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

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

Guidelines agreed by the Captains

For word in text:
- the actual animal must be referred to and not part/characteristic of the animal
- representations of the animal do not count (stuffed animal, statue, etc)
- metaphors involving the animal do not count (as stated by the mods in the rules)

Some examples:
- If someone has a taxidermy deer in their house, it's a deer. (counts)
- If two characters are having coffee and one of them is talking about the eagle the rehabbed at the bird sanctuary last week, it's an eagle. (counts)
- If someone has a crocodile purse, it's a purse. (does not count)
- If someone has a dalmatian fur coat, it's a coat not a dog. (does not count)
- If someone randomly exclaims that they wish they were a wolf, they're... still not actually a wolf. (does not count)

When posting your books this week can you add as many of the animals that it works for as possible, that way we can move things around as needed.

Maddy wrote: "I can do - bunny, wolf, bear, selkie, jaguar, leopard, antelope, fox, elephant, bengal tiger, owl"

Bunny - needs to be rabbit
Selfie - not in the list
Bengal tiger - I’ll take this as tiger 😊

Kaley wrote: "I have a clarification question! I know the rules say...

The reference to the animal within the text of the book needs to be to the actual animal and not an expression such as "lazy like a sloth",..."

From the s/Sheet
“"Find as many animals as you can either on the cover, in the title or in the text of the books you are reading. The reference to the animal within the text of the book needs to be to the actual animal and not an expression such as ""lazy like a sloth"", for example. The animal can be real or imaginary (e.g. a teddy bear, picture of a moose)"

Charlie wrote: "I plan to read The Monkey's Raincoat this week for the mini-challenge.

I saw someone post about a limit. I signed up for 1 book per week, does that mean I can only contribute 1 book ..."

The limit is for the team, if you can complete more feel free. LaurLa and I will let you know if we need you to stop reading until the rollover

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Louise, are you feeling better?"

Much better thank you. I’ve had plenty of rest and “Lempsip”, at least when I’m back in work tomorrow I should get through the day without sneezing!

Maddy wrote: "Sorry team, I didn't get to finish another book :(
I had guests and didn't have time for reading...

Two questions
1. Do mini challenge books count in our team total books? Meaning, does the limit ..."

Yes mini challenge books do count towards our limit. And that is an antelope in the background.

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Louise,
In your post at the start where you've listed examples for sin bingo, why is there A Clash of Kings? I don't see it tagged as dystopia (that one is currently on pg 6 of tags). ..."

Good spot Tea, I scoured the s/sheets last week for Sin Bingo’s across the Teams. Team lust Claimed it in week one and had discussed it in their thread. I’ll remove this from the post

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
Date Read: 10/20
Pages: 405

Sin: Lust Bingo - Red Cover; Top Shelf - Guilty Pleasure; Lustful item on cover - the dress

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

Thanks Tea :)

I can cover tapir, spider monkey, echidna, capybara

@Alex can you add your book to your wheel shelf please

@Charlie can you check which edition you have shelved, it does not correspond to what is posted.

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

Charlie wrote: "On a Wicked Dawn
By Stephanie Lauren's
Pages: 421
Tead: 10/19/19
Gluttony bingo

*sorry I can't link it correctly, I am on my phone and won't be on a computer until monday :("

Can you make sure the correct edition is on your shelf please Charlie, The one you currently have shelved has a purple Cover and 448pgs

I’ve found a tapir (t) in and a cozy mystery series which has lots of animals. Downloaded the boxed set in KU and delve in. Also has dogs 😊

To maximise points we need to prioritise in order of

Tricky Animals - 7 points each
Easy Animals - 5 points each
Cover colours - 5 points.

Post here what you think you can read for next week and we’ll mark it on the spreadsheet 🙂