Karen D’s Comments (group member since Aug 25, 2015)

Karen D’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Finished:

Author: Kevin Hearne
Finished: 6/20
Task: D7 (bonus points for book shelved as fantasy)
Pages: 310
4 stars

I'll guess I6

Done with Glass Sword! (Full completion post here)

So that takes care of one book for task G8, and it has 440 pages so I believe that's 4 points?

Laura, I liked it but didn't love it. The ending was great and exciting but I felt like the whole recruitment chunk of the book dragged a bit. It also reminded me way too much of the XMen movie! But the ending was great, and I'm definitely excited for the next one!

Completed:


Author: Victoria Aveyard
#2 in the Red Queen series
Date finished: 6/19
Task: Battleship, G8 (#2 in a series)
Pages: 440
4 stars

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been MIA this weekend, ended up being quite busy. But I did get some reading done and hopefully will finish Glass Sword by the end of the night (tomorrow morning at the latest) as long as I can get through it before GoT tonight!

Amanda wrote: "Karen wrote: "Thanks Amanda! One question (ok probably more eventually, but one for now) - does every member need to read one book for a task for every set of tasks we get? So we need to go through..."

Oh great!! That makes this a bit more manageable then :)

Amanda wrote: "Ok, so since there's still some confusion I'll try to write out the basic points:

--All books need to have 100 or more pages

--Every member needs to read at least one book for a task (this does ..."

Thanks Amanda! One question (ok probably more eventually, but one for now) - does every member need to read one book for a task for every set of tasks we get? So we need to go through this sorting out again on Monday?

Cecily wrote: "Getting my Read on this morning 222 pages in!! This will be me all weekend i'm sure"

Nice Cecily! I'm trying to sneak some reading in at work, it's a slow day today, but nowhere near that far yet. :)

Should be able to finish Glass Sword by tomorrow though!

Marguerite wrote: "Karen wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Do I need to make a guess? Nanci, is it kind like outr Battleship game? We miss and we read the book that the mod gives us?"

Jennifer, look at post 551..."

I don't think it matters who picks what square, the tasks are for all to jump in wherever we can. Again, I'm not positive on the rules for what counts as each person fulfilling a task, but my hunch is that you need to be one of the primary two and not a bonus reader.

Nanci wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Do I need to make a guess? Nanci, is it kind like outr Battleship game? We miss and we read the book that the mod gives us?"

Jennifer, look at post 551. It looks to me like all ta..."

We need 2 people to read for each task, so Jennifer, you can pick a book that fits any of these:

F6 -starts with a vowel
D4- 5th in series
G7-read a book written by GR author
C4- 2 or more people, same name author
B9-audio book narrated by a man

Marguerite, I'm not positive, but I think the problem is that the two books you're claiming already have 2 people on them, so while you can get bonus points, it won't count as a task and everyone needs to contribute to the tasks. (Captains correct me if I'm wrong!) Maybe the work-around is to have Rachel be the bonus person for J9, since she already has a book for another task?

Could one of the captains/co-captains put our list of tasks and which ones are claimed in one of the reserve spots on the first page? That way we don't have to scroll through all the new posts to find the last time it popped up.

Maritza wrote: "Karen wrote: "Ooh, I'll take #2 in a series, I just got Glass Sword from the library (it will also work for top 100 names, Goodreads author, young adult, and fantasy, but those seem..."

Two people need to read for each task, so we can both do it!

Ooh, I'll take #2 in a series, I just got Glass Sword from the library (it will also work for top 100 names, Goodreads author, young adult, and fantasy, but those seemed easier to get but happy to swap out if someone really wants that category)

If we make the guesses today, do we find out what the tasks are today? Or are the tasks not revealed until tomorrow?

Nanci wrote: "8 guesses, 2 more to go!

Meg, Karen, Kalyn, and Jennifer want to make a guess?"

My guess is above - D7

Wow, so much happened while I was asleep! I'll pick D7

Yes, let's discuss strategy....with 10 guesses we could take one large cluster and maybe sink a ship (or two?) in one stroke. Or we could spread them out and hopefully get a better sense of the board as a whole.

Marguerite wrote: "2days 21hour 41 minutes7 seconds"

They said they'd give more info on the challenge a couple days before it starts, hopefully that's coming out really soon!

Maritza wrote: "Marguerite wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Marguerite, you may add me to the group on FB. My name is Nanci Burtnett Drum. Thanks for setting it up for us!
Anyone on here who wants to friend me is welcome als..."

I'm not really on facebook (technically I have an account but I rarely check it), so I'll have to rely on the GR chat!

Erin wrote: "What is your favorite book of 2016 so far?



Of all the books you read what character can you relate to the most?


So excited to hear that was a favorite this year! I just finished The Passage, can't wait to get to the next two!