Judith’s Comments (group member since Apr 15, 2015)

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

Tricia wrote: "A Magical Girl Retires is set in South Korea and is really interesting (and short). I read it in May unfortunately but thought someone else might want to use it for the mini.

Als..."

Yes, thank you!

If anyone finishes a book that works for a harder task in a district we haven't spun for yet, mark it on the spreadsheet and we'll save it.

I'm thinking mainly for the country setting and higher numbers in series. Though banking for other tasks is great too, having books ready to drop in just means we can get a new spin faster.

Unfortunately no.

I expect to be spinning the district wheel more than the arena wheel since most of the spellings are long

For the task connecting the plot to what the district is known for.

District 3 is general electronics. So some connection to general electronics/technology.

Maybe a character works in IT, they communicate constantly via text, character is always wearing headphones. Maybe the MC is a detective and used computers to find an important clue.

Note: these are just some general ideas and please be as creative as you'd like as long as the connection still makes sense.

Hello!!

I'll get your shelf added to the top post, thank you for that :)

And yes, you can start adding any books you've finished since July 15th. You can go ahead and add them to the tracking sheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

You don't need to worry about mini challenge tasks for anything you've already read. The details of that were just released this morning and it doesn't actually start until Aug 1st.

As for sorting into the resource piles, it's really just a way we are sorting points (that sometimes get raided a bit at the end of the round). So don't over think the sorting.

I'll leave it at that to not bombard you with things. But please post any questions you have here and we'll do out best to help :)

Cordelia wrote: "I've finished Mockingjay and Something Wilder! Thanks :)"

Added :)

Aug 1st (so Thursday)

You can start them whenever though

Ask away if you have questions!

I've added 3 new tabs to our tracking sheet.

-District Wheel. Our first spin landed us on District 3 tasks.

-Arena Hazards Wheel. Our first spin landed us on ELECTRIC FORCEFIELD to spell out. Note: Character names are not allowed for the spell out. This is a change from our typical spell out rules.

-Mini 3 Resources. This is just the master list of all the different District Tasks and spell out words for reference.

Once all books on a given set of District Tasks or Spell out are finished I can get them logged and we get a new spin/set of tasks.

We can 'bank' books for the Wheel tasks. Meaning, Lexi reads a book set in Australia and finishes it on Aug 3 and it doesn't fit anywhere great for District 3 tasks or spell out. We don't place it on a mini. On Aug 10th we get the spin of District 4, we can use her book for the set in Australia task.

The mini challenge for Round 3 has been posted and started at 9am UTC on Thursday, August 1st.

Full details can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The gist of it is this:

For this challenge you have two wheels, and will have one active spin of each at a time.
One wheel is the District Wheel, requiring you to complete the set of tasks associated with the District. Each task must be filled with a different book (can't use one book to fill multiple tasks).

The other wheel is the Arena Hazards Wheel, which is a spell out wheel. Each letter must be filled with a different book (can't use one book to fill multiple letters).
Spell outs can use the first letter of the title or series title (ignore or use THE, A or AN as you prefer), the first letter of the author, narrator* or translator* first or last names. For this version NO character names are permitted.
* these can only be used if the edition read was audio or translated

Once you have finished a wheel you can request a new spin from the other captains, or repeat the requirements again - the choice is yours!
For the District Wheel, if on respinning you receive a set of tasks you have already read you may request another spin for a new set.
For the Arena Hazards Wheel, you may NOT request a new spin even if you receive a duplicate word.

I'm in for DQs

Volunteering for D8

would like an extra entry as well please :)

I really enjoyed the trilogy. The boarding school theme has been done a lot but this series was certainly a unique take on it.

I hope you enjoy the other 2 books just as much.

Golem
651+
Tagged Jewish or Judaism (at least 10 times)
MUD (any order) in title
Theme of hubris
tagged Folklore (at least 10 times)

Cordelia wrote: "Can Shanghai Immortal be added please? Thank you!"

Done!

Ninth Circle by Jordan Silver

It was me!

Emily still wins though for her MC using a raccoon (rabid?) as a weapon 😂

sure thing! thanks for letting me know.

Have a safe trip

Cordelia wrote: "Please add A Letter to the Luminous Deep, thank you!"

Done :)

You made a good point with your last battle post, the silliness is coming to a close and you said If the Shoe Fits. Well, it does, so we did :)

Perfect, I’ll get it sent over as soon as I can get on a computer