Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Grace wrote: "I am almost done with which will cover the chess piece goal then I am going to look at some Christmas books.

Does any one have hot chocolate on the cover ?"

I can try to find one with hot chocolate on the front. I think I remember one I found from a chocolate challenge last Valentine's Day.

ɽɵɓɵɕɕα wrote: "What January BOMs is everWinteryone doing? I'm doing The Nightingale and Winter."

I'll be doing Winter as well, and A Darker Shade of Magic. I read The Nightingale in September for another group's historical fiction of the month. One of my favorites of the year!

ɽɵɓɵɕɕα wrote: "What January BOMs is everyone doing? I'm doing The Nightingale and Winter."

I am reading Him and if I get caught up on the series maybe Winter

The Nightingale and A Darker Shade of Magic were previous Dnfs for me.

Grace wrote: "ɽɵɓɵɕɕα wrote: "What January BOMs is everyone doing? I'm doing The Nightingale and Winter."

I am reading Him and if I get caught up on the series ma..."

Well. I just requested The Nightingale and A Darker Shade of Magic from the library--now I'm a little worried since I haven't really had good luck with my BOM picks so far.

I'll be doing Winter as well--at least I know I'll like that one.

I found a hot chocolate book.

I doubt I'll do any of the January BOMs I just bought cinder but if I am honest it doesn't appeal so I have been putting off reading it.

I just today got to start Everything I never told you. So I'll just do one day of the dqs and that will be done. Better late than never.

And awesome Meg :-) I couldn't see anything when I looked.

I'm on my mobile so I can't properly update anything atm I may also be a bit busy today got to finish wrapping presents!

Meg wrote: "I found a hot chocolate book."

Excellent Meg. I was struggling with that one.

Megan I put Cinder off for ages, convinced I would hate then I did a challenge that needed a shoe on the cover so I reluctantly started and I loved it.

Stacey it is probably just me with those books. I might try them again as I have them.

DID SOME UPDATING..

Our current Goals are:

°Read a book with a chess piece on the cover or in the title (e.g. Pawn, Rook, Knight, etc)
°Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2004 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
°Read a book that has been on your "to read" shelf for more than 2 years
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter F
Read a book where the first word of the text is As

25 Days of Christmas Goals

Day Fifteen Read a book that has a religious theme for 10 points! Karen

Day Twenty Read a book with hot chocolate on the cover for 10 points!

Day Twenty one Read a book where a holiday meal is prepared or eaten for 10 points!

Day Twenty two Read a book where someone ruins or saves Christmas for 10 points !

I'm reading for the cocoa cover goal.

Our current Goals are:

°Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2004 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
°Read a book that has been on your "to read" shelf for more than 2 years
°Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter F
°Read a book where the first word of the text is As
°Read a book with the word artist, painter, museum, art or paint (plurals are acceptable) in the title


25 Days of Christmas Goals
Day Fifteen Read a book that has a religious theme for 10 points! Karen

Day Twenty Read a book with hot chocolate on the cover for 10 points! Meg

Day Twenty one Read a book where a holiday meal is prepared or eaten for 10 points!

Day Twenty two Read a book where someone ruins or saves Christmas for 10 points ! Lauren

I have one for Day 23 and should be able to do a couple of the other days.

I was planning on reading 'a Christmas Carol' over the next few days which I'm sure will cover at least one goal! I think it could proabably work for 21/22

Lauren wrote: "I was planning on reading 'a Christmas Carol' over the next few days which I'm sure will cover at least one goal! I think it could proabably work for 21/22"

I would go with 22 for that one. It definitely works for it.

I finished The Paper Swan for the Back room BOM. Still working on Uprooted.

I also picked up a couple of Christmas novellas for light reading, so maybe one of them will have a Christmas dinner or someone will open presents.

That is great Stacey. I need to get back to the BOM books. I have completed one for Day 23. I wonder what the last two will be.

I have a ton I can read on my TBR shelf for more than 2 years. Do we need someone to tackle that goal or is someone on it?

No one has claimed any of the current goals. If you can do that one that would be great. I have only 3 books on that long.

Happy christmas eve!!

Megan wrote: "Happy christmas eve!!"

I can't believe it is Christmas Eve already. My boys are so excited,

Our current Goals are:

°Read a book that has been on your "to read" shelf for more than 2 years
°Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter F
°Read a book where the first word of the text is As
°Read a book with the word artist, painter, museum, art or paint (plurals are acceptable) in the title
°Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 male names in Germany according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Ge...)


25 Days of Christmas Goals
Day Fifteen Read a book that has a religious theme for 10 points! Karen

Day Twenty Read a book with hot chocolate on the cover for 10 points! Meg

Day Twenty two Read a book where someone ruins or saves Christmas for 10 points ! Lauren

Day Twenty four Read a book where something important happens on "the night before Christmas" for 10 points!

Our current Goals are:

°Read a book that has been on your "to read" shelf for more than 2 years
°Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter F
°Read a book where the first word of the text is As
°Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 male names in Germany according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Ge...)
°Read a book that contains a Shakespeare quote in the text


25 Days of Christmas Goals
Day Fifteen Read a book that has a religious theme for 10 points! Karen

Day Twenty Read a book with hot chocolate on the cover for 10 points! Meg

Day Twenty two Read a book where someone ruins or saves Christmas for 10 points ! Lauren

Day Twenty four Read a book where something important happens on "the night before Christmas" for 10 points!

Good Morning everybody!

Merry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays as I know American's say it.

Our new Christmas goal is Read the 25th book on your to-read shelf ordered by date added for 10 points!

ALSO

Any team that completes all 25 days of Tower Teams goals by Jan 15th will receive a bonus MEGA-BOON.
This boon will remove ALL 5 of your current open goals, so chose when to use it wisely.
For those team that earn the MEGA-BOON you can use it at any time until Jan 31st, 2016, by requesting it to be used in the Captains Group ; Boon Fulfillment Centre.


I can do today's goal. My 25th book is Starfire Angels not sure how I can prove its the 25th :S but I've screenshot it anyway.

Hot chocolate goal is taken care of!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I am having very quiet boxing day, I am not leaving the house.

Megan I hope working Christmas Day wasn't too horrible.

Our current Goals are:

°Read a book that has been on your "to read" shelf for more than 2 years
°Read a book where the first word of the text is As
°Read a book that contains a Shakespeare quote in the text
°Read a book where someone is lost
°Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2003 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable


25 Days of Christmas Goals

Day Fifteen Read a book that has a religious theme for 10 points! Karen

Day Twenty two Read a book where someone ruins or saves Christmas for 10 points ! Lauren

Day Twenty four Read a book where something important happens on "the night before Christmas" for 10 points!

Day Twenty Five Read the 25th book on your to-read shelf ordered by date added for 10 points! Megan

It wasn't terrible but it wasn't great.

Do you think someone getting engaged on Christmas eve counts "Read a book where something important happens on "the night before Christmas" for 10 points!"

Megan wrote: "It wasn't terrible but it wasn't great.

Do you think someone getting engaged on Christmas eve counts "Read a book where something important happens on "the night before Christmas" for 10 points!""

Sorry you had to work :( Are you off today ?

I would say that counts.

Do you think counts for someone getting lost, It has been a couple of years since I read it but doesn't Evie get lost.

Okay we can use that for that goal then.

Hmm I don't remember, it was so bad I got bored but I suppose she does get lost because she ends up at the dudes house in a sort of accident way, I don't think she means to go there.

And yes, I'm working to Monday evening :'(

Uggh sorry that sucks :(

I quite liked it, the later books are better. If I remember correctly she sets off on her own, gets lost finds the creepy guy's house and meanwhile the others are looking for her.

New Goal

Read a book where the world ends


If any of your unused books fit this let me know.

Grace wrote: "Uggh sorry that sucks :(

I quite liked it, the later books are better. If I remember correctly she sets off on her own, gets lost finds the creepy guy's house and meanwhile the others are looking ..."

I hated it, I think I put it was a one star. Just didn't appreciate the slut shaming. However it had potential just sadly didn't think it was that good to spend money on.

I can't think any off the top of my head. Unless theres any dystopia genre books left on the goaless. would have thought most of them are about the world ending in some fashion.

New Goal replaces 2003 one

Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as survival - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

If nobody else has, I've found a book that has been on my TBR for 2 years. :-) Been there since Oct 18, 2013, for some reason that didn't twig when I first looked. So I shall get started on this now.

Megan wrote: "If nobody else has, I've found a book that has been on my TBR for 2 years. :-) Been there since Oct 18, 2013, for some reason that didn't twig when I first looked. So I shall get started on this now."

Stacey was reading something for this one.

I thought finding a book that started with As would be easy but I still haven't hit one.

Grace wrote: "Megan wrote: "If nobody else has, I've found a book that has been on my TBR for 2 years. :-) Been there since Oct 18, 2013, for some reason that didn't twig when I first looked. So I shall get star..."

I thought it would be an easy goal too. I opened up about 3 books and they all started with a name.

Ah okay I'll hold off she may finish before me then. This book is a snore.

New Goal
Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Tower" in the text or title

Our current Goals are:

Read a book that has been on your "to read" shelf for more than 2 years
Read a book where the first word of the text is As
Read a book that contains a Shakespeare quote in the text
Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as survival - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Tower" in the text or title

Outstanding Christmas goals are:
Read a book that has a religious theme for 10 points!
Read a book where someone ruins or saves Christmas for 10 points !

Our current Goals are:

°Read a book that has been on your "to read" shelf for more than 2 years Stacey
°Read a book where the first word of the text is As
°Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as survival - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable Meg
°Read a book that is in the "Books With Unforgettable Characters" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...)
°Read a book that is book 4 in a series


25 Days of Christmas Goals

Day Fifteen Read a book that has a religious theme for 10 points! Karen

Day Twenty two Read a book where someone ruins or saves Christmas for 10 points ! Lauren

How is everyone ? I hope no one has been affected by the scary floods .

Anyone have books that fit the current goals ?

I'm starting Red Rising, which has survival in it's first page of top shelves.

I should finish Wicked Lovely tonight or tomorrow for the 2 year TBR goal.

I completed the Shakespeare goal and our new goal is

Read a book that is book 4 in a series

Winter is #4 in the series, but we will likely fill that goal before the BOM discussions start. If not, we know it will be covered.

I hope everyone had a safe holiday weekend and Santa deemed you all worthy of the nice list. My husband grew up Jewish, so we did Hanukkah then steam rolled right into Christmas. I made at least 10 dozen cookies.

Sorry for my quietness today. Been mad at work, nowhere else has bank holidays I suppose so it has been nuts and I've done so much running around I had a lovely large glass of wine to calm down.

Thankfully not in the area for floods in England poor people. I heard that theres been some terrible storm or hurricane or some sort in Texas? I haven't seen the news but my dad was telling me. I hope everyone is ok.

I hopefully should finish Cinder soon and I'm tempted to go and get the next 3. I kind of like the story but not too certain yet.

We've had flooding through the middle part of the country and massive thunderstorms:
Our weather mayhem is from El Niño. Basically, the Pacific waters and atmosphere were warmer than usual this year (more like what normally happens in the Atlantic). That warmth spreads across the US, making weather more mild but bringing in extreme amounts of moisture and violent storms. Those Texas tornados are a result, as well as flooding through the central and Easter parts of the country. Lots of roads closed for high water here in Ohio.

What's cause all the extra rain in the UK?

Meg that sounds like a lot of fun and a lot of cookies :)

Megan glad you aren't affected, all those poor people. I am so glad I live on high ground, not much danger of flooding here. I ended up liking Cinder but I still haven't read on.

I have a short 4th in series I can read it completes the series so I should get to it :) I keep hoping that something I go to read starts with as.

I read a 4th in series

New Goal

Read a book that is on your "to read" shelf that has the highest number of pages

If you don't know how to sort your TBR by page no let me know.

I finished Wicked Lovely which has been on my to read list since 2011. I don't like to rush things. :)

I don't want to overstep, but it looks like we have 2 books on our goalless books shelf on the "Books with Unforgettable Characters" listopia list... The Pillars of the Earth at 287 and Clockwork Princess at 887. But I didn't know if that goalless book list is up to date or not?

Stacey wrote: "I don't want to overstep, but it looks like we have 2 books on our goalless books shelf on the "Books with Unforgettable Characters" listopia list... The Pillars of the Earth at 287 and..."

Not overstepping Stacey. We arnt always sure about what books fit goals. If I can play with the sheets without breaking it. I will update it.