Nanci’s Comments (group member since Jan 29, 2016)

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

Alissa, I love our Imelda Nadia Eagle!

Lauri, I'm confused about this game too, but grateful for team mates who understand it well enough to help with strategy. Maybe I'll "get it" in another week or two. Ha! I think it we just all read as much as we can each book will fit. There's a big variety of tasks!

Amanda wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Do they mean that if book one on the ladder ends with the word "love" then the next ladder book the title could start with "over" for example, so they both have the letters o-v-e?..."..."

Ha! I can't believe my guess was correct!

I don't understand what we do for Card 2??

Is card 4 like a title relay, except we only have to match 3 of the letters? Do they mean that if book one on the ladder ends with the word "love" then the next ladder book the title could start with "over" for example, so they both have the letters o-v-e?

Laura wrote: "My favorites are Isa and Imelda!!"

I liked Imelda too, Lauren. I also liked Nadia b/c I think we are always hopeful that our team does well in each game. :-))

Is there a picture anywhere of what our Hero looks like? How do we know it's a "she"? Cecily, like the names. :)

Started Anne's House of Dreams yesterday, but not making much headway. I thought it would be fast since it's only 227pages, but the font is super small. Ugh. I'll keep working on it. So much to read! Wish I had the time to read more and faster. So many good options for reading. I have a lot that work, but just can't read that fast.

Completion post:
Author: Lemony Snicket
Pages: 194
Date completed: Oct 12
#4 in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"

Finished The Miserable Mill. Adding it to the READ thread.

Finally my Anne of Green Gables series book came into my library. I will pick it up tonight. While I'm waiting I will be reading another Lemony Snicket book, The Miserable Mill for #4 in a series. Those read really fast, so thought I'd knock out another quick one!

It was just "ok" for me. Not really my kind of book, but it was fun and a fast read so good for a challenge.

Completion post:

Author: Josie Brown
Pages: 142
Completed date: Oct 12
How it fits: #1 in series

I finished for #1 in a series. Adding it to the READ thread now. Use it however it is best.

Laura wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Laura,
I picked up , which I thought I could read later for #6 in series. I just checked and it does have the words, east, west and south in the text. Would yo..."

Ok, I'll read it after I finish my two series books that I've committed to read. Glad others were able to fill in and complete the card, so we could get our new one. Wow, there is tons to read for during this part of the challenge! Loving all the variety!

ooh, I just saw that Cecily and Rachel posted READ books that have directions in them, so if you used those then we only need one more and that task would be complete. I'll start reading Hot Six now until I hear from you. If we don't use if for the direction task, it could always be used for the series task.

Laura,
I picked up , which I thought I could read later for #6 in series. I just checked and it does have the words, east, west and south in the text. Would you rather I read that now and use it for that instead of a series book? It would mean I'd be putting off reading my series books until I finish it, but I think it will read pretty fast.

Laura wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 1
The nook squirrel is a hard to find squirrel. It hides in nooks and crannies all over Novel Kingdom.

Attack: 10 Health: 20

Rewards:
•2 Experience
•1 Poison Potio..."

Still trying to understand this, but glad we beat the squirrel! Ha!

Laura wrote: "Thanks, no worries! It's easy to do!"

Ok. I think I've got it all entered correctly. Feel free to check behind to make sure it's right.

Laura wrote: "Nanci, can you please give example of "north " in text. We will need to give a location/example to enter into spreadsheet"

Sure. So sorry I forgot to do that. I'll add it on the READ thread and if possible add it to the ss also.

Completion post:

Author: Ruta Sepetys
Pages: 393
Date finished: Oct 11
Task: Card 5 "North" p64 "...perched south of Lithuania and north of Poland on the Baltic Sea."

Just finished for Card 5 "North". I know a few of you have read it too. OMGosh! It was sooo good! It's one of my favorites that I've read during this challenge. Posting it to the Read thread now.

Now I'll start reading one of my series books.