Beth’s Comments (group member since Mar 06, 2014)

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

Let's Do the Time Warp Again Reading Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Duration: 4/15/2017 - ?

Extreme - 5 books per time period
+ BONUS - Read 4 books about time travel
(24 books total)
5 books left - 3 set in medieval times, 1 time travel

Classical Antiquity - 5/5
1. The Acharnians 5/12/2017 (poetryintranslation.com version)
2. The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 5/27/2017 (nonfiction)
3. Julius Caesar 8/25/2017
4. War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad 10/9/2017
5. The Birds 10/28/2017

Medieval times 2/5
1. The Once and Future King 12/24/2017
2. Njal's Saga 2/1/2018
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19th century 5/5
1. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 9/7/2017
2. The Underground Railroad 11/6/2017
3. Woman in the Nineteenth Century 12/3/2017
4. Alias Grace 1/11/2017
5. The Moonstone 4/18/2018

The Future 5/5
1. Babel-17 8/26/2017
2. Warm Worlds and Otherwise 8/27/2017
3. Green Earth 9/14/2017
4. Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America 9/24/2017
5. The Player of Games 10/14/2017

Time travel 3/4
1. Eifelheim 4/29/2017
2. Necessity 8/13/2017
3. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 9/22/2018
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I've started my book. The audio is 9 discs, I've listened to the first one and I'll listen to at least 1 more today.

Duration
Start: 1/1/2017
End: 12/31/2017

Goal: 10 book Combination
7/10 read

1. The Sandman: Overture (2015, winner, Graphic Novels/Comics) read 3/16/2017
2. Annihilation (2014, nominee, Science Fiction) read 2/1/2017
3. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (2016, winner, Fantasy) 4/19/2017
4. A Thousand Mornings (2012, winner, Poetry)
4/30/2017
5. Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America (Nominee, 2009, SF) 9/24/2017
6. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Nominee, 2014, nonfiction) 9/28/2017
7. The Underground Railroad (Winner, 2016, Historical Fiction) 11/6/2017

For the next stop I plan to read Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances which won in the fantasy category in 2015. I have a hold on the audiobook and I think I can pick it up tomorrow, or Sunday at the latest.

I did a monthly challenge for March, and read 5 books (level: Daring Daffodil)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Be sure to list all of the books you read for this challenge below. Let us know if they were pre-owned or on your TBR list

Timeline
This challenge will begin on March 20, 2011 and end on June 20, 2011. This is when Spring officially begins and ends.

pre-challenge survey
How many books do you currently have on your TBR list?
315 (owned & not)

How many bookshelves do you have? 9

How many unread books do you own (consider eBooks, paperback, and hardcover)? 22 according to my own-to-read shelf

How many books do you want to read for this challenge? I will aim for 10.

Progress so far (started April 9) 4 books
Eifelheim (TBR list) audio CD, 4/29
Two Plays for Voices (TBR list) - audio CD, 4/29
Acceptance 5/9/2017 (TBR list)
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War (TBR list) - finished 5/27 (TBR list)Reason & Persuasion: Three Dialogues By Plato (TBR list)

Currently reading The Man in the High Castle (own)

My review of The Sparrow is finally up. I didn't cry, but there were definitely some heartbreaking moments.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finally completed "Quick! Lies!" Here's my story:

I set out to look for the Bellwether of my flock, which had run away into the forest, or maybe had been stolen, when I passed The Nutcracker and Mouse King in a clearing. They were fighting, and I got out of their way as quickly as I could. I walked a long way until I met The Thief of Always. He hadn't taken my bellwether, so I walked on until I met Hadji Murat, who told me to follow The Sparrow and I ended up here.

He Said, She Said; He Wrote, She Wrote Reading Challenge
03/30/2017 - 04/01/2016
level: Novice - up to 10 books (female authors)

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 4/4/2017

6. 3/30/2017
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack), current HP 8 => Sewer Rat: -5 HP 1 HP Remaining
Sewer Rat attacks me (3 Attack) => I lose -4 HP, 4 HP Remaining
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -4 HP, Dead
Gained 1 XP
available next: 4/6/2017

7. 4/9/2017
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack), current HP 4 => Sewer Rat: -5 HP 1 HP Remaining
Sewer Rat attacks me (3 Attack) => I lose -4 HP, 0 HP Remaining
Attack Sewer Rat with Lvl 3 Magic Staff (5 Attack) => Sewer Rat: -4 HP, Dead
Gained 1 XP
available next: 4/16/2017

Just started The Sparrow (page 7 of this list). I picked up a free copy recently.

I have just added my book to the spreadsheet since I have my laptop now.

Zuzana, I ended up reading a book for the letter S, see my previous comment.

Do I need to read another book for this stop?
If not, I'm done. I can start my book for the next stop pretty soon (tomorrow I think) if we're done that soon. Otherwise I'll wait.

Thanks Karen!

Meditations sounds really interesting, Zuzana. It's on my TBR.

Update - I'm on my iPod and not sure if I can edit the previous comment -
I don't really like the book I'm reading for the letter I. But yesterday I added a book to the book bank that could be used for O or S, if someone else doesn't mind switching letters.
I read it on the 16th-17th so I think it's in the time frame to get all the available points.

The book is Sandman 0: Overture, Neil Gaiman & JH Williams. I loved the art, & thought it was a satisfying prequel to the series

I'll start (and probably finish) Days of Glory the first book in the Dies Irae series today:

https://www.goodreads.com/series/4598...

"I think that's referring to one of the monthly challenges around NBRC -- but I could be wrong on that. I think that's what others used."

Yes, but I'm not sure if I can just complete the first level for a monthly challenge, and have it count as finished? Like, the first level for Marvellous March Challenge is 4 books, but the highest level is 8+.

For The Academy quest, does "finish a monthly challenge" just mean complete the first level?

Also I'm trying to use an NBRC Gift Card for that challenge because it looks like it expired. I keep getting an image error but I don't know what the problem is.

CYOA Challenge: Karma
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
level: Karma! (149 words)
1 sapphire coin earned