Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Teresa wrote: "I was wondering if a librarian here could help.

I have these books: Kelpie's Ruin and Kelpie's Ruin which are the same book just different editions with separate li..."

Sorry I didn't get to this right away. Work has been crazy for me. Looks like someone else merged the two editions of Kelpie's Ruin and got the other one added to the series page. But I noticed there were still no page numbers for Kelpi's Ruin. You had said it was 298, but when I looked up the ASIN on Amazon, it's now showing 340, so that's what I added. It should show up shortly.

Laurie B wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I was wondering if a librarian here could help.

I have these books: Kelpie's Ruin and Kelpie's Ruin which are the same book just different editions w..."

Thank you so much!!!

Captain, oh, captain!
What about The good daughter? Do I need to squeeze in another tragedy book before deadline or will they accept it as a GR dark magic?

Maddy wrote: "Captain, oh, captain!
What about The good daughter? Do I need to squeeze in another tragedy book before deadline or will they accept it as a GR dark magic?"

So sorry Maddy. Weekends are harder for me to get on because the little one is home and craves attention.

I would say yes. That is a weird situation I've never seen before and I THINK (might be wrong) that it needed at least 10 tags to count. I was going to check our books and see if any of them were tagged as tragedy to see if you didn't have to read another one, but I'll only be able to do it later today. But if you don't mind reading another one that would help. Both books will count towards tower Teams.
It's not a tag I personally like so I feel bad asking to read another one... I stay away from everything related to tragic books, but I know some people like it.

bummer... At least it had good page count, right? :D

Okay, this time approve before I start - https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

tragedy, 19 tags, page 4

Maddy wrote: "bummer... At least it had good page count, right? :D

Okay, this time approve before I start - https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

tragedy, 19 tags, page 4"

Maddy, we could swap books. I read things fall apart, which is tagged as tragedy 74 times, but is down for first in series on the may challenge. We could use the good daughter as the first in the series and put mine under tragedy. Then you can read something else if you want, as opposed to reading for tragedy again.

Maddy wrote: "bummer... At least it had good page count, right? :D

Okay, this time approve before I start - https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

tragedy, 19 tags, page 4"

Looks good to me Maddy.

I also have to switch my book for the mini x_x had to return it to the library and thought I could find an English version online because I was not liking the translation... Turns out there's only Portuguese or dutch version.... And the online version is only dutch... I don't know dutch lol

It says it's #1 in the Good Daughter series anyway. Though there doesn't seem to be a number two. 😕

Keli wrote: "Maddy, we could swap books. I read things fall apart, which is tagged as tragedy 74 times, but is down for first in series on the may challenge. We could use the good daughter as the first in the series and put mine under tragedy. Then you can read something else if you want, as opposed to reading for tragedy again."

Ohh, let's do that then!
I can read something else for #1 in series :)

Eni wrote: "I also have to switch my book for the mini x_x had to return it to the library and thought I could find an English version online because I was not liking the translation... Turns out there's only Portuguese or dutch version.... And the online version is only dutch... I don't know dutch lol"

Yikes! Time to learn a new language? ;)
Hope you find another book :)

I am reading wildfire for botm. It is technically #1 in series so win win :)

Or the good daughter. No clue why it is marked as series though.. Didn't feel like a series to me, but who knows

Maddy, one of the books I finished that hasn't been used in the mini is a #1 in series, if you don't want to be tied to that task.

Ohh, overabundance of options! :)
Let's leave that all to Eni. I will enjoy us finding another tragedy book :)

Maddy wrote: "Ohh, overabundance of options! :)
Let's leave that all to Eni. I will enjoy us finding another tragedy book :)"

Thanks everyone :)

I'll swap books later after little one goes to bed. Seems you are free to read whatever Maddy xD

One of the books I was going to read later works for the same thing as my other one, I just need to be able to finish it lol

Yup, somehow I got really lucky ;D

Just got back from my daughter's graduation! Finished Nevernight
Listening to David Copperfield - Hoping to finish that and the bridge tonight. Obie tomorrow

Congrats :)
Hope she is proud of herself!

I finished The Case for Jamie last night and I'm about halfway through Royal Assassin I want to hit 2/3 done by tonight. I'm planning to start Pretties and finish The Obelisk Gate tonight as well.

I will have the paris library finished by tomorrow but it will be down to the wire.

Congrats to your daughter, Melissa.

Eni, I don’t know what info you need exactly for tragedy tags but it's on the second page, 74 users. For Things Fall Apart btw.

Maddy wrote: "Congrats :)
Hope she is proud of herself!"

Thanks!
I think she might be a little overwhelmed as to what happens next :)

I squeezed in a couple of cozies over the long weekend. I have not had a chance to look at the whole special group maze thing.

OK I perused the Maze thing. I think I get the gist. I'll check it regularly to see if a task needs claiming and if it's something I can help with I'll volunteer. I'm not very good at coming online in the evening or weekends.

Will we get a June planning sheet soon? Duh. Never mind. I was thinking this was a challenge where we'd start a new sheet every month. But we really don't need to do we.

I did not get picked to write questions for Book of Cold Cases but I plan to participate

Finished Royal Assassin and The Obelisk Gateearlier this morning. I think I'm going to just sneak in my last two claim for the May mini by the skin of my teeth today.

@Nanci no need to apologize. Moving and doing house renovations are a pain! Glad it's almost over, so you can rest a bit.


@Keely, the mother of kittens =D i miss having kittens. They're fun. But they end up doing all sorts of naughty things lol I've never had kittens that little though. Mine usually only come home when they're already eating solid foods and no longer nursing from their moms. Hope you get some rest soon, and that the new addition settles in nicely.

Missing:
We Begin at the End-Nanci Drum
The Paris Library-Keli
Fall of Angels-Maddy
The Great Bridge-Melissa Williams
Obie-Melissa Williams
David Copperfield-Melissa Williams

43mins to the end of May mini!!!

One of the cozies I read has a P character and could be swapped for Paris Library. I marked it on the spreadsheet. The other one works for E and could be swapped for David Copperfield.

Books are:

Dagger in the Dahlias and Evidence in the Echinacea. The P character is in both.

Oh, sorry. I will post in a minute

Done!

Mary C wrote: "One of the cozies I read has a P character and could be swapped for Paris Library. I marked it on the spreadsheet. The other one works for E and could be swapped for David Copperfield.

Books are: ..."

Thanks Mary :) there is backups for almost everything, except the instrument on the cover. That will require me to check every cover of our books x_x

Ugh. If I had known I could have read a back up for that.

Such faith guys, seriously :D

Maddy wrote: "Such faith guys, seriously :D"

i have faith! But i'm a worry rat by nature! =p

Maddy wrote: "Done!"

thanks :)

Eni wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Such faith guys, seriously :D"

i have faith! But i'm a worry rat by nature! =p"

Ha ha, I am sure that is exactly what makes you a great captain ;D

Oh, I'm late?!! I thought it was earlier than it is. 😞 Sorry team.

Mary C wrote: "One of the cozies I read has a P character and could be swapped for Paris Library. I marked it on the spreadsheet. The other one works for E and could be swapped for David Copperfield.

Books are: ..."

Thanks Mary, i think you saved my bacon. I was 13 minutes late.

I managed to put all of the mini filled in time.. and then i read a post saying we had an extra 12h to get the spreadsheet ready -_-'

Eni wrote: "@Nanci no need to apologize. Moving and doing house renovations are a pain! Glad it's almost over, so you can rest a bit.


@Keely, the mother of kittens =D i miss having kittens. They're fun. But ..."

The new kitten is on solid foods. I estimate that she is somewhere between the 6-8 week age. The other kittens are still in the cage setup we have with mummy so all I really have to do is put food in there and clean out the litter tray.
We put a little harness and lead on the older kitten as she kept hiding and running away. She keeps hissing whenever someone goes near, but she is the sweetest thing once I pick her up. We've had some nice long cuddle/nap sessions the past couple of days. I'm hoping that in a couple more days she will stop trying to run away when I approach her so I can take the harness and lead off of her. I take it off her when I sleep anyway because I'm paranoid something bad will happen and I want her to experience some freedom. It's all been a learning experience as I've never fully taken care of kittens on my own before.

In regards to the maze challenge, I think I understand most of it but I'm not sure how much help I will be either as it takes me a while to finish books. I will keep an eye on it however and when I get close to finishing a book, I will see if it can be helpful for the maze.

@Maddy Yours, forever after isn't on your shelf. Can you fix that please?

@Stacey, Gemina isn't on your shelf. Can you fix that please?

Done :)

I’ve got David Copperfield on double time. Heep! Heep! The rest are almost done.

Melissa wrote: "I’ve got David Copperfield on double time. Heep! Heep! The rest are almost done."

No need to hurry hun. The books had to be read until 3hours ago. The spreadsheet can be edited until later though.

:(
Oh Bummer!!
I thought I had until the end of tonight!
:(

Did we still get all of our points? It looks like it! Phew. I was worried!!

Melissa wrote: "Did we still get all of our points? It looks like it! Phew. I was worried!!"

yup we did =) no worries.

i've updated the first messages to include information about the maze, countdowns and such.

I've also updated the planning spreadsheet link, because it kept being weird, even though i've updated it before. Hopefully this time it stays ok!