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Intermediate FetchRequires Beginner Fetch Certificate.
This class teaches your dog intermediate techniques of fetch. Your dog will learn what items to bring you and start retrieving them.
• Read a book with gold in the title or series.
The Library of Gold 5/29/25
• Read a book with silver in the title or series.
Christmas On Pointe 7/6/25
• Read a book with a dog on the cover.
3/4/25• Read a book with a pet dog.
• Read a book with someone searching for something.
The Party Crasher 2/6
• Read 3 books with food on the cover.
• Read a book where someone is in training for something.
• Read a book with a silver cover.
12/21/24• Throw 15 Goblin bones for your dog to fetch.
Receive 1 Intermediate Fetch Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog will now fetch 2 gold coin every Sunday. (Replaces beginner fetch.)
The Academy - part IIYou've been teaching at the Novel Academy for what feels like eons (see The Academy quest here ). While it's a great honour you've become a bit bored. The Principal Mage just announced that there's an opening in the exchange program and you're eager to jump on the opportunity and teach at the Witches and Honourable Banshees university for the next semester. To get the job you have to prove that you're a Goodreads expert and know your way around without a map.
Complete the requirements to apply successfully for the new teaching job. You do not have to complete the requirements in order.
Note: Books need to be read after announcement of the quest. Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other quests. These are participation tasks.
Levels:
Fill in the application form - Complete 6 Requirements
List your teaching accomplishments - Complete another 5 Requirements
Complete the application process successfully and get the job - Complete the rest of the Requirements
Requirements:
1 Visit the Goodreads blog: News & Interviews & check out at least 3 of their articles. (link to the articles you read & report on the most interesting one in The Local Tavern)
2 Pick out and read a book based on News & Interviews recommendation (list the book and link to the article that features it)
3 Check out the books that won Goodreads Choice Awards & read a book that has either won or been nominated for this award (any year will do)
4 Check out New released books listed on Goodreads: Click on Browse>New Releases > "By authors" and/or "By Genre". Pick at least one book and add it to your "Want to read" GR list. List the book.
5 Find the answer to this question on Goodreads: "What do I do if I can't find a book using search on Goodreads?". (Either link to the answer or "copy & paste".)
6 Find your GR Reading stats and put down how many pages you read last year (hint: search under "My books").
7 Go through your "Want to Read" list and delete all the books you're no longer interested in reading. List the number of remaining books.
8 Go through your "Read" list and shelve at least ten books that have no tag other than "read" (if all your books are already shelved, you deserve a "task complete").
9 Set up a new shelf on "My books" page, either for unfinished/abandoned books or any other genre/tag that you've been missing. List the name of your new shelf. (if your shelving system is perfect as it is, you deserve a "task complete")
10 Go to Recommendations, select recommendation by shelf or by genre and read at least one book recommended to you and mark at least one book as "not interested". List those books.
11 Go to Listopia and vote for your favourite books on at least three lists (link to the lists).
12 Check out GR Popular Quotes and "like" at least three of them. Copy & paste your favourite one and post it to the Theatre thread.
13 Ask your friends and the Goodreads community what you should read next. Use a Goodreads feature to do that.
14 List how many GR groups you are a member of, which one is your favourite and how many comments have you made in that group so far.
15 Find at least three GR Groups that are interested in your favourite genre or author or reading activity (e.g. challenges), link to them (you don't have to join them).
16 Check out your GR Profile, Account & Emails settings and update them if needed.
Rewards
Application Form: 3 XP, 1 Minor Heal Potion
Accomplishment List: 4 XP, 1 Major Heal Potion
Successful job application: 6 XP, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP and refills HP)
The Academy - Literature[
The Academy's Literature department has fallen on Hard Times. The Book Thief has been plaguing their halls! They're so desperate they'll even take Little Women to help out. It's a Brave New World and they have Great Expectations of what you could do to help capture this fiend and bring him in for Crime and Punishment.
Receive 10 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion after helping the literature department.
• Read a book with a single character in the title (Not A or I) B is for Burglar, X Marks the Scot
• Read a book with a greek letter in the title Alpha One, Omega Days
• Read a classic or literary classic
• Read a book with a preposition in the title
• Read a book with a conjunction in the title
• Read 2 books that have homophones of each other in them. (The Winter Sea and All the Light We Cannot See - Sea/See)
The Academy - Expired 7/15/15 Use Time Walking PotionThe Novel Academy where all mages, warlocks and undergraduates go to learn about the world is looking for new instructors. The application process is rigorous and daunting but have no fear, the worst that can happen is you fail horribly and live in disgrace.
Complete requirements to rise the ranks and become a teaching prodigy.
Note: Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other tasks. These are participation tasks.
Ranks
Associate Professor - Complete 3 Requirements
Professor - Complete 6 Requirements
Distinguished Professor - Complete all Requirements
Requirements
1) Nominate a book for BOM in any category
2) Read and Participate in a BOM Discussion
3) Volunteer to write DQ for a BOM
4) Start and Finish one of the Monthly/Seasonal Challenges
April - Rain or shine
5) Start a Spell-It-Out challenge in Reading Challenges and finish at least one word.
What is Your Major
6) Participate in a Buddy Read
7) Write and post a scene for The Theatre
8) Request a recommendation or choose one already recommended and read it
9) Create a draft of a new reading challenge and send to mod account - this can be for NRPG or the main group.
10) Welcome 5 new members to the group
Rewards - received at each level gained
Associate Professor - 3XP, 1 Heal Potion
Professor - Complete 6 Requirements - 4XP, 1 Major Heal Potion
Distinguished Professor - Complete all Requirements - 6XP, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP and refills HP)
February LogLady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 23/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 393
2/2 Easter Bunny Egg. Gain +3 HP
Pot of Gold ~ Gain +1 Gold
Lady Louise: Lv/27; XP: 393
Imp Attack (2)
Imp - 25 Attack 5 Health
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 26/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 393
Lady Louise is taking a well earned rest from when she feels something poking her in the side. That pesky imp is back.
Lady Louise takes up her staff and attacks the imp and misses.
Imp Attacks: 25 - 1(Rocky the Rock); 24AP
Lady Louise: 26 - 24HP= HP 2/27HP
Never mind she thinks, as she limps off to tend to her wounds. I’ll get that pesky imp one of these days
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 2/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 393
As she turns the corner something swoops down
Brown Bat attack
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 2/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 393
Brown Bat: 3 Attack 15 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 Bat Wing
Lady Louise attacks Bat with Magic staff: Bat is dead
Rocky Heals Lady Louise +1HP
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 3/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 394
As Lady Louise reaches her favourite clearing a Goblin steps out in front of her
Goblin attack
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 3/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 394
Goblin: 6 Attack 10 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 Goblin Bone
Lady Louise Attacks with sword.Goblin is dead
Rocky Heals Lady Louise +1HP
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 4/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 395
•Spock Guardian of Forever completed: Gain: +12XP +1 Plasma Gun
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 4/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 407
• Academy - Geography completed: Gain: +12XP; +1 Major Heal Potion
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 4/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 419
• Puppy School - Beginner Fetch Completed: Used 5 Goblin Bones; Gain: Beginner Fetch Certificate
•Puppy Fetch: +1 Gold
15/2 Easter Bunny Egg. Gain +3 HP
Pot of Gold ~ Gain +1 Gold
Puppy Fetch - Gain: +1 gold
Lady Louise: Lv/27; XP: 393
Lady Louise: Lvl 9, HP : 7/27; Sword: Level 8 AP 14 (10+3+1), Magic Staff: Level 10 , AP 16 (12+3+1) XP: 419
Beginner Combat - CompletedRequires Beginning Obedience Certificate.
A dog is a hero's best friend. This class teaches your dog how to be an asset to you in battle.
• Spell out the word ATTACK using spell it out rules.
A The Trophy Wife by Ashley Antoinette 5/14/22
T The Two Towers 4/27/22
T The Golden House 5/4/22
A The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa 5/18/22
C My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life by Rachel Cohn 4/21/22
K The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro 5/18/22
• Read 2 books with teeth on the cover.
9/2/25
6/28 • Read 2 books with battles in them.
Quicksilver 10/22/22 3*
The City of Brass 11/26/22 3*
• Read a book with a red cover.
4/18/23 4*Receive 1 Beginner Combat Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog now has +1 attack.
The Academy - part IIIThe Principal Mage at The Novel Academy just announced that he's looking for The Magical Teacher of the Year. You desperately want to be nominated.
• Complete two of these quests: Academy - History, ✔️Academy - Geography, Academy - Literature
• Complete two of these quests: Academy II - History, Academy II - Geography, Academy II - Literature
• Complete both of these quests: The Academy, The Academy - part II
• Read a book with a teacher as one of the main characters.
Reward: Receive the nomination and 1 Health Gem for your efforts.
Note: Health Gem grants +1 Max HP (permanently) and refills HP (one-time only). (hide spoiler)]
Stick to your New Year's Reading resolutions (For a change) - Repeatable.You can participate once every year.
1. Start fresh.
Read 2 books from a new to you author and 1 book published this year.
Reward: 5 XP.
New To Me
Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon 1/14
The Heirs by Susan Rieger 1/28
2. Read every day.
Read several pages every day for a month (minimum of 10 pages or 15 minutes of audio). You can break up the task into 4 week-long segments if you prefer (doesn't have to be 4 consecutive weeks).
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
3. Read More Diverse Books/Books You Don’t Normally Read.
Read three books from genres you usually avoid (e.g. classics, memoir, sci-fi, YA, history, science, comic book, book set in another country or different culture).
Reward: 3 XP and 6 Gold.
4. Don't be intimidated by longer books.
Read either one 1000+ page book or two 500+ page books.
Reward: 3 XP and 1 Duplication Potion.
5. Enjoy yourself.
Re-read one of your favorite books.
Reward: 2 XP.
6. Declutter Your Books.
Go through all the books you own (physical or electronical), organize them and if you come across some physical books you know you won't read (ever again), donate at least one of them to your local library or school or to a friend. (You don't have to read the book if you don't want to.)
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
7. Organize Your Bookshelves & Manage your ‘to be read’ pile.
Either read a book that you added to your TBR in the year you joined Goodreads or read a physical book that has been sitting on your bookshelf longer than that.
Reward: 1 Time Walking Potion.
8. Make More Reading Friends.
Buddy-read a book with one of your fellow adventurers. Use our local theatre for your buddy-read sessions.
Reward: 1 Major Heal Potion.
9. Stop Buying Books for a month.
Don't buy any books for at least a month and instead read a book that you got for free (might be from your library or borrowed from a friend).
Reward: 2 XP.
10. Pick up a number and stick with it.
Set yourself a reading goal that feels achievable yet still pushes you to find the time to read (minimum of 12 books per year) and stick to it. You can collect your reward for finishing this task no sooner than 1st December.
Reward: 1 Santa Coupon
Tasks 2, 6 and 10 are participation tasks (you can use the books you read for other quests).
Once you finish a task, report it in the Theatre thread and you can collect your reward.
If you finish all 10 tasks, you can collect your BONUS REWARD: additional 5 XP.
New Year, Same Me (Repeatable)[Another year has come and gone, and Queen Skye is staring at a toppling stack of her TBR from the past year that she never got to. It’s so tall now that it touches the ceiling and threatens to flood the room with pages. You can help her by reading some of these books and providing a TLDR.
This is a literary awards challenge!
Choose 1 year and read 5 winners and/or nominees from a single established literary award (e.g., Pulitzer, Hugo, Booker Prize, or Goodreads Choice Awards). Share a mini-review of your favorite in the Local Tavern thread.
!!! Only fresh books can be used for this quest!!! (i.e. read after publication of the quest)
Reward: 5 XP and either 1 Book Glue or 1 magical Book Cover – your choice. Can be repeated once every month.
Book Glue - Glues 2 books together to make a bigger book with the combined total of pages. Book Cover - Combines 2 books to create a book that has a combined serial number.
Imp - 25 Attack 5 Health - You're going to miss this little bugger 3 times before you finally hit him.This is not your month. First bats, then Paul. You shudder to think what is next. Trying your best to make it home you peer from behind a tree, see the coast is clear then take a run for it. Before you can make it three steps you feel a sharp jab in your shoulder. Ow! And another. Ow! And a third. Ow! Finally, you manage to get your weapon out and take a swipe at whatever it is that keeps poking you.
Rewards: 1 Shield Potion, 6 XP, and Essence of Tricks
Final day DQS:21. Do you think it made sense for the group to fall apart after the climax, or would you have expected the shared experiences to keep them close (who else are they going to be able to talk about it with?).
I wasn’t surprised that they all went their separate ways. They all carried a lot of guilt and to come terms with that guilt they needed to handle it in their own way
22. So all in all the characters are all quite unlikeable. Is there one that stands out to you as the least likeable of all?
I don’t think I liked any of the characters
23. What are your thoughts on the book as a whole? Will you read more by Tartt?
I enjoyed the book to some extent. My dislike was due more to the writing style rather than the story as a whole. I will probably read more but not yet
24. I'm surprised this book hasn't been turned into a movie yet, especially with the popularity of Dark Academia. Would you watch the movie if they made one? Any preference for any cast members? I’m not a great fan of books to movies, although I probably would read this
DQs Day 2 - Chapters 3 & 4 (pages 104 to 172)6. What do you think of Julian’s unique position as a wealthy outsider and its influence on his interactions with both the college and the group?
He seems an odd fit
7. The narrator and the group are greatly fascinated by the classics, in particular Greek tragedy. Do you think this influences their perception of the world and their relationships within the group and with other characters?
It must influence them to some degree, to what extent is yet to be seen or understood
8. What do you think of the relationship between Richard and the other members of the group? Do you think it has evolved over these chapters? What, if any, are the elements most likely to strengthen or disrupt this bond?
Richard is the definite outsider of the group. Not sure what it will take for Richard to be truly accepted by the group
9. How does the isolated setting of Hampden College contribute to the atmosphere and the characters' actions?
10. Did your thoughts about Henry’s relationship with Bunny change over the course of these chapters?
I got more of an understanding of their relationship and what they mean to each other.
11. What do the Bacchic rituals symbolize to the group? Are they seeking a transcendent experience, or are they simply indulging in hedonistic pleasures? How do these rituals contribute to the group's downfall?
I definitely think they are indulging in hedoniistic pleasures. Lack of understanding of the consequences of these rituals contribute to their downfall
DQs Day 1Chapters 1 & 2
1.) Is this your first Donna Tartt book or have you read hot book of whatever year that was, The Goldfinch? If you've read The Goldfinch, has this been sitting on your to-be-read list since?
This is my first novel by this author
2.) This has definite secret-college-campus-society vibes. Do you like this setting for a story? Have you read any from this genre you'd recommend to others?
I read a fair bit of this type of novel and quite enjoy it
3.) Speaking of the setting, does the author provide a good description of the campus and the surrounding landscape to set a believable atmosphere for the novel?
It took a little bit of scene setting to fully realise the scene.
4.) Initial thoughts on characters. It's early in the book, but any you like, don't like, or want to learn more about?
To early to say
5.) Do you think the narrator is reliable? Do you like unreliable narrated books or are you not a fan?
I am struggling with the narrator
