Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Brittany wrote: "what how can real people not count? That is crazy "

There's a bit more nuance to the rules than that, but I can't locate the posts atm. I'm waiting for our Captains to chime in :)

At least the Titular character in a biography should be applicable, doesn't make a difference in this case, but you know what I mean?

I had to go find the Q&A.

"◈ Q: Do characters in non-fiction books count?
A: Typically no. For example, if it is a historical account of WWII and the story is about Winston Churchill, he is not considered a 'character'.
Exceptions would be something like a memoir, ( e.g. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness) where someone is recounting events and situations ; then it is possible there would be characters."

Gosh that is so vague.

Alysa wrote: "Gosh that is so vague."

Yes, honestly it's easier to err on the side of caution and just use title and author for nonfiction books.

Well at least the S in "Stevie" is covered by the Author's first name being "Steven" !

You think a biography of a specific person would allow especially since celebrities often take on new names or change their names thus making them characters ;)

Yeah in my case it doesn't make a difference, but just in general haha

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This was great. Excellent writing, fascinating subject.

Finished As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, on SS

JanEyre9 wrote: "Finished As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, on SS"

Oooh, I read that a few months ago. So much fun!
And my daughter watched The Princess Bride with her friends for a sleepover a few days ago. (She's seen in a few times, but some of the other girls hadn't :D)

Alysa this was so enjoyable. The Princess Bride has been one of my favorite movies for 30 years. I shared it with my daughter this year and thankfully she loved it. I was holding my breath the whole time watching her watch the movie, lol. This book was such a love letter to that film, something very special. Plus listening to Cary Elwes for 7 hours never hurt anyone!

Ditto on all counts :D

Jan, can you double check Dorothy Must Die when you get a chance? It's not showing a start date for me.

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I really enjoyed this one.

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Just finished A Perilous Undertaking, will update SS tomorrow.

Deanna I will check the dorothy must die listing tomorrow when I'm at a computer. I realized after I marked it finished I had the wrong edition so I tried to fix it but somehow missed a start date. I'll figure it out :)

@Brittany
I noticed that you are also reading that very long Jacqueline Carey book. If you don’t finish it this week, I sure hope it ends up working for next! 😁

@Rebecca
Are you claiming any specific letters for this week, or just planning to add books to the spreadsheet as you finish them?

Current Team Status - Wednesday 11/14
Week 3: Spelling THURSDAY

Bonuses - Complete
🔸word in text - Danielle ✓
🔸word in title - Jan
🔸word on cover - Deanna
🔸word as genre - Alysa ✓

Spellings of THURSDAY
🔸Spelling 1 - TURSDAY complete, H claimed
🔸Spelling 2 - USAY complete, all other letters claimed
🔸Spelling 3 - SA complete, all other letters claimed
🔸Spelling 4 - A complete, all other letters claimed
🔸Spelling 5 - UDA claimed, all other letters open
🔸Spelling 6 - All letters open

Great job so far this week! Happy reading!

I fixed my Dorothy must die listing!

JanEyre9 wrote: "I fixed my Dorothy must die listing!"

Thanks!

December BOM picks and threads are up!

starts December 4 - BOM thread

starts December 16 - BOM thread (This one is after the end of the challenge, but still looks quite interesting.)

JanEyre9 wrote: "Just finished A Perilous Undertaking, will update SS tomorrow.

Deanna I will check the dorothy must die listing tomorrow when I'm at a computer. I realized after I marked it finished I had the wr..."

I LOVE this series! How did you like it?

I started This Side of the Grave

Works for T: Title, D: Denise MacGregor, Don S: Spade

Deanna wrote: "December BOM picks and threads are up!

starts December 4 - BOM thread

starts De..."

Ugh I hate Christmas books :(

Alysa wrote: "@Brittany
I noticed that you are also reading that very long Jacqueline Carey book. If you don’t finish it this week, I sure hope it ends up working for next! 😁"

I did finish it last night, but I wasn't sure if it was able to be used since I started it before the challenge started

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This was great. Excellent writing, f..."

Ooh interesting, I am going to have to check it out!

Brittany wrote: "I did finish it last night, but I wasn't sure if it was able to be used since I started it before the challenge started."

Ah, never mind then. When you had it marked as "currently reading", it was showing a previous reading start/end in 2017, and a current reread with a start date during the challenge for some reason :/

How are you doing on Grave Peril and Gold Dust Woman? I think you read even more books at a time than most of s do :D

Brittany wrote: "Ugh I hate Christmas books :("''

Me too. I have some books that happen to take place at Xmas time, but none of them are, like, actual CHRISTMAS books.

Alysa wrote: "Brittany wrote: "I did finish it last night, but I wasn't sure if it was able to be used since I started it before the challenge started."

Ah, never mind then. When you had it marked as "currently..."

Yeah it was a VERY slow read, because I read it with my boyfriend and we would pick it up from time to time, took almost a year ahahaha. Normally it would only take me a few days to a week at the most

Haha Grave Peril will be done today, and
Hopefully Gold Dust Woman since it is due back to the library today ahahaha. I'm hoping I can recheck it out or I will have to sit in the lirbary and speed read it.

Brittany wrote: "I'm hoping I can recheck it out or I will have to sit in the lirbary and speed read it."

Oh man, I hate when that happens. I did that a while back with a book that was really bad anyway (reading for a different challenge), and sitting there trying to cram it in my brain was so unpleasant.

Yeah it's just a weird format I am interested in it, and I love Stevie Nicks, but it's not a fast read

Brittany wrote: "JanEyre9 wrote: "Just finished A Perilous Undertaking, will update SS tomorrow.

Deanna I will check the dorothy must die listing tomorrow when I'm at a computer. I realized after I marked it fini..."

I loved it!! Just as good as the first book. I'm hoping to read the 3rd book next month.

Finished The Eyre Affair, on SS

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It took me awhile to get into this one. The book is very busy, and it felt unfocused for awhile. It did pull together at the end and was quite funny.

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It took me awhile to get into this one. The book is very busy, and it felt unfocused for awhile. It did pull t..."

It came together for me in the last 1/3. definitely more humor than I expected. I would continue the series but am not rushing for it.

Completed books verified through here. All of our bonus books are complete! Great job!

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There is a guy at my work who is being SUCH A CONDESCENDING A-HOLE that I CANNOT STAND IT. We had a pretty good working relationship up until a few months ago. I cannot fathom what his problem is now.

UGH.

Sorry, just needed to vent!

I hate that!

There is nothing worse than having someone like that at work! Especially since you’re forced to go there every day

Ooh, our Week 4 word is CRANBERRY.
That’s a lot of R’s!
And I’m glad I didn’t blow through all of my Y books :)

ETA: I have a good 500+ pager that works for word in text.

Current Team Status - Thursday 11/15
Week 3: Spelling THURSDAY

Bonuses - Complete
🔸word in text - Danielle ✓
🔸word in title - Jan ✓
🔸word on cover - Deanna ✓
🔸word as genre - Alysa ✓

Spellings of THURSDAY
🔸Spelling 1 - TURSDAY complete, H claimed
🔸Spelling 2 - TURSAY complete, HD claimed
🔸Spelling 3 - TSA complete, all other letters claimed
🔸Spelling 4 - A complete, all other letters claimed
🔸Spelling 5 - TUSDAY claimed, HR open
🔸Spelling 6 - All letters open

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Where are some of our teammates? 😟

Oh wow that is the most R’s ever! Time to go digging around my lists. Good thing I saved a few C’s too

@Brittany - did you end up finishing Grave Peril? That's the next book in the series for me too.

How is everybody doing today? WHERE is everybody today? ;D

I started Dark Descent but haven't decided if I'll attempt to finish it for this week ( and answer first set DQs for BOM) or stretch into next week, now that I know it will work for at least 1 letter in the new word. So that's why it's not on the spreadsheet yet.

Yes I finished Grave Peril Last night

Will finish today

Yeah I won't finish Dark Descent this week either Alysa

Brittany wrote: "Yeah I won't finish Dark Descent this week either Alysa"

I’m only on p66 but I am enjoying it so far.