Ashley’s Comments (group member since Apr 27, 2022)

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

Nevermind, I located it! Body at Buccaneer's Bay (Josh Lanyon)

Erin, this is on the Mini sheet, what book is it for? It looks like the title was deleted:

F18 tomato Erin 2-Nov-2024 252 pg 132, "'Tomato'. Rob said it with stern finality"

Roe wrote: "No. Its a werid one, no office only a college and church and they dont eat okra or lettuce lol"

Haha!

they are so quick!

Roe wrote: "I am 1/2 through Spellshop- If I do not finish today it will be done in the am.

I totally forgot about the Mini so im 100% guilty for not putting any of mine on there. Sorry Ashley!"

Roe, I think the only one I didn't find something to fit for you was Cloudy Jewel (Grace Livingston Hill) - so if you know something, feel free to add it! :)

Excellent find Cathy! We should definitely go for those! Better than no points! I plan to add The Spellshop to the Minis as they are finished by us.

Vicki finished today, so I moved by copy out and added hers to A19. Next person to finish can have A20. That pretty much finishes out the bonus word options (unless someone has found another Admin mini task that it works for?).

The next 2 to finish can go to Lettuce and Fig. :)

Speaking of that Vicki - I didn't manage to find anything for "Cutie Pies and Deadly Lies (Addison Moore)", so if you know of a mini task it might work for, please add it. :)

Vicki wrote: "Whoever (Ashley?) went through my mini-book tasks and added some things for me, thank you. I only got so far last night and was planning to add those today after my husband went to work. I didn't m..."

You are just fine, Vicki! I was just sending a general reminder because I sometimes struggle to find things that someone who has read the book might easily locate. If I have the time, I'm more than happy to help out by looking around, and today I had some extra time between tasks. Thank you for your understanding! 😊

Cordelia! sorry for the delay in adding your addition. Here is the correct one, I'll add it to the SS, if you can switch out the one on your Wheels shelf, please! Thank you!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Hello Team Lost Overdue Bill! Here's the latest update on our progress in Round 2.

Team Standing
We're currently in 7th position with 6,172 points.
Remember, our ranking and point total are subject to frequent changes as the challenge progresses.

Challenge Timeline
We have 4 days, 23 hours, and 8 minutes remaining in this round, and the overall challenge ends in 32 days, 23 hours, and 8 minutes.

Team Progress
Let's look at our updated stats:
• Books Read: We've collectively finished 156 books so far in the challenge, with 51 of those in this round.
• Progress Toward Goal: We're currently at 58% of our books per round average.

The Administrative Mini Challenge
We still need to find books that meet the following criteria:
A2: The plot revolves around an office romance.
A5: Tagged "office" (at least 10 times).
A6: The main character works in taxes.
A11: Someone is murdered in an office.
A12: The plot revolves around white-collar crime.
A16: Letters "ADMIN" in the title.

The Feeding the Family Mini Challenge
We still need to find books with the following words in the text:
F9: lentil
F17: okra
F20: lettuce
F24: fig

We also need books with the following country tags:
F31: China
F32: Mexico
F33: Italy
F35: India
F36: Greece
F38: Thailand
F39: Korea (North & South Korea also work)
F40: Turkey
F41: Nigeria
F42: Jamaica
F43: Bangladesh
F44: Hawaii
F45: Fried Chicken ("Southern Gothic" tag)

The Gardening Mini Challenge
We still need to find:
Series Book #2
Series Book #3
Series Book #4
Series Book #5

Series Book #2
Series Book #3
Series Book #4
Series Book #5

Additionally, we need 7 more color covers, including a mandatory green cover and a brown cover. We already have red, black, and white.

Housekeeping
• Make sure you're including all necessary info for your mini books and please do your best to check for mini options! I have added several that didn't include options that worked for things (like words in text).
• If you're planning to be away from Goodreads for more than a few days, please use the vacation tracker on our dashboard to let the team know.

Keep up the incredible work Team! Every book counts as we push through the final weeks of the challenge.
Happy reading, everyone!

I don't think so, they lowered the tags to only 5 (instead of the usual 10), so I'm assuming it needs to be the exact tag.

wow!! that's perfect!!

Cordelia wrote: "I finished The Bullet That Missed but frustratingly enough Goodreads doesn't seem to have my edition, which is a hardcover that is 412 pages. I just did the paperback that's 408 as good enough."

Cordelia, if you have the ISBN from your book, I can add it for you! I'm a GR Librarian! Just send me all the info you have on it.

Hi Team! Just a heads up on the Mini Challenges. Since we have the rest of the challenge to complete them (and potentially repeat one or two), don't worry if your book doesn't have a bonus word - go ahead and let's try to fill everything as fast as possible.

I would rather us potentially complete and have the opportunity to repeat for more points, then wait for bonus words.

If someone finishes a book with a bonus word that fits a used task without a bonus word before we need to repeat, we can switch those out for better points. So, make sure you note any bonus words and mini options, you can do it in column J on the SS!

November BOM threads are up! If you want to volunteer to write DQs, head over!

• 📖 November Main BOM
DQ Start Date: 2 November
Answer By Date: 2 December
Title: The Spellshop, Official Page Count 384
Discussion Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

• 🎭 November Theme BOM
DQ Start Date: 16 November
Answer By Date: End of challenge
Title: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Official Page Count 174
Discussion Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Volunteering for Lost Overdue Bill!

eta: I see Cordelia has volunteered, so I can backup if we aren't allowed extra team entries. Can't remember what the rule is.

perfect Erin, the code will be finalized once I add it to our main sheet, what's there now is just temporary, so feel free to move around as much as you want!

yes!

I haven't seen it either Cordelia and I've been watching, my guess is very soon. I'll post here if I see it!

yes, I will have a look tomorrow!