Lexi’s Comments (group member since Jul 27, 2016)

Lexi’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

We got a repeat:

TT9: Monsters: Virtues
Read a book with average rating 4.0 or higher
Read a book that is #7 in series
Justice - read a book that can be associated with Justice
Charity - read a book that can be associated with Charity

So many brand new tasks, we are finally getting monster tasks. Note that I will not be pulling logged/read books off letters unless it is one of the really hard tasks, which I bolded.

TT9: Monsters: Tauntaun
Read a book with a white cover
Read a book with the letters ICE in title (in any order)
Read a book with a large domesticated creature on cover (e.g. horse, cow, donkey)
Read a book with set of at least three repeated letters in the title (example: THI is repeated in the title THIs THIng of Darkness)

TT9: Monsters: Virtues
Read a book with average rating 4.0 or higher
Read a book that is #7 in series
Justice - read a book that can be associated with Justice
Charity - read a book that can be associated with Charity

Thank you, both

New tasks:

Tower Teams 9: Monsters - Great A'Tuin
Read a book with the night sky on cover
Read a book with all author initials in ELEPHANT
Read a book whose title starts with a letter from CHELYS (A, An, The count!)

I won't have time until this evening to check for banked books.

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments was a 5 star read for me and only a 3.5 hour audio (I read it, so I don’t know if the audio is any good). It is not poetry despite the tag and is lovely nature writing mixed with memoir.

For the second round of sloth, we still need:

Read a book with the animal "platypus" in the text

Read a book with the animal "heron" in the text - not as a last name

Aoife, can you add Almost Adults to your TT shelf? When you do, I can get us new tasks as we will have finished the first round of sloth tasks.

Sammy wrote: "Lexi wrote: "I try not to specify mode of reading for people with auditory or visual limitations on format, but I like the picture."

Maybe an "x amount of audiobook tags" task then?"

Good idea

Cat wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Here is a list of classic monsters. I'd love to help out with the tasks.

Any particular ones you'd like me to do.. PM me. 😁

https://thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor......"

The Master might be showing up earlier than that and I did not know that since I have not watched any of the newer seasons. Note made.

I try not to specify mode of reading for people with auditory or visual limitations on format, but I like the picture.

That would be great. Thank you

New tasks and words to check for in books:

Tower Teams 2: Lemon Cupcakes
Read a book with a (cup)cake on the cover
Read a book with flour in the text
Read a book with eggs in the text
Read a book wtih lemon in the text

This is our 2nd time with these tasks so I used Death by Chocolate Cake, Kingdom of the Wicked, Big Gay Wedding, and Weyward for the 1st round.

Aoife, can you check your books when you have time? I think some should work.

Usu rule, no books over 400 pages and no hard letters - esp N, L, G, and vowels

I was correct. We got a new task and it is the 2nd round of Sloth. Please add all animal words to the planning sheet. I'll move the zebra rug over.

Tower Teams 7: Sloth
Read a book with the animal "platypus" in the text
Read a book with the animal "zebra" in the text
Read a book with the animal "chipmunk" in the text
Read a book with the animal "heron" in the text

Aoife wrote: "I have Almost Adults and it mentions zebra and chipmunk. It has heron in it but it's a mean girls reference to Cady Heron - not sure it counts? I should have it finished later anywa..."

Thank you, please mark both zebra and chipmunk. Also, can you add three of your books to you TT shelf: Surrendered in Salem, The Perfect Brew, and Seduced in Salem? Thank you

We might need a 2nd round for this task as well. Why don't you take the zebra one for now and I found a children's book for platypus I can read today.

Michelle wrote: "Let me check real fast. I might have a quick cozy to read or something. I'll see what I can find."

Do you have one you want to grab? I have a book that works for both zebra and heron that I will add to the spreadsheet and can switch animals if one works for you.

Wheel please. We have one extra 500 already planned unless someone removes one from the spreadsheet.

I got auto approved for two new books, which is great fun, but not helping me catch up.
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Tricia wrote: "I have books on my TBR that I can read for chipmunk or zebra. Let me know if we need it."

Pick whichever one is shorter or you want to read more, and that would be a great help.

I have books on my kindle that work for all 4 animals, so I will check after work to see if anyone has some covered before claiming one.

The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical physicist, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancée, Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father.

Meet Ben Dane: brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault). His Broadway theater baron father is dead--but on purpose or by accident? The question rips him apart.

Unable to face alone his mother's ghastly remarriage to his uncle, Ben turns to his dearest friend, Horatio Patel, whom he hasn't seen since their relationship changed forever from platonic to something...other. Loyal to a fault (truly, a fault), Horatio is on the first flight to New York City when he finds himself next to a sly tailor who portends inevitable disaster--and who seems ominously like an architect of mayhem himself.

Meanwhile, Lia, sundered her from her loved ones thanks to her addiction recovery, and torn from her art, has been drawn into the fold of three florists from New Orleans, seemingly ageless sisters who teach her the language of flowers and whose magical bouquets hold both curses and cures--for a price.

On one explosive night, these kinetic forces will collide, and the only possible outcome is death. But in the masterly hands of Lyndsay Faye, the story we all know has abundant surprises in store. Impish, captivating, and achingly romantic, this is Hamlet as you've never seen it before.

How it fits: Many students have to read Hamlet in school