Suzanne’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2015)

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

Thanks - I'm so sorry I missed it! I'm sure that was totally me being a morning person.

Oh also Renata can you give the example of character goes swimming on the spreadsheet? That's so wonderful you had a super long book done already to help with that first Typhon.

@Renata, can you put Thunderhead on your tower team shelf? I suspect it's not there because you just finished today, but thought I'd mention it here just in case.

We defeated Typhon and another Kracken showed up.

Kraken



The Kraken has been seen in the sea depths near you land, destroying ships on a whim. If defeated, you will always wonder how you managed to survive. May be searching for Andromeda or Pegasus, he's a bit bitter they got away.

To vanquish this monster you must:
1.) Read a book 800 pages or longer.
2.) Read a book with a ship on the cover (spaceship allowed because Mods can be benevolent too).
3.) Read a book where the Author name (first or last) starts and ends with the same letter (e.g., Andromeda)
4.) Read a book where a character goes swimming
5.) Read a book that has an 8 in the series number (e.g., #8, #18, #0.8)

I'll try to get at least one of my two books done today. If anyone ends up with a ZEUS or rope book that's faster, feel free to take that task.

That's great you get to write DQs Alyana - it was a long list of people.

How fun! Cool to see a new one!

Lamia



The Lamia has been spotted on your lands and the disappearances of children are on the rise. Requires some planning and moderate effort to defeat, look to the stars for the answers and to the shadows for the monster.


To vanquish this monster you must:
1.) Read a book between 200 and 299 pages (inclusive).
2.) Read a book with the night sky on the cover.
3.) Read a book where someone is kidnapped.
4.) Read a book that features a prophecy.
5.) Read a book where a child (under age 18) is an important part of the plot.

Here are our two new monsters:
Cerberus



Cerberus has decided to take a jaunty run through your lands before returning to the underworld. He's very hard to defeat, don't let those 6 puppy dog eyes fool you. May want to bring some milk bones and tennis balls.

To vanquish this monster you must:
1.) Read a book between 500 and 650 pages (inclusive).
2.) Read a book where a funerary celebration/service takes place.
3.) Read a book with MPG Music.
4.) Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
5.) Read a book that is #3 in a series.

Oh Zuzana - I see you just finished that Empress book. That's great. I've started nothing yet - it's just crisis after crisis here. So maybe let's do Sirens without using Rolling in the Deep - we can save that for if we get them again.

Thanks Elena! That's fantastic.

I think Empusa is ready to go as well.

I will be back in a little and can turn them in if one of the others hasn't. My keyboard got broken this morning and I just noticed the control key still doesn't work, which makes copying and pasting problematic. So I'm going to fool around with it a little.

We have company coming for dinner and I need to clean house. I'll listen to Rolling in the Deep for the 4 sirens tasks while I clean. If I remember correctly, that leaves cover with a rope.

Our two new monsters are Typhon and Mares of Diomedes. So we currently have active:
Typhon x 2
Mares x 2
Empusa (awaiting eyes other than my sleepy ones looking at the meaning of "suburb")

Nicely done everyone - we've killed a lot!

I'm going to double check with the other captains just to make completely sure this will work. The clarifications really help!

Great - thanks Alyana. That sounds like a good book. Especially since it really happened.

Using THIS definition: Definition of suburb
1a: an outlying part of a city or town

Alyana I'm so glad you said a little more for me. I think maybe we can use it. We can say instead of "set in small towns" for the reason, something like "set in the outlying districts of a town (the biggest city around)"
What do you think?

Oh hmm..maybe it does fit - so they can ride to bigger cities? You've read the book, so maybe it WILL work.

Here is a full definition:
Suburban areas are lower density areas that separate residential and commercial areas from one another. They are either part of a city or urban area, or exist as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city

Does anyone have a finished or almost finished book that fits that?

I don't think we can use The Giver of Stars for takes place in the suburbs, because suburbs are defined as an outlying district of a city, and a small town is not that. I'm looking now at alternatives.

Thanks! I'm going to finish my Africa book fairly soon then can look at tasks unless someone beats me to that.