Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

😉 time flies, huh?!

So half way through my current book - and it actually covers all the letters.

S - Sherlock Holmes
A - Joe Abernathy
N - Irene Norton
D - Diana Hyde

Camilla wrote: "Completion post

Title: Walk with Me: Camino de Santiago — France
Author: L.M. Soria
Date: 29.6.19
Pages: 280

Letters:
S - author

Genre: no"

I'm afraid we won't be able to use this book, 'cause it appears to be a travel guide with a lot of pictures and it's hard to know whether or not it has enough words to qualify for this challenge.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "So half way through my current book - and it actually covers all the letters.

S - Sherlock Holmes
A - Joe Abernathy
N - Irene N..."

Gotta love books that cover all the letters!

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "My husband and daughter walked the Camino de Santiago from France right across Spain to the coast in 2014. I think it was around 800 km and took them five weeks. They love trekking.. me not so much..."

That is impressive!!
And I feel like it's also a little insane haha. So much walking! But you do see a lot of beautiful scenery when you do this kind of trek and that's definitely worth it.

So I started reading (supposedly it examines societies obsession with dead women - through the news, true crime, film, tv, literature, etc) I was really looking forward to it as the premise of the essay collection sounded really interesting. What a disappointment! I ended up DNFing it as it was just a rambling collection of thoughts, with minimal discussion of the topic on the blurb. Le sigh, I wish I had read the GR reviews first but I was so interested in the topic I didn’t even check it’s GR page first. Now I want to read an actual good book about the topic if anyone happens to know one?

Kristel wrote: "I'm afraid we won't be able to use this book, 'cause it appears to be a travel guide with a lot of pictures and it's hard to know whether or not it has enough words to qualify for this challenge."

Well, it's definitely not a travel guide. Yes, there are some small photos, but they comprise a very small part of the pages. The content of the book is:
Part 1: about the history of the Way of St. James
Part 2: the author's daily memoirs about her walk to Santiago de Compostela during 1.5 months
Part 3: advice on how to plan your journey, packing tips etc.
Part 4: descriptions of the different regions during the way
Part 5: daily prayers for 31 days
Amazon gives the print length as 280 pages, so it is definitely over the 160-page limit even with some photos thrown in.

I don't drive, so do a LOT of walking. When the kids were younger just doing the school run and walking to work was a little over 11 miles (18k) a day. Then I still had to work, mostly on my feet all day.
As there were no direct bus routes, and going into town on the bus and back out again would end up taking twice as long as walking, I never bothered. Also doen't help that I get motion sickness, lol.

I have managed to complete a 100km in 24 hours event before, which was surprisingly fun, even if my feet did feel like they were going to fall off by the end of it!

Sammy wrote: "I don't drive, so do a LOT of walking. When the kids were younger just doing the school run and walking to work was a little over 11 miles (18k) a day. Then I still had to work, mostly on my feet a..."

wow! That's a great way to stay fit!

COMPLETION POST

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
336 pages

67380 words

S: Character; Silas
A: Character;Abanazer Belger
N: Author
D: Character;Mr Dandy

Genre: MPG Horror 1694 users

Completion post

Title: The Rest of the Story
Author: Sarah Dessen
Date: 30/6/19
Pages: 440
Letters: S (author), D (author), A (character April)

Camilla wrote: "Kristel wrote: "I'm afraid we won't be able to use this book, 'cause it appears to be a travel guide with a lot of pictures and it's hard to know whether or not it has enough words to qualify for t..."

Thanks for the clarification, Camilla!

Seems like we'll be able to use it then, since the photos are only a small percentage and the rest is text.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "wow! That's a great way to stay fit!."

I really was back then. I also went to the gym/pool and boxercise classes most evenings, lol.

Camilla wrote: "Kristel wrote: "I'm afraid we won't be able to use this book, 'cause it appears to be a travel guide with a lot of pictures and it's hard to know whether or not it has enough words to qualify for t..."

Okay, then we can use it! I used Amazons "look inside" feature and in the beginning, there appeared to have a few pictures. Good to know it's not actually that picture heavy:)

Completion post

Title: Blood and Chocolate
Author: Annette Curtis Klause
Date: 30.6.19
Pages: 264

Letters:
A - author
D - char Kelly Desmond

Genre: Horror by 126 users (first column)

Pet Sematary is a very odd book.... I'm about half-way through and I feel sorry for the pet. Which is probably not what King intended haha.

Completion post

Title: And Then There Were None
Author: Agatha Christie
Date: 30.6.19
Pages: 320

Letters:
A - title

Tag: horror

Eldarwen wrote: "Pet Sematary is a very odd book.... I'm about half-way through and I feel sorry for the pet. Which is probably not what King intended haha."

Teehee, probably not. Most of the books written around that period are somewhat on the odd side. May have had something to do with the substance abuse thing, lol.
If you ever fancy something really odd, try The Tommyknockers ;)

Ok, Tea. I think that book gets the award for most inappropriate horror tag. Agatha Christie?! 😮
Although that book is really suspenseful... I guess there are people even more sensitive than me to spine-chilling stories lol

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Although that book is really suspenseful... I guess there are people even more sensitive than me to ..."

My daughter was absolutely terrified by it when they had to read it in school. I think she was 14 or 15.

I was getting a little restless with reading King last night (I think it's the writing) so I've now also started Secrets of a Summer Night for a little light reading which I've been meaning to pick up for a while now.

I'll try to have the King done by Thursday though to count for the horror tag this week - we're doing really good on those top shelves though! Half-way done already!

And because I can't really sit at work openly reading my paperback, I've also started His Banana for the lolz and because it's short and I can finish it in 3 work days.

July Back Room BOM has been chosen!

It's What Remains and starts in July 17th.

Volunteers for DQs can give their bid here: BOM Discussion thread.

I'm trying to get a hold of the book. If I manage, then I'll join in the discussion and volunteer for DQ.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Ok, Tea. I think that book gets the award for most inappropriate horror tag. Agatha Christie?! 😮
Although that book is really suspenseful... I guess there are people even more sensitive than me to ..."

I remember I've read it for horror in battleship (original challenge) bur wasn't sure how many tags it has. Battleship had more relaxed rules about genres (I think it was 10 people). So I was surprised when I saw how many people actually tagged it as horror.

But come to think about it, if you read a blurb and if you don't know it's AC, it does sound horror-ish.


Sadly, it didn't work for many letters (only 1) I hoped with all those characters, there'll be more

Camilla wrote: "My daughter was absolutely terrified by it when they had to read it in sch..."

Oh yes at that age I think I would have been too!

❀Tea❀ wrote: "come to think about it, if you read a blurb and if you don't know it's AC, it does sound horror-is..."

True!
Oh battleship was a while ago. I think we were much nicer with rules back then 😂

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Oh battleship was a while ago. I think we were much nicer with rules back then."

Couldn't have been much stricter! I think RSU has scarred me for life for challenges that require certain colours on the cover! lol.

Sammy wrote: "Couldn't have been much stricter! I think RSU has scarred me for life for challenges that require certain colours on the cover! lol. ..."

haha I think Laura also regrets creating that red & white cover task!

Week 3 Completion Post

Book 1
Title: Flight
Author: Alyssa Rose Ivy
Date: 29 June
Pages: 263 pages

Letters:
A - Alyssa, author first name
D - Allison Davis, character

Book 2
Title: Inhibitions
Author: Kimberly Bracco
Date: 30 June
Pages: 303 pages

Letters:
A- Ashley Marie Mitchel, character


Book 3
Title: In a Great Southern Land
Author: Mary-Anne O'Connor
Date: 30 June
Pages: 416

Letters:
D- David Tumulty, character

Book 4
Title: Four Dead Queens
Author: Astrid Scholte
Date: 2 July
Pages: 429

Letters:
A - Atrid, author first name
S - Scholte, author surname

Wow, Tina, you've been on a roll!

I signed up for DQs for the Back Room. Will let you know if I get selected.

Also, it's not a scarring story this time. In case someone else from the team would like to join. The discussion, I give no guarantee for ;-), but the book is actually a proper story, and not some weirdly googled-images-and-some-text-to-go-with-them sort of style.

I was going to read Perfect Formation but after the comments about how terrible it was I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. This month’s sounds a lot more promising.

Aww, but Perfect Formation was fun! As long as you could take the piss out of it in comments ;-))

Aargh, I just realised that the book I finished yesterday doesn't work for any of this week's letters! Sorry!

Camilla wrote: "Aargh, I just realised that the book I finished yesterday doesn't work for any of this week's letters! Sorry!"

Well that sucks, but shit happens! ;-)

Well, the rest of the books I'll finish this week definitely work, and at least one of them is horror, maybe another one too, need to check.

Completions post:

Title:Suicide Club
Author: Rachel Heng
Date read: 30 June
Pages: 339
Letters:
S- title
A- character: Anja


Title: Windwitch
Author: Susan Dennard
Date read: 30 June
Pages: 416
Letters:
S- author
D- author
A- character: Aeduan
N - character: Merik Nihar

COMPLETION POST


706 Pages paperback
horror - first page 12 people.
All letters covered.

I love it when a book fits all letters!

I haven't been having a great week reading-wise so far, but I'm hoping to turn things around tomorrow and finish a couple of books... I also hope to start & finish & participate in the BOM for Daisy Jones before the Friday deadline

I've not been doing so great either, and our guest will be staying this week too (and a distinct possibility of next week), but one way or another, I will finish my book in time for the deadline. Really annoying, as normally I'd have easily finished it by now. :(

Looks like we have Walnut next week. That's a big nope from me on the New Adult theme, but I'll read The Wise Man's Fear at 994 pages.

It's covers W - title and A- character :)

Sammy wrote: "Looks like we have Walnut next week. That's a big nope from me on the New Adult theme, but I'll read The Wise Man's Fear at 994 pages.

It's covers W - title and A- character :)"

New Adult?? Oh, no! I'm afraid I'm not going to be very helpful. I'll try to find something. Maybe I'm lucky and have something in my tbr😅

On a lighter note Daisy Jones & The Six BOM started yesterday. If you are interested join the discussion.

I have a few options for New Adult & think I should be able to get to at least some of them

The Bride Test (53 tags)
Fix Her Up (30 tags)
Sutphin Boulevard (11 tags) + a couple other books in that series

Sammy wrote: "Looks like we have Walnut next week. That's a big nope from me on the New Adult theme, but I'll read The Wise Man's Fear at 994 pages.

It's covers W - title and A- character :)"

Still need to read that one. Hope you enjoy!

And yep, our word for the next week is:

WALNUT

Top shelf is: New Adult


Here's the COUNTDOWN to the end of week 3 / start of week 4.

New adult isn’t really my thing but I think I have a Colleen Hoover on my Kobo from a few years ago that I never got around to reading that will probably apply.

Judy wrote: "I haven't been having a great week reading-wise so far, but I'm hoping to turn things around tomorrow and finish a couple of books... I also hope to start & finish & participate in the BOM for Dais..."

Don't worry, we all have those weeks :-)

Uhh, New Adult is really not my genre...