Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

~Melissa~ wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Thanks, Barb and Melissa. We are very excited for him (and for our bank account)!

I see that you liked Bound by Blood. I just could not like that book. It made me crazy."

hmmm...wh..."

It was her writing style and her characters. I think the author got out her thesaurus and tried to use as many adjectives as she could in every paragraph. And the characters just did not seem real to me.

First, some bookkeeping:
is shelved 68 times as ROMANCE -- I want to make sure that it "counts" for the February Romance challenge

Then, for the captains challenge: I started reading on Feb. 25. If I finish it today or tomorrow, does it "count" in the challenge?

Meanwhile, the other book I'm reading I started today:
- enjoying it so far!

Leslie tell your son way to go, way to go,ho ho!!!!!

Leslie wrote: "Okay! The competition is on!! Come on team members!!

Just thought I'd share - my son just found out he was accepted to his first choice Law School and offered almost a full ride scholarship! Yay!!!"

Congratulations!!!

Congrats to your son, Leslie!! That's wonderful!

Thanks, everyone!! We're still waiting to hear from one other school. But this was his number one choice.

@Deedee - unfortunately the romance challenge ended. But if you finished it at anytime today after midnight, it will count for our new mini challenge. Also, the book Pirates will definitely count toward the mini challenge as well.

In case people are confused, we have 2 challenges going on right now.

In Like A Lion Mini Challenge: Wed - Sun; read anything on your TBR and post it here!

Captains Challenge: Feb 27 - March 10; all books read and posted on thread count in the read-off.

There will be a monthly challenge posted soon. Be on the lookout for it!!

Leslie wrote: "Thanks, everyone!! We're still waiting to hear from one other school. But this was his number one choice.

@Deedee - unfortunately the romance challenge ended. But if you finished it at anytime tod..."

Nope, finished it yesterday. Ah well, on to the next mini-challenge!

I finished today. I really enjoyed this one! It's set in WWII-era Britain and the hero is a wounded RAF pilot. I don't read many romances set during this time period, but I'm going to start looking for more!

MARCH MONTHLY CHALLENGE

WHEN: March 1 - March 26
WHAT: March for Mystery! Read Mystery OR Suspense books
RULES:
1. The book should be shelved as mystery or suspense by at least 10 people. To check this, go to the book page. In the right-hand side, there will be a section called Genres. Just click on it and it will show up all the shelves for this book. For an image, click the spoiler. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
2. Book should be read between March 1 and 26 and meet the Tower Team Challenge requirements i.e page count >170
3. Participants in this month-long challenge, please post the book in the thread. If it ties in with any mini-challenge, it has to be stated explicitly. (It makes work easier for us mods)

Happy Reading!

*Remember, books that meet the mini-challenge and the monthly will win you 2 points.

Dee, unfortunately the monthly ended on Feb 24 due to Feb being a short month.

Deedee wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Thanks, everyone!! We're still waiting to hear from one other school. But this was his number one choice.

@Deedee - unfortunately the romance challenge ended. But if you finished it..."

To re-iterate Leslie on the number of challenges going on right now:

In Like A Lion Mini Challenge: Wed - Sun; read anything on your TBR and post it here!

Captains Challenge: Feb 27 - March 10; all books read and posted on thread count in the read-off.

March For Mystery Monthly: March 1 - March 26; Any Mystery/Suspense Books (shelved by 10 people) posted in the thread.

Looks like Team D is a happening place. I can't wait to see what the team is going to read!

Looks great, Vi!! I'm so excited for the mystery challenge. I have a feeling my TBR will be groaning as I check out what everyone will be reading.

For the mini challenge: I just finished and I started . This one is a re-read, but I read it a while ago.
I also should be finishedwith today. Third time around and I am liking it better.

For the mini challenge: I finished after breakfast, and while I was waiting to pick up my daughter from school.

Now I have no active book going -- very unusual for me -- what to pick, what to pick.
lol

Got it, Deedee!! Pick a good mystery for the March challenge!

Leslie wrote: "~Melissa~ wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Thanks, Barb and Melissa. We are very excited for him (and for our bank account)!

It was her writing style and her characters. I think the author got out her thesaurus and tried to use as many adjectives as she could in every paragraph. And the characters just did not seem real to me."

....thesaurus.... that cracked me up ☺
for me some of it was very predictable, I did like the 2 main characters but some of it just not all that believable and a little too "pat" if that makes sense...

@Melissa - I swear there was one paragraph I counted 9 adjectives. You know somethings not right, when you are counting adjectives!

@Kristin- me, too!!! I have two that I already checked out from the library as ebooks.

Just finished "Immortal in Death" - J. D. Robb



Please add to the In Like a Lion, Captain's Challenge and March Mystery Challenges.

On to "Stalking the Angel" - Robert Crais
Go Elvis!

Have you checked out some of the GRs lending groups for those, Kristin? Plus, you could drive to the nearest big city library one day and join theirs, then do the downloading from home.

I just finished - ...a 1 star for me. This will fit the Captain's Challenge and In Like a Lion.

For some reason, the hardcover is 180 pages (whew, just makes it for the challenge) but the audio book was 7 hours. And let me tell you, it was a very painful 7 hours.

I had such great hopes for this book and was significantly disappointed. I downloaded the audiobook on a whim earlier this month from the library and it was to expire today. Maybe I just didn't get the humor, or maybe it was the narrator, but I still don't quite get what it really was about except the flight was cancelled and he was way too bitter.

Just getting caught up from the last day or so.

@Chris - Dangerously Devouring Dudettes!! I love this!!

@Leslie - That is great news!

Lisa Kay wrote: "Have you checked out some of the GRs lending groups for those, Kristin? Plus, you could drive to the nearest big city library one day and join theirs, then do the downloading from home."

Also, if you have a friend who lives in another town, you can use their library card number. I use my mom's as well as my own.

Finally finally finally finished This counts toward mini Challenge and Captain's challenge.

That is surprising.

Some GoodReads groups are more active than others...so shop around.

Just finished , one day too soon for the mystery challenge, but that's ok.

Leslie wrote: "@Melissa - I swear there was one paragraph I counted 9 adjectives. You know somethings not right, when you are counting adjectives!"

Wow - that is a ton of adjectives Yikes!

Thanks, Diane! Looks like a "yummy" cozy mystery. LOL!!

Just finished by Maya Banks. 2nd in the KGI series. I really like this series, so I think I'll bump up the rest on my TBR.

Should count for both In Like a Lion and the Captains' Challenge

I should finish by Kathleen Woodiwiss this weekend. It's a good read but very dense - small print on big pages takes a while to read.

I also have at least 4 mystery/suspense novels planned for March, so yay for the monthly challenge!

I finished which should count towards the mini (In Like a Lion) & the Captain's challenge. I loved it. Definitely will be picking up the next book in series.

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Good morning, Team!! Lots of reading going on. So many books I want to read.

I just finished Second time around and I loved it again. I have started I needed to read this for a February challenge. Oops!!

I finished which will count toward the Captain's Challenge and In Like a Lion.

I couldn't put it down!

I'm using the following for In Like a Lion and the Captains' Challenge.



and

I finished two books yesterday.

and both were on my TBR as I needed to read them for the Literary Exploration - insane challenge

They both qualify for Like a Lion and Captains Challenge.

Wow, some amazing reading going on!!

Quick Update: 17 books have been read for the In Like a Lion Mini Challenge. Rebecca is in the lead with 4 books. Way to go, Captain Rebecca!! Here's a Thumb's Up for everyone!

I just finished and would be starting next.

Leslie - How was ?

And another one done - .

Go, Rebecca, go!!

started after midnight last night and just finished on my lunch hour. whoowhee cowboys! should work for Like a Lion and Captain's challenge ~ no mystery but that's ok we have cowboys,lol

@Vi - is it finish the book on March 1st for the mystery challenge, or start the book?

Also - I have a difficult history with Outlander. This is my third attempt. And I have to say, I liked it better this time. Gave it 4 stars. But I skipped over the part I didn't like. Still not crazy about Claire (main character), but Jaime (our Highland hero) makes up for it. I feel about Highlanders the way Melissa is feeling about cowboys! The more the merrier!

@Melissa - I'm not sure I could read that book at work. I would be blushing too much (and yes, I can still blush!). Are you headed on vacation?

I just finished by Mercedes Lackey.
It counts for both the In Like a Lion mini challenge, and the Captains' Challenge.

Finished . This counts for all three challenges.

Leslie wrote: "@Vi - is it finish the book on March 1st for the mystery challenge, or start the book?

Also - I have a difficult history with Outlander. This is my third attempt. And I have to say, I liked it bet..."

I usually only read on my break and try to do that when no one else does so I have the room to myself,lol
We leave for vacation tomorrow - going to Orlando. Not great weather but 60's -70's is better than Chi-town weather!!

For people who have a nook, the free friday selection (also available for Kindle) is a book that qualifies for the mystery challenge.
Here is the link:
B&N: The Taken

Leslie wrote: "For people who have a nook, the free friday selection (also available for Kindle) is a book that qualifies for the mystery challenge.
Here is the link:
B&N: The Taken"

Thx - I downloaded it! Not sure if I'll get to it soon or not.

Me either, Melissa. But it looked interesting.

Leslie - it's finish the book between March 1 & 26 for the mystery as well

I did Outlander as a BR with loads of other people and it was fun. The reason was the host of the BR - she was awesome. Always replied to everything and the discussion was very lively. I've tried picking up the next book but I have been unsuccessful so far. I'm going to give it another try this month. Hopefully it clicks!

I'm reading the second one next month. I'm not sure if I've read that one or not. I seem to remember that I started it, but I don't think I finished it. I can imagine that reading it with other people would help. Same with Game of Thrones! You need someone around when you want to throw the book at the wall!

Thanks for the clarification! Kristin's Sookie Stackhouse book will qualify for the mystery challenge.

I just finished
This qualifies for the mini Challenge and the captain's challenge. I love Nalini Singh!!
I have started which is another holdover from February challenges.

I have several books for the mystery challenge I'm planning on reading, but I won't be able to get to them for a couple more days.

I've finally finished by Kathleen E Woodiwiss. I really like what I've read by this author, but the books are so dense, it takes forever to finish them. I will read more though.

This counts for both In Like a Lion and Captains' Challenges.