Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Cait wrote: "Question about the ladder building quest.

I'm up to 4 books but my 4th book ends with the word "me". Can I match that word to the 5th book or not at all since it doesn't have 3 letters? If I used ..."

Yup, use the letter from the word before me.

Like this:
Unravel MeElmer

Spaces don't matter for the overlap.

Tia wrote: "Cait wrote: "Right? I'm just now looking at the Midas quests and having a huge internal debate.

On one hand, I definitely want gold because I'll need any special items or potions or whatever we en..."

Sounds like a good plan

Woohoo! Level 10 staff. Grunt, ugh, dragggggg. these things seem to get heavier as I level up. I wonder if there is a magic spell to lighten the load?

Heh. There might be bling for the staff as part of the extra trinkets quests in the future that are just for fun.

Level 10? It sure is impressive, Reva. I hope to reach level 8 sometime in April.

I have a potentially silly question about monster killing!

So for rats/bats/golbins we have to wait a week to battle it again. If we use a book to lure out a monster before a week, do we then wait another week from that date to kill it? Or do we stick to the "original week"? Does that make any sense?

RebeccaS wrote: "I have a potentially silly question about monster killing!

So for rats/bats/golbins we have to wait a week to battle it again. If we use a book to lure out a monster before a week, do we then wait..."


It would be a week from the last time you killed it (bait or no bait). So much more beneficial to kill and lure on the same day.

Perfecto! That's what I thought so I'll wait. Thanks!

Reva wrote: "Woohoo! Level 10 staff. Grunt, ugh, dragggggg. these things seem to get heavier as I level up. I wonder if there is a magic spell to lighten the load?"

Level 10? And here I was happy that I'd have a level 5 staff (+1 damage from my trusty steed) by the end of March. =p

That's why being able to attack in 6 versus 7 days is hardly a great benefit. I usually need that extra day to read more sacrifice books. Far better to have the attack power increase of the Baroque Horse.

Reva wrote: "That's why being able to attack in 6 versus 7 days is hardley a great benefit. I usually need that extra day to read more sacrifice books. Far better to have the attack power increase of the Baroqu..."

I don't know how you and the other top readers do it, Reva. I'm lucky if I can finish 30-40 books a month and that's including the audiobooks I listen to at work!

30-40 a MONTH?!?!?!?!?!? I need another drink.

lol My thoughts too, Alex. 20 is my usual. I'm so far behiiiiiind.

Must. Read. Faster.

Usually I do 50-60 books a month. Ask me if I sleep. This month I'll break my personal best of 72 by doing over 100 books.

I must admit that my old norm was to gravitate to thick meaty books of 700 pages or more. This quest has dramatically changed what I read and when.

I could probably do 15-20 if I kept my books under 300 pages. The fantasy books I am reading are 600-1000 with two in the summer around 1200 apiece.

Alex wrote: "30-40 a MONTH?!?!?!?!?!? I need another drink."

Including audiobooks! All things considered, I get at least 12 hours of "reading" done a day, which makes 30-40 reasonable. I've also been trying to read/listen to shorter books to really pound out these quests. I would never hit those kind of numbers with a goal pushing me to. =p

But honestly, there are some people that read HUNDREDS a month. HUNDREDS!

I'm lucky to get 10 a month - two a week is my usual. I'll join in that drink,

*Slides Zee a tankard that tips over one of the Tavern rats*

Damnit Tea!!

One a day is my max at a minimum of 100 pages... and I used to think I was a fast reader!!

I'm with you Zee! I feel accomplished if I get 10 done a month. My problem is I really like my sleep....and my fiance likes his even more. So I can't usually stay up too late to read. I would have loved a snow day or two to use for reading, but sadly my work doesn't seem to care about snow/ice.

I'll take a barrel of ale please!

RebeccaS wrote: "I'm with you Zee! I feel accomplished if I get 10 done a month. My problem is I really like my sleep....and my fiance likes his even more. So I can't usually stay up too late to read. I would ha..."

I have to admit that only sleeping 5-6 hours a night does clear up a lot of time to read, haha. =p

Alex wrote: "30-40 a MONTH?!?!?!?!?!? I need another drink."

Heh, I'll join you. I'm lucky to get 5 books in a month. Though the past couple of months have been better, 20 in two months. I don't think my brain will ever let me be a speed reader :/

The nice thing about the quests is that you do what you can. You're playing against your own personal goals.

Heh, I used to read more. I think writing quests takes up a lot of my time now.

Though I probably shoot myself in the foot since I read a book and think "this would fit in great to a quest" but then I've already read the perfect fit by the time the quest comes around so I have to find a different one.

Oh well.

Kelly wrote: "but then I've already read the perfect fit by the time the quest comes around so I have to find a different one."

put it in the bag :P

But I need it for the existing quests! Plus I feel bad about using too much forknowledge. Even if I rarely know the quests until right when I write them :)

Foreknowledge isn't any use for me at all. I still keep putting books in bag in case something better comes. And then when something better does come, I'm still not using that book from the bag, cause you never know...
I have a feeling that in the end I'm going to use high page books or high series numbers for something silly like spelling. :P

Haha, I have a feeling I'm going to end up using the 1000 pager in my tote towards Time Walker. I want the potion so I can not worry about the expiry date for the horse!

I find that if I pick the books that fit the quest ahead of time it's less likely that I will waste a book in the wrong slot prematurely.

It also let's me order books from the library so that they arrive when I need them.

I do the same as Reva. I don't read a book unless I know exactly what quest I'm putting it into first. I would be all stressed about it otherwise like WHERE WILL IT GO!?

I plan out as far in advance as I can (right now I'm just short of filling out through Everybody Lies) and then order them in batches from the library. Once I finish a quest, I order the next batch for the next quest.

It's actually been working pretty well! It's nice, knowing what's coming next haha

So I just killed my third rat and I have been in the game since early January. I thinks I need to keep up with when fresh rats are available.

Alex wrote: "So I just killed my third rat and I have been in the game since early January. I thinks I need to keep up with when fresh rats are available."

What works for me is to stockpile as many 100+ books as I can spare to do additional attacks without damaging my HP. I attack 1/week-- less confusing that way. Listopia can give you a list of books <200 pages -- many are classics. That way you can get your rat totals up faster.

My problem isn't not being able to fight the rats it is forgetting to fight them weekly. The issue is that it is much easier to type out battle on the computer instead of on the iPad and I neglect to do so when at home.

Alex wrote: "My problem isn't not being able to fight the rats it is forgetting to fight them weekly. The issue is that it is much easier to type out battle on the computer instead of on the iPad and I neglect ..."

Pick a day that works for you and stick with it. I read more books to complete quests during the week then blitz the weekend with 100+ books. Then do my attacks Sunday night. I find that plan works well for me. Find what fits your schedule.

That's a good strategy Reva! I need to find more 100+ books, as most of mine are in the 300s.

RebeccaS wrote: "That's a good strategy Reva! I need to find more 100+ books, as most of mine are in the 300s."

Try this link:

Best books under 200 pages

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Those of you who read lots and lots (did I read hundreds??) a month amaze me. where do you find the time? I am not a speed reader and life gets in the way of what reading I do get done which is only about 6 books a month!

Kari wrote: "Those of you who read lots and lots (did I read hundreds??) a month amaze me. where do you find the time? I am not a speed reader and life gets in the way of what reading I do get done which is o..."

I used to barely read a few years ago and it picked up a lot once I started reading more. I think you get faster the more you practice.

Alex wrote: "My problem isn't not being able to fight the rats it is forgetting to fight them weekly. The issue is that it is much easier to type out battle on the computer instead of on the iPad and I neglect ..."

Like Reva, I do all my attacks on Sunday mornings. That way I never forget. :)

I've planned where every book I'm reading goes except for this one. It was a book I just HAD to read after reading the previous book in the series and now it's collecting dust in my tote.

Little worried though that I'm probably going to finish my current read tonight and it doesn't look like my next set will be ready to pick up from the library yet. What to start, stress!!

*sits down and orders beer for herself and her squire Lucy* I've just fled the theatre after Sir Alex (unintentionaly I hope) scared off my trained dancing rats mid-performance. And it went so well until then. *sighs*

They were very nice trained rats Zuzana :)

Thank you, Kelly. I guess it was my fault. Bringing them here now when so many quests are rat hunting oriented wasn't very clever. *shrugs*

I need rats for my quests and I am way behind in my rat slaying. I saw the rat and I lost control.

*Rat runs by*

There's another one, time to slay the rat!!

Just leave the white ones alone, Alex. Please. You have no idea how long it took me to train them.

Totally bummed about Nimoy. Leonard you'll be missed.

Leonard Nimoy's last tweet - "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"

R.I.P.

One of my co-workers is in mourning. He thinks we should get the day off for grief.

It's so sad. I mean he was Spock but also just such a decent human being. I'm majorly bummed out. I need to find a funny book or something to start on.

Cait wrote: "It's so sad. I mean he was Spock but also just such a decent human being. I'm majorly bummed out. I need to find a funny book or something to start on."

This sums my feelings up pretty well. I loved him as Spock, but also respected him as a person (see the tweet Zuzana posted).