Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Boy Meets Boy (in bank) has a character named Emily, for Card 1.

Also for Card 1 -- and since True Blood Eats is on my laptop -- I got Doctor Who: Heart of Stone to read on my iPod."

Doctor Who is good for everything! Hehe.

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/14

Tempting Fate, Nora Roberts
125 pgs
For R on card 1"

Yea! I'll put you down for a #1 in a series, as well :)

Finished! 10/14

Seven Sons, Lili St. Germain
S=St. German
109 pgs
#1 of 8...or use to spell something...reading on...this is well written but pretty dark story line...

Finished

Read for: Spell it out card 1, T
Also works for:
H (Coach Hernandez is a character)
S: Author name is Nora Sakavic
A: Andrew Minyard is one of the main characters
R: Riko is the antagonist
#1 in series

I'll be away this weekend, but I'll (hopefully, probably) finish The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which is #1 in series and works for S, T & A in spell it out as far as the title and author goes, no clue about the characters :P

Pragya wrote: "I'll be away this weekend, but I'll (hopefully, probably) finish The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which is #1 in series and works for S, T & A in spell it out as far as the titl..."

From the book page it looks like there's a Tibby Rollins, so there's an R.

Bethany wrote: "Pragya wrote: "I'll be away this weekend, but I'll (hopefully, probably) finish The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which is #1 in series and works for S, T & A in spell it out as ..."

It works for all the card 2 categories then :D We can fit it in wherever there's space left then

Hey guys, work has been a bit bonkers the last few days, so I hope you'll forgive me if it takes longer than usual to finish my tasks. No hard feelings if someone finishes something else qualifying before me; feel free to steal the spot in that case!

I am loving both books though, so I should be able to get through them quickly once I get more than 2 minutes to myself.

Finished


By D.L. Carter



It was pretty ridiculous

Finished! 10/14

Six Brothers
S=St. German
110 pgs
#2 of 8...or use 'S'...reading on...

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/14

Six Brothers
S=St. German
110 pgs
#2 of 8...or use 'S'...reading on..."

Woo! Go Tammie!

Finished:

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Let's see, this is a #2 in series, has characters:
Mia Hall
Kim Schein
Adam Wilde
Bryn Shraeder
Denny

So, H, S, or A in the current unclaimed tasks.

Audiobooks are my savior during these busy days!

Finished 10/14

Five Miles, St. Germain
149 pgs
S or #3 of 8 in series...reading on...

My husband and I went on a bit of an adventure today, going to visit the University I studied abroad at. It's amazing how much and how little has changed in ten years! Perhaps the best bit - I bought some university t-shirts and they gave me the student discount ;)

Slowly catching up starting now!

Ray - we got an answer from the mods:

"I believe we've allowed cookbooks that met the word count in the past however you have to actually read it plus all the recipes. "

I see you added it to the spreadsheet, so we're good :)

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/14

Seven Sons, Lili St. Germain
S=St. German
109 pgs
#1 of 8...or use to spell something...reading on...this is well written but pretty..."

I have you down for #1 with a note about the S. Feel free to take a break at any time for a lighter read - glad it's so well written, though!

Pragya wrote: "Finished

Read for: Spell it out card 1, T
Also works for:
H (Coach Hernandez is a character)
S: Author name is Nora Sakavic
A: Andrew Minyard is one of the ..."

Options for the win! :)

Pragya wrote: "I'll be away this weekend, but I'll (hopefully, probably) finish The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which is #1 in series and works for S, T & A in spell it out as far as the titl..."

Yea!

Bethany wrote: "Hey guys, work has been a bit bonkers the last few days, so I hope you'll forgive me if it takes longer than usual to finish my tasks. No hard feelings if someone finishes something else qualifying..."

No worries - thanks for the heads up! Here's hoping you get some more 'me time' soon. :)

Rose wrote: "Finished


By D.L. Carter

It was pretty ridiculous"

At least it lived up to the title! ;) I'm popping this into the R of star for now :)

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/14

Six Brothers
S=St. German
110 pgs
#2 of 8...or use 'S'...reading on..."

Oooo, nice! I'm going to put this one into #2 and pop Bethany's Blood Bound in a spot for card 5 - with Ray's cookbook that should finish it off. New card once I'm caught up :)

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Let's see, this is a #2 in series, has characters..."

Huzzah for another multi-tasking book! I've put it at the top of the Reserve sheet for now with all the lovely options listed.

Tammie wrote: "Finished 10/14

Five Miles, St. Germain
149 pgs
S or #3 of 8 in series...reading on..."

So I leave for an adventure and you read three books in a series while I'm gone! Hehehe. Going with #3 for now.

Weapon

Level 7:
#5 - Tammie
#6 - Bethany
#7 - Caly

Level 8: (view spoiler)[

#1 - Tammie
#2 - Lory
#3 - Tammie (also: Raven)
#4 - Tammie (also: Ella)
#5 -
#6 -
#7 -
#8 - (hide spoiler)]


Cards

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

Card 2 (five books, 6xp, 1 gold)
Read a book with Star in the title
Spell-it-out: S
Spell-it-out: T
Spell-it-out: A
Spell-it-out: R

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, 8xp, 2 gold) (see Questanomics)
"Inflationary" book
"Inflationary" book
"Inflationary" book

CARD 5

The Queen is going on a first date with a very nice Prince of the neighboring kingdom of Novella. She wants some idea's of nice things to do on her date.
Find the following words in the text of a book.


Tasks:
•Find the word ROSE in the Text
•Find the word VALENTINE in the Text
•Find the word DATE in the Text
•Find the word MARRIAGE in the Text
•Find the word HAPPY in the Text

Rewards:
•5 Experience
•1 Gold

You know what, that new task isn't worth very much, and the spreadsheet will roll over in eight minutes. I'm going to discard it and hope for something better. Big monsters, no whammies! (love this rewording, Ray!)

CARD 5

Novel Kingdom is dangerously close to entering a time of deflation. Queen Skye has been advised that she wants a nice healthy rate of inflation around 2% to maintain price stability and maximum knight employment. She is worried that if the kingdom falls into deflation everyone will hold onto their gold since it will be worth more tomorrow than it is today. She's even heard that there is novel hoarding going on! Help Queen Skye inflate the kingdom!
Inflationary books have a "number" in the title. The number should be inflated to the next higher number as the series number.

Tasks:
•Read an inflationary book.
•Read an inflationary book.
•Read an inflationary book.

Rewards:
•8 Experience
•2 Gold

Holy cow, that's a weird quest. More info here, under Questanomics.

It looks hard, but the difficulty is rewarded with 8xp...

I'm going to claim the 'H' on card 1 and then will go back to my series reading...
I have a #5 on cd in my car that I'm almost done with...my Seattle series and this Gypsy Bros Series are also on #5...both short books ;)

Kazen wrote: "Holy cow, that's a weird quest. More info here, under Questanomics.

It looks hard, but the difficulty is rewarded with 8xp..."

The link takes us to more quests...I'm confused on this one...I'm guessing...we need to figure out what we need most and then read what will get us that prize??? Do we get those in addition to the 8xp and 2 gold? Should we focus on building a shield or purchasing a bunny or dog?

Finished! 10/15

Four Score
111 pgs
#4 in series of 8
?inflationary

Tammie - if you click on the link it's a whole bunch of quests. The last in the post linked is called Questanomics, and the text is basically the same as our quest. It also links to an explanation of sorts and has some examples. Sorry I can't link to it more directly than that!

Tammie wrote: "I'm going to claim the 'H' on card 1 and then will go back to my series reading...
I have a #5 on cd in my car that I'm almost done with...my Seattle series and this Gypsy Bros Series are also on #..."

H is yours - yea #5 in a series! :0

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/15

Four Score
111 pgs
#4 in series of 8
?inflationary"

Nice one! If this were going to be "inflationary" the series # would have to be one higher than the "number" in the title. So Four Score would have to be book #5 in the series :( Hopefully that link I explained above will help explain things.

Kazen wrote: "Tammie - if you click on the link it's a whole bunch of quests. The last in the post linked is called Questanomics, and the text is basically the same as our quest. It also links to an explanation ..."

Found it in the post for 'Simple Quests'...wasn't looking for a sub post...thanks for the help!

I found several in my library...most I've read...I searched the word 'for' and then the series #5
'To, too, or two' then looking for a #3 in series would be another obvious search.

There is a Traveler book on spreadsheet...A wedding to die for...#3...posted on 10/9...can't remember when we started...

I'm going to finish what I have going and circle back later on this one.

I've done Questanomics in NRPG and used these books:

1. I Don’t Want to Kill You (John Cleaver #3) 2 -> 3
2. Day 21 (The 100 #2) 1 -> 2
3. The Zero Stone (The Zero Stone #1) 0 -> 1

For ideas or whatever.

Also, did our TA book-spots ever get traded in for gold? Do we have any we're allowed to use atm?

With Cards 1&3 we'll get enough do to level up again. I suggest we discard the other 3 cards & try our luck with something new. Unless someone can find a book with "bones" in the title, then keep that card--but it's been up there awhile with no takers....

Found on another thread:
Kelly wrote: "...the mix right now is about 60 quest cards to 20 monster cards."

So that's a 25% chance to get a monster on each redraw.

Also found:
Kelly wrote: "If you have travel agent books that you haven't used please PM the mod account and we can convert those into gold directly."

Ray (user2637) wrote: "I've done Questanomics in NRPG and used these books:

1. I Don’t Want to Kill You (John Cleaver #3) 2 -> 3
2. Day 21 (The 100 #2) 1 -> 2
3. The Zero Stone (The Zero Stone #1) 0 -> 1

For ideas or w..."

By that logic, would the 100 #1 work, because 0->1?

Ray (user2637) wrote: "With Cards 1&3 we'll get enough do to level up again. I suggest we discard the other 3 cards & try our luck with something new. Unless someone can find a book with "bones" in the title, then keep t..."

I agree

Finished!

Three Years
104 pgs
Series #5

I don't know. I think "for" works because it sounds like "four", "to" works because it sounds like "two", and "wonderful" works because it sounds like "one", but "The 100" doesn't sound like "zero"....

Def something for the Caps to answer.

Bethany wrote: "By that logic, would the 100 #1 work, because 0->1? "

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Also, did our TA book-spots ever get traded in for gold? Do we have any we're allowed to use atm?"

We have a request in to get the previous book spots turned into gold, and we were just awarded a nice hunk of Emerge TA books :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "With Cards 1&3 we'll get enough do to level up again. I suggest we discard the other 3 cards & try our luck with something new. Unless someone can find a book with "bones" in the title, then keep t..."

Current xp is 25, next xp level at 40, so cards 1 (7xp) and 3 (4xp) would leave us a little short....

...and now we can use a TA book for bones :)

Bethany wrote: "By that logic, would the 100 #1 work, because 0->1? "

"The 100" is the series, not the title, so no.

Tammie wrote: "Finished!

Three Years
104 pgs
Series #5"

Yeaaa!

The 100 is the book in question methinks. It's #1 in "the 100" series.

Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "By that logic, would the 100 #1 work, because 0->1? "

"The 100" is the series, not the title, so no."

Aha! Asking now :)

eta: Answer!

It's a sound based task. The 100 reads as "the hundred", with no zeros or ohs in sight. So no go.

I don't want to use any TA books until the gold is sorted out but I went through and looked for series. We have:

#1 in a series - 22 (!)
#2 in a series - 4
#3 in a series - 4
↓(nothing until)↓
#8 in a series - 2
↓(nothing until)↓
#12 in a series - 1

So some help but no fell swoops. ;)