Laura’s Comments (group member since Nov 04, 2015)

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

Priya wrote: "How much of the book has to be set on the Australian continent? Strange Sally Diamond is partially set in NZ"

It has to be 50%. But Google AI says New Zealand is not considered part of the Australian continent. Although I do take AI answers with a grain of salt.

@Priya - Can you add What You Wish For to your Tower shelf? And add a read date, please? Thanks!

New Task:

Read a book with an unearthly mode of transportation on the cover (i.e., spaceships allowed)

Just a reminder that all itineraries require at least 3 midlevel countries and at least 2 hard countries. So our current itinerary does need at least one more midlevel country before we complete it.

@Jacqueline - if the signing in isn’t the problem then it’s possible that you clicked on the official team spreadsheet rather than the planning one.

New task:

Read a book tagged "Friendship" at least 10x


The book I'm reading for the European setting task is tagged Friendship 63 times. I think Tara was also reading one that worked for the European task, so we could put her's in there.

Alternatively, Binding 13 is tagged Friendship 14 times. I didn't check anyone else's books.

@Priya - you added a read date to the spreadsheet for Strange Sally Diamond, but it's still on your Currently Reading shelf. Was this a typo, or are you finished with the book?

There’s a Nancy Drew Mardi Gras book, so if needed I can grab that from the library.

Aiswrya wrote: "Jackie, did you figure it out? I just checked your shelf, and the book version you have on there is 304 pages. We are okay to use that."

Looks like she did figure it out.

In case you all were wondering, the current month ends/new month begins on Tuesday. It's 5:00 A.M. for me, so just whenever I actually wake up.

Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...



And a note on the Carnaval task for Brazil. Because I thought it sounded nearly impossible so I went asking the other captain's what their teams had read for the task. The one book I got back is License to Bite. And some clarification. This is a mish-mash of comments in the captains' group.

So any big pre-Lent celebration along those same lines works. Mardi Gras would be acceptable, I probably should of listed both. We took the view that Mardi Gras was the last day of the Carnival celebrations so it would count. Venice is a good bet too.
City of Masks by Hoffman, iirc, has some. And isn't there a Fat Tuesday celebration in Witches Abroad?

And I'm pretty sure I remember that there is actual Mardi Gras partying in My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding.

Jacqueline wrote: "@ Laura .... I will make sure it goes on the shelf. I will check the edition, I had the audiobook and the kindle for this book."

Thanks!

@Jacqueline - can you add Finding Me to your Tower shelf, please? Thanks!

Also, you put 304 pages on the spreadsheet, but the edition you shelved is 289 pages. We'll need to use the 289 unless you shelved an incorrect edition.

Jacqueline wrote: "@Laura .... Sorry for delayed response so far.... every book has been based on an adventure/ quest."

No worries. We got the road trip covered. I know there are quests in each book; I was asking specifically about the road trip portion of it. Like the bus ride in the first book.

New task:

Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Asian continent

Aiswrya wrote: "New tasks:
Read a book with MPG Non-Fiction
Read a book with a famous landmark on the cover"

The Scandalous Hamiltons is MPG non-fiction. It is currently in the EAGLE letters in title task. But I think there was also a non-fiction in the USA spell-out.

ETA: Yes, we currently have non-fiction in the M spot and E spot. I'll move the M one to the NF task.

Sam wrote: "Omg it must've been autocorrect, I prefer just Sam but thanks very much and I'm working on doing the SS correctly.
Sorry for the ruckus!"

No worries. I have kids who have decided to go by different names than their birth names, so I have become sensitive to calling people by their preferred names. But if you prefer Sam we'll just leave the drop down box as is.

And it didn't help that we were both on the spreadsheet mucking around with the books at the same time!

@Namita & @Sam - we can't use The Unspoken or The Odyssey for the United States of America tasks. We spun that country on June 8, so only books finished after that spin can be used for that country. These books will need to go into our 'Bank' to hopefully be used for Travelling tasks in the future.

@Sam - Also, I noticed that you have put your name on the spreadsheet as 'Samia'. What the mods put down for your name, from the sign-up form, is 'Sam'. Do you prefer Samia? We can change it if that is the case.

Hey Team! A little note about the spreadsheet for our new players.

Please put all your read books since your start date on the spreadsheet. Books should be placed on the BOOKS tab. This is where we get the points per page and is the most points for each book. If you do nothing else, please put your books here!

Once your book is on the spreadsheet, then you can select a task that it fits. On all the task tabs there is a REF column/code in column A. You get the code for the task from that column, and then go back to the BOOKS tab. In column N (Mini Ref) of the row for your book, put the Ref code. Then in column M (Reason) you can put how your book fits the task. There are some magical formulas at work on the spreadsheet and they will automatically grab your book info and copy it over to the tab/task that you selected!

Most importantly, please remember to put ALL of your books on the BOOKS tab! That really is where we get the most points!

New Task:

Read a book with the word sky, cloud, sun, moon or star in the title (Plurals are acceptable)

New Country: BRAZIL

Bernadette wrote: "Just added Theodore Rex as read."

Perfect. I'll get us a new task while I'm waiting for another captain to spin for us.