Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Jenny wrote: "That's OK! Mods read too, or so I am told."

I was in there once for awhile and completely forgot I was in the mod account and was confused as to why all these books I'd read were no longer appearing as read.

I was annoyed for like 15 minutes until I realized I wasn't in my own account. *face palm*

Sammy wrote: "I am just extremely entertained by the very final task on the human monsters SS being "Good vs Email imagery"...

Are we specifically going to be looking for books in which the bad guys wage a brut..."

Well. . . sure, that sounds like a really easy task for people. LOL

Probably my fault on the typo, but that brings up an idea I had. Can I make of overly specific wheel of literary monsters? No page count will be over 450 for people who like shorter books, but it is a risk for the overly specific tasks.

If there isn't such a book, there bloody well should be.

Lexi wrote: "Probably my fault on the typo, but that brings up an idea I had. Can I make of overly specific wheel of literary monsters? No page count will be over 450 for people who like shorter books, but it i..."

Sure, I can put a warning in the post for the wheel. People aren't required to spin it so if they don't like the specific tasks, there are at least 4 others they have to chose from.

We killed off the Chimera, but now we are being looked at very funny by Hannibal Lector!

Yay we got to use the new wheel!

And he is joined by The Governor from the Walking Dead.

tagged zombies (10 times minimum)
Character is a local official (mayor, governor, city council etc).
MC has a daughter
One eye (only one) on cover

That was such a good season of the Walking Dead!

Well, we got another really long one:

Randall Flagg (The Stand)
800+
Virus, bacteria or fungi important to the plot
Black bird on the cover
Disappointed in the ending of the book (your interpretation)
Good v Evil imagery

Ahhh. One of my favorite books. Yay!

And one more!
We killed of Aoyin, and now we have Mr. Simpson!

100 to 175
MPG Humor
"nuclear" in text
Set in the US
Series has more than five books

I added numbers to the monsters because I was curious how many we were up too. Hopefully I didn't skip a number. We are fairly close to 80!

That's because we rock!

Judith wrote: "I added numbers to the monsters because I was curious how many we were up too. Hopefully I didn't skip a number. We are fairly close to 80!"

That's great! Monster Mashers are up to 53.

Sasquatch is finally gone.

Saw we had 4 human monsters so spun the Greek for something different.

Sphinx
200 to 299
characters go on a journey
MC must solve a riddle
Mountain on cover
brown cover

Would you all consider these mountains? or just hills?

I would call them hills.
Love that book.

Yeah, I was leaning more towards hills but figured one of you might talk me into them being mountains.

they don't happen to solve a riddle, do they?

It's such a lovely little series

What do you mean solve a riddle? Which riddle?

No riddles but a wonderful series

Jenny wrote: "What do you mean solve a riddle? Which riddle?"

Oh, sorry. I put the book down for the journey task for Sphinx. and was sort asking a hopeful question about if they solve a riddle, since that's the hardest task from that particular set.

I was figuring the answer would be no :)

I have a brown cover but no riddle currently

works for mountain and daughter if someone has a book for daughter

Also, I learned in the last 24 hours that both Martha Wells and T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) have breast cancer, and this makes me really, really sad.

😟

Lexi wrote: " works for mountain and daughter if someone has a book for daughter"

It also had a riddle so I moved it and now MC has a daughter is open

It is a bird but is it black, learning towards brown even though it is a vulture - middle bottom

I can't really see it, and I lent my copy to someone so I can't look at it in person, more's the pity.

Lisa and I have been working on the Doctor Who list. I put it on the monster suggestions thread. If you guys have any more or different suggestions, have at it!

Lexi wrote: "It is a bird but is it black, learning towards brown even though it is a vulture - middle bottom
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The stylized coloration of the bird on the cover doesn't look black on my screen.

I sadly agree. The species is a black vulture so I was hopeful.

Actually I’m wrong. It is a Turkey vulture so there you go.

I’m on the way to send the day with my in-laws so no spreadsheet access.

But I finished Boldly Go which should finish off a monster and I’ve started Quicksilver which has a raven on the cover for the black bird task.

Logged it for you, we got a Snipe Hunt

100 to 175
bird on cover
MC is looking for something/someone
"fool's errand" or "wild-goose chase" in text
Goodreads rating < 3.6

Thank you!

I removed my book from Zombies as it will take me a bit to read it if anyone else has a zombie book

New Monster, went back to Asian

Kabandha
350 to 450
MPG Mythology
Torso on cover
MC has a brother
Tree(s) on cover

The Governor is toast! I didn't spin; wasn't sure which wheel to use.

I'll spin the human wheel again

The Yellow King
200 to 299
Yellow cover
tree on cover
MPG mystery
contains a complicated work relationship (your interpretation)

I just finished off Kabandha and will get another human monster as we've already had fewer of those.

We'll have a new wheel in about a week.

Bob
200 to 299
Set in at the Pacific Northwest
Two of something on the cover
Main antagonist is sneaky
MC is in law enforcement or equivalent

Judith wrote: "I just finished off Kabandha and will get another human monster as we've already had fewer of those.

We'll have a new wheel in about a week."

Ooh! Cool!
Lexi's particular monsters or Dr. Who???? Or is it a surprise?

If you are spacing out the monster wheel reveals, then consider that the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special is in November.

Jenny wrote: "Judith wrote: "I just finished off Kabandha and will get another human monster as we've already had fewer of those.

We'll have a new wheel in about a week."

Ooh! Cool!
Lexi's particular monsters ..."

Lexi's. She made a special request it go out in time for us to use it some before the next big team challenge starts in NBRC.

And that's good to know about Dr. Who, I'll keep that in mind ;)

Perfect!
That leaves time for anyone to add to the list. Who has a lot of silly monsters...

Thank you, Judith. I am very excited. This is my favorite of the wheels so far. Also, some of the tasks are truly obnoxious.

I should finish my brown cover book today and hopefully my sloth one in the next few days. I have been in kind of a reading funk this month.

Finished Sphinx, new human monster:

The Cigarette-Smoking Man (The X-Files)
100 to 175
Tagged UFO or Aliens (10 times minimum)
Read a book with partners (your interpretation)
Published between 1993-2018
Hand holding something on cover

For fun I made a list of the total of each monster, due to being the smallest wheel, we have done all of the Asian monsters and impressively have 3 or more each of 5 monsters. No sneks, despite Judith and I getting more than 10 when we spun for the original wheel. We might want to stick to Urban and Human for a bit to get new monsters as we have probably had most of the Greek ones in the original round.


Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...