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

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

I just finished Miracle and Other Christmas Stories for the letter M. For books with a Russian author/setting, I have a copy of Hadji Murat that I want to read. The only Tolstoy I've read before is The Death of Ivan Ilych and this is another short one. I plan to read Roadside Picnic too, probably from the library.

I read Notes from the Underground last year for an intellectual history class and I definitely recommend it.

I am reading Miracle and Other Christmas Stories for the letter M.

I would be fine with doing a detour for Omsk and reading horror.

Hi! I'm not sure what to read for this task - I was thinking of an M book but I see M is taken. So I'll plan on reading Annihilation for the letter A. I have the audiobook CD for that one.

I'd like to do author/setting tasks for some of the other stops, though.

I'd like to join a team!

Monthly Classifieds
September 2016 Classifieds
Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with J (3 Gold)
Novelty: Four Stories by John Crowley finished 9/29/2016
3 gold

February 2017 Classifieds
• Read a book that is book 6,7,8 or 9 in a series (3 Gold) The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
read 2/19/2017
3 gold

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NBRC RPG Quest

start date 10-31-2016
I'll do a combo - Options 1 & 6
Books set completely (or at least mostly) in space
Option 1: Space Themed Books
goal: Cosmonaut
read 12/25 books set completely (or at least mostly) in space
Green Mars finished 11/01/2016
The Martian Chronicles finished 2/13/2017
The Sandman: Overture finished 3/16/2017
The Sparrow 4/4/2017
Necessity 8/13/2017
Babel-17 8/26/2017
The Player of Games 10/14/2017
Star Songs of An Old Primate 10/19/2017
The Stars Are Legion 3/2/2018
The Warrior's Apprentice 3/29/2018
Children of God 4/21/2018
Axis 7/8/2018
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Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All
at least 1 word for each letter of the alphabet
found so far: 50 words
Level: Earth

The edition of The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives that I checked out didn't have page numbers for the whole volume, just for chapters, so I recorded those.

A - 2 words
astronomer - Authority 114 In college, what had always stuck with him in Astronomy 101 was that the first astronomers to think of points of light not as part of a celestial tapestry revolving around the earth but as individual planets had had to wrench their imaginations - and thus their analogies and metaphors - out of a grooved track that had been running through everyone's minds for hundreds and hundreds of years."
astronomy - Authority 114 "In college, what had always stuck with him in Astronomy 101 was that the first astronomers to think of points of light not as part of a celestial tapestry revolving around the earth but as individual planets had had to wrench their imaginations - and thus their analogies and metaphors - out of a grooved track that had been running through everyone's minds for hundreds and hundreds of years."

B - 0
black hole

C - 7
celestial - Authority 114 "In college, what had always stuck with him in Astronomy 101 was that the first astronomers to think of points of light not as part of a celestial tapestry revolving around the earth but as individual planets"
cluster - Authority 80 "Few lights across the river, just little clusters here and there"
conjunction 186 "perhaps in conjunction with the census process" Stories of Your Life and Others
corona - Authority 225 "an ice pick lodged in a brain already suffused with the corona of a dull but persistent headache"
cosmos
cosmology Eifelheim29 "Sharon Nagy creates her own worlds, strange and inaccessible, among which lies one at the very edges of cosmology"
crater The Forever War 31 "There were half a dozen medium-sized meteor craters"
crescent moon The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End 150 "You could see the stars and this huge crescent moon"

D - 3
day Fire Watch 55 "I wrote him on the day that Elliot was first missed."
density Bellwether 47 " 'Eurekas' like the one Archimedes had when he stepped in a bathtub and suddenly realized the problem of testing metals' density are few and far between"
dust Fire Watch 19 "I choked on the white dust."

E - 5
Earth The Forever War 16 "Now I know you got lectured back on Earth on what a fighting suit can do"
eclipse Fire Watch 129 "They were the only ones who weren't anxiously watching the sky. They were also the only ones not wearing t-shirts that said 'Eclipse 79' in psychedelic orange and yellow."
eccentricity - Authority 93 "not even as scrutable in its eccentricity as a house-squatter of a snail that stumbled around like a drunk"
earthbound Stories of Your Life and Others 24 "they would die in this endeavor just as they did in any of their earthbound tasks"
equinox "the autumnal equinox being past" The Harvard Classics - Plutarch's Lives ch 11 (ebook)

F - 1
flare Fire Watch p. 23 "the kickback flare of a ack-ack gun"

G - 2
galaxy The Forever War p. 8 "some other part of the galaxy"
gravity The Forever War 16 "Charon's gravity is three-fourths of Earth normal, so it's not too bad"

H - 2
helium - The Forever War p. 9 "worlds where the only fluid is an occasional standing pool of liquid helium"
hydrogen The Forever War p 20 "a little puddle of liquid hydrogen"

I - 3
inclination - 45 Authority "while he no doubt had the ability to engage in small talk, he lacked the inclination"
inertia ch 14 of Green Earth “a kind of trajectory or inertia”
interstellar - The Forever War "The dates in the book are now kind of funny; most people realize we didn't get into an interstellar war in 1996."

J - 1
Jupiter 104 of Reason and Persuasion: Three Dialogues By Plato: Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I"funny story in Plutarch... Jupiter (Zeus) offers king Numa a deal..."

K - 0

L - 1
lens Authority191 "something so incredibly large that its edges were well beyond the camera's lens"
light-year
lunar

M - 4
magnitude Stories of Your Life and Others 205 "a grief that was excruciating not only because of its intrinsic magnitude"
mass - The Forever War 49 "They accelerated at a constant rate of 100 gees, and were travelling at a relativistic speed by the time the nearby mass of the enemy ship detonated them."
Mars
meteor - The Forever War 31 "There were half a dozen medium-sized meteor craters"
moon Fire Watch 23 "I would have been glad of the moon, for all St Paul's watch cursed it and called it a fifth columnist."

N - 1
nebula
nova - The Forever War "I learned the best way to use every weapon from a rock to a nova bomb." 182

O - 2
opposition Authority 10 “there were, he knew, several different ways to break down a colleague’s opposition”
orbit The Forever War "Our top speed, as we roared by the orbit of Pluto, was around one-twentieth of the speed of light"

P - 3
parallax Eifelheim 96 "The creature had suggested also the sun as the center of the world, which was impossible, for there would then be parallax among the fixed stars when viewed from Earth…"
phase The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 624 "the Greeks reckoned the months according to the changing phases of the moon"
planet - The Forever War p. 8 "We knew about the portal planets"

Q - quarter moon

R - 3
radiation Fire Watch 94 "She looked like a radiation victim"
revolve Reason and Persuasion: Three Dialogues By Plato: Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I 126 "now figure out some way to make it revolve"
rings The Fellowship of the Ring 7 "three rings for the Elven-kings..."

S - 6
satellite - Bellwether 245 "Wegener's theory of continental drift was corroborated by fossils and satellite photographs"
sky Fire Watch 14 "Searchlights everywhere, the sky pink from the fires and reflecting in the Thames, the exploding shells sparkling like fireworks."
space - “all the planets and spaces and planes” - The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives chapter 8, 14
starlight 66 The Fellowship of the Ring "walking in the hills and woods under the starlight"
stars - “the stars gasp in brief flashes of pain and time” Brief Lives chapter 6, 22
sun Fire Watch 11 "The sun had come out, and all of St. Paul's seemed drenched in gold."

T - 4
telescope - Stories of Your Life and Others 113 - "The physicists showed us previously devised systems for communicating with aliens, based on mathematics, but those were intended for use over a radio telescope."
terrestrialAuthority 124 "He, Whitby and Grace walked through in their terrestrial space suits"
total eclipse - The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections 45 "His burial was marked by a total eclipse of the sun."
twinkling The Fellowship of the Ring "they saw the lights twinkling" 187

U - 1
universe - “None of us will last longer than this version of the universe” The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives chapter 8, 16

V - 1
vacuum "constantly settling down in the vacuum" 135 The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

W - 3
waning 352 of The Fellowship of the Ring "the grey light was again waning fast"
waxing 227 of The Fellowship of the Ring "the moon was waxing"
weightlessness

X - x-rays

Y - yellow dwarf

Z - zenith

start date: 10/30/2016
end date: ?
49 books read -- Junior Meaning Maker level complete!

1. "A woman's place is..." Warm Worlds and Otherwise 8/27/2017
2. “Happiness is...” Acceptance 3/9/2017
3. “He came to...” Babel-17 8/26/2017
4. "I'd like to travel to..." The Republic 7/29/2017
5. “If I could live anywhere, it would be...” Eifelheim 4/29/2017
6. “I love taking ‘selfies’ with…” Julius Caesar
8/25/2017
7. “In the garden I found...” The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House 11/23/2016
8. “It was a dark and stormy night, just perfect for…” Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 8/23/2017
9. “I want to eat my lunch with ...” Beren and Lúthien 8/25/2017
10. "I wrestled a..." Bellwether 12/27/2016
11. “Last night I dreamt I was...”The Woman in White finished 11/07/2016
12. “Last night I dreamt of...” The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country 12/12/2016
13. “Last night I was walking in the park and saw...” The Sparrow 4/3/2017
14. “My favorite time of the year is...” The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists 12/19/2016
15. "People always tell me..." Stories of Your Life and Others 4/13/2017
16. “Run, if you see…” The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones 3/14/2017
17. "Welcome to..." The Republic of Plato 7/24/2017
18. “That is a match made in...” The Tempest 5/9/2017
19. The worst nightmare I ever had was about...” Annihilation 2/1/2017
20. “Then I met...” Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 8/20/2017
21. “I’d rather be...” The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 9/7/2017
22. “The world needs more...” Green Earth 9/14/2017
23. “Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s...” Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America 9/24/2017
24. “Don’t drink the water here, it’s filled with...” The Frogs 9/24/2017
25. “The shocking truth is..." The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 9/27/2017
26. “People call me the...” Invisible Man 10/6/2017
27. "I'm training to be a..." [-the] The Player of Games 10/14/2017
28. “In a land far, far away lies …” Teatro Grottesco 10/20/2017
29. “Did you know that...” The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains 10/21/2017
30. “I love to dance and sing with...” The Birds 10/28/2017
31. “I left him/her...” [on] The Underground Railroad 11/6/2017
32. “My personal motto is..." Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice 11/26/2017
33. “I can’t wait until...” An Instance of the Fingerpost 12/3/2017
34. "When I was little I wanted to be...” The Once and Future King 12/24/2017
35. “Tomorrow, let’s go to...” Antarctica 1/3/2018
36. “I can’t believe it was…” Inside Job 10/9/2018
37. “I feel better after drinking...” Chocolat 1/14/2018
38. “Everything is...” Too Like the Lightning 2/9/2018
39. “My father always said, ...” The Stars Are Legion 3/2/2018
40. “I went to my prom with...” Henry V 3/5/2018
41. "It's rabbit season! It's duck season! No, it's..." The Fifth Season 3/20/2018
42. “I’m really looking forward to...” The Years of Rice and Salt 4/8/2018
43. “I used the money for…” The Moonstone 4/18/2018
44. "Once upon a time there was a..." The Man in the High Castle 4/22/2018
45. "I love taking ‘selfies’ with…" Manfred 10/3/2018
46. "Last night I was walking in the park and saw..." 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East 5/24/2018
47. “I went to my prom with...” Mort 8/23/2018
48. "Poor vampire, he's..." The Accursed 9/28/2018
49. “Everyone loves a…” A Stranger in Olondria 3/14/2019

to do (& books planned)
"Can you look me in the eye and tell me that..."
“Did you ever…”
“Every day we attack them with…” Use of Weapons
“For breakfast I had...”
“How is it possible that I've never heard of...”
“I confess, I...”
"If only I had..." The Will to Battle
“I learned the hard way that...”
"I often wonder why I bother to…”
“I wonder why...”
“I wouldn’t be caught dead…”
“My most embarrassing moment was when...”
“My mother always told me to…”
“My neighbor wants me to help her...”
“My secret talent is…” Metamorphoses
“That reminds me; I need to…”
“That was definitely NOT your average...”
"The best things in life are..." Under the Skin
“What do you mean she said...”
“Will you stay and be my…”
“Will you stay...”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if...”
“You couldn’t pay me to...”

QUESTS - to do

Simple Quests



Robbing Robin Hood
(view spoiler)[read a book w/ 6 or fewer characters in the title + 4 bat wings (hide spoiler)]

A fly, a kitten and a cow walk into a bar....
(view spoiler)[ Read a book that has a good joke in it. Then spell one of the words (over 3 letters) in the punchline using Spell-it-out rules.
Once you have finished your joke receive 1 Heal Potion plus 1 experience per letter spelled and 2 additional experience if the word is 5 or more letters. (hide spoiler)]

Tavern Games
(view spoiler)[ Roll 5 Dice. Then choose series numbers or words in a title. If you choose series numbers read books whose series number matches each of the die. If you choose words in a title read books that have each of the numbers of the die in the title. (+7 Exp if series number is chosen, +9 Exp is words in title is chosen.) (hide spoiler)]

House Quests

Sticks and Stones may Build a House
Steps to build house:
(view spoiler)[1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)
2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation.
3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods.
4) Gather Nails - Read a book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.)
5) Create Frame - Read a book where someone is framed for a crime.
6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically.
7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses.
8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.
9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (<70%) one color.
10) Garden - Read a book with flowers on the front.

The Lantern to Light Your Way Home
Create a lamppost for your front yard. You may complete this even without a house, but it will be a lonely lamppost.
- Read 5 500+ page books to build the post.
- Read 1 book with a light on the cover to light the lamppost.
Reward - 10 experience, 1 Mercenary Coupon. (hide spoiler)]

Healing Quests

The Academy - History
(view spoiler)[The Academy's History department is in desperate need of new history. Queen Skye has assured them that you are the very best in inventing new history for the students to learn. Don't let her down!
Receive +10 Experience and 1 Major Heal Potion after compiling all the following history: (Note: first publication date is used for when a book is published.)
• Sort your to-read by date added. Select one of the first 4 books (oldest books). If one is a series book you may substitute an earlier book in the series.
• Read a book published the year you were born.
• Read a book published the month you were born. (year does not have to match)
• Read a book published the day you were born. (year/month does not have to match)
• Read a book set around 50 years in the past.
• Read a book set around 100 years in the past.
• Read a book written 20+ years ago (hide spoiler)]

Ubiety in Perpetuity
Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large aspect of the book reflects the words definition.
(view spoiler)[• Ubiety - the quality or state of being in a place
• Perpetuity - the state or quality of lasting forever
• Palatability - the property of being acceptable to the mouth
• Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
• Isotropic - having a physical property that has the same value when measured in different directions
• Uniformity - always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying
• Adaptability - capable of being adapted

Read 3 books for 4 experience.
Read 5 books for 7 experience.
Read all 7 books for 10 experience and 1 Heal Potion. (hide spoiler)]

QUESTS - complete & in progress
3 complete

1. Hello, my name is...
(+3 exp)
2. Quick! Lies! You stumble up to the gates of the nearest town desperate for a nice cozy, rat infested room at the inn. The guards stop you and ask for your reasons for visiting. Not willing to spout your real reasons, you quickly spin a tale explaining the purpose of your visit. Read up to 5 books and construct a story using their titles as part of the tale. Post your tale in the tavern when done. (+1 experience per book, +1 additional exp if all 5 books are used)

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.
books read
1. Bellwether 12/27/2017
2. The Nutcracker and Mouse King 12/18/2017
3. The Thief of Always 2/27/2016
4. Hadji Murat 2/5/2017
5. The Sparrow 4/3/2017

Spring Cleaning
Read a book on your to-read shelf that has been there for more than a year. 1 Experience per book when done (Max 5 Experience). 5/5 read, 5 XP added!
1. The Histories finished 3/9/2017 (added in 2014)
2. Eifelheim finished 4/29/2017 (added 2015)
3. Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse 8/5/2017 (added 2015)
4. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 8/23/2017 (added Feb 2016)
5. Julius Caesar 8/26/2017 (added 2015)

in progress

The Academy - expired, so I will use an NBRC Gift Card [image error]
(view spoiler)[Requirements
1) Nominate a book for BOM in any category - nominated The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer for March 2017
2) Read and Participate in a BOM Discussion - The Martian Chronicles, February 2017
3) Volunteer to write DQ for a BOM
4) Start and Finish one of the Monthly/Seasonal Challenges - completed 1st lvl of Marvellous March Challenge, 3/30/2017
5) Start a Spell-It-Out challenge in Reading Challenges and finish at least one word. - Spell-It-Out in "CYOA: Eras" (the word "Era") - finished 3/10/2017
6) Participate in a Buddy Read
7) Write and post a scene for The Theatre
8) Request a recommendation or choose one already recommended and read it
9) Create a draft of a new reading challenge and send to mod account.
10) Welcome 5 new members to the group
Levels
Associate Professor - Complete 3 Requirements +3 XP, 1 Heal Potion - achieved & XP added!
Professor - Complete 6 Requirements + 4 Exp, 1 Major Heal Potion
Distinguished Professor - Complete All Requirements +6 Exp, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP and Current HP) (hide spoiler)]

Tell No Tales
Collect the following types of words from titles of books. Only 1 word per book title (it does not have to be the whole title). Once complete, fill them into the story in order and post in the tavern!
• Adjective - Practical - How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind 11/20/2016
• Verb Past Tense - ?
• Noun - ?
• Proper Noun - Oryx - Oryx and Crake 8/18/2016
• Noun - Maid - The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from around the World 12/13/2016
• Adverb - ?
Reward for posting completed story in the tavern is 6 experience and 1 Potion Token. add XP when done
3 books left

Tote of Infinite Books
read in the 12 months prior to starting
1 Aurora 7/04/2016
2 2312 8/01/2016
3 Childhood's End 9/01/2016 used
4 Oryx and Crake 8/18/2016 used
5 Sorcerer to the Crown 7/26/2016 used
6 The Philosopher Kings 7/09/2016 used
7 Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses 07/15/2016
8 Barefoot Gen, Volume Two: The Day After 6/24/2016
9 Notes From Underground 02/03/2016 used
10 Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima 12/28/2015
11 Alphabet of Thorn 1/13/2016
12 The Thief of Always 2/27/2016 used
13 The Rise & Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change & Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 4/25/2016
14 Chasing The Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World 5/13/2016
15

read later:
Seveneves 9/21/2016
The Woman in White 11/7/2016
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 11/15/2016
Fire Watch 11/25/2016
Writers and Rebels: The Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus 12/15/2016
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories 1/18/2017
The Martian Chronicles 2/13/2017
Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women In Mexican Folktale 64 pages 3/1/2017
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End 3/10/2017
The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones 3/14/2017
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake 3/16/2017
The Sandman: Overture 3/16/2017
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters 3/27/2017
Everfair 3/30/2017
Stories of Your Life and Others 4/13/2017

WEAPONS

Staff
Level Up Staff - Attack = Level of Staff + 2
Read 1 book that's #1 in the series to gain level 1 magic staff.
Add a #1 and #2 in a series to upgrade to level 2
Add a #1, #2, and #3 to upgrade to level 3.
lvl 1: #1 Red Mars 9/14/2016

lvl 2: #1 Doomsday Book 10/7/2016 +
#2 Green Mars 11/01/2016

Lvl 3: #1, #2, AND #3 in a series
#1 The Forever War 12/05/2016 + #2 The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House 11/23/2016 + #3 The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country 12/12/2016

Lvl 4: #1 Sorcerer to the Crown 7/26/2016 + #2 To Say Nothing of the Dog 9/7/2016 + #3 ??? + #4 The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists 12/19/2016

Lvl 5: Annihilation (Southern Reach #1) Authority (Southern Reach 2) + # 3 ? #4 ? #5 The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You 12/28/2016

Lvl 6: 1-5 - to read + The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections

Sword
Level Up Sword - Attack = Level of Sword + 2
Gain levels by reading taller pyramids of page numbers. A book that's 350 pages may count for a 300+ book, a 200+ book or a 100+ book.
1 book, 100+ pages for lvl 1: Barefoot Gen: Out Of The Ashes 10/12/2016
lvl 2:Notes From Underground 2/03/2016 + Childhood's End 9/01/2016
lvl 3: The Ballad of Beta-2 / Empire Star 10/23/2016 + 200 pages?

SCAVENGER HUNTS

Hauntingly Scary Scroungering
1. Blindsight- soul, screeching, harvest 10/17/2016
2. Pavane - mumming, sheaf, sinister 10/22/2016
4 items traded for 1 Duplication Potion
2 items left

September classifieds - Read a book whose author (first or last) starts with J (3 gold)
Novelty: Four Stories finished 9/29/2016

Doomsday Book
Series: Oxford Time Travel #1
First For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received.

But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin--barely of age herself--finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history's darkest hours.

Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering, and the indomitable will of the human spirit.

Reva wrote: Just the oldy goldies. Arthur C Clark, Ben Bova, Poul Anderson, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov. More recently, Stephen Baxter, Beth Revis.

I haven't read all those authors, but I just finished Childhood's End and I was very impressed, it was fascinating. I want to read more of Clarke's work at some point, and also Poul Anderson. I read Starfarers earlier this year and it was pretty good. I'm enjoying listening to Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog on audio. I didn't realize it was part of a series at first, so I want to read Doomsday Book too. I'm going to start Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson soon.

STATUS
Hero Lvl 3 = 29 XP, 0 HP as of Sept. 2017

[next: Lvl 4: 30 XP]

WEAPONS
Magic staff lvl 3
Magic sword lvl 2

INVENTORY
• 16 gold (10 in welcome basket + 6 from classifieds)
• 5 Potion Tokens
• 3 Minor Heal Potions
• 1 Duplication Potion
• 1 Time Walking Potion
• 1 Shield Potion
• 1 Mercenary Coupon - Hire one mercenary free for a week

About halfway through. Pt 1 is 7 chapters. Is 3-4 days enough for people to read to that point & discuss it?

Kirby wrote:

New buddies - should we make a schedule?"

I requested this buddy read, but since my hold on the ebook came in I've already read a good chunk of it. I still have the book checked out for 13 days, though. I can stick to a schedule for discussion purposes, if anyone else wants to do it that way.

Do you want to pick a day for us and whoever else is joining to discuss part one?