Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Ok then, lets use it for the last yellow slot. Should I delete my comments above so that it doesn't get contested by someone? I mean you look at the cover and it screams yellow."

No, I wouldn't worry about it! Like you said...visually it screams yellow!

I've seen this one be used in yellow book challenges before

Completion Post

June 8th, 2018

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Pages: 341
For: whatever is needed (let me know if you need me to add characters/title/author for spells)
Updated on SS

June 8th, 2018

Big Little Lies
Pages: 460
For Mending Charm
Updated on SS

Finished
6/7

Ever After at Sweetheart Ranch
Couple with picnic by a stream on cover

6/8

Eyewitness, Carol Ericson
Updated SS
Little boy and setting sun on cover

****re spells****Just a heads up...of our letters remaining for spells...half are a vowel...a, e, i, o, u
Just in case, please pay particular attention to characters with these *letters and note on SS...we may need to move things around when we near end of challenge...thanks!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

FINISHED BOOK


A Game of Chance Linda Howard
Finished: 6/8/18
Pages: 256
on SS

Hi Ashley!
Checked entered books and planning SS books. Charms are not all entered. I guess you are waiting to change something.
But all my 20 read books are there :)

I should finish either the Black Prism, the Shining or Rules of Magic tomorrow on a road trip I'm taking to go kayaking. I'm going to listen to whichever one has the least left so I can have one done. I normally only have one audio book going and it's bothering me to have 3. (although I have each one also in print or ebook-man I love my library system)

Completion Post

Book: Places No One Knows
Author: Brenna Yovanoff
Finished: June 09, 2018
Pagecount: 373 pages

Characters include: Waverly, Marshall, Autumn, Maribeth

Cover: Pink
Also: Cover shows two people apparantly falling while reaching for each other

Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't been on in a while. I've been doing a Certificate 3 in Individual Support which has been keeping me busy. I am currently reading a Stephen King novel (Rose Madder) which in itself is a surprise because until now I was adament that I didn't like his work. This book has changed my mind.

FINISHED BOOK

Infinite Possibilities Lisa Renee Jones
Finished: 6/10/18
Pages: 218
on SS

FINISHED BOOKVivian Arend

Rocky Mountain Retreat Vivian Arend
Finished 6/11/18
Pages: 156
on SS

Completion post

Elsewhere
read 6/6/18
277 pages
Transfiguration
on SS

Number the Stars
6/8/18
137 pages
Astronomy
on SS

The Comet Seekers
6/9/18
294 pages
Astronomy
on SS

The Reader
6/10/18
216 pages
on SS
letters B, H, M, S

BR - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
734 pages
6/9/18

Finished:



629 pages.

Knife on cover

Buddy Read: Black Prism BR

SS updated

ZaraS wrote: "Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't been on in a while. I've been doing a Certificate 3 in Individual Support which has been keeping me busy. I am currently reading a Stephen King novel ([book:Rose Mad..."

Zara...thank you for checking in...you are welcome back! Please do try to check in at least once per week...you can add your current read to the SS any time.

I think I'm going to be the buddy read queen this round.

Just joined this one:

I don't see it working for any classes, so hopefully it will fill a spell spot.

Finished 6/10

Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
BR Link - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This book would work for charms-yellow cover
The theme of the book is 'gaming', futuristic

So Sweet
used for classes

Ozma Of Oz
this is a fairy tale...Dorothy and Princess Ozma go on an adventure. There is a 'magic belt' that allows an evil king to enchant the characters in to decorative ornaments.

all on SS

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I think I'm going to be the buddy read queen this round.

Just joined this one:

I don't see it working for any classes, so hopefully it will fill a..."

Actually the 'silver' in this title could work to for DADA werewolf...I'm not sure if that's filled yet though. That book is supposed to be pretty good...

So I was looking at the classes page and saw that the read date for the book I read that had the word worm in it wasn't blank. I put that in and it auto-filled "10" into the box next to it. I'm thinking that box is page #. But I noticed that Hunting Ground and several other books also say "10".

Hey wait, would Silver in the title of Silver Linings Playbook defend against the werewolf in HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban?

So...I kinda said I was gonna read for DADA, but forgot to mark my spot, so it is all filled up. Sorry about that. Maybe captains can find some place for these? Sorry I am so unfocused and slow-reading. A lot has been happening and I am slightly distracted. I'll try to snap out of it some time soon.

Completion post
Book: Rare Stakes
Author: Michelle Fox
Date read: June 11
Pages: 212

Book: Vampire Academy
author: Richelle Mead
Date read: June 11
Pages: 340

classes (not marked) - DADA. "Stakes" in title, "vampire" in title

Maddy, I think the Rare Stakes book can still be used for DADA! It looks like Shan entered a book for vampires but the defense is still open.

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Hey wait, would Silver in the title of Silver Linings Playbook defend against the werewolf in HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban?"

Hehe...see Post 718

Finished 6/11
Unblocked - Episode Three
Unblocked - Episode Four
On SS

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "So I was looking at the classes page and saw that the read date for the book I read that had the word worm in it wasn't blank. I put that in and it auto-filled "10" into the box next to it. I'm thi..."

I think Ashley used the main spreadsheet to make ours...I don’t think it matters...you could put in pages vs the 10 if you want

Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones
Series: Charley Davidson
Characters: Charley Davidson Farrow, Reyes Farrow, Garrett Swopes, Cookie Kowalski, Amber Kowalski, Angel, Michael, Eidolen, Robert "Ubie" Davidson,
# of pgs: 310
Finished: 06/10/18
Letters: E, D, J, C, F, R, G, S, K, A, M, R, U

Filthy Gods by R. Scarlett
Series: American Gods
Characters: Nathaniel Radcliffe, Juliette Monroe, Gabe Easton, James Rhodes, Arsen Vasiliev
# of pgs: 168 pgs
Finished: 06/10/18
Letters: F, A, N, R, J, M, G, E, V, S

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I think I'm going to be the buddy read queen this round. /i>

It's a battle between you and Tammie!!

Tammie wrote: "Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "So I was looking at the classes page and saw that the read date for the book I read that had the word worm in it wasn't blank. I put that in and it auto-filled "10" into the box next to it. I'm thi..."

I think Ashley used the main spreadsheet to make ours...I don’t think it matters...you could put in pages vs the 10 if you want "

Yup...it's just the point formula transferred over from my quick C & p job

Question...

What should we name our magical creature?

Do we have a Goodreads librarian in this group?

I am reading a book for spells with O title, E character. But Goodreads does not have the page count entered. It is 166 pages according to Amazon page.
Book - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Paranormal-Dat...

Maddy wrote: "Do we have a Goodreads librarian in this group?

I am reading a book for spells with O title, E character. But Goodreads does not have the page count entered. It is 166 pages according to Amazon p..."

Yes I'm a GR librarian. I've updated it

Chava wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Do we have a Goodreads librarian in this group?

I am reading a book for spells with O title, E character. But Goodreads does not have the page count entered. It is 166 pages accordi..."

Thank you :))

Ashley wrote: "Question... What should we name our magical creature?"

Sorry, I do not have any passable ideas... Fluffy 2.0? Sheldon? Jammak (from initials)? :D

Well I figured if I wasn't going to do BOM or play Quidditch, the least I could do was try to do some Buddy Reads. It's worked out well in that there's been BRs for books I really wanted to read anyway.

Ashley wrote: "Question...

What should we name our magical creature?"

Hmm. Our animal heals, so what about Healix? Or we could do a nod to McGonagall and call it a horned tartan?

Link to update on Tri-Wizard status...start is 7/1 ->
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

JanEyre9 wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Question...

What should we name our magical creature?"

Hmm. Our animal heals, so what about Healix? Or we could do a nod to McGonagall and call it a horned tartan?"

I like Jammak and Horned Tartan although I don't understand the 'nod'.

Almost done with for the yellow cover. There's also a telepathic raven, a witch who can control birds, a witch who reads minds and a male witch (warlock?) that's irresistible to women.

Started:


So far he's summoned a demon, invaded hell and talked to Satan and controlled a dead body by digging up it's skull. Also he's killed 2 people who were trying to rob him. All editions have a skull on the cover. One edition has a demon driving a skull train with a giant rabbit and it's color is mostly orange.

Not sure if you can do anything that that info.

Tammie wrote: "JanEyre9 wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Question...

What should we name our magical creature?"

Hmm. Our animal heals, so what about Healix? Or we could do a nod to McGonagall and call it a horned tartan?..."

Tartan is a pattern that is associated with Scottish clothing, it's really similar to plaid. I think she is mentioned wearing tartan a few times in the books.

JanEyre9 wrote: "Tammie wrote: "JanEyre9 wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Question...

What should we name our magical creature?"

Hmm. Our animal heals, so what about Healix? Or we could do a nod to McGonagall and call it a..."

hmmm...I don't remember but am impressed that you do...cool!

Completed

The Shadow Queen
387 pages
6/12/18

Completion post
Book: Oh, Bite Me
Author: Chris Genovese
Date read: June 12
Pages: 166

Vowels A(character), E (character) and O(title) for spells

FINISHED BOOK


Love in Lingerie Alessandra Torre
Finished: 6/12/18
Pages: 238
on SS

Completed

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
870 pages
6/12/18

Natesha wrote: "Completed

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
870 pages
6/12/18"

I have to say it! Congratulations on the finish Natesha...that was a chunkster! My favorite of the series so far...how about you?

Completion Post -

06/12/18

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Pages 267
*We did the unabridged audiobook.
*Figured we could use the A from the author for spells.

06/12/18

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Pages 192 (checked on AR, 27,000 words)

Both updated on the spreadsheet.

Tammie wrote: "Natesha wrote: "Completed

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
870 pages
6/12/18"

I have to say it! Congratulations on the finish Nate..."

Thank you! It was definitely the longest read I've had to date but it was so good that I didn't want to put it down. I needed to know what was going to happen next.

Three words: OH. MY. GOSH. I cannot believe these books keep getting better and better. I have to agree with you this was my favorite book so far. My favorite characters of the series are Fred and George; they did not disappoint me in this book. ;)

Finished 6/12/18 352 pages

Book contains: Witches, skinwalker, demons, voodoo conjurer and faerie


Finished 6/12/18 320 pages

Finished

6/12 Unblocked - Episode Five

6/13 Town in a Strawberry Swirl - Potions
...never again will a read a 'cozy' mystery...it was painful reading this!

6/13 The Fault in Our Stars - Astronomy
BR Link-> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

all on SS