Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

I'm back from Mexico. I don't really have time to go through the Tri-Wizard stuff before I leave for my business trip on Monday. But I can certainly list letters for the books I finished/started in Mexico.

Tomorrow I need to run some errands, do laundry and repack. If I have some down time, I will at least look at the tri-wizard stuff so I know if I need to keep an eye out for certain letters, aspects, etc..,

Completed

Throne of Glass
7/28/2018
404 pages

*will add to SS later

Finished:



308 pages

names: Fiji Cavanaugh, Bobo Winthrop, Lemuel Bridger, Olivia Charity, Manfred Bernardo, Sylvester Ravenwing, Chuy Villegas, Joe Strong, Diederick Quinn, John Quinn, Mamie, Tommy, Suzie, Kiki Ransom

I put my read date in the spreadsheet but I did not list all the names.

Buddy Read

I see the character thing. I will do my best to fill in the my books on the sheet with missing names.

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I see the character thing. I will do my best to fill in the my books on the sheet with missing names."

Welcome back Mary--Enjoy the Lake!

# 57 Completion Post ~ SS not updated
Wanderlust by Lauren Blakely
Finished: 07/27/18
Series: n/a
# of pgs: 300
Characters: Griffin Thomas, Joy Danvers, Elise and Christian
Letters: W, L, B, G, T, J, D, E, C

#58 Completion Post
The Coppersmith Farmhouse by Devney Perry
Finished: 07/25/18
Series: Jamison Valley
# of pgs: 374
Characters: Georgia Ellars, Jess Cleary, Rowan, Felicity, Silas, Wes, Maisy Holt, Beau, Ben, Everett, Cody
Letters: T, C, D, P, J, G, E, R, F, S, W, M, H, B

Did they put up the Tri-wizard info yet? Or just the new spell it out?

Finished



384 pages

SS updated with some names and read date.

Finished
Chase
James Patterson
144 pages
Series: Michael Bennett #9.5
finished: 7/26/2018

Break Point
James Patterson
144 pages
finished: 7/27/2018

I Hunt Killers
Barry Lyga
359 pages
Series: Jasper Dent, #1
finished: 7/29/2018
Participated in BOM discussions.

Not on spreadsheet

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Did they put up the Tri-wizard info yet? Or just the new spell it out?"

Just spell out. Last update on TriW said it would post on the 30th (tomorrow)

Marybeth wrote: "Completion post:

Book:
Author: Stephanie Garber
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Pages: 416
Date read: 7/26/18"

now on SS

Shan ~ A ~ wrote: "Completion Post ~ SS not updated
Book: Show Me Yours by Sasha Burke
Finished: 07/27/18
Series: N/A
# of pgs: 123
Characters: Summer, Jason
Letters: S, B, J"

ON SS

Maria wrote: "Completed:
Book: Memoirs of a Geisha
Author: Arthur Golden
Pages: 512
Finished: July 28
Characters: Nitta Sayuri, Mr. Bekku, Mr. Tanaka, Dr. Crab"

on SS

OK good to know. I won't be able to look for specific books until next weekend.

Shan ~ A ~ wrote: "#58 Completion Post
The Coppersmith Farmhouse by Devney Perry
Finished: 07/25/18
Series: Jamison Valley
# of pgs: 374
Characters: Georgia Ellars, Jess Cleary, Row..."

Add 2 to SS

Chava wrote: "Finished
Chase
James Patterson
144 pages
Series: Michael Bennett #9.5
finished: 7/26/2018

Break Point
James Patterson
144 pages
finished..."

Now on SS

I'm a bit confused. Are we supposed to put the characters on the SS again?

Yes please Karen

Ashley wrote: "Yes please Karen"

OK, I’ll try and go in and update ones I’ve put in recently.

Oh my. Read the Tri-wizard rules and tasks. And I am already lost & confused.

And why are we having round 3 of Quidditch? I thought they said there won't be any round 3.

Tri-wizard tasks: Tri-wizard tasks


Tri-wizard rules etc.: Tri-wizard rules

Do I understand correctly that we have until tomorrow (7/31) to finish buddy reads? I have The great alone as an audiobook and it is a buddy read. However the last message is from March 2018, does it still count?

Chava wrote: "Do I understand correctly that we have until tomorrow (7/31) to finish buddy reads? I have The great alone as an audiobook and it is a buddy read. However the last message is from March 2018, does ..."

Yes, we have until tomorrow to finish buddy reads. I am not sure it will count though, since TT started in May, but who knows

Maddy wrote: "Chava wrote: "Do I understand correctly that we have until tomorrow (7/31) to finish buddy reads? I have The great alone as an audiobook and it is a buddy read. However the last message is from Mar..."

I only just joined the BR.... I can get through the audiobook by night tomorrow (as I'm in Australia, it might be a bit past 7/31)

Wow. We are going to be busy. Really glad I invested in a new French press and have no work travel scheduled for August!

*Edit -
So after reading the rules in depth.....
Question 1 - After we complete the 9 tasks (3 books x 3 tasks per book), can we only go back and complete additional tasks within those 3 books (2 remaining tasks in each book) OR can we go back and complete any tasks from any of the books?

Question 2 - Captains, how do we want to approach picking? That's a lot to contemplate. As I read the tasks it feels like they get more accessible/diverse as the books progress.

And holy crap - between TT, Q3, and Characters I am literally going to be doing nothing else.

I'm so excited Tri-Wizard info is finally posted! This looks exciting, definitely need to figure out our strategy! Captains, how do you want to handle choosing the books and tasks?

Completion post
Red Sister
469 pages
finished 7/28/18
on SS
BOM

Kate wrote: "Wow. We are going to be busy. Really glad I invested in a new French press and have no work travel scheduled for August!

*Edit -
So after reading the rules in depth.....
Question 1 - After we co..."

I agree. No idea how we will manage Tri-Wizard, Q3 and Characters all together. August is going to be hectic it seems.
Can books we use for Tri-wizard be used for characters? Probably not, right?

Chava wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Chava wrote: "Do I understand correctly that we have until tomorrow (7/31) to finish buddy reads? I have The great alone as an audiobook and it is a buddy read. However the last messa..."

There is a countdown posted for it in Owl mail
Maybe you can still manage ;)

Ahh time crunch! I had to abandon my BR for Sharp Objects. Well, not abandon since I will still finish and participate but I'm not going to to scramble to finish before tomorrow. It's so popular now because of the HBO series so I could only get the audio CD which I can only really listen to in my car. Alas, I can't sit in my car for 6 hours :( Focusing on A Darker Shade of Magic and Dark Places to get some last minute BR points.

Maddy wrote: "Chava wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Chava wrote: "Do I understand correctly that we have until tomorrow (7/31) to finish buddy reads? I have The great alone as an audiobook and it is a buddy read. However ..."

Oh yeah! That's 9am here in Melbourne. Plenty of time hahaha

I might be reading it wrong, but isn't the Tri-wizard by house? Doesn't that mean we have to coordinate with several other groups for this? It's going to be hectic, messy and chaotic, but oh so much fun. I agree that we'll need to use some kind of strategy

Chava, I think the initial tasks are done by individual teams and then the maze portion is done by house. I'm unclear when that part starts or how we coordinate though.

Finished
Malicious Intent
Kathryn Fox
7/30/2018
352 pages
Series: Dr Anya Creighton (#1)

Not on spreadsheet

Characters:
Anya Creighton (A, C)
Kate Farrer (K, F)
Clare Matthews (C, M)
John Ziegler (J, Z)
Jennifer Wallace (J, W)
Debbie Fitch (D, F)
Mohammed Deab (M, D)
Fatima Deab (F, D)
Dan Brody (D, B)
Peter Latham (P, L)
Brian Hogan (B, H)
Elaine Morton (E, M)
Scott Barker (S, B)
Prof Rosenbaum (R)
Prof Jules (J)
Vaughan Hunter (V, H)
Judge Little (L)
Derek (D)
Zara Chambers (Z, C)

JanEyre9 wrote: "Chava, I think the initial tasks are done by individual teams and then the maze portion is done by house. I'm unclear when that part starts or how we coordinate though."

ah yes, that makes sense. It's huge this tri-wizard!!

Maddy wrote: "Kate wrote: "Wow. We are going to be busy. Really glad I invested in a new French press and have no work travel scheduled for August!

*Edit -
So after reading the rules in depth.....
Question 1 ..."

Right...it’s one or the other

JanEyre9 wrote: "I'm so excited Tri-Wizard info is finally posted! This looks exciting, definitely need to figure out our strategy! Captains, how do you want to handle choosing the books and tasks?"

Just getting to this...any suggestions are welcome

I think we likely need a sheet in our planning SS for this....give me an hour and I’ll think more...

If anyone wants to play quidditch please sign up...it only 5 days this round...I’m guessing the mods gave in as there were several that were disappointed the tournament wasn’t going to technically finish. Link to Team Rooster: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I don’t see any specific logistical details on the maze yet.

I’ll start with a suggestion and we can work on adding/deciding from there.

Let’s get our 1st three books determined ASAP....and get those on the Planning SS so we can claim books. I’m going to suggest that we claim ahead no more than what we can do in a week so we can keep things moving..we have a MAZE to contend with too...that’s still a mystery detail wise.

*Only three tasks out of five need to be done per book...we’ll want to avoid ‘wasting’ our books so it’s important that we narrow things down before committing.

*Unless there are other opinions, we can leave it to captains to pick...might be easier that way too...thoughts and other suggestions welcome!

I am fine with any books and tasks! If it helps at all I was already planning on reading Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch and Grey Sister which could immediately knock out 2 of the tasks for Chamber of Secrets task 2

I am also fine with any books/tasks although I think the more open-ended the tasks the better. I do think the faster we do this and can claim several books the better. After looking through the tasks several times I think I like Azkaban and Goblet of Fire my favorites but I'm really open to doing any of them.

I archived two books I don't think I'm going to finish in the next 24 hours and took them off the spreadsheet and my TT list. I wasn't sure what the commitments were going to be for the TriWiz and wasn't anticipating characters and Q3. Obviously it's going to be a lot and I will want to read shorter, faster books (neither of these were going quickly). If I have time I might keep working on them to see if I can get them in before the end of the challenge, but probably not.

Here we go.........

Checking back in...it looks like Ashley has our Planning Sheet set up for Tri Wizard. It's likely we'll finish quite a few of these...but let's start with Kate and JanE's picks:
Chamber of Secrets
Prisoner of Azkaban
Goblet of Fire

Once 3 tasks are fully claimed, please stop for that Book and move to one of these other. I'm going to put a note by each of these books on the SS as a reminder.

Also, please don't over-commit...let's stick to claiming what we can read for one week at a time...for some of us that may be multiple books, for others just one...which is just fine. Heavy readers let's let everyone get in there...no book hogging...hehe!

Please keep checking in here and look backward for communication...this is more like past TT challenges and communication is very important. Even if you aren't finished...please try to check in often and let us know you are out there working on your book.

Ashley or I will likely post a list here for those who can't access the Planning SS...if everyone could please help keep the Planning SS update especially for claiming posts, that would be greatly appreciated!

I'll work on our first list next...

# 59 Completion Post ~ SS not updated
Book: The Gravity of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry
Finished: 07/30/18
Rating: 5 stars
# of pgs: 270
Series: Elements
Characters: Graham Russell, Lucille Palmer, Mari, Jane (Lyric), Ollie, Talon
Letters: T, G, E, R, L, P, M, J, O

Didn't see a spot for this on tri-wiz

Here's our List to Start...

HP and the Chamber of Secrets

Task 1 - Escape the Dursleys
Read a book with Iron in the title
Read a book with a gate on the cover
Read a book with a car on the cover
Read a book where a character escapes prison

Task 2 - Wizard’s duel
Read a book with “Witch” or “Wizard” in the titleJanE
Read 2 books with similar covers
-2nd book
Read a book with a deadly weapon on the coverJanE

Task 3 - Take Polyjuice Potion
Read a book with a cat on the cover
Read a book something to drink on the cover
Read a book with a cauldron on the cover
Read a book with a P and a J in the title

Task 4 - Attend a ghost party
Read a book where the characters attend a party
Read a book with Ghost in the title
Read a book with Death in the title
Read a book where they celebrate Halloween

Task 5 - Fight a Basilisk
Read a book with a snake on the cover or Snake in the title
Read a book with a blind character
Read a book with the word “Phoenix” in title or text
Read a book with a sword on the cover

Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Task 1 - Ride the Knight Bus
Read a book with a bus on the coverKate
Read a book with "Night" in the titleTammie
Read a book with a predominately purple cover
Read a book with the main character's initials are S.S.-Shan

Task 2 - Learn to fight Boggarts
Read a book with a shapeshifter character
Read a book MPG Humour
Read a book with a balloon on the cover
Read a book with a hat on the cover

Task 3 - Write a report on Werewolves
Read a book with a moon on the cover
Read a book MPG Paranormal
Read a book with a wolf on the cover
Read a book with 'Wolf" in the title

Task 4 - Go back in time
Read a book with time travel
Read a book with a clock on the cover
Read a book with "Time" in the title
Read a book a form of transportation on the cover

Task 5 - Defeat Dementors
Read a book a wand on the cover
Read a book with woods on the cover
Read a book with "Death" in the title
Read a book with eerie/scary cover

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Task 1 - Four Champions are competing
- Read a Square of Young Adult books -
How to read a square:
- Read four books
- Match first & last letters of the title in order to form a square/rectangle.

see original post for visual example: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Task 2 - Retrieve a golden egg guarded by a dragon
Read a book with "Dragon" in the title
Read a book with "Dragon" in the series name
Read a book with a Dragon on the cover
Read a book with a Dragon in the book

Task 3 - Yule Ball
Read a book with your favorite romance hero(es)/heroine(s) or your favorite pair (Pair has to be a romantic couple in the book, not just a love interest)
Read a book with couple dancing on the cover
Read a book with a feast or dinner item on the cover
Read a book with a single shoe on the cover

Task 4 - Retrieve Treasure
Read a book with mermaids
Read a book with "Treasure" in the title
Read a book with someone swimming on the cover
Read a book with water on the cover

Task 5 - The Maze
Read a book with "Maze" in the title or series name
Read a book with a riddle in the text
Read a book with 'Spider" in the title
Read a book with a key on the cover

(If possible, please see Planning SS to be sure a task hasn't been claimed)

I can read (will post more when I see them) for Tri-Wiz
Read a book with the main character's initials are S.S.
Temptation by Nicole Edwards
MC's name: Sierra Sellers

I can do the witch title book and a book with a deadly weapon in the cover for task #2 on chamber of secrets.

For Tracking
Other Books planning to read in the next 14 days (don't think they fit anything above) ~ For this and other challenges






If they fits something that I overlooked let me know and I'll move it up to the top of my list.

How similar do you think 2 books with similar covers have to be? Do they need to have identical covers such as and or just both have to have similarities like cats on the cover, woman holding umbrella, etc?

I'm planning to listen to Pride and Prejudice soon which works for tasks 3 of Chamber of Secrets - would any of those other tasks for for anyone? If not I'll grab something else :)

Completed:
Book: La muerte de Honorio
Author: Miguel Otero Silva
Pages: 194
Completed: July 30
Characters: Tenedor de libros, Periodista, Médico, Capitán, Barbero
Letters: M, O, S, T, P, C, B


The translation of the title would be "Honorio's death" but the book is only in Spanish so I don't know if it works for the task with "Death" on the title.


I could work with these tasks for now:
Read a book with water on the cover: Salt to the Sea
Read a book with someone swimming on the cover: Nocte