MN Lisa’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2021)

MN Lisa’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

We have a new Spin:

Tower Teams 3: Find the Elf
Read 4 books with a direction word in the title (e.g up / down / east)
The words can be repeated

Suzanne wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Tineye says black, but I think this is mostly red. What do you think?

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I'm torn about this one because I don't know that it's 50% black (in sp..."
I'd vote for letters. We still have 195 letters to do, so unless its a color we don't get I would say lets use it for letters instead.

For the Spell we get 10 pts per book and an extra 5 per completed word

With rainbow we only get 100 if we finish a rainbow.

I'm starting an 862 Page book. Its probably gonna take me 3 days. Here's to hoping I like it enough to finish and DNF.

Apoorv wrote: "MN Lisa wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "We have lots of possibilities for finishing princess and rogue now ...

Apoorv's book MIGHT even work for that, depending on the secondary characters. Its got a prin..."

I don't see anything where it needs a specific gender for the rogue characters and a female could be rogue. I'd say it would qualify.

New Spin: Jedi (again)

I updated Nicole's The Day of the Triffids to the MPG Dystopia and moved my Sticky Fingers to Hufflepuff. I will finish that soon and then request a new spin

I don't think anyone should feel bad or worry that they can't help with any of the challenges. Reading is about all I do in my spare time and I specifically pick shorter books so I can get through them in about a day or two. I feel bad taking more than one prompt sometimes since I read so fast.

New Spin:

"Read four books that have one of the following MPGs. Each book must have a different MPG (i.e. can't use Romance four times)
MPGs: Dystopia / Young Adult / Historical Romance / Guilty Pleasure / Dark Fantasy / Contemporary / Horror"

Suzanne wrote: "We have lots of possibilities for finishing princess and rogue now that we got the confirmation from mods of just needing "princess type" and "rogue type" so I guess just see whose book works first..."

Apoorv's book MIGHT even work for that, depending on the secondary characters. Its got a princess already.

I've asked for the Spin. Hope it comes in soon.

Vi wrote: "I don't have any objections.. It may work out for the new wheel task. If we get the new whee I can maybe plan my next read around it."

We do seem to be having an issue with the last Jedi Task...Princess and rogue characters trope.

I just read a short book that qualifies for tragedy. Any objection to moving Apoorv's book out of the Wheel so we can get a new spin?

Suzanne wrote: "I can't tell enough about the plot. I think we need some kind of royalty (prince or princess) in love with a scoundrel."

There is a prince, but this book isn't specifically about him, but there is a bunch of characters that the prince is friends with, including a hornless unicorn a dragon, the head of security for the royalty, a giant and a witch.

W3d Jedi - Princess and Rouge Trope Characters. Think A Destiny of Dragons work?

My goal is always to just not be last.

Kirsten wrote: "And now, we'll maybe stop hijacking the thread?"
You would thinks, but now I just want to know how you got those points since they don't match. I wish we could PM multiple people in one message so we could have a mini conversation there instead of clogging this one with our "how did you get that? where did you find that?" questions...

Kirsten wrote: "I tried Lightning Struck Thief and DNF'ed it. "

I tried to read it and I could not. However, listening to it was awesome Michael Lesley is awesome.

Apoorv wrote: "Elinor wrote: "@Suzanne, would love your thoughts on In the lives of puppets. Thinking about getting it as have enjoyed TJ Klune books so far but never 100% for some reason!."

Speaking of TJ, woul..."

I'll think about giving it a try. I have a tendancy to see TJ Klune and avoid it. I read the At First Sight and wasn't super impressed. I also could not read Tales from Verania, but I can listen to it. In that one the narrator makes all the difference.

I thought Demons was hilarious. It was just the break I needed a the time. For some reason I only have 9 points here so I think I have to double check that...

I can't wait to read more of Coven Ties. I liked the concept and the writing and it was a New to Me author. This was 25 points for me

No Good Deed was good too. If you can remember which book you thought it was i'd probably give that a try too. I'd never read something like this before and can't wait for more. I got 29 points

I've never been a big ashe fan, but then again I'm not huge into TJ Klune either and I think that puts me in the minority. So I didn't even give those a try. Also not huge on historicals so that put Molly boys out for me.

Ghostly Findings was good too. I skipped the first book and didn't feel like I missed a lot. I have 23 pts for that.

FYI. The Harry Potter Sorting Had Details are not fully displayed on the Wheel. Here is what they are.

Gryffindor:
traits - bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry
animal - lion; gemstone - ruby
colours - scarlet and gold

Hufflepuff:
traits - hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play
animal - badger; gemstone - yellow diamond
colours - yellow and black

Ravenclaw:
traits - intelligence, knowledge, curiosity, creativity and wit
animal - eagle; gemstone - sapphire
colours - blue and bronze

Slytherin:
traits - ambition, leadership, self-preservation, cunning and resourcefulness
animal - serpent; gemstone - emerald
colours - emerald green and silver