Nistha’s Comments (group member since Apr 01, 2023)

Nistha’s comments from the Bookish Challenges group.

Third Stop: Crimson Marshes


- Read a book that builds suspense, tension, or creeping danger.

- Read a book with a landscape or fog in cover.

Book: You've Found Oliver by Dustin Thao
Date completed: 21 Nov 25
Task: 1,2
How it fits: YA

Book: The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Date completed: 20 Nov 25
Task: 2,2
How it fits: Very strong sibling dynamic between MC and her sister as they navigate life when their father leaves them for another woman

Ahh ok ok, I was worried I got late .. Take your time :)

Book: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Date completed: 19 Nov 25
Continent: North America
Country : Canada

R18: 2
Position : 87 - sloth you go upto 94

80 to 100
a. Part of a series
b. Set in your country of birth or one where you are currently living in
c. GR Rating >4.3 or has won an award (not just a nominee)
d. Cover colour: Purple or Pink

R8: 3
Position : 47 - nothing

40 to 60
a. > 4-word title
b. Set in at least 2 countries
c. A book where no one dies
d. Cover colour: Yellow or Green

R24 : 5
Position: 58 - you go back next round for direction

If you land at any square covered by the red snake , you need to find a book that meets both the snake task as well as the position number tasks

40 to 60
a. > 4-word title
b. Set in at least 2 countries
c. A book where no one dies
d. Cover colour: Yellow or Green

R31: 5
Position : 100 -you reach the finish


80 to 100
a. Part of a series
b. Set in your country of birth or one where you are currently living in
c. GR Rating >4.3 or has won an award (not just a nominee)
d. Cover colour: Purple or Pink

Round 11

Your block set

❌ ❌ 🟧 ❌ ❌
❌ 🟠 🟠 🟤 ❌
🟦 ⬛ 🟠 🟤 🟪
🟫 ⬛ 🟫 🟥 🟪

  1   2    3    4    5

Your new blocks

💖 🟫 🟥 🟠 ⬛

Hey Cat, I'm a bit confused which 2 blocks made for the connections for the 4 books - if you can just tell me which 2 blocks are used, we can move on to last round :)

Defeat any 3 to move on



🪓 Troll of the Fallen Bridge

Once a guardian of passage, now a brute who demands stories as toll. Cross him without a tale, and you’ll never cross again.

Required Weapon: Poisoned Vial

Reward Weapon: Flamebrand Sword




💀 The Bone Jester

Once a court entertainer who mocked fate too often. Now he juggles skulls and riddles, laughing through eternity.

Required Weapon: Spiked Mace

Reward Weapon: Frostfang Blade



🪶 Harpy of the Silver Cliffs

Her songs echo with stolen verses, luring readers to the edge. She devours the endings of every book she finds.

Required Weapon: Frostfang Blade

Reward Weapon: Trident of Tides



🦴 Revenant Scholar

He died surrounded by his notes, doomed to revise forever. His quill scratches parchment though his body is long gone.

Required Weapon: Golden Talon

Reward Weapon: Silver Stake




🌑 The Ink Reaver

The oldest of all — a monster made of pure ink. It devours stories whole, erasing worlds with a single swipe of its claws.

Required Weapon: Phoenix Feather Pen

Reward Weapon: Dagger of Whispers

Second stop : Ashen Peaks where jagged cliffs and scorched lands echo with distant roars.


- Read a book featuring a dangerous journey, climb, or extreme adventure.

- Read a book where the environment (mountains, ice, or storms) challenges the characters.



After reading for one prompt, you will need to face the monsters

Second stop : Ashen Peaks where jagged cliffs and scorched lands echo with distant roars.


- Read a book featuring a dangerous journey, climb, or extreme adventure.

- Read a book where the environment (mountains, ice, or storms) challenges the characters.



After reading for one prompt, you will need to face the monsters

You need to defeat any of the 3 monsters below by using the required weapon. You will get a reward weapon on destroying every monster which can be used to destroy another monster

👹 Goblin of the Broken Quill

Once a mischievous scribe, now a hoarder of half-finished tales. He hides in abandoned libraries, feeding on drafts never completed.

Required Weapon: Dagger of Whispers

Reward Weapon: Warfang Axe



🕷️ Widow Spinner

She weaves webs from forgotten plotlines and traps characters in endless rewrites. Only a patient reader can unravel her lies.

Required Weapon: Flamebrand Sword

Reward Weapon: Spiked Mace




🪶 Harpy of the Silver Cliffs

Her songs echo with stolen verses, luring readers to the edge. She devours the endings of every book she finds.

Required Weapon: Frostfang Blade

Reward Weapon: Trident of Tides




🔥 The Ash Serpent

Born from burnt manuscripts, it coils through smoke and forgotten lore. Its breath smells of charred pages and endings rewritten.

Required Weapon: Silver Stake

Reward Weapon: Phoenix Feather Pen



🌑 The Ink Reaver

The oldest of all — a monster made of pure ink. It devours stories whole, erasing worlds with a single swipe of its claws.

Required Weapon: Phoenix Feather Pen

Reward Weapon: Dagger of Whispers

R17: 2
Position : 96 - duck - you go down to 85

80 to 100
a. Part of a series
b. Set in your country of birth or one where you are currently living in
c. GR Rating >4.3 or has won an award (not just a nominee)
d. Cover colour: Purple or Pink

R23 : 2
Position: 53 - red snake covering

If you land at any square covered by the red snake , you need to find a book that meets both the snake task as well as the position number tasks

40 to 60
a. > 4-word title
b. Set in at least 2 countries
c. A book where no one dies
d. Cover colour: Yellow or Green

Snake tasks
a. You have rated the book lower than its GR average rating (it has to be your GR rating of the book in absolute whole numbers eg. the book avg GR rating is 3.8 and you rate it a 3)
b. The plot features a betrayal
c. Animal on cover
d. Book title or author first/last name starts with S
e. Book title word options: down, below, drop, fall, low

R7: 3
Position : 37 - sloth - you go up to 44 next round


20 to 40
a. Three or four-word title
b. Set in the top 10 largest countries of the world (>50% of the book)
(Russia, Canada, United States, China, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Algeria)
c. GR Rating >3.75
d. Cover colour: White or Black

R30: 4
Position : 99 -nothing


80 to 100
a. Part of a series
b. Set in your country of birth or one where you are currently living in
c. GR Rating >4.3 or has won an award (not just a nominee)
d. Cover colour: Purple or Pink

R15: 3
Position : 20 - Nothing

1 to 20
a. One or two-word title
b. Set in a country where you have never been
c. New to you author
d. Cover colour: Red or Blue