Melissa’s Comments (group member since May 12, 2019)

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

Stacey wrote: "Would the word 'horns' work?
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No, it has to be an actual horn on the cover (not the word). However that pitchfork would make an awesome weapon!

I would say a definite yes for the Candymakers (lolipops, cookies, and hard candies) I think the Legends and Lattes works too - croissants, bread, and cakes and popovers?

Tammie wrote: "I just passed the half way point in my ‘Crete’ book and the author has yet to talk about Crete! A bust…I’ll be stopping here and save it for a future opportunity…arg!"

Good grief!!

I decided to dive into a short story book of Eudora Welty for "abundance." Ooof. I'm getting slammed around with the possibilities of human existence. 400 pages left...

Sharon wrote: "Completed not on spreadsheet

The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti
Read - 5/27
Pages - 352

Weapon
Pg 28 "three swords pier..."


All set!

I just checked it out. No abundance or abundant :( I guess being The Hunger Games
and all.
I do love spelling a- bun- dance though. It always makes me smile thinking of dancing buns.

Tammie wrote: "I just finished my first book by Jane Harper

I really enjoyed it!
Thanks Melissa and Elen for the rec…I’ll be reading more!"

Excellent!

I made a tracking sheet for this mini - it's got one glitch in the points column that my fellow captains are helping me out with. I tried to jazz up the colors to make it cornucopia theme, but I'm color challenged! I hope it is not glaringly weird.

This looks like one that we can buddy read for if anyone is interested. Esp. for the ones where "book is set in"

Here is the link to the mini if you want to see the cool cornucopia graphic!

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

The mini has been posted!!

Make sure you get yourself the best resources possible at the start of the Games by getting bonus points for each of the tasks you fill. Each task can be repeated a maximum of five times. Each food item in text can be repeated once.

This mini challenge runs from June 1st to June 15 9am UTC

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- Read a book with a orange cover
- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
- Author initials in HERACLES
- Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - examples LimonCELLO; THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but NOT GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)
- One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster

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- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Björk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
- "abundant" or "abundance" in text
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)

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- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)


General Notes
Locations must represent 50% or more of the setting
Colour cover must be 50% the colour (use of common sense, please)

@Lucy
I think Notes From a Small Island should be 324 pages?

I think I fixed it? There were some rows frozen which made it difficult to see the other rows - I see 5 books for you on the spreadsheet now.

Sharon wrote: "I usually Staycation every year for an extra long Memorial Day weekend. I relax, get things done around the house, and then we host a big BBQ on Monday because we live on the parade route.

Not th..."

Yikes!
My thoughts are with you.

Tammie wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Yes! I am going to use my Audible credit for Salt and Bone as I can't find it other places."

FYI...When I downloaded the KU for Salt & Broom I automatically got a free audible."

Good to know!

M wrote: "I have been sitting on this one for a while. I am going to poke my nose into this one.
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Looks fun! But, it must be very heavy..... unless it's on Kindle?
1,000 pages!

Tammie wrote: "I'm currently reading by Mariana Zapata
She drones a bit, but I really love her stories and so far I'm liking this one.

So far my favorite is [bookcover:The Ballad..."

Nice. I just started The Ballad of ... I'm looking forward to getting into it more this weekend.

Is anyone reading anything good?
I'm reading an interesting non-fiction What's Cooking in the Kremlin: From Rasputin to Putin, How Russia Built an Empire with a Knife and Fork - a history of Russia through food (or famine)

Yes! I am going to use my Audible credit for Salt and Bone as I can't find it other places.

Sharon wrote: "Complete

Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score
Read - 5/18
Pages - 592

Weapon
Pg 166 “I’ll take that badge..."

I love that this fits all the categories!
I put it on the tracker.

Michael wrote: "Something that just came to mind, we may want to keep our eyes peeled for books that have to do (in some way) with the Districts’ specialties. I could see this coming into play for one of the month..."

Very nice!