Karen ⊰✿’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2012)

Karen ⊰✿’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Hi team,

I hope you all had a nice weekend.

I'm sorry I missed a part of the mini 1 rules (I have bolded below):

"Each team will create their own Book Travel Itinerary of 11 books, each set in a different country, written by an author born in the country, or a nonfiction book where events in the country are the primary subject of the book."

We had two books read on the same date in itinerary one for Iraq so I have had to remove one of them and play some jenga with our itineraries.

This means:

Chava Into Iraq has now been banked. Please keep an eye out for mini 2 tasks and let us know if it fits any of them (the only mini we can used banked books for)

Tina Her feral beasts has now been banked. Please keep an eye out for mini 2 tasks and let us know if it fits any of them

This also means We can now read one more book for Iraq and one more for Fiji for future itineraries

Great, thanks Richard

End of May update

Look at all those lovely people above the line! ;)

Name	% Progress to goal
Cheryl		83%
Sammy		79%
Toni		78%
Carmen		77%
Gabby		76%
Cindy		72%
Charlie		67%
Karen ⊰✿	60%
Marty		60%
Melindam	58%
Elizabeth	54%
Elena		54%
The other Sandy	53%
Trisha		51%
Jim		50%
Linda C		50%
Wendy		47%
Cordelia	46%
Jessica (Goldenfurpro)	45%
Sophie (mod)	45%
Karen ♐	44%
Keely		44%
MelanieJoy 	43%
Patty		43%
Angie ☯		42%
Vicki Willis	41%

===================
Chrissie	40%
KelB		40%
Jillypenny	39%
Cat		38%
Eldarwen	38%
Yasmine		37%
Jenny		37%
Lexi		35%
Judy		32%
Tricia		31%
Janis		31%
Sophie		30%
Rocsana		28%
Melanie		28%
✿Danielle✿	27%
Keli		27%
LittleRedRidingHood	27%
Marla		25%
Jenner		25%
Sonja		23%
Insiyah		21%
Christina	20%
Sherri		20%
LaurLa		13%
Marie-Eve	13%
Roe		12%
Annalisa	10%
Jenn 		8%
Jamie		6%
Denise		3%
Christene	2%
Gwen|| Bookish Blondie	1%

Sammy wrote: "Lol! This one would come during the challenge I'm sitting out 😂"

lol!

Update

Mini 1
Countries we have read twice:

Ghana
Israel
North Korea
Poland
Rwanda
Sweden

Mini 2
Unclaimed tasks:

Read a book where the first word in the text is "They"
Read a book with MPG Adventure
Read a book that is in the Have Passport Will Travel List
Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the South Read a book with MPG Science-Fiction (or similar variations)
Read a book where a character eats something they have never tasted before
Read a book with short stories
Read a book set in the time period "Middle Ages"
Read a book where a character visits a castle or palace
Read a book published before 1970
Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the European continent

Mini 3
Open tasks:
Author born in Turkey
character goes to a market
character goes to the beach


character goes to a wedding
cow on cover
MPG Spirituality
I

Elli wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Haha that’s happened to me before too! And ChatGPT is good for finding out the ending to series that you don’t actually want to suffer through 🤭🤣"

Woah that's a great use of ChatG..."

I also use it to catch up on a series if it’s been a while between books. So before I start book 4, for example, I’ll ask it to give me an overview of the main points from books 1-3 as a refresher and without any spoilers for book 4

Haha that’s happened to me before too! And ChatGPT is good for finding out the ending to series that you don’t actually want to suffer through 🤭🤣

Update

Mini 1
Countries we have read twice:
Fiji
Ghana
Iraq
Israel
North Korea
Poland
Rwanda

Mini 2
Unclaimed tasks:

Read a book where the first word in the text is "They"
Read a book that is a series finale
Read a book with MPG Adventure
Read a book that is a debut novel
Read a book that is in the Have Passport Will Travel List
Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the South American continent
Read a book where a character is superstitious or believes in some myth or entity
Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters found in AROUND (Articles may not be used but can be ignored)

Mini 3
Open tasks:
Author born in Turkey
character goes to a market
character goes to the beach
train on cover

character goes to a wedding
cow on cover
MPG Spirituality
I
D
I

We are almost half way through the month. 48% to be exact! Our current reading to book caps is:

Name	Monthly Cap	Read so far	% book cap completed this month
Chava	9		3		33.3%
Elen	15		3		20.0%
Elisabeth17		7		41.2%
Elli	12		4		33.3%
Insiyah	10		1		10.0%
Karen	11		4		36.4%
Kylie	22		9		40.9%
LavenderLane	13	1		7.7%
Lisa	20		8		40.0%
Preeti	17		6		35.3%
Richard	65		42		64.6%
Sanskriti9		2		22.2%
Tina	15		5		33.3%

Richard wrote: "By my count, I'm down to 17 books left until June 16th. So as your resident power-reader, please let me know if there's any tasks I should focus on."

I agree the "They" book is a tough one. I'll post an update on books. There was a change where you still get 5 books above your cap (so a total of 65)

Richard wrote: "Insiyah wrote: "Richard, do any of these four books fit the new tasks in Mini 2?"

They were for cheeses"

Books used for cheese can also be used for a mini, so just shout out if they could count for a mini also :)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I may have one for a tight deadline.

Andie is given 30 days to get two unruly orphans ready to go to boarding school and if she succeeds she will get 10,000 from her ex husband.

30 days tight e..."

I would count it if she finds it a difficult deadline (I'm assuming so for it to be a plot point in a book ;)

Richard wrote: "I finished the cheese.

...just like I would in real life. 🐭"

Haha! Cheese is hard to leave alone 🧀
Nicely done!

Update

Thanks to some colourful books and a moose we finally got rid of Canada and NZ and have two new countries!

We also still need 2 x O for our Cheese. They are pretty time limited so if you have any Os which you read since that cheese was lobbed please shout out.

New Mini 3 Tasks
Turkey:
Author born in Turkey
Red and White on cover
character goes to a market
letters KEBAB in title (any order)
character goes to the beach
train on cover

U
R
K
E
Y

India:
Author born in India
Orange, White, Green and Blue on cover
character goes to a wedding
cow on cover
MPG Spirituality
character lives in a busy and bustling place
I
N
D
I


Current, open Mini 2 tasks
Read a book with a cityscape on the cover
Read a book where the first word in the text is "They"
Read a book that is a series finale
Read a book with MPG Adventure
Read a book where there is a tight deadline
Read a book that is a debut novel
Read a book with a door or gate on the cover
Read a book where two people with different religions interact

Countries we have reached the max for in mini 1
Iraq
Ghana
Fiji
North Korea
Rwanda

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 4
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:


FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 25 (end of May was 18)
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 3

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

None of those, actually! haha I would recommend anything narrated by Julian Whelan. This month I read

I think Insiyah may have misunderstood your question around colours on the cover, sorry Lisa.

As long as the colours are on the cover it is all good. If there's more colours, fine as well. (The task is not ONLY red white and blue)

In the captains group we also said that text would be fine to use, even if the colour isn't part of the cover art itself.

As long as the colours are somehow on the cover (and visible to the naked eye... :-p), it's good to be used. No restrictions

No, but it sounds so interesting!!

Looks like we need a few Cs, Os, and that U may need some planning

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Karen - it started at 7.30 pm and ended about 10 pm. It left out a couple of scenes, but basically was the same as the theatre show.

Marina Prior and Matt Lucas (from Little Britain fame) played ..."

Sounds great! I have to say I thought it would be longer. How cool that Marina Prior and Matt Lucas take on those roles!

Richard wrote: "I can do the Kiwi & Moose ones"

Thanks!
Looks like Lisa has a kiwi also if you want to prioritise the moose :)

Elisabeth wrote: "There's a map in the front of my current read. It's a chunky one but a fast read so a few days to finish."

Great, thanks!

Update

We have some new tasks for travelling :)

Current open travelling tasks:
Read a book published in 2024
Read a book with a cityscape on the cover
Read a book where the first word in the text is "They"
Read a book that is a series finale
Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Antarctica continent
Read a book with MPG Adventure
Read a book where there is a tight deadline
Read a book that is a debut novel
Read a book with a map (usually found in the front of the book)
Read a book with the word highway, road, avenue or street in the title (Plurals are acceptable) (Eli is reading for this)

-Current wheel open tasks-
Red, Blue and White on cover
kiwi on cover (bird or fruit)
Red and White on cover
moose on cover

spell-it-outs
N
N
A



I think the hard tasks that will need planning/claiming are:
>Read a book where the first word in the text is "They"
> Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Antarctica continent
>kiwi on cover (bird or fruit)
>moose on cover


Countries we have reached the max for in mini 1
Iraq
Fiji