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

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

I feel fine about that

I'll pop it into cold setting then :)

Thanks for bouncing thoughts off with me!

I've a couple of U books that I've been semi-hoarding:
(author, oldish title)
(title, oldish title)

but not much more right now. :(

it's an either/or, sadly :(

would we rather fill in the page count (given Wheels starting soon with its novel approach to encouraging length) or the setting?

I'm slightly minded to setting, I guess, knowing Sammy's proclivities!

so.... I'm reading Cat's Eye, 512 pages, but also taking place in a cold climate (Canada, much is made of the snow and cold)

Thoughts on placement?

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Hi wheelers,

i am away till the 19th and only have my phone.. and the team members aren’t coming up.

What team am I on?

Thanks.. after start date I have a loaded kindle and a few sea days.. s..."

Interior Painting :)

ack! shelves! I always forget about that bit of admin, and Danielle, luckily, long-sufferingly, always remembers!

My shelf: boring-wheel

Hello everyone! Welcome to this latest edition of Wheels, which is a case of back to the grindstone of dull reality after the mayhem of Hunger Games!

As always the first rule of Wheels is to have fun and be kind! (is that two rules? maybe, but they are equally important and go together!)
Most of the rest of them are tried and tested, but there are a couple of wrinkles this time, so do reread the official rules at some point.

The TL; DR is:
- points per page; books must be at least 100 pages (or an audio / wordcount minimum for "special" categories
- we'll be spelling out a word each round, using author, title, series & character initials (plus narrator and/or translator when applicable)
- books must be started after the countdown (info in team sheet), and finished in the round in which they are used

NEW!!!
Each reader has a personal book cap, based on their sign ups. The cap is in the official team sheet; going over the cap will result in PAIN, DAMAGE and DESTRUCTION, so we aren't going to do that! We'll have an overflow sheet for any excess books in each round, to tetris for maximum points

Bonus Points!
- for longer books
- for older books
- for BOMs

Admin
- captains are the only ones who get to add books to the official team sheet in post 1
- lovely Danielle will be working up a team sheet for everyone to add their books too, and that will be added to a post clearly marked
- you should be able to see the team sheet, but no write access
- if you don't want to add your books to the planner that's fine, just post a completion post with all the letters & reasons
- don't forget to add your books to your shelf. preferably only when you have started reading
- you are expected to check into the team at least once a week, so we know you are still about and playing. A quick post with progress report on your book (or latest TV binge) is fine. more frequent chats even better!
- if you have to reduce your reading / are going to go quiet / etc etc do let us know so we don't worry unduly (either the thread or directly as a PM to one of the captains or even to the mod account)

Anyway, onto the fun stuff:
- what useful letter books have you been saving all year for use in Wheels?
- what fun books are you looking forward to?
- how many books are you going to clear off the older shelves of your TBR?

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Mini Tasks

For completion during Rounds 2 - 4. Each book must be also used in the spellout and can only be used for one task across all the minis

A01 the main character works in an office
A02 the plot revolves around an office romance
A03 typical administrative material on the cover
A04 tagged non-fiction / nonfiction (at least 10x)
A05 tagged office (at least 10x)
A06 the main character works in taxes
A07 the main character works in finance
A08 the clue to solving a murder is found in paperwork
A09 cover colour is at least 50% grey
A10 cover colour is at least 50% orange
A11 someone is murdered in an office
A12 the plot revolves around white-collar crime
A13 the main character needs to know how to handle a budget
A14 letters GREY in title
A15 letters TAXES in title
A16 letters ADMIN in title
A17 author first & last initials in FILING
A18 author first & last initials in PAPERWORK
A19 author first & last initials in SHREDDING
A20 tagged DNF (or direct equivalent) (at least 10x)
G01 Trellis (series sequence) 1
G02 Trellis (series sequence) 1
G03 Trellis (series sequence) 1
G04 Trellis (series sequence) 1
G05 Trellis (series sequence) 1
G06 Trellis (series sequence) 2
G07 Trellis (series sequence) 2
G08 Trellis (series sequence) 2
G09 Trellis (series sequence) 2
G10 Trellis (series sequence) 2
G11 Germinate: word in title is 6 or more letters long
G12 Plant: word in title is exactly 5 letters
G13 Mulch: word in title contains one of the following digraphs: CH, PH, SH, TH, WH
G14 Weed: word in title contains a double vowel
G15 Water: word in title contains and H and 2 Os
G16 Pest Control: word in title contains two letters consecutive in the alphabet (e.g AB in alphabet)
G17 Feed: word in title contains a double letter
G18 Prune: word in title can be cut to reveal a different word of at least 2 letters (e.g PRUNE - RUNE / AFFAIR - FAIR)
G19 Harvest: title contains a word that could be a noun or verb (e.g TRAIN)
G20 Deadhead: word in title contains a repeat set of at least two letters (e.g BEGINNING repeats IN)
G21 Colour Cover: Green
G22 Colour Cover: Brown
G23 Colour Cover 3
G24 Colour Cover 4
G25 Colour Cover 5
G26 Colour Cover 6
G27 Colour Cover 7
G28 Colour Cover 8
G29 Colour Cover 9
G30 Colour Cover 10
F01 potato in text
F02 rice in text
F03 pasta in text
F04 bread in text
F05 beef in text
F06 lamb in text
F07 chicken in text
F08 fish in text
F09 lentil in text
F10 broccoli in text
F11 carrot in text
F12 pumpkin in text
F13 squash in text
F14 yam in text
F15 bean in text
F16 corn in text
F17 okra in text
F18 tomato in text
F19 onion in text
F20 lettuce in text
F21 cucumber in text
F22 apple in text
F23 peach in text
F24 fig in text
F25 grape in text
F26 banana in text
F27 salt in text
F28 pepper in text
F29 sugar in text
F30 spice in text
F31 China *5 tags
F32 Mexico *5 tags
F33 Italy *5 tags
F34 France *5 tags
F35 India *5 tags
F36 Greece *5 tags
F37 Japan *5 tags
F38 Thailand *5 tags
F39 Korea *5 tags
F40 Turkey *5 tags
F41 Nigeria *5 tags
F42 Jamaica *5 tags
F43 Bangladesh *5 tags
F44 Hawaii *5 tags
F45 Southern Gothic *5 tags

bonus points are available for:
A tasks - finding "QUILT" or "COFFEE TABLE" / "COFFEE-TABLE" in text
G tasks - finding "PIANO" or "VIOLIN" in text
F tasks - finding "LOBSTER" or "VINEGAR" in text

Books of the Month

20 bonus points for answering 3 sets of DQs
40 bonus points for a volunteer lucky enough to be assigned DQs to write

October Theme (Cars)
book: The Road Trip
start date: 16 Oct

November Adult
book: The Spellshop
start date: 2 Nov

November Theme (Old School)
book: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
start date: 16 Nov

November Bonus Theme (Old School)
book: The Secret History
start date: 20 Nov

December Adult
vote: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/invite... (closes 7 Nov)

not part of the challenge, but voting for December Theme (Tradition) is here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/invite...

Sorry for the late post, got caught up with stuff yesterday, and ran out of time 😞

Day 5: IX - Afterword

19. The last sections of the Artic story are hard reading. Why do you think Bradley included these sections, in general, and extended the story after Graham was abducted?

20. What was your reaction to the big reveal and unveiling of what was going on?

21. The ending is ambiguous. What do you imagine happening? Would you read a sequel?

22. In the vein of books being retold from another POV, who's POV would you want to read?

Richard wrote: "I'd like to play"

You need to sign up using the form in the Announcements post :)

Preeti wrote: "Hi. Is there any place where I can verify if I have signed up correctly for this challenge?"

nope, but I can see you are signed up for 3/round

SEVEN meetings?! that's not cool! I have a team meeting in the graveyard slot on Fridays, which is a nice wind-down to shutting off, but apart from that my day today is pretty clear. and it's a Friday, so mighty few drop-bys. Monday, however, is looking rammed :(

Tee hee! Brothers K would be a good one!

We were hoping that the bonus points would be helpful for the classics stuck on everyone's TBR. Fingers crossed

Melindam wrote: "🥰

We have done very well.

Strange about Bob from Twin Peaks. I could've sworn we have had those set of tasks. 🤔"

I did look - quickly - but couldn't see him

I thought I'd look at our overall progress!

We've done all of the Asian and Urban Legends wheels!

Monsters we've had three times (so can respin if we land on them, as agreed):
Joffrey (Game of Thrones)
Python
John Willoughby and Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)

Elusive monsters we've not had at all:
Fictional Human
Bob (Twin Peaks)
Literary
Basilisk (HP)
Dale Pearson (The Stupidest Angel)
The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
The Luggage (Discworld)
Doctor Who
Adipose
Mutant Spiders
Ood
Reapers
Sea Devils
Snowmen (The Great Intelligence)
The Beast
Bad Romance
Cal Hockley (Titanic)
George & Martha (Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
Hamlet (Hamlet)
Jake Barnes & Lady Brett Ashley (The Sun Also Rises)
Karenin (Anna Karenina)
Greek
Centaurs
Colchian Dragon
Empusa
Erymanthian Boar
Lernaean Hydra
Manticore
Medusa
Scylla
Sirens
Typhon
Vegi-Mite
Ent
Vegetable Lamb
Gremlin
Alicanto
Cherufe
Audrey Jr.
Whomping Willow
Yateveo
Troll
Golem
Discworld
Shadowing Lemma
Dromes
Lily Weatherwax
The Lavish Family
Mr Pin & Mr Tulip
Ardent and the Deep-Downers
Carcer
Dr. Cruces
Findee Swing
Lords Winder & Snapcase
The Auditors
Dungeon Dimensions
Dragon King of Arms
The Cunning Man
The Hiver
Dragon Queen (Guards! Guards!)
Bel-Shamharoth


Four needed to clear the Literary wheel, and only one Fictional Human so those are where I'll be spinning I think

I can say that the current BOM - The Ministry of Time - is a LOT of fun. I've also got on the rack. Those are prob both before the challenge starts.

Coming up: ; ; ; ; ;

DQs Day 2, III - Chapter Four (subbing for Judith)

5. If you were sent 300 years into the future from your current time, do you think you would be able to cope?
Do you think that having a better grasp of science and science fiction than the expats in our story have would prepare you for dealing with the unimaginable advancements you might encounter?

Almost certainly not! I like the views put forward of acceptance of sexuality from the expats, and the shock that "we" have such an interest in, and judgement of, who other people sleep with.

6. Is anyone else loving the fact that this author has a wonderful vocabulary? (Or at least knows how to navigate a thesaurus?)
I had to break out the dictionary for invigilating.
Are you learning any new words? (Anyone else want to add “angry Marmite” as a category for Restaurant Wars?)

Angry Marmite is a near perfect description of Guinness (don't @me!)
I'm loving the many office similes and such like, which gives a strong vibe of her home life. And made me think - we don't have hanging green files anymore. I'm a connection to that office technology, the way people when I first started work would wax lyrical about running payroll off punch cards, or my Dad talking about the mainframe computer room...

7. It isn’t explicitly explained, but do you get the impression that these 5 expats are not the first to be given asylum? Is the Brigadier from a slightly earlier time frame?

I am SO with you about the Brigadier - totally believe he's out of time too.

8. What exactly is this Ministry? Do you have a grasp on what they are trying to accomplish yet?

No idea. But something vaguely sinister.

9. What happened to Quentin, and what was the projectile weapon that Graham drew?

The drawing: is it someone from the future actually meddling with the past?