Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Updated SS to here.

Good morning ladies, let me have some coffee and I’ll look at the countdown tasks😊

Completion Post - Safezone 3

Family, Friends, and Foes by Hope Callaghan
Date Read: 8/22
Letters:
N - Nic Armati
S - Millie Sanders

S/Sheet updated

Safezone Update

End of Round 1/Start of Round 2 Countdown

Still need:
U
S
Y - currently reading for this
I*2
O*2
N*3

Completion Post - Safezone: Group 3

Task: Spell-out
Book: Stained Souls
Date Read: 8/21
Rating: 3 stars
Letters: S - title


Book: Accepted
Date Read: 8/21
Rating: 3 stars
Letters: A - title

Louise wrote: "Safezone Update

End of Round 1/Start of Round 2 Countdown

Still need:
U
S
Y - currently reading for this
I*2
O*2
N*3"

I've finished an A that we can't use anywhere else, if you want to move Jackie's book that's currently at A to an O. I'll add it to my completion post above this.

Also, my current Audio is an N, and my current book is O or N.

Laura did you want to track this round?

I’ll magic up the s/Sheet for the SpellOut over the weekend for our options.

Louise wrote: "Laura did you want to track this round?

I’ll magic up the s/Sheet for the SpellOut over the weekend for our options."

Sure. Have we figured out the countdown stage yet? What tasks can you do? Or can't you do might be just as helpful, with all of us willing to do any. :)

For Countdown I can do
#1 -
And either #10 or #7 with

Laura wrote: "Louise wrote: "Safezone Update

End of Round 1/Start of Round 2 Countdown

Still need:
U
S
Y - currently reading for this
I*2
O*2
N*3"

I've finished an A that we can't use anywhere else, if you wa..."

Let me do some shuffling

Jackie wrote: "For Countdown, I can do any of them, #1 is the hardest but I can find something if necessary. I can take three this time too."

Can you look at post 137 and tell me which ones you want. Because I've got KU books checked out that fit just about every category.

And LaurLa, which second task do you want?

I'm good with everything that's left, so I need you ladies to be specific!

Books that I have in progress work for:

1 - O, N, or S
2 - I or B

I have another planned that works for N.

Safezone - Group 1
D - Murder on Main -character Danielle

Laura wrote: "Jackie wrote: "For Countdown, I can do any of them, #1 is the hardest but I can find something if necessary. I can take three this time too."

Can you look at post 137 and tell me which ones you wa..."

I'll take 9, 5, and 3. But I can also swap if someone really wants one of these.

Jackie wrote: "Laura wrote: "Jackie wrote: "For Countdown, I can do any of them, #1 is the hardest but I can find something if necessary. I can take three this time too."

Can you look at post 137 and tell me whi..."

Got it! I think we're good. I'm good with any 2 of the remaining ones, and LaurLa should be okay with one of them.

LaurLa wrote: "I can probably do any except state in the title for the countdown and can definitely do #2. #10 would be hard but I can find one.

Laura what was the BOM you were going to do?

Group 2
i - Read a b..."

I found one for Group 2, i, so I'll put you down for iii.

Louise, can you find something for
ii - Read a book with a bright/neon green cover (>50%) where the author contains the letters B-U-R-N (doesn't need to be in that order)

Or anybody else? It's okay if someone reads for 2 in this section.


Also, does anybody care about the order we read between Group 1 & Group 2 this time?

Laura wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I can probably do any except state in the title for the countdown and can definitely do #2. #10 would be hard but I can find one.

Laura what was the BOM you were going to do?

Group..."

I’ll see what I can find on my Kindle.

For our Safezone words this round I have a U I can finish tomorrow 😊

Leaves us with:
1* I
1* N to find

Louise wrote: "For our Safezone words this round I have a U I can finish tomorrow 😊

Leaves us with:
1* I
1* N to find."

I can do an I if no one else gets to one in time. But it'll probably be Saturday before I can start.

Louise wrote: "For our Safezone words this round I have a U I can finish tomorrow 😊

Leaves us with:
1* I
1* N to find "

I said in message 135 I was working on an N or I book. Have you accounted for that in the messages above? I should be done tonight. It's Celebrity in Death - I for series or N for Nadine (char)

I still have 2 more N books that I can read as well if we need them.

For Round 2 countdown I'll do #8 as my second book with Stars Above.

I did not expect you to pick the Science Fiction task!

I need to read Stars Above this month... it works for AMMP's genre and as a YA book for some other challenge (can't remember off the top of my head) and as royalty for a challenge in Precinct 81. It covers a lot this month, actually!

LaurLa wrote: "I need to read Stars Above this month... it works for AMMP's genre and as a YA book for some other challenge (can't remember off the top of my head) and as royalty for a challenge in Precinct 81. I..."

Well, that sounds a lot more like you! :)

Louise wrote: "I’ll see what I can find on my Kindle."

A couple of the Cat Who... books seem to work for the bright green task.

I've been going through my TBR, trying to find authors that fit, and then looking through their books for a green cover. Not much luck so far. :(

I've been stalking the other threads, and the only books anyone seems to have found that work for the BURN author/green cover task are Cat Who books by Lillian Jackson Braun. :(

I have to leave the house right now, and only got through about half of the threads.

I've been through my books and couldn't find any combination of color and author that worked. So, I can read . It's a re-read and I can get the audio so it would be a fairly fast read.

LaurLa wrote: "Louise wrote: "For our Safezone words this round I have a U I can finish tomorrow 😊

Leaves us with:
1* I
1* N to find "

I said in message 135 I was working on an N or I book. Have you accounted f..."

Oops missed this, I’ll mark it for an I. If we can have an N as well that is all letters covered. 😊

I’m not sure if that one is bright green enough Jackie. People of been pretty nitpicky about this task in the questions thread. I think it’s some editions of book 2, and book 26 that most people have posted.

Jackie wrote: "I've been through my books and couldn't find any combination of color and author that worked. So, I can read . It's a re-read and I can get the audio ..."

Great find.

It appears this one was approved in the Q&A thread. I can get this one instead.

Thanks, Jackie! Are you good for your other task in that Group, also?

Yes, planning to read by Christa Nardi.

Completion Post - Group 3

Task: Spell-out
Book: The Double Cross
Author: Clare O'Donohue
Date read: 8/22/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: D - Title, O - Author, N - Character Nell, S - Series Someday Quilts Mystery

Added to s/sheet

Completion Post ~ Safezone: Group 3

I'll let you place this one since it works for 3 letters - I included the X in case we might need to move things around.


Task: Spell-out
Book: Celebrity in Death ~ J.D. Robb
Pages: 396
Date Read: 08.23
Qualification: letters I ~ In Death (series); N ~ Nadine (char); X ~ Valerie Xaviar (char)
Rating: ★★★★

Should I read for N or U next. Louise, I know you said you had one but I have a fairly short one if you'd rather me pick it up.

Completion Post - Group 3

Task: Spell-out
Book: An Impartial Witness
Author: Charles Todd
Date read: 8/23/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: I - Title; B - Series Bess Crawford; S - Character Simon

LaurLa, you’re on the spreadsheet for an N.

Laura wrote: "LaurLa, you’re on the spreadsheet for an N."

gotcha! that's what I started... shew!

Completion Post - Safezone Group 3

Under a Harvest Moon by Julie Trettel
Date Read: 8/23
Letters:
U - Title
A - Alex

S/Sheet updated

Updated what needs to be finished.
Y - Louise
N - Laura
N - Jackie
O - Laura
N - LaurLa

Finished my N. Nearly done with my O.

Completion Post - Safezone: Group 3

Task: Spell-Out

Book: Rock Addiction
Date Read: 8/23
Rating: 5 stars
Letter: N - Author Nalini Singh

Book: Gifted Connections 2
Date Read: 8/23
Rating: 4 stars
Letter: O - Author S.M. Olivier

Completion Post ~ Safezone: Group 3
SS Updated


Task: Spell-out
Book: Now That You Mention It ~ Kristan Higgins
Pages: 416
Date Read: 08.23
Qualification: letters N ~ title
Rating: ★★★★

Well, now it appears I have the weekend team challenge obligation free. I don't know what to read!!!

I know, right! What to read?

Completion Post ~ Safezone: Group 3

Task: Spell-out
Book: Death of a Peer
Author: Ngaio Marsh
Date read: 8/24/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: N - Author

Completion Post - Safezone Group 3

Friends Wanting Benefits by Luke Young
Date Read: 8/25

Letters:
Y - Luke Young