Suzanne’s Comments (group member since Apr 15, 2011)

Suzanne’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

- 388 Pages

Total Group Pages: 361,367

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- 279 Pages

CURRENT TOTAL: 357,823

- 400 Pages
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- 64 Pages

My Total: 314,872

Finished!

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Monthly Audiobook Challenge: February 2024
Duration: 2/1/2024 - 2/29/2024

Progress: 5 out of 5

Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).

Let's find some great audiobooks together!

Duration: Monthly

February 2024 Theme:

◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
1. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto - **** - 2/3/2024 - 302 Pages
2. The Selection by Kiera Cass - *** - 2/4/2024 - 336 Pages
3. Hot Ice by Nora Roberts - **** - 2/7/2024 - 312 Pages
4. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins - ***** - 2/11/2024 - 326 Pages
5. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy - ***** - 2/24/2024 - 320 Pages

- 423 Pages
- 320 Pages

Total Group Pages: 291,508

- 389 Pages

New Group Total: 274,716

- 352 Pages

- 256 Pages

Current Total: 261,946

- 120 Pages

New Group Total: 260,627

- 323 Pages

New Group Total: 234,582

- 224 Pages
- 326 Pages

New Group Total: 226,020

- 312 Pages

Total Group Pages: 213,186

- 93 Pages

Current Total = 202,768

- 232 Pages

New Group Total: 200,362

- 336 Pages

New Group Total: 199,633

- 302 Pages

New Group total : 195,496

Nothing But Reading Challenges
TBR Tackler Challenge 2024
Duration: 2/1/2024 - 1/31/2025

Progress: 0 out of 27+

Have you noticed the longer you are active on Goodreads, the larger your “to-read” (TBR) shelf becomes?

How do you tackle it? In date order? Alphabetical? Or do you just ignore it and hope to get to the books “one day”?

Rules: For this challenge, you’ll use a randomiser* to randomly pick numbers. Use these corresponding numbers on your “to-read” shelf to challenge yourself to read those books.

❶ Step 1
Go to www.random.org/integers/ to get your random numbers. (Instructions under spoiler.)
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❷ Step 2
Go to your “to-read” shelf and find the books that match your numbers on your shelf. They are your selected books! (Example continues under spoiler.)
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*If you prefer not to use the randomiser, you may just choose random numbers yourself by rolling a dice, picking a number out of a hat, just choosing a number in your mind - up to you!!

Duration: One year from start date. (Though to keep with the original challenge each book selected should be read within one month. )

Levels:

Headlock: 1-8 books.
Coathanger: 9-17 books.
Spear Tackle: 18-26 books.
No Suspension: 27 + books

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2024
Duration: 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024

Progress: 6 out of 50

In 2016 we started this challenge because when one of our mods (Karen) joined Goodreads in 2012, she still had books on her "to read" shelf from back then. They just stared at her... mockingly... asking when she was going to either read them or remove them from that shelf...
So in 2016 we started "clean out the closet" to read or delete all the books left on your TBR added in 2012 or earlier.

Over the years we have played with the concept and changed things around a little, but the reading challenge is simple...
>sort your "to read" shelf by date
>pick the books that you are going to read which have been on your list the longest and set yourself a goal. You may decide to read all of your books from the oldest year, or you may just take the oldest 20, or 50, or 5 books on your list. Some people choose specific series books, or ARCs, or just random..... Completely up to you how you set your goal and how many books you read!
>Your goal is tracked on this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
and players can edit columns C and D. So update your target books and books read as you go and we will post monthly progress to the thread.

It would also be great if you post your thoughts on the books once you finish them. Was it worth waiting for? :)

1. Mr Maybe by Jane Green
2. The Art of Happiness at Work
3. The Bitch Rules

4. Hot Ice by Nora Roberts - **** - 2/7/2024 - 312 Pages

5. Banished by Sophie Littlefield
6. The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind
7. The Pillars of Creation
8. Naked Empire
9. Chainfire
10. Phantom
11. Confessor
12. Debt of Bones
13. Legends
14. Legends 2
15. The Complete Idiots Guide to CLeaning

16. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins - ***** - 2/11/2024 - 326 Pages
17. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins - ***** - 4/10/2024 - 312 Pages

18. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
19. Gregor and the Marks of Secret
20. Gregor and the Code of Claw

21. Codex by Lev Grossman - *** - 6/5/2024 - 348 Pages

22. Warp by Lev Grossman
23. The Gift by Cecelia Ahern

24. Ladies' Night by Jessica Adams - ** - 4/8/2024 - 512 Pages

24. The Geek Girls Guide to Cheerleading
25. God is in the Pancakes
26. The Spark
27. Little Princes
28. You Know When the Men Are Gone
29. The Orchid Affair

30. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig - ***** - 3/3/2024 - 388 Pages

31. The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
32. The Mischief of the Mistletoe
33. Just Imagine by Susan Elizabeth Philips
34. Honey Moon by Susan Elizabeth Philips
35. Hot Shot by Susan Elizabeth Philips
36. Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
37. Wives Behaving Badly
38. Everything She Thought She Wanted
39. Consider the Lily
40. Beatrix Potter: The Story of the Creator of Peter Rabbit
41. Perfect Love
42. The Sunday Night Book Club
43. Against Her Nature
44. Blind Your Ponies
45. The Dark Highlander
46. Kiss of the Highlander
47. The Immortal Highlander
48. The Highlander's Touch
49. Spell of the Highlander
50. Into the Dreaming (Highlander, #8)

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Monthly Audiobook Challenge: February 2024
Duration: 2/1/2024 - 2/29/2024

Progress: 5 out of 5

Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).

Let's find some great audiobooks together!

Duration: Monthly

February 2024 Theme:

◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
1. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto - **** - 2/3/2024 - 302 Pages
2. The Selection by Kiera Cass - *** - 2/4/2024 - 336 Pages
3. Hot Ice by Nora Roberts - **** - 2/7/2024 - 312 Pages
4. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins - ***** - 2/11/2024 - 326 Pages
5. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy - ***** - 2/24/2024 - 320 Pages

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Around the World 2024
Duration: 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024

Progress: 0 out of 8

This used to be a self-directed team challenge, which has now been retired. But since the work that was put into it was too good not to use anymore and there was so much detail to it, the mods have decided to offer this challenge up as an individual annual reading challenge instead.

How does this work?

◈ Using the spreadsheet below, you are provided with a selection of travel itineraries to take one or several around the world trips.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

◈ Trips will start in a random country/city and you will follow the globe in one direction the same as you would for a round the world fare. If you do not know the destinations, feel free to look them up for your own pleasure.

◈ Trips will consist of 8 stops across a maximum of 6 continents. At each stop, you will need to complete a task before moving on to the next stop in your trip.
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◈ You can choose itineraries at random and do not have to follow them in order. So you could start with Travel Itinerary #5, then do Travel Itinerary #26 before hopping over to Travel Itinerary #1. It is entirely up to you, in which order you do the trips, or how many of them you complete.

◈ To track your progress, you can do so in this thread. Mods suggest reserving two spots when you sign up, just in case, as it all depends on your method of tracking. You can simply do it in your posts, or you could make a copy of the spreadsheet for yourself and fiddle around that way. Entirely up to you. Whatever works best for you.

◈ This is an annual challenge. It runs from 1st January to 31st December.

◈ Have fun!

✈️ Itinerary 23 ✈️

1. Easter Island (CL) - Colorado Springs (US) - Read a book where the kindle version is less than 300 pages:
Under the Christmas Tree by Robyn Carr - ***** - 2/5/2024 - 93 Pages

2. Colorado Springs (US) - St Lucia (LC) - Read a book where a character is a demon
3. St Lucia (LC) - Glasgow (GB) - Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Star" in the text or title
4. Glasgow (GB) - Hurghada (EG) - Read a book where the title starts with the letter C
5. Hurghada (EG) - Novyj Urengoj (RU) - Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter U
6. Novyj Urengoj (RU) - Tawau (MY) - Read a book where a character is an undertaker
7. Tawau (MY) - Sunshine Coast (AU) - Read a book where the title starts with the letter T
8. Sunshine Coast (AU) - Easter Island (CL) - Read a book with a pink cover

- 368 Pages

New Group Total: 188,385