Audrey Jane’s Comments (group member since May 27, 2014)

Audrey Jane’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I'm 20% into the book. I think it's around chapter 13. (view spoiler)[I liked the first two chapter and was looking forward for more, I thought Jeevan pov interesting and wanted to know more about the epidemic. What a bummer! The story is all over the place. I'm bored to tears, I do not care about the travelling orchestra where people are alternating referring to each other by instruments or their first names. I can't even distinguish them because they are so colourless and uninteresting.

This book is not a dystopia or deals with a realistic post-apocalyptic situation. This book is so far an ode to Shakespeare, a highly overrated writer. I do not care about his plays. They only one I like is Othello, the Moor of Venice, but it's not about that so I don't care.

At this point this book would be a DNF for me but since I need it for a challenge I'm going to force myself through it. It's painful. (hide spoiler)]

Renee wrote: "This challenge isn't even finished yet and we ate lining up the next one. Wheelathon style, still ironing out the details. Hope to catch up with you all there too. "

Like music to my ears :)
And I agree NancyHelen & Renee, I'm so glad I stumbled upon this group and everything it has to offer.

@NancyHelen: Hope Ethan is feeling better soon!

"..a new kind of wheelathon" :) Anticipation! I'm looking forward to it. I really liked the Wheelathon, it's short but intense. And we had a great team :)

Worst part is I can't whistle!

What about And it's no, nay, never! No nay never no more will I play the wild rover...
When I spontaneously sign the song my whole family is stuck with it lol Besides it's a perfect song for in a tavern :)

Kelly wrote: "Bah, there's always time for ale and stories."

True! Like the tavern pictures btw :)

I'm starting this book now. I haven't read that much post-apocalyptic books, I hope it's good. Will probably check back in tomorrow.

♦ Quest for a horse ♦ 0/10 books

Find all the items to receive your very first horse:

1) Gold to Buy Horse - Read a book with a mainly gold cover or one set in an era where gold is used as the main currency.
2) Riding Clothes - Read 3 books under 200 pages.
3) Horseshoes - Read a book with horses as a main part of the story or one set on a farm.
4) Horse Armor - Read a book over 600 pages.
5) Saddle - Read a book that has 2 d's in the title.
6) Sugar for Treats - Read a book that's sweet (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
7) Apples for Treats - Read a book with a mainly red cover or one featuring a teacher.
8) Carrots for Treats - Read a book where someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something.
9) Hay for Feeding - Read a book with the title starting with the letter H.
10) Bribe for the Stable Master to allow you to pick your horse - Read a book where someone takes or gives a bribe or where the main character is a thief.

*Horse 1 is a American Quarter Horse built for speed. He will speed up your common monster respawn time by 1 day (6 days instead of 7).
*Horse 2 is a Baroque Horse built for attack. He will give you 1 extra attack to both your weapons.

♦ Quest for a House ♦ 0/10 books

Steps to build house:
1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)
2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation.
3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods.
4) Gather Nails - Read a book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.)
5) Create Frame - Read a book where someone is framed for a crime.
6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically.
7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses.
8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.
9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (<70%) one color.
10) Garden - Read a book with flowers on the front.

You get 2 experience for 4 steps completed, another 2 when 7 steps are completed and another 3 when all 10 are completed. Houses give you an excellent place to store things.

♦ Quest for a Puppy ♦ 0/9 books

- read a author with same first name as you:
- read a book that starts with your first initial:
- read a book that starts with your last initial:
- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial:
- read a book whose authors first initial is same as your last initial:
- read a book where the author uses two names (not initial. example: Susan Elizabeth Phillips):
- read a book where the author uses initials instead of names (example: J.K Rowling):
- read a book where the author or main character has a name in top 10 on a list:
- read a book where the main character has unusual name (list as example but it doesn't have to be on it.):

Reward: One Puppy. Your puppy is very poorly behaved but can be trained with lots of help by fellow Novelarians.

♦ Tracking Battles ♦


☩ Sewer Rat (3 Attack, 5 Health) VS Sir Audrey (4 Attack, 12 Health)
- Sir Audrey attacks (4) Sewer Rat (5) = Sewer Rat, 1 Health
- Sewer Rat (3) attacks Sir Audrey (12) = Sir Audrey, 9 Health
- Sir Audrey (4) attacks Sewer Rat (1) = Sewer Rat dead
➤ Gain 1 Experience

☩ Goblin (6 attack, 10 Health) VS Sir Audrey (5 attack, 9 Health)
- Sir Audrey attacks (5) Goblin (10) = Goblin, 5 Health
- Goblin (6) attacks Sir Audrey (9) = Sir Audrey, 3 Health
- Sir Audrey (5) attacks Goblin (5) = Goblin dead
➤ Gain 1 Experience and Goblin bone

☩ Goblin (6 attack, 10 Health) VS Sir Audrey (5 attack, 14 Health)
- Sir Audrey attacks (5) Goblin (10) = Goblin, 5 Health
- Goblin (6) attacks Sir Audrey (14) = Sir Audrey, 8 Health
- Sir Audrey (5) attacks Goblin (5) = Goblin dead
➤ Gain 1 Experience and Goblin bone

☩ Goblin (6 attack, 10 Health) VS Sir Audrey (5 attack, 8 Health)
- Sir Audrey attacks (5) Goblin (10) = Goblin, 5 Health
- Goblin (6) attacks Sir Audrey (8) = Sir Audrey, 2 Health
- Sir Audrey (5) attacks Goblin (5) = Goblin dead
➤ Gain 1 Experience and Goblin bone

☩ Goblin (6 attack, 10 Health) VS Sir Audrey (5 attack, 16 Health)
- Sir Audrey attacks (5) Goblin (10) = Goblin, 5 Health
- Goblin (6) attacks Sir Audrey (16) = Sir Audrey, 10 Health
- Sir Audrey (5) attacks Goblin (5) = Goblin dead
➤ Gain 1 Experience and Goblin bone

Monsters defeated


* Sewer Rat defeated 22/01 --> available next: 29/01
* Goblin defeated 25/01 --> available next: 1/02
* Goblin defeated 22/02 --> available next: 1/03
* Goblin defeated 06/03 --> available next: 13/03
* Goblin defeated 29/03 --> available next: 05/04

♦ Weapons ♦



➤ Sword (Level 3, attack 5)

*100+ pages: House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones 10/01/2015 - ★★★★ (201 pages - ebook)

*100+ pages: Wickedly Dangerous by Deborah Blake 22/01/2015 - ★★1/2 (352 pages)
*200+ pages: Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris 18/01/2015 - ★★★★ (352 pages)

*100+ pages: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 24/01/2015 - ★1/2 (304 pages)
*200+ pages: Light My Fire by Katie MacAlister 6/01/2015 - ★★★ (329 pages)
*300+ pages: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews 20/01/2015 - ★★★★ (400 pages)

*100+ pages: Open Season by C.J. Box - 28/02/2015 - ★★★1/2 (316 pages)
*200+ pages: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare - 11/03/2015 - ★★★★ (370 pages)
*300+ pages: Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione - 8/03/2015 - ★★★ (402 pages)
*400+ pages:

*100+ pages:
*200+ pages:
*300+ pages:
*400+ pages:
*500+ pages:

➤ Magic Staff (Level 1, attack 3)
1. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb - 15/02/2015 - ★★ (In Death #1)

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♦ Quests in Progress ♦

❧ Midas Quests



Run! Alex! Run! 0/4 books

Find the direction words north, south, east and west each in a book or book title (one per book). Lord Alex gladly pays you 10 Gold for helping him escape. He also promises to buy you a round at the local tavern but you're understandably wary after hearing about his last joke where he put the magic frog powder in Lady Tea's drink and turned her into a frog for a week.

Lady Rachel's Debut 0/2 books

Gather 3 goblin bones then read a book with a grey cover to gather the metal then forge the metal and goblin bones together with a book that has fire (exact word, though may be part of a larger word) in the title or series. The director will gladly pay you 10 Gold for setting the show back on track.

Lady Shanna and the Case of the Blueberries 0/4 books

Read 2 books with blue covers and 2 books with round object on the cover to help Lady Shanna out of her blueberry-ism. She will gladly pay you 10 Gold.

Lady Tea in Wonderland 0/4 books

Recount Lady Tea's story by reading a book with trees on the cover or one with short people (hobbits/dwarves/etc.) to set the scene. Then read a tiny book (100-150 pages) to tell about shrinking Tea. Read a big book (500+ pages) to tell about making Tea big again. Then read a book with a cup of tea on the cover or one where drinking tea is mentioned in the book to tell about the party. Lady Kelly will gladly pay you 10 gold for helping describe where Lady Tea is lost.

Sir Reva's Forecasting 0/4 books

Read 2 books where someone predicts the future or is sent to the future and 2 books featuring farmers or economists.
Sir Reva will gladly pay 10 gold for accurate predictions of the future and vegetable benefits.

Sir Angel's Story 0/4 books

Read a book tagged as paranormal or fantasy:
Read a book with animal on the cover (preferably dog/wolf but not required):
Read a book with moon on cover or in title or series:
Read a book where someone goes through some change:
Bring this collected evidence to Sir Angel so she can prove to other heroes she was telling the truth and she'll pay you 10 Gold.

❧ Simple Quests



Tavern Games 0/5 books

Roll 5 Dice. Then choose series numbers or words in a title. If you choose series numbers read books whose series number matches each of the die. If you choose words in a title read books that have each of the numbers of the die in the title. (+7 Exp if series number is chosen, +9 Exp is words in title is chosen.)

Taste the Rainbow 0/7 books

Read a book that is either primarily (75%+) the color or has an object that is commonly that color in the book's title.
+1 experience for each color, +2 additional experience for all colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink

                                 ♞ Summary ♞

Hero: Level 4, 16/16 HP
Sword: Level 3 (5 attack)
Magic: Level 1
Exp: 36
--> Next level at 45

♦ Items collected ♦

3 Goblin Bones
1 Goblin Bone
1 Heal Potion
1 Red shard
1 Yellow shard
1 Green shard

♖ Books in Saddle Pack ♖



Quest's Helpdesk

Finished by Deborah Blake 22/01/2015 ★★1/2 - 352 pages

Not bad but nothing groundbreaking in the PNR/UF genre. I might continue the series but I'm not in a hurry.

Who knows. Maybe some of us are doing infiltration work?

Tea, are you trying to distract us from our quest, because it's definitely working :p

More 'I'! It's always when you don't necessarily need them that they are there.

by Deborah Blake
Characters: Ivan Ivanov, Mariska Ivanov, Peter Callahan, Nina, Roy Smith, Gregori, Petey Callahan, Penelope Callahan
--> Letters: P, R, G, I, N

*what is with all the brooding folk here lol* Hello fellow uhm knights? Adventurers? I haven't killed any monsters yet, I've heard the near forest is full of them, but I'm definitely on a mission to make that part of the kingdom a safer place for travellers!

Lauren wrote: "Thanks for the review, Audrey Jane. I love Kate Daniels and am eager to start their new series."

I like that Ilona Andrews create strong heroines I can root for, I really liked the MC and her family in this book. I hope you enjoy it Lauren :)

I like that about IA, they create fantastic secondary characters that play important roles in the story too. Lol, yes I think so too.

Indeed! I really try to read/enjoy them slowly but the more I enjoy a book the faster I read *sigh*

✼Danielle✼ wrote: "Audrey Jane wrote: "Finished by Ilona Andrews"

Did you like?"

Of course! It's Ilona Andrews :p I really liked it. Especially Nevada's family, they are so funny. And I loved the banter between Mad Rogan and Nevada. The only thing is I wish there was a bit more smexy times ;)

I only have 4 more books to read from Ilona Andrews :/

Finished by Ilona Andrews
Characters: Ian Itou, Nevada Baylor, Connor "Mad" Rogan, Adam Pierce, Troy
Letters: P, I, N, R, T