Upton Upton’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)


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

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Deset (1112 new)
Jul 14, 2023 07:55PM

35559 Hi - I am reading If It Bleeds by Stephen King. 447 Pages

It works for:
W13c - Carnivore on cover (Cat)
Ewok3 - Carnivore on cover (Cat)
Virtues1 - average GR rating of 4.0 or higher

And of course a whole slew of letters for Team Towers. And has an Orange cover. I will update letters as I read unless I see you have picked a task. Thanks :)
Deset (1112 new)
Jul 05, 2023 10:31PM

35559 Jenny wrote: "Nice catch on all of those Wheel tasks. I would put it on the spreadsheet and under List code or codes for Wheel, just type "see message 889". Or, type in all of the codes that your book will work ..."

Thank you :). I added it to the spreadsheet as you suggested with the memo see msg 889. I should have it done tomorrow.
Deset (1112 new)
Jul 05, 2023 08:29PM

35559 Hello! I am reading Small Game by Blair Braverman. I can use it for Tower, but it also works for some wheel tasks:

Ewok1 Set in a forest
Joro3 8 in page count (288 pages)
Taun4 "Title has set of at least three repeated letters
(THIs THIng of Darkness)" (A, M, L)

It also works for some of the Title Tasks, but I figured those are easier to fill so I didn't list them.

Would you like me to use it somewhere in particular? Thanks!
Deset (1112 new)
Jun 30, 2023 10:53PM

35559 Angie ☯ wrote: "Is it driving anyone else nuts that when you hover over a link on the SS that it shows the wrong book???? But if you click the link you get the correct one!

Or is this just happening to me?"


That has been happening to me as well.
Deset (1112 new)
Jun 30, 2023 10:49PM

35559 Eunice wrote: "Christine wrote: "Hello. I finished a book that I posted before I read the message to hold off on 500 page books. Sorry! I will check in here first next time.
Later today I will finish a book I wa..."


Yikes! I missed that. Thanks for the heads up.
Deset (1112 new)
Jun 29, 2023 12:36AM

35559 Hello. I finished a book that I posted before I read the message to hold off on 500 page books. Sorry! I will check in here first next time.
Later today I will finish a book I was going to use under wheel: Read a book where the page numbers add to 5 (i.e. 212 pages = 2+1+2 = 5). But I am happy to move it somewhere else.
Deset (1112 new)
Jun 19, 2023 10:54PM

35559 Jenny wrote: "On case you guys missed the announcement, the mods are adding a bunch more spell-it-out words for us to get extra points. The new tab will be on the tracking sheet later today.
Any book finished on..."


I added my book in the Teams Tower, sorry! I had a "V" I could use. I did list a bunch of other letters. As this was an older msg, I figured it was ok to add, but if you want it removed, just say the word. Thanks!
Deset (1112 new)
May 07, 2023 10:09PM

35559 I've added a couple books sense we started, and I hope I'm doing alright. I was a bit confused in the beginning, but I think I figured it out :)

Start yelling if I'm messing up the spreadsheet!
Deset (1112 new)
Apr 24, 2023 08:23PM

35559 Hi Everyone! I'm Christine and this is my first TT challenge. I am from White Bear Lake, Minnesota and have 3 dogs. Two are German Shepherds named Daisy Bear & Tinker and the other is a Mini Aussie Shepherd named Otis the Destroyer and the name fits.

I run a busy sports bar and love most outdoor activities and watching the explore.org Bear Cams all summer :)

I enjoy reading most genre's but enjoy long series of books the best.

Looking forward to making new friends and the start or the game.
Jan 12, 2022 09:01AM

35559 Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Christine wrote: "The spreadsheet is not recording my books read. I tried to edit, but you need permission to change the spreadsheet (understandably :)

Could a mod take a peek at it? I believe it ..."


You are the best! Thank you :)
Jan 11, 2022 08:03PM

35559 The spreadsheet is not recording my books read. I tried to edit, but you need permission to change the spreadsheet (understandably :)

Could a mod take a peek at it? I believe it is just missing the formula in the E column.

Thank you for everything you do for us and these challenges!
Dec 28, 2021 05:09PM

35559 I haven't done this challenge before so count me in :)
Author Alphabet Challenge A-Z 2022
0/26

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Dec 28, 2021 04:49PM

35559 You have made this so easy with the spreadsheet just sitting there and waiting for me! I'm in :) I'm starting with 12 Books that would clean out my oldest book and the year 2015.
1/12

1 ~ Off the Wall Death in Yosemite by Michael P. Ghiglieri
2 ~ Over the Edge Death in Grand Canyon by Michael P. Ghiglieri
3 ~ Death In Big Bend True Stories of Death & Rescue in the Big Bend National Park by Laurence Parent
4 ~ Ice Station (Shane Schofield, #1) by Matthew Reilly
5 ~ The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King ~ Completed 01.06.22 ~ 3 Stars
6 ~ Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
7 ~ No Way Down Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley
8 ~ High Crimes the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed by Michael Kodas
9 ~ The Sleeping Doll (Kathryn Dance, #1) by Jeffery Deaver ~ Completed 01.11.2022 ~ 3 Stars
10 ~ Plum Island (John Corey, #1) by Nelson DeMille
11 ~ A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin
12 ~ House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Team Bill & Ted (557 new)
Dec 19, 2021 09:26PM

35559 Happy Birthday December Babies! So much fun. Take care and be safe.
Team Bill & Ted (557 new)
Dec 17, 2021 11:32PM

35559 I added a last one as well in the green section. But I am also good if you have longer books to replace mine :)
Team Bill & Ted (557 new)
Dec 12, 2021 08:15PM

35559 Thank you, Jenny! Such kind words. I really enjoyed reading the discussions and being a part of this group.

I second the Hurrah! for Angie and for doing the job I absolutely could not do :)

I look forward to hopefully teaming up with all of you in the future.

And I would still happily participate in a viewing of Bill & Ted.

May your journeys not be bogus, be excellent to each other, & party on dudes!
Team Bill & Ted (557 new)
Dec 05, 2021 12:06PM

35559 Jenny wrote: "The other pink one I was looking at was Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi. I will go see what Tineye says about this one out of curiosity. But, we can go by our eyes and team consent on those decisi..."

I haven't read that one. But I agree that it does sound like an interesting book.
Team Bill & Ted (557 new)
Dec 04, 2021 07:58PM

35559 I don't know how precise we are being with the colors. TinEye Labs broke it down as this:

42.0 %#ae1d51Red
27.3 %#210a12Black
15.6 %#6c1334Violet
4.6 %#410f1fViolet
3.9 %#ddd9e2Grey
3.5 %#629eb8Blue
1.4 %#b36282Violet
0.8 %#d9aabePink
0.6 %#d1dd29Yellow
0.3 %#8e9826Green

We used that on a different challenge. I definitely agree with Angie. Looked dark pink to me as well.
Team Bill & Ted (557 new)
Dec 03, 2021 07:21PM

35559 I finished a book today that works for A, G, and R. I added it to the spreadsheet. It had 372 pages so not terrible. Feel free to dump it is it doesn't work. I thought we might be able to sneak in one more spell out the extra books listed at the bottom of the spreadsheet.
Team Bill & Ted (557 new)
Nov 28, 2021 09:12PM

35559 I hope you feel better Angela and Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I didn't know Audible was having a sale (makes sense) so I am headed there now :)
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