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Cool. I guess it makes sense for original players to be low on things to do, but we newbies sure aren't! :)
I'm helping on the good faith that there will be some benefit to those who participate at the end. I by no means have a surplus of things to do or stuff to work on but hey why not! Haha
Reva wrote: "Are we going to get the latest scrounger list, please? If I have to read to repair the tatters of my current list, I might as well be working the new one too."Yeah, I'll put it in the list to do. It might be next week before I get to it though due to other things.
Reva wrote: "Does a dress designer (creates (invents) and sews (builds)) count for both:BAUBLE7 Matter - a book with an inventor.
BAUBLE8 Screw - someone builds something physical."
If they do something really amazing with the dress that's completely new then you could probably count it as invent (like crazy LED dress or something). But if it's just a new style then no.
For building something physical I was imagining more like a hour or table or something. If I search google for build a dress I don't get anything (and it auto corrected me to dresser first :) )
Reva wrote: "Well if we can get more people to join in, maybe The Mods will extend it another year. Or do you think they'll be burnt out by then? LOL "
Heh, well I haven't gone completely nuts yet :)
Zuzana wrote: "Can somebody explain to me "Read a book with a food item edible by dogs (thats not poisonous to dogs)", please.Does it mean anywhere in the text? It doesn't say on the cover. Also, in my book "fo..."
Yup. It's not very restrictive. My dog eats mainly celery and carrots besides dog food :)
Neither the potions thread, nor the listing in the caravan state the duration of the weakening potion or the minor poison potion. Please clarify, thanks.
Poison is definitely a single fight. I'm leaning towards stating that weakening is too unless someone really wants to argue that it should be a week long one. (I thought that might be more obnoxious)
Thanks, Kelly. That makes it easier. BTW our dog can and will eat anything seemingly edible. Last year he harvested half a kilo of cucumbers before my mum spotted him in the garden.
What would you accept for "a reflective object on the cover" and does it have to reflect something?e.g. is a cover with a wine glass on the cover o.k. even though in that particular picture it doesn't reflect anything?
Our dog doesn't really care if things are edible. String, Kleenex, underwear, socks, bark, manure, dirt, plastic bags. It all seems to be fair game if we don't manage to keep it away from him. Not trying to claim those things for a book though. Perhaps it has an effect on his room clearing ability.
Our cat eats string and tape and paper but not the dog.
And I'm ok with a reflective object not currently reflecting as long as it's usually reflective in life.
Kelly wrote: "Our cat eats string and tape and paper but not the dog."Our cat eats fake plants but turns his nose up at lettuce. Aren't cats strange?!
Ray (user2637) wrote: "I suppose I could help more if I pulled all the books I've allocated to quests (that aren't complete/turned in yet), but... why? It took time to find books that fit those quests. Is there any rea..."
No rush at all, except it's shaking things up. I was on a "Strict" course I set for myself in this game and it's kind of fun to throw plans to the wind and hustle to help out everyone. So the rush (for me atleast) is purely of my own making.
I started this from the beginning and still have A TON of things to do, but this is a nice diversion and makes it more like a real game. Nothing goes as planned ;) This was a great way to force me to get that tracking and kitchen, which I may have kept pushing for later and later.
Rebecca I get you! I've been playing for awhile (not the whole time, but a long while) and I feel the same way.. I pushed plenty of things back because I was going to do things in my own order, but I want to participate too! haha it's definitely forcing me to branch out of what I thought I was going to do and shift some books around but I do like the sense of game community and I appreciate this challenge :D
I'm glad you guys are enjoying it. I have more fun stuff planned :) It's getting written out and the other mods are getting excited.
Also let me take this 2 second to rant about books that are 98 pages long.....2 pages too short to use *bands head against computer after spending 2 hours looking for short books*
Hehe. Maybe I'll make a quest that focuses on those :P
RebeccaS wrote: "Also let me take this 2 second to rant about books that are 98 pages long.....2 pages too short to use *bands head against computer after spending 2 hours looking for short books*"
lol. Those are the WORST. I have read a couple and then go to use them and I'm like SON OF A BISCUIT! because I forgot to even look beforehand. (Netgalley/kindle ones especially!)
If it's looking a bit short, I usually check all the other editions to see if there's one that is 100 pages (shhh!)One that I really wanted to read (and was useful for a quest) was only 68 pages, but I found an omnibus that included the whole series. So I read the whole series and marked that one down.
Shanna_redwind wrote: "If it's looking a bit short, I usually check all the other editions to see if there's one that is 100 pages (shhh!)One that I really wanted to read (and was useful for a quest) was only 68 pages,..."
That's what I was really hoping for.....and why i was so disappointed that NOT ONE addition had 100 pages. Surely someone included the title / dedication pages in the page count :(
Random question - has anyone else read
Series? Do you remember if this book takes place near a lake (does the castle have the lake or some kind of water?) I feel like it did, but want to be sure before I use it.
RebeccaS wrote: "Also let me take this 2 second to rant about books that are 98 pages long.....2 pages too short to use *bands head against computer after spending 2 hours looking for short books*"
Lazy Readers' Book Club has a list of short books. :)
Kelly wrote: "And I'm ok with a reflective object not currently reflecting as long as it's usually reflective in life."Thanks, Kelly!
Morgan wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "Also let me take this 2 second to rant about books that are 98 pages long.....2 pages too short to use *bands head against computer after spending 2 hours looking for short books..."
LOL. It's happened to me on many occasions. Having been burned, I now set up my books with page numbers, date published etc BEFORE I OPEN THE BOOK. ;-)
Page 3 of my thread lists the books I've read starting Jan. 2015. With page numbers. Many were under 200 pages. -- quite a few under 150 pages. Mostly romance or science fiction-- If that helps.
Thanks Reva!! I also spent some time yesterday looking through over drives audiobooks and clicking on each one to find short ones that looked good. I have s bunch and now I'm crossing my fingers they can fit somehow into the kitchen and rations.
I also just realized I JUST need my kitchen and I don't have to do the whole making a recipe for the queen for steaks (meaning the quest plus herbs and salt quests) woooo! That would have taken me far longer.
RebeccaS wrote: "I also just realized I JUST need my kitchen and I don't have to do the whole making a recipe for the queen for steaks (meaning the quest plus herbs and salt quests) woooo! That would have taken me ..."Yeah, Rebecca, that makes it easier. How many books till you can donate a ration? I reshuffled books in my diminished tote, bought salt and 6 kitchen books from Reva and in the end I still need to read 4 books (2 to finish the kitchen, 2 to get a ration).
BTW Killed my first Merely Kat today. I hired the twins so now I have 2 Pelts to donate to the armourer. YAY!
Great job Zuzana! I have 3 books left for Int Tracking then can fight my first Merely Kat. Luckily I was able to find a couple short ones so should be able to do that in the next day or two! And then 1 book left for my kitchen. Hoping to be able to contribute rations in another week!
3 books for tracking and 1 for kitchen? That sounds good, Cathy. :)If anyone's looking for "search and rescue dog" book to read I can recommend A Dog's Purpose. Quick and easy read if you love dogs and don't mind shedding a tear or two when reading.
I read that series a couple years ago - super cute books!
Yay Zuzana!!! I'm going to kill my first Merely Kat on Wednesday and hire the twins for an extra pelt too!So for rations, right now I'm working on my kitchen. I still have all 10 books to read for that (buying 3 of them from Morgan) and then I need to read 2 books for the actual rations. I found a bunch of short books but I have no idea if they will fit into the kitchen (I'll do more research on Monday). I also need to buy 1 salt and 1 acorn from Reva but will have the gold for that.
Thanks, Reva!Rebecca, don't forget that the twins double not only the pelts you get but the potion tokens, too. You'll get 2 tokens to barter with if you want to buy more books. Twins are not as useful as Lady Ysmay but they're good (and cheap), too.
I found these in my TBR list. Could you look at them and tell me if all or any of them fit in the "a nature scene on the cover" category, please?
Please make the short book thing happen I still have one in inventory I forgot to claim it for one of the classified books a few months ago LOL *banging head*
Anyone have book suggestions for ~ "Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically."?
Preferably something action/adventure related (as opposed to Romance) or Suspense/Mystery (Romantic Suspense ok). Absolutely NO tear jerkers of any kind, don't read 'em!!
TIA!
Karsyn wrote: "Anyone have book suggestions for ~ "Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically."?
Preferably something action/adventure related (as opposed to Romance) ..."
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame bu Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasPapillion
Reva wrote: "Karsyn wrote: "Anyone have book suggestions for ~ "Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically."?
Preferably something action/adventure related (as oppos..."
Thanks. A little longer than I hoped for. :) I think I figured out one to do.
Karsyn wrote: "Anyone have book suggestions for ~ "Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically."?
Preferably something action/adventure related (as opposed to Romance) ..."
I just finished Planetfall by Emma Newman recently and it blew me away. Would definitely work. The audiobook version is beautifully narrated by the author too.
I really liked The Language of Flowers which would work for that Karsyn (I don't remember it being tear jerker but the MC was in foster care and didn't have the happiest life).
Thanks ladies. Hubby helped me remember Lock In, so I think I'm gonna re-read that, since it was FANTASTIC and I adore Wheaton as a narrator.Not for me, Rebecca, I don't do any kind of sad very well. I only like positive stuff, and/or mystery type stuff.
That looks good Daphne, gonna put it on my TBR.
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[bookcover:Ann..."I'd go with 1 or 3 as being ok. 2 has nature but I feel like it's more of the lady being the scene on the cover.
Question- I had started this a LONG time ago but didn't get too far. Would it be best to start over at this point or what do you all suggest?
Greta wrote: "Question- I had started this a LONG time ago but didn't get too far. Would it be best to start over at this point or what do you all suggest?"Noooo, don't start over!! ALL of the books you've read since you started can be applied to quests / leveling weapons / etc! Just pick up where you left off and use those books up. :D
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Is there any rea..."
No, not rush. People just wanting to know what's next and having fun. If you don't wanna use those books, you don't have to. It's up to you. We'll get there, people just are anxious to see what Kelly's cooked up next. It's all in good fun!