Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Title: Varjomies
Author: Ari Räty
Date read: 02Jul
Pages: 310
Letters:
A - author
N - char Natalia
S - char Syyskuu
D - char Dimitri
Genre: no

I'm struggling to find any NA too....

Do we bite the bullet and chipmunk spin?

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I'm struggling to find any NA too....

Do we bite the bullet and chipmunk spin?"

Was just about to suggest this since so many of you seem to struggle with this tag.

I say... go for it ;-)

I'm curious what the chipmunks will come up with haha. Though a little scared.... knowing the NBRC mods and their crazy ideas *grin*

Ok, I do have a Colleen Hoover Confess that works for A. It’s been on my Kobo for several years now, so I guess this is a good reason to read it :)

Eldarwen wrote: "I say... go for it ;-)

I'm curious what the chipmunks will come up with haha. Though a little scared.... knowing the NBRC mods and their crazy ideas *grin*"

I can keep looking, but I have to say I didn't realise until now how little I have in this genre!
I'm in for a chipmunk spin... even though we can probably expect a word with a Z, X or Q!
:o

Happy for a respin here too

I have Magic Triumphs ready to go for NA if we're sticking with it and I'm sure I can dig up a second NA book. I have a few lying around I'm sure, I just need to figure out which ones have the tag.

Emma (M) wrote: "Ok, I do have a Colleen Hoover Confess that works for A. It’s been on my Kobo for several years now, so I guess this is a good reason to read it :)"

And it's a good one, too :-) Was my first Hoover book.

I'm wary of the chipmunks. They are up to no good😅

I did find that I have in my personal library:
Kingsbane
Nevernight
Shatter Me
Autoboyography
Angelfall

All tagged New adult. If we decide to keep the word, I think I'm able to read at least 2-3 of them:)

I've got even more than the ones I listed earlier but I'm wary of committing to more cause I actually have a few deadlines for Uni next week (and am going to London for 2 days - though I should get some good reading in on the plane!)

Oh, I didn't realise the Shatter Me series is also NA, I thought it was only YA. I got the ebook of Defy Me from the library and can read that.
It seems we could be able to gather ten NA books, so I vote for keeping it instead of chipmunkin'.

I'm happy either way, but can definitely confirm I have no chance finding anything tagged new adult on my shelves. I could possibly find a few young adult, but new adult is a big fat nope.

Happy to risk a re-spin (just for giggles, lol), or stick with the word we have if people can locate enough NA books...

Bwwahhaahhaaaa. Fifty Shades of Grey is listed as NA.

Still not reading it, lol!

Sammy wrote: "Bwwahhaahhaaaa. Fifty Shades of Grey is listed as NA.

Still not reading it, lol!"

Hahaha, nope, nope nope!

haha. no, me either

Been there, done that...And I've got zero desire to read E L James new one either!

I hate NA... but I'll check if anything is loitering on my TBR.. And how about the "U" , I've got nothing.

Okay, I can get also Halfway to the Grave, it's tagged as NA by 288 users, so should fit (at least N for series name).

Have we decided to keep or spin?

I've found one - I'm reading it for another challenge because it's got a z cover item... zipper... .

It's got at least one letter - A.

And I found one with a "U" as well , Jack Unger in .

So the Walnut is looking a bit more promising that I first thought.

Your Fright Week genre is PARANORMAL

Your word remains WALNUT

Paranormal? Huh? Not NA?

Ok, so chipmunks have struck without even doing a re-spin!

I will have things for paranormal I'm sure. But I'm heading to bed soon as I'm still recovering from this flu virus. Will check back in tomorrow with what I have found

Camilla wrote: "Paranormal? Huh? Not NA?"

Check this out:

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

Yes, I just saw it.

Paranormal should be easy.

Hahahaha, and plans are up in the air again ;-)

Yep, paranormal works for me too.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Ok, so chipmunks have struck without even doing a re-spin!

I will have things for paranormal I'm sure. But I'm heading to bed soon as I'm still recovering from this flu virus. Will check back in t..."

Sleep well and speedy recovery! :-)

Well, I'll still read Halfway to the Grave as it works for Paranormal as well.

And I'll keep Defy Me as well, it's got Paranormal by 16 users.

Well this sure is interesting! I guess that's my cue to pick up Ghosts of the Shadow Market. Otherwise paranormal isn't much for me but I've been itching to reread Harry Potter & it appears they're also tagged that 😂

Looks like we have a word search challenge this week too. I’ll have to see if any of my books have the tricky words in them.

Ok, looks like I might need to finish the book I dnf’d earlier in the week as it has Charles Manson in the text, which is one of the 10 point words in the word search. Thankfully I’m already a third of the way through, so shouldn’t take too long and now I know what to expect it may be a better read.

I'll still read The Wise Man's Fear, but I'll try to read Paranormalcy too (letters W, A, L for certain, maybe more?)

Hahahaha! Ok, so I have Nevermore too, which will cover probably half of the word search words, lol.

These are the words we have to find in the books. Up to 25! From either Standard or Tricky.

STANDARD WORDS - 5 points each

blood		chills		Dracula		Jason		Winchester
gravestone	bone		Frankenstein	defenestrate	Carrie
scream		anxiety		Jack the Ripper supernatural	poison
rollercoaster 	cliff-hanger	Rebecca		Sam		serial killer
horror		Caleb		Exorcist	Dean		Salem
suspense	Annabelle	Damian		Satan		cat
fright		Chucky		devil		witch		hide
creepy		Pennywise	Pyscho		knife		sofa
terror		spider		Jaws		gore		death
stalker		clown		Scarecrow	behead		maim
invoke		cabin		woods		night		monster
shadows		dark		nightmare	conjure		flay

TRICKY ONES - 10 points each

Freddie Krueger
Black Dahlia
Black Widow
Andrea Yates
Charles Manson
White Woman
Michael Myers
OJ Simpson
Marie Antoinnette
Lucrezia Borgia
Bloody Mary

Emma (M) wrote: "Ok, looks like I might need to finish the book I dnf’d earlier in the week as it has Charles Manson in the text, which is one of the 10 point words in the word search. Thankfully I’m already a thir..."

That certainly also makes for a good incentive to read it ;-)
Thanks for taking that one for the team!

If I read Nevermore, I can definitely find at least 25, lol. Not sure how many of the tricky ones there will be though.

Sammy wrote: "Hahahaha! Ok, so I have Nevermore too, which will cover probably half of the word search words, lol."

Haha, as long as it fits for a letter or two as well, might be an interesting option!

Camilla wrote: "Well, I'll still read Halfway to the Grave as it works for Paranormal as well."

Hope you'll like it! It isn't necessarily the best first in a series but a good start nonetheless.

Ok, I have options.

I can read The Wise Man's Fear along with either Paranormalcy OR Nevermore...

OR

I can skip the chunky book this week and read Paranormalcy, Nevermore, Lucrezia Borgia and possibly Neverwhere on audio...

Happy to go either route next week. which do you guys think works best for the group?

Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Hahahaha! Ok, so I have Nevermore too, which will cover probably half of the word search words, lol."

Haha, as long as it fits for a letter or two as well, might be an ..."

Yep, definitely W and N, probably a few more :)

Hmmm... the big points are certainly always a very nice bonus!

I'll finish up a couple of books today and then I'll see which one I want to take on holiday with me over the weekend for the paranormal top shelf. I've got a few of those.


Aaand yes, on that note ;-)
I'll be missing in action from tomorrow evening until Tuesday morning as I'm going on a weekend trip and I won't be on my phone much and certainly not on the GR app.

Ohhhh, enjoy your holiday! hope you're going somewhere nice!

Thank you! :-)

I'm going to Dublin. First time visiting the city and I'm going with a friend who's been there before so she knows her way around.

Have a great trip E.

At least you'll get to cool off from temps in 30is :p

I'm soooo glad we lost that NA. Paranormal is easy. Not sure about all those words....

I wonder if there is any Agatha Christie's book tagged as paranormal....

I can go with Unholy Ghosts.
I have couple of U books (saved for times like this), but I think this is only one with paranormal tag