Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Yup, Let Me Explain You works! And it looks good, let me know how you like it.

I read a book with a character whose name started with R, but it was also a series book, so we're using it for weapon building for now.

I roll a dice and came up with 1. I'm going to read Still Life by Louise Penny. That and The Light Between Oceans for the GRs nominee will be my reads for the weekend.

I have been meaning to read Cinder for awhile. I can read that for one of the GR nominees.

CARD 5

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 3.
You continue your trek and come across a stranger who needs your help.
A wizard named Cruamros is a bit of a clumsy wizard and has cast a spell on his pet cat. The cat has turned into a toad. To help the wizard restore his cat to its former self, you need to provide Cruamros with one of the following items which will help him cast his reversing spell on his cat.
You need to read a book that has one of the items above on the cover, as part of the title or is mentioned in the book (provide page number and sentence the word is used in).


Tasks:
•A mushroom
•A flower
•A stone

Rewards:
•3 Experience
•1 Poison Potion

Currently all banked books are assigned to either a Quest task or a Weapon level.

Open Quest tasks (updated):

-2 Books with same prefix

-Q spell it out

-GR award winner/nom (1 spot left)

-Mushroom (on cover, in title, or mentioned in text)

I can read Q's Legacy - Helene Hanff
for the Q spell it

I'll read Untouched and Unbroken for books with the prefix un-

Almost finished listening to The Obsidian Chamberin chapter 57 location 4059 it mentions mushrooms...
"Diogenes felt the warmth of the sun on the side of his face as he stood at the stove, cooking a breakfast of omelets with enokitake mushrooms, prosciutto, Gruyère and Brie, and fresh-chopped basil."

Can read The Stranger. It was nominated for 2015 mystery

Beth wrote: "Can read The Stranger. It was nominated for 2015 mystery"

I'll put you down for both spots! Which takes care of the Quest tasks until we can finish them off and get some new cards.

finished the last suffix book Protective Duty

CARD 3

A father is looking for a gift for his young child Hadley. He asks you if you've come across anything in your travels that might entice a young girl.
Find the shape name in the book title then spell-it-out.


Tasks:
•Read a book with STAR in the title.
•Spell-it-out: S
•Spell-it-out: T
•Spell-it-out: A
•Spell-it-out: R

Rewards:
•6 Experience
•1 Gold

I'm reading The Name of the Star!

Perfect! I added it to the sheet.

I'm also reading Archangel's Heart, which can go for either A or R

I can read The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference for the T

We have a couple #9s and #10s already completed (we probably won't need that many for weapons) so we could use them to take care of S, T, A & R. Then we would only need the Star book to complete the quest.

OK with me I can read Tipping point another time

CARD 5

A father is looking for a gift for his young child Hadley. He asks you if you've come across anything in your travels that might entice a young girl.
Find the shape name in the book title then spell-it-out.


Tasks:
•Read a book with CROSS in the title.
•Spell-it-out: C
•Spell-it-out: R
•Spell-it-out: O
•Spell-it-out: S
•Spell-it-out: S

Rewards:
•7 Experience
•1 Gold

CARD 1

They're everywhere! Bugs here! Bugs there! Bugs everywhere! Capture them all before the whole kingdom is overrun with the creepy crawlies.
You must capture 100 and may capture multiple bugs per book. If all bugs are caught without using all book slots fill them in with x's.

Tasks:
•Book 1
•Book 2
•Book 3
•Book 4
•Book 5
•Book 6
•Book 7
•Book 8
•Book 9
•Book 10

Rewards:
•10 Experience

I'm reading Beyond the Storm - Carolyn Zane

can be for C in cross

I'm reading Darkness, Take My Hand while will work for R. Should also be done with my Goodreads Nominee book today.

I'm reading Below with a main character of Will Sturman for an 'S'

Re: the bugs books

How are these calculated? Different bugs? words in text?

Linda C wrote: "Re: the bugs books

How are these calculated? Different bugs? words in text?"

words in the text. Cathy had a short list of books that had over 100 mentions in them so it's possible to knock this task out with one book.

I'll see if I can find her list or maybe she'll pop on at some point and share it if I can't find it.

Cathy's Bug book list:

The Bees
The Spider Diaries: Part 1
The Swarm
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It-> I'm not 100% on this but I believe it did fit

I can read Cross Justice

I have the spreadsheet updated. All the tasks for the Cross have been taken.

Happy Reading :)

Boo!

CARD 2
Plush Zombie
The Plush Zombie was originally a child's toy that was washed one too many times. It came back and now haunts dreams.

Attack: 8 Health: 25

Rewards:
•4 Experience

CARD 3
You pass group of young squires sitting and talking. You can't not notice they are retelling Lady Shanna's Blueberry Adventure. You smile to yourself. It is great story, but like in many stories some things got changed with each retelling. And not to mention not many people know what happened after. Lady Shanna went to the field again day after and she picked some blueberries for herself, but nobody told her that those berries shouldn't be eaten fresh. She started eating them while picking. "Spit them out!" said the white horse. "But they are so tasty." "Spit them out!" All of the sudden, Lady Shanna's nose started turning purple. "What is happening to me?" yells Lady Shanna while continuing turning purple and starting to grow round. "I told you to spit them out. Everyone who eats them fresh ends up as blueberry and nobody knows why."

Tasks:
•Read a book with a blue cover
•Read a book with a blue cover
•Read a book with a round object on the cover
•Read a book with a round object on the cover

Rewards:
•2 Experience
•4 Gold

CARD 2
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:
•Gold
•Cotton
•Silk
•Fabric
•Dye
•Candle
•Wax
•Ink
•Paper
•Bowl

Rewards:
•20 Gold

I just finished an audiobook with a blue cover

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 2
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. Sh..."

In case anyone is confused on this one, we just need to find the each word in the text of a book.

Just wanted to clarify it was text and not cover items or something.

So are we better off doing Quest books or weapons books. Just trying to decide if I need to look for text or keep reading series

I can read for a blue cover.

Beth,

I'd say a little of both. Which I realize is completely not helpful. I'd say look for a few words in books to mix in with the series books you are reading.

It's what I'm planning on doing. This one is for a lot of gold, which if unspent will get transferred directly into points. So if we complete it and end up not spending the gold, this card is worth 40 points, which is more points than a new weapon level.

Hope that helps :/

I am reading Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage - M. C. Beaton

It is #5 in the Agatha Raisin series and has phrase "a green silk blouse" on page 3 and "It was a huge gold and green china elephant ..." on page 7 and "wearing a short sleeved cotton print dress" on page 61

Can use wherever needed. May come up with others before book is finished.

I found books for the words Fabric & Wax.

I want to start , which has outrageously high ratings - this is the book I have been waiting for. It has the word gold - ..."unlike all of the other families in the Gold Coast," .... page 54.

CARD 1
Merlin, a local alchemist/wizard/general-jack-of-all-trades has asked you to find him some essential oils. He finds that they cure an amazing number of random ailments and he can take credit for their amazingness all by himself.

Tasks:
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the title of a book.

Rewards:
•5 Experience
•1 Gold

Words that we are still looking for:

Dye - this will likely be the hardest word to find
Candle
Paper
Bowl

FYI - Linda for right now your book is being used for weapons because we always seem to need a #5, but we can move it back if need be.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 1
Merlin, a local alchemist/wizard/general-jack-of-all-trades has asked you to find him some essential oils. He finds that they cure an amazing number of random ailments and he can take credit..."

List of Essential Oils

On Quest log sheet the last entry should be
Find an essential oil in the title of a book.

CARD 4
The local librarian (a powerful political position in Novel Kingdom) is walking around looking frazzled in the tavern. You gently take the book out of his hands and notice it's a dictionary. You ask him what the problem is. "I just can't find the word I'm looking for! Property of something or other!" You calm him down and assure him that you'll help find the word he's looking for.
Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large apsect of the book reflects the words definition.

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

Rewards:
•10 Experience
•1 Greater Poison Potion

Linda C wrote: "On Quest log sheet the last entry should be
Find an essential oil in the title of a book."

Thanks for the catch Linda. The tracking sheet has been corrected.

Fixed the blue cover book and I am starting Where All Light Tends to Go which has a round object on the cover.

Finished Below

Hey everyone, just to let you know that I will be offline for most of the next few days, as my mom is in the hospital

Hope everything turns out ok, Tati.