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

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

🚀ROUND 4 HAS STARTED!! 🚀 😊

Claire,

could you please fix the read date for Cirkel der dagen before the countdown? It is currently missing.

Thank you.

Rebecca wrote: "I’ve decided not to finish my last book for this round (The Key of Midnight) because it doesn’t fit any of the letters but it will for the next round 😃"

That's perfectly fine. 😊

Claire wrote: "My road sign didn’t work, for the next letters, but I found another one and read it."

🥳🥳🥳

ClaireB wrote: "I now finished my last book for the round 😊"

Awesome, thank you. :)

24 hours before the next round begins. 😊

⏲️⏲️End of Round 3 / Start of Round 4⏲️⏲️

22 November, 9pm, UK time: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Don't push yourself if you find you don't like it, Alysa! :)

I'm planning to finish my last book for this Round tonight and to pick up a new book for the next tomorrow morning.

Bumping this up for the new page. :)

4️⃣🔠WORD FOR ROUND 4: INDONESIA🔠4️⃣

🌋 Round 4 & Mini 8 tabs have been added to our tracking sheet.


⏲️⏲️End of Round 3 / Start of Round 4⏲️⏲️

22 November, 9pm, UK time: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...


🥁🎼🎶 Mini 8 - Music


TASK LIST

🎹 Instrument🎹
- Find 5 of the following musical instruments in the text of your books. One book per instrument. 5 different instruments.

Instrument List:
Accordion
Bagpipe
Banjo
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
❎Drum
Flute
❎Guitar
Harmonica
❎ Harp
Mandolin
Marimba
Oboe
❎ Piano
Piccolo
Saxophone
Trombone
❎ Trumpet
Tuba
Ukulele (or Ukelele)
Viola
Violin
Xylophone
Zither

🗺️Location🗺️
- Read 5 books set at least 50% in one of the following musical locations. One book per location. 5 different locations.

Location List:
Austin, USA
❎ Berlin, Germany
Bogotá, Colombia
Brazzaville, Congo
Chengdu, China
Chicago, USA
Detroit, USA
❎Havana, Cuba
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kingston, Jamaica
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Montreal, Canada
Nashville, USA
New Orleans, USA
Paris, France
Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai, China
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Varanasi, India (also known as Benares)
Vienna, Austria

📔Cover📔
- Read 5 books which depict an instrument on cover. Any instrument, they just have to be clearly an instrument. You can find the same instrument multiple times.

1. Guitar on cover
2. Piano on cover
3. Clarinet on cover
4. saxophone/trumpet on cover
5.


🎶Genre🎶
- Find 5 of the following music genres in the text of your books. One book per genre. 5 different genres.

Genre List:
❎Baroque
Bhangra
Bluegrass
Calypso
Electronica
Fado
Folk
Grunge
K-Pop
Mambo
Mariachi
Merengue
Motown
Noh
❎Polka
Rautalanka
Reggae
Salsa
Shashmaqam
Ska
❎ Spiritual
❎ Sufi
Tango
Yodeling (or Jodeling) (Note: either English or US ll / l variant acceptable)
Zydeco


🎷Musician🎷
- Read 5 books written by or about musicians. This could be non-fiction about a musician or band; or it could be fiction - in which case the main character(s) should be a professional musician (or aspiring). Someone who plays an instrument for personal pleasure only doesn't count.
1. Nonfic book about Seiji Ozawa (pianist/conductor)
2. Nonfic book about opera singer Nellie Melba
3. Autobiography of singer Morrissey
4.
5.



This mini challenge runs during Round 4 of the challenge, 22 November to 6 December. This mini challenge can only be completed once. You cannot bank books for this mini challenge.

Rebecca wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Finished The Hunter and Shanna, almost done with my audiobook The Pumpkin Spice Cafe. Should I save that one for the next round? It doesn't fit anything except colo..."

Thank you. Claire has found a contender among her books, hopefully it fits our new word. :)

🏔️🌋‼️A new set of Colors Mini tasks has been added to the Tracking Sheet‼️🌋🏔️

Great job, Hobbitses, on finishing!!! 😊🥳🎉

Rebecca wrote: "Finished The Hunter and Shanna, almost done with my audiobook The Pumpkin Spice Cafe. Should I save that one for the next round? It doesn't fit anything except color. I'm hoping to get one more in ..."

If it's not too much, you can finish it this round already.

I will now add a new round of colour mini tasks, so it can be slotted in there. :)

Cat wrote: "surely we are all grabbing a Sydney, Aus book next week?!"

Not me. ;)

I grabbed a Berlin-one. 🤭

🤭

Belatedly added a troll-book to the sheet.

Sammy, would you care to do the honours and spin? 😊

🏔️🌋‼️IMPORTANT‼️🌋🏔️

This was just confirmed in the captains group for words musical instruments/genres:

"It's the exact word, which is what we're looking for. It doesn't have to be about music."

So if you find the word flute or spiritual or salsa in your books, it's enough that the exact word is there! 😊

I added this book under musical instrument on cover, but it can be moved either to musician or some other task: I'm sure there'll be instruments galore mentioned. :)

Elisabeth,

I have found "polka" in your planned book, Prussian Blue, so I'm moving it under the musical genre list in Mini 8. :)

Unfortunately they are 2 different musical genres from different times/places, according to the internet, so I don't think it would be accepted.

Christene,

For the Mobile Mini we need a D-book that is a former BOM, so unfortunately Duskbound won't work. :)