Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Cute. You don't have to be good at math. *hug*

Well, if it's ~9:45 pm there now, then we should get our cards at 2am your time. At least, if they are on time. :)

Bethany wrote: "I dunno, I'm bad..."

Ah, yes, 9+7 has to be an even number. Shoulda caught that.

Sort of a derailment about adding, so I'll hide it. (view spoiler)[

I was a croupier (casino games dealer) for casino rental companies in California. We played with 'funny money' and were hired for corporate events, Christmas parties, Grad Night, etc. I dealt craps. That's the game with the dice and the huge table with tons of numbers on it. I would need to know that a 6 pays 7-to-6 and a 10 pays 9-to-5 and be able to multiply that in my head if someone was betting, say, 18 "points" (not dollars!) on a 6 and it came up on the dice. In craps, you can *literally* bet on anything involving 2 dice. You can bet the very next roll will be a 5 and a 4. Or that 3 & 3 would come up before 1 & 5 or 2 & 4 (aka, "6 the hard way"). I would have to know the odds.

And I could do that! (though I probably can't anymore, out of practice)

But occasionally we'd be short staffed, or someone would just not show up, or I'd be assistant managing and get pulled from craps to deal roulette, paigow, Texas Hold'em, or blackjack. I was fine with all of those except blackjack. For some reason, it would take me ages to add 2 cards together, especially if they added to 14-18. Just could not do it fast. Or if I did, I'd be wrong a lot. Hehe. And the BJ dealers laughed at me and were boggled that I could deal craps but not BJ, which is the easiest game ever. :D

I don't really have a point to this story... except to say I guess we all have holes in our knowledge/abilities. But it makes me laugh still and I like remembering my croupier days. Good times. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

@Bethany the theory does make sense. I guess.

BUT GUYS (view spoiler)[ I was expecting something interesting, what with the blood and all. I was also disappointed because, well, fate isn't really my thing. (hide spoiler)]

Tammie wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "More Never Never spoilers
Ah, the fight = the blood. I guess that makes sense. Re: fate -- I had the feeling that not _everyone_ in their world must stay together, but rathe..."

Bethany wrote: "Regarding the epilogue:
[spoilers removed]"

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Never, Never spoiler under there --> [spoilers removed]Pragya wrote: "What did you think of the reason it all happened?""

Finished


Grayson's Vow by Mia Sheridan
340 pages
Read 10/10/16
Bank for Emerge

Off to look for a series book to read - I am not short on choice there and there are so many where I am up to book 3 or 4 :)

Done:

One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat
Date: 9/10/16
Read for: Bank

I started another series for a different challenge.
*smh*
I guess that means another #1 for me.

I'll also start Breathe, Annie, Breathe which is #5 in series although I won't be able to finish it before the start of Emerge.

Weapon leveling under the spoiler Now trying for Level 7 :)
(view spoiler)[

First book in a series
#1 - Lory
#1 - Caly
(#1 - Pragya)

Second book in a series
#2 - Lory
#2 - Bethany

Third book in a series
#3 - Ella
#3 -

Fourth book in a series
#4 - Bethany
#4 -

Fifth book in a series
#5 - Ray
#5 - Pragya

Sixth book in a series
#6 -
#6 -

Seventh book in a series
#7 -
(hide spoiler)]

Cards

(Spell it out = first letter of: title, series, author/translator/ narrators first or last name, character first/last/nick name)

Card 1 (seven books, 8 xp, 1 gold) - discard?
Read a book with Circle in the title
Spell-it-out: C
Spell-it-out: I
Spell-it-out: R
Spell-it-out: C
Spell-it-out: L
Spell-it-out: E

Card 2 (seven books, 10 xp, 1 great poison potion)

Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large apsect of the book reflects the words definition.

Ubiety - the quality or state of being in a place
Perpetuity - the state or quality of lasting forever
Palatability - the property of being acceptable to the mouth
Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
Isotropic - having a physical property that has the same value when measured in different directions
Uniformity - always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying
Adaptability - capable of being adapted

Card 3 (four books, 5 xp, 3 gold) (handy chart)
Read two books with a word in the title with the same prefix - book 1 - Ray
Read two books with a word in the title with the same prefix - book 2 - Tammie
Read two books with a word in the title with the same prefix - book 1
Read two books with a word in the title with the same prefix - book 2

Card 4 (three books, 4 xp, 1 minor heal potion)
Read a book with a title that mentions bones
Read a book that has bones on the cover
Read a horror or paranormal book

Card 5 (three books, 1 xp, 2 minor heal potions)
("heal, cure, rest, blood, or synonyms of these words")
Read a book with a healing word in the title
Read a book with a healing word in the title
Read a book with a healing word in the title

I'm not gonna make it 3.5 more hours to see the cards. Boo. Ah well, sleep is good. See ya on the flip side.

CARD 1

A father is looking for a gift for his young child Hadley. He asks you if you've come across anything in your travels that might entice a young girl.
Find the shape name in the book title then spell-it-out.


Rewards:
•8 Experience
•1 Gold

CARD 2
Many people might mock you for attempting to subdue the mighty rock. It's lasted for millions of years, who are you to try to best this foul beast. But you are not cowed by this formidable task. You will persevere!

Attack: 1 Health: 60

Rewards:
•3 Experience

CARD 3
You're sitting in the tavern enjoying the new specialty Drop Bear Steak and a man sidles up to you. He smells of beer and stale sweat which you suppose isn't all that different from anyone else around the bar or even the bar in general.
"Hey, I heard you know things. I'm looking for these scrolls, they sound kind of the same. Know what they are?"
You're not entirely sure what he's talking about but you figure that with the condition he's in, he would accept anything resembling the right answer.

Rewards:
•5 Experience
•3 Gold

CARD 4
The local necromancer is looking to ply his trade. He offers good coin for any spare bones you happen to have lying around.

Rewards:
•4 Experience
•1 Minor Heal Potion

CARD 5
You wish to learn more about healing to better arm yourself for battle. Spend some time researching different methods.

Rewards:
•1 Experience
•2 Minor Heal Potions

Squeee! Cards are 2 hours early! :) turns out I couldn't sleep.

I understand Card 1 & 2 but the others are confusing. I think I'll go check the spreadsheet.

Also, finished:

The Magic Trap by Jacqueline Davies
10 Oct
240 pgs
#5 or bank

Margaret wrote: "Finished


Grayson's Vow by Mia Sheridan
340 pages
Read 10/10/16
Bank for Emerge

Off to look for a series book to read - I am not..."

Yea series! :)

Pragya wrote: "Done:

One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat
Date: 9/10/16
Read for: Bank"

Safely tucked away :)

Pragya wrote: "I started another series for a different challenge.
*smh*
I guess that means another #1 for me."

I love it when challenges line up like that, hehe.

eta: I'll put you down for #5 as well... frankly I'd be worried about your health if you could finish that before the start of Emerge! ;)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Squeee! Cards are 2 hours early! :) turns out I couldn't sleep.

I understand Card 1 & 2 but the others are confusing. I think I'll go check the spreadsheet.

Also, finished:
[bookcover:The Magic..."

Yeah, the spreadsheet makes more sense than the cards here in the thread. I'll spell out each goal in the Goal post so we know what we're dealing with.

eta: Could you double check your shelves on that last book? Thanks! :)

Yeah, the app didn't update it again. It's on my shelf now, not populated to the ss yet though.

Kazen wrote: "Could you double check your shelves on that last book? Thanks! :) "

Wow all the cards just went whoosh over my head! Lol
I'm done with
An Inconvenient Wife. by Audrey Harrison
10th oct
231 pgs
Emerge-2nd in series

Don't underestimate the fearsome Rock.

Ella wrote: "Wow all the cards just went whoosh over my head! Lol
I'm done with
An Inconvenient Wife. by Audrey Harrison
10th oct
231 pgs
Emerge-2nd in ..."

I have the goals spelled out in the goal post now, hopefully that will help. :) Great work with the book!

lol

Rock is great :)

Okay, time to get started! I'm going to:

1 - sell pre-Emerge books for gold
2 - level our weapon
3 - fight the rock...?

Just in case messages show up here, you know why :)

eta: Spreadsheet hiccup, so expect a slight delay. ^^

Totally fight the rock!! Kick that rock's..um..rock!

Questions

1. "Read a book with Circle in the title" -- Plural okay?
2. "Read a book with a title that mentions bones" -- So "bones" in the title... singular okay? ;)
3. Do we have a list of "healing" words? (In Novel RPG's similar quest, it was "heal, cure, rest, blood, or synonyms of these words".)

Here's a chart that Kelly gave Novel RPGers. It has prefixes, but also suffixes and roots mixed in. Might be helpful for...

Card 3, I have an "ab-", "pro-", or "ob-" I can read if someone wants to pair up with me. :)

No rush on any of this, I'm just up and insomnia-ing.

...you rock Kazen!
I'm clueless about this game...but it seems kinda fun!

Hehe, I'm waiting while the spreadsheet sorts itself, so questions are good!

1 - For "x in the title" and "y in the text" tasks plurals and possessives are okay. Other conjugations (strange → stranger) are not.

2 - Yup, I'd take singular for that one. :)

3 - These tasks are based on the Novel RPG tasks - I'm so glad we so many people with experience! That list of words from the Novel quest looks good.

Oooo, and that chart is awesome as well. I have to look through my books to see what I have - yea tasks!

Glad I can help! :D

Okay, there seems to have been a bit of an issue with all the spreadsheets so we have to stop data entry for now. Hopefully they'll have the bug squashed soon but in the meantime... read away! :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Questions

1. "Read a book with Circle in the title" -- Plural okay?
2. "Read a book with a title that mentions bones" -- So "bones" in the title... singular okay? ;)
3. Do we have a list of "heali..."

I don't understand 'ab' 'pro'...
This does look like the best card though...most xp and gold...I'm really clueless here...

Tammie - look at the chart Ray linked. It has examples for all kinds of prefixes and suffixes and things. We can only use prefixes for this quest, but ab- is the beginning of works like absolve, abrupt, absent, etc. The list of example words isn't exhaustive but it's a start :)

I'm going to claim one of the Cs in the spell it out - my current read has a character called Baldy Conscience :)

eta: But Ray has a good point, this card is ripe for discard. Hmm.

Kazen wrote: "Tammie - look at the chart Ray linked. It has examples for all kinds of prefixes and suffixes and things. We can only use prefixes for this quest, but ab- is the beginning of works like absolve, ab..."

Gotcha...the word in the title needs same prefix...let me check my list...

Also I suppose we should decide if we want to discard any of these cards, in order to get a redraw in ~23 hours.

I don't really feel like we know enough about what's out there yet to decide, but maybe we want to ditch the Circle card because it takes so many books...? It's 7 books for 8 xp and 1 gold. Compare to Card 3 which is 4 books for 5 xp and 3 gold -- a much better deal on a xp/book and gold/book scale.

Again, though, we have no idea what other cards are out there....

Oooo, that's a good point. If we were to discard one, Card One would be my pick.

The nice thing is that we get to redraw every day, so even if we get a stinker two or three times in a row we'll eventually hit on something good :)

Right, and if we complete a card, it redraws immediately! :) Maybe we should wait until just before the redraw time to decide? Or at least wait until we can kill the Rock and see what that redraw is.

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Right, and if we complete a card, it redraws immediately! :) Maybe we should wait until just before the redraw time to decide? Or at least wait until we can kill the Rock and see what that redraw is."

Good point :)

I think I found my next book. Lost Homicidal Maniac: (Answers to "Shirley") It's #4 in series (weapon leveling), horror (card 4), and has an R character (card 1). Options!

Also found a 'circle' book, one with 'bones' in title & on cover, and the aforementioned prefixes. And if The Rest of the Robots counts for a healing word, then I found one of those too. It's the right word, but wrong meaning.

I'm loaded and ready, feel free to aim me as needed.

Oh no, keeping a loaded Ray back is dangerous! ;)

It's going to be hard to point you in any one direction until the spreadsheet is straightened out (it's a problem for everyone, sadly) so... read what you like! :D

Prefixes I have:
Anim...Animal
Un...unauthorized...I have 4
Pro...protecting
De...deliverance
Per...perfect
Over...overload

Would 'Am' on American be considered a prefix?
Can we put the chart link with the goals list?

I'm going to have to say no to the Am in American as it doesn't have the prefix meaning. :/ Chart link added to goals list, good idea!

Okay guys - I'm going to be heading to bed soon but I'm getting up extra early so hopefully the goals and things will be fixed by then. :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Also I suppose we should decide if we want to discard any of these cards, in order to get a redraw in ~23 hours.

I don't really feel like we know enough about what's out there yet to decide, but ..."

Another thought would be to focus on series words that could be used for 'circle' or any other task for that matter...we could choose what's best/most needed...

(Amended message)I am going to read 1 Prefix books...starts with 'over'...short story so I'll finish today...

Hehe. :) Well, I was going to just start with the #4/horror, but I see I have a match for one of Tammie's prefixes!

@Tammie - wanna team up for the Over prefix, Card 3a&b?


Kazen wrote: "Oh no, keeping a loaded Ray back is dangerous! ;)"

Okay, cool. Mine's short too, so if you have a 3rd, I can take the 4th spot. :) Or, anyone else with an Over- prefix book. Let me know!

Tammie wrote: "I am going to read 2 Prefix books...both start with 'over'...both short stories so I'll finish today..."

Nighty-night, K. When you awake, you will have a Rock to beat down, haha.

Kazen wrote: "Okay guys - I'm going to be heading to bed soon but I'm gettin..."

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Okay, cool. Mine's short too, so if you have a 3rd, I can take the 4th spot. :) Or, anyone else with an Over- prefix book. Let me know!

Tammie wrote: "I am going to read 2 Prefix books...both star..."

My second 'over' is too short...I'm amending...just one for me to read...so take the other.

Sweet, will do. Card 3 a&b are claimed!