Saar The Book owl’s Comments (group member since Jun 26, 2020)

Saar The Book owl’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

**********FIRST FIVE MONSTERS**********
1) Scylla:
500 to 650 pages
body of water on cover
features a sacrifice of some type (your interpretation)
features a sorceress
title contains the word "FIRE"

2) Charybdis:
800+ pages
Author's name (first or last) starts with one of the letters in POOL
MC is forced to make a hard choice (your interpretation)
fig in title or text
characters take a boat trip (of any type)

3) Centaurs:
300 to 349 pages
forest on cover
character is an archer
MPG Classics
character who is considered wise

4) Argus:
300 to 349 pages
at least 2 pairs of eyes visible on cover
rock on cover
character works in protective profession (e.g., police, security guard, bodyguard)
"olive" found in text

5) Medusa:
350 to 450 pages
takes place in a desert
someone is beheaded
Mirror on cover
Snake on cover

My spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

**********WHEEL OF MONSTERS**********
Greek Wheel: https://wheeldecide.com/?c1=Typhon&am...

**********THE RULES**********

1.) Each monster has a set of required tasks that must be completed in order to vanquish the monster.

2.) Books can be used to complete more than one task, but only for the same monster. If you can find a single book that meets all five tasks, congratulations, you defeated the monster with just one book! Expect other teams to notice this and copy your choice ;)

3.) Teams/individuals can have up to 5 monsters to vanquish at any time.

4.) Monsters are assigned at random and may be repeated by the same team/individual.

5.) We like players to be creative, that's what makes this fun. However, please do not hurt yourself over thinking the tasks. If there still is some indecision, post in the Q&A thread or just find a different book.

6.) Once you vanquish a monster and get a replacement it should be considered locked and you cannot swap out books.


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All about and announcements
Q&A Thread.

I've filled in the form.

Trying this again and hopefully not fail! I'm thinking about making a mix with the oldest books, books that I've put aside for some reason and series I've started, but haven't finished.

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2013:
1. The Prodigal Mage
2. The Reluctant Mage

2017:
3. Talon
4. Lion: A Long Way Home
5. Shiver

Series to finish:
6. An Echo of Things to Come (#2 Licanius Trilogy)
7. The Light of All That Falls (#3 Licanius Trilogy)
8. The Tropic of Serpents (#2 The Memoires of Lady Trent)

'Why did I put them aside' - books:
9. The Way of Kings
10. Keizerin
11. A Little Life
12. The Golem and the Djinni
13. American Gods
14. Life after Life
15. Deadhouse Gates

New to u authors:
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

Tuinieren voor de geest. Hoe we gelukkiger worden van zaaien, wieden en snoeien by Sue Stuart-Smith 01/04/23
Memoires van een ijsbeer by Yōko Tawada 01/04/23

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I just think I'm going to roll a dice. My TBR - pile keeps changing.
No Suspension: 27 + books:

2023 Serious Readers Challenge, Level 1.
2/100

1. Tuinieren voor de geest. Hoe we gelukkiger worden van zaaien, wieden en snoeien by Sue Stuart-Smith 01/04/23
2. Memoires van een ijsbeer by Yōko Tawada 01/04/23

I'm in:

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

1. Helsinki (FI) - Tromso (NO) Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 4th of a month
2. Tromso (NO) - Reyjkavik (IS) Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as sci-fi - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
3. Reyjkavik (IS) - Anchorage (US) Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as action - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
4. Anchorage (US) - Calgary (CA) Read a book with a country scene on the cover
5. Calgary (CA) - Quebec (CA) Read a book with a onomatopoeia in the title
6. Quebec (CA) - New York (US) Read a book where the characters eat steak
7. New York (US) - Mariehamm (AX) Read a book which is set under the sea
8. Mariehamm (AX) - Helsinki (FI) Read a book that is in the "Most Interesting Magic System" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...)

I can't believe it's allready over! It went so fast :(

Thank you, Judith :)

We've got a week full of freezing temperatures and a bit of snow. Now it's raining and getting warmer. Hadn't done much reading. It was my sons' birthday and he got sick on his birthday. It lasted 4 days, but I've finished a book :)

I've added it to the sheet, but there was no new word for now.

Thanks, Lexi :)

Does it need to have a minimum amount of tags, otherwise you can still use it? Or the mods can make an exeption, because it means the same?

I've added the book that I've finished yesterday to the sheet.

I'm starting my first book this weekend. Does it need to be word AND color or word OR color? And the last day of round 1 is Nov. 21th? Just to be sure ;)

@Lexi: I've added my shelf name in msg 22.

Hi, I'm Saar (she/her) and I live in Bruges (Belgium) with my partner, son, a horse, 3 cats and 2 chickens. I've participated in Wheel a couple of times, but forgot how many. I work in a mental hospital and I'm studying to become a veterinarian technician. I think 'Dune' and 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' fits for Space Opera, but I'm not sure.

My shelf name is: Wheel22: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...