Cat’s Comments (group member since Jan 28, 2015)

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

yes, Sally, please do keep reading books - longer ones if you want ;-P - as we can use up to 17 from you for the first month of the challenge :)

@Sally: similar warning - you have read 11 of MAX 17 books

@Christene: just a warning - you have read 10 of MAX 17 books now - the cap resets at 17 June!
You've been fab at reading long books, so keep on that track. We may need to prioritise some of your future books though so we can maximise page points (the most valuable part) together with mini points. Long books from tricky countries would be amazing ;-)

As a heads-up, to finish off United States we only need:
- stars on cover
- N spell out
- A spell out

Do flag up any As or Ns in your finished books :)

A trio of TT prompted clearances:
Congo Brazzaville. I preferred this to the other of Mabanckou's that I read.
Burundi. I liked this one a lot - definitely felt the growing up in Burundi vibes but it's not light reading as it heads into the Rwanda genocide era
Afghanistan. terrifying how driven Zarifa is, the amount she has achieved in her life. was not an ego-boosting read!

noooooooooo!

I am technically above the line, but was away so didn't update my closet books!

:(

We have cleared off the latest cheese! :)

Task Summary

We are moving fairly fast through them, but here's a reminder of current sitch:

Mini 2
21 Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Australian continent
23 Read a book with short stories
28 Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle
32 Read a book tagged "Time Travel" at least 10x
36 Read a book where a character is superstitious or believes in some myth or entity
41 Read a book tagged "Education" at least 10x
42 Read a book tagged "Fun" at least 10x
43 Read a book tagged "Culture" at least 10x

31 Read a book that is on the Best Unknown but must be Known books List - Vian
40 Read a book tagged "Friendship" at least 10x - Kaley


Mini 3
WW50 stars on the cover
WW54 N
WW73 A

WW74 Author born in France
WW75 Red, White, and Blue on cover
WW76 pastry on cover - Sarah
WW77 MPG Romance
WW78 character cycles (a lot)
WW81 R
WW82 A
WW83 N
WW85 E

Mini 1
We are in Itinerary 3!

Don't read for
Level 2: Sri Lanka
Level 3: Croatia, Zambia

I found Nepal book, and also Sri Lanka (which will mean it joins Croatia on the can't use for mini 1 again)

Rosemarie wrote: "I want to join and read this book but am lost as how this works. Any guidance or, if it already exists, where can I look into getting the info?"

Hi Rosemarie, there's some information here, but the short version is that we've broken the book down into sections, and on each day people post a set of questions to act as prompts for discussion. Read along and answer the questions - at the same pace as the breakdown, or at your own pace. We only ask that you try to avoid spoilers if you read faster than the breakdown!

It looks a bit more complicated because of the team challenge going on, but that part is over now - it's just read, chat and enjoy (we hope!)

Finished Ghana book. Liberia still being plugged away at

Finished Senegal, just doing the admin now

Hurrah!

I'm plugging on with my Senegal & Liberia, but holiday family time gets inthe way

New Task

Read a book where a character eats something they have never tasted before

Thanks for that update Sarah, have switched around and will be back with a new task shortly!

Task Summary

We are moving fairly fast through them, but here's a reminder of current sitch:

Mini 2
19 Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters found in AROUND (Articles may not be used but can be ignored)
21 Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Australian continent
23 Read a book with short stories
28 Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle
29 Read a book with MPG Non-Fiction
32 Read a book tagged "Time Travel" at least 10x
36 Read a book where a character is superstitious or believes in some myth or entity

27 Read a book with a famous landmark on the cover
31 Read a book that is on the Best Unknown but must be Known books List - claimed
33 Read a book where a character visits a castle or palace - claimed

Mini 3
WW47 Author born in United States
WW49 "watermelon" in text
WW50 stars on the cover
WW51 character in (or was) the military
WW54 N
WW56 T
WW60 T
WW62 T
WW63 E
WW67 A
WW69 E
WW70 R
WW73 A

WW74 Author born in France
WW75 Red, White, and Blue on cover
WW76 pastry on cover
WW77 MPG Romance
WW78 character cycles (a lot)
WW80 F
WW81 R
WW82 A
WW83 N
WW84 C
WW85 E

Mini 1
we need 2 hard countries to finish off itinerary 2
please avoid finishing medium ones for now :)

Whooop! Kaley got the last set of DQs for the first June BOM :)

And I have finished the cheese spell out! (Though a double check would be welcome!)

Those cheeses just keep coming!
Luckily we have a Q :)

Afghanistan book can also work for gains independence task, if we don't want four mid-level books in our itinerary....
I'm easy either way - both 10 points, and clearing the task will give us another...