Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Jack and the Beanstalk
8/4/16***
Author: Jenni James
Series: Faerie Tale Collection #6
Narrator: n/a
Characters: Jack Waithwrite, Rachel Staheli, Jill, Cora, Hansel, Gretal (really, they're in this one too)

Book: Curran POV Collection
Author: Gordon Andrews
Date read: 8/4
Characters: Kate Daniels, Curran Lennart, Beatrice, Derek Gaunt, Jim Shrapshire, Saiman, Dr. George Doolittle, Raphael Medrano, Mahon Delany, Julie Olsen

Book:
Author: Stormy Glenn
Date read: 8/5
Series: Sir
Narrator: n/a
Characters: Logan James, Joey MacIntire, Toby, Dante
Bonus: silver in text - loc 481 "Logan had handed himself over on a silver platter."

Book:
Author: T.A. Chase
Date read: 8/5
Series: Nowhere Diner
Narrator:n/a
Characters: Aaron Stinson, Timothy Gapin, Bernie Capley, Quinn, Ned Thames, Edson, Mel, Ramona, William, Valerie, Judy, Zane Smithson.

Book: Anastasia on Her Own
Date Read: 8/4
Used for L - author's Name

Book: Prince of Wolves
Date Read: 8/5
Used for Q - Author's FN Quinn

Updated to here.

8/5/16***
Alyson Noel
Series: The Immortals #2
Narrator: Katie Schorr
Characters: Ever Bloom, Damen, Ava, Sabine, Haven, Miles, Roman, Riley

Blue: "his blue eyes focused on mine." pg 103
Silver: "a moment later a silver iMac appears." pg 205
White: "as I enter a solid white room" pg 164

Completion
The Ice Twins
Author : S.K. Tremayne
Series :
Date Read: 8/05/2016
Rating: ★★★★
Pages : 373 pages
Works For :
Narrator - multiple
Characters -Sara, Imogen, Angus, Lydia, Kiersten
White-"I am hurrying to the door of the big white house..." | page 12

Book: The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Date read: 8/6
Characters:
Oree Shoth
Shiny
Rimarn Dih
Vuroy
Madding
Lil
Hado
Yeine
Itempas
Nahadoth
T'vril Arameri

Book: Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
Date read: 8/6
Characters:
Faith Nightstar
Vaughn D'Angelo
Anthony Kyriakus
Zanna Liskowski
Sascha Ducan
Clay
Lucas
Marshall
Tatiana Rika-Smythe
Henry Scott
Judd

Book: Hunted
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Date Read: 8/6/2016
Pages: 192
Series: Spirit Animals #2
Narrator: Nicola Barber
Characters: Conor, Abeke, Meilin, Rollan, Finn, Tarik, Zerif, Devin, Rumfuss, Karmo, Lord MacDonnell, Earl Trunswick
Colors:

Silver: All his green-purple tattoos matched the colors of the grass, and his silver hair matched the clouds that pressed low. (page 63)

Blue: The man, Zerif, pulled back the embroidered blue hood of his cape so the boy could see his eyes more clearly. (page 1)

White: In the lamps of the map room, his gray hair looked nearly white. (page 27)

8/6/16***
Series: The Immortals #3
Narrator: Katie Schorr
Characters: Ever Bloom, Damen Auguste, Roman, Miles, Ava, Haven, Jude, Sabine

Book: Sorcerer to the Crown (audio version)
Author: Zen Cho
Date Read: 8/6/2016
Pages: 371 (GR default)
Series: Sorcerer Royal #1
Narrator: Jenny Sterlin
Characters: Zacharias Wythe, Prunella Gentlewoman, Mak Gengang, Lady Maria Wythe, Sir Stephen Wythe, John Edgeworth, Mr. Damerell, Josiah Cullip, Geoffrey Midsomer, Robert Henry Algernon (Rollo), Aunt Georgiana, Mrs. Daubeney, Miss Liddiard, Leofric
Colors/Tasks:

Blue: Zacharias was awed by the stately building, with its somber wood-paneled walls and imposing paintings, and he was a little frightened of the grave thaumaturges hurrying past in their midnight blue coats. (page 1)

Silver: Zacharias turned to see Cullip brandishing a silver candlestick above his head, like a sword. (page 23)

White: It held no candles, but Cullip now wore a top hat, made not of beaver or silk plush, but of pure white wax. (page 23)

Book: The Navigator
Date Read: 8/6
Used for N - Title

Book: Anastasia's Chosen Career
Date Read: 8/6
Used for S - Character Sam

Updated to here.

Book: The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin
Series: hundred thousand kingdoms
Date read: 8/7
Characters:
Sieh
Shahar
Dekarta
Nahadoth
Yeine
Remath Arameri
Morad
Itempas
Usein Darr
Glee
Kahl
Enefa
Wrath

Book: Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Series: Song of the Lioness
Date Read: 8/7
Characters:
Alanna
Thom
Coram Smythesson
Maude
George "King of the Thieves)
Ralon
Jonathan
Douglass
Francis
Ylon

Note: Karen Michele rated 5 stars

Book:
Author: Chris Quinton
Date read: 8/7
Series: Melusine's Cats
Narrator:n/a
Characters: Jesse Adams, Sid levison, Will Blake, Bob Henshaw, Ayesha, Greymalkin, Melusine,
Bonus: silver in text - loc 3253 "Eyes of silver studied him,"

Book: The Princess and the Goblin
Author: George MacDonald
Date Read: 8/7/2016
Pages: 241 (GR default)
Series: Princess Irene and Curdie #1
Narrator: Ian Whitcomb
Characters: Princess Irene, Curdie Peterson, Lootie, Prince Harelip, Goblin Queen
Colors/Tasks:

White: Perhaps you will wonder how the princess could tell that the old lady was an old lady, when I inform you that not only was she beautiful, but her skin was smooth and white. (ch. 3, page 7)

Silver: "She is such an old lady, with such lovely white hair -- as white as my silver cup. Now, when I think of it, I think her hair must be silver." (ch. 4, page 12)

Book: Undead and Unfinished
Date Read: 8/7
Used for U - title

Updated to here.

Book: The Last Suppers (audio version)
Author: Diane Mott Davidson
Date Read: 8/7/2016
Pages: 272 (GR default)
Series: Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #4
Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat
Characters: Goldy Bear, Tom Schulz, Arch Korman, Julian Teller, Marla Korman, Horace Boyd, Helen Keene, Mitchell Hartley, Bob Preston, Agatha Preston, Zelda Preston, Father Ted Olson, Canon Montgomery, Frances Markasian, Lucille Boatwright, Father Doug Ramsey
Colors/Tasks: Brown: Two women pushed carefully out the kitchen's side door carrying bacon-wrapped, brown sugar-crusted artichoke hearts. (ch. 1, page 12)

Completion

Author : Alice Clayton
Series : Hudson Valley
Date Read: 8/08/2016
Rating: ★★★★
Pages : 384 pages
Works For :
Narrator - n/a
Characters -Oscar, Natalie, Leo, Roxy, Polly, Logan
Brown - "Thick chestnut brown hair..." | page 11

Author: Emma Straub
Date Read: 8/8/16
Rating: 3/5
Characters: Bobby, Gemma, Sylvia, Jim, Charles, Lawrence, Joan, Carmen, Terry, Antoni, Franny
Narrator: Kristen Sieh

Updated to here

Finished: 09 September 2016
Book: The Summer Before the War
Author: Helen Simonson
Works for: S

Title: The Lost Girls by Heather Young
Pages: 341
Finished: August 8
Narrator: Alice Rosengard
Characters: Emily, Lucy, Justine, Maurie, Abe, Patrick, Ray, Tom, Dinah

Book: Building Blocks
Date Read: 8/8
Used for B - Title

Updated to here.

Book: In the Hand of the Goddess

Author: Tamora Pierce
Date Read; 8/9
Characters:
Alanna
Thom
Myles
Faithful
George "King of the Thieves" Cooper
Raoul
Jonathan
Douglass
Sacherell
Lianne
Baird
Hilam

Note: 5-starred by Lisa M

Book: Anastasia, Absolutely
Date Read: 8/8
Used for A - Title

Book: The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
Date read: 8/8
Narrators: Rodger Muller, Frank Rodriguez
Characters: Mackenzie Allen Philips (his middle name and nickname is Allen) Nan, Missy, Josh, Katie, Papa, Jesus, Sarayu, Willie, Amber Ducettes, Emmy, Vicky, Emil, Jesse, Sarah Madison, Virgil Thomas, Jeremy, Thomas Dalton, Samantha Wikowsky

Updated to here.

Book:
Author: Sommer Marsden
Date read: 8/9
Series: Divination Fall Trilogy.
Narrator: n/a
Characters: Matthew, Tryg Avondale aka Bolo, Luke Dorchester aka Rabbit, Ozric, Severn, Virgil, Mildred Mann, Jessup, Sam Slaughter, Eliot

Book:
Author: Sadie Haller
Date read: 8/9
Series: Dominant Cord
Narrator: n/a
Characters: Mac Wallis, Finn Taylor, Sully, Jack Riley, Wilson Kennedy, Griff Edwards

read 8/9/16
pages 187
Fits:
B - Bonez (char)
A - Asher (char)
S - Sophie (char)
H - His (title)
N - Nash (char)

8/9/16****
Author: Kristen Callihan
Series: Darkest London #5
Narrator: Moira Quirk
Characters: Holly Evernight, Will Thorne, Sin Evernight, Adam, Mab, Nan, Felix

Completion

Author : Annabel Pitcher
Series : n/a
Date Read: 8/09/2016
Rating: ★★★★
Pages : 211 pages
Works For :
Narrator - David Tennant
Characters - Jamie, Jasmine, Sunya, Daniel, Mum, Dad

Book: The Scent of Lies
Date Read: 8/9
Used for S - Title (can be E)

Updated to here.

Book: It Ends with Us
Author: Colleen Hoover
Date Read: 8/9
Characters:
Lily Bloom
Jenny
Ryle Kincaid
Atlas Corrigan
Devin
Marshall

Date Read: 10 August 2016
Book: Shadow Rider
Author: Christine Feehan
Narrator: Jim Frangione
Characters:
Stefano Ferraro
Francesca Capelo
Pietro Masci
Joanna
Giovanni Ferraro
Mario Bandoni
Emilio Gallo
Enzo Gallo
Ricco Ferarro
Vittorio Ferraro

Book: A Letter of Mary (Kindle edition)
Author: Laurie R. King
Date Read: 8/9/2016
Pages: 304
Series: Mary Russell #3
Narrator: Jenny Sterlin
Characters: Mary Russell, Inspector Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs. Hudson, Dorothy Ruskin, Colonel Dennis Edwards, Gerald Edwards, Erica Rogers, Jason Rogers, Sherlock Holmes, Billy
Colors/Tasks: Brown: Her face was still burnt to brown leather by the desert sun, her posture still that of a soldier on parade, her clothing the same idiosyncratic variation on the early suffragist uniform of loose pantaloons, tailored shirt, jacket, and high boots that I had seen her wear in Palestine. (ch 2, page 15)

Out of Frame
8/9/16
Fits:
S - Serena
R - RJ

Book:
Author: Barbara Sheridan Anne Cain
Date read: 8/10
Series: Child's Prey
Narrator: n/a
Characters: Hideki Sakae, Toruhiko Nakai, Imai, Jun, Kyoru, Yuki Kido, Ryoko, Miji Makana, Rumiko

8/10/16****
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Series: Sherlock Holmes #1
Narrator: Derek Jacobi
Charcters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Edmund Carstairs, Patrick, Kirby, Ross

Book: The Forever War
Date Read: 8/10
Used for R - Character Rogers

Updated to here.

Book: The Lemonade War (audio version)
Author: Jacqueline Davies
Date Read: 8/10/2016
Pages: 192 (GR default)
Series: The Lemonade War #1
Narrator: Stina Nielsen
Characters: Evan Treski, Jessie Treski, Scott Spencer, Mrs. Treski, Megan Moriarty, Carley
Colors/Tasks: Brown item on cover: No

Blue in text: She sat down on the stairs and opened a bottle of sky blue nail polish. (ch. 6, page 76)

White on cover: white clouds (???)

Black text on cover (audio version cover): The, War, by Jacqueline...

I'm not sure if this book is long enough, word count-wise, but I needed it for a different challenge that allows children's books. Toss it if it doesn't work and let me know so I can take it off my wobble shelf.

Book: The Secret School (audio version)
Author: Avi
Date Read: 8/10/2016
Pages: 176 (GR default)
Series: N/A
Narrator: Johanna Parker
Characters: Ida Bidson, Felix Bidson, Tom Kohl, Herbert Bixler, Charley and Susie Spool, Natasha Golobin, Mr. Jordan, Miss Fletcher
Colors/Tasks: Brown item on cover: Fence?

Blue in text: She brushed the dust from her braided brown hair and checked to see if her blue ribbons were still tied tightly. (ch. 1, page 4)

White on cover: No

Black text on cover: No