Sophie’s Comments (group member since Apr 28, 2013)

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

Thanks for the update Lauri!

I hope you feel lots better soon.

I've done some shuffling so the Paranormal book is covered, but the Malaysian book will definitely be helpful.




New Tasks
X-Files - Read a book featuring a crime-solving duo
Random 10 - X-Box - Read a book related to computer gaming

X-Files - Read a book with MPG Paranormal
10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Twists! Read a book with a twist in the tale

New tasks to read

So I find sorting this stuff oddly therapeutic.

1. Page number towers
As ever checking we hit these numbers is key. Current totals for this month are:

100-199 6 of 10 (1 in progress)
200-299 18 of 20 (2 in progress)
400-499 26 of 30 (6 in progress)
500-599 16 of 20 (7 in progress)
600+ 9 of 10 (6 in progress)
Free choice 91 of 103


2. Mod towers (20 points a book)
Susan (BOM prior to 2020) - currently down as Jillypenny.


3. Crayola and Team towers (10 points a book plus a bonus 20 per complete word)
Letters needed for Crayola:
U - An Italian Island Summer from Vikki

And new spell outs at the bottom for anything finished after 15th June. Please put any letters they work for on the sheet!


4. Chipmunks, rainbow and winners towers
These are all 10 points a book.
I'd probably keep going with the chipmunks before the others here so that we can open up more tasks as we go.

Claimed
X-Rated - Read a book with a bed on the cover Tales of Burning Love Lauri Saplad
X-Men - Read a book about of group of characters co-operating Steven
Top 10 Books 2013 - Read book from the GR "Best of 2013" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...) Trinia
10 Awards - Read a book that won a Hugo Sara

Unclaimed
Ten Tallest Towers 4 - Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower - Read a book set in, or by an author from Saudi Arabia
Random 10 - Read a book featuring a gymnast (in honour of Olga Korbut's perfect 10)
Random 10 - Read a book with an X in the author name
X marks the spot - Read a book with MPG Action
Ten Tallest Towers 2 - Merdeka 18 - Read a book set in, or by an author from Malaysia
Ten Tallest Towers 10 - China Zun - Read a book set in, or by an author from China

Thank MH and Trinia.


Son is needing IV antibiotics and will need to be seen there for the next couple of days. Not how I was expecting today to go.

Sara that would be fantastic.

My week has not improved... Son is sufficiently unwell that we are in A+E getting him checked out
Will be in and out of here, but may not be the most help.

Thanks everyone. Have done a bit of catching up and adding the tasks you've said we can cover from here.

White Horse of Zennor was on arbookfind.co.uk at 38000+ so it's good to use.


New Tasks
10 Awards - Read a book that won a Hugo
Top 10 Books 2013 - Read book from the GR "Best of 2013" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)

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Thanks everyone - daughter is now good and back at nursery. Just in time for my son to go down with it. He is at least easier to distract with tv (My Little Pony is a current favourite) and is sleeping on the sofa while I get on with my stuff.

1. Page number towers
As ever checking we hit these numbers is key. Current totals for this month are:

100-199 5 of 10 (1 in progress)
200-299 18 of 20 (2 in progress)
400-499 23 of 30 (7 in progress)
500-599 15 of 20 (5 in progress)
600+ 7 of 10 (7 in progress)
Free choice 76 of 103


2. Mod towers (20 points a book)
Susan (BOM prior to 2020) - currently down as Jillypenny.


3. Crayola and Team towers (10 points a book plus a bonus 20 per complete word)
Letters needed for Crayola:
U - An Italian Island Summer from Vikki

And new spell outs at the bottom for anything finished after 15th June. Please put any letters they work for on the sheet!


4. Chipmunks, rainbow and winners towers
These are all 10 points a book.
I'd probably keep going with the chipmunks before the others here so that we can open up more tasks as we go.

Claimed
X-Rated - Read a book with a bed on the cover Tales of Burning Love Lauri Saplad

Unclaimed
Top 10 Books 2016 - Read book from the GR "Best of 2016" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)
Ten Tallest Towers 4 - Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower - Read a book set in, or by an author from Saudi Arabia
10 Awards - Read a book that has won a GR award
Random 10 - Read a book featuring a gymnast (in honour of Olga Korbut's perfect 10)
Random 10 - Read a book with an X in the author name
X marks the spot - Read a book with MPG Action
Ten Tallest Towers 2 - Merdeka 18 - Read a book set in, or by an author from Malaysia
10 Commandments - "Don't lie" - Read a book with miscommunication as a plot point


Any questions? If there is anything on here that has your name by it and you don't think you'll get it done, please let me, Gem or Alison know (or take it off the tracking SS!)

Being born there would count as being from there to my mind. If her parents had been from Shanghai but she'd been born in New Zealand I would have said no.

If it's fictionalised and renamed locations that doesn't work for this one.

Does that help or confuse things more?

Random 10 - Read a book featuring a gymnast (in honour of Olga Korbut's perfect 10)
X-Files - Read a book by Gillian Anderson, or an author named Gillian
Solve for X - Read a book with a cardinal number in the title (e.g 1984, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Ten Tallest Towers 9 - Tianjin CTF Finance Centre - Read a book set in, or by an author from China
Random 10 - Read a book with an X in the author name

A selection of unclaimed tasks if anyone is wanting inspiration!

Sorry I haven't been around much the last couple of days. My daughter hasn't been at all well. I'll try to catch up with things and post an update later but will depend on if she sleeps or not.

Fallyn Nichole wrote: "Does anyone know if Malibu Rising has to be read before Carrie Soto?"

It is very much a name drop and nothing else. The books have loose inter connections to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and her others as well.

Steven wrote: "I'm a little confused as to how my book Dark Corners got put into a spellout slot for an R with the justification of "CFN Eric" LOL! :D

Can someone fix this with "CFN Rachel" on the tracking and o..."

That was me mucking up! I'll shift it to an E slot as that is likely to be more tricky than the R

If you finished it after 1st June then we can use it for that and find out what the chipmunks have next for us!

The backpack with everything in ends up weighing a ton. I've said that I'm doing car camping from now. Don't mind walking the distance, but the backpack is a different matter...

Congratulations on completing it! I hope your feet aren't too painful.

That would work for that prompt thanks.

Sammy wrote: "Hello my lovelies!

Sorry about yet another sudden disappearance, but if all goes to plan, that should be the last!

I was whisked back to the hospital last week, with a very seriously infected gal..."

Oh Sammy! So glad to hear that it is out and that hopefully now you can recover without it. Happy that the spork didn't get used, but not about much else from that experience.

Sofie - please can you add Ward D to your RBC shelf?
Alison - Does anyone cheat on anyone else in Between Us? The synopsis makes it seem like they might - if yes we can use it for chipmunks.
Jillypenny - How is Discovery of Witches coming on?

1. Page number towers
As ever checking we hit these numbers is key. Current totals for this month are:

100-199 4 of 10 (1 in progress)
200-299 11 of 20 (3 in progress)
400-499 18 of 30 (8 in progress)
500-599 13 of 20 (8 in progress)
600+ 5 of 10 (5 in progress)
Free choice 66 of 103


2. Mod towers (20 points a book)
Susan (BOM prior to 2020) - currently down as Jillypenny.


3. Crayola towers (10 points a book plus a bonus 20 per complete word)
Letters needed:
O
U
U

And new spell outs at the bottom for anything finished after 15th June. Please put any letters they work for on the sheet!


4. Chipmunks, rainbow and winners towers
These are all 10 points a book.
I'd probably keep going with the chipmunks before the others here so that we can open up more tasks as we go.

Claimed
X-Rated - Read a book with a bed on the cover Tales of Burning Love Lauri Saplad
X-Men - Read a book with the word Wolverine in the text Steven
10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Lobsters! - Read a book with a creature with 10 limbs on the cover (e.g. lobster, shrimp, crab) Sophie
Top 10 Books 2016 - Read book from the GR "Best of 2016" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...) Steven

Unclaimed
X-Men - Read a book that features an arch-nemesis relationship
Ten Tallest Towers 4 - Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower - Read a book set in, or by an author from Saudi Arabia
10 Commandments - "Don't commit adultery" - Read a book when someone cheats
Top 10 Books 2020 - Read book from the GR "Best of 2020" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)
X Books - Read a book where the title contains 10 characters (inc punctuation, exc spaces)
X-Rays - Read a book with a chemical element in the title
10 Awards - Read a book that has won a GR award

Any questions? If there is anything on here that has your name by it and you don't think you'll get it done, please let me, Gem or Alison know (or take it off the tracking SS!)

Great thanks Steven!

Having those 2 Red Rising books for chipmunks is going to be a big help.

I've spent today shuffling the sheet rather than reading and we've now finished the winners towers and have 1 of the mod books left to read (BOM before 2020).

If everyone can add spell out letters (especially O, U) that would be fab.

"Top 10 Books 2016 - Read book from the GR ""Best of 2016"" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)" for anyone who wants a prompt to work towards.

ETA at a guess we have 2019, 2013 and maybe 2012 to complete for that set of prompts.

Wonderful!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Mine is currently dictated by the will of a 2 year old with a temperature so I've had better.

Could someone check the 5 books of mine that are marked read on the SS?