Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Book: Dead Poets Society
Author: N.H. Kleinbaum
Characters: John Keating, Neil Perry, Todd Anderson, Knox Overstreet, Nolan, Charlie Dalton, Richard Cameron, McAllister, Pitts, Steven Meeks, Chet Danburry, Chris Noel
Letters: D, N, K, J, P, T, A, O, C, R, M, S
Completed: 8/14/16

gold in text: "With hair and skin of gold." page 11

Book: The Hike
Author: Drew Magary
Date: August 15th, 2016
Pages: 285
Words: Annie, Ben, Crab, Drew (author) OR Derrickson, Fermona, Hike (title), Lane (narrator), Magary (author), Peter, Rudy, Voris, Watts
Letters: A, B, C, D, F, H, L, M, P, R, V, W

Text colors:
"He turned it another click and the square turned green. Then yellow. Then white. Then purple. Then pink. Then back to black." Pg. 59
"wearing a long, thick shirt and a white blouse with a red shawl over it." Pg. 31
"It was a blue house with white shutters." Pg. 43
"He kicked the shoes off and stripped away his socks, flattened and brown." Pg. 46
"picking the little orange vessel up and taking it away." Pg. 91
"A gold right, a watch, a pair of charred shoes." Pg. 106
"On top of the desk there was a silver letter opener." Pg. 264

Cover colored items:
purple castle, green tree, orange cricket, blue fish, red crab, and yellow roof

Title: Full House
Author: Janet Evanovich
Characters: Nick Kaharchek, Billie Pearce, DeeDee, Frankie, Raoul, Joel, Max, Christie
Completed: 8/14/16
334 pages
Silver toaster on the cover

Floor Four
A. Lopez Jr.
date: 8/15/2016
pages: 116
Letters: a, l,j,d,b,k
color:black figure on cover and black wheel chair
horror

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@Leslie - I'm holding this one in our "horror" section for now til we get 5

Title: Until the End
Author: Abbi Glines
Series: Sea Breeze
Characters: Rock Taylor, Trisha Corwin, Sadie White and Jax Stone, Marcus Hardy and Willow Foster, Cage York and Eva Brooks, Preston Drake and Amanda, Jess and Jason, Krit and Blythe Denton, and Dewayne Falco and Sienna Roy
Completed: 8/15/16
400 pages

Silver in text: p. 304 "My beautiful Jess stood in front of me, wearing those hot silver heels I had bought for her..."

Woot! Updated - and now I can save Des's multicolored book for any color task we get next word :)

Book: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Author: Jeff Lindsay
Characters: Dexter Morgan, Deborah Morgan, Sergeant Doakes, Rita Morgan, Brian Moser, Vince Masuoka, Migdia LaGuerta, Angel Batista
Letters: D, J, L, M, R, B, V, A
Completed: 8/15/16
Horror genre

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T Kingfisher
131 pages
8/15/16
Letters T T K

Book Read: Betrothed: A Faery Tale
Author: Therese Woodson
Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Characters: Chrythas (Puck), Sky Song, Amy, Jim,
Letters: B,T,W,M,D,C,P,S,A,J
Pages: 200
Date: 15/08/16

book:
Hell to Pay
author: Simon R. Green
Series: Nightside
characters: John Taylor, Mariah, William, Eleanor, Hobbes, Paul, Alex
letters: H, S, G, N, J, T, M, W, E, H, P, A
finished: 8/15/16
Horror

Book: The Orange Lilies
Author: Nathan Dylan Goodwin

Finished 8/15/2016
Orange in title.

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Book: The Maestro
Author: Emilie J. Howard
Narrator: J. Scott Bennett
Series: Cold Hollow
Characters: Mayor Myrna Bradbury
Letters: T, M, E, H, J, B, C
Completed: 8/14/16

Book: White Shark
Author: Peter Benchley
Characters: Simon Chase, Max, Elizabeth, Jacob Franks, Heunrich Guenther, Amanda Williams
Letters: W, P, B, S, C, M, E, J, F, H G, A
Completed: 8/15/16
MPG HORROR

Agatha Christie
The Clocks
8/15/16
Hercule Poirot, Sheila Webb, Inspector Hardcastle, Colin Lamb, Millicent Pebmarsh, Edna Brant, Melvina Rival

"The only thing at all remarkable...a SILVER carriage clock on the desk..."

Pg 12

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Book: Persuasion
Author: Jane Austen
Characters: Anne Elliot, Frederick Wentworth, Charles Musgrove, Russell, Benwick, Louisa, Henrietta
Letters: P,J,A,E,F,W,C,M,R,B,L,H
Pages: 249
Read: 15 Aug

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Book: Night
Author: Elie Wiesel
Characters: Moishe (the Beadle), Hilda, Bea, Tzipora, Eliezer, Mrs. Schachter, Dr. Mengele, Yehiel, Stein, Alphonse, Idek, Franek, Juliek, Abika Drumer, Zalman, Rabbi Eliahu, Meir Katz
Letters: N, E, W, M, B, H, T, S, Y, A, I, F, J, D, Z, K
Completed: 8/15/16

Author: Terrance Dicks
Characters: Harry Carruthers, Martha Jones, Arthur Conan Doyle, King Edward
Letters: DTHCMJA

Book: Loving Mr. Daniels
Author: Brittainy C. Cherry
Characters: Daniel Daniels, Ashlyn Jennings, Gabby, Ryan, Hailey, Randy, Jace
Letters: L,B,C,D,A,J,G,R,H
Finished: 08/16/16
Pages: 310
Colors: Yellow cover, Blue/Black title

Book Read: Crisped + Sere
Author: TJ Klune
Series: Immemorial Year
Characters: James Cavalo, Lucas, BadDog, SIRS, Hank, Alma, Billy, Ritchie, Patrick, Deke
Letters: C,T,I,J,L,B,S,H,A,B,D
Pages: 340
Date: 16/08/16

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Book Read:
Author: Rick Yancey
Pages: 333
Date: 8/16/16
I put everything else into the spreadsheet - lots of colors in text, 60% brown cover.

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Book: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll
Date: August 16th, 2016
Pages: 126
Words: Alice, Caterpillar, Duchess, Gryphon, Hatter, Lizard, Mock, Seven, Turtle
Letters: A, C, D, G, H, L, M, S, T

Text Colors:
"when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her." Pg. 1
"such long curly brown hair." Pg. 15
"Her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar." Pg. 35
"What can all that green stuff be?" Pg. 43
"busily painting them red." Pg. 69
"Hold your tongue, said the queen, turning purple." Pg. 122

Cover colors:
Black bottle, red chair, pink ribbon, purple dress, yellow hair

The Radleys
Matt Haig
8/17/16
Rowan, Clara, Peter, Helen and Will Radley
Toby, Mark and Lorna Felt
Stuart Harper
Eva and Jared Cudland
Shelved as Horror

Yay - thanks you two! i'll update in the morning :)

Book: Zerostrata
Author: Andersen Prunty
Narrator: Andersen Prunty
Characters: Mr. Donovan, Dr. Blast. Hansel Nothing, Gretal Something, Francis, The Commander
Letters: Z, A, P, D, B, H, N, G, S, F, T, C
Completed: 8/17/16

Book: Stumps
Author: Mark Morris
Characters: Bridget, Colin
Letters: S, M, B, C
Completed: 8/16/16
White Text, Blue Leaves

Book: The Island
Author: Will Overby
Characters: Sarah, Amy, David
Letters: T, I, W, O, S, A, D
Completed: 8/16/16
Silver Text, Green leaves

Title: Decadent
Author: Shayla Black
Characters: Kimber Edgerton, Deke Trenton, Luc Traverson, Jesse McCall
Pink and White text, Purple and black cover
Completed 8/16/16
341 pages

orange: "...Deke turned away and sat in a slightly padded circa-1977 orange chair with chrome arms." p. 328

Title: The House on Mango Street
Author: Sandra Cisneros
Characters: Alicia, Mr. Benny, Darius, Esperanza, Juan, Lucy Guerrero, Marin, Nenny, Rachel
Pages: 110
Completed: 8/17/2016

Book Read: Cop Out
Author: KC Burn
Series: Toronto Tales
Characters: Kurt O'Donnel, Davy, Simon, Jen, Ian, Mike,
Letters: K,B,T,O,D,S,J,I,M
Pages: 194
Date: 17/08/16

Book Read:
Summer Prescott
Series :Frosted Love Cozy Mystery
Characters: Echo, Kel, Chas, Missy, Spencer
Letters: CSPFEKM
Colors: Purple cover, Orange frosting, Brown cupcake
Lots of colors mentioned in book

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Kate Mulgrew
Born with Teeth
8/17/16
Joan, Tom, Jenny Mulgrew, Robert, Ian and Alex Egan, Danielle Gaudet, Lucy, Tim Hagan

Book: Brown Sugar in Minnesota
Author: Joe Field
Date: August 17th, 2016
Pages: 131
Words: Anderson, Brown (title) OR Bill, Cooper, Eagle, Field (author), Joe (author) OR Jimmy, Kim, Lingberg, Olson, Pete, Ricky, Smokey, Tank
Letters: A, B, C, E, F, J, K, L, O, P, R, S, T

BROWN text in title

book:
Castle Hangnail
author: Ursula Vernon
characters: Molly Utterback, Pins, Serenissima, Freddy, Majordomo, Eudaimonia
letters: C, U, V, M, P, S, F, M, E
date finished: 8/17/16

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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Thirty Years Married to a Rolling Stone
By Jo Wood
Finished: 8/18/16
Rachel, Michael, Vinnie and Lize Karslake,
Paul, Ronnie, Jamie, Leah and Ty Wood,
Mick Jagger, Keith and Patti Richards, Charlie Watts, Peter Greene, Brendan Cole, Eric Swayne
Shelved as non fiction
Red writing on cover

Book: Death Wore Brown Shorts
Author: Audrey Claire
Date: August 18th, 2016
Pages: 188
Words: Claire (author), Death (title) OR Donovan, Evie, Lawson, Omen, Stacy, Westra, Verville (Dr.)
Letters: C, D, E, L, O, S, W, V

BROWN in TITLE
** I've only included letters that work with the current word, since we know that's where it's being used.

Wow Des you were quick!!

Book Read: Shadowing Mace
Author: Cheyenne Meadows

Characters: Mace, Shadow, Jacobs, Nolan,
Letters: M,S,J,N
Pages: 117
Date: 18/08/16

My book is done also (MacReive)

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Title: Z14
Author: David Achord
Pages: 378
Date: 8/18/16

Suzanne, that one was a pretty good book and really easy read. :D

Book: We the Animals
Author: Justin Torres
Date: August 18th, 2016
Pages: 156
Words: Lina, Torres (author), We (title)
Letters: L, T, W

"The truck was cobalt BLUE" Pg. 48
"painting ourselves in GOLD" Pg. 61

Title: The Forbidden Lord
Author: Sabrina Jeffries
Characters: Ian O'Shea, Laurence Fife, Sophia, Emily Fairchild, Jordan Willis, Earl of Blackmore, Lady Dundee, Lord Nesfield
Completed: 8/19/16
384 pages

Blue text on cover

Book: Treachery in Death
Author: JD Robb
Series: In Death
Completed: 8/19/16
Characters: Eve Dallas, Roarke, Peabody, McNab, Renee Olberman, Feeney
Colors: Orange title
Letters: T, J, R, I, E, D, R, P, M, R, O, F

Book: King of Thorns
Author: Mark Lawrence
Series: Broken Empire
Characters: Jorg Ancarth, Makin, Gog, Rike, Katherine, Taproot, Coddin
Letters: K,M,L,B,J,,A,G,R,K,T,C
Pages: 449
Blue text on cover