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

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

empty so that I can start the next page!

Historical romances will solve this for me when I get a chance

"10 Commandments - ""No graven images"" - Read a book with a text only cover (you can ignore publisher idents - pesky penguins!)"
10 Awards - Read a book with more than 10,000 ratings that has never been nominated for an award
Random 10 - Read a book with MPG Classics
X-Rays - Read a book with bone(s) on the cover
"10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Vanilla! - Read a book with ""vanilla"" in the text"
"10 Commandments - ""Don't steal"" - Read a book with a theft"
10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Wacky Ideas! Read a book with MPG Humour
X-Rated - Read a book with two people on the cover
Random 10 - Read a book where you can see ten fingers or toes (or combination) on the cover
Solve for X - Read a book with an ordinal number in the title (e.g. The 5th Wave, Second Foundation)

Steven's reading something with 9th in the title so the only ones not currently covered are 2 people on the cover and 10 fingers or toes.

Well done for getting through The Daughter of Doctor Moreau! I've just started it and hoping I have a better time.

10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Wacky Ideas! Read a book with MPG Humour
X-Rated - Read a book with two people on the cover
Random 10 - Read a book where you can see ten fingers or toes (or combination) on the cover

These are our new chipmunk tasks.

Yeah we are off now. So anything marked as finished is now ok for June and chipmunks.

We can bank books for the chipmunk tasks so even if it doesn't fit immediately, we can swap it in later.

Mia wrote: "Also, I have a question for you veteran Goodreads users; with does ( Taylor’s version) and the like behind people’s nicknames mean?"

Taylor's version is from Taylor Swift fans celebrating the fact she is releasing her own versions of all her previous albums. Some people like changing their name a lot.

Mia wrote: "UTC = Cordinated universal time? Like the time zone around London?
Want to make double sure as I’ve been burned on those time zones before.

Nice that we managed to finish all the books! Now we c..."

Glad the audio's are helping. Had really hoped it would have passed for you by now

Alison wrote: "I'm having some trouble settling on a book at the moment so have half a dozen started but not very far through. I do have one I could potentially finish today but as we don't need it I'll hang off ..."

I'm in a similar state with 4 on the go. Hopefully we'll settle to something soon.

UTC is currently 1.30pm while London time is 2.30pm. Daylight savings complicate it a bit.


Edit:
Shamelessly stolen countdown timer from Dez
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "I’m going to finish one book today and will start my reading for June. I haven’t really looked to see if anything is needed for chipmunks but I’ll do that now.

Thanks to captain/co-captains for a..."

We only do the Winners tower once so it really doesn't matter whether it is finished today or tomorrow. Tomorrow gives us a headstart on the page number towers for June.

We can use anything finished after 9am UTC on 1st June for chipmunks.


We've completed all the reads we need to have done for May so anything else finished today is a bonus.

Thanks for the updates everyone! We're down to 4 to go.

Lauri has 1 of those covered and Sara another 2. I'm sure another will pop up and if not I'm going to have one basically finished. So if you are holding something for chipmunks, please carry on.

Oh and if you have any thoughts about tasks that might come up with the chipmunks please speculate.

We're 5 books off completing all the books we need for May! Everyone has read up an absolute storm.

If we can get all the books on for May during the next 48 hours so we can update the official spreadsheet that would be ace.

maria helena wrote: "I've finished my last book for May."

Thanks for letting us know.

Roe wrote: "Finished Romantic Comedy. Will add it after my meetings are over! Long work days cramp my reading lifestyle lol"

Thanks Roe! Long work days shouldn't be allowed!

Mia wrote: "I did it! I actually finished The Priory of the Orange Tree! Did not think I was going to be able to do that!

But I was wondering, do any of you have any recommendations for high ..."

You're a superstar reader!

Really hope the porcupine has been losing quills and becoming more comfortable today.

Female fantasy authors... N.K. Jemisin writes pretty unique high fantasy. Robin Hobb is a comfort read of mine. Jenny Wurts is another excellent one.

Trudi Canavan is good but has a bit more romance to it.

Nearly at the end of our first month! We've completed the page number towers but have 10 books left to finish the free choice tower. If everyone could check the sheet is up to date by 1st June that would be amazing.

Chipmunk Planning
As soon as one is finished, we will get a replacement task. As a result as captains we will be swapping books in and out if something that fits a task comes up before a claimed task is finished.

1. 10 Commandments - "No graven images" - Read a book with a text only cover (you can ignore publisher idents - pesky penguins!) Fallyn
2. 10 Awards - Read a book with more than 10,000 ratings that has never been nominated for an award Gem or Sophie
3. X-Rays - Read a book that gets under the skin of something (be creative - a psychological thriller, a non-fiction investigation)
4. Random 10 - Read a book with MPG Classics
5. X-Rated - Read a book with at least 10,000 ratings
6. X marks the spot - Read a book with the letters TREASURE in the title Mia
7. X-Rays - Read a book with bone(s) on the cover MH
8. 10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Vanilla! - Read a book with "vanilla" in the text Steven
9. 10 Commandments - "Don't steal" - Read a book with a theft Lauri
10. 10 Commandments - "Honour your parents" - Read a book featuring a parent - child relationship (can be adult child too) Mia

Mia wrote: "hi! I have gotten kidney stones. So i'm in lot of pain, so unsure of what I can finish.

Have done the tresure, for chipmunk.
but don't think i can finish the daughter of dr moroue and priory.
I..."

Ouch!! Poor you Mia. Really hope it passes soon and you feel better.

No worries about finishing stuff off, just let us know as and when you get something done.