Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Traffick
12/16/2015
Pages: 505
Will have to override the page numbers, since the pages aren't full of words like other books.
May work for the religious theme goal.

Finished
12/16/15
370 pages

Finished The Mammoth Hunters. It has 688 pages and counts for the prehistory goal

Finished Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. Need to do a page overide because I listened to the audiobook.

*whew* spreadsheet updated.

With that goal run we just had, that took awhile!

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Goal: 2 different words that rhyme
pages: 296

off to update spreadsheet

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by Felice Stevens

Pages: 248
Chapters:29

Finished

Pages: 560
Read on: 17. Dec.
Chapters: 61 (divided in 4 parts)
Characters: Cress, Sybil, Wolf, Scarlet, Iko, Carswell Throne, Linh Cinder, Kai, queen Levana, Jacin Clay, Dmitri Erland
Iko is a robot; Cinder is a cyborg; retelling of fairy tale Rapunzel; Wolf is genetically engineered wolf-ma-mix; Dmitri is a doctor; Cress is a hacker; Kai is a prince, lives in a castle; kidnapping; group of strange characters working together; mind control; ...

Finished
School Spirits
12/17/2015
Pages : 297

FinishedGolden Son
Finished 12/17/15
4 Stars
464 Pages

Transcendence by Shay Savaga
Read: 12/17
Pages: 312
Goal: None
Characters: Enh, Beh, Lah, Lee
Prehistoric time period
A young girl is transported back in time

Finished

Pages: 236
Read on: 18. Dec.
Works for goal with darning: "Or darning socks." (@page 170)

Spreadsheet updated

Finished

Pages: 136
Read on: 18. Dec.
Work for artichoke goal: "Both Valeria and king were happily eating large amounts of artichoke quiche, buttered brioche, ..." (@page 17)

Spreadsheet updated

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
Read: 12/18
Pages: 336
Goal: None
Characters: Nyx, Marcus, Leonidas, Astraia, Telomache, Shade
Pets: Penelope (cat)
Greek mythology, deal making, cursed town, demons, twin sisters

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by David Mitchell

Pages: 624
Goals: None
Characters: Holly Sykes, Hugo Lamb, Ed Brubeck, Crispin Hershey

won/nominated for a bunch of awards, fantasy story that revolves around Holly Sykes. Told from 6 POVs and how the different lives intersect with Holly's

spreadsheet updated

Finished

Pages: 321
Read on: 19. Dec.
Works for tarot cards goal (in chapter 1 MC goes to visit her sister Selene at her psychic stand and there Selene uses tarot cards)

spreadsheet updated

Finished Crave
12/19/2015
Pages: 316
Vampires, witches, half breed girl referred to as a dhamphir. The half breed falls in love with a member of the Clann which consist of witches, the relationship is forbidden, but they don't let that stop them.
First in the Clann series.

spreadsheet updated

Finished

Read on: 20. Dec.
Pages: 269

Chapters: 27
Set in: USA, North Dakota
Characters: Rylee, India, Milly, Liam O'Shea, Giselle, Kyle, Alex, Eve, Dox, Doran,

Kid gets kidnapped (India); Milly is a witch; Liam is a FBI agent; Giselle can see the future; Kyle is a hacker; Alex is a werewolf and Rylee's pet; Eve is a harpy; Dox is an ogre; Doran is a shaman and a vampire(called daywalker); there are also: trolls, demons, a herd of unicorns,

Finished Smoke
12/21/2015
Pages: 543
Goals: n/a

Finishing up cinder

Cyborgs, love story, future Beijing

Finished

Read on: 21. Dec.
Pages: 331

Chapters: 22+epilogue
Set in: Fairfold (imaginary town), I think it's somewhere in USA
Characters: Hazel, Ben, Jazk, Carter, Severin, Sorrow, Eolanthe

small town setting; fae; Hazel and Ben have quirky family; Hazel's parents are both artists/painters; Hazel and Ben go to high school; They eat pasta/spaghetti for dinner once (@loc1023 - I think this was a goal once); Jack & Carter have a pet dog called Snickerdoodle; lgbt characters (Ben, Severin);

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Goal: word water in title

updating spreadsheet

Listened to A Christmas Carol which should have 112 pages in it. It works for the Christmas carol list goal and todays meal goal.

Caroline wrote: "Listened to A Christmas Carol which should have 112 pages in it. It works for the Christmas carol list goal and todays meal goal."

I used Andrea's book for the meal, so I used your book for the Song title.

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Gone by Lisa Gardener
Pages: 448

Goal: wheel on cover (car tires are a wheel)

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By: J.K. Rowling

Pages:310
Read: December 21 2015
Goal:

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Read: 12/21
Pages: 643
Goal: None yet.
Characters: Kelsea, Lazarus, Pen, Barty, Carlin, Carroll
There's a map
The word "sapphire" in text

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A Christmas Carol

Goal: 25 days of TT, read a book with Xmas decorations on the cover

updated spreadsheet

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Read 21/12
Pages: 438

BOM - I've answered the five sets of questions posted so far but the discussion isn't over yet - shall I come back and claim BOM points when the group is done reading?

No current goals

Finished

Read on: 22. Dec
Pages: 356

Setting: Paris (France), Australia & Italy (mostly)
Chapters: 24
Charaters: May, Gabriel, Magoth, Sally, Aisling, Drake, Jim, Nora, Cyrene, Neptune, Maata, Tipene, Kostya,

May is a doppelganger; Gabriel & Drake are dragon-shifters; Magoth is a demon lord; Aisling & Nora are Guardians (kinda like witches); Aisling has a pet dog/demon called Jim; Cyrene is naiad; May & Cyrene are twins (kinda); Neptune (the water god) makes small appearance;

Zee wrote: "Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Read 21/12
Pages: 438

BOM - I've answered the five sets of questions posted so far but the discussion isn't over yet - shall I..."

Nope, you're good.

We can't enter BOM points until the book is marked read and pulled into the spreadsheet. Since you've finished the book/marked it read, I just tagged one of your discussion posts so you are all set.

Finished
Ash & Bramble
12/22/2015
Pages: 449

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Read 22/12
288 pages

20 chapters
genres - fantasy & young adult
Characters - Percy Jackson, Tyson, Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Luke Castellan, Ares, Circe, Black Beard, Chiron, Hermes, Polyphemus, Clarisse
Greek mythology - main character is a demi-god. Contains names of all greek gods and mythical creatures eg. cyclopes, pegasus, satyr

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pages: 288

Goal: poker hand in text

Finished The Girl at Midnight
12/22/2015
Pages: 357

Finished
12/22/15
420 Pages

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12/23/2015
435 pages
BOM participant
Goals: none

updated spreadsheet

Finished

Read on: 23. Dec.
Pages: 386

I think this book could go for 'snow falling' goal (days of TT). It looks like snow to me. What do you think?

Finished
The Immortal Rules
12/23/2015
Pages: 485

Finished

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I've listened to the audiobook and need to do page overide.
Goodreads default version has 435 pages.

Chapters: 22 (the audio has 23, but that chapter is a preview of the next book).

spreadsheet updated

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updated the spreadsheet.

Finished

Pages: 320
Read on: 24. Dec.
Works for chlorophyll goal:
"Your new skin (KloraDermTM) incorporates chlorophyll to provide your body with an extra source of energy..."(@loc1113)

Spreadsheet updated

Finished
Tithe
1224/2015
Pages: 331

Finished

Pages: 293
Read on: 25. Dec.

Works for 'Days of TT' goal: They exchange Christmas presents in the book

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A coal miners wife

Goal: days of TT goal for coal on cover or in title

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Snow Beach Vets: Playing Santa
Goal: xmas at the beach

A Cup of Cozy
Goal: hot chocolate on cover

The Snow Garden
Goal: none

'Til The Well Runs Dry
Goal: None

updated spreadsheet

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Goal: originally published before 1900