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

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

Hello You Lovely Team! ❤️😊

Unbelievable as it is, we are actually halfway through the challenge!!

And you are doing a fantastic job, reading like hell little angels in Pagoda paradise. 😉

I thought I'd throw some stats at you to see how much we have achieved already!

Also, a reminder that in case you feel lost among all the chatter, you can always go to Page 1 and check these posts:

🏯 links to Rules and Mini challenges info

🏯 state of play


🌍 Mini 1 - we have completed 4 itineraries and are working on the 5th, currently!
‼️We need one more mid-level country for this one, in case you have a book that fits or could find one.

🚫⛔Countries read/claimed 2x already:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Hungary


🛩️<Mini 2
‼️Only the last task is unclaimed
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle


🎡 Mini 3
We have completed 8 countries already. Currently reading for 9 & 10.

For Egypt we need
- camel on cover
- character is an archaeologist
- character goes to a museum
+ Y, P, T letters

For India we need
- MPG Spirituality

🍜 Mini 4

Part 1:
Some of the food items are a challenge, but .... we are up to it, I'm sure!

Part 2:
Lots of I, O, Us + some X, Y, Zs are needed.
Partial spell-outs are allowed, so we'll make it up as we go along, but we will try to work on completing words, depending on the availability of harder-to-find-letters.


🧀 Say Cheese
We have completed 12 cheese spell-outs!

maria helena wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Maria Helena,

could you check if your book Svallvag may work for any of the unclaimed food items?

No problem, if not, the we'll use it for spell-out."

Use it for spell-out."

OK. :)

Denise wrote: "Mel, do I have any completed books that haven't been allocated? I'd be happy to check them for words in text if that's helpful."

Not at the moment. Thank you. :))

Otherwise I'd say, just read the books you want and list the letters they work for.

I guess here we need to play tetris more often, anyway, so we'll need to move books around and we make sure all books are used.

Obviously tricky letters like I,O,U, X, Y, Z are in demand! 😉

I haven't fixed the formulas for all rows (our tracking column order is a bit different from the official, so we need to shift them a little). Will do it now. :)

While we are allowed more than one incomplete spell-outs, I think it would make more sense to concentrate on one or two at the most & complete those before moving to the next. The order we complete spell-outs is up to us.

As Claire has an unallocated Y book, I'd like to pick one of those food items that contain a Y. :)

So I was thinking maybe Chipsi Mayai would be a good place to start.

Of course if a book doesn't fit a word we are working on, we can start on another. :)

Awesome, Claire, thank yo. :)

It's because probably one of us is using the filter while we are checking on and transferring read books. Like I just did now. :)

But now I have reset the filter for unfinished books.

Maria Helena,

could you check if your book Svallvag may work for any of the unclaimed food items?

No problem, if not, the we'll use it for spell-out.

I will check the completed, unallocated books and see what task they work for.

ASK AND YOU SHALL BE GIVEN! 🤭

NEW MINI CHALLENGE

IMPORTANT!! We can use banked books for this Challenge! The New Tabs for Mini 4 parts 1 & 2 have been added to our tracking sheet.

🥗 Mini Challenge 4



Part One
Find the following food and/or drink items in the text, on the cover, or in the title (subtitles allowed). Please provide the text location and sentence, if the word is found in the text. Plurals are allowed, as are slight variations, such as spellings in a single word or two words or alternatives with a hyphen.

- vinegar
- lobster
- turmeric
- ice cream
- strawberry
- chocolate
- gravy
- ube
- watermelon
- paella
- kiwi
- pierogi
- naan
- pho
- kimchi
- banana
- broccoli
- bacon
- mango
- empanada
- quinoa
- pistachio


Part Two
Spell-out the following names of specialties from various countries all over the globe. Diacritics may be ignored.

- Souvlaki (Greece)
- Pastel de Nata (Portugal)
- Zapiekanka (Poland)
- Smørrebrød (Denmark)
- Sarmale (Romania)
- Cevapi (Croatia / Serbia / Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Momo (Nepal)
- Nasi Goreng (Indonesia)
- Bibimbap (South Korea)
- Okonomiyaki (Japan)
- Bánh Xèo (Vietnam)
- Char Kuay Teow (Malaysia)
- Chipsi Mayai (East Africa)
- Biltong (South Africa)
- Jallaf Rice (West Africa)
- Kabuli Pulao (Afghanistan)
- Ful Medames (Egypt)
- Mole Poblano (Mexico)
- Feijoada (Brazil)
- Ceviche (Peru)
- Turos Csusza (Hungary)
- Mofongo (Puerto Rico)


◈ Each book read can only be used for one mini challenge.
◈ Each book read can only be used for one task.
◈ Banked books are allowed for this mini challenge.
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of Tower Teams XI (17th May 9am UTC).
◈ The usual book length rules apply.
◈ The usual spell-out rules apply unless stated differently.
◈ You will gain 10 points for each task you complete.

Cat wrote: "it's the bluest teal I've seen for a good long while!"

🤭❤️

Happy with my day, thank you. :)

Vi wrote: "Ooh, about to finish Great Big Beautiful Life. Will fit the cover or letter G, E for Egypt. I will also do the DQs. Is there a last date for the DQs to count?"

Thank you, Vi.

2 July is close date.

You can check the start/finish dates on the BOM tab of our tracking sheet. :)

Can this get away with pretending to be teal? Not really?

For Scylla, I removed my book as I just realised that we need the word "fire" and not just the letters.

‼️🎡 Mini 3 - World Wheel 📔

From South Africa to EGYPT

Author born in Egypt
Red, White, Black and Yellow on cover
"pyramid(s)" in text
camel on cover
character is an archaeologist
character goes to a museum
E
G
Y
P
T

Ingeborg,

how did you like Jingo with this new audiobook narration? I promised myself I eventually try one of the City Watch books narrated by Jon Culshaw, but have not done so yet.

Keli,

could you please add Salt to the Sea to your TT shelf, please?

We have finished South Africa, so will ask for a new spin. 😊

OMG! Fiona, so sorry to hear and I hope you'll recover soon.