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Unless Juliana (or anyone else for that matter) has set up a Spreadsheet, I will work on getting one up probably this evening or early tomorrow.

But meanwhile, this is a log to the books we will read.
(This is a rough draft, I will probably work on getting a better looking draft when I work on the Spreadsheet)

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Duration : 08Nov2014 - 14Nov2014

Books Read - Week # 1

1. The House at Riverton | Kate Morton | 08Nov2014 | Jane | 593 pages | 50 Points
2. Call for the Dead | John le Carré | 08Nov2014 | Rose | 160 pages | 10 Points
3. Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 08Nov2014 | Liliac | 309 pages | 20 Points
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Book of the Month (BOM)

Participation

1. [Book] | [Author] | [Date] | [Participant] | [Page #] | [20 points]

Discussion Questions (DQs)

1. [Book] | [Author] | [Date] | [Participant] | [Page #] | [40 points]

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Buddy Reads (BRs)

1. [Book] | [Author] | [Date] | [Page #] | [30 points]
[Participant] | [Buddy] | [Team]

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Summary - Week # 1

Points : Individual Books Read =
Points : BOM =
Points : DQs =
Points : BRs =

TOTAL POINTS (Week # 1) =

Hi Apoorv! While the mods were finishing a master spreadsheet I was trying to do one for our team but I'm having problems with the Google Docs. I can't edit any one of my previous documents or edit a new one. I really don't know what to do.

I like your draft, and if you have the time and energy I'll be grateful for you creating it for us.

That looks nice Apoorv.

Hi team, got a bit a a problem with a book and I'm not sure what to do about it. I'm currently reading Edge of Eternity and at a normal pace I'd finish it in the next week. However, I realised that this book is a buddy read around the 25th of November. I'm going to discuss in the buddy read anyway, but I don't think I can make myself stretch the book out that far. Do you think I should try and make it last longer to get the extra points? If so, any tips on how to do that (provided the library will let me keep it that long)?

@Lilac, I think that if you finish the reading after November 8th you could gain points when you interact with the others in the buddy reads, even if you are not reading at the same time as they are.
I'll check with Kelly (if she didn't answer us before that) and let you know.

But if you are enjoying the book don't feel pressure to stretch the reading just for the points sake.

Great work with the draft Apoorv.

@Juliana I had the same problem yesterday. It turned out they were migrating my documents to new version of something (forgot what drive maybe?) Today they are all working again.

Dragana wrote: "Great work with the draft Apoorv.

@Juliana I had the same problem yesterday. It turned out they were migrating my documents to new version of something (forgot what drive maybe?) Today they are al..."

@Dragana I hope that it's something like that, because has been like this since yesterday (that I noticed).

Juliana wrote: "@Lilac, I think that if you finish the reading after November 8th you could gain points when you interact with the others in the buddy reads, even if you are not reading at the same time as they ar..."

Yup. As long as there's good discussion going on in the thread you can claim your buddy read. There's also a thread for brining back old bom/br threads if you're looking for someone for a book that already has a thread.

Oh, that makes it so much easier, thank you! :)

Juliana, do we all have access to the Master Spreadsheet or is it shared with just the Captains ?

Just wondering, if I can see how that is laid out, if easily accessible !

@Apoorv, the Spreadsheet wasn't released yet. (Sorry if I give the wrong impression).
They are working on some issues but I think that it'll be open for all team member to access.

Kelly wrote: "Juliana wrote: "@Lilac, I think that if you finish the reading after November 8th you could gain points when you interact with the others in the buddy reads, even if you are not reading at the same..."

Thanks Kelly! You are fast. :)

Sounds cool, Juliana !
I will try setting ours up and share it here, and then based on all your suggestions I can better it as we go ahead, if thats okay ! :)

Apoorv wrote: "Sounds cool, Juliana !
I will try setting ours up and share it here, and then based on all your suggestions I can better it as we go ahead, if thats okay ! :)"

It's great Apoorv. Thanks!!

For the spreadsheet you might want to put the group members name and a link to both their read shelf and their challenge shelf. Will make it a bit easier for whoever tracks it. Thinking about it I'd probably end up with a separate page for each person, with data tracking to a master sheet... but that's me being v geeky at this point!

Other question is whether you need the title, author and date in the sheet. Will make it v time consuming to keep track of! Is bad enough just counting books and page numbers from experience of the last tower team.

12hours left!!!!!!!!!!

So close!

I'll probably use the morning to finish up the two short books I'm reading Steppenwolf and Call for the Dead. I am liking Call for the Dead, but I really don't think I'm ever going to understand Steppenwolf.

P.s. Gaiman is awesome. Just don't read too many in succession. It does weird things to you. :)

I think Steppenwolf was the book I most understood from all Hermann Hesse's novels. I don't say I understood much, but... :)

Let the game begin!!!

Morning Team!!!!

The waiting is over. Tower Teams III has officially started.

We have a few new things...

First, the mods created a thread (upon request) for the teams insert theirs read books. The idea is to facilitate the captains job in finding everybody reads.
So we chat and incentive each other here and we post when we finish a book there.
The link it's HERE.

Second, the spreadsheet provided by the mods are up, but I'm still have some problems in editing it. I hope during this week me and the mods can figure everything out. As soon as it all working fine I'll create a version for our team and I'll post the link here too.

Well, I think it this for now.

Happy reading!!!

YAY!! so any book I finish is counted?

Catherine wrote: "YAY!! so any book I finish is counted?"

Yep!!

Just a quick stop to let you know that i am still here. Life have got in the way. I am reading no fear, i just do not have any internet time. I expect i will be back soon...

Woo!! I will be trying to finish today.

I have finished my first book for TowerTeams. Weeeeeeeee


The House At Riverton by Kate Morton

Esther wrote: "Just a quick stop to let you know that i am still here. Life have got in the way. I am reading no fear, i just do not have any internet time. I expect i will be back soon..."

That's ok Esther. Glad you are fine.

Trinity wrote: "Woo!! I will be trying to finish today."

I still have to read this one Trinity. I had read a graphic novel of the story and was very entertaining.

Jane wrote: "I have finished my first book for TowerTeams. Weeeeeeeee


The House At Riverton by Kate Morton"

Great Jane!!

It was good?

@ Juliana: It was okay, a good read and the ending actually made it jump from 3 to 4 stars for me. I don't read a lot of historical fiction as I prefer fantasy and paranormal but I needed it for a few different challenges.

P.S. I can only recommend The Hobbit, I think it is really good.

@Jane good to hear. I do enjoy a good historical fiction from now and then.

@Apoorv did you managed to start the spreadsheet? I can use the google docs now. I had to switch browser but seams to be working fine now.

I couldn`t contain myself, so I made a simple spreadsheet to fell like I had some control (crazy lady, I know!! LOL). Sorry Apoorv!

Let me know what do you guys think of it, and if you have any suggestions.

LOL, Juliana ! I can so understand the restlessness to do that Spreadsheet and keep a track of the progress.

I had, as a matter of fact, just started to put something together. Now that you have it under control.. I will stop the double work.

I really like the way you have set the layout of the Spreadsheet.. especially the small crosses (sorry, but I am kinda persnickety so these thing attract me more ! :P)

I will probably try and keep a backup sheet or a list ready, incase something gets missed. But, awesome work ! :)

Let me know if I can do anything to help, regarding this. Will be superglad to do so.

Apoorv wrote: "LOL, Juliana ! I can so understand the restlessness to do that Spreadsheet and keep a track of the progress.

I had, as a matter of fact, just started to put something together. Now that you have i..."

Thanks Apoorv!

Just as a reminder to everyone, please drop by Lightning Hounds - BOOKS READ to reserve a spot for yourself to notify your progress.

Also, it would be very helpful, if all of us keep updating our respective read-list atleast once a day or as frequently as possible, so that all the read books are accounted for.

Juliana has done a cool job with the Spreadsheet, but visiting each of ours shelves might just be cumbersome when updating the Spreadsheet.. so when we all finish a book, lets drop by the aforementioned link to keep the team adept with progress.

I am not going to keep reading this much but have just finished another book.


The Christmas Spirit by Susan Buchanan

Sorry, just realised that I put the wrong pagenumbers for The House at Riverton. The correct number is 593 pages. It makes no difference to the points though.

Jane wrote: "Sorry, just realised that I put the wrong pagenumbers for The House at Riverton. The correct number is 593 pages. It makes no difference to the points though."

I really liked that book :) I love historical fiction..I just finished her neest book..

I finished Call for the Dead. 160 pages- I really wish it had been one more page, but I really enjoyed it. I'm trying to make my way to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in the series, so I can finally watch the movie without guilt.

We seem to be starting this really well!

I've just finished which was really good. It's all written in letters and is about a female being caught in France by the Gestapo during the 2nd world war. There's not much more I can say without adding spoilers!

In other news I saw Shakespeare in love at the theatre last night with the girls I lived with at medical school. Was a lovely evening and fantastic to catch up with them again.

Great guys! You started with a strong pace. :)

Good Sunday to all!

I have finished:



The Warlock by Michael Scott

This finished on a cliffhager so I will start the last book in the series right away.

In the spreadsheet my book The Christmas Spirit has been given only 10 points but it is 166 pages which should give it 20 points.

I currently have one audiobook, one ebook and a paper one started. I should finish at least one by tomorrow.

Jane wrote: "I have finished:



The Warlock by Michael Scott

This finished on a cliffhager so I will start the last book in the series right away."

I loved this series....I wish it had continued....but alas it ends :(

Thanks for pointing the discrepancy out, Jane.
Everything is set up correctly now. :)

No problem Apoorv.

It was Sunday today and I hate cliffhangers so I have finished another book and yes Catherine I would have liked more books as well. It could have been books about some of the different characters in this series.

Finished
The Enchantress by Michael Scott.

We have noticed the huge page difference between the several editions for The Lies of Locke Lamora.

The word count is 192,918 so dividing by 250 words per page gives us 771 pages.

Therefore, for Tower Team purposes, we're going to state that the official ruling of this book is 90 points.

When marking your books as read, please choose an edition that has between 751 and 900 pages.

I'll be participating in some BRs. Apparently, I really like long complicated books.

Name of the Rose 12/6/2014
Master and Margarita 12/13/2014
Woman in White January

Personal Update # 1 (09Nov2014)

Finished !
Sharp Objects | Gillian Flynn | 09Nov2014 | 272 pages | 20 Points

I just finished Steppenwolf (256 pages). I can honestly say I still don't get it.

-added to spreadsheet

finished (516 pgs) 50pts