Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Team THE GREAT GATSBY



• Louise (Captain)
• Mary C (Co-Captain)
• Nanci (Co-Captain)
• Jhmingos
• Dale
• StaceyC
• Vikki
• Stacey
• Devann

Challenge Status Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Team Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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Team Shelves
• Louise (Captain) - Wheel 7
• Mary C (Co-Captain) - Wheel 7
• Nanci (Co-Captain) - Wheels 7
• Jhmingos - Wheel 7
• Dale - Reading Shelf
• StaceyC - Wheel 7
• Vikki - Wheel7
• Stacey - Wheel 2022
• Devann - 22 Wheelathon

Rules - The Cliff Notes Version
All About Wheel and Announcement

◈ Starts on 14 November and runs for FIVE weeks (ending 18 December)
◈ The start / end time for each round will be 9pm UK time
◈ Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count

📚 Minimum page Count: 160

📚 Audio books: use default page count, if this is large print use next most popular book. If no printed or ebook, audio must be more than 4 hours and defaults to 160 pages.

📚 Books with MPGs Childrens / Kids / Poetry / Play / Graphic Novel / Illustrated / Photography / Art (or which have "Illustrated" in the title or an "Illustrator" contributor in the metadata) must have a verified word count of at least 40,000.

Verified Word Counts
UK - https://www.arbookfind.co.uk
US - https://www.arbookfind.com
Australia - https://www.arbookfind.com.au

📚 Re-Reads - must have been at least Six months since last read.

📚 Books cannot be banked for future rounds.


Points System
◈ Books less than 160 pages = 0 points
◈ Books between 160 and 1000 pages = 0.1 points/page
◈ Books over 1000 pages = 100 points
(points will be rounded up/down from 0.5 as per standard maths)


Bonus Points

Each week teams can gain 5 bonus points if a book used in the spell out is:
- at least 50% the colour cover associated with the team's word - to a maximum of 25 points
- that has at least 10 shelvings that matches the week's shelf. The same shelf will be used for all teams. There is no maximum points for the shelving

Spell-Out
Spell out using the first letter in:
🔤 Title/ Series (definite/indefinite articles can be ignored)
🔤 Author First/Last Name
🔤 Character First/ Last Name/ Nickname - FICTION ONLY - (must be significant to the plot)
🔤 Narrator First/ Last Name - for audios only
🔤 Translator First/ Last Name - for translated books only.

Countdown

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Tracking Sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

🎡Week 1
Duration: 14 Nov to 21 Nov
Spell Out Phrase: RAZOR BLADE TEARS
Colour Cover Bonus: PINK (50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: SPACE OPERA (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited


🎡Week 2
Duration: 21 Nov to 28 Nov
Spell Out Phrase: A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH
Colour Cover Bonus: BROWN(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: MYTHOLOGY (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

🎡Week 3
Duration: 28 Nov to 5 Dec
Spell Out Phrase: THE CARTOGRAPHERS
Colour Cover Bonus: BLUE(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: QUEER (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

🎡Week 4
Duration: 5 Dec to 12 Dec
Spell Out Phrase: THE BOOK OF COLD CASES
Colour Cover Bonus: BLUE(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: CONTEMPORARY (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

🎡Week 5
Duration: 12 Dec to 19 Dec
Spell Out Phrase: SEMIOSIS
Colour Cover Bonus: BLACK(50%+) - Max 5
Tag Bonus: ZOMBIES (10+ tags) - Max Unlimited

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Hi, I’m Louise from South Wales where I live with my 6 year old Daschund x Spaniel. This is my 5th Wheel A Thon and it is one of my favorite team challenges.

My go to genres are mystery/suspense/thriller; urban fantasy; paranormal; romance and historical, I tend to stay away from horror and space opera although I will read pretty much anything if it fits a challenge.

Introduce yourself to the rest of the team with as little or as much info as you wish. Don’t forget to post your wheel shelf;
Here’s mine: Wheel 7

A Little Housekeeping

• Please make sure to check in at least once a week to let us know your still playing.
• Make sure the edition you read is the one on your shelf.
• Completions can be either posted here or added to the tracking sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

*waves* hi everyone
I'm Vikki from Northern Ireland. I've 2 dogs (1 Alaskan Malamute, 1 Siberian Husky) who make sure my life isn't dull.

I've done quite a few team challenges over the years, right back as far as the first tower teams, & I think the first wheelathon...

I've been a bookworm for as long as I can remember. My favourite genres are crime & thriller but I also read historical fiction, fantasy, chick lit, classics, or anything that takes my fancy.

My shelf

Hi team!
I'm Nanci (one of your co-captains) and I live in Virginia in the USA. I've been married for 43 years and we have 3 adult children along with 6 grandchildren and another one coming end of January.

I've played in a number of Wheel challenges and am hooked on playing in many challenges every year. I've been a captain on UNO and have co-captained many challenges before, including one other time with Louise.

Like Vikki, books were my first love! Growing up my neighborhood library had a checkout maximum of two books for children, but after they realized my mom and I were coming in everyday to get more books for me, they told me I could take as many as I liked. The next day we came in with my wagon...true story!

My favorite genres now are historical fiction, fiction, non-fiction, psychological thrillers, and literary. For challenges I stretch my wings a bit and read outside of my norm.

Looking forward to meeting new people and getting some new reading suggestions from my teammates.

Wheel 7
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Heyy everyone :)
Im Dale:) I am Sahm bookwyrm who lives off of caffine and a prayer lol. I get alot of my reading done at night because thats when I can🤣
I love dark romances :)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

A little over 24hours until we can start. Our word of the week is RAZORBLADE TEARS We are predicted to be able to spell this out twice.

We need 5 books with PINK covers for our bonus points as well as Space Opera tagged books (minimum 10 tags) add to the tracking sheet or post here if you can cover any of these bonuses.

Is there somewhere on the tracking sheet to have book titles, or have I missed it?

Vikki wrote: "Is there somewhere on the tracking sheet to have book titles, or have I missed it?"

On the team sheet there is one but not on the house keeping one

I'm Stacey. I'm in Ohio (US). I love space opera, it's up there with horror/thriller for me. One reason I love challenges is to push me to try new books and genres, though. I also love translated books for differences in perspective.

My wheel shelf: wheel 7 shelf

Hi folks, I'm Jhmingos or you can call me Lizzie. Either name is OK. I'm from California and am really excited that Wheel is on. It's one of my favorite reading challenges. I love classics and mystery thrillers but one of the best things about these challenges is that I get to read books that I usually wouldn't *cough* space opera *cough*.

By the way, I don't have a pet but I love animals so if you feel the urge to share your pet pictures, I'd love to see them.

My Wheel 7 Shelf

Dale wrote: "Vikki wrote: "Is there somewhere on the tracking sheet to have book titles, or have I missed it?"

On the team sheet there is one but not on the house keeping one"

Sorry, the columns were there just hadn’t named them. Should be fixed.

Can we put the titles or does the Cap need to?

Hello team! Sorry I'm a little late, I was traveling most of the day. I'm the other Stacey and I live in Raleigh NC with my one dog. I haven't yet figured out how to post a pic on GR, or I would share. I read about anything, aside from cozy mysteries. :)

I have one space opera on deck for this week, but no pink covers. Do we have book limits on this that we have to stay under like on Tower Teams?

My shelf: Wheel-7

@Dale I’ve highlighted the columns that are for Captain use only. Please add your book titles.

@Stacey you can read to your heart’s content. 😀

We have just over 12hours to go before we begin.

Don’t forget when posting your completions that you note all the options your book works for and that the edition you read is on your shelf.

Great to meet everyone! Good job getting some of those pink covers claimed! Excited to get started soon!

I have to go to court this morning for a friend, but hopefully I'll be able to get back on here soon after opening to check on everyone again. Happy reading!

Hi! I'm Mary from Massachusetts. So on EST. I read pretty much everything but not a huge fan of YA or anything overly religious.

I'm not on the computer much on weekends. Also I'm going on vacation to Disney from 12/9 to 12/16. But I'll make up for my reading before and after I go. I will check in while I'm there and have an ebook and audio book on hand for the airplane.

My shelf: wheel-7

Do we want to create a sheet for players to add their books to and fill in the options they work for? That's what the teams I've played on in the past have done. Then they can just be moved to the main sheet?

Or are we just posting here and the captains will fill in books? We have a long word this week.

My profile pick if my boxer/pitty mix Lucy. She's my soul mate.

I see the spreadsheet discussed and I was looking at the wrong sheet. I see the one with all the tracking options. I'm going to fill in my current stash of library books.

And we are GO

Yay 📣

hi i'm devann, this is my wheel shelf

don't think i have anything with a pink cover or tagged space opera but i'll make sure to start something for this tomorrow. hoping to get two books in this week because i really need to speed up if i'm gonna make my reading goal this year.

Welcome Devann! Challenges always help me read more than normal. I just passed my reading goal, but I set it a little lower this year. I still have two year-long challenges to complete, so I need to read like mad until the end of December!

Welcome Devann, I’m a little behind on my reading goal this year but I did set it a little higher

Completion Post

Book: The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
Date: 11/15/22
Pages: 519

Spellout Letters
CF: Rosa
AN: Søren Sveistrup
CL: Thulin

I forgot how fast some of you are! (Mary and Lizzie, I'm looking at you!) Also, how challenging it could be to find books I want to read that also meet the challenge. Changed my book due to lack of letters.

I'm lucky in that I can listen to audio books at work most afternoons. Also hubby went out last night so I listened while I caught up on some housework.

I read at night and doing school pick ups for my kids 🤣

I've also reached an age where I'm wide awake around 5 am most days no matter time I've gone to bed. It's really increased my reading/listening time but I'd rather get another hour of sleep in the mornings.

But at least you get to have peace in the silence

Check This Out

What r checking out?

Stacey wrote: "I forgot how fast some of you are! (Mary and Lizzie, I'm looking at you!) Also, how challenging it could be to find books I want to read that also meet the challenge. Changed my book due to lack of..."

Helps that I listen to audiobooks at 2x speed. I can go through a lot of books just by listening on my commute and doing random chores.

Dale wrote: "What r checking out?"

Link corrected

Louise wrote: "Dale wrote: "What r checking out?"

Link corrected"

It wont let me see it when i click it it says sorry that group is private

We're off to a great start, team, with a few of you already finishing your books on Day 1! Woo hoo! We still need one more pink cover and of course the more space operas the better, if anyone wants to read another one.

Louise, in reference to your "check this out" I read Razorblade tears in Feb 2022, so it's been more than 6 months. Is that a goal for us to try to read it and answer DQ's? If so, I can toss my name in and do a reread.

Nanci wrote: "We're off to a great start, team, with a few of you already finishing your books on Day 1! Woo hoo! We still need one more pink cover and of course the more space operas the better, if anyone wants..."

It’s only Apples Never Fall and If We Were Villains that count for this 😞

I speed up audio books too but only to 1.5. Although I currently have the one I'm listening to at 1.75. This one is paced so slow that having it on 1 sounds like someone intentionally speaking in slow motion.

I'll check out the BOM the titles and see if I'm interested in any and if I can get them.

I've read If We Were Villains and don't want to read it again. But I might read Apples Never Fall.