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

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

Great!

I think so.

This will probably be our last district. Tomorrow I'll go through and get as many books into the spell-out as I can from what's left.


District 9 is grain

yellow colour cover (50%+)

yellow text on cover - Laura

item related to district on the cover - Laura

plot element that can be linked to the district

Perfect!


Last day of the challenge! About 20 hours left!

Just the letters, so that works.

We've got District 5 next.

District 5 is power/electricity

VOLT in title
yellow text on cover

I’ll add that when I get back on my computer.

Kari read Turnabout, in which the MC returns to his hometown to help out with his father's struggling letterpress shop. Sound like a general electronics linked plot element to anyone else?

New District Wheel and new Arena Hazard. Let me see which tasks we've got already covered.

Dog-Mutt Cryptids


District 3 is general electronics

IPOD in title - Sana (Pirate Next Door)

white colour cover (50%+)

set in Korea (North or South) (50%+) - Laura (Idol Threats)

plot element that can be linked to the district

Kamaria wrote: "when does the challenge end? i'm sorry I couldn't interact much, life slapped me with a new job and a new location to move to, it was fun, I really enjoyed this, let's hope they host one next year"

That happens to all of us sometimes. Real life always has to take precedence over reading, even when we don't want to let it!

Sana wrote: " works both for item on cover and plot element. Won't take long."

Put it down for cover item. I’m working on the plot element now.

Now we just need a Russia book.

Yasmine wrote: "Maybe it's a bit far fetched but how about this for item related to coal mining?

Coal is used to generate electricity and the lightning symbol can also be interpret..."

I think that is to much of a stretch.

We got District 12. Let me see what we have already covered. I have a few hours left in my #12 book.

District 12 is coal mining

#12 in series - Laura currently reading
item related to district on the cover
set in Russia (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district - Laura has audio for this one


I would think maybe a diamond on the cover would work for the item on cover task.

My library has Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter which I can listen to in 4 hours and works for the plot element.

Sana wrote: "I've put Because of Miss Bridgerton for BOMB in title. If someone else has a finished book swap for mine."

Claire wrote: "I can read the The ABC Murders for 13th in a series"

As soon as these 2 are finished, we can get a new one.

If you want to re-read it, go for it. I listen to audio at 2x speed, so it would only be about 3 1/2 hours for me.

I found this on audible included with my membership: The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The U.s.: A Speculative Novel. It works for the plot element task.

I can do #13 in series, but I need to read the #12 in the series first. But we can use it for when we get District 12.

I have an option for BOMB in title.

As always, I'm researching my options as though I'm the only one of us reading, so I can cover whatever we end up needing. If someone finds something, please say so here so I know what to prioritize.

For planning for possible future tasks, we have a 9, 5, 14, 3, 8 in series. So we could conceivably need 6 and 12.

We also have books set in a capitol city and India. I'm reading a China right now and have a Korea up soon. And Keely's O for the spell-out is set in Germany. So we could need Germany (depending on when we get it), Pakistan, Russia.


ETA: I'm currently reading a #12, so we would only still need a #6 for the series tasks.

Keely finished her book set in Germany, and Sana is reading a Pakistan book, so we only need Russia for the settings.

We've got District 13. Let me finish updating and see what we can already cover. I'm positive we'll need a #13 and item/plot element related to district. We do have to stay within what is provided with the task, so nuclear weaponry, rather than anything we might know about 13 from the books/movies.

District 13 was in charge of nuclear weaponry

BOMB in title
#13 in series
item related to district on the cover
plot element that can be linked to the district

Claire wrote: "And I'm done :) I'm curious to see what we get next."

Give me just a minute to update the spreadsheet and I'll get us a new spin.

Claire wrote: "Is this Brown enough?
I can finish it in less than two hours"

That looks perfect!