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

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

dang, I don't have anything that currently works.

Kimber do you think the MC solves a riddle in that book? Or is riddle just mentioned in the book?

The task is: Read a book where the MC must solve a riddle.

Oxford dictionary defines as:
noun. /ˈrɪdl/ /ˈrɪdl/ ​a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer, that you ask somebody as a game.

Does that help?

The other teams have used the following books to satisfy this task:
Wizard and Glass
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons

That might help understand what they meant by "solve a riddle", vs "solve a mystery/crime/etc"

Oh fun!

maybe we'll get a super mini for the first half of August? kind of like May?

oh! I didn't realize, I thought the mini ended July 1, but we have until the 15th.... I'm too competitive for my own good!

Alaina wrote: "I'll send you a PM because who knows we could get a magical 800+ page task in the future."

HAH!

Alaina wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Alaina wrote: "It's 6 months for a re-read right? I last read this in 2020. BUT, if you want, I can share my login for audible and you can listen to it Ashley. Up to you."

6 months ..."

Hmm, well... I'm more likely to finish it faster during the week, so if you want to read it this weekend, do it... if not, then I'll pick it up Monday (maybe it'll be available to be at the library by then too)... or maybe someone will swoop in and beat us to it all!

I just know I won't get it finished this weekend... I'm trying to be optimistic, but I shouldn't be, because IT WOULD BE A LIE.

Alaina wrote: "It's 6 months for a re-read right? I last read this in 2020. BUT, if you want, I can share my login for audible and you can listen to it Ashley. Up to you."

6 months yes, so you'd be fine.
If you don't want to read it, I can try to get it done before Monday (I'd have to really work at it... my weekends tend to be less available for reading)... I think it'll take me about 15 hours of audio (it's 30+ right?)

For Mare of Diomedes:

The Alice Network works for Title contains all the letters of HERA - should finish tonight in the morning

Hades works for Fire on the cover - should finish tomorrow

Alaina wrote: "I have that audiobook on my audible app!"

819 pgs
Arya gets lost in Red Keep (castle)
2 maps at beginning of the book
p 508 | That helm…the others called him bullheaded, so he threw it in their teeth.
4.44 rating

I've been waiting on A Game of Thrones from the library, since it will take out the Minotaur in one book, but it's still not available

Well, the ebook is, but I don't think I'll finish it in a timely manner with the amount of driving I have to do right now.

I'm waiting on the audiobook

The MINOTAUR! ACCCKKK!!!

Well, at least we have one monster done and another almost done! Maybe we can use it on a new monster!

Alaina wrote: "Any chance we can move her book to CAVE in text and character uses a sword? Go Tell the Bees will knock out the 800+ page and #9 in series. I'll be done with that soon.

Pg. 158, "That your son, no..."

This would knock out two monsters!! Melissa what do you think!??

Hydra:
Read a book 800 pages or longer. Go Tell the Bees that I'm Gone
Read a book with MPG Adventure. Monsters Born and Made
Read a book with gold text on the cover. Monsters Born and Made
Read a book where the MC has a sister. The Book of Cold Cases
Read a book that is #9 or higher in a series Go Tell the Bees that I'm Gone

Echidna:
Read a book between 350 and 450 pages (inclusive). A Bad Day for Sunshine
Read a book with CAVE in text. House of Earth and Blood
Read a book where a character uses a sword. House of Earth and Blood
Author name (first and last) contain all the letters in HERA The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Read a book where a MC is a mother A Bad Day for Sunshine

Also, I'm almost finished with The Alice Network which will work for Read a book whose title contains all the letters of HERA, if we want to use it

Bernadette wrote: "Alaina wrote: "Are we allowed to switch books around? I didn't realize Melissa finished House of Earth and Blood. Which could have been used for the Minotaur. While The Winds of War could have been..."

Would it be better to wait and save Melissa book in case we get another 800+ so that we can use Alainas BEES for 2 tasks?

Alaina wrote: "Are we allowed to switch books around? I didn't realize Melissa finished House of Earth and Blood. Which could have been used for the Minotaur. While The Winds of War could have been used for chara..."

I think as long as we haven't submitted it and claimed a new monster?

I'm on my phone for a bit, at my son's practice, so if anyone wants to use the ones I mentioned, here is the justification:

A Bad Day for Sunshine / Darynda Jones
"Sunshine Vicram has a daughter
396 pgs"

The Storyteller / Dave Grohl
Author name (first and last) contain all the letters in HERA"

for echnida I have:

A Bad Day for Sunshine - pgs and mother
The Storyteller - Author