Amanda’s Comments (group member since Mar 13, 2022)

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

Trio wrote: "can other people's books be combined with mine to make one dish?"

Yup! You can add on to any of the dishes where there are blank spaces. I usually try to start there before starting a new dish

Trio wrote: "And I'M SO CONFUSED LOL, I've been putting it off like crazy because I've literally got no idea how to start 🤣
My first book is pretty easy - The Blacksmith and the Ex-Con. It's got stuff like soda..."

Just remember that drinks/desserts the book has to be 500+ pages. It's super confusing at first but definitely gets easier. I found it easiest to make a copy of the spreadsheet so I can have the copied open to the list of ingredients for meals and then search for those things and put them in the actual spreadsheet.

Trio wrote: "I'll save them for when they are updated with page counts - they've both got good food words in them.

Is the tab called Shop Front only for you and Amanda to use?"

Lol at you thinking I have any idea whats going on 😂😂 maybe next round I can try to take some of the pressure off Janine but still so lost.

Trio, I see that you're working on the spreadsheet so I'll wait until you're done!

Janeylou wrote: "Amanda on kitchen prep line 50 & 51 you have tea and sugar ..tea has to have tea & water as 2 items , does your book 'love him desperate' have water in it that you can swp over"

Yup, fixed! And I don't know how to fix the REF error, sorry!

okay I will work on that! I'm still figuring it out and making changes. Thank you for checking :)

I added it to a general "dessert" but can change if needed

Kirsten wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Okay I'm actually having fun adding the meals, but how does it calculate how many items you can do? I made a sandwich which has min 7 items, but guess my book is max 4?"

That's okay..."


Got it, thank you!!

ANother question, might just be for Janine, or at least people more cultured than me lol. What is clotted cream and can I use it for my dessert? pictures made it look like it's used with jam and scones which I'm assuming is usually a breakfast but I would totally eat it for a dessert lol.

Okay I'm actually having fun adding the meals, but how does it calculate how many items you can do? I made a sandwich which has min 7 items, but guess my book is max 4?

Ooh I have that arc too, how is it?

I don't know why, but the hot dogs made me LOL. There's zero reason it should but it did

Are you feeling better Kirsten??

Should I do it now? I don't want to do it too early lol

Yup I can do that on my computer!

I can check Mummy Cristo this weekend for more stuff and add I'm going to add all my books to main sheet this weekend.

I also don't super love this challenge, and I feel like it's made me a little reading slumpy as I feel a little pressure to make notes while I'm reading. I've never quit a challenge and not sure how I feel about doing it lol but can go either way

I am good with putting the books on the main sheets but am also so confused about the making of the meal, I will try to figure it out this weekend though so you're not on your own Janine!

I finished my omega book for SH and the MC owns a restaurant so commercial kitchen for that and LOTS of food items for this one. I highlighted them all because before I was just searching after the fact and that seemed harder. I'll try to add it today, but might not get to it until tomorrow.

Also I know at least Trio is an audiobook listener, is chapter okay for the sheet or do I also have to get the ebook and search it out for the tracking, you think?

I think we might have to ask what we're supposed to put in that category

Kirsten wrote: "Amanda, how is Hogwarts going for you? We're both disciples of the dark lord, right? I'm liking it. I can read what fits from my tbr, and I am definitely playing for fun, like always."

I like it! I feel like the one book each week requires a little more searching and planning but I like that so it's not just a book log and helps me choose, then I can fit most other things I was already reading in the extra credit. Excited to see how quidditch goes when it starts

So I'm gonna try to get through 7 500+ pages, but who knows if I'll get through them all. Is it default page count or edition read?

I'm looking right now at what library books I have that are over 500 pages, standby