Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Teresa wrote: "Reva wrote: "Zee wrote: "I love the feeling when you level up. Kapow!

Except next level is going to require a further 45 exp, which is double what I already have. Looks like I may need to start re..."

I like romance and mysteries and there are plenty of large series (over 10 books) with books under 200 pages. You'll find that books written before 2005 are shorter than books written today.

Bundled books are a good source of series.

Here are a few series to try--

https://www.goodreads.com/series/4206...

https://www.goodreads.com/series/5187...

https://www.goodreads.com/series/4145...

https://www.goodreads.com/series/9783... (a couple under 100 most around 130 pages)

Thank you Reva :)

:-)

I still don't think it's worth my while changing my entire reading plan to start reading shorter sacrifice books when there are so many quests I haven't done which give a better ratio than 1 exp per book. For me this challenge is about reading books that I want to read and trying to figure out where best to fit them in, rather than reading loads of short books purely to level up faster. YMMV. :-)

I know. I have soooooo many books that I want to read. Adding more to my TBR list just because they're short doesn't make sense for me.

The beauty of this quest is that everyone can chose what works for themselves. We all have different goals and can travel any path to get there. The main thing is to enjoy yourself.

Here's another idea (though I'm sure Kelly and Tea have already thought of it) - writing a review/reviews could be a new type of challenge that would change things up a little bit. I would like to write more reviews, especially for indie books, but sometimes need a kick in the pants to do it. =P

What does everyone else think?

Tia wrote: "Here's another idea (though I'm sure Kelly and Tea have already thought of it) - writing a review/reviews could be a new type of challenge that would change things up a little bit. I would like to ..."

I was thinking of doing another participation type quest once the current academy quest expires. So probably starting in July.

Just to be a bit annoying...

Kelly, Tea? I sent something to the Mod Acc when can I expect an answer? Or was senting something there for the Archive Quest the wrong move?

^^

Tia wrote: "Here's another idea (though I'm sure Kelly and Tea have already thought of it) - writing a review/reviews could be a new type of challenge that would change things up a little bit. I would like to ..."

I write reviews for everything I read so I'd love some free xp, yeah lol :D

Gesa wrote: "Just to be a bit annoying...

Kelly, Tea? I sent something to the Mod Acc when can I expect an answer? Or was senting something there for the Archive Quest the wrong move?

^^"

Sorry, it's been a busy month and I've been playing catchup. It was the right thing to do and you can use quests as the challenge write up requirement for The Academy quest. You can claim credit for it now. We'll format it and cycle it in at some point based on quest balancing and whatnot. :)

No problem at all :D I'm just totally courious when it comes to such things and can't wait to get an answer ^^

Oh and one question to the following:
Start a Spell-It-Out challenge in Reading Challenges and finish at least one word.
Does it count when I'm finishing one House Motto of the Game of Thrones Challenge? ^^"

Gesa wrote: "Oh and one question to the following:
Start a Spell-It-Out challenge in Reading Challenges and finish at least one word.
Does it count when I'm finishing one House Motto of the Game of Thrones Challenge? ^^" "

If that ones about 4+ books for finishing then that's fine. The intent was to do at least a chunk of a non seasonal/monthly quest.

Yeah It definitly has!

Thank you *runs of to adjust her challenge - at least offline*

I have a stack of books waiting to be doled out for April quests and a pocket full of gold to spend at the caravan, haha - can't wait to see what Kelly comes up with for us!

Quick question, actually - how long will the caravan be open? Will it just be a day-long thing or will we have most of the week to do our shopping?

It would be more interesting to have to find the caravan inside a different group thread every week.

Tia wrote: "I have a stack of books waiting to be doled out for April quests and a pocket full of gold to spend at the caravan, haha - can't wait to see what Kelly comes up with for us!

Quick question, actual..."

The caravan will be a week long. I'm planning on March 24th-31st so it should be close to that at least. I'm also planning on cycling through items in the caravan again in case you miss them the first time.

Alex wrote: "It would be more interesting to have to find the caravan inside a different group thread every week."

I'm not sure I can handle having a caravan out all the time :P. We'll see what everyone thinks after the first one rolls through.

Oh I meant as the caravan appears, whatever the timeframe.

Ahhh. Hrmmm... I'll ponder it.

I was thinking of adding a scavenger hunt at some point as part of a participation quest :)

Love scavenger hunts!!

Yesss! Scavenger hunts are my favorite. I'm always on board for those.

I'm game for anything. ;-)

Oh, a scavenger hunt - that sounds so fun! Way to be creative, Kelly. =)

I need to work on my quests today. I'm going to miss out on the caravan if I don't have any gold to spend. :)

Me too Amanda! I still have three books to read to complete a Midas quest, and I don't want to be penniless when that caravan arrives.

I'm done one Midas quest, and need one book to finish another... then I got to get working on my horse!!!

I need to hurry up and get some gold! Eek I can't believe how fast March is flying by.

I have 2 books left on my first Midas quest but now I'm stressing out about how much things are going to cost. Like is 10 gold going to even get me anything? Am I going to have to try and cram 4 more books in to be able to use the caravan?

So much uncertainty :P

Cait wrote: "Like is 10 gold going to even get me anything?"

Well.... depends what you plan to buy...

20 gold will have to be enough. I am 8 exp from levelling up to level 6 and can do it with one more book read. But I balance this challenge with three team challenges, a weekly called bi annual challenge and reviewing books for a blog. I get a lot of books in my extra book log.

❀Tea❀ wrote:
Well.... depends what you plan to buy..."

I'm not super set on buying huge things right away. I'm just wanting to participate lol Like I would be all dejected if I had to slink home with my measly 10 gold because I was too poor.

Although I may end up saving it all anyway so I suppose it doesn't really matter :)

Will things always be full price? Will they go on sale? Will we be able to earn discount tokens? Hint. Hint.

Any idea when the next round of expiring quests will be posted?

Will the caravan have a clearance rack? Lol

lol Alex

Hi everyone. I'm Lady D and new to town. Lady Rachel convinced me this was a great place to work on my adventuring skills. I'm currently working on upgrading my staff before my first rat encounter. Looking forward to sharing stories and drinks with you all here.

Reva wrote: "Will things always be full price? Will they go on sale? Will we be able to earn discount tokens? Hint. Hint."

Lol. I'm not opposed to marking things down if they show up in future caravans. No guarantees though.

I'll ponder the discount tokens.

Cait wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote:
Well.... depends what you plan to buy..."

I'm not super set on buying huge things right away. I'm just wanting to participate lol Like I would be all dejected if I had to slink home ..."

You'll be able to buy at least something with 10 gold :P Though it's up to you if you want to save for larger items in the next caravan.

Alex wrote: "Will the caravan have a clearance rack? Lol"

No clearance rack yet :P Everything's new and shiny!

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm Lady D and new to town. Lady Rachel convinced me this was a great place to work on my adventuring skills. I'm currently working on upgrading my staff before my first rat encounte..."

Welcome Diane! It's great to see another adventurer set off.

Welcome Lady D! It's a lot of fun. Happy you joined up.

I have a feeling lots of adventures are going to be leveling up once the 22nd hits. For some reason my mind plays the little victory theme for when the muncher in Number Munchers levels up. :D

I can't wait to kill a goblin in one strike!

Welcome Diane. It's great to see new faces. Don't be shy. Feel free to ask questions. None of us mind.

Thanks all for the welcome. I'm a bit dirty from killing my first sewer rat and brown bat.

Reva wrote: "Welcome Diane. It's great to see new faces. Don't be shy. Feel free to ask questions. None of us mind."

Thanks for the offer. I think I'm ok so far. I did actually read all the posts here in the tavern and that helped a lot.

Wow Lady D, look at you go! And to think you started this in just today.

Way to go Diane!

Bartender! A Green beer for our new adventurer Diane.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thank you kindly.

When you assign all your books for the year so far at once, you get to put some thought into it and can get some decent weapon levels.

I have a question about potions. If I were to use two potions, would they stack? For example, could I use an enhanced weapon potion and a damage potion to add +6 to my weapon? Or two of the same potion to add to my weapon's damage? I'm just curious because if you had, say, five damage potions, you could raise your weapon attack by +15! =P

Tia wrote: "I have a question about potions. If I were to use two potions, would they stack? For example, could I use an enhanced weapon potion and a damage potion to add +6 to my weapon? Or two of the same po..."

Hmmm. Valid and interesting point. I think I'm going to rule that you can only have one of each type of potion active at any given time.

That seems to be similar to how a real RPG game would act since usually the strongest one wins and only one counts. I suppose if you use another it could refresh the time but not stack though I'm not sure why you'd do that.