Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Keely wrote: "Do one of you more Discworld savvy people have any ideas of a good task to use my Equal Rites for?"

I have a full list. I'll put it down for one of them. Thank you

Hard Tasks Still Needing Claiming

For those who like to aim at tasks, otherwise, I am not worried about us covering all the tasks and read whatever you want to. Having fun is the first goal.

"morris dancer" / "morris dancing" in text - Keely
#8 in series
author initials AM
boat / ship on cover
Book set in South Africa - Skandia
brown cover
Drink on Cover
focused on siblings
From the Best Endings List - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
from the Cold Cover list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
has the letters M-I-R-R-O-R in the title
MC has a son - Truitt
mini skirt on cover
MPG Espionage
MPG Fairytales
MPG Holiday
MPG Horror
MPG Mythology
MPG Vampires - Jen
on Spec-Fic Passing Bechdel Test list (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...) - Redshirt
ordinal numeral (e.g fifth) in title
recommendation from diff team x4
river on cover
sausage on cover - Sandy
Science MPG (not Science Fiction) - Jen
sea on cover - Sandy
set in a university
Set in China (may you live in interesting times)
Skull on cover
Steampunk MPG
Time of day in title (midnight, morning, noon, etc) - Sandy
title has all the letters in G-U-I-L-D - Truitt
Turtle on cover
two dogs on cover - Sandy
with a character of legend (e.g. Father Christmas, Jack Frost, Sandman, Tooth Fairy, etcetc)
Yellow cover - Kelly
Zombie MPG

Please tell me and sorry if I missed anyone people claimed in the chat. I will keep this updated in one of the top posts.

I’ve got GUILD - I’ll have it finished tonight.

And I’ve got MC has son - I’ll post tonight.

Thank you Lexi.

And yes, I have morris dancing covered. I'll be reading A Deadly Education once I finish Bleak House which I am hoping will be in the next few days.

I am also planning to read soon. Would you say that is a yellow enough cover? There was some dispute about it in UNO. If not I will find a different task to use it for.

I have a few other yellow covered books I found that I can read one of instead so I can definitely cover that if no one else wants to claim it.

Here's what I've got/can read so far
I finished a book with Yeti earlier today
Almost done with a book with 2 dogs on cover
Book with sausage on cover
Sea on cover

Thanks for the list, Lexi. Would you be able to give us an idea of the types of books that would work for the unclaimed Bingo squares? I don't have a clue what most of the them mean. :-)

I've also got Time of Day in title

I have updated the task list and will add a Bingo List too. Thank you all

Keely wrote: "Thank you Lexi.

And yes, I have morris dancing covered. I'll be reading A Deadly Education once I finish Bleak House which I am hoping will be in the next few days.
..."

I'll wait for Judith but I am good with it being yellow.

Here are some ideas for BINGO. These are not the only choices you could pick but are just to get everyone started.

A2 Sock - Rainbow - Socks on cover, rainbow in text, multi-color cover, MC wears tons of colors
A3 Wooden trunk - travel in story, someone packs something, chest on cover
A4 Broom - Witches, cleaning - Jen
A5 Hat with feathers - Carnival headdress, New Orleans, Mardi Gras
A6 Frying pan - Cooking in story
A7 Golden football - MPG Sports, something 'gold' on the cover
A8 Octarine wool - Something made of 'yarn' on the cover ie mittens, scarf, MC knits
B1 Rincewind Scream - Horror, book that makes you scream
B2 Eagle - Eagle or takes place in US
B4 vampire fangs - Vampire, Halloween dress up
B5 snowflake - Winter/snow
B6 laughing emjoi - MPG Humor, funny book, makes you laugh
B7 bag of coffee beans - coffee in story
B8 "crivens!" - a surprise, Scottish
C1 "oook!" - 3 'O's, book cover/story with an ape
C2 pile of coins - Rich MC, money important for story
C3 dragon - dragon in story/cover
C4 "anthill inside" - logo Computer, ants important to story
C5 butterfly - Butterfly on cover (BOM has one)
D2 hourglasses - Time travel, story takes place over multiple decades
D4 Sir Pterry's hat - Hat on the cover, MC wears a hat, Terry Prachett's hat
D8 meat product pie - someone eats 'meat' or a 'pie' in the story
E1 camel - a camel, takes place in the desert
E2 Fool - Fool' in the text, a character is a 'fool', book is nonsense
E4 Free Space! - Got book for Free
E7 boot - boots' on the cover or MC wears boots
F1 bee - insect' on cover, 'bees' in story, yellow-black cover
F2 octagon / mirror - mirror on the cover, reflection of some kind on the cover
F3 four Xs - Australia
F4 semaphore signals - Trains, sign on cover, traffic light
F7 three witches - Witches, McBeth
F8 blackboard being erased - you read a book you wish you could erase from your memory, teacher/student/school in story
G1 cabbage - vegetarian in story, 'cabbage' in text, gardening
G2 golem - Golem, Jewish MC or storyline
H2 black rooster - rooster in the story, black bird on cover, Maman Brigitte

(some of these ideas were stolen from Team Moist)

I’m hoping to read Equal Rites but may not get it from the library for a while. It would work for “Spec-Fic Passing Bechdel Test list” task if anyone else is reading it.

I've finished Wizard's First Rule! Could someone throw 5/30 on it next time you're in the spreadsheet?

I think I've logged a book on the sheet that's good for the Bechdel test task. I think it was my Brandon Sanderson one? It's my next read.

Redshirt wrote: "I've finished Wizard's First Rule! Could someone throw 5/30 on it next time you're in the spreadsheet?

I think I've logged a book on the sheet that's good for the Bechdel test task. I think it was..."

Done!

Lexi wrote: "Keely wrote: "Thank you Lexi.

And yes, I have morris dancing covered. I'll be reading A Deadly Education once I finish Bleak House which I am hoping will be in the ne..."

Me too!

I've updated the tracking sheet with these too, but here are the tasks I will read for:

Science MPG (not Science Fiction) - The Unexpected Truth About Animals

MPG Vampires - The Book of Life

A4 Broom - Equal Rites

Thanks Judith! <3

I updated the list in post 402 and I will update the top post too.

We have two more tasks that are up for grabs

Drink on Cover
Best Endings List - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
Edited: (Mort is #391 on list so we got this one covered by the end of June)

I’m reading Equal Rites now— the library loan came in way sooner than expected. It’s my first discworld book and I’m loving it!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I have enjoyed reading my new books. Before this challenge, I read 3 books a month. Then this month I read 9 books!! Has anyone else been reading more books?

I am hanging out with my sister and her family. I have done no reading in the past few days, but it is the first time I have seen them in a year and a half. I got to meet my nephew.

One month in and this team has read close to 200 books, that is quite impressive!

We are doing really well and knocking out tasks/Bingo spaces left and right, great BOM participation, and just overall this is an awesome team.

Go Team!!

Happy Reading :)

I hope you had a great weekend with your sister and her family, @Lexi! So glad you were able to get together after so long apart!!

Thanks for the update on how we're doing, @Judith! We've got awesome leadership for an awesome team!!

I had a super relaxing weekend where I gamed with my sisters, caught up on some shows, read a good amount and chilled with my fiancee.

@Jen, I've read more books per month since I've started joining up Goodreads' challenges. It's so cathartic to see my reading numbers average closer to what I was doing back in high school.

@Lexi, it's awesome that you chilled with fam this weekend!

@Judith, aw. Definitely going to have to blame the leadership for the stellar results. Makes being a part of this team effortless and fun.

@SandyL Glad you're here, too!

So I'm up for the BOM (The Midnight Library) starting tomorrow and I wasn't sure if there's supposed to be a reading timeline. Could anyone point me in the right direction? I feel like it's supposed to be x-chapters (given the discussion questions), but I'm not entirely sure and am nervous about my first BOM participation!

Redshirt wrote: "I had a super relaxing weekend where I gamed with my sisters, caught up on some shows, read a good amount and chilled with my fiancee.

@Jen, I've read more books per month since I've started join..."

Here's a link to the chapter breakdown and the BOM discussion thread. And no worries if you fall behind or read ahead. Though if you read ahead, try not to give away spoilers or use the spoiler tag.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jen wrote: "I hope everyone had a great weekend! I have enjoyed reading my new books. Before this challenge, I read 3 books a month. Then this month I read 9 books!! Has anyone else been reading more books?"

Challenges tend to up my reading but I pretty hop from team challenge to team challenge so my reading level rarely drops low for long. I'm trying thought to read things on my tbr as much as possible, doesn't always happen though.

This weekend was fun but busy. My husband turned the big 4-0 so we had the first family get together since the pandemic started, though it was still a fairly small group of 20. I realized that I am way out of practice hosting. It was exhausting. LOL

@Judith, thanks! I appreciate you for doing the hard work for me. Ahaha. (I should've thought to look there.)

Sure thing! And if you want to see how things go, you can always take a looky-loo at a different BOM thread. Just be aware you might see some spoilers for the book if you haven't read it.

Lexi/team,

I had a set of library holds come in today. I grabbed boat/ship on cover, MIRROR in title, and steampunk MPG

I'll be reading lots of vampire books this month for Scavenger Hunt, so anything vampire related I should have covered many times over, lol.

Whoo hoo team!

Got some reading done this weekend and have been so excited because we have had rain!!! It's been so long...

Dropping in from team Moist to find out what you mean by "rain".
I have a vague memory of hearing the word before, but I think it may have been a dream.

Not sure living in Phoenix and being on team Moist are going well together right now.

Truitt,

Can you put Empress of Salt & Fortune on your TT shelf?

And add a read date to Spirit Sanguine?

Thank you!

Jenny wrote: "Dropping in from team Moist to find out what you mean by "rain".
I have a vague memory of hearing the word before, but I think it may have been a dream.

Not sure living in Phoenix and being on t..."

I hope you get rain soon Jenny!

Though us mods assigned you to Moist because we have the maturity level of a 12 year old.

And like a 12 year old I am jumping up and down and whining about the weather. And the fact that no one ever has breakfast ready when I wake up. Of course, since I live with only two cats...

Judith wrote: "Truitt,

Can you put Empress of Salt & Fortune on your TT shelf?

And add a read date to Spirit Sanguine?

Thank you!"

Done.
Sorry, Judith. I can't blame the app this time - I was on my laptop, lol.

No worries! With the number of books you read, the GR gremlins just have more opportunities to get you :)

Jenny wrote: "And like a 12 year old I am jumping up and down and whining about the weather. And the fact that no one ever has breakfast ready when I wake up. Of course, since I live with only two cats..."

You can have KY's rain. I am flying back to Boston today and that is much less fun in storms.

Truitt_T wrote: "Judith wrote: "Truitt,

Can you put Empress of Salt & Fortune on your TT shelf?

And add a read date to Spirit Sanguine?

Thank you!"

Done.
Sorry, Judith. I can't blame the app this time - I was o..."

More gremlins, Empress only has the read date from April 2020.

Lexi wrote: "Truitt_T wrote: "Judith wrote: "Truitt,

Can you put Empress of Salt & Fortune on your TT shelf?

And add a read date to Spirit Sanguine?

Thank you!"

Done.
Sorry, Judith. I can't blame the app th..."

Good glory! Ok - I just went in and did it again. Interestingly, the first two times I tried I got error messages. The third time appeared to take.

Again, I'm so sorry!

I've answered the DQ for The Midnight Library.

Folks....

I was super weepy over this book last night. Anyone else reading tear-jerkers?

I'd like to add as a book recommendation! It was a fantastic nonfiction.

Redshirt wrote: "I've answered the DQ for The Midnight Library.

Folks....

I was super weepy over this book last night. Anyone else reading tear-jerkers?"

This book can hit you in the feelings and it shows how devastating depression and mental illness can be. And misunderstood.

not reading any tear-jerkers right now. But whenever Backman's Those Who Run Towards Fire comes out, I'm sure I'll be crying through half the book.

Hi all, just wanted to stop in and thank Redshirt for the recommendation. I read the brown book for my group, Tiffany Aching, so if you're struggling to find one River Marked came in at 60.7% brown and it's fab read. Good luck and have fun.


And I read the set in China with The Three-Body Problem a really good hard sci-fi.

Judith wrote: "This book can hit you in the feelings an..."

Agreed.

I've never heard of the book by Backman. Adding it to my list now. Maybe I should create a shelf warning me that I'll probably cry. I'm glad to see I'm not the only person emotionally impacted by books!

Hey Keli! Thanks for the recommendations! Definitely adding those to my list now. I love me a good sci-fi.

FYI team,

Lexi, Jen, and I are starting to make some plans for the Jackanory (story). Once we get some general things sketched out, one of us will post some things for people to target with books.

This seems to be a task driven team (yay!, y'all are like me) so we thought some light direction would be helpful for everyone. And hopefully we'll end up with a fun & cohesive story.

Redshirt wrote: "Judith wrote: "This book can hit you in the feelings an..."

Agreed.

I've never heard of the book by Backman. Adding it to my list now. Maybe I should create a shelf warning me that I'll probably ..."

It hasn't published yet (at least not in English). But it will be book 3 in the Beartown series. This series is excellent. Honestly I am a huge fan of his. Anytime a new book of his comes out, I just fling money.

I regret nothing. LOL

Unfortunately I just finished The Midnight Library last month so I won't be able to participate in the task. It was so good though.

Yeah, I read it in April as well :(

Backman makes me cry everytime!

I haven't checked out the Beartown tv series yet...kind of nervous to do that, has anyone watched it yet?