Allegra’s Comments (group member since Nov 03, 2017)

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

These sucked me in. Getting recommended YA books from the library in summer could prove to be the real challenge, but I'll shoot for Senior. Here's hoping "these kids today" really don't like to read hard copies.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Allegra wrote: "I'm thinking (and hoping) this won't be to difficult. It's a lot of books for 2 months, but I like to keep a range to what I read.
One question: I'm afraid to hear the answer, but ..."

Thanks. That gives me a nice cushion (but I may not tell a lot of my friends)

May 3 -- 336 pages


May 6 -- 512 pages


May 9 -- 269 pages


May 12 -- 372 pages


May 13 -- 352 / 80
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May 17 -- 317 pages


May 19 -- 144 pages


May 21 -- 221 pages / 176 pages / 53 pages (big laundry day!)
/ /

May 22 -- 195 pages


May 25 -- 320 pages


May 27 -- 201 pages


May 29 -- 288 pages


Group Page Total: 726,951

I'm thinking (and hoping) this won't be to difficult. It's a lot of books for 2 months, but I like to keep a range to what I read.
One question: I'm afraid to hear the answer, but what counts as "old"?

Read:
female author
male author
young author
old author
LBGTI author
African author from each of the continents
Asian author
Australian/Oceana author
European author
North American author
South American author
female character
male character
young character
old character
LBGTI character

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Allegra wrote: "I tried to log my May Bonus Book a couple of time in the last 24 hours, and it won't apply the points. I tried changing the Task Number to, well, a number and that worked so it's no..."

Thanks!

Why not? This one too please. Can I get bonus points for eating cheeses while I read?

Count me in!

OK. So it looks like I was the first one in, and then promptly forgot about this. Can you say Over-Challenged? Guess I'll be heading back to see what I can pick up.


Read a book with a blue cover ( more than 50 % blue )--Charlotte's Web
Read a book with a green cover ( more than 50% green)--You Don't Look Your Age: And Other Fairy Tales
Read a book with an ocean name in the title ( Pacific, Indian, Altlantic, Southern, Artic)
Read a book in which characters swim in the ocean--Skeleton Key
Read a book set on the ocean--Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Human Health
Read a book with an ocean on the cover--The Lightning Thief
Read a book in which something is divided ( time, money, property, etc )--Lost: A Novel
Read a book with the word "tide" in the text--The Ice Twins
Read a book with the letters "water " in the title--Humorists: From Hogarth to Noel Coward
Read a book with "starfish" in the text
Read a book with the letters "plastic" in the title--Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Read a book in which the word "pollution" can be found in the text--Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer
Read a book in which a character is protecting the ocean or the marine life in it--Where'd You Go, Bernadette

I tried to log my May Bonus Book a couple of time in the last 24 hours, and it won't apply the points. I tried changing the Task Number to, well, a number and that worked so it's not my spreadsheet. But when I put it back to the Bonus, all points went away.
Advice?

This monthly post is working better for me (though I do miss "watching" the numbers spin). That said, here's April:

April 2 -- 304* pages

April 4 -- 304* pages (*weird coincidence)

April 6 -- 275 pages (actually listened to the entire novel back-to-back because I couldn't decide between Ethan Hawke and James Franco [different add-ons] but I'm only counting the pages for one)

April 10 -- 285 pages

April 12 -- 200 pages

April 19 -- 169 pages / 355 pages

April 23 -- 304 pages

April 28 -- 306 pages


Group Total: 566,426 pages

I think I'll try a combo of Options 2 & 3 and see where I end up.

Mini-Challenge I:
I'm reading from New Jersey, U.S.A.
I think I participated in this last year; I try to use read-a-thons to assuage my guilt whenever possible.
I'm expecting to wedge in the time to finish listening to Murder in an Irish Village.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Allegra wrote: "Not trying to pressure our Marvelous Mods, but I read mostly from the library and it is now less than a week and in these multi-culti parts, this week they're closed on Friday and S..."

Thanks

Not trying to pressure our Marvelous Mods, but I read mostly from the library and it is now less than a week and in these multi-culti parts, this week they're closed on Friday and Sunday. So any word on when the Month 2 tasks will come out? (Of course I could finish the book I pushed aside when it didn't fit anywhere and keep my fingers crossed.)
Also I'm still not clear if 4/21 counts as the last day of Month 1 or the first day of Month 2. Or is it up to each player?

I need to log the audio book before I forget. Will fill in the morning soon/later. And I'm still going.

8am - 9:15, 10:45 - 11:05, 12:00 - 12:20: Read The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon, pp. 43 - 82

1pm - 3:15pm: Listened to The Third Policeman, Discs 5 & 6. Finished book.

10pm - 10:45, 11:15 - 12m: The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon, pp.82 - ?? (99 when I logged off, but my goal is 125 before I fall asleep; update in the morning).
Well, a bit over-ambitious. Not sure on the exact timing, but I woke with my phone stuffed into 104/105. Ok for a busy day.

I earned the coin.

Reading more, posting less--the Eternal GR Dilemma. Anyway, here's my belated March list.

March 5 - 375 pages

March 6 - 256 pages

March 7 - 239 pages

March 8 - 100 pages

March 9 - 355 pages

March 13 - 270 pages

March 14 - 256 pages

March 18 - 218 pages

March 20 - 511 pages

March 22 - 167 pages

March 27 - 206 pages


Group Total: 488,949

I've been negligent (and more busy IRL) so maybe this will give me the kickstart I need..

I'm in. And I guess Monday would work better for me, but not a big deal either way


Checking in now. I'm never sure whether to come back to my "sign-up" post or add to the end but here I am.
Seder got ca-ra-zy so I slept in, but I managed to fit in about a half hour before I "woke up" for the day. Read 2 chapters of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Now I'm squeezing in this post as I get ready for mass. Busy day. Catch you later.
Just found a half-hour to sneak in two Cantos of Inferno.

Seems I've spent 3 months trying to decide whether to start this for 2019 or keep doing Part I until I've checked off everything. Maybe I'll do both, but for now, I'm getting going on this one. As time allows, I'll likely go back to use all my January through March books, but at least I can start working with my current listen. (And I can stop worrying about how many hours everything is; it's not always easy to find out.)

If I want the coin, I'll need to "go to bed" early, since that's when I do most of my reading. The timing is terrible for me for me to Drop Everything, but I'll give it a shot.

I earned the coin!!
Posted details in Message 81. Wish I could have done more, but I'm well over 4 hours by bedtime.

Two questions, just to clarify:
>With the Upside Down challenge, books had to be at least 100 pages, even if they were "adult." Is that true again? I think there was an option of combining short stories/novellas as well.
>As the months change, is the "21st" for the earlier or later month? In other words, do books finished on April 21 count as Month 1 or Month 2?