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Ella wrote: "Haha i was in a mood to read abt secret/unplanned babies but i also wanted paranormal....so i looked it up and lo n behold! AhhaahaIve added it to my wobble shelf.Srry fr my forgetfulness :D"
I know the publishing world is over paranormal but I still love it, and who says you can't have your paranormal and your secret babies, too! ;)
No worries about the wobble shelf - I've forgotten it many times myself, I just don't tell you guys about it, hehehehe.
Finished
368 pages
For letter "N" on card 2. Character was Newt
Now I am reading
for card 4 - Book about Horses
Finished: 
Read for: Read a book set on another continent except North America and Europe (It's set in Australia)
Pages: 437
Caly wrote: "Finished368 pages
For letter "N" on card 2. Character was Newt
Now I am reading
for card 4 - Book about Horses"
Huzzah! I'm going to look through our bank and/or the TA books for an I so we can turn in card 2. Nice work!
eta: Doh, Bethany's Iron Kissed, of course! Incoming....
Mod
You walk into the square and see Lady Zuzana waiving her hands around trying to communicate with the merchant. You come closer and hear: "Do you speak English?" Merchant stares confused. "Mluvíš česky?" Still nothing. "Parlez-vous français?" Nothing. "Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Parla italiano? Fala português? ¿Habla usted español? Вы говорите по-русски? Govorite li hrvatski? Talar þú íslensku? Spreekt u Nederlands? Μιλάτε Ελληνικά;..." Lady Zuzana tries many different languages, but merchant still doesn't understand her.
Tasks:
•Read a book originally written in your native language
•Read a book originally written in your native language
•Read a book originally written in another language
•Read a book originally written in another language
Rewards:
•2 Experience
•4 Gold
Weapon
Level 10 (wow!)
#6 - Ella
#10 - Bethany
Level 11
#4 -
#5 -
#6 -
#7 -
#10 -
#11 -
Cards
Card 1 (twelve books, 12xp, 1 damage potion)
Read a book first published in April - Karin
Read a book first published in September
Read a book first published in November
Read a book first published in December
Card 2 (incoming)
Card 3 (five books, 6xp, 1 gold)
Read a book with STAR in the title
Spell-it-out: S
Spell-it-out: A - Tammie
Card 4 (twelve books, 14xp, 3 heal potions)
Mainly gold cover OR era where gold is main currency
Under 200 pages
Under 200 pages
Horses main part of story - Caly
Card 5 (toss back?)
Essential oil in text
Essential oil in text
Essential oil in text
Essential oil in title
Pragya wrote: "Finished: Read for: Read a book set on another continent except North America and Europe (It's set in Australia)
Pages: 437"
Yea! Could you double check shelves, though? Thanks!
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 2You walk into the square and see Lady Zuzana waiving her hands around trying to communicate with the merchant. You come closer and hear: "Do you speak English?" Merchant stares confused. "Ml..."
Four books, two xp? Looks kinda icky to me....
Kazen wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Finished: Read for: Read a book set on another continent except North America and Europe (It's set in Australia)
Pages: 437"
Yea! Could you..."
Whoops, fixed now!
Finished:
Fries Alive! by David Baldacci
176 pgs
26Oct
Works for: pub'd in July, under 200 pgs, maybe red cover? (~40%), S (character Adam Spanker), T (character Judge Thackery), A (character Adam Spanker), set in the country I live in and continent I live on, in my native language, maybe a valley on the cover?
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:Fries Alive! by David Baldacci
176 pgs
26Oct
Works for: pub'd in July, under 200 pgs, maybe red cover? (~40%), S (character Adam Spanker), T (character J..."
Popped in July for now - great work!
Finished
pgs. 210
#8 in Whyborne and Griffin series
Think this one was missed. :)Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
Holy Enchilada! by Henry Winkler
160 pgs
26Oct
works for: #6 in series, pub'd in August, S (character Stan), T (character Frankie Townsend), A (character Mrs. Adolf), R (character Robert Upchurch), N (character Nick McKelty), takes place in country and continent where I live, "riding clothes" - under 200 pgs, "sugar" - MG feel-good friendship book, "apples" - features teacher, "hay" - starts with H. I know some of these are already claimed but I listed them in case we need to shift around books for some reason."
I'd like to claim either Read a book first published in February or A "sweet" book (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)I'm reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, which works for both of these.
Mod
Greater Sewer Rat
The larger, stupider cousin of the average Sewer Rat. These rats are bigger, smellier and have beadier eyes.
Attack: 16 Health: 50
Rewards:
•3 Experience
•1 Gold
•1 Shield Potion
Finished:
Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill
10/27
355 Pages
-First Published in July
-S: Ethan Sullivan
-T: Twice Bitten
-A: Adam
Sorry I'm behind on my series books! They are physical books and most of the reading I've been able to do lately has been audiobooks or online-accessible ebooks. :( :P As usual feel free to usurp my spot if I'm lagging behind!
I've finished
It works for red cover (I think)
The book I read had 189 pages, but it's listed as 208 so I'm not sure what to do about that.
It also works for TA - character Taron, Character Alison.
How do I determine which month is the one used?
Also, I've finished #9 in the series. Its not crossed off up above, so just wanted to double check.
Rose wrote: "Finishedpgs. 210
#8 in Whyborne and Griffin series"
This is excellent! I've started a Level 11 section on the spreadsheet ^^b
I'll be traveling for about 5 days. I'll check in again on Saturday...put me down to read one of the less than 200 pg books and also the 'A' in STAR. I should finish both by late on Saturday. They could always be banked if you are ready to move on and I haven't checked in.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Think this one was missed. :)Ray (user2637) wrote: "Finished:
Holy Enchilada! by Henry Winkler
160 pgs
26Oct
works for: #6 in series, pub'd in August, S (character Stan), T..."
Thank you - I think the first time through I thought, 'This counts for everything, yea!' and then kept on going, lol. Popping it in for the teacher task :)
Pragya wrote: "I'd like to claim either Read a book first published in February or A "sweet" book (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)I'm reading [book:Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Univers..."
How sweet it is! ;)
Bethany wrote: "Finished:Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill
10/27
355 Pages
-First Published in July
-S: Ethan Sullivan
-T: Twice Bitten
-A: Adam
Sorry I'm behind on my series books! T..."
Going with T on this one. Read what makes sense for you - we can bank and move things around as needed. Thanks for the heads up!
Lory wrote: "I've finished It works for red cover (I think)
The book I read had 189 pages, but it's listed as 208 so I'm not sure what to do about that.
It also works for..."
Sadly this is a little short of red for that task, but we can use it for March!
To find the original publication month - go to the book page. It will say "Published in xx, yy" and after that, "first published in zz, aa". That first published date is the one we go by. If there isn't a first published date the edition you're reading was the first.
Crossing out #9 now - thank you! I had it on the spreadsheet but never updated it here ^^;;
Tammie wrote: "Finished! 10/28
Always on My Mind
214 pgs
Card 5: Valley"
Woot! New card coming our way once I catch up :)
Tammie wrote: "I'll be traveling for about 5 days. I'll check in again on Saturday...put me down to read one of the less than 200 pg books and also the 'A' in STAR. I should finish both by late on Saturday. They ..."Sounds like a plan - safe travels!!
And it looks like I'm caught up, so new card, yea!
Mod
Merlin, a local alchemist/wizard/general-jack-of-all-trades has asked you to find him some essential oils. He finds that they cure an amazing number of random ailments and he can take credit for their amazingness all by himself.
Tasks:
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the title of a book.
Rewards:
•5 Experience
•1 Gold
I found this Wikipedia list of essential oils if we decide to do this task. There's some common words! A partial list:basil
black pepper
birch
cedar
cinnamon
coffee
cranberry
ginger
grapefruit
orange
rose
rosemary
sage
spruce
Completed:
Not sure where it fits yet, but I'm off to bed
Finished
Date: 27/10/16
Read for: A "sweet" book (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
It's been shelved as romance 875 times.
- Also works for first published in February
- For card 5: has coffee, ("Would you like a cup of coffee, Ari?" pg. 302)
orange, (I poured myself a glass of orange juice. pg. 7)
Lory wrote: "Completed: Not sure where it fits yet, but I'm off to bed"
This could fit for a sweet book and we can shift mine to first published in February (I figured out how to check first published :P)
Now reading Please Ignore Vera Dietz for Read a book first published in October (First published Oct 12, 2010)
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "CARD 5Merlin, a local alchemist/wizard/general-jack-of-all-trades has asked you to find him some essential oils. He finds that they cure an amazing number of random ailments and he can take credit..."
I clearly wasn't awake when I first saw this - the last task is for an essential oil in the title. Eeep. Do we want to throw this card back?
Lory wrote: "Completed: Not sure where it fits yet, but I'm off to bed"
Yea! Great suggestion, Pragya - let's put this in "sweet" :)
Pragya wrote: "FinishedDate: 27/10/16
Read for: A "sweet" book (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
It's been shelved as romance 8..."
...and this in for February. Great work!
Pragya wrote: "Now reading Please Ignore Vera Dietz for Read a book first published in October (First published Oct 12, 2010)"October is all yours :)
Finished:
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
328 Pages
10/28
This book wasn't badly written. The characters were believable, and the romance was believable and cute. I read it because I really liked Fangirl. But OH MY GOD am I too old for high school love stories. I kept rolling my eyes at how stupid they were being. Get off my lawn!
Anyway...
S- Park Sheridan
R- Richie
Bethany wrote: "Get off my lawn!"Bahahaha!!!!!! <3
TA has The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, so that takes card of the title IF we want to do this one. My current book has "cinnamon" in the text. I don't have an opinion on discarding this either way. *shrug* Kazen wrote: "I clearly wasn't awake when I first saw this - the last task is for an essential oil in the title. Eeep. Do we want to throw this card back?"
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Tasks:
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the text of a book.
•Find an essential oil in the title of a book."
Unless Emerge plans have changed, we have around 9 days left of the event. There's no countdown clock to the end yet, so I'm going off starting on Oct 10 and going for 4 weeks. Probably something we want to start thinking about so we don't end up with a bunch of half-finished cards.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Unless Emerge plans have changed, we have around 9 days left of the event. There's no countdown clock to the end yet, so I'm going off starting on Oct 10 and going for 4 weeks. Probably something w..."Agreed.
I'll try and finish up my #10 book over the weekend, then I'll see what's going on with the current cards and see if I can target a specific tasks. Won't worry about spell-it out unless it's a really weird letter, since those can be covered by almost anything, and usually we can find a TA task at least.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Unless Emerge plans have changed, we have around 9 days left of the event. There's no countdown clock to the end yet, so I'm going off starting on Oct 10 and going for 4 weeks. Probably something w..."I agree as well. After I finish my current book, my guess would be I could fit in only 1 (or maybe 2 short books) so I suggest we decide what to concentrate on and work on that.
Kazen wrote: "I clearly wasn't awake when I first saw this - the last task is for an essential oil in the title. Eeep. Do we want to throw this card back?.."
My thought is yes and see if we get something simpler.
Since we have 35 TA books to use still and it would be a shame for them to go to waste, here's a suggestion for Card 5 that would knock it out right now.Card 5
Essential oil in text = Lory bank, Hard Eight, orange. “No milk or orange juice.”
Essential oil in text = TA bank, Gulp: Adventures on the Ailmentary Canal, cranberry. “She wrote, “Cranberry, fruity, sweet, aloe juice.”
Essential oil in text = TA bank, Gone Girl, orange. “As I sipped my orange juice….”
Essential oil in title = TA bank, lavender. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
I pulled Lory's banked book from #8 for level 10 of weapon. TA has Shadowed (Brides of the Kindred, #8) that can replace it there. I chose these books because I had the epubs of them so was able to search them. :)
ETA: Also Rose's banked book, The Lord of White Hell has "..a small sachtel stuffed with dried mint leaves..."
Finished
Suddenly One Summer by Julie James
286 pages
Read 28/10/16
#6 book in a series
First published in May
Spell-it-Out "S"
Essential Oils in text: "chamomile" p.129
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Since we have 35 TA books to use still and it would be a shame for them to go to waste, here's a suggestion for Card 5 that would knock it out right now.Card 5
Essential oil in text = Lory bank,..."
You are AMAZING Ray! Well done! 8-)
More suggestions from TA shelf to hang onto in case one of these cards is just about done and we want to just close it out.Card 1
Read a book first published in May = TA The Aftermath
Read a book first published in September = TA Memoirs of a Geisha
Read a book first published in November = TA Unwind
Read a book first published in December = TA Fated
Card 4
Mainly gold cover OR era where gold is main currency = TA The Mask of Ra (looks gold to me, but also I suspect they use gold as currency in Pharoah’s time) or TA A Knight of Seven Kingdoms (they use gold in the tv show…)
Under 200 pages = TA THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 2
Under 200 pages = TA Zoo 2
Someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something = TA Ready Player One. The prize is what has all the gamers (essentially the whole world) playing the game.
I didn't do Card 3 because there is no "star" book on TA shelf and spell-it-outs are easy.
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I just went to a bookstore and have 3 books that I bought.
I have
Yea for book hauls!
Out of those three I'd say that the October book/goal is a great one to aim for, but if another book steals your heart faster that's fine too. ;)It turns out the original pub date in gray is a year with no month, eep! That means we can't use this book for the month task. :(