Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Tina wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Tina wrote: "I've finished Bounty and it has the word judgment in the text. (loc 216, 5%)
Does that work for one of the goals?"

it should.
Can you give me sentence, p..."

Thanks :)

That list looks scary. I did find some book on the list on my TBR list, but most of them are books I'll have to buy, and with my current budget, and Christmas present shopping coming up soon, I don't have that extra cash to purchase new books. Hopefully someone else will be able to fit that goal.

:)

just a quick check in on stuff. Today's been chaotic and i am exhausted. Hopefully i can be in bed in about 40mins.. Hopefully x_x

Just finished a book that fits goal - Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter G

Eni wrote: "just a quick check in on stuff. Today's been chaotic and i am exhausted. Hopefully i can be in bed in about 40mins.. Hopefully x_x"

Sleep well!

RebeccaS wrote: "Just finished a book that fits goal - Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter G"

Got it! Logging it in now! Thank you. Stand by for new goal!

NEW GOAL

Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter Q

I just finished (by accident ☺) book published on 24th.

Adding it to goals

NEW GOAL

Read a historical fiction novel that is based on real events

- Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter Q

- Read a historical fiction novel that is based on real events

- Read a book with the word aggregate in the text

- Read a book where the world ends

- Read a book that is in the "Best Arabic Books" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...)

❀Tea❀ wrote: "I just finished (by accident ☺) book published on 24th.

That's a v good accident!

I've finished 2 books in the last 24 hours - Without A Trace and The Body Farm

They don't meet any current goals, but I'll add them to the books read page with some details. I'll probably slow down a bit with my reading now for a week or so until the flight home again!

Sophie wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "I just finished (by accident ☺) book published on 24th.

That's a v good accident!"

Since I was here long time, I've started audiobook (only one I had at the moment) and when I was done, and started filling in info, discovered date published

Having said they don't fit the goals... Without a Trace has a man called Quinn who is marrying one of the main characters sisters - they attend the wedding and it's the way he reconnects with his family. Is that enough of a character to count?

Depends. How much part that character has? Any lines? Only one scene?
It should be character that has some role in the story, not just passing by.

And it was long time when I read it so I can't remember

He's in the last chapter, but mentioned before that. He and Trace have a conversation at the end (view spoiler)[ and you find out they were colleagues before the book (hide spoiler)]

Think it could be argued either way

I'll take it :)

NEW GOAL

Read a book where a character has lost one of their senses

- Read a book where a character has lost one of their senses

- Read a book where there is a computer virus or computer hacking

- Read a book with the word aggregate in the text

- Read a book where the world ends

- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as lendable - plurals and spelling acceptable - Eni

I'm going to read The Virgin's Lover which will work for a historical fiction novel based on real events

Hope everyone had a good weekend and the start of the week has been ok!

Finished Jane Austen for Arabic list goal :)

NEW GOAL

Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as lendable - plurals and spelling acceptable

*none of currently finished unused books is working :(*

this list might help, but you still need to check if book fits that 'first page' part
- open book page and go to genres on the right. If it's on that page, then it works.

i can take the lendable book. i have a few on my tbr list it seems

Eni wrote: "i can take the lendable book. i have a few on my tbr list it seems"

ok I've put you down, but if anyone finishes something sooner, we'll go with that one (unless it has something exotic which is better to save for another goal ☺)

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Eni wrote: "i can take the lendable book. i have a few on my tbr list it seems"

ok I've put you down, but if anyone finishes something sooner, we'll go with that one (unless it has something exoti..."

yup that's fine =)

Woohoo!
After searching 300+ books on reader (and that means open each one since search function doesn't work outside of the book) and 5 aggregators and 2 aggregations (none of which works, I checked) I finally found book with aggregate *happy dance*

Since this is thriller and I plan to read next BOM starting tomorrow (for me) which is also thriller, I'll probably wait with aggregate so I don't mix them up. If any of you find it in meantime, I'll just make a note about it and leave it for later in case we get aggregated again :)

Yay! Well done for finding it!
Surprised how many problems one little word can cause! Get the feeling that searching for books to fit the goals can sometimes get in the way of actually reading the books! Hoping it gets easier to complete them as we have a backlog of read books!

I don't think this is something you'd really manage to find by accident so I went searching for it. Part was done while still listening to Austen so it wasn't really wasted time.
At least with ebooks it's easy to do those searches.

I don't really plan to base my reading on goals like it was with gladiators, but this book is on-read-at-one-point list, so no problem :)

*snorts*
Should have made that comment sooner. Now I found two more books :)

Ha! Good job Tea. I've been searching my books and failing.

Just finished . Doesn't fit any categories though :/

About halfway through .

Sorry guys, I'm gonna be the slow reader of the group lol

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Eni wrote: "i can take the lendable book. i have a few on my tbr list it seems"

ok I've put you down, but if anyone finishes something sooner, we'll go with that one (unless it has something exoti..."

Went ahead and used mine. Nothing exotic in it at all.

New goal

Read a book where a character is an alcoholic or has a drug problem

Do I just add my book to the "Read" thread? Or do I need to do something to spreadsheet?

Taryn wrote: "Do I just add my book to the "Read" thread? Or do I need to do something to spreadsheet?"

Just put it in the read thread, Taryn and we will take care of the rest. Thanks!!

Thank you :)

The Body Farm will work for the new goal. Lucy enters treatment for alcoholism during it

Sophie wrote: "The Body Farm will work for the new goal. Lucy enters treatment for alcoholism during it"

Fantastic! I will add that now.

New goal

Read a book where the first word of the text is They

I've just spotted next months BOM over in Poseidon's group. So long as I can get them relativly cheaply (no library currently because I keep moving) I might ended up reading them all! Haven't read any BOM for about a year so will be a v different month.

Think it was American Gods, Everything I Never Told You, The Paper Swan and Uprooted

Yep, thatr't them. Paper Swan is in back room.
There is also 'rule' about tagging American Gods. I'm on tablet so can't link it and be sure about page numbers/editions, but it comes to:
- if you are reading author's prefred or anniversary edition, you get 80 pts
- all others get 60 pts

If you want to shelf edition you are actually reading and it doesn't fall in those pts, let captains know to do override

Ooh I have American Gods on audio so I'll join in that BOM. And Uprooted has 4.20 stars so I'll try and check that one out too!

What's the author's preferred edition mean?

Check GR default edition. It says that in edition line next to pg numbers. Same thing with anniversary editions

Ahh okay so it's the same book, but we get extra points for the "preferred" edition? Is it longer or something?

I finished Confess and added it to books read thread.

Does it help to read more than one for the goal?

My understanding is that we only need one book per goal, but that we could end up getting some of the same goals again later in the challenge. Most books fit for more than one goal anyway, so anything read is good!

Only one book can be used per goal, but it doesn't really matter know many books are being read for same goal. So far we've been going by first book that fits is used.
Every book read can be used for goal, that's why we ask you to give us as much info as you can think of. That way it can be used for different goal then one it might have been read for.
If you want to do specific goal let us know and we'll 'reserve'it for you. Those names added next goals only mean that person has book that could fit. That's mostly in case some of us need idea for our next read.

Finished The Virgin's Lover which works for a historical fiction based on real events

NEW GOAL

Read a book where there is a computer virus or computer hacking

RebeccaS wrote: "The Mapping of Love and Death by
Jacqueline Winspear

338 pages
Read: 11/11/15

First word: Michael (prologue), Would..."

Don't forget to put it on your challenge shelf :)