Louise’s Comments (group member since Aug 29, 2015)

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

Jenn wrote: "Louise wrote: "Mini Tasks to Claim

• MPG Humour
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in ti..."

Humor or Humour is fine :)

Countdown to the Start

15 May 9pm BST London, UK

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Other cities:
Sydney, Australia - Mon, 16 May 2022 06:00
Athens, Greece - Sun, 15 May 2022 23:00
Athens, GA, USA - Sun, 15 May 2022 16:00
San Francisco, CA, USA - Sun, 15 May 2022 13:00

Kelsi wrote: "Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Just did my time zone conversion, and looks like it starts for me this Sunday at 4:00 pm. Now back to the waiting game..."

Sunday at 1pm for me, seems so far away!"

4 days 3hours and 49 minutes

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Just did my time zone conversion, and looks like it starts for me this Sunday at 4:00 pm. Now back to the waiting game..."

There is a countdown in msg 6 I’ll see if a city cheat sheet has been posted

Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Good morning!
I live in Southern California and I love to read! I currently work in lodging on a military base. Besides having a regular day shift of 3 -1130 PM, I am also the back-up for the Midni..."

Welcome Stormie, don’t forget to post your shelf link.

Found a book for MC is a writer Waiting for Tom Hanks

Good morning all. DQs have been assigned for The Travelling Cat Chronicles


Official page count: 288 pages

Chapter Breakdown
Date Chapters MPDQs
16 May Prologue & Audrey Jane (Cass)
The Husband Without a Wife
17 May The Unsentimental Farmer Claire (Hec)
18 May Sugi and Chikako's Hotel for Pets &
Between Friends Judy (Helen)
19 May How Noriko Learned to Love Nanci (Jason)

No DQ points for us this time but plenty of opportunity for BOM points. Don’t forget that to claim BOM points you will need to link 3 DQ sets in your completion. If using the tracker and you are unsure how to do this give a shout out and we can help you out.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "As for planning, I always way overplan, so with themed challenges can usually fit one of them in --- or else will just keep adding to the growing pile ;)"

I used to be like that and ended up with loads of books on trackers that I never got round to because they didn’t fit with other challenges I had ongoing. Now I “try” to only plan a week at a time.

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Hey everyone!!! Just a couple of things to mention here lol

I'm not real savvy yet with tracking sheets, I get nervous I'm going to mess someone else's stuff up. I'm not real familiar with them, ..."

No worries Robin up to you whether you want to use the spreadsheet, you can post in here if you wish. There are sections of the spreadsheet I’ve restricted for Captains only to edit.

We get 0.1 point/page for each book and it’s rounded down: e.g
100 - 10
200 - 20
300 - 30
400 - 40
500 - 50
600 - 60
700 - 70
800 - 80
900 - 90
1000 - 100
Over 1000 - 100

There is a cap on our team books/month and we are penalized for going over it. Don’t worry we’ll let you know when we are close. I will post a weekly update on a Saturday/Sunday with these figures in.

Morning all, love all the pre-planning, I’ll get the mini updated with what has been claimed.

I see there are lots of big books planned, I tend to only plan out the BOM and will pre plan books a week in advance as challenges arise.

Mini Tasks to Claim

• MPG Humour
• Mask on cover
• Stars on the cover - Stormie
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in title - Robin
• Author initials in SACRED - Kelsi
• Poetry quote in the text
• MC is a writer Louise
• Royal title in book title - Erin
• 1st in series - Jax
• MPG History/Historical Fiction - Jax
• A celebration in the book
• Musical instrument on cover
• Characters attend a musical performance
• Dancing in the book - Trinia
• Letters CLD in title of book - Robin

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Louise wrote: "Please take a look at the May mini and let us know if you can cover any of the tasks - Spellout Tasks do not need to be claimed. We have 2 weeks to complete the May mini.
."

I can c..."
There's a section on the tracking sheet for this to save swapping between the sheet and the thread.

A Little Housekeeping

Before the challenge starts just a couple of reminders.

- Books cannot be started until 9pm (UK time)
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

- Make sure that books are marked as read and on your Tower Shelf

- Books can be posted either here in the thread or on the spreadsheet, whichever you prefer.

- Please check into the thread at least weekly to let us know how you are getting.

- If you are going to be away or have any RL issues crop up let myself or one of the Co-Caps know

Above all - Enjoy

Meet The Muses May Mini

Our hosts on Mount Olympus (or TBR) would like to introduce themselves in preparation for the forthcoming festivities. To that end, they have inspired a mini-challenge to get your creativity started.

For this challenge, each muse has a selection of tasks to be completed. These are under the spoiler below.

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Thalia (“The Cheerful One”) was the Muse of Comedy and was often portrayed holding a comic mask or a shepherd’s crook
• Spell out Thalia - T
• Spell out Thalia - H
• Spell out Thalia - A
• Spell out Thalia - L
• Spell out Thalia - I
• Spell out Thalia - A
• MPG Humour
• Mask on cover


Urania (“The Heavenly One”) was the Muse of Astronomy, and you can often see her holding a globe
• Spell out Urania - U
• Spell out Urania - R
• Spell out Urania - A
• Spell out Urania - N
• Spell out Urania - I
• Spell out Urania - A
• Stars on the cover
• Map at the front of the book


Melpomene (“She Who Sings”) was the Muse of Tragedy, and she is either holding a tragic mask or some other symbol of tragedy (sword, club, buskins)
• Spell out Melpomene - M
• Spell out Melpomene - E
• Spell out Melpomene - L
• Spell out Melpomene - P
• Spell out Melpomene - O
• Spell out Melpomene - M
• Spell out Melpomene - E
• Spell out Melpomene - N
• Spell out Melpomene - E
• Sword on cover
• Tagged Tragedy


Polyhymnia (“She of the Many Hymns”) was the Muse of Hymns and sacred poetry, often depicted with a pensive look hidden behind a veil
• Spell out Polyhymnia - P
• Spell out Polyhymnia - O
• Spell out Polyhymnia - L
• Spell out Polyhymnia - Y
• Spell out Polyhymnia - H
• Spell out Polyhymnia - Y
• Spell out Polyhymnia - M
• Spell out Polyhymnia - N
• Spell out Polyhymnia - I
• Spell out Polyhymnia - A
• Letters of HYMN in title
• Author initials in SACRED


Erato (“The Lovely One”) was the Muse of Lyric Poetry; naturally, she’s usually represented with a lyre;
• Spell out Erato - E
• Spell out Erato - R
• Spell out Erato - A
• Spell out Erato - T
• Spell out Erato - O
• Poetry quote in the text
• MC is a writer


Calliope (“The One with a Beautiful Voice”) was the Muse of Epic Poetry; Hesiod claims that she was the foremost among the nine, since “she attends on worshipful princes”; Calliope can often be seen holding a writing tablet;
• Spell out Calliope - C
• Spell out Calliope - A
• Spell out Calliope - L
• Spell out Calliope - L
• Spell out Calliope - I
• Spell out Calliope - O
• Spell out Calliope - P
• Spell out Calliope - E
• Royal title in book title
• 1st in series


Clio (“The Celebrator,” “The Proclaimer”) was the Muse of History, and, quite fittingly, she usually holds a scroll;
• Spell out Clio - C
• Spell out Clio - L
• Spell out Clio - I
• Spell out Clio - O
• MPG History/Historical Fiction
• A celebration in the book


Euterpe (“She Who Pleases”), was the Muse of Flute-playing, which is why she is time and again portrayed with an aulos;
• Spell out Euterpe - E
• Spell out Euterpe - U
• Spell out Euterpe - T
• Spell out Euterpe - E
• Spell out Euterpe - R
• Spell out Euterpe - P
• Spell out Euterpe - E
• Musical instrument on cover
• Characters attend a musical performance


Terpsichore (“The One Delighting in the Dance”), was the Muse of Choral Lyric and Dancing; as expected, she is usually shown dancing and sometimes holding a lyre.
• Spell out Terpsichore - T
• Spell out Terpsichore - E
• Spell out Terpsichore - R
• Spell out Terpsichore - P
• Spell out Terpsichore - S
• Spell out Terpsichore - I
• Spell out Terpsichore - C
• Spell out Terpsichore - H
• Spell out Terpsichore - O
• Spell out Terpsichore - R
• Spell out Terpsichore - E
• Dancing in the book
• Letters CLD in title of book
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◈ Only books read and finished from the start of the challenge until 9pm GMT+1 on 31st May will count for the Meet the Muses mini challenge.
◈ You will gain 5 points for each task you complete.
◈ For each Muse you complete all the tasks for, you get an additional 10 points.
◈ You may only complete each task once.

Please take a look at the May mini and let us know if you can cover any of the tasks - Spellout Tasks do not need to be claimed. We have 2 weeks to complete the May mini.

Vicky and Kerri hopefully you can get copies for June BOM.
Stacey that is a shame, there's always the back room BOM.

Volunteering for DQ's for Team Circe

Volunteering for DQs for Team Circe I`m away from 3-6 so will need to be Day 1

June BOM's have been announced

discussion thread


Discussion Thread

Welcome everyone glad to see some new faces.
Kerri spring is my favorite time of year but the UK doesn’t seem to know what season we’re in at the moment. Hopefully we’ll have some good weather for the jubilee weekend.

Annalisa your trip sounds amazing, enjoy the downtime before the challenge starts.

Trinia books cannot be started until the challenge starts, if you can return and reborrow that would be great, The May BOM can read anytime between 15th May and 14th June

Kelsi - love your cat’s name. Door stoppers on audio are definitely the way to go especially at double speed.

Stacey - that would be me, I had to check that my library had it available and signed up for DQs before teams were announced. I only ever do BOMs when there are points available, not that I’m competitive. 😏

If anyone is interested the first BOM eligible for points is The Travelling Cat Chronicles the discussion thread can be found here.
We get 40pts if any of our team is selected to write DQs, I have volunteered for DQs🥴 but more sacrifices are always welcome. We also get 20 pts for reading the book and answering some DQs