Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

1st pref. Detour - body part in title
2nd pref. Spell-it-out City Gassim
3rd pref: Spell-it-out Country: Saudi Arabia
4th pref; book set in Saudi Arabia or by an author from Saudi Arabia

I’m good with body part or spell it

Does the word ‘legacy’ work for Leg - body part?

Tammie wrote: "I’m good with body part or spell it

Does the word ‘legacy’ work for Leg - body part?"

I don't think so but you could ask in the Q&A

Do we think Bone qualifies as a body part? I have several books for that.

Yep, voting seems the way to go.

1st: Body part in the title
2nd: Spell it out - City Gassim
3rd: Spell it out country
4th: book set in or by author Saudi Arabia

PS: I'm happy to do a country sometime but maybe an easier one.

1st: body part
2nd: spell out
3rd: book in/from Saudi Arabia

Lexi wrote: "Do we think Bone qualifies as a body part? I have several books for that."

Yes I think that counts. That's part of the body as long as it is one word by itself "bone" or "bones"

does the word "Bodies" itself count?

I don't know - you'll have to ask in the Q&A - unless others on the team believes it would.

Looks like we go for body part. I will read Bones in Her Pocket by Kathy Reichs.

I think it means an actually body part such as bone, heart, arm, eye or plurals etc.

I have 3 separate books with "Bone" in the title. All are fantasy. All published in the last few years. It appears to be a trend. They are all & Bone.

Lexi, I'm doing this one -

I'll probably be reading A Heart So White it's been on my TBR for a while and it works for one of my clean up the TBR challenges.

For detour I’m reading Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Completion Post - Detour Stop 1


Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan read 10/8, 4 stars

there is a man with glasses on the cover

We earned the max points that stop - 50 points. I'll PM the Travel Agent.

Awesome!

Tammie wrote: "For detour I’m reading Written in My Own Heart's Blood"

Big book, Tammie... but a good one.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Tammie wrote: "For detour I’m reading Written in My Own Heart's Blood"

Big book, Tammie... but a good one."

I started it last week...about 75% done...it’s really good.

Not sure if the team has done any deciding a week or 2 ahead of what we are doing...but I’d love that...helps me with getting books from the Library timely. ...just a thought...

That's cool with me.

Week 3 is one of the following

1 - set in or by an author from Russia
2 - spell it out of RUSSIA or NOVOSIBIRSK
3 - detour - read a book about someone extremely religious

My preference would be:

2, 1, 3

For Week 4 we are stopping in Kolkota India. Our choices are:

1 - set in or by an author from India
2 - spell it out of INDIA or KOLKATA
3 - detour - read a book with a gray cover

My preference would be

3, 2, 1

Week 3...I have zip on my tbr for Russian...will find if needed
2-spell it—A, I, N, O, S, U (prefer U or
3-Religious detour
1-set in or author from

Week 4...I have several option for India...really a tie for any of these options
1-set in or author from
2-detour gray cover
3-spell it

Question: If we read a really long word like NOVOSIBIRSK and we manage to do all the letters (with some people reading twice) do we get more points?

Re Next week - I actually do have a book which would fit the detour read a book about someone extremely religious..

. Its about the Borgias and one of them was a Pope..

I'll have a look for a Russia book but I'm pretty sure I don't have one on my TBR so otherwise one of the spell it outs.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Question: If we read a really long word like NOVOSIBIRSK and we manage to do all the letters (with some people reading twice) do we get more points?"

I don't think so but you can ask in the Q&A.

Okay, will do.

My preferences are for both:
Spell
From
Detour

I prefer:
spelling
location
detour

So far votes are:

Week 3 - spell it out
(view spoiler)[
1st choice gets 1 pt, 2nd choice gets 2 pts, 3rd choice gets 3 pts - lowest total wins

location - 2+3+2+2+3+2=14
spell - 2+1+1+1+2+1=8
detour - 3+2+3+3+1+3=15
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Week 4 - spell it out
(view spoiler)[
1st choice gets 1 pt, 2nd choice gets 2 pts, 3rd choice gets 3 pts - lowest total wins

location - 3+1+2+2+3+2=13
spell - 2+3+1+1+1+3=11
detour - 1+2+3+3+2+1=13
(hide spoiler)]

Still waiting for Josie to vote for Week 3 and 4 tasks. List them in order of preference, lowest total wins!

Week 3

!st preference - detour
2nd preference - spell it out
3rd preference - country

Week 4

1st preference - spell it out
2nd preference - grey cover detour
3rd preference -- country/author

Sorry, I'm going to have to pull out after this week.

We'll miss you! Thanks for playing.

Pigletto wrote: "Sorry, I'm going to have to pull out after this week."

It was lovely playing with you.

Okay I'll go with:
Week 3:
1 - spell it out
2 - set in
3 - detour

For Week 4:
1 - detour
2 - set in
3 - spell it out

See ya round, Pigletto. Thanks for being in our team.

Finished Bones in her pocket by Kathy Reichs

Finished The Nose

Finished

Written in My Own Heart's Blood
I highly recommend this series!

Wow Tammie, that was fast. I've read all the series including the Lord John books but they usually take quite a few weeks. It is an epic series.

As sadly Pigletto is leaving us, I will advertise for a hitch hiker in the appropriate thread. Just wondering if the rest of the team is intending on staying till the end of the challenge right through to First Class? Of course, sometimes real life stuff comes up but I am wanting to keep going to the end. Anyone else?

I am in it to the end. I enjoy this challenge. It's one of the more relaxing challenges I have!

@Lisa...I started this one around the 1st...so nine days...quick, but a very good/quick for me/strong read.

@Jenny...I plan on staying to the end barring major life event.

I am in til the end. I like the challenge but also that's sort of relaxing.

Finished my body part detour book for this week.

just finished Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes, I don't know if it fits the detour so I'm going to read Faceless just in case

What did you think of it, Abir? What a bunch of unlikable characters. Unfortunately, I don't think it fits the detour as it has to be a body part. Sorry.

I don't think it will either but I loved it! It was so dark and unique and twisted!! I loved it and hated it at the same time!!

Jenny wrote: "I don't think it will either but I loved it! It was so dark and unique and twisted!! I loved it and hated it at the same time!!"


Haha Jenny. Not my thing... but once I read the first book I had to find out if Joe got his just desserts. Good to read out of my comfort zone sometimes.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Wow Tammie, that was fast. I've read all the series including the Lord John books but they usually take quite a few weeks. It is an epic series.

As sadly Pigletto is leaving us, I will advertise ..."

I'm in till the end of the road :)

just finished Faceless by Jus Accardo. It should fit, because it's Face-less