Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/11

When He Was Wicked, Julia Quinn
#6
Sorry it took me so long to finish...I read quite a few shorts while getting through this one."

No worries - great work! :)

are there any that really need to get done?

Raven/Zuri #RIPALEKS wrote: "are there any that really need to get done?"

Your bones book and books that are numbers #3, 4, 6, or 7 in a series :)

ok, i can do #3 in a series because i just finished the second book in a series, i forgot the name of it though.

Raven/Zuri #RIPALEKS wrote: "ok, i can do #3 in a series because i just finished the second book in a series, i forgot the name of it though."

A #3 in addition to your bones book sounds great! When you're done tell us here and be sure to put them on your wobble challenge shelf :)

ok

Weapon (details under the spoiler)
For levels 6 and 7 we need:
#4
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#1 - Lory
#1 - Caly

#2 - Lory
#2 - Bethany

#3 - Ella
#3 - Raven

#4 - Bethany
#4 -

#5 - Ray
#5 - Pragya

#6 - Tammie
#6 - Bethany

#7 - Caly
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Cards

Card 1 (six books, 7xp, 1 gold)
Read a book with Heart in the title
Spell-it-out: H
Spell-it-out: E
Spell-it-out: A
Spell-it-out: R
Spell-it-out: T

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

Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large aspect of the book reflects the word's definition.

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

Card 3 (three books, 4 xp, 1 gold)
Spell-it-out: Y - Caly
Spell-it-out: U - Bethany
Spell-it-out: M - Margaret (bank)

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 - Raven
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 - Ray
Read a book with a healing word in the title
Read a book with a healing word in the title

I'm going to read/claim #6 in series of the Dresden Files. That way when we start needing #7 or higher I can keep reading the successive books.

I'll also want a paper-form book to read (Dresden is e-book)... I'm thinking Ink and Bone or Uprooted. But I haven't yet decided which... Hm... I'm going to go with Uprooted and claim the 'U' spot, since it will temporarily delay me starting yet another series. *Looks at TBR, which is mostly sequels as it is*

I'm currently reading on audiobook, just because I want to get through the series, though it doesn't explicitly fit anywhere except silver, which we may just want to discard since there's not a lot people want to read for it. I'm just trying to wrap this series up! So many unfinished series...

Ugh. I hear you about the series, Bethany. I am also not feeling like any of the ones I have going right now.

I wouldnt get to these until closer to this weekend...but let me know if you think they may qualify for gray/silver or gold...also ideas for whoever as well...all romance I think..
Silver/gray:
Gold:

Bethany - Uprooted is a great book, you won't regret it :)

Rose wrote: "Ugh. I hear you about the series, Bethany. I am also not feeling like any of the ones I have going right now."

Tell me about it, the book I'm reading is so slow I feel like I'm going to fall asleep.

Tammie, I was thinking of discarding Card #1 to try for a monster, but if you're interested in it we can go for it! Re: the books:

Long Drive Home isn't gray... not sure what color that tree trunk is, but it's not gray ;)
Archer's Voice - gray!
Texas Chase - not gray
Making Faces - looks more black than gray to me, but if Margaret or Rose disagree I'm willing to take it, hehe
Suite Francaise - muted colors, but not gray
The Highwayman Incident - not quite gray, I think?
Becoming Calder - gray!
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - brown, sadly

Kazen wrote: "Bethany - Uprooted is a great book, you won't regret it :)"

You mean Uprooted? I didn't like it (at all :/) Too much infodump & slow plot. I'm not one for high fantasy and such.

Pragya wrote: "Tell me about it, the book I'm reading is so slow I feel like I'm going to fall asleep

If you're not enjoying it and are only doing it for the challenge, drop it! We'll find something else to fill that slot, no problem.

After all, a corollary to "read what makes you happy" is "don't read what doesn't make you happy"! :D

(edited - I can't remember my own tagline, it seems :P)

Pragya wrote: "You mean Uprooted? I didn't like it (at all :/) Too much infodump & slow plot. I'm not one for high fantasy and such."

Eep! So, uh, Bethany... you may regret it. Or not. Keep us posted. lol

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "You mean Uprooted? I didn't like it (at all :/) Too much infodump & slow plot. I'm not one for high fantasy and such."

Eep! So, uh, Bethany... you may regret it. Or not. Keep us pos..."

xD

I liked that one way more past the halfway point.

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Tell me about it, the book I'm reading is so slow I feel like I'm going to fall asleep

If you're not enjoying it and are only doing it for the challenge, drop it! We'll find somethi..."

Yeah, I think I'm going to take a break from it.

*searches for unfinished series*

My vote is pro-discarding #1.

Kazen wrote: "There doesn't seem to be a lot of interest for card 1 - gray/gold covers.... how do you guys feel about discarding it and hoping for a monster?"

Hard to tell since it's so different but let's break it down a bit. Lots to think about.

We are level 2 with 25 hp and 15 atk (hopefully 16 soon). If we go against a team with our exact stats, we can only survive 1 hit before we need a potion (because we'll be knocked out on the 2nd hit). Same for that team, so I guess going first is better! (In Novel RPG, the player (i.e. me) always goes first.)

We also have a fair bit of gold, so we can buy some potions too. And I highly suspect that the matchups will be grouped into thirds (something like the thirds used for Wheel -- the higher ranked teams got harder words), so we might be going against teams ranked near us. We're 17th right now, which puts us at the TOP of the bottom third, yay! So, if I'm right, we have that in our favor.

I checked spreadsheets and the most advanced Hero in our third of teams has 25 hp and 14 atk. Most of the teams have 13 atk, and a lot only have 20 hp right now. We do have a few more days to prep though, but I think we're ahead of the game.

So... advice... I think we should shoot for leveling up once more (=more hp) and increasing our atk once more, before we have to fight a team. We can shoot for the quests that give potions and xp, or gold and xp (since then we can buy potions). We'll know more after we start fighting another team.

tl;dr? Let's level up & increase atk, leaning toward quests with potions or gold.

Kazen wrote: "People who have played the RPG - should we be prioritizing getting a stash of potions via quests? Card two's greater poison is a given (it can't be bought in the store) but how about minor heals and things?"

Okay, I'm claiming "isotropic" from Card 2, and "bones in title" from Card 4. I can claim 2, right? ETA: no bones book, it was atrocious.

Captains -- how many Omni-sack/Milon/whatever bonuses do we have left?

Oh, and I still need an answer as to whether The Rest of the Robots counts as a healing word. "Rest" is there but wrong meaning. :/

Kazen wrote: "Bethany - Uprooted is a great book, you won't regret it :)"

I agree, Uprooted is one of my all time favorites! Enjoy

Finished!

386 pages
For #1 in a series

Will definitely keep reading this series at some point. 8-)

For now I will move on to Which is #7 in the series so I claim that. Been looking forward to finishing this series and I am glad I can use it for wobble and help the team.

Good day all! I'm off to work

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Hard to tell since it's so different but let's break it down a bit. Lots to think about."

This breakdown is the awesome. ^^

One more level and one more point of attack sounds like a great goal. If the cards land well we may even be able to get two more levels! While keeping an eye out for gold and potions, of course.

And another vote for discarding card one, aye. :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Okay, I'm claiming "isotropic" from Card 2, and "bones in title" from Card 4. I can claim 2, right? ETA: no bones book, it was atrocious.

Captains -- how many Omni-sack/Milon/whatever bonuses do ..."

Isotropic is yours! We have four Omni (seems most fitting, hehe) bonuses left.

Pragya wrote: "Yeah, I think I'm going to take a break from it.

*searches for unfinished series*"

No problem! Just to make sure, was this #1 or #5 in a series? I think I have you down for both, correct me if I'm wrong. :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Oh, and I still need an answer as to whether The Rest of the Robots counts as a healing word. "Rest" is there but wrong meaning. :/"

Eeep, sorry! Double checking, just a second....

eta: Or a minute or thirty. ;)
eta: Or more, eep. I'll make a new post when I have an answer.

Caly wrote: "Finished!

386 pages
For #1 in a series

Will definitely keep reading this series at some point. 8-)

For now I will move on to [bookcover:Lies, Damned Lies, an..."

I'm amazed you got any kind of reading done on that trip whatsoever! Hehe. And yeaaa when TBRs and challenges align! ^^b

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Yeah, I think I'm going to take a break from it.

*searches for unfinished series*"

No problem! Just to make sure, was this #1 or #5 in a series? I think I have you down for both, c..."

This was 1, I'm on 5.

Pragya wrote: "This was 1, I'm on 5."

Thanks - read on! :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Oh, and I still need an answer as to whether The Rest of the Robots counts as a healing word. "Rest" is there but wrong meaning. :/"

It appears to work :)

Kazen wrote: "Tammie, I was thinking of discarding Card #1 to try for a monster, but if you're interested in it we can go for it! Re: the books:

Long Drive Home isn't gray... not sure what color that tree trunk..."
Kazen wrote: "Tammie, I was thinking of discarding Card #1 to try for a monster, but if you're interested in it we can go for it! Re: the books:

Long Drive Home isn't gray... not sure what color that tree trunk..."

No big deal...I have already committed my reading to other things for the next few days...was going through my shelf just to see if I had anything that might be an idea for whoever...move on as you think best...especially if no one else is finding anything...I should finish 3 others in about three days...let's get a monster to do some damage to...sounds like we are ready for some action!

Kazen wrote: "I'm amazed you got any kind of reading done on that trip whatsoever! Hehe. And yeaaa when TBRs and challenges align! ^^b..."

Nothing like a 3 hour flight with no turbulence for lots of good reading. 8-)

Oh and I am happy to claim the Letter Y book next with this book

"A Year on Ladybug Farm" - You can drop the "A" right? I know you can drop "the"
and this way we will finish card 3.

And I cast my vote to discard number 1 as well. *grin

Coolz. I will read it then for the healing word quest. :)

Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Oh, and I still need an answer as to whether The Rest of the Robots counts as a healing word. "Rest" is there but wrong meaning. :/"

It appears to work :)"

Totally missed this yesterday :( Thanks! *hugs back* I think it's mostly stress -- we almost had to kick out a housemate and it's been weird around the house ever since, plus I have a lawyer appt tomorrow that I've been dreading. It just piles on, sigh. I'm sure I'll feel at least marginally better by Thursday.

Kazen wrote: "Here's hoping that your sleeping self gets sorted out soon. ~sends over hugs and sachets of her favorite herbal tea~"

Thanks, I try. There really are a lot of variables. :/ I think we will have our first Tournament starting...Monday @11am London time? That's a week from when Emerge started. So we definitely have some time to gear up. :) I'll check in on the other teams as we get closer to Tourney time too.

Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "This breakdown is the awesome. ^^

One more level and one more point of attack soun..."

@Pragya -- Your book One Indian Girl is banked. Do you think it could fit "Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately"?? I read your review and it seems that what Radhika finds acceptable and what her mother finds acceptable are very different. I suspect there's a lot in there about Radhika trying to make her own life fit her needs..? Whayyda think? :)

Caly wrote: "Nothing like a 3 hour flight with no turbulence for lots of good reading. 8-)

Oh and I am happy to claim the Letter Y book next with this book "

Yea airline travel! Hehe.

Y is all yours - the leading article (a/an/the) can indeed be dropped :)

And okay, it's official - Card 1 dropped! We'll get a replacement when the sheet rolls over :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Coolz. I will read it then for the healing word quest. :)"

Bwahahaha, excellent. ~steeples fingers~

Here's hoping that all the crazy is settling itself out and you'll have some quality relaxing book time soon. :)

Today I have interpreting quite a distance away so I may be in and out. Luckily (?) I'll have to sit around and wait for the patient to wake up after sedation, so there should be lots and lots of reading time! Hoping to get through a huge chunk of Phdeath: The Puzzler Murders (not a series, boo!) and digging into a short book as well. We'll see!

Have a great morning/evening, all!

Finished:

Chimera by Mira Grant
496 Pages
10/12

If it's not stepping on anyone's toes too much, this is a #3. Not that we need to level up our weapon right now for anything in particular.

It's also a horror book, or could be used for acceptability, as parasites find humans an acceptable host?

Finished:

Proper Gauge by Hugh Howey
106 pgs
12Oct
"Isotropic"

Finished


Kissing in the Dark by Wendy Lindstrom
423 pages
Read 13/10/16
#4 book in a series

Margaret wrote: "Finished


Kissing in the Dark by Wendy Lindstrom
423 pages
Read 13/10/16
#4 book in a series"

This one also will work for Card 2 - Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately.

Faith marries Duke because it will give her a father to her children, and safety from her previous life. I'd say that covers "adequately meeting her needs" :)

I think it may be best to use this book towards that card, as then that cards is done and we get a stack of experience and a cool poison potion!!

I have another #4 book that I can read and will start now.

Finished! 10/13

Dead Aim
Card 2: Perpetuity
MC is photographer capturing images 'forever'
(Thanks Ray for your help)
Love this series!...this one is #4.5...so not ideal to count for our series challenge.

There's one more book needed for that quest still. There were 2 but Tammie posted the finished book above ^^. :) Also, if we turn in the quest right now, we'll level up and we still have full hp -- hopefully we can get a monster to fight before leveling up again! Card 1 will redraw soon, so Big Monsters, No Whammies!

Margaret wrote: "I think it may be best to use this book towards that card, as then that cards is done and we get a stack of experience and a cool poison potion!!"

Finished:

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
157 pgs
13Oct
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