Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Beth wrote: "Judith wrote: "Are you clicking on the team spreadsheet or the tracking spreadsheet?

Only captains and mods can edit the team spreadsheet. This is the official one for points.


The tracking sprea..."

I think your name has been fixed everywhere it needs to be, but if I missed a spot let me know.

~ Judith

Beth wrote: "I’m starting this challenge off with and if any of you read then you need to read this one. It might even be better t..."

Oh Beth, I am so looking forward to that book!! RWRB was just such a sweet, make you feel good book...fingers crossed this is just as good!

Hello team. I wanted to read lots on the first day to make a good start, however I had a terrible night's sleep which has left me exhausted.
I have started Black Beauty and will try and finish what I can before I fall asleep. Tomorrow, I will begin The Foundling with the group and maybe The Handmaid's Tale too.

I hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend!

Take care of yourself first and for most! This challenge is a marathon for sure and not a sprint.

I started the BOM so I’m ready to answer the questions when they get posted tomorrow. It has an interesting start and I feel for the MC, I’m curious to see where it goes.

I’ve made great headway into Chain of Iron, thankfully Clare book read fast as it’s due back to the library in a couple days.

And while running errands and doing some cleaning I started my current audio Misbehaving about the start of behavioral economics, so far I love it. I wish I could take a course or five from this man. By the way, this is available on KU if the topic is of interest to anyone.

Hi, stopping by from Team The Luggage to beg for recommendations. Mysteries or historicals. Historical mysteries, yes please. Historical romance? Certainly, I'm here for that happily ever after. Bloody murder? Yep. Bring it on.

Throw your favorite authors and titles my way. Please and thank you.

Had to do some yard stuff today, so great opportunity to start my A Promised Land audio. So far it's a good read.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Beth wrote: "Judith wrote: "Are you clicking on the team spreadsheet or the tracking spreadsheet?

Only captains and mods can edit the team spreadsheet. This is the official one for points.


The t..."

Looks cleared up now. Thanks Judith!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

When we finish a book, do we just put it (along with the date) on the spreadsheet?

Yes, that works.

I finished Black Beauty and I'll begin The Foundling a bit later and answer the DQs. I'm looking forward to it.

Question about task: a book whose title initials make a well-known acronym (like TLC - Tender Loving Care) Define your acronym, with a reference link. min three letters in your acronym, use all the letters in the title, in unchanged order

How well known does well known have to be? There is a version of the Bible that is CSB (Christian Standard Bible) but anyone that isn’t involved in the church probably wouldn’t recognize it.

Or maybe Citizens State Bank? But that’s not known internationally. I’m sorry I’m overthinking this LOL. I just don’t want to reserve a task if it won’t fit

Beth wrote: "Question about task: a book whose title initials make a well-known acronym (like TLC - Tender Loving Care) Define your acronym, with a reference link. min three letters in your acronym, use all the..."

I will yes to the bible acronym, no to the bank. Just include a link to something that shows it's valid. Like csbible.com or something. There is no way everyone will recognize every acronym with being a diverse and international group. Hence the link request.

When I typed in CSB only into google it came up as option 2, so I'd say it's common. It probably would of been number one but a chemical safety board came up first which directly relates to my line of work.

I have Song of Sacrifice (SOS) if we want something more well known.

Lexi wrote: "I have Song of Sacrifice (SOS) if we want something more well known."

I think Beth was looking at option for Crazy Stupid Bromance looking at the book log. That book fits really well in a BINGO square.

So let's use hers for the BINGO and yours for the acronym task.

Unless she was looking at placement options for a different book.

Not even 2 days in and I just finished logging 9 books. Great start everyone!

Judith wrote: "Lexi wrote: "I have Song of Sacrifice (SOS) if we want something more well known."

I think Beth was looking at option for Crazy Stupid Bromance looking at the book log. That book f..."

Ohhhh the books don’t have to fit for both? In that case I’d say use SOS for acronym and my book for the dead rat bingo.

Nope, just one spot!

That saves me a lot of time then 😂 glad j figured that out on day 2

Is there any chance we could talk about the BINGO squares? I'm having trouble figuring out what some of the squares are, much less what books should count for them.

For example: I'm rereading (actually listening for the first time) Oath of Swords. The MC and his sidekick have pointy ears. Square G5 has what looks like an elf with pointy ears, but the resolution isn't great and I don't really know it that would work anyway.

Comments? Suggestions? Thanks!

If you go down to the list of spaces, it does describe them so G5 is "elf archer." I might look for elf or archer for that one. (Also, that is Legolas from LOTR in case you care).

Otherwise, there are some that are very specific to Discworld like XXXX is Australia, so any book in Australia will work. Others might work for plot so for the sock, an example was given of Harry Potter with Doby and the sock. Socks play a role in the plot. The money and hourglass would likely work for any book where running out of time or money are important.

Anyone feel free to ask on any picture where the meaning is unclear and I can help on the Discworld element.

Edited: Also, you might be helped by looking at the already claimed ones

Would work for H3?

Lexi wrote: "If you go down to the list of spaces, it does describe them so G5 is "elf archer." I might look for elf or archer for that one. (Also, that is Legolas from LOTR in case you care).

Otherwise, ther..."

Ok - now I feel like a total idiot. I wasn't looking at the tabs at the bottom and missed the list.
At least I knew that was Legolas, lol.

So my book has a pointy eared (although admittedly non-elf) MC, who uses an arbalest. Is that close enough?

And the Captains pick what to use each book for? I add the options, you all put it to use whever it fits best, correct?

I know, I know - I ask a lot of questions....

ETA: And, yes, another question. I've got The Lost Orphan, but I didn't get a chance to start it today. Am I correct in thinking that you can only answer the BOM daily questions the day they're posted, meaning that tomorrow I should just start with the Day Two questions, not backtrack and hit Day One?

Thanks, again.

I think that works just fine. There are lots of pages to the SS so don't feel like an idiot.

Also, you can answer the BOM questions any day for an entire month. I have not even started the book yet, as I spent all of today applying to a job and cleaning.

SandyL wrote: "Would work for H3?"

Yes, that is lovely blue tartan

Lexi wrote: "If you go down to the list of spaces, it does describe them so G5 is "elf archer." I might look for elf or archer for that one. (Also, that is Legolas from LOTR in case you care).

Otherwise, ther..."

When I saw the sock, I immediately thought of Dobby!


I fell behind with reading The Foundling last night, so I got to chapter 5 and have answered yesterday's questions this morning. I'm determined to stay on track with the book to prove to myself I can do it!

Since so many of us are reading the BOM, I went ahead a found a place on the tasks/Bingo for any that hadn't been assigned yet.

Thank you! I hadn't chosen anything yet so you saved me some time :)

Lexi wrote: "I think that works just fine. There are lots of pages to the SS so don't feel like an idiot.

Also, you can answer the BOM questions any day for an entire month. I have not even started the book ye..."

Thank you! Knowing I can get to The Lost Orphan in a few days makes life a bit easier. :)

And I promise I'll run out of questions soon....

Just checking in!

Tru - It's a shame they won't run an "intellectual" play! :c

I've been listening to an audiobook (added to the sheet) while I've been sick. I'll probably need some help getting it sorted into the correct tasks/numbers into our spreadsheet.

I took Fugitive Telemetry off of my currently reading since I haven't finished Network Effect and haven't started FT! (I plagiarized thank you Susan! the assorted tasks on the sheet) So the good news is that it's now eligible for TT since my UNO crew didn't need any of my in-progress books for us to finish. (It was such a great challenge and everyone was wonderful!)

Redshirt wrote: "Just checking in!

Tru - It's a shame they won't run an "intellectual" play! :c

I've been listening to an audiobook (added to the sheet) while I've been sick. I'll probably need some help getting..."

I've listened to that, I thought it was fun. I can find a spot for it :)

Edit: never mind, you found lots of options.

Ahahah. Thanks Judith! I wasn't sure where to start and just looked at your list by tasks. I'm unsure about the other minigames (bingo, etc), but figured I'd try to do some of the work there. I'll throw in read dates once I'm done with those two books.

What should I look to read next? Which tasks have historically been more difficult to complete?

I hope I'm doing bingo correctly! At least for me, I've been taking it a little open to interpretation. (for example- theatrical masks I put Always Never Yours because she is playing Juliet in her school play) but please let me know if they mean more literal!

Redshirt wrote: "Ahahah. Thanks Judith! I wasn't sure where to start and just looked at your list by tasks. I'm unsure about the other minigames (bingo, etc), but figured I'd try to do some of the work there. I'll ..."

I think for right now, just list anything it fits for! Even the easy spell it out tasks. Judith is a queen and will find where each book needs to go by the end of it!

Beth wrote: "I hope I'm doing bingo correctly! At least for me, I've been taking it a little open to interpretation. (for example- theatrical masks I put Always Never Yours because she is playin..."

Yes, that's fine. Open to interpretation/being creative is what we like to see. Though literal works as well.

I have the book Home down for the movie clapboard because it's a memoir for Julie Andrews because she's been in a million movies.

Just nothing too out there. If you aren't sure, ask. It's what the captains are here for.

Judith wrote: "Beth wrote: "I hope I'm doing bingo correctly! At least for me, I've been taking it a little open to interpretation. (for example- theatrical masks I put Always Never Yours because ..."

Also, does it make your job easier or harder for us to put the books in the bingo tab or would you rather we just put it in the tracking tab with where it fits on the bingo board? I'm just thinking of books that may fit for a bingo task but also fits well for a regular task as well

Redshirt wrote: "Ahahah. Thanks Judith! I wasn't sure where to start and just looked at your list by tasks. I'm unsure about the other minigames (bingo, etc), but figured I'd try to do some of the work there. I'll ..."

The story is where we will have the most freedom and flexibility so I'm leaving that alone for now. But we should probably come up with a plan for that at some point.

As for hard tasks, some of them have already been checked off, because this team is that awesome. I was expecting religious zealot to be hard but Susan and Lexi have that handled. Go team!

I tend to think the plot based tasks can be hard simply because you don't always know beforehand the book will fit there. Example: someone reads a story to a child. Though worst case there is someone reads Thud!

Not sure that was helpful direction, but this early on especially, read what interests you as there are so many open opinions.

Beth wrote: "Redshirt wrote: "Ahahah. Thanks Judith! I wasn't sure where to start and just looked at your list by tasks. I'm unsure about the other minigames (bingo, etc), but figured I'd try to do some of the ..."

that's the actual Queen of England. I just realized it's hard to tell that's her. Oh well. I was trying to be funny

Beth wrote: "Judith wrote: "Beth wrote: "I hope I'm doing bingo correctly! At least for me, I've been taking it a little open to interpretation. (for example- theatrical masks I put [book:Always Never Yours|340..."

Put it down where you think it fits best and just list the others. The list of others is more for later in the game and we are trying to make everything fit when there aren't a lot of open options.

Also if you don't know where it fits best, you can just list the options and the captain logging can make an executive decision as to where it goes.

Judith wrote: "that's the actual Queen of England. I just realized it's hard to tell that's her. Oh well. I was trying to be funny"

For someone that lives in the US, I am very much a fan of learning about the royal family so I knew right away LOL. That made me giggle

Judith wrote: Put it down where you think it fits best and just list the others. The list of others is more for later in the game and we are trying to make everything fit when there aren't a lot of open options.

Sounds good! Thanks Judith

Oh no I've been forgetting about the story. I'll look at that tab today and see what that's all about.

Judith wrote: "that's the actual Queen of England. I just realized it's hard to tell that's her. Oh well. I was trying to be funny"

As a British citizen, I recognised my Queen instantly :P I don't think I've seen that picture before though...

I got ahead of schedule with The Foundling. I was happily listening away trying to stop at the right place and then all of a sudden "chapter 12". Oh well, it just means I have less to listen to tomorrow so I'll probably start a different audiobook as well.

Completion Post
Book: Rogue Protocol
Author: Martha Wells
Finished: 5/3/21
Task: #73 Book less than 200 pages
How it fits: 158 pages

do we put them in the spreadsheet or just list them here. Because I thought I had put down for a couple of tasks in the spreadsheet but I am view only.

Nevermind I figured it out.

So funny Judith, I was thinking she looked like the queen, but not 100%...I think I'm just so used to seeing her hair ;)

I'm almost done with Network Effect (won't count for this), and I just can't help smiling throughout the read. My partner asked me what I was laughing at and all I had to say was Murderbot and he understood :D

Snowtulip wrote: "So funny Judith, I was thinking she looked like the queen, but not 100%...I think I'm just so used to seeing her hair ;)

I'm almost done with Network Effect (won't count for this), and I just can'..."

Anybody who knows Murderbot would definitely understand!

For MPG Mental Heath (task 181) would Health>Mental Health count?

Redshirt wrote: "Just checking in!

Tru - It's a shame they won't run an "intellectual" play! :c

I've been listening to an audiobook (added to the sheet) while I've been sick. I'll probably need some help getting..."

I hope you are feeling better! Audio's are always good when you're sick, you can just lay back, close your eyes and listen...unless you accidently fall asleep ;)

*bows to the Mistress of Lust*

Oppsss wrong world.

*runs away grumbling about fairness vs heart wishes*

Hehehehe! Hello Sonia :)

Snowtulip wrote: "So funny Judith, I was thinking she looked like the queen, but not 100%...I think I'm just so used to seeing her hair ;)

I'm almost done with Network Effect (won't count for this), and I just can'..."

I, too, am almost done with Network Effect (where it doesn't count for this). Lol. My partner and I have reread all of the books a few times and whenever one of us laughs, we have to tell the other which part we're at that's making us laugh.

Thanks Snowtulip! I'm feeling much better. I was fortunate that I didn't fall asleep during this audiobook! :3

Truitt_T wrote: "Snowtulip wrote: "So funny Judith, I was thinking she looked like the queen, but not 100%...I think I'm just so used to seeing her hair ;)

I'm almost done with Network Effect (won't count for this..."

Sorry I missed responding to this earlier. Yes, in this case it's fine.