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

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

Ok Team! I've added a Mini Tab to the Tracker! Feel free to add some claims and if you have questions, ask! Thanks!

@Brittany! (and everyone!) Do you mind giving some additional context on your resource choices? For example, if you are mentioning a gun, where is the gun found in the book? Etc...

Thank you.

I will add in the mini tab to our Tracking Sheet where we can all claim tasks and record books, probably Monday. I'm mobile only for most of today!

I'm a Manon girly!

Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level Two
May and June, Books 101-125

May
101 ‣ The Honeymoon Crashers Christina Lauren | 23-May-2024
102 ‣ The Grace Year Kim Liggett | 25-May-2024
103 ‣ Ruthless Fae Caroline Peckham | 27-May-2024
104 ‣ Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris | 29-May-2024
105 ‣ Living Dead in Dallas Charlaine Harris | 30-May-2024
106 ‣ Club Dead Charlaine Harris | 31-May-2024



June
107 ‣ Heir of Fire Sarah J. Maas | 1-Jun-2024
108 ‣ Dead to the World Charlaine Harris | 1-Jun-2024
109 ‣ Dead as a Doornail Charlaine Harris | 2-Jun-2024
110 ‣ The Perks of Being a Wallflower Shephen Chbosky | 3-Jun-2024
111 ‣ Ace of Spades Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | 4-Jun-2024
112 ‣ Definitely Dead Charlaine Harris | 5-Jun-2024
113 ‣ Firefighter Unicorn Zoe Chant | 7-Jun-2024
114 ‣ Ariadne Jennifer Saint | 10-Jun-2024
115 ‣ Starling House Alix E. Harrow | 13-Jun-2024
116 ‣ Salt & Broom Sharon Lynn Fisher | 13-Jun-2024
117 ‣ Flow Kennedy Ryan | 14-Jun-2024
118 ‣ Catching Fire Suzanne Collins | 17-Jun-2024
119 ‣ The Wishing Game Meg Shaffer | 18-Jun-2024
120 ‣ Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez | 19-Jun-2024
121 ‣ The Reckoning Caroline Peckham | 20-Jun-2024
122 ‣ The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave | 21-Jun-2024
123 ‣ The Road Cormac McCarthy | 22-Jun-2024
124 ‣ Ask Again, Yes Mary Beth Keane | 25-Jun-2024
125 ‣ The Most Fun We Ever Had Claire Lombardo | 28-Jun-2024

love it Laurie!

Greetings from District 6! We hope you're navigating the Book Games with the same skill we use to navigate the rails and roads.

In the interest of Team Spirit and to make our supply drops as beneficial as possible, we’d love to know what preferences your team has for the drops! Would you prefer a multi-use book or are you not picky?

May the odds be ever in your favor, and may our collaboration bring us both closer to victory!

Honestly, I might just start signing off all my email "With righteous indignation"

Andy wrote: "I think you need to post the AI pirate mail ;-)"

Your wish is my command:

Ahoy, Jonathan,

I be writin’ ye this missive to express me boundless fury regardin' the cursed troubles with our Comcast bill. Despite me numerous attempts to set things right, speakin' with Comcast lackeys no less than four times in the past month, a satisfactory resolution be as elusive as buried treasure. Every scallywag I talk to admits the problem, yet none have the spine to fix it. Instead, each talk ends with an escalation ticket, which be closed faster than a clap o’ thunder, with nary a follow-up.

To add insult to injury, the latest suggestion to cut our services and sign a new contract be as daft as a landlubber in a storm. This be not only ridiculous but proof of the rot within Comcast's ways. At this point, I be ready to abandon ship and cut ties with Comcast altogether. The only reason I haven’t yet is that I doubt I’d get back the doubloons they owe me, given their blatant incompetence.

I demand swift and decisive action to right this wrong. Another incorrect bill has arrived, making the urgency clear. Mark me words: I will not be payin’ a single coin until this matter be resolved to me satisfaction.

I expect ye to give this matter yer full attention and fix it without delay. The continued neglect of yer customers be a disgrace.

With righteous indignation,

[Your Name]

I use AI to write professional emails when all I want to do is swear at people. It's like my therapist.

Once I asked it to write this hate email as if a pirate wrote it to make me laugh.

Karen! Next week is my birthday too! Mine is the 29th! I always enjoy finding birthday buddies!

Love your "isolated" garden Andy!!

I'll check in later with my one thing... So far nothing interesting has transpired.

no problem!

Some housekeeping!

Brittany - add The Familiar (Leigh Bardugo) to your book games shelf!
Brigia - add The Malevolent Seven (Sebastien de Castell) to your book games shelf!

Thank you!

off to check the library!

Keri wrote: "Just checking in I’ve been struggling between a rough time at work, as cuts are being made, and also coming down with a sinus infection now. But I am reading. Just struggling to complete some that ..."

Sorry to hear that Keri! I hope you don't feel too terrible and get well soon! :)

From the original post...

The sending team logs the supply drop books on the respective round's book log, puts the books in an appropriate resource category, and receives page points for the books sent. However, the books sent for supply drops cannot be used for other tasks.

Hmm... I'm reading this as we can use for a resource category, just not in the mini...

It seems to be it would be better to give a book before the mini starts, so that we aren't losing a possible book for a task. Yes?

I'll verify with the captains group to be sure I'm understanding correctly, unless Eldarwen or Karen chime in.

Eldarwen wrote: "Finally finished my first book for the challenge (after I was stuck for far too long on the one I had been trying to finish before the challenge started... .

Added Timeless to the ..."

I LOVE the Parasol Protectorate series! I think it's so sassy and fun!

Jean wrote: "I think we ought to see what the mini is before sending anything. I’m unsure of how this game will play out in terms of the 4 categories, but since they cannot change what they pick from a supply d..."

We can apply the book given however we want (within the limits of the rules).

- If we decide to use a book to cover a mini task, we don't get any page points, but the task is covered.
- If we decide to use the book as an addition to one of our resource piles, we just behave as though someone on our team read the book, nothing is different there with page points.
- If we decide to use the book to protect our supply pile.... well, there are some unknowns here. And, we also won't get page points if we go that direction.

Clearly defense is important, so that's something to consider, but I think it might be hard to fully understand until more information is released about what we might be protecting our supplies from, etc.

Andy wrote: "just a thought
working on the honour system here - so hopefully only District 6 folk will read further 😁"

Andy, I actually do like this strategy!

The show for Bridgerton is VERY different, and a much more fun vibe!

I enjoy romance, so the books were great to me, but even my husband likes the Bridgerton show series, lol.