Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion
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Team Minerva McGonagall
JanEyre9 wrote: "Awesome, I am going to claim the levitation and fire-making spells spots on the planning spreadsheetKate - Tammie pointing out that I'm reading a 900+ page book made me realize that I *think* the..."
I think it looks brown too! I can fill in wherever I need to so I'm happy to read to my heart's content and let people fill in. I'm just not a big fantasy reader so some of these challenges will be harder for me to contribute to (I'm thinking about Dark Arts in particular).
Kate wrote: "JanEyre9 wrote: "Awesome, I am going to claim the levitation and fire-making spells spots on the planning spreadsheetKate - Tammie pointing out that I'm reading a 900+ page book made me realize t..."
I know what you mean...I have 2 series going that may contribute...Harry Potter and Kate Daniels...I’m near the beginning for both...but I cannot read them back to back without others I love more thrown in there..
Kate wrote: "Is it better for one person to take a class and focus on filling it out or better to just slot books in as we go that fit? Should we call something if we think we are going to be able to cover it - especially the charms? Ugh, the charms. :) ."
No...There are quite a few books per class and I don’t want someone taking on responsibility of reading 7, 8, 14 + books. Too much pressure!
Kate wrote: "then maybe taking on the History of Magic class by plowing thru the remaining Diana Gabaldon series (starting with Dragonfly in Amber as I've read Outlander). That would rack up both page counts and take care of 7 books easily and would free up people and books for other classes."
This is the class that I would leave and use our left over books for. The essay just uses the book titles and can just be short and sweet. Can’t see potential dramas with it.
JanEyre9 wrote: "Ashley - are we claiming classes in this thread or on the spreadsheet?"
Either is okay. If you claim on the thread then a captain will enter into the sheet for you.
P.S. Great job on the Charms finds! They are really good.
Kate wrote: "Herbology or Charms don't currently tell you what the points are"
From the formulas it looks like 10 points per book used. I’m favouring the unforgivable curses (10 pts but we lose 5 pts per letter not completed).
Arthrimancy is a good one. When completed we receive 1 pt per book read in the challenge. So 7 books could give us 400+ points.
Astronomy is also different. We only receive 0.02 pts per page. This means that we have to read a 500 page book to get 10 points and the whole 7 have to be read to get any at all. It’s good that we plan for this one but we may shuffle books out of this towards the end if we have other classes or spells left over.
Deedee wrote: "Also, so far this is the only place I've posted my completed books. Let me know if there is someplace else I need to post them at! "
Thanks DeeDee! If you want to, you can also post your books in the planning sheet, otherwise here is good.
Look forward to seeing what you find!
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I'm just going to hold off on trying to claim any spots. Mostly because I still don't what to look for in anything.
The ARC one seems a bit unfair. I wouldn't even know where to get an ARC."
That’s okay! It can be hard at the beginning because there are tooooo many choices. Just focus on the spells and page numbers in the meantime.
I agree on the ARC! Does anyone here receive them? I haven’t had one in a while… I’ll check this one out in the captain’s thread to see what we can do.
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Does the fact that she has a heightened sense of smell that tells her things about people, like being able to smell that 2 people were poisoned, count as "vision"?."
No. That’s a good power but not a vision. It’s more along the lines of psychics that they are looking for. Visions through dreams or trances etc.
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "In this book, you can see the bank of a river on the bottom left of the cover and the word "ground" is in the title. Will that work for Herbology?"
It needs to be a bit more clear and really earthy. However this book has a werewolf! The Defence Against the Dark Arts class is;
Book 1: Dark Art / Creature in book
Book 2: Title contains a way of defense
So we can have the werewolf from your book and find a book with silver in it to pair up with.
Or we can go to Care of Magical Creatures where we are building a creature. We could use the wolf's body then add other books cover items to it like phoenix wings and a unicorn horn.
Tammie wrote: ""For this task you'll be required to read one book per Hogwarts year, where the book title contains a celestial object (sun, moon, stars. comets, etc)." means...I don't understand the reference to 'hogwarts year'...I've just started reading these...so maybe I'm missing something????"
There are 7 years at Hogwarts so it just means 7 books for the task. Don’t try to make it more complex otherwise you might give the mods ideas :P
Tammie wrote: "Where do you all think I should put
--Twilight Series #3 ?629 pgs
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I think this will work for a lot of tasks! Like my suggestion with Mary it has vampires and werewolves so can use as part of a DADA task.
As Jan said it can work for visions too.
Colour Extraction
I’ll post the Mad-Tineye Moody link on the front page. Remember that common sense prevails. Ie. If it looks red - no need to check. It’s red! Post your book here if you are unsure as well.
So I put Pillars of the Earth into TinEye and it's not brown (not a lick of brown actually). I was shocked. At the library yesterday I wandered the aisles looking for a long brown book and while I found lots of brown, I didn't find any over 500 pages. However, I plugged Alexander Hamilton (which I've been meaning to read for a while - started, stopped twice) in and it's over 80% brown. And that sucker is well over 500 pages. I really like the TinEye Extraction Lab by the way, I had fun with it using some other things too.Update - Sigh - never mind I went in and excluded background color. Ugh. Definitely not enough brown. That background color thing is a killer.
Update 2 - Finally found one - The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss. It was on my mother's Kindle list that we family share and it looks right up my alley - historical fiction, mystery, etc. And it's 67.3% brown with background included and just over 500 pages (517). Whew. I was a mission.
Kate wrote: "So I put Pillars of the Earth into TinEye and it's not brown (not a lick of brown actually). I was shocked. At the library yesterday I wandered the aisles looking for a long brown book and while I ..."I don’t think we’re the only team challenged to find a long ‘brown’ book...I have a confession...I almost like the hunt and much as the read…hehe!
Tammie wrote: "Kate wrote: "So I put Pillars of the Earth into TinEye and it's not brown (not a lick of brown actually). I was shocked. At the library yesterday I wandered the aisles looking for a long brown book..."I really was on a personal mission to find one! It was a lot harder than I thought, but I will also admit to enjoying the hunt.
Ashley the version of
I read is obviously green...it’s currently in spell out ...so if you want to chg it out...
Book/Arthur:Cosmic Engineers (1950) by Clifford D. Simak Finished: 05/19/18
# of pages: 224
Characters: Gary Nelson, Herb Harper, Caroline Martin and others, but those 3 are the Main Characters
Letters: C, C, S
Letters from characters: C, G, H, H, M, N
The cover is very purple:
The color extraction website (excluding background) says cover is
71.1 %Jacarta (Violet)
I tried posting to the planning sheet, but I either did it incorrectly OR I don't have proper authorization. Still trying to figure out the classroom assignments (sorry, newbie here). At least I can contribute pagecount & letters :)
So, looking at the classes (found them!)If someone reads a book with a title containing the world "Violet", it can be paired with
that I've finished reading for "Potions". Or does the title have to be "Purple"? and if it has to be purple, will my violet-covered book work??The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories by Penelope Lively
Deedee wrote: "Book/Arthur:Cosmic Engineers (1950) by Clifford D. Simak Finished: 05/19/18
# of pages: 224
Characters: Gary Nelson, Herb Harper, Caroline Martin and others, but tho..."
Hey DeeDee..if you go to Ashley’s Goodreads Page here -> https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
Click on send message...send her a message with your email address...she’ll then give you access... I think it came to me in an email. You don’t have to do it...if you prefer we’ll enter everything for you.
Deedee wrote: "So, looking at the classes (found them!)If someone reads a book with a title containing the world "Violet", it can be paired with
that I've finished reading ..."On the colors for potions...it’s either the color in the title or the actual color of the book cover. Your cover is definitely purple...so that could work on it’s own for purple.
Tammie wrote: "Deedee wrote: "So, looking at the classes (found them!)If someone reads a book with a title containing the world "Violet", it can be paired with
that I've finished reading ..."On the colors for potions...it’s either the color in the title or the actual color of the book cover. Your cover is definitely purple...so that could work on it’s own for purple. "
OK great! I thought it had to be paired, good to know it does not.
Found a Brown > 500 pages!
TinEye says:
45.9 %Solitaire (Brown)
34.0 %Pancho (Brown)
06.6 %Sandal (Brown)
03.9 %Brandy Punch (Brown)
03.6 %Burning Sand (Brown)
03.3 %Korma (Brown)
01.0 %Brown Pod (Brown)
00.6 %Red Oxide (Red)
00.6 %Seal Brown (Black)
00.5 %Rich Gold (Brown)
And the hardback is 514 pages
Drat!
Pagecount: 528 pages
Tintype: 49.6% Brown
24.9 %McKenzie (Brown)
19.5 %Tan (Brown)
04.1 %Punga (Brown)
01.1 %Pirate Gold (Brown)
Others with >500 pages and >50.0% brown (according to TinEye):
Good work finding all the brown books! I never realised how unappealing brown covers are to me :/
I know there was a question about how do we get ARC books. I went and signed up at NetGalley and Jellybooks. Net Galley allows you to set up a profile and request books from publishers. The publishers then can decide whether or not to send you a book (eARC) based on your profile and interests. Jellybooks is a little different - you sign up and then you have to wait until they decide they need someone with your demographic data, area, etc to test read a book. I requested one at NetGalley and got it this morning. We will see how it goes!
Do I post my completed books here Ashley?
Kate wrote: "I know there was a question about how do we get ARC books. I went and signed up at NetGalley and Jellybooks. Net Galley allows you to set up a profile and request books from publishers. The publish..."Interesting...I’ll look forward to hearing more on this...something I might have interest in. I’ve seen the Netgally mentioned here and there but my impression is the group was for reviewing books.,,
I signed up for NetGalley too. I don’t get every book I request but still have gotten quite a few.
ZaraS wrote: "Do I post my completed books here Ashley?"Yes, please post here
I'm planning to read this book for another challenge...might be a few weeks...but I wondered about using it for the summoning charm...would anyone have something to go with it?
The cat in the window has it's eyes set on these characters falling with umbrellas...could we do something with this for summoning?
I'm so confused by all the things going on that I am just going to post my completions here with as much info as I think is needed based on the spreadsheet and then someone can point me in the right direction. I think all of these challenges are starting to bleed into one another and I am having a bit of a time keeping up.
Still, I love it. Isn't that what an addict would say? Lol.
I'm pretty confused too, Shan...FINISHED BOOK
The Last Execution Jerrie Alexander
Finished: 5/21/18
394 Pgs
On SS
Hi allI"m back. I'm quickly catching up on all the missed messages. I've posted a finished book above, I hope it will work for something.
Tammie wrote: "The cat in the window has it's eyes set on these characters falling with umbrellas...could we do something with this for summoning?"
Levitation with the umbrellas! :)
I'm almost finished with this book, probably 1 or 2 more days. Did you like it?
It's always nice to realize something you are reading fits into one of the challenges without you intending for it to. The main character in the Scribe of Siena has these moments of blackout visions where she feels and experiences what other people are feeling/thinking. Eventually those visions become strong enough that they take her back in time. It was a nice discovery.
Shan ~ A ~ wrote: "I'm so confused by all the things going on that I am just going to post my completions here with as much info as I think is needed based on the spreadsheet and then someone can point me in the righ..."I understand Shan,,,it’s a lot for us captains to figure out as well...I’ll continue to ask what you all think on some things as I’m not a HP wizarding expert either...some of these are pretty easy...the dark arts I’ve yet to imagine how to fill in.
I appreciate the addl info if you aren’t going to assist figuring out where to place things...thank you!
Chava wrote: "Tammie wrote: "The cat in the window has it's eyes set on these characters falling with umbrellas...could we do something with this for summoning?"..."
I didn’t read it...just saw on the SS...it wasn’t claimed anywhere yet...do you have something to put with it yet...levitation is already claimed...I was hoping we could use for something else thinking maybe the cat could be summoning perhaps?
Kate wrote: "It's always nice to realize something you are reading fits into one of the challenges without you intending for it to. The main character in the Scribe of Siena has these moments of blackout vision..."Nice!!
Ugh, unfortunately I didn't get much reading done this weekend. We're in birthday prep mode, my kid is turning 6 and we're having a family and close friends party at our house this weekend. Once I'm not making construction paper decorations, trying to do that cleaning I always mean to do but never get to (dusting the blinds anyone?) and fighting the never-ending battle with my dog's hair I'll be back in nighttime reading mode. Thank goodness for audiobooks at work!
We're so close to finishing the Unforgivable Curses!! One "U" to go!
Tammie wrote: "Chava wrote: "Tammie wrote: "The cat in the window has it's eyes set on these characters falling with umbrellas...could we do something with this f..."
If we paired that with a cover where people are holding umbrellas on the ground could be use it for banishing? Like you're sending them away into the sky - is that too much of a stretch? Something like
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho197 pages
5/21/18
Sorry guys I haven't been in the conversation as much. I see that I have a lot to catch up on. I've been swamped... I still have not started Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone but I will very soon; I have checked it out from my library as an e-book. So it's a start ha-ha. The next books I will be enjoying are War Storm and The Cruel Prince! I am SO EXCITED. Hope everyone is having a great day!
Natesha wrote: "Sorry guys I haven't been in the conversation as much. I see that I have a lot to catch up on. I've been swamped... I still have not started Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone but I will very so..."Ooh I can't wait to read The Cruel Prince, I'm aiming for next month. I think there's a buddy read happening for that but I can't remember the start date. Hope you like it!
Natesha wrote: "Sorry guys I haven't been in the conversation as much. I see that I have a lot to catch up on. I've been swamped... I still have not started Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone but I will very so..."Natesha...thanks for checking in and catching up...we’ll need you!
Karen ♐ wrote: "As soon as I finish the book I'm listening to, I'm going to start Unraveled"Perfect! Then we have the "U" filled for the curse
After tomorrow I will be out of pocket for most of the following week with very little internet access. This means I will read a lot but I won't update until I'm back home which will be Wednesday May 30th. I will try to stop in a couple of times while we are on the road.
Kate wrote: "After tomorrow I will be out of pocket for most of the following week with very little internet access. This means I will read a lot but I won't update until I'm back home which will be Wednesday M..."Sounds great Kate...if you have time to claim anything before you leave great...otherwise I’m sure we’ll be able to fit whatever you have in to the SS. Safe travels!
Completion PostBook/Author: Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan
Series: n/a
Characters: Archer Hale, Bree Prescott, Travis, Conner
# of pgs: 345
Finished: 05/18/18
Letters: A, M, S, H, B, P, T, C
Location: Maine
Could work for:
Water making spell ~ cover shows water
Herbology ~ Ear Muffs ~ tagged chick-lit
Potions ~ Honey Water ~ Romance with a body of water on the cover
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