Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Welcome one and all! This is a space to chat with people and prepare for the Games to come.



Note: This is NOT the place to ask questions about the game. This is purely a social hangout. Questions about the game should be asked in the Captains group by the Captains and Co-Captains.

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Oh, what a lovely Campsite! Would love to be there actually, right now. :)

I know! The photo search made me feel jealous!

whoop whoop, how fun! 📚🔖🌶️🎈🏕️🚙

Helloooooooo we ready!!!

I haven't been camping in ages! Now, I want to have someone bring me campfire coffee in my tent when the sun is just coming up...

I have a bag of marshmallows, I'm set! 😁

HELLLOOOO!!! I'm stooooked.

I loved camping as a kid. We cooked everything by fire...so fun! Look forward to the games to come!

Ashley wrote: "HELLLOOOO!!! I'm stooooked."

So, out of curiosity, I looked up the definition of "stooked"

teehee

stook (stuːk)
n
(Agriculture) a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry with their heads together
vb
(Agriculture) (tr) to set up (sheaves) in stooks

Stook a heap or bundle; a truss of flax or of sheaves of grain, 1530. See also cock.

I stopped reading at "See also cock."

😂😂😂

I have a glorious mental picture of certain parts of the male anatomy stood upright in bunches in a field now 🤣

"Set upright to dry with their heads together"?

Looks like I walked in at an awkward moment...😅

Jenny wrote: ""Set upright to dry with their heads together"?"

Haha

Yep, sorry. I am avoiding chores by trying to stir up some trouble.

I'll behave.

And I blame Sammy. All I did was provide a definition of a word that few of us knew. Education is so important after all.

It's ok, I'm used to getting the blame. (even though it's usually your fault 😜)

Just no pictures please! All ages group and all that.

"Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on." (Terry Pratchett)

Looking forward to this one!

Jenny wrote: "Ashley wrote: "HELLLOOOO!!! I'm stooooked."

So, out of curiosity, I looked up the definition of "stooked"

teehee

stook (stuːk)
n
(Agriculture) a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry w..."

I'm cackling...

Jenny wrote: "Ashley wrote: "HELLLOOOO!!! I'm stooooked."

So, out of curiosity, I looked up the definition of "stooked"

teehee

stook (stuːk)
n
(Agriculture) a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry w..."

🤭🤭

Melindam wrote: ""Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on." (Terry Pratchett)"

Fields full of "members" and questionable diseases. What kind of challenge is this? teehee

Jenny wrote: "Melindam wrote: ""Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on." (Terry Pratchett)"

Fields fu..."

🤣😂

Jenny wrote: "Melindam wrote: ""Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on." (Terry Pratchett)"

Fields fu..."

🤣😂It's a challenge where just about anything, or anyone for that matter goes! I'm sure...well almost sure...let's have some fun everyone!

The places brains in this group devolve too....

Shelby wrote: "The places brains in this group devolve too...."

Oh, there is no devolving of any kind. It's our natural state. 😆

Oooo this one sounds so interesting! What fun timing as I have been rewatching some of The Hunger Games movies this week too . . . I’m ready!!!!! (I think. Haha.)

I just realized - "Remember that you can collect your participation points from previous BOM (from January 2024) for an extra entry in the randomiser," (from the All About thread) - is this a typo or have BOM tokens been reset?

This sounds really - ahem - interesting! I have never actually been camping, but I do enjoy The Hunger Games immensely. Just need to get those stooks out of my mind!

Christina wrote: "I just realized - "Remember that you can collect your participation points from previous BOM (from January 2024) for an extra entry in the randomiser," (from the All About thread) - is this a typo ..."

From further on in the paragraph: Participation points from previous BOM that are already on the spreadsheet can be used.

I.e. if you've claimed them from last year then they are good to use, but we aren't accepting people going back to claim a lot now.

ohhhh now it makes sense, I was so confused haha. thanks for clearing that up Sophie :)

I was about to watch The Hunger Games movies this weekend. Now I have to try and do that before the end of the month.
I would like a fan for my tent please.

As someone who recently spent a month sleeping at night in a tent with days getting to 42 C, may I suggest that a tiny USB fan is my new favorite thing.

As we just had hail and snow today, I'd prefer a heater please 😆

omg we just had hail too and we barely ever do!

... and I'm really not a fan of camping I'M SORRY

I was wondering if anyone knows if this is the Tower Teams Challenge or a brand new challenge replacing TT since it usually starts mid-May. I don't know what to call my shelf. What are others doing for their shelf? What confused me is it said we could use a pre-existing shelf. Like what? lol

This is not a TT challenge from what I gather. And, I assume that you have a shelf called "crazy-book-people" or something just waiting for the right circumstance, yes?

I don't honestly remember what I said I was going to name my shelf, as it has been a few days, and my brain has moved on. "book-games" or something, maybe?

Jenny wrote: "This is not a TT challenge from what I gather. And, I assume that you have a shelf called "crazy-book-people" or something just waiting for the right circumstance, yes?

I don't honestly remember w..."

No, I don't have a shelf like that but I can create one. lol Thanks, Jenny. :)

Vicki wrote: "I was wondering if anyone knows if this is the Tower Teams Challenge or a brand new challenge replacing TT since it usually starts mid-May. I don't know what to call my shelf. What are others doing..."

I was wondering that myself. It sounds a lot like TT, but not called TT. My previous shelves were all "nbrc-tt-" and then the number. For this one, I just did "nbrc-book-games."

Normally I like to take a long break between my team challenges, but I couldn't resist. This is giving me Hunger Game vibes and I just started reading the series.

Laurie, thanks. :)

Oh, I'm looking forward to this :)

We've gone for something different this year, so this isn't a TT, which will come back. A lot of the shelves are variations on book games.

How do we feel about cocktails at the campfire?*

This ARC approval came too late for UNO. Although it sounds more like Thirst Games than Hunger Games, it still seems a nice fit. 😊



The Cocktail Parlor: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home

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*this was a rhetorical Q, I am just happy about my book. 😊

Melindam wrote: "*this was a rhetorical Q, I am just happy about my book. 😊"

Tee-hee. Happy ARC approval! :)

Thank you. 😊

Well... without further commentary on our linguistics lesson above... hello book friends!! :)

I was thinking I was ready for a break after Uno, but best laid plans and all that.