Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

hahaha going through my calibre collection of sports tags, and most of them I have already read. Those that I didn't are either too short for challenge or they are also new adult (and that's the main reason they are not read) :P

Looks like we're gonna be ok. Who'd have thought that sports would prove easier than new adult? lol.

So, I can definitely read Overnight Sensation.

I've also got Pucked & The Wall of Winnipeg and Me though idk if they work for any of the letters.

Plus lots more Sarina Bowen & a bunch of Elle Kennedy - though I've read them all and am not THAT keen on a reread.

Kristel wrote: "Yikes! Sports is not the best😂

Maybe it's a perfect time to re-read Beartown and finally check out The Foxhole Court :)"

Sounds like a plan! :-)

Eldarwen wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "I'm sorry E, I think I'm gonna give up on Eldest. Maybe I can work on it slowly and finish it sometime during the challenge. It's just so slow and boring. I just got to 25% *sniffs* E..."

There is #4? I thought it's a trilogy!

Of course I have U. 501 pgs enough? :P

Sammy wrote: "Looks like we're gonna be ok. Who'd have thought that sports would prove easier than new adult? lol."

I think I've got nearly 100% overlap for sports & new adult 😂

Kristel wrote: "Yikes! Sports is not the best😂

Maybe it's a perfect time to re-read Beartown and finally check out The Foxhole Court :)"

I quite liked the Foxhole Court! Though it's more brutal and A LOT slower than I expected.

❀Tea❀ wrote: "There is #4? I thought it's a trilogy!

Of course I have U. 501 pgs enough? :P"

Perfect! :-D

And yes... #4 Inheritance

Judy wrote: "So, I can definitely read Overnight Sensation.

I've also got Pucked & The Wall of Winnipeg and Me though idk if they work for any of the letters.
..."

Pucked was... ok. There's lots of stupid banter, but sometimes the banter is quite fun as well. It's a quick read one way or another, so there's that.

Do we still need sports? If so, I can read Off Balance, probably works only for O, 256 pages. Let me know.

Camilla wrote: "Do we still need sports? If so, I can read Off Balance, probably works only for O, 256 pages. Let me know."

Go for it!

I'll kick off sports with Play Dead. At first glance works only for P.

I'll finish up my Kate Daniels book - hopefully tonight! - and then I'll see which sports book I'm going to pick up.

Can't seem to find anything I actually have a hard copy of. Everything is digital (freebies etc.) and I don't like reading on screen when I'm at home if I can avoid it.

Clicking through it, I think there's a character named Sidney in Pucked so I can definitely read that.

Judy wrote: I quite liked the Foxhole Court! Though it's more brutal and A LOT slower than I expected."

Yeah, I heard that It gets quite violent at times. Not the lovey-dovey highschool drama I thought it was😅.

Kristel wrote: "Yeah, I heard that It gets quite violent at times. Not the lovey-dovey highschool drama I thought it was😅. "

Nope, it's definitely not that 😂

I've got the first Cold Fury Hockey I can read for Genre. And a Chicago Stars too.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I've got the first Cold Fury Hockey I can read for Genre. And a Chicago Stars too."

Great!

That's 8 sports books decided upon yet (7 on the spreadsheet and whichever one I'm going to decide to go with) and a couple more that are options to be read if still needed.

Well done!! :-) I don't think we have to worry about getting the top shelf score despite the initial terror at seeing the genre hehe.

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Title: The Pursuit of Lucy Banning
Author: Olivia Newport
Date read: 17/07/2019
Pages: 293 (default)

Letters:
M - char William Morris
B - char Lucy Banning
E - char Elsie
R - char Richard

Genre: no

I've been waiting for this day to come. I've been stocking up on sport books sine I struggled previously in a challenge!

Here's some short sport freebies I've stocked up on


Jami Davenport does sports, romance books

They're all quite short, romance involved and new adult/adult. But all tagged with sport and might be free on Kindle or iBooks still

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770 pages Kindle
Genre - Yes - 1 person (thank you, LOL) Shifters
LETTERS - Characters -
U
M - Mehmet
B -
E - Edwin Talbot
R Romulus

So my first book for Sports -


Kindle 404 pages -
Genre - Yes - 118 people Sports
Letters -
E - Ethan Bonner Character
S - Susan E Phillips author
P - Susan E Phillips author
R - Rachel Stone Character.

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Title: The Bride Test
Author: Helen Hoang
Pages: 296
Date: 18/7/19
Letters:
M - character Mỹ (Esme's Vietnamese name)
B - title
E - character Esme

❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "I've been waiting for this day to come. I've been stocking up on sport books sine I struggled previously in a challenge!"

Make sure they're tagged sportsssssss, with an "s", and not just sport before you start them. Would be a shame to waste one since you've been stockpiling haha!

But nice selection! Have at it :-D

Actually, Tina, are you going to read more than one of those sports books?

If so, then I'm going to skip reading sports and I'll just try and catch up with all the BOMs that started this week and I haven't even looked at yet...

Eldarwen wrote: "❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "I've been waiting for this day to come. I've been stocking up on sport books sine I struggled previously in a challenge!"

Make sure they're tagged sportsssssss, with an "s", and n..."

I think a singular "sport" can also work. This is from the all about thread: "Genres must match exactly (though plural/singular is OK..." :)

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Book: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

Date Read: 17th July
Pages: 439
Top Shelf: yes
Letters:
M - title
B - character: Barbaras
E - character: Elara
R - character: Roman

Kristel wrote: "I think a singular "sport" can also work. This is from the all about thread: "Genres must match exactly (though plural/singular is OK..." :)"

Ah, yes, technically that works, too.

I'll definitely finish Record of a Spaceborn Few which works for all letters (even U!) before the deadline & probably also Dry, unless it makes sense to delay for next week?

Nah, if you can manage to finish Dry this week, go for it. That way we'll get some BOM points this week as well.

Just so the column doesn't look so sad and empty anymore, like last week haha.

And yay for the U!

It's a bit of a pesky letter so I'm glad to see we have another one now - makes our life easier haha. We would have had to start switching things around on the spreadsheet otherwise ;-)

Ok great, I'm pretty sure that'll get done then!

I was so happy to stumble across the U by chance, that rarely happens 😉

Eldarwen wrote: "❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "I've been waiting for this day to come. I've been stocking up on sport books sine I struggled previously in a challenge!"

Make sure they're tagged sportsssssss, with an "s", and n..."

I checked and they are all sportS

I didn't even think about the 's' mattering!

Eldarwen wrote: "Actually, Tina, are you going to read more than one of those sports books?

If so, then I'm going to skip reading sports and I'll just try and catch up with all the BOMs that started this week and ..."

Haha I will read as many as needed! So, 2 to 3?

❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "Haha I will read as many as needed! So, 2 to 3?"

Sounds about right!

2 for sure, maaaybe 3 if someone gets to the point of gagging and not wanting to finish theirs ;-)

Thanks! :-)

Eldarwen wrote: "❦ Tina ❣ wrote: "Haha I will read as many as needed! So, 2 to 3?"

Sounds about right!

2 for sure, maaaybe 3 if someone gets to the point of gagging and not wanting to finish theirs ;-)

Thanks! :-)"

Got it!
So for Week 6 I'll read
by Lexi Ryan 464 pages, ESR
by B.B. Hamel 348 pages, ER
and for BOM

I'll be finishing an M-B-R book before the end of this week too :)

You guys rock! :-)

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Title: Record of a Spaceborn Few
Author: Becky Chambers
Pages: 358
Date: 18/7/19
Letters:
U - character Una
M - character Muriel
B - author
E - character Eyas
R - title

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Title: Country Bride
Author: Debbie Macomber
Pages: I listened to the audio, default is large print with 192 pages, next one is kindle with 192 pages
Date: 18/7/19
Letters:
M - author
E - char Eric
R - char Rorie

Genre: no

Camilla wrote: "Completion post

Title: Country Bride
Author: Debbie Macomber
Pages: I listened to the audio, default is large print with 192 pages, next one is kindle with 192 pages..."

Oh wow, only 1 star? :-(

It really sucked...

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Title: Unraveled
Author: Courtney Milan
Date: 18.7.19
Pages: 501

Letters:
U - title
M - author's last name
B - Jeremy Blasseur (ch)
R - Richard Dalrymple (ch)

Tag: /

Well, I was planning to have finished my book by this time, but somehow I lost my evening stalking Hugh Jackman on youtube...

I regret nothing.

Completion post coming in the morning, lol.

Sammy wrote: "Well, I was planning to have finished my book by this time, but somehow I lost my evening stalking Hugh Jackman on youtube...

I regret nothing.

Completion post coming in the morning, lol."

Hahahaha :-))

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Title: Dust Eaters North
Author: Ronan Cray
Pages: 313 pages
Date: 19/7/19
Letters:
B - char Buck
E - char Fred Eggert
R - author

Genre: no

This was my last book for this week. I've started the sports book for O.

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Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
352 pages 19/7/19

U: Stefan Uccello
M: Mercy Thompson
B: Kyle Brooks

Genre: Shifters 431 people. 1st column of top shelves

Now to finish Kate Daniels. I should be done in an hour

I’m so sorry but I won’t be able to finish both my books in time. I had time tonight to finish both but then we had an unexpected visit from family who were passing through town and now there’s no way I can finish both. However I just checked the spreadsheet and one of my books is sitting by itself on the SS Warbreaker and it will be the one I can finish and it has the same letters as the one I can’t finish Morning Star.