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

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

nothing. nothing at all. he's scrumptious

Alaina wrote: "You could use For Whom the Bell Tolls for the task 200 to 299 pages. It's 233. I also finished The Winds of War which will complete the Minotaur. Now I'm going to finish Go Tell the..."

Alaina you are a BEAST!

Bernadette wrote: "If we use Gladiator for fire we can complete Mares of Diomedes"

I vote for completing a Monster! Also, please... PLEASE tell Typhon that we have seen enough of him and would REALLY appreciate it if he would give someone else a chance.

I think it's brown, yes

T51 Read a book between 200 and 299 pages (inclusive). Gladiator
T52 Read a book where the characters go on a journey. Elegy for Eddie
T53 Read a book where the MC must solve a riddle. Elegy for Eddie
T54 Read a book with a mountain on cover. Breathless
T55 Read a book with a brown cover (at least 50%). Elegy for Eddie

Would this be right? I added just the titles to the tracker quickly to make sure we were thinking the same thing... since we have talked about so many options... feel free to delete!

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "My current book Elegy for Eddie may work for 2, 3 & 5"

If these are confirmed though, maybe we should use Mama's Gladiator book for page numbers f..."

I believe Alaina's book Breathless works for Mountain on Cover.. which is what is on the tracker at the moment.

Kimber~☆♡Love of Books♡☆ wrote: "Hi
Do we still need books that are over 800 pages?
I can read

Just let me know :)"

It's likely we will... but the ones we need atm are spoken for and I think Alaina has another backup in the works too. I have been told that Wizard and Glass meets 4 of the Sphinx tasks though, so if we get that again, it would still be useful!

Found this one... I could prob pause The Alice Network and speed read through it for Tasks 2-5, it'll meet them all but the page numbers....

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

It's #6 in a series but looks like it can be read stand-alone if desired. It hurts my OCD soul, but I can take one for the team. HAHA!

The Alice Network has 503 pags (I'm 67% done, maybe another 2.5hours??)

Um SIR!!!

Bernadette wrote: "It looks like it should fit all those numbers."

Awesome!

Laura Martínez-Belli / 15-Jun-2022 / 402pgs
Darynda Jones / 17-Jun-2022 / 396pgs
Dave Grohl / 17-Jun-2022 / 376pgs
Patrick Radden Keefe / 22-Jun-2022 / 535pgs
Rick Riordan / 22-Jun-2022 / 377pgs
Julia Quinn / 22-Jun-2022 / 480pgs
Total: 2566

Current Total: 1,025,540

Here you go Elinor!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Elinor wrote: "I'll just see if whatever I read fits when I finish it though because I'm a slow reader."

This is perfect! Most of the books we've used for monsters and quickly vanquished are from already finished books that we were banking! It is getting easier the longer the challenge goes on! I've been taking notes as I read about what fits where with monsters we haven't gotten yet just in case!

Bernadette wrote: "My current book Elegy for Eddie may work for 2, 3 & 5"

If these are confirmed though, maybe we should use Mama's Gladiator book for page numbers for Sphinx?

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Does this cover count for fire? It looks to me like all the letters are kinda on fire."

I vote yes for fire... I think the letters are fire. How much of a majority do we need?

The Alice Network that I'm currently reading will also work for HERA task, but I'm not finished, and it's a fast taking audiobook, so I had to lower the speed from my usual rate, so I've probably got another 6 hours. I might finish tonight if I can keep listening without breaks

Brilliant Bernadette!

I've got nothing, but I saw that Wizard & Glass (Stephen King) works for tasks 2-5

YES! AGREEMENT!

I'm regretting us using The Empress already... someone was poisoned in that one...