Melindam’s Comments (group member since May 02, 2017)

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

ClaireB wrote: "I just finished my last book for the round :)"

Thank you, Claire! :)

Rebecca wrote: "Melindam wrote: "For Rung 1 of the BOM ladder I added The House in the Cerulean Sea, although I probably won't be able to get to it before Round 4.

I have also asked in the Captain..."

Me too. ;)

Rebecca wrote: "Just finished my last 2 for this round, I hope I did everything correctly. I'm headed off to work. I'll try to check on here in case I need to do anything"

Thank you, Rebecca, everything's OK. :))

Claire wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Claire wrote: "I’ve added a book, but the title doesn’ t show up, although I added a link. Can someone have a look? Book: Het genootschap van onkenbare objecten"

..."

Great, Claire, thank you. 😊

Let's put your 2 books for the 1st ladder: Rung 1 & 2 (M9 - M 10) and mine can follow them on 3rd place. :)

Claire wrote: "I’ve added a book, but the title doesn’ t show up, although I added a link. Can someone have a look? Book: Het genootschap van onkenbare objecten"

Hi Claire,

I have added the book link. :)

Round 3 has not started yet, so I'm figuring out where to put your book for Round 2. Fortunately, it has an L character, so I'm just moving books around a bit. :)

For Rung 1 of the BOM ladder I added The House in the Cerulean Sea, although I probably won't be able to get to it before Round 4.

I have also asked in the Captains' Group for "watch on cover recs", found this short list for in on GR

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

+this (another time travel book 🤭)

Elisabeth wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Sorry to hear it is so bad Elisabeth :( As you say, the light is that it is very useful!"

She really needs to open and actually read at least one history book or read Ken Follett...."

I feel for you, but we all have a "(horrible)books I read for challenges" shelf as a side effect of having fun, I guess. 🤭

christene_littlelibrary wrote: "I don’t think I’ll finish mine on time. Moving my books to round 3!"

Christene,

are these The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year & Celestial Monsters?

I'm asking b/c they are still under Round 2. :)

I will finish my last book for this round tomorrow.

‼️26 hours before Round 2 ends, Hobbitses.


⏲️⏲️End of Round 2 / Start of Round 3⏲️⏲️
8 November, 9pm, UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


‼️Once again, please make sure your read books are on your shelves and you update the info on the tracking sheet one hour before the countdown at the latest. Thank you. 😊

Thank you Claire & Sophie!

Claimed the clock task and the epistolary, then. :)

Reposting this

3️⃣🔠WORD FOR ROUND 3: GUINEA-BISSAU🔠3️⃣


⏲️⏲️End of Round 2 / Start of Round 3⏲️⏲️
8 November, 9pm, UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


🕰️🕰️Start of Round 4🕰️🕰️
22 November, 9pm, UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...



⏱️🛞🎡 Mini 6 - Wheels


UNCLAIMED Tasks

5. First published before 1800.
9. Any type of watch on the cover.
10. Mentions any kind of time piece in the text.
12. Time of day in the title (ex. morning, midnight, noon, etc).
13. Set in period BCE
15. Set in 1600s
16. Set in 1700s
18. Set in 1900s
19. Set in 2000s
25. Involves a countdown or deadline.


This mini challenge runs during Round 3 of the challenge, 8 November to 22 November. This mini challenge can only be completed once. You cannot bank books for this mini challenge.

- Books must be used in a spell out to be used for this mini challenge.
- Books can only be used for one mini challenge.
- Each task completed is worth 10 bonus points.
- A bonus of 30 points will be awarded if all tasks are completed.

- Setting must be at least 50% of the book
- Fantasy equivalents work for settings (so fantasy Rome would be assumed to be the same time as real Rome and fantasy Victorian etc. if no year is used in the book)

Are we OK with this cover showing part of a clock?



‼️ I claimed the task First published between 1800 and 1899, but realised that the book also works for "epistolary/diary format", so if you think that the latter task is more difficult, I can switch it.

Cat wrote: "Love it! That's a festive party to enjoy :)"

We haven't been working on your (br)own journeys just yet, all I came up with so far is a "just-so" Limerick (without any book titles):

There once was a wanderer, Cat,
Who read ’round the globe — fancy that!
But in each new town,
She met shades of brown,
Till she cried, “It’s a coffee-stain map!”

Cat wrote: "Love it! That's a festive party to enjoy :)"

😎🥰

🎄 A Long-Expected Tongariro Xmas Party 🌋

OR What happens when the Fellowship of Tongariro tries to host a quiet Christmas party?
Spoiler: 💥CRASH! BOOM! BANG! 💥

❄️ It was a fine winter’s day, clear and bright. Word had gone out that the Fellowship of Tongariro was hosting their First Annual Christmas Feast, and every hobbit, elf, and mildly confused reader from nearby Goodreads lands was invited.

🎪 A great pavilion had been set up near the base of Mount (Ring-a-Ding-a-Dillo-)Doom, draped with ribbons, wreaths, and tinsel. The Christmas tree, decorated with red berries, had been planted in a beer barrel “for authenticity,” courtesy of the Green Dragon. (The decorations committee insisted it was charmingly rustic. The rest of the team suspected it was tipsy.)

🥟 Long tables were spread with meatballs, pierogi dripping with butter, roast meat & parsnips, salad, freshly baked bread, cheese, and enough fruit tarts to feed a small army ... OR at least to try and bribe the Mods and appease the Word Randomiser.
🍸 A separate table groaned under the weight of drinks: champagne, prosecco, hot apple cider and sherry. There was a dedicated table to martinis —shaken, not stirred— which no one could quite remember ordering, but everyone kept drinking to help them cope with whatever word they were getting for Rounds 3, 4 and 5 and to forget the words of Rounds 1 & 2!

🎺 When all were fed and flushed with good cheer, the evening’s entertainment began. The jazz ensemble struck up a merry tune, and a spontaneous dance broke out, though half the dancers were actually just trying to reach the drinks table. Later, there was a game of charades, and someone played Christmas songs on a violin.

🕯️ Then came the lights switch-on: the murmuring quieted, and the host rose to make the evening’s toast. They stood upon the table and declared:

📜“My dear Readerses,
Books are our lembas bread and miruvor water, and this challenge our journey across the mountains of madness and merriment!
May our TBRs be long, our snacks plentiful, and our Wi-Fi connections strong!
I don’t know half of you half as well as I’d like, but I’m proud to have read beside every one of you, especially through the Us, Is, and Zs.”

🍻 There was a great cheer, glasses were raised, and someone shouted, “Merry Christmas!”

🧙‍♂️ And then a tall, cloaked figure appeared, their hat slightly singed and askew.
It was the Wizard of Wheels. With a flick of their champagne glass, they sent a spark soaring high into the night.

🎡There was a boom, and then a gigantic spinning wheel of fire blossomed in the sky above! It spun faster and faster, showering the heavens in glittering letters —U, I, O, X, Z, Y— the very bane of every spell-out challenge.

👏😱 The crowd erupted in applause ... or maybe they screamed in dismay (especially those who got showered with Us). Someone swore they saw the letters rearrange themselves into the word “SUCCESS.” Someone else swore it spelled “SNACKS.”

💚 Either way, it was the perfect ending to a most extraordinary celebration.
By all accounts, it was the best party since Bilbo’s birthday.

Sophie wrote: "Type of true deer/cervid on cover - if a reindeer on a Christmas jumper is acceptable, I can do this soon."

I think you have our full support on that, Sophie.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Alysa wrote: "Wow that's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a party!

👏👏👏👏👏👏"

I agree. Amazing!"

Thank you, Hobbitses. Apparently Fruit Tarts are not the way to the Randomisers cold-cold heart, but we shall not give up trying. 🤭

I'm going to post the story, then.

Elisabeth wrote: "Yes. Unless it’s an exact 10 tags they want. If that’s the case I can look at where else it might go. Sure to be somewhere."

The tag is minimum 10×, but can be more.

Brown enough, I think, but feel free to use it for Mini 6 if you prefer.

Maybe it's safer there. 🙂