Brie’s Comments (group member since Mar 04, 2015)

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

I looked it up on Amazon...not Christmas :(

For the Mods, "the beach or real warm weather" is considered Jamaica, or the Bahamas, or Florida, or anywhere where you would be able to comfortably go to the beach on Christmas and like wear a bathing suit or sandals. This turned into a big discussion on the captains' "Questions for the Mods" thread hahaha

HOLIDAY CHALLENGE UPDATE

DECEMBER 24 (a day early)
Read a book where something important happens on "the night before Christmas" (10 pts)

Oh damn! Unfortunately, it doesn't count. The Mods are very strict about climate goals hahaha

Erin (Paperbackstash) wrote: "Karen
I know you're working on two of them, the one left we can use for Christmas Carol (from the three above)

As a fun coincidence, they started talking about Christmas in the book Im reading no..."

Heck yes you can! (if they celebrate Christmas in Jamaica, that is)

We can use it for the holiday meal goal!!! The ruining/saving Christmas goal has to be the actual day Christmas day/holiday.

The default edition of A Christmas Carol is 104 pages, that counts! What edition are you reading?

HOLIDAY CHALLENGE UPDATE

You can see all backlogged holiday goals and completed holiday goals on page 1.

GOAL UPDATE

1. Read a book with the word build, make, create or construct (plurals are acceptable) in the title -- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Farhad)

2. Read a book that is set in a medieval time period (between 5th to the 15th century) -- The Last Kingdom (Ema)

3. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as maybe - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable -- Chasing Mr. Wright (Megan L)

4. Read a book where an important character dies -- American Gods (Brie)

5. Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 female names in Spain according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Spain) -- Just Business (Erin)

6. Read a book where the audio version is narrated by a famous actor -- Finders Keepers (Farhad)

7. Read a book where the ISBN10 number has exactly 2 odd numbers -- Romancing the Duke (Natalie)

8. Read a book with an animal on the cover -- When Beauty Tamed the Beast (Natalie)

9. Read a book where a character has an unusual sidekick -- The Rest of Us Just Live Here (Farhad)

NEW GOAL
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as children - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

You don't need to now because I've already added them to the Goalless Books tab on the spreadsheet. The Books Read thread is necessary (especially for me) when I haven't updated the spreadsheet in a day or two and I need to see all books read in one place along with page numbers/goals they fulfill etc so that I don't have to go hunting through everyone's shelves to make sure I didn't miss anything. From here on out, please post your completed reads on that thread, but keep discussion to THIS thread :)

GOAL UPDATE

1. Read a book where a character is a mermaid -- Everblue (Erin)

2. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as priority - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable -- Jocurile schimbului vol.I (Valentin)

3. Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Chariot" in the text or title -- Life's Little Ironies (Karen)

4. Read a book where tarot cards are used -- The Diviners (Fatima)
***Looks like the fates wanted us to use this book for the tarot goal no matter what ;)

5. Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as biography - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable -- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Karen)

6. Read a book with jewelry on the cover -- Coda (Megan)

7. Read a book with the word darning in the text -- Cocaine Blues (Karen)

8. Read a book where MCs have superhero powers -- Blue Lily, Lily Blue (Philippa)

9. Read a book where a character has troubles with authority -- Dinti albi (Valentin)

10. Read a book where the title starts with the letter H -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Natalie)

NEW GOALS
1. Read a book with the word build, make, create or construct (plurals are acceptable) in the title

2. Read a book that has a number in the title with a series number one higher than that number

***I have a question out to the Mods checking to see if Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear would work for "create"

***The second goal is going to be very very tricky.........

It's truly as easy as that :) You are not required to read any specific books toward any specific goals. Our team always has 5 open goals which I have posted on page 1 of this thread. Any information about ongoing challenges (Our Team Goals, the Holiday Challenge, the BOMs, and our general Status Update) will be on page 1 in my first 4 messages.

***First thing is first, please set up a bookshelf specifically for the Tower Teams Game and add in all of the books that you have started and completed from November 7 until now. From what your "Read" shelf looks like, you would add every book from Respect onward.

Christal wrote: "Brie wrote: "THIS IS AWESOME!!!! Hey Christal! and Hi Kat!!!

Where in NorCal do you live Christal? I move to Sacramento in a few weeks.

I'll add your books to the spreadsheet later today :)

Oh p..."

Small world! My brother and his family live in Camden, I'm there all the time. I'm moving back because my best friends are there, my family is all over California (we are all very close), and my boyfriend is there. New York is crazy expensive and I want to go back to graduate school, meaning I need to save money!

Erin (Paperbackstash) wrote: "Book: Everblue
Author: Brenda Pandos
Pages: 304
Date Finished: 12/21/2015
Goals: Mermaids"

Yaaaaaaaas!

Hi Christal! Could you please remove Timebound from your TT shelf?? Unfortunately, you started reading it before November 7, so it cannot count towards the games. Thank you!!!

THIS IS AWESOME!!!! Hey Christal! and Hi Kat!!!

Where in NorCal do you live Christal? I move to Sacramento in a few weeks.

I'll add your books to the spreadsheet later today :)

Oh ps I am your captain, Brie. Any questions or issues just lemme know!!

Erin (Paperbackstash) wrote: "Hm. How are we supposed to know if it's hot chocolate? I guess if it's steaming and has marshmallows? LOL"

I feel like that's the only way haha Otherwise, knowing me, I'd look at any random cup and claim IT'S HOT CHOCOLATE IT COUNTS even though it's like moonshine or something...

Oooooh Karen, you got it all wrong! I believe you meant JETS JETS JETS JETS JETS!!!! Better, faster, greener!

PS they had posted that goal very late last night so any book started today would count. I couldn't post until now because of...well...football...

HOLIDAY CHALLENGE UPDATE

DECEMBER 20
Read a book with hot chocolate on the cover (10 pts)

***These are getting so specific and hard!!! I almost find the "find the phrase within the text" goals easier haha