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

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

Wow. I'm totally impressed that we finished the mini. (or are finishing it!)

Keely wrote: "I'm sure they are better than what I would have come up with.

I will finish my final book tomorrow. The challenge ends in the evening for me, so I will have time to finish it in the day."

Oh Lord, I'm not sure of that...
But it's done! And posted. I have an extra book in the comedy somewhere in case someone doesn't finish one of their books I used.

Jason's Tragedy

Jack Winter was a proud man. He had followed wealth like an explorer seeking True North. In the Silence in the Library, he Exposed himself to all of the literature and self help books that could get him on the road to riches.

He became a town developer, and squirreled his money away. He preferred people call him doctor however, just because Mr. wouldn’t do.

The only pleasure he took was walking the woods After Dark. Often these were the same woods he would soon develop. He would Hunt the Stars with a Fragile Longing for something more than the money he had.

During his holiday vacation, he traveled to the ocean, but There was Evil by the Sea. Looking at the local papers, he saw that there was A Death in Belmont. There was a Body found in the Garden in the next town over, and a Murder at the Mayfair Hotel. They had all been killed by an archer. It was called the Holiday of Death.

He chalked it up to misfortune. Nothing could harm him.

That night, he walked a trail that did not show up on any map. He heard a calling from deep in the forest. He walked forward, and saw The Girl in the Tower. She seemed trapped, like Rapunzel, but without the hair. He thought for a moment that he might be able to help. He might be The Protector. He could start The Story of a New Name, and become something besides what he was.

But he was to develop these woods. He would need to cut the trees down and destroy the tower.

The girl called out to him, asking for him to save her. She was trapped, maybe she would be the next victim of the local killer. He ignored her, and walked away.

Little did he know that this girl was Only a Monster. Some might say she was a Psycho. She looked for men who were too proud, and hunted them down. She was the murderer.

She followed him into the forest and killed him with The Arrow. Cradle to Grave, she could not abide a conceited man. She said a Prayer for the Dying, and then cursed his pride. He died alone in the woods. This was the story of The Vanishing of Dr. Winter.




After Dark
The Arrow
Hunt the Stars
Only a Monster
Silence in the Library
True North
Exposed
A Death in Belmont
The Protector
Fragile Longing
The Girl in the Tower
Evil by the Sea
Body in the Garden
The Vanishing of Dr. Winter
A Prayer for the Dying
The Story of a New Name
Murder at the Mayfair Hotel
Psycho
Holiday in Death
Cradle to Grave

Jason's comedy

Iris and Ray

Iris was Mostly Harmless. She lived in the town of Pollyanna, and was true to its name. She liked skipping through town barefoot and singing to the donuts in the grocery store, but she was True of Heart, and really, isn’t that all that matters?

Ray was a King of Fools, and sometimes a Queen. They claimed they had been Around the World in Eighty Days on a skateboard, and they were the best friend of The Billionaire’s Familiar. They claimed they were the reason The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared, and it may have been true.

Rumors of Ray infiltrated the town like Starship Troopers. Iris immediately felt Monstrous Affections. Ray’s White Lies did not bother her. She was Eager to make their acquaintance.

Truely, it was Plum Spooky how Undeniable this pair was. Together, they were Gallant. They were perfection.

Everyone started to follow this pair around. They wanted to know how The Crush became such a thing. To Love a Naiad was to love Iris! But the followers could not match up. They were A Little Unsteady. They were no more than a Mummy’s Boy or Lost in Amber.

But no pair could compare! This wacky duo was perfect.

Books:
Iris
Mostly Harmless
Plum Spooky
Pollyanna
Undeniable
Monstrous Affections
Eager
Starship Troopers
Gallant
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared
Around the World in Eighty Days
White Lies
The Billionaire's Familiar
King of Fools
True of Heart
The Crush
To Love a Naiad
A Little Unsteady
Mummy’s Boy
Lost in Amber

Okay, so these stories are terrible!!
My comedy is more of a wacky love story!!
Oh well....

Keely wrote: "Would you accept me on your team, Melissa, even if I don't meet around 13 books a month? I would do my best of course, I have plenty of shorter books I've been putting off because of challenges lik..."

Yes! I'll contact our team captain (ish) and we'll figure out the details. Yay!!

Teresa wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I will be working on a new challenge - My Restaurant Rocks come September. (Teresa, I see you are in it too? :) I am wondering if any of you would like to join a team I'm on. We're ..."

Yes! I think it will be fun.

Keely wrote: "Oh there is so much temptation to join! I decided not to join as I'll be moving (probably beginning of September now) and there will be a lot to do at the new house and I'll have to try and find a ..."

Be tempted :)

I will be working on a new challenge - My Restaurant Rocks come September. (Teresa, I see you are in it too? :) I am wondering if any of you would like to join a team I'm on. We're looking for people who could read 13-14 books a month?

I am so glad you are meddling!!
I can make a story about just about anything. I think :) Thanks for putting it all together!!

Fair enough.
I'll stretch it a bit.
Just going through what we have left.

Keely wrote: "I just went through and added them to the mini and we have enough!
It does mean that a lot of ones that could have been used in the stories were used though."

No worries!
Did you mark which ones you used on the spreadsheet?
I can double check that.

It might be a push, but maybe we'd want famous people at our ball like Mary's Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford? With the setting at the White House? With lush vegetation?

Keely wrote: "I had a sneaky look at other teams sheets and they have all done longer chains that were always 4 or longer or 4 lots of 4. We may be better doing the 4 lots of 4 in that case."

Sounds good. There are a couple in our list that are 1s and 2s. What would we need in the case of lots of 4s?

Teresa wrote: "Check the main folder, I think there is a page for us to publish our story. It should give you ideas"

Good idea

I could read a 7 - I'm almost finished with my two books (Pillars and A Long Way ...)
I'm going to start working with the unplaced ones and see what kind of story I can create.
I've never done one of the stories before. Does anyone know if I can add words in between the titles? Do the titles just need to appear somewhere, or do they need to be strung together?

Mary C wrote: "I did some spreadsheet updating from my solo business trip reading. 2 worked for the pairs thing so I just went ahead and added them there. I lost 2 days just to flying which gave me a lot of readi..."

How was the trip?

Just got out of the woods one day early :) (the bugs were ferocious)
I’m decent at making up stories ! I can check in more detail tomorrow or the next day. Tonight, I 😴

Thanks Stacy, Keely, and Keli!
I'm off to the backwoods of Ontario!
I'll just be talking to the husband, dog, and the loons, no internet until August 9th. I'm bringing The Pillars of the Earth
which I think Keely read?
Sorry I can't contribute online at this point!
Mary, have a great trip!
We will need 2 more to volunteer for warships.
See you soon :)
Happy reading!

Stacey wrote: "@Melissa - he does look like he's getting ready to take a bite! ;) But it's a romance so ya know he's not that bad...."

lol!
Oh my! Well, now my feelings are conflicted!!