Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

The book (bank, Rose) should work for card 5, •Read a book with river/sea on the cover & •Read a book set in imaginary country

Pragya wrote: "Fixed- sorry!

Yes, Yannic the jailor is a main character (sort of?) this can definitely work for card #3"

No worries!

As long as Yannic has a speaking part he counts so we're all set to go with a new card, woo!

CARD 3
It's the 1st annual Scrounger Hunt in Novel Kingdom! Queen Skye has been plagued with requests for various things that her subjects need and has found a clever way to make everyone happy. She is offering reward potions to those who bring back items on her scrounger list of things that people need.

Tasks:
•Turmeric
•Cinnamon
•Rosemary
•Ginger
•Basil
•St. John's Wort
•Garlic
•Steel
•Copper
•Silver

Rewards:
•20 Gold

We have 38 gold from quests and banked books already... I don't know if we need this one. And holy cow, ten books. :/ We can always turn in books singly if we need some gold.

Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "I can read #9 if no one else has it. Let me know..."

These higher number books are hard to get and awesome - we can keep them in the bank and use them for the next level if not this..."

I'll go ahead and read #9...it's short...should finish today or tomorrow. Will keep eye on other challenges just in case it could work for that as well.

I still have a #5 audio read going.

Kazen wrote: "We have 38 gold from quests and banked books already... I don't know if we need this one. And holy cow, ten books. :/ We can always turn in books singly if we need some gold."

Not sure it's clear what we read for this challenge?

Weapon

Level 10 (wow!)

#1 - TA
#2 - TA
#3 - TA
#4 - Margaret
#5 - Bethany
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10 - Bethany

Cards

Card 1 (twelve books, 12xp, 1 damage potion)

Read a book first published in January
Read a book first published in February
Read a book first published in March
Read a book first published in April
Read a book first published in May
Read a book first published in June - Bethany
Read a book first published in July
Read a book first published in September
Read a book first published in October
Read a book first published in November
Read a book first published in December

Card 2 (nine books, 10xp, 1 gold)
Spell-it-out: N - Caly

Card 3 (incoming @ 11am London time)


Card 4 (five books, 4xp, 1 greater damage potion)
1 TA - Five Quarters of the Orange
2 Lory bank - Orange is the New Black
3 TA - Black Rock White City
4 Lory - City of Dragons
5 Bethany - Dragons at Crumbling Castle

Card 5 (nine books, 12xp, 1 greater damage potion)
Read a book set in country where you live or come from - Kazen
Read a book set in a foreign country - Ella - finished, not on spreadsheet
Read a book set in imaginary country - Bethany
Read a book set on the continent you live on - Ray
Read a book set on another continent except North America and Europe - Pragya
Read a book with mountains on the cover
Read a book with river/sea on the cover - Tammie
Read a book with valley on the cover
Read a book with forest on the cover - Tammie

Tammie wrote: "Not sure it's clear what we read for this challenge?"

Each of those words in a book :(

I'm on my phone which is not goodreads mobile friendly so I can't add the link, but I finished "A year on Ladybug Farm" 374 pages.
So use it for the letter L and I will start "The Scorch Trials" for the letter N.

I'm down for redrawing Card 3. Also, are we going to slay Card 1? If no, then redraw it too? If yes, slaying it and finishing Card 4 will level us up. Then it's 48 more xp to the next level and we've 22 xp on cards we're working currently -- which is almost half what's needed.

I know we were trying to wait to level during a boss fight...but still no news on the front so maybe we should just play on.

Ray (user2637) wrote: "I'm down for redrawing Card 3. Also, are we going to slay Card 1? If no, then redraw it too? If yes, slaying it and finishing Card 4 will level us up. Then it's 48 more xp to the next level and we'..."

I agree and I'm totally fine with moving on!

I've got a book to read that has a forest and mountains on the cover for Card 5...also #3 in series...I read mostly series books so you can decide where best these are put...but I claim using this book nonetheless:

Ray (user2637) wrote: "I'm down for redrawing Card 3. Also, are we going to slay Card 1? If no, then redraw it too? If yes, slaying it and finishing Card 4 will level us up. Then it's 48 more xp to the next level and we'..."

I'm with Ray; let's slay that monster and not wait around for a boss fight we thought was gonna happen days ago.

Finished:

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
10/21
240 Pages

Looks like all the triangle letters this contains are currently claimed. Bank it!

Kazen wrote: "We have 38 gold from quests and banked books already... I don't know if we need this one. And holy cow, ten books. :/ We can always turn in books singly if we need some gold."

I'm fine with throwing this one back. If you like I can word-search the TA too.

What about L (author)? It's not taken on the goals post on the prev page, but maybe in the posts since then?

ETA: Or T for series.

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
10/21
240 Pages

Looks like all the triangle letters this contains are currently claimed. Bank it!"

Anyone doing Dewey's Readathon tommorrow?

Okay now that I am home I can do an official post 8-)
Finished!

374 pages
Use for Letter L in triangle - Main character is Lindsay

I don't totally understand how we get the most points for this challenge but I am up for whatever the group decides is best..

Rose wrote: "Anyone doing Dewey's Readathon tommorrow?"

I AM I AM

Rose wrote: "Anyone doing Dewey's Readathon tommorrow?"

Dewey's kills me - I want to do it, I really do, but it starts at 9pm here. I managed it once but starting off with an all nighter sucks :/

Ever since then I've told myself that I can join late, but it's such a disconnect when everyone's like, "Oh wow, this is getting hard!" at Hour 8, right when I'm waking up :P I'll be cheering all of you guys on, though!

Caly wrote: "Okay now that I am home I can do an official post 8-)
Finished!

374 pages
Use for Letter L in triangle - Main character is Lindsay "

Yeaaaa! :)

Tammie wrote: "I've got a book to read that has a forest and mountains on the cover for Card 5...also #3 in series...I read mostly series books so you can decide where best these are put...but I claim using this ..."

Series books rock! I'll put this down for forest at the moment with a note that it also counts for mountains. Read on, read on! :)

Bethany wrote: "Finished:

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
10/21
240 Pages

Looks like all the triangle letters this contains are currently claimed. Bank it!"

Cha-ching :)

eta: I've figured out a way to rearrange the △ so we can use this book, yea! Put it in for G, moved the G book to T :)

Okay, I think we're caught up!

It sounds like we're in agreement - a monster needs slaying! Card 3 can go back to the fish pond, too. :P Here we go!

Finished


pgs 353

10/21

#1 in Lord of White Hell series

I'll need to catch up with the thread to figure out anything else it fits in with

Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "Anyone doing Dewey's Readathon tommorrow?"

Dewey's kills me - I want to do it, I really do, but it starts at 9pm here. I managed it once but starting off with an all nighter sucks :/
..."

I'm not doing all of it, by far. I am just going for reading more than normally I might.

CARD 1
Nick the Necromancer finally has his huge pile of bones. He starts trying to cast spells but they keep fizzling. Trying again to avoid having an angry necromancer on the loose, you suggest that maybe his antique hour glass might be a few grains short of an accurate time piece. You offer to make him a brand new clock for timing his spells, even though you are starting to wonder at the wisdom of having a somewhat inept necromancer working magic in your town.

Tasks:
•Read a book first published in January.
•Read a book first published in February.
•Read a book first published in March.
•Read a book first published in April.
•Read a book first published in May.
•Read a book first published in June.
•Read a book first published in July.
•Read a book first published in September.
•Read a book first published in October.
•Read a book first published in November.
•Read a book first published in December.

Rewards:
•12 Experience
•1 Damage Potion

Rose wrote: "I'm not doing all of it, by far. I am just going for reading more than normally I might."

This is a sane and doable plan, I like :D

↑ little miss all or nothing ;)

This reminds me of a time I was trying to balance an equation in 9th grade chemistry and I ended up with 4 of each molecule...
which means it's fine with 1 of each molecule...
which means it was already balanced. *LOL*

Kazen wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Finished:
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Looks like all the triangle letters this contains are currently claimed. Bank it!"

Cha-ching :)

eta: I've figured out a way to rearrange the △ so we can use this book, yea! Put it in for G, moved the G book to T :)"

12 xp for 12 books!? What a rip off. :P Cards 5 gives 12 xp for 9 books AND a stronger damage potion. :/

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 1
Nick the Necromancer finally has his huge pile of bones. He starts trying to cast spells but they keep fizzling. Trying again to avoid having an angry necromancer on the loose, you suggest t..."

Rose wrote: "Kazen wrote: "Rose wrote: "Anyone doing Dewey's Readathon tommorrow?"

Dewey's kills me - I want to do it, I really do, but it starts at 9pm here. I managed it once but starting off with an all nig..."

Yeah, if I'm pushing it, I might get 18 hours. 8 is significantly more likely. Honestly it will be like all of my airplane days, minus layovers and other people..

Finished:

Shouldn't You Be In School? (All the Wrong Questions #3) by Lemony Snicket
272 pgs
21Oct
A CDEFGH JKLM OPQ ST

working on where it will fit....

Okay, I found a spot in triangle for my book, but there's a bit of rearranging needed -- moving 2 books. Here's my suggestion:

Bethany - "R" - Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues (White Trash Zombie, #2) - Ben Roth
Ray - "A" - Shouldn't You Be In School? - series name
Karin - "E" - The Book That Matters Most: A Novel - Emma

I read through the previews for these two books on GR and found Roth and Emma. :)

"I" seems to be the hardest... There's "If I Stay" and "Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #1)" on the TA shelf though.

Re: Maze Runner -- Chronologically #4 happens first, then #5, then 1,2,3. But they were released in numerical order. Maybe Dashner just doesn't like using decimals? That's not right, because there's also #2.5! I think 2.5 takes place between 4 and 5... or during the end of #4. :/

Pragya wrote: "I'll check it out, but why is #4 a prequel to #1...? Is #5 before or after?"

Now reading a book first published in January. :)

Finished:

The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
208 pgs
22Oct
Pub'd in January, set in the country I live in, set on the continent I live on.

CARD 3
You wander into the square and see Lord Alex fleeing for his very life! He yells out, "Flee! Flee! The Great Novel Dragon is here and craves the taste of men!" You sit pondering this statement for awhile and conclude that that probably explains some of the gender ratio of the realm. Blinking a few times you clear your head and decide you should probably help maintain the ratio and charge in to help Lord Alex escape certain lunch.

Tasks:
•Read a book with NORTH in the title or text.
•Read a book with EAST in the title or text.
•Read a book with WEST in the title or text.
•Read a book with SOUTH in the title or text.

Rewards:
•2 Experience
•4 Gold

Finished

#7 in series

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 3
You wander into the square and see Lord Alex fleeing for his very life! He yells out, "Flee! Flee!..."

Four books, two experience?! Maybe this one should get the boot :/

Bethany wrote: "Honestly it will be like all of my airplane days, minus layovers and other people."

All the benefits of flying without having to travel! ;)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Okay, I found a spot in triangle for my book, but there's a bit of rearranging needed -- moving 2 books. Here's my suggestion:

Bethany - "R" - Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues (White Trash Z..."

Thanks for this! We have a book in reserve that covers the I (and the N!) so no worries there. :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:

The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
208 pgs
22Oct
Pub'd in January, set in the country I live in, set on the continent I live on."

Nice! I'm going to put this down for continent I live on, as the book I just finished works for country I'm from :)

Pragya wrote: "Finished

#7 in series"

Yeaaaaa!

Finished!


The City Beneath by Melody Johnson
258 pages
October 22nd
Set in country I'm from (USA)

I can't recommend this book quite, but it read quickly and let me escape from crazy life, so that's something ^^

Kazen wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 3."

Four books, two experience?! Maybe this one should get the boot :/"

Agreed- doesn't seem too easy either

Kazen wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 3
You wander into the square and see Lord Alex fleeing for his very life! He yells out, "Flee! Flee!..."

Four books, two experience?! Maybe this one should get the ..."

I don't have anything directional on my to-read shelf...ok with sending this to the trash

Finished! 10/22

Donavan (Long, tall Texans, #9; Silhouette Romance #843)
192 pgs
#9 in series

I'm going to work on Card 5 next

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/22

Donavan (Long, tall Texans, #9; Silhouette Romance #843)
192 pgs
#9 in series

I'm goin..."

DONE WITH LEVEL 9 YAYY

Finished:

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
10/22
404 Pages

-First published in August
-Takes place in an imaginary country

Can I claim #5 and #10 for the weapon?