Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Thanks to all the books we have banked we can finish the Straw task! Look:

S - Pragya, School Spirits (title)
T - Lory, Terrier (title)
R - Pragya, The Rose Society (title)
A - Pragya, Fangirl (character Alexandro)
W - Bethany, White Trash Zombie Apocalypse (title)

New card incoming, huzzah! :D

Kazen wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Finished! 11/2

One Man's Art, Nora Roberts
126 pgs
#4 series
Grant
Joshua Fairchild
Mrs. Lawrence
Daniel MacGregor
Angela"

Could ..."

I checked...i forgot to enter read date...sorry!
Also...Grants last name is Campbell...I'll add to list of names...

CARD 2

A sad little girl is pinning a poster up on the notice board. "Lost Kitty". You feel a little tear form in your eye. You look up to blink it away then squint at a furry thing in the tree above. You look back at the poster, then at the furry thing, then at the poster. Finally you head off in search of a ladder, wondering the whole time who would name a dog "Kitty".
Form a ladder by overlapping the end of one book with the beginning of the next book. At least 3 letters must overlap or your ladder will be too weak to rescue Kitty.

Tasks:
•Ladder Book 1
•Ladder Book 2
•Ladder Book 3
•Ladder Book 4
•Ladder Book 5

Rewards:
•4 Experience
•1 Greater Damage Potion

No ladder evil ladder! :PPPPPPPP

Kazen wrote: "No ladder evil ladder! :PPPPPPPP"

KILL THE LADDER

Tammie wrote: "I checked...i forgot to enter read date...sorry!
Also...Grants last name is Campbell...I'll add to list of names... "

That's perfect for Circle, yea! :)

★☆End of Wobble COUNTDOWN☆★

Cards we should totally do:

Card 5 (8xp, 1 gold)
Read a book with CIRCLE in the title
Spell-it-out: I - Caly


Cards for the adventurous :)

Four cards incoming at 11 London time! :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "I think we should take on the Jabberwocky (#1) next. We can kill it on our 5th hit. It'll do 4 hits, so 80 damage which means we'll need to heal 30 pts during the fight (3 heal potions, 1 greater + 1 heal + 1 minor heal potion, whatever). OR we could use a shield and a greater damage and knock it out in 4 rounds with no heal potions. Both ways leave us at zero hp, which is allowed. We will have to heal or level up before attacking again."

I don't think we can go down to 0. From the rules:

◈ If a Hero is knocked out during the battle, the monster heals to full health.

eta: I think I have it, though. :) After the fight starts we can heal using 3 heal potions and 1 minor heal for 35 hp and survive with 5 left. Finishing the fight will level us and we'll heal up again and be ready to go. :)

eta2: The Jabberwocky is dead, huzzah! We've leveled up, earned gold, and got a nice potion to boot. Well done team!

Umm,.....i think u might have missed my completion post? Msg 6478.

Ella wrote: "Umm,.....i think u might have missed my completion post? Msg 6478."

Sorry, I mentioned all the Straw cards but forgot to list out the Heart cards! Your book went in for the H ^^b

Ohk no worries.. Im reading a book fr E at present..im at work now,but ive read a bit and it seems good so far so hopefully ill finish it fast.

CARD 2
Brown Bat
The brown bats are much prettier than the black bats because of their grace, stamina and ability to make a lovely bat leather hat.

Attack: 4 Health: 35

Rewards:
•2 Experience

Completion! Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire #4 in series.
For Circle:
Cho Chang
Igor Karkaroff
Rita Skeeter
Neville Longbottom
Ernie Macmillan

Finished! 11/3

Walk Through Fire
Series #4
615 pgs
Author Kristen Ashley
Just listing names that could help...there are tons!
Millie Cross
Elvira
Red
Logan Judd 'High'

Lory wrote: "Completion! Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire #4 in series."

HARRY POTTER! <3

I'm reading Gregor the Overlander, which will have 100 bug mentions (or at least very close to that many).

Cool. I keep conflating NRPG rules with Emerge rules :/

Anyway, the difficulty rating (# hits we need to kill it, vs. # hits we can absorb before healing) put the Hydra as our next-easiest target, but it doesn't give enough xp to level up. Maybe the Plague Bringer next? It's hard to plan for because we don't know if it will heal if we use a poison potion on it.

My calcs show we would do best to use a greater poison in the first round (hopefully it won't heal) and 2 great damage + 1 damage throughout the fight to defeat it in 6 atks. If it heals from the poison, we'll need more. For our hp, we'd need 40 hp in heal potions (will probably need to buy some) and 2 shield potions (used on round 3 and round 5 looks best). It's a lot, but we'd level and get good prizes.

Kazen wrote: "eta2: The Jabberwocky is dead, huzzah! We've leveled up, earned gold, and got a nice potion to boot. Well done team!"

Should me maybe throw back the Bat, Kindlecorn, and cat quest cards?


3.5 DAYS LEFT!!!!

Im currently reading The Circle. about 65% done. should finish by tomorrow, no problem.

Ray (user2637) wrote: "3.5 DAYS LEFT!!!!"

3 days 7 hours now!!

300 bug mentions! Woot!

Finished:

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
320 pgs
03Nov
all.the.bugs

Ray (user2637) wrote: "I'm reading Gregor the Overlander, which will have 100 bug mentions (or at least very close to that many)."

Ray (user2637) wrote: "300 bug mentions! Woot!"

*chokes on oreo*

Ray (user2637) wrote: "300 bug mentions! Woot!

Finished:

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
320 pgs
03Nov
all.the.bugs

Ray (user2637) wrote: "I'm reading Gregor the Overlander,..."

That's just creepy :z

Oh yes it is! There were talking cockroaches big enough to ride! Spiders too. But not really scary as it's a middle grade book. :)

Tammie wrote: "That's just creepy :z"

Pragya wrote: "*chokes on oreo*"

Finished
The Unexpected Bride. by Joanne Walsh
115pgs
4th nov
Important characters
Emma
Jerome
Laurant fletcher

I'm finally back home, yea! It was one of those days where I didn't eat lunch until 4 pm >_< But all my patients got the medicine and care they need, huzzah! Off to catch up....

Kazen wrote: "I'm finally back home, yea! It was one of those days where I didn't eat lunch until 4 pm >_< But all my patients got the medicine and care they need, huzzah! Off to catch up...."

:)

Finished:
The Star-Touched Queen
#1 in series

Lory wrote: "Completion! Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire #4 in series.
For Circle:
Ernie Macmillan"

In for E it goes!

Tammie wrote: "Finished! 11/3

Walk Through Fire
Series #4
615 pgs
Author Kristen Ashley
Just listing names that could help...there are tons!
Millie Cross
Elv..."

Perfect for the second C! :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Should me maybe throw back the Bat, Kindlecorn, and cat quest cards?"

Yeah, it wasn't a good draw, was it. :/

Ray (user2637) wrote: "300 bug mentions! Woot!

Finished:

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
320 pgs
03Nov
all.the.bugs"

Holy cow, great job! Sounds creepy~

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

Throwing this one back :)

Ella wrote: "Finished
The Unexpected Bride. by Joanne Walsh
115pgs"

Yea! Banked for now.

Pragya wrote: "Finished:
The Star-Touched Queen
#1 in series"

Yea! Double check your shelves and read date for me? ^^;;

Finished


pg. 582

and


Wayfarer #2
pgs, 365


Will definitely finish by the end



Temeraire #6

and


#1 in series


Be back later to actually catch up with you guys.

Sorry for being so behind on reading. Nanowrimo is eating my life.

But I will totally finish at least one more book before we finish.

Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Finished:
The Star-Touched Queen
#1 in series"

Yea! Double check your shelves and read date for me? ^^;;"

Fixed!

Bethany wrote: "Sorry for being so behind on reading. Nanowrimo is eating my life.

But I will totally finish at least one more book before we finish."

I have written 0 words and I feel so guilty :(

Pragya wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Sorry for being so behind on reading. Nanowrimo is eating my life.

But I will totally finish at least one more book before we finish."

I have written 0 words and I feel so guilty :("

No, don't feel guilty! I've 'done' Nanowrimo every year since 2009, but only one year I won; all other years I got less than 5000 words over the whole month. Some years it just works better than others. This year my situation just happens to be stable enough that I'm actually ahead.

Finished:

The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood
295 Pages
11/4

Not sure if we're still doing the cat thing, but there's a cat in this book named Umlaut.

Characters:
-Margot "Gottie" Oppenheimer
-Thomas
-Jason
-Ned
-Sof Petrakis
-Meg
-Ms. Adewunmi

Finished!

385 pages
For the letter "I" in circle.

I will do my best to finish one more before it ends. Do we need anything specific? If not I will pull out again and work on that, its a pretty quick read. 8-)

Finished! 11/4

Unexpected Rush, Jaci Burton
348 pgs
Series #11
Alyssa
Barrett Cassidy
Bubba Sinclair
Drake
Easton
Flynn
Greg Green
Harmony Evans
Jeff Golan
Ken
Lionel Taylor
'Mama' Diane
Mia
Rachelle
Ted Lester
"You and the team must be so HAPPY at how the game went." Pg 336 of 389
Will read at least one more...

CARD 1
Sewer Rat
The bane of all young hero's, the iconic sewer rat. Biting at ankles, he makes his presence known one nip and nibble at a time.

Attack: 6 Health: 20

Rewards:
•1 Experience
•1 Gold

CARD 2

A sad little girl is pinning a poster up on the notice board. "Lost Kitty". You feel a little tear form in your eye. You look up to blink it away then squint at a furry thing in the tree above. You look back at the poster, then at the furry thing, then at the poster. Finally you head off in search of a ladder, wondering the whole time who would name a dog "Kitty".
Form a ladder by overlapping the end of one book with the beginning of the next book. At least 3 letters must overlap or your ladder will be too weak to rescue Kitty.

Tasks:
•Ladder Book 1
•Ladder Book 2
•Ladder Book 3
•Ladder Book 4
•Ladder Book 5

Rewards:
•4 Experience
•1 Greater Damage Potion

CARD 3
The tavern has heard rumors of a food critic in the area. The owners want to create a new specialty. They've heard of something called a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich being served over in Wintershaven. They ask you to check it out and bring back the parts to start making them.

Tasks:
•Read a book where the author or a character has the initials PB.
•Read a book that starts with the letter J (indefinite article may be ignored).
•Spell-it-out: B
•Spell-it-out: R
•Spell-it-out: E
•Spell-it-out: A
•Spell-it-out: D

Rewards:
•12 Experience

CARD 4

You are trekking through the kingdom and come to a fork in the road. A three pronged fork to be exact. Being the intrepid adventuter that you are you take the only logical course and pull a die out of your pocket.
You roll a 1.
You continue your trek and come across a stranger who needs your help.
A dwarf monk named Marros has misplaced his bible and needs your help to find it. To help out Marros, you need to read one book that meets the following requirements.

Tasks:
•Religion plays a part in the story
•Has a religious figure as an MC (e.g. priest)
•The first name of one of the MCs is Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
•The author's first name is Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
•There is a religious item on the cover of the book

Rewards:
•4 Experience
•1 Heal Potion

My current book has a Matthew MC but that's probably not reason enough to keep ^that card. Just putting it out there.

CARD 1
The Queen calls you in and since it's the Queen you of course drop everything and rush to the castle. When you arrive she pulls you aside and confesses her current disaster. "I'm set to go on another date with Prince Archer and I have nothing to wear!" Alarmed at the emotional distress of the Queen, you assure her that you'll work on the problem right away. As you start to back away, she pins you with a glare. "And I've heard about what those swindlers did to that Emperor who wanted new clothes so don't think you'll be getting away with that scam." You stammer a response and then flee to investigate new fabrics and ribbons.

Tasks:
•Read a book first published in 2016.
•Read a book with clothing on the cover to acquire a nice selection of fabrics to construct the Queen's new clothing.

Rewards:
•3 Experience