Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Finished:

Works for:
Spell-it-out: S (Title)
Spell-it-out: T (Title, character named Tibby)
Spell-it-out: A (Author name)
S..."

YAY :D

Kazen wrote: "It's a ladder not a chain, so only three letters have to overlap but... booooooooo. :P

eta: Our gold has been settled, huzzah! TA books are fair game."


Uhh, this looks complicatedish?

Three or more letters need to overlap so whole words are okay, too. Here's a three letter sample:

Title 1 - His lonely heart
Title 2 - Art for the blind
Title 3 - India ink
Title 4 - In kindness we trust

Ray - if you like the idea of digging your teeth into this one you're more than welcome, if not I have a feeling we'll be throwing it back, hehe.

eta: One word titles are okay this time.

Kazen wrote: "Three or more letters need to overlap so whole words are okay, too. Here's a three letter sample:

Title 1 - His lonely heart
Title 2 - Art for the blind
Title 3 - India ink
Title 4 - In kindness w..."

I can look at this if Ray doesn't have time...

Tammie - you're more than welcome to! There are a ton of TA books at your disposal, as well :)

Kazen wrote: "Tammie - you're more than welcome to! There are a ton of TA books at your disposal, as well :)"

Books on my 'to read'...

?America...American Wife
Long drive home
With friends like these
Family tree
The weird sisters
All the possibilities
The unidentified redhead
If you were mine
Suite Francaise
Riding wild
Animal attraction
The physick book of deliverance Dane
Body of lies
Blind alley
?Rid...Ride Steady
Walk through Fire
Zero Hour...Our?
?Hear...Heart of Gold...Old?
The CEO buys in...sin?
TA has Divergent....I've never read this...on my list for future...so if others wanted to read we could us it...one word titles I think could work

...this one is hard! If we dump, it will probably show up again...we could work on this for that future possibility, but it might be best in short-term to dump it if no one else on the team has luck.

Weapon

Level 8:

#1 - Tammie
#2 - Lory
#3 - Tammie (also: Raven)
#4 - Tammie
#5 - Ray
#6 - Bethany
#7 - Caly
#8 - Tammie


Cards

Card 1 (four books, 6xp, shield potion)
Remember, ratings ≠ reviews!
Book with less than 500 ratings - Tammie
Book with less than 500 ratings
Book with less than 500 ratings
Book with less than 10 ratings - Lory

Card 2 (incoming)


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 (five books, 4xp, 1 greater damage potion)
Ladder book 1
Ladder book 2
Ladder book 3
Ladder book 4
Ladder book 5

Card 5 (four books, 6xp, shield potion)
Remember, ratings ≠ reviews!
Book with less than 500 ratings - Kazen
Book with less than 500 ratings - Bethany
Book with less than 500 ratings - Ella
Book with less than 10 ratings - Kazen

I really need to get reading, but I have this link for ya:
What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear → Heart of Gold

Other books on my TBR:
Temporary People
Next Year, For Sure
Tainted Witness

eta: I already have two books before this one, but tasks are super motivating! Rawr! :)

Kazen wrote: "I really need to get reading, but I have this link for ya:
What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear → Heart of Gold

Other books on my TBR:
Temporary People
Next Year, For Sure
Tainted Witness

eta: I ..."

the example only showed 3 letters so I was focusing on that...cool...there may be more!...'wake up Tammie!'...(she yawns)

...I updated my list...post 5900

I think my book is missing from the STAR spell out in the goals task

Hello!

I am back in the US and finally have reliable internet again!

Last week I read and finished, and

Also, I don't know if this will count, but I also completed 763]
However, I started this a long time ago (back in July), so I am not sure if this will count.

I will try to catch up on the reading goals this week and determine what is available for me to read to help!

Finished! 10/17

Zero Hour
115 pgs
Series #8

Finished
The Tycoon's Temporary Bride. by Ana E. Ross
17th oct
357pgs
Goes with A-author's name ana (also 4th in series)

Ella wrote: "Finished
The Tycoon's Temporary Bride. by Ana E. Ross
17th oct
357pgs
Goes with A-author's name ana (also 4th in series)"

Ella...this would also work with T...Looks like 'Tashi' is a MC ;)

TA Shelf potentials

The Help...MC is Skeeter...S on Card 2
Heat....RJ Scott...author...R on Card 2

I can read It has 9 ratings. Will that work for Card 1?

Tammie- yup goes with T as well. And maybe R (authors name Ana E Ross)


Next i'd like to read for less than 500 ratings (it has 71 ratings)

Lory wrote: "I can read It has 9 ratings. Will that work for Card 1?"

I don't see why that wouldn't work!

The Shelf by Phyllis Rose
271 Pages
10/17

For 'Rare' book - 465 Ratings as of now.

I'll read for Card 1 next as well

Still working on my audio book...#5 or whatever...

For ladder analysis, here's my list of (not very long, <450 pages) books I have access to:

-Secret History
-The Naked Sun
-Dragon's Gold
-Captive Prince
-Searching for Dragons
-Rendezvous with Rama
-Magic Burns
-Second Foundation
-Iron Kissed
-Geist
-The Square Root of Summer
-On the Edge
-Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues
-Tarot Fantastic
-The Testing
-Kiss of Fire
-Armada
-Paper and Fire
-Shadow and Bone
-Chaos Choreography
-Mark of the Demon
-Ready Player One
-Dhampir
-The Fetch
-The Novice
-The Magician King
-Reawakened
-Indexing
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
-Throne of Glass
-Once Broken Faith
-I Am Number Four
-The Reader
-Fangirl (currently reading)
-Dragons of Autumn Twilight
-Swarm
-Legacies
-Mastiff
-Seven Ways We Lie
-Breakfast at Tiffany's

Ladders are harder to program into Excel due to all the variables. I have my ss programed to truncate the first/last word and the first/last 3 letters, but there's a bunch of area in between there (like first/last 4, 5, 6 letters) which makes processing the data far from 100%.

The best I have are these two:
Swarm (Bethany)
Armada (Bethany)
Adamant (TA)

Memoirs of a Geisha (TA)
Shadow and Bone (Bethany)
One Day (TA)


2-chains with just TA books:
Royal Dragon
Gone Girl

The Hunger Games
Messages

Ready Player One
One Day

Memoirs of a Geisha
Shadowed

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrow's of Ava Lavender
Ender's Game

Watership Down
Down Under

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Ladders are harder to program into Excel due to all the variables. I have my ss programed to truncate the first/last word and the first/last 3 letters, but there's a bunch of area in between there ..."

Looks awesome so far. Did you catch Tammie's list on the previous page? She's got American Wife, which could chain off of Ender's Game.

Can also add the banked books, "Friday Night Bites" and "Where She Went" if you haven't already.

With Lory's completed post, we get:

Five Quarters of the Orange (TA)
Orange is the New Black (Lory bank)
Black Rock White City (TA)

Yes and yes. There are more matches, but I only listed 3s or 2s with all TA books. When I did this one for NRPG, I just matched first/last words because it was so much easier. Blerg. :/

Bethany wrote: "Looks awesome so far. Did you catch Tammie's list on the previous page? She's got American Wife, which could chain off of Ender's Game.

Can also add the banked books, "Friday Night Bites" and "Where She Went" if you haven't already. "

Ray (user2637) wrote: "With Lory's completed post, we get:

Five Quarters of the Orange (TA)
Orange is the New Black (Lory bank)
Black Rock White City (TA)"

Being able to do just three matching letters should theoretically give us more options than the chain, but it's easier to think about it as a chain. So difficult!

I also might volunteer to read some short things that happen to fit if I can access them and they sound remotely interesting. :P

I think this one looks the best so far. There are a million books that start with City. Five opens up Slaughter-house Five -- weird, classic, banned, and short. All good reasons to read it. I'm sure there are other Five books as well...

Ray (user2637) wrote: "With Lory's completed post, we get:

Five Quarters of the Orange (TA)
Orange is the New Black (Lory bank)
Black Rock White City (TA)"

I can also read only has 444 ratings so should work in multiple spots

Karin wrote: "I think my book is missing from the STAR spell out in the goals task"

Thank you for pointing this out - fixed! :)

Lory wrote: "Hello!

I am back in the US and finally have reliable internet again!

Last week I read and finished, and [bookcover:Harry Potter and the P..."

Welcome back to the land of the (internet) living, Lory! Hehe.

Wobble was underway in July so your Orange is the New Black counts like any other book, yea! Let us know if any of the tasks catch your fancy. :)

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/17

Zero Hour
115 pgs
Series #8"

Congrats on getting through that series so quickly - you are a star! ★

Ella wrote: "Finished
The Tycoon's Temporary Bride. by Ana E. Ross
17th oct
357pgs
Goes with A-author's name ana (also 4th in series)"

I'm going to put this one in the bank for now with all the options so we can pop it in where it works best. Yea options! :)

Tammie wrote: "TA Shelf potentials

The Help...MC is Skeeter...S on Card 2
Heat....RJ Scott...author...R on Card 2"

Ooo, thanks for this. Looking... The Fault in Our Stars is also a TA book so that makes this a finished task, woo! New card once I catch up.

Lory wrote: "I can read It has 9 ratings. Will that work for Card 1?"

Totally! It's 9 ratings now so we'll make sure it counts even if someone else rates it/and your own rating pushes it to 10. Have at! :)

Ella wrote: "Next i'd like to read for less than 500 ratings (it has 71 ratings)"

You got it :)

Finished! 10/17
This took me almost 2 weeks, but finally finished!

Ride Steady
628 pgs

Could be used for #3 in series...wondering if we should bank it given the length...your call. There are a ton of characters in this book if you want to use it for a 'spell it'. I'll figure it out if that's needed.

Bethany wrote: "
The Shelf by Phyllis Rose
271 Pages
10/17

For 'Rare' book - 465 Ratings as of now."

Excellent! Could you double check your shelves for me? It's not showing up on the spreadsheet :/

Tammie wrote: "I'll read for Card 1 next as well

Still working on my audio book...#5 or whatever..."

Series books are great no matter when you end up finishing them, so no worries. :) Putting you down for <500 ratings on card 1 now.

Ray (user2637) wrote: "I think this one looks the best so far. There are a million books that start with City. Five opens up Slaughter-house Five -- weird, classic, banned, and short. All good reasons to read it. I'm sur..."

Excellent plan! Let me know if you need to find a book for this one.

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Yes and yes. There are more matches, but I only listed 3s or 2s with all TA books. When I did this one for NRPG, I just matched first/last words because it was so much easier. Blerg. :/"

You're doing amazing despite all the difficulties!

~Kazen's mind reels~

Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/17

Zero Hour
115 pgs
Series #8"

Congrats on getting through that series so quickly - you are a star! ★"

Thanks Kazen...I just had a lot of time! RealtorWorld is slowing a bit...much more time on my hands these days!

Lory wrote: "I can also read only has 444 ratings so should work in multiple spots"

Excellent - Ray, this would chain off of City, yea!

Finished!


Phdeath: The Puzzler Murders by James Carse
320 pages
October 18th
Card 5 - <10 ratings (currently... 1)

CARD 2

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

Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "
The Shelf by Phyllis Rose
271 Pages
10/17

For 'Rare' book - 465 Ratings as of now."

Excellent! Could..."

Sorry about that! forgot to check the wobble box!

A couple of notes -

- The next finished card will push us to the next level, so it may be worth it to wait and see how bosses turn out, so we could level in the middle of the fight and use that heal if we need to.

- Is Card 2 worth it? Five books for 5xp and 1 measly gold....

Bethany wrote: "Sorry about that! forgot to check the wobble box!"

No worries, yea for easy fixes!

Kazen wrote: "- Is Card 2 worth it? Five books for 5xp and 1 measly gold...."

Well, "in the text" tasks are really easy, so we can at least search the TA books.

Bethany wrote: "Kazen wrote: "- Is Card 2 worth it? Five books for 5xp and 1 measly gold...."

Well, "in the text" tasks are really easy, so we can at least search the TA books."

Good point! I can chip away at that later today.

Where I live we have MEA and I am taking a trip for it and I am not sure if I can bring My laptop but, I will notify you tomorrow but, I can read alot so, if there are ones that you need i can do them.