Kathryn’s Comments (group member since Dec 15, 2016)

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

Hello fellow adventurers! I went exploring for interesting articles and found the following three to be rather interesting. The last one I list will have been my favorite!

March's Most Anticipated New YA Novels
Travel Back in Time With These New Historical Fiction Novels
64 Top Nonfiction Books to Read for Women's History Month

I found so many books to add to my TBR shelf in these articles! xD
The last article I found most interesting because I don't often delve into non-fiction. However, I found many of the books there to be worth a read, I feel, especially one about the 5 women killed by Jack the Ripper. The book is called The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper.

My favorite quote for The Academy - part II quest

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

-H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

※ Quest Log -- March, 2022 ※

(view spoiler)[3/2/22
Start Date
Hero: LVL 1 || HP: 10 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 0 || XP: 0

3/2/22
Hello my name is ... QUEST COMPLETED +3 XP
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Hero: LVL 1 || HP: 10 || Sword: Level 0 || Magic: Level 0 || XP: 3 (hide spoiler)]

I don't even recall if I did this, but I'm doing it for the quest.

Birthday: February 27th
Favorite Book(s): The Stalking Jack the Ripper series, Harry Potter, In Death Series, and so many more.
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy
Favorite Author: Nora Roberts/JD Robb
Favorite Color: Pink and Red
Favorite Food: Chicken Alfredo
Any Pets: Kylo, 13 year old German Spitz. Hecate, unknown age, black cat.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Scotland
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I have so many that they can't all fit on my shelves. And many more on my kindle. And my bank account would show as much. LOL

I'm a newcomer hoping for a mentor!

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※ Academy II ※

(view spoiler)[You've been teaching at the Novel Academy for what feels like eons (see The Academy quest here ). While it's a great honour you've become a bit bored. The Principal Mage just announced that there's an opening in the exchange program and you're eager to jump on the opportunity and teach at the Witches and Honourable Banshees university for the next semester. To get the job you have to prove that you're a Goodreads expert and know your way around without a map.

Complete the requirements to apply successfully for the new teaching job. You do not have to complete the requirements in order.

Note: Books need to be read after announcement of the quest. Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other quests. These are participation tasks.

Levels:
Fill in the application form - Complete 6 Requirements
List your teaching accomplishments - Complete another 5 Requirements
Complete the application process successfully and get the job - Complete the rest of the Requirements


Requirements:

✔ 1 Visit the Goodreads blog: News & Interviews & check out at least 3 of their articles. (link to the articles you read & report on the most interesting one in The Local Tavern) My Post

☐ 2 Pick out and read a book based on News & Interviews recommendation (list the book and link to the article that features it)

☐ 3 Check out the books that won Goodreads Choice Awards & read a book that has either won or been nominated for this award (any year will do) A Court of Mist and Fury, which won the 2016 best YA Novel award.

✔ 4 Check out New released books listed on Goodreads: Click on Browse>New Releases > "By authors" and/or "By Genre". Pick at least one book and add it to your "Want to read" GR list. List the book. The Bone Orchard

✔ Find the answer to this question on Goodreads: "What do I do if I can't find a book using search on Goodreads?". (Either link to the answer or "copy & paste".) Answer Here

✔ 6 Find your GR Reading stats and put down how many pages you read last year (hint: search under "My books"). I didn't read nearly as much as I wanted to last year. But I managed to read 8507 pages last year.

✔ 7 Go through your "Want to Read" list and delete all the books you're no longer interested in reading. List the number of remaining books. I have 1119 books on my shelf as of now!

✔ 8 Go through your "Read" list and shelve at least ten books that have no tag other than "read" (if all your books are already shelved, you deserve a "task complete"). Done

✔ 9 Set up a new shelf on "My books" page, either for unfinished/abandoned books or any other genre/tag that you've been missing. List the name of your new shelf. (if your shelving system is perfect as it is, you deserve a "task complete") I added a mythology shelf, which was much overdo.

☐ 10 Go to Recommendations, select recommendation by shelf or by genre and read at least one book recommended to you and mark at least one book as "not interested". List those books. Going to read My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 1 from Fantasy shelf and listed Gregory: and Other Stories as "Not Interested"

✔ 11 Go to Listopia and vote for your favourite books on at least three lists (link to the lists). One Two Three

✔ 12 Check out GR Popular Quotes and "like" at least three of them. Copy & paste your favourite one and post it to the Theatre thread. My Post

✔ 13 Take at least one of the GR Quizzes (link to it and list your result). Harry Potter Quiz And I got a 70% on it!

✔ 14 List how many GR groups you are a member of, which one is your favourite and how many comments have you made in that group so far. I am in 16 groups. My favorite is NBRC. I have 64 comments in it.

☐ 15 Find at least three GR Groups that are interested in your favourite genre or author or reading activity (e.g. challenges), link to them (you don't have to join them).

✔ 16 Check out your GR Profile, Account & Emails settings and update them if needed. Not needed. :)

Rewards
Application Form: 3 XP, 1 Minor Heal Potion
Accomplishment List: 4 XP, 1 Major Heal Potion
Successful job application: 6 XP, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP and refills HP) (hide spoiler)]

※ QUESTS ※

In Progress:

Completed:
Hello, my name is... (3/2/22) +3 EXP

※ MONSTER SLAYING LOG ※

※ SPELLS ※

※ POSESSIONS and ACCESSORIES ※

※ PETS ※

※ WEAPONS ※

x Sword: Level 0
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Level 1: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (hide spoiler)]


x Magic Staff:

※ TOTE of INFINITE BOOKS ※

※ INVENTORY ※

5 Potion Tokens
10 Gold
4 Minor Healing Potions
1 Major Healing Potion
1 Time Walking Potion
1 Shield Potion
1 Mercenary Coupon - Hire one mercenary free for a week
Up to 15 books read in the 12 months prior to starting

Lady Kathryn

LEVEL: 1 | EXP: 10 | HP: 10/10

Level 0 Sword
Level 0 Magic Staff

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Finally finished that first book. Over 600 pages when you're only just bouncing back from being sick is nuts. But I'm really happy I've been able to contribute at all. On to the next book!