Fiona’s Comments (group member since Sep 25, 2023)

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

304 pages

Current total: 1,667,399

Volunteering for Noisy Neighbours!

Volunteering for Noisy Neighbours!

Vinegar and Lobster also belong to the country tasks as those and the food tasks all belong to the Feeding the Family Mini :)

336 pages

Current total: 1,661,832

401 pages

Current total: 1,660,711

Round 1 done!
Great job team :)

288 pages

Current total: 1,648,714

We completed our 7th spell out.
4.5 hours left!

I'm done with my last book for this round as well!
I have removed your Tessa Dare book, Nistha.

We have completed 6 spell outs!

Currently we have 2 incomplete ones:
3 O - 3 claimed
3 U - 1 claimed
2 H - 1 claimed
2 E - 0 claimed
1 L - 0 claimed
2 D - 1 claimed
1 G - 1 claimed

O and U are most needed at the moment, so we can at least complete one more spell out. I will complete one O book, after that I will have hit my cap.
If you know that you can't make it until today at 9pm UK time, please take your books off the tracking sheet!

Go team!

295 pages

Current total: 1,645,500

320 pages

Current total: 1,642,944

One more thing about the minis: A book can only be used for one mini, not for 2 or 3!

Round 1 Update:
5 O - 5 Claimed
5 U - 3 Claimed
1 E - 3 Claimed
1 B - 2 Claimed
3 D - 1 Claimed

192 pages

Current total: 1,642,180

Update:

1 H - 1 Claimed
6 O - 6 Claimed
6 U - 4 Claimed
2 E - 2 Claimed
1 B - 2 Claimed
2 D - 2 Claimed

286 pages

Current total: 1,640,647

🔊ROUND 2 UPDATE🔊

Important info, please read 💙

Our spell out for round 2 is MORTGAGE RENEWAL.
You can start planning your reads in the new Round 2 tab.
Remember that round 2 doesn't start until Saturday evening UK time!

Additionally, we get 3 fun mini challenges that run from round 2-4!

📎The Administrative Mini Challenge📎
Find books that fits one of the following criteria:
- the main character works in an office
- the plot revolves around an office romance
- typical administrative material on the cover
- tagged non-fiction / nonfiction (at least 10x)
- tagged office (at least 10x)
- the main character works in taxes
- the main character works in finance
- the clue to solving a murder is found in paperwork
- cover colour is at least 50% grey
- cover colour is at least 50% orange
- someone is murdered in an office
- the plot revolves around white-collar crime
- the main character needs to know how to handle a budget
- letters GREY in title
- letters TAXES in title
- letters ADMIN in title
- author first & last initials in FILING
- author first & last initials in PAPERWORK
- author first & last initials in SHREDDING
- tagged DNF (or direct equivalent) (at least 10x)

◈ Each task will earn 5 points.
◈ 5 bonus points if a book used for this mini ALSO contains either of the words COFFEE-TABLE or QUILT (note: coffee-table doesn't need to by hyphenated, but does need to be the pair of words).

🌷The Gardening Mini Challenge🌷
Prep:
Get the garden areas ready, building climbing trellises and the like.
Read two sets of 5 books that are consecutive numbers in series (eg 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- do not need to start at 1
- do need to be in a continuous sequence (i.e. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 does NOT work)
- do not need to be from the same series
- do not need to be read in order
Tend:
Find books with words in their title (or subtitle) that meet the following.
Germinate: is 6 or more letters long
Plant: is exactly 5 letters
Mulch: contains one of the following digraphs: CH, PH, SH, TH, WH
Weed: contains a double vowel
Water: contains and H and 2 Os
Pest Control: contains two letters consecutive in the alphabet (e.g AB in alphabet)
Feed: contains a double letter
Prune: can be cut to reveal a different word of at least 2 letters (e.g PRUNE - RUNE / AFFAIR - FAIR)
Harvest: that could be a noun or verb (e.g TRAIN)
Deadhead: contains a repeat set of at least two letters (e.g BEGINNING repeats IN)
Bloom:
Read 10 books with colour covers (50%+) to reflect the colours in your flowers.
MUST include 1 brown and 1 green colour.

◈ Each task will earn 5 points.
◈ 5 bonus points if a book used for this mini ALSO contains either of the words PIANO or VIOLIN (plants respond well to music. not sure about our readers!)

🥨The Feeding the Family Challenge🥨
A: Cooking from Scratch
Find the listed food items in the text of a book; plural variants are ok, and the word found doesn't have to mean the food (e.g "it's a bit of a squash to get everyone in")
- potato
- rice
- pasta
- bread
- beef
- lamb
- chicken
- fish
- lentil
- broccoli
- carrot
- pumpkin
- squash
- yam
- bean
- corn
- okra
- tomato
- onion
- lettuce
- cucumber
- apple
- peach
- fig
- grape
- banana
- salt
- pepper
- sugar
- spice

B: Let's Just Get a Takeaway!
Read books with country tags (at least 5) (yes, we know Hawai'i isn't a country anymore):
- China
- Mexico
- Italy
- France
- India
- Greece
- Japan
- Thailand
- Korea (South Korea and North Korea will also work)
- Turkey
- Nigeria
- Jamaica
- Bangladesh
- Hawaii
- Fried Chicken - needs "Southern Gothic" tag


◈ Each task will earn 5 points.
◈ 5 bonus points if a book used for this mini ALSO contains either of the words VINEGAR or LOBSTER.

For all mini challenges goes:
- books can be started but not finished before round 2
- please add the corresponding Mini ref to the Round 2 (3,4) tab which you can find in the Minis tab
- add the reason (how it fits)
- if applicable, add your bonus word

If you have questions, please ask away!

Oh me too!
After Book Games I was so lost, I didn’t know what to do with my life anymore haha

We completed our third spell out!