Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

oops. I was doing it wrong.

I have a book for Lucky. (where the word is last)

Also I found a book for musician:



adding to speadsheet

(Tom Jones is a singer but one of the definitions of musician is musically talented so I think it counts. If general consensus is that it doesn't, I can look for sometihng else)

I have this one too:

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Also I found a book for musician:



adding to speadsheet

(Tom Jones is a singer but one of the definitions of musician is musically ta..."

I’m currently listening to a book with a musician character if you don’t want to read either of these Mary. I can use for spells too if you prefer.

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Book:
Author: Eve Langlais
Pages: 234
Date read: Aug 19

Used for: Tri wi, chamber of secrets, task 3, cat on cover


Book:
Author: Julia London
Pages: 476
Date read: Aug 19

Used for: nothing. I had a library deadline :D

I want to read both of them. I love music bios.

Finished Lullaby by JL Bryan which is a 7th in a series

I’ve got a book that I can read for treasure - should only take a day or two!

Books for Tasks left to Claim

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Task 3 - Play Wizard’s Chess
Working together as a team do a Title Relay of 4 books.
(The first word of the second book must match the last word of the first book, the first word of the third book must match the last word of the second book, the first word of the fourth book must match the last word of the third book)
You may not ignore articles (a, an, the, etc).
Each book must be read by different team member

We have a start...
WIP
1. ? Lucky Mary
2. Lucky in Love Tammie
3. Love ? Love my Pain / Love so Tempting/ Love Burns Maddy
4. Pain ? / Tempting? / Burns ? — need a book with title that starts with ‘pain’, ‘tempting’ or ‘burn’

Task 5 - Mirror of Erised
Read a book with a mirror on the cover

Task 5 - Mirror of Erised
Read a book with a person on the cover with their hand in their pocket




I can do this one.

Shan ~ A ~ wrote: "Task 5 - Mirror of Erised
Read a book with a person on the cover with their hand in their pocket




I can do this one."

Awesome!

Ashley wrote: "Chava wrote: For task 4 - I read "Fairy Treasure

This one isn't on AR bookfind so I can't check the word count - please let me know if you find it"

I found it on ARbookfind: http://www.arbookfind.com.au/bookdeta...

30328 words

Ashley wrote: "There's no feast/dinner items on the cover Chava?

"

I read the one with the lobster. Sorry, I thought i put the right one in. Here it is:

Tammie wrote: "1. ? Lucky Mary
2. Lucky in Love Tammie
3. Love ? Love my Pain / Love Burns Maddy
4. Pain ? / Burns ? — need a book with title that starts with ‘pain’ or ‘burn’

How about "Love so tempting"? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

and then "Tempting his neighbor"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Never mind.... Just noticed:
"Each book must be read by different team member". But tempting could still be more available than "pain" or "burns"

Found a book for "Maze" in title

Maddy wrote: "Tammie wrote: "1. ? Lucky Mary
2. Lucky in Love Tammie
3. Love ? Love my Pain / Love Burns Maddy
4. Pain ? / Burns ? — need a book with title that starts with ‘pain’ or ‘burn’

How about "Love so t..."

Does it have to be exactly "pain" or "burns", ie, can it be "burned" or something similar?

Chava wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Tammie wrote: "1. ? Lucky Mary
2. Lucky in Love Tammie
3. Love ? Love my Pain / Love Burns Maddy
4. Pain ? / Burns ? — need a book with title that starts with ‘pain’ or ‘burn’

How ab..."

I think the exact word. That is why I offered "tempting" instead

If Tammie finishes her musician book and it doesn't work for any letters, go ahead and put it in the musician spot. I can just read the 2 I am interested in reading after the challenge if they don't work for any letters.

Stayed up late reading Sharp Objects and will try to finish that today. Glad I picked it up again because it I am really into it now. I'm also liking the print version better than the audio. That might be the difference.

Completed.


The Son of Neptune
8/20/2018
521 pages

* already on SS

I found a cat on cover book. I can read instead of musician since Tammie is already one that works for that.

Wait, is there more than one "cat" on cover task or did someone just update the spreadsheet while I was looking?

never mind, I just found the 2nd one and I see Maddy's book in the other. I'll read the cat book instead of musician since someone can cover that one.

I'll update the spreadsheet. (but if needed, I can cover musician too-I'm in high reading mode right now and have nothing coming up in August to keep me too busy)

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Wait, is there more than one "cat" on cover task or did someone just update the spreadsheet while I was looking?

never mind, I just found the 2nd one and I see Maddy's book in the other. I'll read..."

Thanks Mary
I’ll finish the musician one yet this week.

Finished

Once Upon Stilettos

For Wand on cover

on SS

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Book:
Author: Kym Dillon
Pages: 125
Date read: Aug 20


Book:
Author: Eve Langlais
Pages: 209
Date read: Aug 20

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491 pages 8/20/18

Read a short book for the maze:





123 pages, SS updated

Chava wrote: "I read the one with the lobster. Sorry, I thought i put the right one in. Here it is: Het diner by Herman Koch."

Can you please update your read book to this edition?

The book I read for 'mirror' in the title does have a mirror on the cover...if anyone has a 'mirror' in the title on your tbr, we could switch these around...I've been looking...nothing really appeals to me for this one.

I'll have time to read another book if someone needs to give something up to read for this.

I have a book with mirror in title if we need it

The book is and also has mirror on cover, so it can work for either spot I guess?

And I just remembered that has mirror on cover, but I read it recently and cannot reread it yet, but if someone likes historical romance...

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Book:
Author: Alexandra Ivy
Pages: 217
Date read: Aug 21


Used for: Triwi, Sorcerer's stone, task one, trolls

Ashley wrote: "Chava wrote: "I read the one with the lobster. Sorry, I thought i put the right one in. Here it is: Het diner by Herman Koch."

Can you please update your read book to this edition?"

Done

i just realized that I hadn't updated in a while. I finished some books last week but I am back in school this week so I don't know if I will be able to finish another book this week. I have a few that I am working on so I'll try to finish it before my classes start tomorrow.

Book:
Author: Beth Revis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Pages: 386
Read: 7/29/18
Rating: 4 stars

Book:
Author: Julie Kagawa
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Pages: 384
Read: 8/3/18
Rating: 4 stars

Book:
Author: Kathy Reichs
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (I read this edition though it is shelved under the paperback version on Goodreads).
Pages: 363
Read: 8/14/18
Rating: 4 stars

Book:
Author: Kathy Reichs
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Pages: 315
Read: 8/18/18
Rating: 4 stars

Book:
Author: Kathy Reichs
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Pages: 337
Read: 8/19/18
Rating: 4 stars

Book:
Author: Kathy Reichs
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Pages: 383
Read: 8/19/18
Rating: 4 stars
Used for: I'm not sure if this will work for the task "read a series #7 book. If it doesn't that's okay.

I'll try to work on a couple more books today and tomorrow but I'll have some things to do over the weekend for my classes. :)

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8/20/18 464 pages

Completed.


The Mark of Athena
8/21/2018
586 pages

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Book: The Spider Prince
Author: Rebecca Goings
Pages: 161
Date read: Aug 21

Used for - triwi, goblet of fire, task 5, spider in title

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MAZE

Book:
Author: Angela Castle
Pages: 121
Date read: Aug 21

Hi all! I'm having trouble editing the spreadsheet while I'm away but I completed 3 of my TW tasks. I finished The Black Cauldron on the 16th, Fortunately, the milk on the 17th, and The Penelopiad today, the 21st. I can update these in a few days but wanted to let you know :)

JanEyre9 wrote: "Hi all! I'm having trouble editing the spreadsheet while I'm away but I completed 3 of my TW tasks. I finished The Black Cauldron on the 16th, Fortunately, the milk on the 17th, and The Penelopiad ..."

I put these on the SS for you Jan. If you just post here...someone can update for you...just let us know.

Thanks...enjoy your vaca!

Marybeth wrote: "i just realized that I hadn't updated in a while. I finished some books last week but I am back in school this week so I don't know if I will be able to finish another book this week. I have a few ..."

Ashley I put these on the SS book tab only

If no one can find a 4th book for the proposed relay...we can start a different idea...Chava, I think you may have been looking...

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

We could spin off of any of Marybeth's book's read in August too. I'll look at this again tomorrow...

For Marybeth's books I have:

Rogue ->" A rogue to avoid" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
"The rogue of Islay isle" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
"The rogue" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Grave secrets -> "The secrets between us" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
"Secrets of the bear " https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
"Secrets in mourning" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Tammie, I was thinking the same thing, that we must have other books recently read that could be worked with on that.

Let me see if I have anything that work of any of those.

Maddy, the book "the rogue" wouldn't work because there's nothing to play off of there. Unless we can use "rogue" for 3 books.

I could play off of Rogue of Islay Isle with:

Isle of Lies
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Joy


eta:
The only thing I do off Maddy's books for Grave Secrets is

Mourning Lincoln and that would likely be hard to build off of.

If the books don't have to read in order, I could do a grave book:

Halfway to the Grave-Mary
Grave Secrets-Marybeth
Secrets...,-Maddy
???

I also found a couple of books that I could connect to Natesha's book Mark of Athena:


I could read

the Night Mark or Eternity's Mark for before it

or after I could read: the Athena Doctrine.

Finished:



8/22/18

gate on cover task
SS updated

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "If the books don't have to read in order, I could do a grave book:

Halfway to the Grave-Mary
Grave Secrets-Marybeth
Secrets...,-Maddy
???"

I can make this one work Mary...thanks!
Halfway to the Grave-Mary
Grave Secrets-Marybeth
Secrets in Mourning-Maddy
Mourning Tide -Tammie

If someone else has a book that starts with ‘Mourning’ let us know...we don’t have to read in order...