Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Jess wrote: "Not a question as such. I think I put the wrong email address in my form who should I PM to correct it? Or shall I fill out a new form?"

Just shoot a PM to the mod account with the email you want to use :)

Would you accept a book with 'sax' in the title for wind instrument in title/on cover? It's referring to a saxophone, which according to Wikipedia is a wind instrument.

Ashleigh wrote: "Would you accept a book with 'sax' in the title for wind instrument in title/on cover? It's referring to a saxophone, which according to Wikipedia is a wind instrument."

Book in question? Might be easier to decide if we saw the book cover.

Oh sorry - the book is

you know there is actually a sax on the cover, right? in the martini?

Great find Ashleigh! As Cat says the saxophone is on the cover; so absolutely it works!

You know what? I looked at this book on Scribd and didn't even look it up on Goodreads or look at the cover properly, so I completely missed that. Oh I'm so bloody stupid!

Thank you Cat!

Ashleigh wrote: "You know what? I looked at this book on Scribd and didn't even look it up on Goodreads or look at the cover properly, so I completely missed that. Oh I'm so bloody stupid!

Thank you Cat!"

Scribd, you say? and it's yellow..... seems made for use as an uno card next month!

Yeah I found it on Scribd. I'll save it until the beginning of next month for uno. My team didn't get any yellow cards this month unfortunately so here's hoping we get some in April.

Ashleigh wrote: "Yeah I found it on Scribd. I'll save it until the beginning of next month for uno. My team didn't get any yellow cards this month unfortunately so here's hoping we get some in April."

SHUT UP! "unfortunately"! You were dancing in joy at no yellow cards, and you know it!

We were yellow-tastic this month :( but got them all covered in the end. I am braced for more next month, as E has warned us that the randomiser went heavy on yellow this year!

I would have been dancing with joy at no yellow cards if that didn't mean we had 5 reds and 4 WD4s. Honestly, I'm sick of looking at red books -.-

Yeah, a randomiser that spreads the colours out evenly is what we all want.

I was grateful just to have 3 WD4s this round. and even more so that 2 were paired with colour cards & Draw 2s in the hand, so I only actually needed 1 WD4.
Unlike Feb, when we had 6 WD4 (and only 7 colours, don't forget). That was some tense times!

Fingers crossed that April is better :)

Ashleigh wrote: "I would have been dancing with joy at no yellow cards if that didn't mean we had 5 reds and 4 WD4s. Honestly, I'm sick of looking at red books -.-"

So much red...

Stacie wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I would have been dancing with joy at no yellow cards if that didn't mean we had 5 reds and 4 WD4s. Honestly, I'm sick of looking at red books -.-"

So much red..."

Like a murder scene. book-blood everywhere....

Fingers crossed our cards are better next month Stacie! I can't deal with any more red haha!

Cat wrote: "Yeah, a randomiser that spreads the colours out evenly is what we all want.

I was grateful just to have 3 WD4s this round. and even more so that 2 were paired with colour cards & Draw 2s in the ha..."

Omg! I can only imagine what that was like.

Ashleigh wrote: "Fingers crossed our cards are better next month Stacie! I can't deal with any more red haha!"

I figured it was appropriate for the Ides of March but in April, I want greens and yellows for spring if we have to have colors dangit!

Two questions:

1) I know that we still get Right-Side-Up-Spring task credit for volunteering to write DQ's, even if we don't get picked.
But technically, the task says "Read a book that is a NBRC April 2019 BOM and volunteer to write discussion questions"; it doesn't say anything about actively participating in the discussion once you've volunteered.
So I'm confused as to whether I would still get task credit for only reading the book but not participating, now that I have volunteered. (I do plan to participate in the discussion either way, I'm just looking for clarity ;D)

2) Not specifically about Right-Side-Up, but:
If one volunteers to write DQs but doesn't get picked, does one still get a Ruby Coin? Or is the Coin limited to the chosen people who actually end up writing questions....
I assume it's the latter, but I'm new to the Coin thing. It seems like if one gets credit for volunteering in one case, it might also apply to the other case.

There are 3 ways to get a coin:
-half participation
-writing discussion questions
-completing all discussion questions from each day within the month

so if you volunteer to write dq's and don't get picked you can still get a coin for participation but not for writing dq's because you didn't write any. Does that make sense?

I'll leave the first part for Karen to answer as that was her original task and I'm not sure her intention.

Does this work for wolf? (the book caught my eye while at the library today and it looks really good. But it's long-so may not get to it anyway)



If you look close you can see the wolf. Plus the word wolf is written but not sure if that counts as being on the cover for the Canadian animal thing.

eta: just looked at cast of characters and there's a cat shifter listed.

On the spreadsheet. I found a book for "beaver". For some odd reason it's filling the background of the reason cell in green as soon as I put my data in there. No idea why. I even deleted the row and tried again. And it would not let me go back and undo anything. Hopefully I didn't mess anything up. (eta-it just let me back up so the row is no longer deleted-but the cell is still green and it won't let me change it)

Also, we aren't supposed to list the tasks in # order are we? I haven't done that. I just put in all my minimal requirements first-so I'd make those a priority.

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "On the spreadsheet. I found a book for "beaver". For some odd reason it's filling the background of the reason cell in green as soon as I put my data in there. No idea why. I even deleted the row a..."

No, you don't need to do them in order.
The cell isn't green when I open your sheet. Did you have the "find" box open? If you do, the word that you are looking for in the box will highlight the cell in green as long as that box is open

Alysa wrote: "Two questions:

1) I know that we still get Right-Side-Up-Spring task credit for volunteering to write DQ's, even if we don't get picked.
But technically, the task says "Read a book that is a NBR..."

Yes the idea is that you read it, volunteer for DQs (and if picked write them). But it isn't mandatory that you engage in the discussion

Laura wrote: "so if you volunteer to write dq's and don't get picked you can still get a coin for participation but not for writing dq's because you didn't write any."

Even if you have no further participation beyond volunteering? So, like, volunteering in itself would constitute half-participation, for a total of 1 coin?

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Does this work for wolf? (the book caught my eye while at the library today and it looks really good. But it's long-so may not get to it anyway)



If yo..."

Although it is a wolf, a wolf in and of it self isn't necessarily a Canadian animal. Better to use for the cat shifter task perhaps

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Does this work for wolf? (the book caught my eye while at the library today and it looks really good. But it's long-so may not get to it anyway)

[bookcover..."

Laura said yesterday that wolves work for Task #9 (even though not strictly Canadian).
But FYI also said that we cannot use shifter animals at all for Task #9, (See comments 69 and 77), so I think a lot of other people are punting their shifter books to Task #15 too :)

Oh she is very nice to let wolves in for that task :)

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Yes the idea is that you read it, volunteer for DQs (and if picked write them). But it isn't mandatory that you engage in the discussion"

Sweet! Now — assuming I’m not going for extra Gem Coins — I don’t have to worry about discussion in the case of some real-life emergency gets in the way or something. Good to know :)

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Oh she is very nice to let wolves in for that task :)"

Indeed! I started out assuming wolves weren’t allowed unless proven to be “Gray Wolves” specifically, but other people were assuming any wolf will do.
So while on the one it helps that pretty much any wolf will do, not being able to use shifters really narrows the field.
I bet a lot of people will use shifter books and not realize this has been nixed...

I don’t think it is a wolf shifter but I will double check.

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I don’t think it is a wolf shifter but I will double check."

Well Laura also said no “green” wolves for example, so I think we’ll need her to clarify whether it makes any difference if it’s a stylized drawing of a wolf as opposed to a photo or a realistic drawing.... :/

I have a few questions.

Would dew, eggs, or blossom count as spring words?
Can I use Daughter of Smoke & Bone for the 3 O's?
Where do i find a list or a link to all the players so I can compare books?

Oh yeah, Can I do a challenge more than once if i can find another book?

Ashley M wrote: "I have a few questions.

Would dew, eggs, or blossom count as spring words?
Can I use Daughter of Smoke & Bone for the 3 O's?
Where do i find a list or a link to all the players so I..."

I'm not sure about dew (maybe others can chime in), bug eggs and blossom are close enough

I'm not sure what I'm missing with Daughter of Smoke & Bone why do you think it may not work? I can see 3 O's (it must be exactly 3)

The link to all the players is in the main tracking sheet. The link is posted in the 'all about" thread here (and spreadsheet is here

Ashley M wrote: "Oh yeah, Can I do a challenge more than once if i can find another book?"

Each task can only be completed once

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Ashley M wrote: "I have a few questions.

Would dew, eggs, or blossom count as spring words?
Can I use Daughter of Smoke & Bone for the 3 O's?
Where do i find a list or a link to all..."

I wasn't sure if the O in of counted. If it's okay, I'll go ahead and use it.

If this question has been answered already, I’m sorry! I tried to find it & couldn’t. Is each task only allowed to be completed once? Or may we read for a specific task multiple times if we choose?

Look two posts above 😂 haha! It is in the rules that tasks can only be completed once 😉

OMG! LOL! This is why I don’t use the Goodreads app! I didn’t even see the three or four posts above mine! Doh! I’m sorry. [runs & hides]

My eyeballs are broken, too, because I read the rules looking for it & didn’t see it. Gosh. It’s been a long day. Hmph. Okay, sorry, again! LOL. ;p

bahaha
I completely understand - I miss things on the app all the time!

Sooo... Do we only include books that we started reading from March 21? Or can we use books read from 1st March? I'm being hopeful here and also counldn't find an answer for this

Yes books started after the countdown began: I’m not sure why it isn’t in the rules - must have been missed off in the copy and paste from the upside down challenge details

Thanks Karen. That's alright. I thought it would be the same as the Upside Down challenge!

For the task - read a book where someone has lost one of their senses: does it count if someone was blinded in an accident that happened before the events of the book?

Well d'oh about my spreadsheet. It was because of the "find" thing.


The goodreads app sucks. The one for the Kindle fire is even worse than the phone app.

I always assume books can't be started ahead of time in a points based challenge like this one.

Ashleigh wrote: "For the task - read a book where someone has lost one of their senses: does it count if someone was blinded in an accident that happened before the events of the book?"

Hmm. I assumed so, since it says “has lost” as opposed to “loses”...

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Yes books started after the countdown began: I’m not sure why it isn’t in the rules - must have been missed off in the copy and paste from the upside down challenge details"

Huh? Can you please explain this to a slow person (meaning myself here)? I thought only books started after the challenge started, i.e. 21 April, were accepted. Is this not the case? If not, what is the countdown date that you mentioned?

Camilla wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Yes books started after the countdown began: I’m not sure why it isn’t in the rules - must have been missed off in the copy and paste from the upside down challenge details"

Huh? ..."

Yes, correct. That 's what Karen said above. The countdown clock was posted so players would know when to start in their time zones . It was posted in this thread (scroll back ) and the wine bar.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Yes books started after the countdown began: I’m not sure why it isn’t in the rules - must have been missed off in the copy and paste from the upside down challenge details"

FYI, it looks like the Minimum Length (100 pages?) is also missing from the Rules post. (It only mentions the word count verification requirement for Childrens.)