Apoorv ’s Comments (group member since Mar 26, 2014)

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

Alison wrote: "Or how about we split it onto two tabs, one with active tasks and the other with the later ones? ."

I like this! We should just move those three books, with their three tasks, to a new tab and work on that as primary. That should make things clearer, simpler and quicker.

Also, quick check on the task Read 2 books with similar covers, which works for Task 2 - Chamber of Secrets; do you guys think the covers of these two books are similar?

Just as a suggestion, would it help to just hide all the other tasks from the spreadsheet, Alison? That way, we can singularly focus on getting the specific tasks done first.

Alison wrote: "Mods are feeling generous this morning and have said number or word form is fine for any of the tasks involving numbers in titles."

Wooohoooo!! ^_^
*happy dance*

Rather a stupid question, but I might as well ask since there are negative points at stake here:

For the task, Read a book with a number in the title, do we strictly need to have a number (e.g. 10, 3 etc.) in the title, or would its alphabetized format work (e.g. ten, three etc.)?

July
Completion Post

Book Read: The Mistake I Made | Paula Daly
Date Completed: 31-Jul-2018
Pages: 368
Buddy Read: Discussion Post (Initial)
Points: 40+30 = 70
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

C: Celia
D: Dennis
E: Elias, Scott
G: George
H: Henry
N: Nadine
P: Petra
R: Roz Toovey
S: Scott Elias
T: Toovey, Roz
V: Vincent
W: Wayne

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Tri Wizard Tasks

33 - Read a book where the characters attend a party - Elias' have a 25th wedding anniversary
86 - Read a book MPG Crime - MPG: Crime - 5 users
89 - Read a book with a predominately pink cover - My Pink (Pink) - 46.5%
93 - Read a book MPG Mystery - MPG: Mystery - 20 users
94 - Read a book where someone dies - (view spoiler)[Wayne is murdered. (hide spoiler)]

Team Gilderoy Lockhart
Part 1-5 - Chapter 1-30

I am definitely captivated to say the least.
I jumped into the book without reading the blurb, so when the curve ball of (view spoiler)[Scott making his offer to sleep with Roz and her accepting it (hide spoiler)] happened, I was definitely surprised.

I liked the backstory and how it all progressed right up to that point. While Roz isn't necessarily a favorite or a likable character, I certainly understand her story and the reasons for her actions.

Scott, on the other hand, (view spoiler)[is just plain straight-edged. Given the fact that he triggers and important change in the narrative, I hardly find his charcater remotely powerful or vicious enough. Its not even threatening at this moment. He is just a middle-aged man, wanting to sleep around, because his life is at a stale-mate and because he simply can. Nothing more. (hide spoiler)]

That is sort of my qualm with almost all the male characters in the book. (view spoiler)[Scott is vanilla, Henry is bland, Vince is a space filler, Winston is an asshole, and Wayne is a douche. If you need to make all the supporting characters weak to make your main character shine out, it is a clear sign of under-development of the main character on the author's part. (hide spoiler)]

But either way, the story is compelling nonetheless.

I just happened to add serial numbers to the tasks (sorry caps, didn't mean to overstep) - just so that we can add all the other task numbers that apply for a single book.

Might just be easier for the caps to move things around.

Steven wrote: "Can I take it back since you called me Stevie Wonder? That triggers some high school bullying flashbacks -_-"

Holy shizwizzle!
In that case, I take it back! Those sycophantic nincompoops! Ugh!
Sorry, O benevolent being!

Steven wrote: "Sorry to drop in and you the competition (you people!), but according to the captain's group question thread, wishlist is acceptable. Whoever is a captain on your team can click through here and re..."

I knew there was some Ravenclaw niceness left behind that Gryffindor facade! You are priceless, Stevie Wonder! Thank you for helping out! :=')

RebeccaS wrote: "Also I'm assuming Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” - it has to be "wish" exactly and not wish-list (sorry this is my first round!)"

I would say yes. It has to exactly be 'wish'

Emily wrote: "s this date correct? June?."

LOL! Why, isn't it June that's currently running? :P
Naah, that was me having a Monday moment. Updated it to July.

July
Completion Post

Book Read: Beneath the Sugar Sky | Seanan McGuire
Date Completed: 30-Jul-2018
Pages: 174
Buddy Read: Discussion Post (Initial)
Points: 20+30 = 50
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

A: Angela
C: Christopher
E: Eleanor West
K: Kade
N: Nadya
P: Ponder
R: Rini
S: Sumi
W: West, Eleanor

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Team Gilderoy Lockhart
Part I

I am so pleased we are back to the school and its surroundings. I absolutely loved the set-up for Book 1 and the moors in Book 2 just didn't catch my fancy as much. So definitely a star for the setting.

Plus, I love Christopher and Kade. I am so glad to see them come back and play a role in the proceedings. Nadya and Cora are also interesting, and while it seems like it is (view spoiler)[Rini's story (hide spoiler)], I would love Cora's mermaid tale and her world.

(view spoiler)[The way Rini appeared was indeed funny. Although, she is slightly grating on my nerves with her over-the-top behaviour. And what's with the selfishness? I understand you are disappearing and it sure is scary, but she has absolutely no care in the world for Sumi, and that is sad. (hide spoiler)]

I see the Triwizard Tasks up on the spreadsheet, are we good to start working on them, caps?

July
Completion Post

Book Read: Nightmares and Dreamscapes | Stephen King
Date Completed: 29-Jul-2018
Pages: 897
Points: 100
Challenge Shelf updated

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Classes
Arithmacy - 800-900 pages - 897 pages

Melissa wrote: "New Stuff from the Mods! Spell it Out with Character Names.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Is this for every book finished now onwards, or do we go back and include the books not included in spells or classes?

Heads up - The last book for the classes, that I am reading currently, will be finished before the end of the month, so we should be fine there.

I hate that the BRs will be over. Ugh!

July
Completion Post

Book Read: When Dimple Met Rishi | Sandhya Menon
Date Completed: 24-Jul-2018
Pages: 380
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated

July
Completion Post

Book Read: One of Us Is Lying | Karen M. McManus
Date Completed: 23-Jul-2018
Pages: 359
Buddy Read: Discussion Post (Initial)
Points: 40+30 = 70
Challenge Shelf updated