Alysa’s Comments (group member since Jun 27, 2015)

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

I added a Tag list at the top of Round 1 in planning sheet, just to have one more point of reference without clicking thru the drop-down.

Re tasks -- I know every person has their own list, but does anyone know if the list resets every Round? Like, if you Read a book set in Canada (#1) in Round 1, can you Read [another] a book set in Canada (#1) in Round 2? Or is the one long task list supposed to last for the entire Wheelathon?

Nice start!
It might be a good idea to either A) do the Spell Out with each letter in a single row or column, so we can place books in for each letter as we go (and note possible alternate letters), or B) change “Reason” to something like “Letters this works for” and ask everyone to just list all letter options there.
In either case, it will make it a lot easier for you Captains to move stuff around as needed.

I might not be making sense because very tired...

Geri wrote: "Congrats Alysa! I have never played. But it seems like the game is intense!"

It was pretty intense, yeah. But my team got along really well (I had played on various other team challenges with the majority of them before) and we spent a lot of time preparing, which fun and really paid off. It was almost like a real sport! And I even got to read some good books, which I was not necessarily expecting, lol.

Hi! Quidditch is over! My team won, and then I got a whole night of sleep, phew! (That was nuts but fun — did anyone else follow the match?)

I am promised to my family today, but starting late tonight I will be a lot more present here. I can also help with a planning spreadsheet. I don’t think I have ever been on a team that did not use one... and I have rarely not been on a high-performing team. Just sayin’ 😁

Two more things for now:
1) Hi Frankie!!!! You are the only person here that I’ve ever teamed with before, and didn’t we have fun in TT? Ira 4 ever!
2) Everybody used a crap ton of O’s during The Floor is Lava challenge last summer. We can dig up those NBRC threads (and spreadsheets, if applicable) and pull ideas.

I was ready to post my successful attack on Ambi -- didnt get a chance. But thanks Ambi's book choices for helping me some stuff off of my ancient TBR!

I have stuff to finish before Wheel now... but probably will not read too much for the next week, lol.

SO MUCH READING!
Great match, everybody!!!

Team Who Must Not Be Named Beater

Wait a minute, that wizard school wasn't even Hogwarts!!! Alysa abandons failed attack on A Wizard of Earthsea, and attempts to distract Seeker Ambi with The Tales of Beedle the Bard instead.

(The only edition of Beedle I could get has a lower page count but I will of course abide by Ambi's edition's minimum time.)

Is it Sapphired Book Dragon, Nikk? :D

Ambi wrote: "Finishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard: The Illustrated Edition, seeker Ambi catches a glimpse of gold. Off to read After the Quake while searching for the snitch."

What task is that for?

Beater Alysa has always wanted to read... A Wizard of Earthsea. Attempting to distract Seeker Ambi!

Team Who Must Not Be Named Beater Defense

Alysa wrestled that Sinful Cinderella on the quidditch pitch, and defense is complete! Seeker Rebecca can keep looking for that snitch!

(with appropriate time delay, of course)

Both Rebecca's current book and previous book have the word Cinderella in the title, and they have different min read times.
We didn't know which one we were defending, and had to pick a defense book based on min read time of whichever was being considered Rebecca's book under attack.

Apparently that is Sinful Cinderella (so I have to read that now), and not Cinderella Cook-Off (would have been shorter).

We're at 36 min ago for Magpies and 18 min ago for me for Sinful Cinderella.

Wanna use this post as the point of reference for time?

ETA: to be clear -

TWMNBN Beater Defense
Alysa is reading Sinful Cinderella, 4:14pm

(but Magpies only have 18 min lead time, not 36 min)

Cat wrote: "Ummmm.... I think that I thought any was fair game, even if its been turned in (cos the catch book is off limits)

Let's stick with that, but say each find book can only be attacked once?

Feedbac..."

Okay, so, can both sides do a timer reset?
Because I lost a lot of time simply waiting for the answer in this case, and now I will need to defend with Sinfull Cinderella instead of Cook-off... of which I have only read 2 pages, lol.

Lexi wrote: "I can go with that. Alysa will change her book to the right one and reset the timer."

No need in this case, because they both have Cinderella in the title. So I can stick with the Cook-Off one.
ETA: length question.

Maybe we should wait for Cat to answer, and in meantime both reset timers. Because this "you can attack any seeker task book at any time" is not something I would ever have thought of, once the book has been reported in.
In which case this attack only makes sense based on Common Word in Title.

Rina wrote: "Lexi wrote: "Cat or Mods if they are around. Beater attacked back a seeker book (Rebecca already finished). Is that allowed or should it be the current seeker book? We know seekers are new this rou..."

And here we thought it might be based on "matching word in title" rule. So I'm still defending w/the Cinderella Cook-Off one.

Team Who Must Not Be Named Beater Defense

Beater Alysa is fixin' to get some grub at The Cinderella Cook-Off!
(defending seeker Rebecca from distraction)

Team Who Must Not Be Named Beater Defense

Beater Alysa gets Minx back on her broom, by finishing An Eye for Murder!

Team Who Must Not Be Named Beater Defense

Beater Alysa must have been confused by icebergs for a while, but now comes to Minx's defense with An Eye for Murder!

Team Who Must Not Be Named Beater Defense

Success! Beater Alysa has finished Taking the Titanic. Seeker Rebecca continues to sail the frozen seas and skies!