Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Ok, this new obsession of mine had better stick around a while, because I just spent £200 on an event ticket for 2021. A full weekend ogling Christian Kane? I can think of worse things to spend my money on :D :D :D

Wow. What is Kane going to be doing for two days?

Jenny wrote: "Wow. What is Kane going to be doing for two days?"

Singing, by the looks of it. Doing talks/panels, and signing & photo ops and that kind of thing. Pretty standard convention type stuff, but based around 3 full evening concerts :D

Hello fellow Lusties, how are we all getting on this week?

I've got at least two more to finish this week, but may manage an additional short audio or two if needed too.

I've been very, very naughty this challenge and have spent far too much time sitting on my backside, so I dusted off my gym card this morning and spent an hour at the gym blowing some cobwebs off my brain (yay! for audio books!).
Really should have kept it up during all of TT, because it's so much easier to concentrate now. *slaps wrist*

Hope you all are having a good day so far :)

I am planning on finishing a bunch still this week. I will not finish the Sanderson until next week, but I am almost done with some other long ones.
I am under my number, but if we need it I can listen to some short audios while baking this weekend as well.

I should have 3 or 4 more. At least hit my quota with maybe an extra short one.

This week has been a mentally brutal one with 4 days of peer reviews of chemical risk assessments. I feel like my brain is going to explode from too much intense thinking.

I'm surprised I've been able to finish what I've gotten done so far this week.

I think it's been a tough week for most of the team, and I'm super impressed that though the numbers are lower for total books at the moment, the page count is impressive!
I'll fit in a couple of short audios for overall total :)

What shall we have today..?

I'm planning to finish Cry Wolf and maybe another short one before the end of the week.

In an effort to overwhelm my brand new niece with too many book choices, I have made a listopia list called "Books for Ella".
If any of you have favorite children's books that you think should be read, please add to the list!!!!
(I don't particularly care about votes, but feel free- I prefer to see titles that I have never heard of, or have forgotten about.)


Time to read more...

Ok, how about the other Captain Jack? ;)

I would loooove to spend some quality time with Captain Jack!
Mr. Barrowman's husband might get a little pissed if I was to spend time with John though. Oh hell who cares.

Dibs!

Jenny wrote: "I would loooove to spend some quality time with Captain Jack!
Mr. Barrowman's husband might get a little pissed if I was to spend time with John though. Oh hell who cares.

Dibs!"

Phah. Husband schmusband. That's what Steven's clones are for ;)

Happy Sunday, fellow lusties!!!

Seven hours or so until the end of week nine!

Is anyone planning on completing any more books for this week?
We have a dozen spots left to make our 45 books. (Not that we need to read that many- teehee.)

I am planning more short audios today, so I can grab a few of those spots.

Just finished one and have one more to go this week

I'll be finishing one

I won’t be able to finish any more before the deadline sadly.

One from me too :)

Hey guys... Just thought you may like to know that it is almost impossible for us to lose the Wrath prize now.

Fingers crossed we can keep up the numbers for the avarice prize too.

And just one more week to go! I'll be away all week, but should have loads of reading time, so will keep reading the chunky ones to help keep us in the running for the gluttony prize :) (Why yes, I do have a LOT of books in my suitcase, lol)

Happy Sunday Lusties!
I finished my 3 for the week. Hoping to finishing Kushiels Dart next week.

Teddie wrote: "Happy Sunday Lusties!
I finished my 3 for the week. Hoping to finishing Kushiels Dart next week."

Thanks Teddie! Enjoy Kushiel's Dart! (it may or may not be one of my very favourite books ever!)

I hereby claim this thread for an impromptu buddy read of Kushiel's Dart. I think there are three of us reading it this last week, and I think everyone else has already.

Any objections?

None whatsoever :D

I read my last book for the week.

Awesome! Good book too 🙂

Also done for the week :)

Logged! Thanks ladies

Hello you Lusty lovelies. I am very sad to announce that this will be my last batch of inspiration, as I travel to Scotland tomorrow for the funeral, and won't be back until after the challenge ends. I will be popping in on the tread (and reading, of course!), hopefully once a day, but I'll be using my dad's computer and I'm not sure how happy it would make him if I were to clutter up his browsing history with pictures of half naked men :D

If one of you lovelies wants to volunteer to take over this highly essential task for the final week, please do!

So, as this is my last one, I wanted to make sure nobody missed out, so I have collected pictures of some favourites for each of you. Enjoy! ;)

Claire:





Elen:





Jenny:





Judith:





Sonia: Yes, I am relinquishing my dibs on the Aussie perfection, because I think you need him more than I do ;)





Steven:





Teddie:





And for me, me, MINE! :D





And now if you'll excuse me, I need to go have a very, very cold shower...

Safe travels my friend!

And thank you for making this the most LUSTED after thread ever.

And just for informational purposes...

Judith and Elen were the most restrained (or unlucky?) with their Dibs this challenge. (C'mon guys, even Cat got more than you, and she's not even on this team! lol!) Quality over quantity, yes? ;)

Jenny is easily the greediest of us all, followed not-too-closely by Steven and Sonia.

The rest of us fall somewhere in between. (of course, I would have called dibs a lot more often if I wasn't the one posting them all. needed to give you all a chance, no?)

No surprises there, I think! lol.

Judith wrote: "Safe travels my friend!

And thank you for making this the most LUSTED after thread ever."

Thanks Judith, and totally my pleasure. No really! lol.

I think I was a bit unlucky and someone usually beat me to the calling of dibs.

But I think I ended up calling dibs on the whole spartan 300 army. So I've been rather occupied lately ;)

Judith wrote: "I think I was a bit unlucky and someone usually beat me to the calling of dibs.

But I think I ended up calling dibs on the whole spartan 300 army. So I've been rather occupied lately ;)"

LMAO! Yes, there is that. Maybe that makes you more greedy than Jenny after all. :D

Greedy? Moi?

Teehee.

Idris is pouring me a drink right now...gotta go.

Jenny wrote: "Greedy? Moi?"

Oui, toi...

Sammy wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Greedy? Moi?"

Oui, toi..."

I would feel bad, but oddly, I don't.

Jenny wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Greedy? Moi?"

Oui, toi..."

I would feel bad, but oddly, I don't."

I should hope not! I'd feel pretty good with that stable too ;)

Jenny, you do you. We expect nothing less.


All checked in for week 9! We are in first place heading into week 10, but not with a huge lead (just under 700 points). So keep up the reading of those long, point collectors.

Also we have basically demolished the competition in the mini challenges. Our lead there is over 300 points. I'm not sure a team could catch us in that category if they tried.

WE ARE AWESOME!!

Does this cover look pink?

Yep, I'd be okay calling that a light pink.

Yay. Color cover!

Sammy wrote: "Teddie wrote: "Happy Sunday Lusties!
I finished my 3 for the week. Hoping to finishing Kushiels Dart next week."

Thanks Teddie! Enjoy Kushiel's Dart! (it may or may not be one of my very favourit..."

I love it too. i read it ages ago, and have been waiting for the right time for a reread. Great idea for a BR Jenny :)

Hey Lusties!!!!

Yes, I am alive.... barely....

So last week was kinda weird... my psychologist appointment almost wrecked me last wednesday... but, after a lot of internal turmoil, and some external teasing, I ended up finally having a talk with dimples... and we dotted the i's, crossed the t's, cried a bit and... I feel like that chapter is finished and we can now move on and actually have a friendship.

(I'm still feeling the after glow)

The weekend was a bit busy - for someone that lacks a social life, December is usual a pretty busy month.

So... no reading whatsoever... But emotionally, a very productive week...

Anywoo....plans for this week is to finish Shadow Hunter, and to read Night Stalker and Kushiel's Dart, (and maybe Tease, which I also started to read but forgot to tag as so)

As long as you are in a good place, that’s what matters to us. 💗

I am!

Heck, I'm wearing my new pair of sexy salsa jeans.... I feel like a million dollars today :D

You’re doing better than me then! I’m exhausted and wearing a pair of yoga pants (benefits of working from home most days of the week).

that sounds even better... I can't wait till freeze time - they're going to do a server freeze to data migrating, meaning we can't test the software during that time... And since we're only be three of us working during that period (christmas week and all) our manager said we could work from work...

It's going to be yoga pants and comfy socks....

And the only reason I'm not doing jammies, is because there's a chance I need to skype. Or

I used to to jammies but now that Tiny Tyrant is here we have a nanny that comes to the house.

So as a 'boss' I feel like I should pretend to put real clothes on. And appropriate undergarments. LOL

Judith wrote: "I used to to jammies but now that Tiny Tyrant is here we have a nanny that comes to the house.

So as a 'boss' I feel like I should pretend to put real clothes on. And appropriate undergarments. LOL"

Ahahahhahaha

I suddenly had a flylady flash "dress head to lace up shoes"

hahahahaha