hers so hopefully it won't take long).

I don't do BOMs and I wasn't too thrilled about the tags for the first round, but will try to find something if needed.

Question about the tasks: I get it that each of us has her own task list, but will the task list start anew every two weeks (when the wheel is spun) or will it stay the same? I mean that if I read a book during the first week that fits a task, will I be able to do the same task again during, say, week 8, or will it be "done" for the rest of the game?

For everyone that wants to do some planning, our first word is PUB QUIZZING.

The tags we're looking for with it are insects, creepy, racism, wings and twilight. It only needs one tag (that hasn't been added by a member of this team) to count. Across the 2 weeks as a team we want to aim for 10 of these.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

PS please be patient with me and Victoria. It's the first time I've been a full captain and her first time being a co-captain. There might be some teething problems as we get started but we will pick things up as fast as we can