Casey’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2022)

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

Skipping "Read a book with a ball gown on the cover." Going east.

P - Any Old Diamonds - Alexander Pyne-ffoulkes
A - Absolution
S - My Little Eye - Stephanie Marland
S - Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

I think it’s a little YMMV on how much a person likes it but if you enjoy children’s lit you can try The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson. (Sorry I’m on mobile rn and am not sure how to do the nice goodreads links on it lol)

Skipping task: Read a book that is in the Amazon 2012 bestsellers and moving east.

H - Bride (Author - Hazelwood, 416 pages)
A - Exit Strategy (Character - Arada, 172 pages)
L - Vespertine (Character - Leander, 400 pages)
T - Land is Everything : Treaty Land Entitlement (Editor - Tasha, 176 pages)

Sophie wrote: Sorry it's taken a month for me to set this up for you, it is there if you log in with the same account details again.

Thanks!

Hello! I’m finishing up my last book for the maze and really enjoyed this challenge! Would I be able to ask for a second maze in the easy category again please?

Skipping the task "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as shelved - plurals and spelling acceptable." I need even pages.

S Evershore Author: Sanderson (234 pages)
K My Alcoholic Escape from Reality Author: Kabi (136 pages)
I Iron Widow (394 pages)
P Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 11 Translator: Procter (160 pages)

Has anyone found a work around for the new book page not showing a full list of tags for books that don't have many? I've been using my lesser read by others books for the different shelf challenges, but now I can't get to that full tag list page for some of them.

For example Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition Vol. 1 only comes up with six tags now and no "show more" option, but I know it has a bunch of tags that have only been used once or twice because I considered it as an option for a book tagged "hardcover" earlier in my maze, but now I can't actually see that someone has shelved it with that tag before.

Sorry I can’t figure out how to quote on my phone.

Alysa, it’s been years since I read it but I think First Test by Tamora Pierce might work? It’s about a young girl, Kel, beginning training to become a knight. For fantasy I think it would be easiest to look for books where someone goes through like a weapons training arc where they incidentally get in shape. The problem with First Test is I think I remember her being fit for a kid before the novel starts but then also that she would still have to train for knighthood. Alanna: the First Adventure might work to for similar reasons, I just missed that one as a kid by accident so I still haven’t read it aha. Alanna’s series precedes Kel’s in the lore of Pierce’s world.

Hello! Just want to double check, do fantastic creatures like dragons count for the “book with an animal on the cover” task?

I need to skip this task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as done - plurals and spelling acceptable. I'm gonna be heading east.

H - Hunting by Stars (408 pages)
E - East (512 pages)
L - The Love Hypothesis (384 pages, ebook)
P - A Princess of Mars (202 pages)

Hello!! Judy told me about this challenge and it sounds awesome! Would I be able to sign up in easy mode?