MN Lisa’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2021)

MN Lisa’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

For those in the MM Hunt and read the books. What did you guys think of the books and what kind of points did you get?

I haven't finished my points yet, but I read No Good Deed, Oh, Sacred Dark, Postscript, Ghostly Finding and A Beginner’s Guide to Death, Demons, and Other Afterlife Disasters.

Postscript was a bit slow going for me but the others were great.

Hmm. They tell us to be created and not make it complicated, but if we look up the Muse Erato on Wiki, she is "the Muse of lyric poetry, particularly erotic poetry, and mimic imitation."

Elinor wrote: "Okay, I have one chapter left for Pachinko and have put it on hold -

Lisa, do you mind if I add the column for the Wheel thing? Also, the Regexmatch is behaving weirdly because of the expression ..."

I added the Wheel column and that RegEx seems to be working great. If you think others need to be updated on the Books tab feel free.

The formula on the Wheel tab was from the Mods, but was incorrect. I should have been H:H and I updated it.

Thanks!

Elinor wrote: "just to be sure, each set need to be finished as a whole to be able to spin for the next set (which could be a set of prompts we’ve already had), right?

And all the books have to be finished after July 1, and then, for later prompts, after the set of prompts was revealed (no banking for the top 3 teams)."

Yes. That is how I understand this mini-challenge.

Kirsten, You basically just need to look at the available tasks on the Wheel. The spins and stuff like that are more for the captains.

Elinor wrote: "I’m still on track for Pachinko BUT if someone else finishes a 500+ page, I can put it on hold for July - those 500+ books are tough as it is, never mind with the Wheel Mini prompts added to the mix!"

We only need one more between you and Jackie (Patriot Games) and Nanci (fourth Wing).

Ideally only one of you would finish in June and the others could be a good start for July. :)

The Wheels Tab is now ready for review. I have automated it a lot like some of the other tabs, so I have locked it down.

For the Muses, enter which Muse and Why in the Reason Column, and Suzanne and I can update the tab accordingly.

For Points:
Spell Out: 10 points per book and 10 points per completed word.
*Can be used for Page Towers
Wheel: 10 points per book and 5 points per completed Set.
*Can NOT be used for Page Towers (Must be Free Choice). Based on previous months I would not recommend 400 or 500-page books until we complete those page towers.
Rainbow: 10 points per book.
*Can be used for Page Towers

Since we cannot bank books, the Date Read must be AFTER the start date on the Wheel Tab.

I will review the instructions for the points again. Not sure I fully comprehended. :)

I have nto updated with our spins. I'm working on automating some things, so please ignore the Wheel for now. Thanks!

I'm requesting our first three spins now.

I'm adding a field to the Wheel with the date its called so we can make sure the read date is AFTER that date since we can't bank books (yeah for that since its cause we are doing so well).

Suzanne wrote: "Lisa, there are a couple on your shelf that don't have a "read" date, and several not on your shelf. Basically all the ones that are still blue.."

Part of that is the issues with Goodreads yesterday. I'm checking now.

Suzanne wrote: "Lisa, I don't know if you have scribd, but there is a copy of Fourth Wing on it. Or at least there was last time I checked :) My library holds are about 2 months out - it sure is popular!"

I got a 30 days free trial and will check out the audio book. I didn't see an ebook there. I'll see how it goes. I get pretty particular about the narrator so I might just have to wait for the ebook.

Nanci wrote: "MN Lisa wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Way to step up, Jackie! Thanks!

I started listening to Fourth Wing. Those type of books are not usually my thing, but so far it's keeping my attention..."

the current wait says 6 months, so I'm not holding my breath. At my moms library she's #25, but they only have 1 copy.

Jen wrote: "I have a 700 page book I’m working on. Do we need this by the end of the month or no because it’s more than 600 pages?"

We are full of the 600+ books so being done by end of the month is not required. We will get page points no matter what so if you do, that's great If you don't it will be a great start for July. :)

Vi wrote: "Thanks for the summary Suzanne!

A question - which should we prioritize? Rainbow tower or Team tower? With team towers do we get 10 points regardless whether the word is completed? Or do we only k..."

Personally, I'd prioritize Team Tower with the spell outs. We get a 20 point bonus when we complete words. So we get 10 points per letter and 20 points per word and we can have one incomplete word at the end of july.

We can have as many rainbows as we want so we can always fill in rainbow with books.

Suzanne's request to put cover colors even if its being used for spell works so that we can take a book with a good color and use it for rainbow and fill it in with one that we can't use for rainbow if it has the same letter being used.

Nanci wrote: "Way to step up, Jackie! Thanks!

I started listening to Fourth Wing. Those type of books are not usually my thing, but so far it's keeping my attention. I'm at the 14% mark. I wante..."

We have to be done by the 16th? I have it on hold at two librarys and an audio version, so I'm not sure I'll get it in order to finish by the 16th

I've never done book of the month, but I'm trying to get a copy of Fourth Wing since I've heard really good things about it. Where are the instructions for that? I'm a fast reader, can I read at whatever pace I want?

We have 16 Completed 500 Pagers and 3 on the sheet from Suzanne, Elinor and Kirsten. We would need at least one more.

I do have a #11 in a series I can read, but not 100% sure I can finish this month, I have 5 books I HAVE to read by the end of June so....

OK. With Amanda fixing the one book we now have all tasks available. Go Us!