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

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

nothing to say here, just want to grab top post on next page!

Melindam wrote: "I would count it in obviously ;), but don't know about Cat & Sophie."

middle initial meets the uses a middle name for me! but I am also holiday-happy! off for a week on Thursday!

I dare you to try it and see. SO so bad.

just finished a REALLY appallingly bad book for set in Idaho. SOOOOOO bad! possibly worse than Mrs Fix-It (for those who remember my pain and hatred of those).

added those two to the sheet for you Pat

@Sarah - how did you like Tailor of Panama in the end?

and I've just finished a horn book :)

I see the face, but the fact that it's creepy gate face makes me happy there's a less ambiguous imp too

The black imp climbing does, yes

I've got Love in the Big City hanging around since last Towers I think. though appetite to tackle it immediately is low. maybe tail end of next week?

LaurLa wrote: "Cat wrote: "that might win the award* for shortest CORNUPIA book!


*doesn't really exist, I just made it up, but am now thinking it'd be a good one!"

I have an even shorter one which is less than..."

I actually meant title rather than pages - bad writing from me. sorry!
so annoying that the epilogue isn't tacked into your ed for those important extra page point!

LaurLa wrote: "I have a book that is set on a nursery - would that count as a farm?
SEAL the Deal"

a plant nursery or a kid nursery? if the former then probably, if the latter, then no!

tests the captains have been using include, "would the putative farm qualify for an agricultural loan from the relevant government agency?" I know one of the teams has used that to validate a flower farm, so this will probably work?

that might win the award* for shortest CORNUPIA book!


*doesn't really exist, I just made it up, but am now thinking it'd be a good one!

Sophie wrote: "In that case I've got 3 and 5. It's feeling long to me but is only 436p."

Sarah's finding it long too. I quite enjoyed it - I thought it was sneakily funny, and I liked understanding the characters and their motivation and development.

totally count tailor's scissors as a weapon. pretty sure Midsomer Murders have had them as a murder implement!

oh good grief!

113 pages
160 pages

Current total: 917,753

incidentally, if your name is down against a task that you know you aren't going to get to now, please shout so we can free it up, and have best chance to finish it for the points :)

Armitage! Armitage! Armitage!

Welcome to our two new players! We've been told that we can use any books you started after the start of the challenge till now, so do please pop them on the tracking sheet when you get a moment! If you ca post a hello, including your challenge shelf link and maybe your addition to our range of livestock!

To catch you up, we are currently half way through the first mini (books finished after 1 June work), where we are reading for various tasks. Apart from that, all books need to be assigned to one of four resources - so you'll see we are all putting notes as to weapons / shelter / food / defense against our books. You really don't need to over think it - the Resource tab will give you some ideas, but worst case any book can be a weapon (if hurled) or defence (building a wall)

Mini Task Status
Here's where we are at with the mini:

REF	TASK	BOOK	READ BY
	1 POINT TASKS		
C3	orange cover	About a Boy	Pat
C4	orange cover	The Sun Sister	Sarah

	3 POINT TASKS		
C29	horn on cover 	Horns	Christine
C30	horn on cover 		
C35	book set in Crete	The Summer Escape	Sarah
C38	book set in Idaho	That One Night	Danielle
C39	book set in Idaho	Maggie Moves On	Alyana
C40	book set in Idaho	Murder at Mistletoe Manor	Cat
C45	author's name has a diacritic	The Perfect Mix	LaurLa
C54	takes place on a farm	Spun Out	LaurLa
C55	takes place on a farm	
	
	5 POINT TASKS		
C60	title includes all the letters CORNUPIA	Crazy Stupid Bormance	Alyana
C65	cover has at least 3 different food items	Iced Under	Christine
C70 book set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela 	Killing Pablo	Alyana

So, hunting for horns, and farm setting!