Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion
Team Challenge - Book Games
>
District 9
message 301:
by
Louise
(new)
Jun 06, 2024 04:16PM
Welcome Roe
reply
|
flag
Melissa wrote: "Is anyone planning on reading The Wishing Game for BOM? I need a backup for DQs in case I get picked. I have to wait until July 7th to read it (6 month rule) so fine for the game bu..."I’m going to be reading it but need to wait until 30th June 😢
Melissa wrote: "Is anyone planning on reading The Wishing Game for BOM? I need a backup for DQs in case I get picked. I have to wait until July 7th to read it (6 month rule) so fine for the game bu..."I'm planning on doing that BOM -- I'm just terrible at questions. :P If you would like to help me muddle through, I can be backup.
Ok home now and catching up! I jumped in on the buddy reads for the Hunger Games, its been yrs so ecited to reread those! I can also help with the BOM if you need me to but there is a 3 week wait at the library.
Stacey wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Is anyone planning on reading The Wishing Game for BOM? I need a backup for DQs in case I get picked. I have to wait until July 7th to read it (6 month rule) so fine..."I can help you! It’s really not difficult :)
Thanks for the welcome guys! A little about me, I live in southern Iowa on an acerage with my husband and 15 yr old daughter. We have 6 dogs, 3 cats, 5 brand new kittens (I'm a grandma!!! ), a rabbit, a horse and ironically enough a pear tree though it usually has a woodpecker in it not a partridge.
I commute 2hrs each day for work where I'm an Operations Manager at a Credit Union and I also take photos for the local newspaper so I always have an audiobook in my ears. At home I have a pretty large library filled with my favorite books so for new ones I go old fashion and use my library card to get physical books and only but the ones I love.
What was your last 5 🌟 book? The Many Lives of Mama Love. TBH i didnt read the back so I was not prepared for this story line at all! It worked out though because I loved it!
What book are you excited to read from your TBR shelf?
I actually do the NBRC Cleaning out the TBR Closet challenge so i pick 50 books every yr to read. I have only read 11 so I have a long way to go. lol
Have you read/watched the Hunger Games? Did you enjoy it?
Watched many times read once so excited to reread this series especially as I read Songbirds recently!
What is your favorite food? (Since we are the grain district!)
TACOS!
What is your favorite season? ☀️❄️🌸🍁
Fall
Shelf
Roe wrote: "Thanks for the welcome guys! A little about me, I live in southern Iowa on an acerage with my husband and 15 yr old daughter. We have 6 dogs, 3 cats, 5 brand new kittens (I'm a grandma!!! ), a ra..."
A Warm Welcome to District 9 for my fellow Iowan!
Welcome to District 9 Roe!! Your home sounds amazing, I bet those kittens are chaotic joy :D
@christina - hey girl hey! have you been surviving all the tornados unscathed? @Dawn - they are only 3 weeks old so they are still really small and squeaky but my guess is in the next few weeks they will be hard to contain! lol
The Mods said i can add every book that I’ve read since the challenge started where it fits which is about 21 books so thats my plan for the day! If my boss asks though I am absolutely working on those awesome spreadsheets for the board report lol ! 🤫
Hahaha what books?! Spreadsheets all day, of course!! :DAlso, I LOVE tacos!
Looks like the polls have closed for the July BOM. The Familiar is a definite winner. The other two are tied so we might be reading both. We'll have to wait until the Threads/Monthly Letter comes out to let us know for sure.
- The Familiar
- The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
- The Women
Melissa wrote: "Hahaha what books?! Spreadsheets all day, of course!! :DLooks like the polls have closed for the July BOM. The Familiar is a definite winner. The other two are tied so we might be reading both. W..."
The book Gods are on my side today because I got pulling into a 2 hr training for background presence so no spreadsheets for me! I have been SLOWLY adding books trying to make sure i cover every box! Let me know if I miss anything!
Thanks Roe! I know it's a lot to add that many at one time. As long as they are added before the end of Round 1 we'll be able to use them so take your time
I am almost done with my Mays and its been a slow June so far so it shouldnt take me that much longer! :)
If theres a argument in a bar where someone throws a drink at someone else would that be a battle or a weapon?
Sounds good, thanks :)You could use a drink as a weapon in that setting!
Incoming Supply Drop!
For your final Supply Drop of Round 1, we have given you:
Skippy Dies
Works for all resources:
Weapons: Knives still jutting from their flanks
Shelter: young boarding school students shelter from the bullies and adolescent angst, escaping into in fantastical mix of celtic mythology with theoretical physics
Food: Doughnuts feature as a potential choking hazard
Defense: MCs must defend themselves from local dealers
Happy
May the odd be ever in your favor!
Super happy with the July picks - been itching to read the Familiar since it came out :D
My computer is about to die (go figure) so I'll be back later tonight to update the spreadsheets and I'll post what's left of the Mini.
Would y'all count stealing or lying as a defense?
I think I would count it as defence, have to do bad things to protect yourself sometimes! thinking of six of crows haha
I think I would count it as defence, have to do bad things to protect yourself sometimes! thinking of six of crows haha
Roe wrote: "@christina - hey girl hey! have you been surviving all the tornados unscathed? ..."We had some damage to our city but way minor compared to east of us. I think most of the damage was about half way between you and I. I'm in Council Bluffs so there was a lot of damage West of omaha and quite a bit of damage north of us but absolutely nothing compared to Greenfield which is not that far from you considering that tornado damaged over 40 miles of Iowa. How about you? All ok?
Christina T wrote: "Roe wrote: "@christina - hey girl hey! have you been surviving all the tornados unscathed? ..."We had some damage to our city but way minor compared to east of us. I think most of the damage was ..."
We have only lost some branches so far this yr which im grateful for bc they just fixed out gutters from the falls storm damage. I work in Des Moinse and there are several areas that had damages to houses but again its mostly just trees! Poor Greenfield though! We got lucky because its only like 30 mins or so from me!
Stay safe you guys. I've seen pictures on the news and it is devastating what is happening. I couldn't even imagine how to come back from something like that.
We had one home destroyed completely here with the first tornado of the season which is terrible of course but the whole town! i just cant fathom that! We are pretty far outside of town so we have stood out on the deck and watched it roll by in the distance a few times.
I can't either! How do you walk down your street and see every house just demolished. It would be absolutely heartbreaking.That must have been wild to see!
We get quite a few tornadoes too here in Texas and the past few weeks have been pretty hairy! Luckily We got a shelter after a bunch tore through just North of us and relocated all of the cars in a dealership 😱 miles down the highway 😳
Whew! We are all caught up on the Main SS. We need to send one more Supply Drop to District 6 and once we do I'll re-hide the Read books on the tracking SS. I'm waiting to see if there is anything specific they are asking for.With about 7 Days : 6 Hours : 23 Minutes left for Round 1 and Round 1 mini here is where we are at:
C4 Read a book with an orange cover - Leslie, The Circle
C5 Read a book with an orange cover - Dawn, Iron Flame
C14 Author initials in HERACLES - Leslie, Win
C15 Author initials in HERACLES - JL, Ballad
C19 word in title is hiding a different smaller word - Leslie, The Bigfoot Plunder
C20 word in title is hiding a different smaller word - Dawn, Starling House
C25 Food words in text - Sunny, As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
C26 Horn on cover
C27 Horn on cover
C28 Horn on cover
C29 Horn on cover
C30 Horn on cover
C31 Book set in Crete - Louise, One Summer in Crete
C32 Book set in Crete - Louise, Island of Secrets
C33 Book set in Crete
C34 Book set in Crete
C35 Book set in Crete
C37 Book set in Idaho - Christina, North's Pole
C38 Book set in Idaho - Melis, Maggie Moves On
C39 Book set in Idaho
C40 Book set in Idaho
C42 Author's name has a diacritic - Nick, Loop
C43 Author's name has a diacritic - MH, Reykjavík
C44 Author's name has a diacritic - Louise, The Bucket Lise
C45 Author's name has a diacritic - MH, Iskall sol
C50 "abundant" or "abundance" in text - Melis or Roe, The Hunger Games
C51 takes place on a farm - MH, Where it All Began
C52 takes place on a farm - Stacey, Heartless
C53 takes place on a farm
C54 takes place on a farm
C55 takes place on a farm
C57 Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA - Stacey, Slaying the Vampire Conquerer
C58 Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA - Sunny, I Am Not You're Perfect Mexican Daughter
C59 Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA
C60 Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA
C62 Cover has at least 3 different food items - Diane, Murder is a Piece of Cake
C63 Cover has at least 3 different food items - Leslie, Question Not My Salt
C64 Cover has at least 3 different food items - Melis, Carbs and Cadavers
C65 Cover has at least 3 different food items
C67 Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela - Melis, The Recovery Agent
C68 Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela
C69 Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela
C70 Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela
Stay safe too! It's so scary! I don't know if I could live in an area that gets tornados all the time and bad ones too. I'm in PA and we had a tornado come through my area like a mile or 2 from my house a year or so ago and I've never been so scared. We never used to get tornados like that but lately there have been more in the area. Literally had an earthquake a couple months ago!
I’ve been wondering about that horn task.Can it be either a horn like 🦄 or a horn like 🎺 ???
To everyone who has claimed a spotWith Roe's books and some others we have a few spots that are covered by already read books. I don't want to move things since they have been claimed but if you would like to put something on hold or claim another spot please let me know and I'll move things around.
Christina has read a book that will cover C14 Author initials in HERACLES
@JL - you've marked Ballad as Read on the SS but it's still Currently Reading in Goodreads.
Christina and Nick have books that will cover C19 word in title is hiding a different smaller word
Roe has a book that will cover C42 Author's name has a diacritic
This is only if you want to switch out your books. Please keep reading if you choose to! :D
Anyone who has planned on reading The Hunger Games and wants to participate in the Buddy Read for extra points please make sure you finish reading and post your 3 discussions by the end of this round - June 15!The Malevolent Seven must be read and DQ's answered by June 16 for extra points
Salt & Bone must be read and DQ's answered by June 25 for extra points
I think that's all the captain duties for tonight LOL
Trinia wrote: "I’ve been wondering about that horn task.Can it be either a horn like 🦄 or a horn like 🎺 ???"
Yes, it can be either! Any horn instrument or horn on an animal.
We can use Roe's book for author name with diacritic for C45 instead of mine. I had two alternatives for that one but haven't started reading either of them yet.
Sounds good MH. Does it matter which one you want me to switch it out for?
I've finished my book for C51 takes place on a farm as well as another book that works for C53.
Melissa wrote: "Sounds good MH. Does it matter which one you want me to switch it out for?"Use it for C45 :) I removed my planned book from the mini.
Trinia wrote: "We get quite a few tornadoes too here in Texas and the past few weeks have been pretty hairy! Luckily We got a shelter after a bunch tore through just North of us and relocated all of the cars in a..."Thats some high tech grand theft auto right there!
Melissa wrote: "Whew! We are all caught up on the Main SS. We need to send one more Supply Drop to District 6 and once we do I'll re-hide the Read books on the tracking SS. I'm waiting to see if there is anything ..."I chaperoned my daughter's DC trip back in March. We also went to Gettysberg and PA and for me I'll take tornados in Iowa over the allergies in PA all day! You guys are the real heros! We were dying! 1/2 of us came home sick as dogs with tissues up our noses. It was a sight to see for sure lol
I just grabbed Housekeeping -set in Idaho and Killer Calories - 3 foods on the cover
Use my books wherever they work best. I have a couple books in my TBR with horns so when I finish up what I'm reading now I'll start on those.
Finished Starling House and will get last section of DQs done later :) use any books that work best for anything I've claimed!
I just realized that
has horns on the cover (who knew vampires could have horns :) ) . I will add that as a comment and you all can put in for whichever task we need at the end.Also, feel free to move my books in or out of anywhere you need.
Nothing But Reading Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
The Vegetarian (other topics)Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop (other topics)
I Told You This Would Happen (other topics)
I Told You This Would Happen (other topics)
Thank You for Listening (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Morgan Hawes (other topics)K.J. Charles (other topics)
Lynn Cahoon (other topics)
Lynn Cahoon (other topics)
Kōji Suzuki (other topics)
More...
