Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

These are my answers (for my questions) ;-)

1/ What are Event Monsters?

Event Monsters are unique creatures that appear exclusively during specific events or quests. While they don't fall under the usual Rare or Uncommon categories, they are noteworthy enough to be classified separately.

Examples include the Halloween Monsters (here), the Easter Omnibus Troll and Sir Peepocalypse from the Easter quests, and various monsters from the long-ago White Dragon event.

2/ Which Crops Does Radagast Double?

Radagast’s bonus—“If you possess a garden, it will double the yield of your crops”—might seem ambiguous at first. It doesn’t specify that the crops must be harvested from the garden.

My interpretation is that owning a garden signals your commitment as a gardener, and Radagast rewards that dedication by doubling all crop yields, regardless of whether they grow in the garden or in a pot.

Radagast’s crop bonus includes:
• Carrots
• Peas
• Clumps of Dirt
• Roses
• Lemons
(other crops might be added later as the game develops new features)

3/ For the Where Roses Bloom Quest – Task: “Plant Your Flowers” - Read three books with flowers on the cover or in the title.
Do the flowers on the cover need to be real or alive? What about jewelry shaped like flowers?

As long as the floral shapes are clear and recognizable (not just decorative frills), jewelry or other artistic representations of flowers do count toward this task. The key is that they must visually resemble flowers—no guesswork required.

My list for What's in a Name?


Stan
Sadie
Timothy
Mort
Trace

Seeing you went for that +1 XP bonus, Cathy. Good job!

Cathy M. wrote: "My list for What's in a Name?


Stan
Sadie
Timothy
Mort
Trace"

MORT! <3
I made a Death of Rats costume for my plastic halloween-store standing-up rat skeleton and we put him out for our Day of the Dead Party every year (well, all year really lol, but more prominently then).

Should I Know This?

1. Rose Bush: Does it produce 3 roses on the 1st of the month? Or.. spread out? The 1st makes sense to me since we have other things that happen on the 1st (e.g. merely kats).

2. If the Rose Bush produces on the 1st of the month, does that mean Radagast must be active on the 1st to double the rose production? Or would it work if he was active any times the prev month? (Since I assume the plant takes from the 2nd of the month until the 1st of the next month to produce roses... if that makes sense).

3. And this is completely self-serving as I have two (TWO!!) books that have "carrot" in them 4 times (FOUR, not FIVE, arghhhh): Can we use more than one book to satisfy The Great Easter Egg-scapade! Part 4 "Read a book where "carrot" or "carrots" appears at least five times"?

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Cathy M. wrote: "My list for What's in a Name?


Stan
Sadie
Timothy
Mort
Trace"

MORT! <3
I made a Death of Rats costu..."

How cute!!

Ray,

1. Rose Bush: Does it produce 3 roses on the 1st of the month? Or.. spread out? The 1st makes sense to me since we have other things that happen on the 1st (e.g. merely kats).

Yup, you're right, it's 3 roses on the 1st of the month.

2. If the Rose Bush produces on the 1st of the month, does that mean Radagast must be active on the 1st to double the rose production? Or would it work if he was active any times the prev month? (Since I assume the plant takes from the 2nd of the month until the 1st of the next month to produce roses... if that makes sense).

Just to make it simple, I'd say he needs to be active on the 1st of the month for the bonus to kick in.

3. And this is completely self-serving as I have two (TWO!!) books that have "carrot" in them 4 times (FOUR, not FIVE, arghhhh): Can we use more than one book to satisfy The Great Easter Egg-scapade! Part 4 "Read a book where "carrot" or "carrots" appears at least five times"?

I so get it, Ray. I had the same problem with the "deep"/"depth" for the well quest, and I kept looking for another book. I guess finding that one book with the required number of words is the challenge. Sorry!



Thanks for the questions and now go and collect your 3XP and 3 Gold. :)

What's in a Name?

Evan, Blue, Tony, Binti, Wade.

Bonus (extra names in my titles): Petey, Buckley.

Training yard question: Which monsters fit this category??
"• Magical Monsters (Rare): +5 xp, +3 gold +1 spell ingredient of choice"

thx! :)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Training yard question: Which monsters fit this category??
"• Magical Monsters (Rare): +5 xp, +3 gold +1 spell ingredient of choice"

thx! :)"

Ray,
so far, none. If you check the Monsters thread, each post has a title that identifies the monster category.

One of the second generation dragons could fit the category, but it wasn't identified as such when it was introduced, so it still counts as "only!" rare.

Zuzana wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "Training yard question: Which monsters fit this category??
"• Magical Monsters (Rare): +5 xp, +3 gold +1 spell ingredient of choice"

thx! :)"

Ray,
so far, none. "

Okay, good! I thought I was missing something. 🤪

I’m pretty sure I’m understanding this correctly but….

“The Great Easter Egg-scapade! Part 3
• Defeat 20 Common monsters (!Timed monsters don't count!)”

…barring any fancy hats, this should take 5 weeks, right? 20 monsters / 4 common monsters a week = 5 weeks.

Common are just the goblin/goblin guard, rat/greater rat, bat, and lemur, right?

You can bribe them out (common monsters only so bat, rat, goblin and lemur) using books from your tote so you can do them all at once.

Cathy M. wrote: "You can bribe them out (common monsters only so bat, rat, goblin and lemur) using books from your tote so you can do them all at once."

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I can’t believe I forgot about that. Thanks Cathy!

My list for What's in a Name?

Demelza
Lila
Malorie
Othello
Rebecca

I'm surprised by just how many books there are that fit the double XP requirement! And I don't see any repeats yet, either. Queen Skye will have many names to choose from. ;)

Dear adventurers,

three new quests launching on 5/1/25 are now live!
You can find all the details in the Notice Board thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Sarah wrote: "I'm surprised by just how many books there are that fit the double XP requirement! And I don't see any repeats yet, either. Queen Skye will have many names to choose from. ;)"

Yeah, so many book titles including names.

And great job, y'all, with the variety of names. I believe that Sarah is right with no repeats so far.

Keeper of the Books ★ NBRC ★ wrote: "Dear adventurers,

three new quests launching on 5/1/25 are now live!
You can find all the details in the Notice Board thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...#..."

Bahahaha, one quiz said I'm sith and the other said jedi. :p

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Bahahaha, one quiz said I'm sith and the other said jedi. :p"

LOL! Ray, it's almost like you NEED to do the quest twice. Now you only need to decide whether you want to be a fallen Jedi or a redeemed Sith. :)

Guys, we have a prospective apprentice over at the Apprenticeship Scheme thread.

Anybody interested in mentoring them for some easy XP?

Training Yard question: I did a Rock example for Rocks 1-5 (though I only broke it down for 1,4,&5 specifically). Does this count as 1 Uncommon Monster, so +2 xp, +2 gold, or something else...?

I was planning on doing the higher Rocks #6-10 in another post later on, fyi.

Zuzana wrote: "Guys, we have a prospective apprentice over at the Apprenticeship Scheme thread.

Anybody interested in mentoring them for some easy XP?"

Not me, sorry. But I did leave her a gift in the Apprenticeship thread ;)

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Training Yard question: I did a Rock example for Rocks 1-5 (though I only broke it down for 1,4,&5 specifically). Does this count as 1 Uncommon Monster, so +2 xp, +2 gold, or something else...?

I ..."

Yup, Ray, Rock counts as 1 Uncommon Monster no matter what number.

BTW I really appreciate your battle breakdowns. They're super helpful. :)

Check out the Notice Board for a mini update.

New spell, May Classifieds and one Royal Announcement! ;-)

Zuzana wrote: "BTW I really appreciate your battle breakdowns. They're super helpful. :)"

Thank you :)

Congratulations to Queen Skye on the birth of her daughter, Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth!

A heartfelt congratulations to Queen Skye on the birth of Her Royal Highness, Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth!

Three cheers for Princess Lyra! Hip Hip...

Congratulations Queen Skye on the birth of the precious Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth!!

Congratulations to Queen Skye on the safe arrival of Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth. Her Royal Whimsy is such a great title!

*clears throat* I said

HIP HIP

HOORAY!

1 Visit the Goodreads blog: News & Interviews & check out at least 3 of their articles. (link to the articles you read & report on the most interesting one in The Local Tavern)

- 132 Page-Turner Books to Help You Beat Any Reading Slump
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
- From 1925 to 2024: 100 Years of Popular Books (on Goodreads)
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
- 192 Nonfiction Books to Read This Women's History Month
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...

This are some of the most interesting articles for me. It's also one of my goal this year to read classics book and nonfiction, since I read a lot of fiction mostly fantasy and thrillers.
I also put books that put you out of reading slump, as there are times that I hit that phase of my life. lmao

Rebecca wrote: "HOORAY!"

yay! :) :)

Congratulations to Queen Skye on the birth of her daughter, Princess Lyra

Congratulations to Queen Skye and welcome to the world baby Princess Lyra!

Congratulations to Queen Skye on the birth of the precious Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth!

Hi everyone, I'm Christene just started playing this month and I forgot to introduce myself. Btw, I'm 29 years old from Philippines and work in hospital as an Occupational Therapists. I'm excited to explore quests and ofc read more books. I've been eyeing this challenge for a long time and just got courage to start it. Nice meeting y'all.

Hi Christene! Hope you have lots of fun in Novel Kingdom!

christene_littlelibrary wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Christene just started playing this month and I forgot to introduce myself. Btw, I'm 29 years old from Philippines and work in hospital as an Occupational Therapists. I'm excited t..."

Welcome!!!!!

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Congratulations to Queen Skye on the birth of her daughter Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth. May she always love books.

Welcome to the world Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth! Love the name :D

For series books (for Magic Staff), can it be a little flexible on the #s? For instance, for the Sword:

Sword
Gain levels by reading taller pyramids of page numbers. A book that's 350 pages may count for a 300+ book, a 200+ book or a 100+ book.

So in the example a 300 page book can work for 100, 200 or 300 levels. For series books, can we use the same reasoning? So a #3 series book can be used for #1, #2 or #3 levels?

Cathy M. wrote: "For series books (for Magic Staff), can it be a little flexible on the #s? For instance, for the Sword:

Sword
Gain levels by reading taller pyramids of page numbers. A book that's 350 pages may co..."

Cathy, since leveling up the Sword is considerably more demanding than the Staff, I don’t think applying the same level of flexibility to the Magic Staff is necessary. For higher-numbered books in a series, the Book Cover (available through the Jump the Queue quest) can help fill in those gaps. And earlier books in a series are generally easier to find (or bartered through the Open Market) compared to, say, sourcing a 1500+ page tome.

So it’s a no for now. But I genuinely welcome suggestions. If something feels wildly unbalanced (looking at you, Lance quest), feel free to speak up. I may not always bend, but I like to believe (delude myself, really) that I’m a reasonable overlord. Try me.

Doesn't hurt to ask.

Thought I'd ask because when you get higher in series #s (say 25+), there aren't as many series/books that are in the higher #s. I've read higher # books in the In Death series (40's-50's) so it would be awesome to use them for lower #s. Also, since we only get to fight the Kelpie every two weeks, and fighting the Fiery Imp uses both Kelpie skins received every month, there aren't a whole lot of Kelpie skins to use for Book Covers, or duplicate.

I use these books for other quests. I had several #30+ when I read the Hercule Poirot series. They were useful for cover tasks.

As for Kelpies, use the twins, Cathy - TADA! 4 Kelpie skins a month!

BTW Guys, did you know that Queen Skye has a son? The (unnamed) Prince appeared 10 years ago in "The Kindness of Strangers" quest never to be seen or heard of again. Sigh!

As he was then celebrating his 8th birthday I think it's apt for us to have a quest celebrating his 18th birthday. A royal Prince coming of age - deserves a party!

Zuzana wrote: "I use these books for other quests. I had several #30+ when I read the Hercule Poirot series. They were useful for cover tasks.

As for Kelpies, use the twins, Cathy - TADA! 4 Kelpie skins a month!"

Oh wow, forgot about that! Thanks!

Congratulations to Queen Skye on the birth of Princess Lyra Fable Elspeth!