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[Eldarwen]

There's also The Switch where neighbours are involved. Romance, yes, but it isn't quite the main focus of the story for those who may not be fond of romance.

[Mary]

Eldarwen wrote: "There's also The Switch where neighbours are involved. Romance, yes, but it isn't quite the main focus of the story for those who may not be fond of romance."

Ooo, I'll have to remember this one!

[Sammy]

Ohhh, I just remembered Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words, which also had neighbours! I don't normally do chick-lit, but this one was hilarious! won't work for the N-Z unfortunately, but if someone needs one for A-M it's an option, lol.

[Sonia]

I'm partial to Wallbanger. Loved it on audio. But then again, I loved Simon and Clyde the cat.

[Hayley]

has anyone else's little stickfigure not moved? i've read 4 books and still sitting there lol

[Viji]

Sophie wrote: "Viji wrote: "My first task is as follows:

Task: Read a book that starts with the letter L

Direction: South (Title starts with N-Z)

How do I proceed? Do I read a book that starts with the letter ..."

Thanks a lot, Sophie, for the help and guidance for future tasks.

[Jenny]

Argh! I need an audiobook read by the author, and none of the books I bought recently work. I am whining.

Anyone have any good fiction recommendations? Or science-y non-fiction.

[Jessi]

Ugh.. my next move requires MPG of spiritual.. any ideas for something that's not a total bore?

[Andrea]

Jenny wrote: "Argh! I need an audiobook read by the author, and none of the books I bought recently work. I am whining.

Anyone have any good fiction recommendations? Or science-y non-fiction."

, by Stephen fry
by Matt Haig
by Mary Robinette Kowal

[Jenny]

Jessi wrote: "Ugh.. my next move requires MPG of spiritual.. any ideas for something that's not a total bore?"

Too bad it is MPG and not tags. Lots of good books with tags.
The ones I liked or loved are , and one that just came out and has great reviews is

[Jenny]

Andrea wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Argh! I need an audiobook read by the author, and none of the books I bought recently work. I am whining.

Anyone have any good fiction recommendations? Or science-y non-fiction."

..."

Thanks Andrea! I do have the Relentless Moon that I haven't listened to yet! I have read the Fry books, and his next one, The Odyssey isn't out yet, lazy sod.

[Jessi]

Task: Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual

This is meant as MPG correct? or the first full page of tags when you click on more?

I'm possibly overthinking this as I'm very tired and should probably get some sleep now.

[Jenny]

You are correct. It is the list of genres that comes up on the right side of the page. Not the pages of tags. Too bad that.

[Sophie, The other one]

Hayley wrote: "has anyone else's little stickfigure not moved? i've read 4 books and still sitting there lol"

Looking at the books you've been reading, they've been alternating between odd and even pages numbers. That means you will have moved east (to the right), west (to the left), east and west and ended up back where you started. If your next book starts in the second half of the alphabet (and fits the task) and you choose to move south, I expect it will move.

[Sophie, The other one]

Jenny wrote: "Argh! I need an audiobook read by the author, and none of the books I bought recently work. I am whining.

Anyone have any good fiction recommendations? Or science-y non-fiction."

Neil Gaimon reads a lot of his.

Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials is a non-fiction read by Alice Roberts, the author.

[Lexi]

, and are all read by the author and are short and good.

[Jessi]

Can I use Spirituality instead of Spiritual as MPG?

[Viji]

I need help on two counts of second task.

1. Sorry for sounding so dense. How do I identify the directions in the maze? I see one opening but do not know whether it opens to East or North

2. Do not understand what is meant by "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as first-reads - plurals and spelling acceptable"

Need some links for books shelved as first reads. I tried using the search key words as 'first reads' but landed with more than 20 pages of various lists which do not even resemble 'first reads'. I do not know what I am missing here. Further, can't understand what is meant by "plurals and spelling acceptable".

Thanks.

[Sophie, The other one]

Jessi wrote: "Can I use Spirituality instead of Spiritual as MPG?"

Sorry Jessi, you can't.

What is the wording of your task, so I can see if it's mpg or tagged/shelved.

[Sophie, The other one]

Viji wrote: "I need help on two counts of second task.

1. Sorry for sounding so dense. How do I identify the directions in the maze? I see one opening but do not know whether it opens to East or North

2. Do n..."

Directions:
The top of the maze is North. If the opening is to the right, you can move East, on the bottom of the square is South. West is the left side.

So from the starting position uou have the options of East or South depending on your individual maze.

2. On the right hand side of the books page is yheir main genres. At the bottom is a link for top shelves. If you click there it takes you to the first page of tags. Searching through can sometimes get what you want, otherwise you can click on one of the shelves and edit the url to the tag you are looking for.

Plurals - for first reads tag you could also use first read (ie changing from plural to single or vice versa).

Spelling - colour vs color etc when there are variations across languages or mistypes on people's shelves.

[Viji]

Sophie wrote: "Viji wrote: "I need help on two counts of second task.

1. Sorry for sounding so dense. How do I identify the directions in the maze? I see one opening but do not know whether it opens to East or N..."

Thanks a lot, Sophie, for your help and time.

[Jessi]

Sophie wrote: "Jessi wrote: "Can I use Spirituality instead of Spiritual as MPG?"

Sorry Jessi, you can't.

What is the wording of your task, so I can see if it's mpg or tagged/shelved."

Task: Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Spiritual

[Steven]

So I finished my first book for the maze and turned it in. The second task appeared... and the book I had already started and was 15% into fits it perfectly! KISMET! SERENDIPITY! LOL

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

ANNOUNCEMENT

For any task where it says either Main genre or shelved, you can use the 1st page of tags.

[Sophie, The other one]

Steven wrote: "So I finished my first book for the maze and turned it in. The second task appeared... and the book I had already started and was 15% into fits it perfectly! KISMET! SERENDIPITY! LOL"

Yay for happy coincidences

[Jessi]

Thank you!

[Sophie, The other one]

Jessi wrote: "Thank you!"

Finally got time to check the task ss and decide something that will be consistent for everything.

[Sophie, The other one]

I've just found out that everything on my tbr published on the 17th of a month, isn’t available at my library and I don't already have a copy of. Might take me a while to get moving.

[Vaidehi]

Hello everyone!

Finally I finished my first book (boring, very boring) for the challenge. Suddenly I had been bombarded with work and social events which gave me next to zero time to read. But I am done with all and back to reading.

My first task was easy but the second one is interesting:
"Read a book where the amazon ship weight for the hardcover is between 1-2 pounds"
hahahaha... I need to search carefully~~~

[Jenny]

What if you are ordering kitty litter in the same shipment? What then?

[*Dawn]

Vaidehi wrote: "Hello everyone!

Finally I finished my first book (boring, very boring) for the challenge. Suddenly I had been bombarded with work and social events which gave me next to zero time to read. But I a..."

Look under "product details" on Amazon. You will find "Item Weight" and won't have to actually buy the book. :) For example, I just looked up the hardcover version of one of Janet Evanovich's recent books, and it was 1.06 pounds. Hope that helps.

[Darren]

I like to try Hard, please.

[Vaidehi]

Jenny wrote: "What if you are ordering kitty litter in the same shipment? What then?"

hahahaha lol
then you can read any book~~~

[Vaidehi]

*Dawn wrote: "Vaidehi wrote: "Hello everyone!

Finally I finished my first book (boring, very boring) for the challenge. Suddenly I had been bombarded with work and social events which gave me next to zero time ..."

Thanks Dawn! I found it while scrolling and searching Amazon page. I wanted to read short books (as I had lost many reading days, also wanted to take a short cut) but now my books are all underweight~~~ haha
Finally I found a book from my to-read shelf which had the right weight!
Thanks again for the tip~

[*Dawn]

Vaidehi wrote: "*Dawn wrote: "Vaidehi wrote: "Hello everyone!

Finally I finished my first book (boring, very boring) for the challenge. Suddenly I had been bombarded with work and social events which gave me next..."

You bet. Glad you found something. :)

[Mary]

oh my gosh y'all.... please help me...

Task: Read a book with the phrase "to all intents and purposes" in a book

[Sammy]

Mary wrote: "oh my gosh y'all.... please help me...

Task: Read a book with the phrase "to all intents and purposes" in a book"

Those kind of tasks always drive me nuts, because I'm not really a Kindle reader, so need to use amazon or google book previews - one book at a time! - to try and find them. If you do read on a Kindle or similar device, you should be able to do a search of your library, I believe (but you'd have to ask one of the experts how, lol).

[Emma]

If you’re on kindle, open the book and then the search icon and type in the word/ phrases you’re looking for and they should come up. Alternatively, find some one who has a kindle to check their books for you and then read that!

[Lexi]

Mary wrote: "oh my gosh y'all.... please help me...

Task: Read a book with the phrase "to all intents and purposes" in a book"

I often search GR's quotes to start. See here: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=%2...

"For all intents and purposes" is the more common phrase to me, but there are "to all" as well. I think The Eyre Affair and Soulless works.

Edited: The Left Hand of Darkness

[*Dawn]

Mary wrote: "oh my gosh y'all.... please help me...

Task: Read a book with the phrase "to all intents and purposes" in a book"

I searched through my kindle and found nothing for you. The closest I came to it was "practical purposes". Grr! I'll keep an eye out when I download more. There is a book out there that has that phrase in the title, but it looks boring as hell.

[Sonia]

FOUND MY LIBRARY CARD!!!!!

Which is good cause I have some books reaching their due date

[Sophie, The other one]

Mary wrote: "oh my gosh y'all.... please help me...

Task: Read a book with the phrase "to all intents and purposes" in a book"

I haven't yet found a way to bulk search books for phrases like this and searching them all individually gets a bit tedious. Hope you find something you want to read soon.

[Sophie, The other one]

Sonia wrote: "FOUND MY LIBRARY CARD!!!!!

Which is good cause I have some books reaching their due date"

Yay! Fantastic news - though mainly for the opportunity to get more books out.

[Sammy]

Sonia wrote: "FOUND MY LIBRARY CARD!!!!!

Which is good cause I have some books reaching their due date"

Yay! :D

[Vaidehi]

Lexi wrote: "Mary wrote: "oh my gosh y'all.... please help me...

Task: Read a book with the phrase "to all intents and purposes" in a book"

I often search GR's quotes to start. See here: https://www.goodreads..."

This is a good idea! Although it's not my task but I got worried too... Team emotions!!!
Good luck Mary~

[Angie ☯]

If you have a "regular" kindle reader, like a kindle paper white - but not the Kindle Fire (at least not the older one), you can search for a word or phrase in all books on the device. Don't open any books, search for the word/phrase and it will list any books that are downloaded to your kindle with the word/phrase.

[Mary]

You guys are amazing! Thank you so much!

I figured out that had it in there with the kindle search!

[The other Sandy]

My username and password don't work. I copied them directly from the message I was sent to make sure there were no typos.

[Sam]

I have a question. I signed up for novice (just title/page count, no tasks) but every step I've done has a task. Do I just ignore the task and do the direction or is my maze messed up?

[Steven]

Well shucks, I ran into a dead end that will take multiple moves to get back to the branch in the path. *sigh* I should have known south wasn't the right way when my first instinct was east!