Melanie’s Comments (group member since Sep 01, 2014)

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

Judith wrote: "We were in 13th place at the end of week 4 so if we complete this, we'll gain 200 bonus points."

That's in addition to the points for the tasks themselves, right? Just want to make sure I'm reading it right.

Did everyone see the extra bonuses for week 6?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

What does everyone think? I'm trying to see if I can plan my reading so I can fit everything into them.

Judith wrote: "Looking at options for word in title and MPG, mistletoe actually looks like a better option.

If no one has an objection, I'll put in for mistletoe."

Mistletoe is fine with me!

Judith wrote: "*spreadsheet updated"

Looks like Catherine's completion post # 669 was missed.

Judith wrote: "I’m thinking presents is our best option. Second choice is mistletoe.

I’m saying no to green because it’s really limited for letters."

I agree about green. I have more books that will fit presents than mistletoe, so presents gets my vote.

Ok our three choices for next week's word:
MISTLETOE PRESENTS GREEN

Which option does everyone prefer? Lots of E's no matter which one we choose.

I think it's neat they're doing something a little different for the last week. Also, where has the time gone and how are we almost done with Wheelathon?

So I can read The Christmas Wedding Ring for word on cover based on ny comment above as my library has the ebook available.

Ok, so what's screwing me up is that there's more than one kind of tinsel which I didn't know.

There's the individual threads which it what I've always known tinsel to be.
https://goo.gl/images/VQxdSj

And apparently there's tinsel in a long strand which I've always known as garland.
https://goo.gl/images/GGz5zY


I looked at other teams with tinsel as their word, and one of them used the second one (what I know as garland) for their word on cover. I've seen several covers with that and discarded them as options as I was looking for the kind that's individual threads.

So if we can use the second option, which it seems we can, then I've definitely found covers that have that kind.

Judith wrote: "Do you guys think there is tinsel on this tree? I'm going cross-eyed trying to find tinsel on a cover.

"

After looking at a bigger picture of the cover, it doesn't look like there's any tinsel. At least I'm not seeing any.

Completion Post

Book: Every Heart a Doorway
Author: Seanan McGuire
Date: 11/28/18
Pages: 173
Letters: S (author first name - Seanan McGuire), E (title), L (author first name - Lundy)

Completion Post

Book: Chasing Christmas Eve
Author: Jill Shalvis
Date: 11/27/18
Pages: 366
Letters: S (author last name - Jill Shalvis), E (character first name- Elle Wheaton)
Bonus: Word in text - "Not one holiday decoration, not so much as a single strand of tinsel." — Page 167

Judith wrote: "FYI -

As you all know we can skip articles when looking for spell it out letters. But we don’t have to..."

Huh, I totally forgot about that. That certainly helps. I've edited my post to add the additional letter.

Completion Post

Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Duke
Author: Janna MacGregor
Date: 11/27/18
Pages: 356
Letters: T (title), S (character nickname/title - Paul Barstowe, Duke of Southart), E (character first name- Emma St. Mauer)

Kaley wrote: "One of the books I’m reading has the word tinsel in it. I think that was claimed already, but just throwing it out there that I have a backup in case the claimant doesn’t want to read for it (if they haven’t already)!"

I was planning on reading my tinsel in text book tomorrow, but if you finish yours first I don't see why we can't use that. I'll be reading mine either way.

Completion Post

Book: Invictus
Author: Ryan Graudin
Date: 11/26/18
Pages: 458
Letters: I (title), E (character first name - Eliot)

Question. Can a character's title be used for the spell it out?

The male lead in The Good, the Bad, and the Duke is the Duke of Southart and is known as Southart to his peers. I wanted to read this one, but his title was the only way to fit the spell it out that I could see, but I don't know if we can use someone's title.

Unfortunately I will not be able to finish anything else. I thought I'd have more time this week, but unexpectedly a few things came up. Next week should hopefully be better though.

Completion Post

Book: Kiss of the Spindle
Author: Nancy Campbell Allen
Date: 11/23/18
Pages: 361
Letters: C (character last name - Isla Cooper), N (character first name - Nigel Crowe), B (character last name - Jacob Bonadea), A (author last name - Nancy Campbell Allen), D (character first name - Daniel Pickett)

Completion Post

Book: Her Naughty Holiday
Author: Tiffany Reisz
Date: 11/22/18
Pages: 220
Letters: C (character first name - Clover Greene), R (author last name - Tiffany Reisz), E (character first name- Erick Fields)

Judith wrote: "Has anyone found cornbread in text? Or do I need to try and squeeze in that Molly Harper book?"

I haven't found it yet. I have a copy of that Molly Harper book, so if you don't want to or have time to pick it up, I can read it tomorrow.