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

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

Ok Team! Here is what we currently have as claimed on the SS. I need to know if anyone isn't going to finish any of them.

Fire and Ice (Dana Stabenow) - Lauri
The Origins of Totalitarianism (Hannah Ardent) - Megan
Over and Out (Jenni L. Walsh) - Melissa
Hidden Pictures (Jason Rekulak) - Ashlee L
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese) - Melissa
I'd Rather Be Reading (Anne Bogel) - Ashley
The Mistletoe Motive (Chloe Liese) - Lorna
Role Playing (Cathy Yardley) - Lorna
Shadow Woman (Thomas Perry) - Brittany
Self-Care for People with ADHD (Sasha Hamdani) - Brittany
Girl, Serpent, Thorn (Melissa Bashardoust) - Brittany

Also! I have a book that's been read that doesn't have a place unless all of the claimed books are read AND we find 2 O's (or we lose a strategic claimed book).

Daniel wrote: "Just finished Death du Jour and I’ll be out all day Saturday and won’t be able to read so I’m done for around 2. BUT I DID get Starter Villain from the library today so I’m going to go ahead and ju..."

Awesome Daniel!

Just a question - you said 331 - but the copy on your shelf and linked is 400

Got it!

Lauri - when you get a moment, add The Book of Candlelight (Ellery Adams) to your wheels shelf!

Round 3 Information!!!

Our Round 3 word is SYNTHESIZER and our cover color is WHITE! I've added all the necessary info to our tracking SS, so feel free to begin addition books if you'd like!

Bonus Info
For this round, we need to find musical instruments on the cover of our books (any instrument, just has to be obviously an instrument). Each found instrument will earn an additional 5 bonus points. Only one instrument per book cover and a maximum of 10 bonus instruments. You can find the same instrument multiple times (not least because no one's got time to decide if it's a violin or viola etc etc)

Note: It is possible changes will be made to the standard rules based on the point spread at the end of round 2, but we won't know that until the end of the round!

Shannon wrote: "Finished “Who to Believe” dont think ill be able to finish another for this round so ill start reading for next round later."

Thanks for the update Shannon! Will you add your book to your wheels shelf when you get a moment! Thank you!

End of Round Countdown: 2 Days : 20 Hours : 30 Minutes

Let's make sure we are happy with everything on the SS and if you think you won't finish something, please let us know and/or remove it!

If you have any last-minute add-ons, please feel free! Throw in some red covers or short books, or both!

Also, if you notice that you have added a read date to your book but there is no check mark from a captain, your book might not be on your wheels shelf! Please try to make sure we clear up anything before the end of the round! :)

If anyone has any P's or O's (that you haven't already put on the SS, please let me know! :)

Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!
Paw and Order
Spencer Quinn
Finished 10/30/23
Page count: 320
Spellout letters:
L - CFN Lizette
P - title
S - AFN

[bookcover:Paw and Order|1877538..."

Got it added Lauri! Please make sure you add it to your wheels shelf! Thank you!

Thanks everyone! It was just a freak accident! We recently roofed a shed in our backyard and we think he somehow sliced it on a sheet that was leftover? That's the only thing remotely sharp where he was and that's all we can come up with.

We were able to pick him up tonight to await surgery. We decided the best route was amputation, since the recovery for the reattachment is pretty brutal and we aren't sure he will tolerate it well.

So, we should have a tripod by the weekend! Gah, what a week it will be!

Hi everyone! Sorry I was MIA this weekend. We had a pet emergency and it was ROUGH! Our 6-mo old Husky somehow severed 2 of the 3 tendons in his back leg and is now awaiting surgery to either reattach the tendons or possible amputation. Hopefully everything goes smoothly regardless.

I will be checking in on everything more closely once I am home again, unless I have a nice lull at work and can sneak in a few moments.

Been a super busy work day, but will add everything tonight when I can breathe!!!

Also, yes, you can always just add to the bottom of the list!

Melissa wrote: "Aside from the amazing color coding and drop down choices, I am impressed by the formulas on the member's page. How did you learn to do those?"

Trial and error and google!
TBH, google sheets isn't that difficult, if you know what you want the formula to do, then you can usually work it out (or google it)... lol

Daniel wrote: "And we appreciate that! It is an extremely awesome sheet! Take it from someone who uses excel on a daily basis."

Oh yay! That's high praise! :)

Lorna wrote: "Idk who did the design for the sheets for this but they're making my organised heart so so happy"

I'm a bit of a spreadsheet maniac... lol

It's not! It's Full Moon Rising.
We can use Sydney or Melbourne, so Moriarty is a great go to. I've read several of her books, and just didn't feel like doing another yet.

I finally found a book set in one of our locations! Melbourne! If everyone reads their claimed locations, that's 10 unique and we can pick multiples now!

Namita, I added the book you marked as read yesterday (The Lathe of Heaven) to the SS. If you can add it to your wheels shelf, that will be great! Also, feel free to add some books to the SS :)

Fantastic!
I keep going through books and so far nothing is working! I'm going to keep looking though!