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

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

My Current stats are

Lady Louise : Lvl 6, HP :14/20; Sword: Level 4, Magic Staff: Level 6, XP: 96

Natasha wrote: "I finally read a M book. I read The Magician's Nephew - finished today."

That means we have completed all apprentcice tasks.

✔️Spring Cleaning

(view spoiler)[The old armor smith found a stockpile of gold in a nearby mountain and up and left! The Queen has asked you to clean out all his old junk and get the smithy ready for the next master smith to live in.

Read a book on your to-read shelf that has been there for more than a year. 1 Experience per book (Max 5 Experience).

1. Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb 12/23 Added: 11/20/19
2. Artemis by Andy Weir 1/8 Added: 10/8/18
3. Promises in Death by J.D. Robb 1/28/22 added 11/23/19
4. Chef Sugarlips by Tawna Fenske 2/4/22 added 4/1/19
5. Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter 2/6/22 added 4/25/15 (hide spoiler)]

Two Empty Halves of Coconuts - Completed
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An important step in any young knights life is his first horse. Actually, once you get a horse you don't take nearly as many steps. So maybe it's really the beginning of the end of steps is acquiring a horse. No matter what, it's a good thing to do.

To acquire a horse you must have perseverance, persistence, perspicacity, performance, perfume and various other per related things.

Find all the items to receive your very first horse.
1) Gold to Buy Horse - Read a book with a mainly gold cover or one set in an era where gold is used as the main currency.
2/12/22

2) Riding Clothes - Read 3 books under 200 pages.
Consumed by You 1/22/22 192pgs
Remember Me 1/28/22 180pgs
The Detective's Second Chance 2/14/22 113pgs

3) Horseshoes - Read a book with horses as a main part of the story or one set on a farm.
Hardheaded 8/4/22

4) Horse Armor - Read a book over 600 pages.
Midnight Sun 1/14/22 658pgs

5) Saddle - Read a book that has 2 d's in the title.
Loved by a Dragon 1/20/22

6) Sugar for Treats - Read a book that's sweet (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
Forever and a Day 2/2

7) Apples for Treats - Read a book with a mainly red cover or one featuring a teacher.
6/22/22

8) Carrots for Treats - Read a book where someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something.
Thirty Day Boyfriend 3/5

9) Hay for Feeding - Read a book with the title starting with the letter H.
How to Run with a Naked Werewolf 2/20/22

10) Bribe for the Stable Master to allow you to pick your horse - Read a book where someone takes or gives a bribe or where the main character is a thief.
Thief by Rupert Croft-Cooke 5/22/24

You may choose 1 of two horses. You may also name him as he is now your horse.
Horse 1 is a American Quarter Horse built for speed. He will speed up your common monster respawn time by 1 day (6 days instead of 7).
Horse 2 is a Baroque Horse built for attack. He will give you 1 extra attack to both your weapons. (hide spoiler)]

✔️The First Puppy of Novel Kingdom(view spoiler)[
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Queen Skye has just gotten a puppy from the royal canine breeder. It is an adorable puppy with bright blue eyes and an inquisitive personality. She has launched a campaign across Novel Kingdom to name the royal puppy. The winner of the naming campaign receives their very own puppy! (hide spoiler)]


Search far and wide for the perfect name!
- read a author with same first name as you
A Proper Companion by Louise M. Gouge 6/21
- read a book that starts with your first initial
Lucky in Love 1/2/22
- read a book that starts with your last initial
Medusa 1/19/22
- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial
Meant To Be by Monica Murphy 3/2/22
- read a book whose authors first initial is same as your last initial
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper 2/16/22
- read a book where the author uses two names (not initial. example: Susan Elizabeth Phillips)
Mister Temptation by Tara Sue Me 4/18/22
- read a book where the author uses initials instead of names (example: J.K Rowling)
Red Dirt Heart 3 by N.R. Walker 1/4
- read a book where the author or main character has a name in top 10 on a list
Challenging A Rake by G.L. Snodgrass Amanda 1/14/22
- read a book where the main character has unusual name (list as example but it doesn't have to be on it.)
Pack Run by Lexy Timms Brochan 2/20


Reward: One Puppy. Your puppy is very poorly behaved but can be trained with lots of help by fellow Novelarians. (hide spoiler)]

Read Your Name
Start Date 1/1/21

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I tried to do this in 2018 but failed dismally. Going to try again for 2021.
<>Duration: 1/1/2021-12/31/21

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)
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Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone or 3 or 4 books with the name of your Birthstone in the title
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Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)
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Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge) or Read your favorite flower (Spell it out challenge) or read 3 or 4 books with your favorite flower on the cover
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Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
USA
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Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
Mystery
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Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
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Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
James Patterson
J R Ward


Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
Avg 12-15

Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)
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Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to

Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name

New 2 U Authors 2021
Duration: January 1st - December 31st
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.

Going to give this a whirl and because I don’t like odd numbers going to set this at 36.

TBR Tackler 2021
No Suspension: 27 + books

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2021 Serious Readers Challenge, Level One
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Cleaning Out The TBR Closet 2021
My current TBR stands at 6573 books. I joined GR in 2012.
I'm going to try and read 10 books added each year from 2012-2020 . Total 80 books

2012
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2019
2020

I've completed my target of reading 52 books added before 2019.

Quest idea from apprenticeship team Lady Natasha and Lady Louise

Plague Protection

The plague that has attacked the Novel Kingdom is still attacking our heroes. Queen Skye has decreed that to protect themselves hereos need to wear a mask, wash their hands reqularly for 20 seconds at a time and keep a distance of 6 feet apart from each other.

Your mask needs to cover your mouth and nose. To make your mask:
Read a book where only eyes are showing on the cover.
Collect 2 bat wings and sew together with 2 rat tails to make your mask.

To wash your hands for the required length of time first read a book with water on the cover, then sing happy birthday by spelling HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Keep your distance by reading a book that has a lone person on the cover or 6th in a series.
Gain 15 Experience + 1 Major Heal Potion

Natasha wrote: "The quest looks fine now."

Thanks Natasha, I'll post to the melting pot

Natasha wrote: "And I give you 1 heal potion and 1 major heal potion. Let me know if you want anything else."

That’s great thank you.

Natasha wrote: "I like the quest. Very relevant for today. I have a couple of questions. Are the bat wings and rat tails being used to make the mask?

And do you think spelling out happy birthday would take too lo..."

I’ve amended this to make it clearer. I’ve made the XP15 points to reflect the length of the spell-out and a major heal potion.

The only thing remaing after the spell-out and create a challenge is
9. The experienced player gives a gift to the newcomer to help with a quest (e.g. potion/egg/magic item)

8. Visit the melting pot and suggest a quest idea that you have worked on together

For this tasks I've come up with.

The plague that has attacked the Novel Kingdom is still attacking our heroes. Queen Skye has decreed that to protect themselves hereos need to wear a mask, wash their hands reqularly for 20 seconds at a time and keep a distance of 6 feet apart from each other.

Your mask needs to cover your mouth and nose. To make your mask:
Read a book where only eyes are showing on the cover.
Collect 2 bat wings and sew together with 2 rat tails to make your mask.

To wash your hands for the required length of time first read a book with water on the cover, then sing happy birthday by spelling HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Keep your distance by reading a book that has a lone person on the cover or 6th in a series.
Gain 15 Experience + 1 Major Heal Potion

Let me know what you think.

The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
Date Read: 15/12
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Author initial EP

I used my E book for U in the Christmas special. I’ve got another E up next