Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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1/5

Goal: Listopia Thriller list

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Hardpressed
1/5/2016
Pages: 280
Book two in the Hacker series.

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Read: Jan 5
Pages: 464
Goal: None.


The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
Read: Jan 5
Pages: 188
Goal: The word "lake" in the title.

Read on: 5. Jan.
Pages: 400

Read for goal: Samuel Theodore Lodge (one of main characters in the story) is the lawyer.

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1/6/16
3.5 Stars
403 Pages

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Goal: top shelf of fun

Underworld by Meg Cabot
Read: Jan 6
Pages: 336
Goal: None
Characters: Pierce, John, Alex, Richard
Pet: Hope (Dove)
Creatures: Fates, Furies, Death/Reaper
Other: Character goes to the Underworld, one character is a sexton, another character dies

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Goddess Interrupted
1/6/2016
Pages: 296

spreadsheet updated

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05 January 2016
pages:550
goal:n/a

06 January 2016
pages: 302
goal:n/a

07 January 2016
pages: 296
goal: titel starts with "R"

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Heir of Fire by: Sarah J. Maas

Pages: 562
Date Read: Jan 6
Goal: N/A

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Read: Jan 7
Pages: 453
Goal: None
Characters: Laia, Darin, Elias, Helene, Marcus, Keenan, Sana, Mazen, Cain, Izzi, Spiro
Creatures: Ghouls, wraiths, djinn
There are tradepeople in healing, slavery, blacksmith, and among other things. There's a fortune teller and spies.

FinishedWilder
(Won't let me post the picture)
1/7/2016
Pages: 376 (probably will have to override pages since it was a kindle book that I received from the author to read and review)

updated spreadsheet

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Read on: 7. Jan.
Pages: 336

Can not work for any current goal, but has a character - Ormond Tunstell: claviger to Lord Maccon (for mini-challenge)

Finished
1/8/16
3 Stars
345 Pages

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goal: magic in title

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt
Read: Jan 8
Pages: 288
Goal: The word "eye" in the title

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Character: Ute, used for letter U in mini challenge

spreadsheet updated

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Wondrous Strange
1/8/2016
Pages: 327
Goal: Book on "The best fairytale and retelling" listopia list

Read: Reapers Stand.

Doesn't work for a goal but there is a character named Nate which should finish off the word LUNG.

Finished The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories which should have 208 pages. It doesn't fit any goal, but hopefully it will help in the cross word!

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Read on: 8. Jan.
Pages: 400
Does not fit current goals.

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spreadsheet updated

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pgs: 432

Goals: published in the last month

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Doesn't fit any of the current goals or leftover mini challenge letters.

updated spreadsheet

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Read on: 10. Jan.
Pages: 428 pages
#45 on the "Funny as Hell!" Listopia List

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Read on: 11 Jan.
Pages: 299
@loc1978 ("I explain to her how to use the compass worked into the counter next to the helm and she's all ears.")

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Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Read: Jan 11
Pages: 448
Goal: None

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Sleep No More
1/11/2016
Pages: 340

Finished

Pages: 288
Read on: 12. Jan.
Can be used for letter U for mini-challenge

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Used for letter T in the mini challenge.



Used for I in the mini challenge.

spreadsheet updated.

386 pages
11/1/16

Took part in BOM
No current goals (searched the google books version for best of both worlds and garnet but they didn't come up - I don't think it searches the whole text though if someone has a kindle version)

Characters Kell, Lila Bard, Rhy. Fantasy, ya, adventure, sci fi, historical. Set in London. First in series.

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400 pages
28 chapters
published 4 February 2014

fits "best of both worlds goal" chapter 12: ..., so I've got the best of both worlds.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Read: Jan 12
Pages: 734
Goal: None

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Pages: 350
Read on: 13. Jan.
Chapters: 35
Characters: Allie Hayes, Dean Di Laurentis, Grace Ivers, Logan, Hannah, Garret Graham, Hunter Davenport, Summer, Nick, Frank O'Shea, Ira Goldstein, Tucker
Setting: USA
Allie is an actress, Dean is a hockey player, Grace is a singer/composer, Nick is a lawyer, Allie and Dean go to the night club and dance,

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Pages: 385
Read: 1/13
Characters: Sydney Blake, Ridge Lawson, Bridgette, Warren, Hunter, Tori, Maggie
Setting: Austin, TX
Chapters: 25
Ridge is a musician and deaf, friends to lovers, characters go to the movies, go out to the night club and dance. Other main characters are students in college.


Pages: 368 pages
Read: 1/13
Characters: Callie, Teague
Chapters: 22
Setting: Boston
arranged marriage between rival mob families

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The Help

Finished The Help

452 pages

set in jackson mississippi in the 1960s
about the relationships between white women and their black maids
main characters called aibileen minny and skeeter
at one point bob dylan is quoted

Finished

1/12/16
391 pages


Finished 1/12/16
420 Pages

Tori wrote: "The Help

Finished The Help

452 pages

set in jackson mississippi in the 1960s
about the relationships between white women and their black maids
main cha..."

I had a lot of fun with this book. I read the dtb, I listened to the audio and I saw the movie. Much fun.

Judith wrote: "Finished:


Pages: 385
Read: 1/13
Characters: Sydney Blake, Ridge Lawson, Bridgette, Warren, Hunter, Tori, Maggie
Setting: Austin, TX
Chapters: 25
Ridge is a music..."

Judith wrote: "Finished:


Pages: 385
Read: 1/13
Characters: Sydney Blake, Ridge Lawson, Bridgette, Warren, Hunter, Tori, Maggie
Setting: Austin, TX
Chapters: 25
Ridge is a music..."

Judith wrote: "Finished:


Pages: 385
Read: 1/13
Characters: Sydney Blake, Ridge Lawson, Bridgette, Warren, Hunter, Tori, Maggie
Setting: Austin, TX
Chapters: 25
Ridge is a music..."

The Marriage Contract sounds good. What did you rate it?

Walk of the Spirits by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Read: Jan 13
Pages: 340
Goal: The word "walk" in the title

Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "Judith wrote: "Finished:


Pages: 385
Read: 1/13
Characters: Sydney Blake, Ridge Lawson, Bridgette, Warren, Hunter, Tori, Maggie
Setting: Austin, TX
Chapters: 25
R..."

I rated the Marriage Contract 4 stars. I wavered a bit between 3 and 4 (mainly do to the whole insta-love thing; but it wasn't really that annoying in this book like it is in others) but it was closer to a 4 star rating.

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Goal: fruit on cover

spreadsheet updated

Finished The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History on audiobook. It should have 319 pages.

I also finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

I don't think either of these fit any current goals

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Persuasion
1/14/2016
Pages: 442

Finished

Read on: 14. Jan.
Pages: 244
Chapters: 28 + epilogue
Setting: New York, USA
Characters: Charlotte, Spencer Holiday, Harper Holiday, Mr. Offerman; Nick Hammer;
Spencer is 28; told from male POV; Spencer has a pet cat called Fido; friends to lovers; fake engagement; Charlotte and Spencer are partners (own a bar together); Nick is a writer; They eat a steak at the restaurant (@loc 974, chapter 11).