Insiyah’s Comments (group member since Apr 12, 2022)

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

Skipping Task: Read a book where the ISBN10 number has 8 or more odd numbers

Directon: South (Title starts with N-Z)

S - Sons And Lovers by D.H. Lawrence (title: S)
K - The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (author LN: K)
I - I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (title: I)
P - Persuasion by Jane Austen (title: P)

Skipping task Read a book where a pet name starts with the letter P, direction East.

H - Our Souls at Night (192 pages)
E - Emma (412 pages)
L - Want (224 pages)
P - Crime and Punishment (442 pages)

Level 1 (Books 1 to 100)

My goal here is to reach 150. I think I'll be able to manage it - fingers crossed.

September
101. The Princess Bride
102. Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
103. Exciting Times
104. Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers

October
105. The Hours
106. It's Not About the Burqa
107. Old Man's War
108. Letter to My Daughter
109. Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
110. Crime and Punishment
111. If I Stay
112. Want
113. Rebecca
114. The Fellowship of the Ring
115. When All Is Said
116. The Prophet
117. Beautiful World, Where Are You
118. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
119. The Two Towers
120. The Return of the King

November
121. In Cold Blood
122. The Time Traveler's Wife
123. Our Souls at Night
124. Where She Went
125. The Argonauts
126. The Uncommon Reader
127. Black Butterfly
128. A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
129. Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices
130. The Da Vinci Code
131. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban
132. Pomegranate Soup

December
133. The Help
134. A Wizard of Earthsea
135. Of Love and Hunger
136. Sons And Lovers
137. A Wrinkle in Time
138. Pride and Prejudice

BOMs for August are up.

Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Starts 2nd August)

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (Starts 16 August)

Welcome Amanda!

Carrie wrote: "Insiyah - hope your paperwork moves along. The waiting and uncertainty has to be so frustrating. Fingers crossed that you get some answers soon so you can start planning accordingly!"

Sophie wrote: "Insiyah, that lack of certainty on anything sounds so frustrating. Fingers crossed at least one bit comes clear soon. Where in the UK are you hoping to come to?"

Hopefully things get cleared soon. My parents are waiting on whether or not they get permission (and visa) to travel to London. If they do then I'm in Dubai, and if they don't we all go to India.

I'm planning to go to London as well, except my move will be in September (fingers crossed).

Steven wrote: "Omg Sophie, that’s terrible! Like one isn’t enough, it has to be two?!?

:(

We are stuck at home in quarantine, as hubby’s office had a positive test in his department and he was around her for ho..."

How are you handling quarantine? Are you doing okay?

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?

Sophie, I'm really sorry to hear that; I totally get the urge to just cuddle under a blanket and read and get lost in another world. I've basically been doing it for a few weeks now, which is why I've been so silent on here. It's so difficult to make myself be social when I want to turtle up. Plus, so many things are coming up soon, but nothing is confirmed yet, which is driving me mad - we might or might not be travelling to India soon, my UK student visa is still under process with the university, let alone with immigration... Ugh.

Why did my brain go 9pm local time? :/

Exactly seven hours and ten minutes from now.

Hello, was hoping for an update on my maze?

The Trojan supergroup are still looking for readers to keep ourselves safe! If you're curious and want to know where to read, please go here and find out what you can read!

Denise wrote: "Two questions regarding BOMs:

1. If we've already read the current BOM (before this challenge), are we able to earn participation points for answering questions? I'm guessing no, but wanted to che..."

1) No, you need to read the book as well

2) Yes - it ended on 2nd July so it won't count for BOM, but it does still count for TT books!

I think all of you have access to the Trojans group where we're discussing our moves for the Supergroup challenges (if you don't, please let us know here).

Genres have been picked out, and members are choosing genres to read. If you're interested, head on over here to pick out your genre.

Please don't post anything about the challenge here - we don't want any Aegeans or Mythics picking up information they shouldn't!

Finally was able to finish Order of the Phoenix! Works for:

Minotaur
2.) Read a book where the MC gets lost. (Harry gets lost in the Department of Mysteries)
5.) Read a book with a Goodreads rating of 4.0 or higher (4.50 rating)

Lamia:
3.) Read a book where someone is kidnapped. (Grawp gets kidnapped)
4.) Read a book that features a prophecy. (Prophecy is present)
5.) Read a book where a child (under age 18) is an important part of the plot (Harry is 15.)

Audrey, you've been selected for DQs for Ariadne.

I've been in a bit of a reading slump lately. It's taking me so long to get through Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and it's annoying me so much but I just can't seem to focus :(

just kat wrote: "Hi! Do we post a completion or do we go straight to the sheet and log our finished books and claim tasks for it at the same time?"

The entire team works on the SS, but that is purely a matter of comfort level. You can upload a completion post here if that's what suits you better, and someone from the team will add it to the SS.

Audrey Jane wrote: "I'm just a bit lost with which task I need to prioritize. As I'm a slower reader I don't want to commit to too much books at the same time but if I can tackle them one by one that's fine...."

It's perfectly fine if you're not committing to a task ahead of time. This mini allows for books to be banked, aka, if you finish a book before a monster it is eligible for is revealed, we can still use it as long as it is within the mini's time frame.

I've been posting books as I complete them as well. As I post them, I go through the entire Monsters list (it's on the SS) and note down all the tasks it is eligible for.

Mia wrote: "Hi everybody! I’m sorry I haven’t been really active lately here in the group and updating the spreadsheet with what I read. It has been a rough week as We just learned my mom has fallen very ill w..."

That's horrible. I'm so sorry to hear this. My sympathies with you and your family. Please take care of yourself as well as your family.