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

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

Lory wrote: "Quick Clarifying Question:
My task is to read a book where a character has a surprising and unexpected talent.

Would it work if they've known about their talent but it is unique to them? I was loo..."

I'm happy with this definition if it is a surprising talent to you or to other people within their fictional world.

Steven wrote: "Andrea, don’t forget that if you’re going south, the four books have to meet the criteria to move south which is N-Z titles for all four books used to spell HELP or SKIP!"

Thanks Steven for keeping everyone on track and acting as an extra pair of eyes on here for me!

Kaley wrote: "Vaidehi wrote: "Kaley wrote: "So with the book depository lists, as long as it's there when we start reading it it'll work, right, since it updates daily?

I had 1-100 which stays pretty consistent..."

If it at that position on the list when you pick to read it, you can go ahead and use it for the task.

LaurLa wrote: "my spot!


Is the duration just October or longer?"

One month from your start date

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process.

Elma York’s experience as a WASP pilot and mathematician earns her a place in the International Aerospace Coalition’s attempts to put man on the moon, as a calculator. But with so many skilled and experienced women pilots and scientists involved with the program, it doesn’t take long before Elma begins to wonder why they can’t go into space, too.

Elma’s drive to become the first Lady Astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her.

Apples Never Fall



From #1 New York Times bestselling author Liane Moriarty comes a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest

The Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . .

If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father?

This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.

The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?

The four Delaney children—Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke—were tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that’s okay, now that they’re all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon.

One night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy’s door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted.

Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure—but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.

Thanks everyone for being patient with me! RL has been a bit of a trainwreck with 2 bereavements and a complete change of routine with my son starting school. I'm hoping that we have everything back to a new type of normal now.


1. If you are skipping/helping a task, please remember that your books need to met the criteria to move in that direction.

2. If I have missed you on my sweep through of new mazes, please message me and let me know

Ashley wrote: "Cat wrote: ""shelved as" means the top 100 tags, not the 3 - 10 on the main page"

Can we expand on this? What about the term "tagged"? Would that mean any tag, not just top 100?

I've noticed lots..."

One of the reasons for the lack of consistency is that GR keeps mucking about with their pages and what they call things. Currently for this challenge shelved/main page genre (MPG) is the first page of tags. By tagged I'm happy with it being any number of tags.

Casey wrote: "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 challenge..."

How are you accessing the page Casey? If it is via mobile, I'd try switching to the display desktop site option and see what happens.

Ashley wrote: "Does anyone have a good method for searching out character names in books, even outside of GR? I'm having a time finding something."

Unfortunately not. If someone has included them in the book details on here I can find them.

Alphabet challenges might be able to help with some inspiration, but definitely not an easy search.

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

I'll count them given that werelions are being allowed as lions for that task.

Sammy wrote: "#100

Only took about a decade of hubby nagging to get around to this one. I swear the only reason I put it off was because I had 1000 other unread books on the ..."

You've got a treat in store! Really enjoyed the whole series.

William doesn't get any better at the end of part 3 (view spoiler)[burning the town during the fleece fair (hide spoiler)]. Having said that, I think Alfred is capable of being as malicious, he just doesn't have the societal power and backing to pull of the same level of malevolence.

Thanks everyone for joining in!

I'd love to know what your favourite mini challenge was or if there was something you never want to see again!

Did we throw too many things in or so you live for full on challenges?

Thanks everyone! I hope you've all had a lot of fun.

3 1/2 hours left now! Thanks everyone who has finished books today

Cassandra's Comedy

CivCEO was at A Carnival of Snackery. It was Midnight at the Electric when he heard CivCEO2 whisper Nothing to See Here. He jumped and tried to use his Rational Faculty.

Instead he saw CivCEO3 tell The Convenience Store Woman that The Best Thing was a Blood Promise. She said Hard Pass and gave the Glare to CivCEO4.

CivCEO was puzzled. What were the Transactional Dynamics between them. He had thought they were Strangers on Board but this seemed more like her Bad Ex-Boyfriend.

CivCEO's bafflement was compete when he saw CivCEO5 shouting Final Orders for Hidden Pictures and CivCEO appearing to buy them.

Where had all his clones appeared from?


Books
A Carnival of Snackery
Nothing to see here
Convenience Store Woman
CivCEO
CivCEO 4
CivCEO 3
CivCEO 2
The Glare
CivCEO 5
CivCEO 6
Transactional Dynamics
The Rational Faculty
Final Orders
Hidden Pictures
Blood Promise
Midnight at the Electric
Hard Pass
The Best Thing
My Bad Ex-Boyfriend
A Stranger On Board

In The Last House on Needless Street, Hamlet struggled to stay awake. He was Haunted by The Deepest of Secrets. His Criminal Past was coming back to him like a Bullet Train.

Four years ago he had been Alone In The Wild, a Bad Situation. He'd been walking and found himself One Foot in the Grave. As A Stranger in the nearby Town he was counted as Guilty by Association. He was Hooked with no thought to Reasonable Doubt.

The Memory Police used his Twisted Loyalties to show How Democracies Die. He would remember the Police Brutality in his interviews until the End of Days.


Cassandra's Tragedy


Books
The Last House on Needless Street
Stay Awake
Hooked
One Foot in the Grave
Hamlet
Alone in the Wild
Guilt by Association
A Stranger in Town
Twisted Loyalties
Haunted
The Deepest of Secrets
The Memory Police
Bullet Train
Reasonable Doubt
Criminal Past
Police Brutality
How Democracies Die
End of Days
Four (Black Hearts 1)
Bad Situation

Here is our tragedy entry if anyone is interested. I'm aware that this and the comedy aren't works of genius!


In The Last House on Needless Street, Hamlet struggled to stay awake. He was Haunted by The Deepest of Secrets. His Criminal Past was coming back to him like a Bullet Train.

Four years ago he had been Alone In The Wild, a Bad Situation. He'd been walking and found himself One Foot in the Grave. As A Stranger in the nearby Town he was counted as Guilty by Association. He was Hooked with no thought to Reasonable Doubt.

The Memory Police used his Twisted Loyalties to show How Democracies Die. He would remember the Police Brutality in his interviews until the End of Days.

Thanks everyone for shouting out how you are getting on!

I've started one for the last tbr slot left. Fingers crossed will get it finished in time.