Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

finished :)

Hello team!!!

Do you believe that we have already completed 3 months together???

We have begun our 13th week of the challenge!!

Trinity, I noticed that your last book read "Hidden (Firelight, #3)" isn't on your "tt3-lightning-hounds" ‎shelf. Could you check it for us? :)

Apoorv, I've found SUN in our last read book - Puddle Jumping.

also finished ..

found Continent


pg 5.."..lived and worked here all her life (except for four years on the Continent during the Nazi occuppation)."

Scavenger Hunt - Lightning Hound Progress

Updated until message 1066.

• Agnès - Quelques minutes après minuit - Water
• Agnès - Never Never (Never Never, #1) - Tree
• Agnès - The House at Riverton - David
• Agnès - Fever Dream - Southern
• Agnès - Les Neiges de l'Enfer - Sun
• Agnès - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Britain
• Agnès - Parade - Beer
• Apoorv - The Shining - Cricket
• Apoorv - Looking for Alaska - Beer
• Apoorv - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Coal
• Apoorv - Puddle Jumping - Sun
• Catherine - Looking for Trouble (Jackson: Girl's Night Out, #1) - Beer
• Catherine - For the Love of Venice - Fish
• Catherine - The Nine Lives of Christmas - Dog
• Catherine - Revolutionary Road - Grass
• Catherine - Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1) - Water
• Catherine - Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes, #2) - Wine
• Catherine - The Fortune Hunter - Britain
• Catherine - The French House: An American Family, a Ruined Maison, and the Village That Restored Them All - Continent
• Dragana - Insanity (Mad in Wonderland #1) - Britain
• Dragana - The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1) - Tree
• Dragana - Crimson Bound - Sun
• Esther - Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2) - Sheep
• Esther - The Broken Eye (Lightbringer, #3) - Tree
• Jane - Bayou Moon (The Edge, #2) - Grass
• Jane - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) - Gold
• Jane - Coven - Anna
• Jane - Hired by the Cowboy (Windover Ranch #1) - Mountains
• Jane - Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8) - Continent
• Jane - Born in Fire (Born In trilogy #1) - Beer
• Juliana - Engaging the Boss (Heirs of Damon, #3) - Ben
• Juliana - Treading Water (Treading Water, #1) - Surf
• Juliana - Bridge to Terabithia - Bridge
• Michelle - Voyage of the Dead (Sovereign Spirit Saga, #1) - Water
• Michelle - Linked (Linked #1) - Sun
• Michelle - Six Feet Over It - Grass
• Rose - Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars, #2) - Surf
• Rose - Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8) - Rock
• Sophie - Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) - Rock
• Sophie - Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2) - Island
• Sophie - How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2) - Britain
• Sophie - The Ambassador's Mission (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #1) - Mountains

------ Total of 42 words "read" so far = 210 points + 30 extra points = 240 points

Catherine wrote: "also finished ..

found Continent


pg 5.."..lived and worked here all her life (ex..."

Good Catherine, but I think you didn't put it on your lightning-hounds-grrrrrr shelf. Check it out! :p

ha! already did! lol...guess whilst you were here...I was there! :)

Great Catherine, I have added your book. :)

Finished yesterday.
Word found: WATER "...She gave the humans fertile pieces of herself, and she gave them good water. ... (Pg 1, Introduction)

Jane, could you tell me how many pages your book "Raven's Key: A Novel" has? I didn't find the info on GR. Thanks!

Dragana wrote: "Finished yesterday.
Word found: WATER "...She gave the humans fertile pieces of herself, and she gave them good water. ... (Pg 1, Introduction)"

Added Dragana!! :D

Scavenger Hunt - Lightning Hound

Our final score is 43 words = 215 points + 30 extra points = 245 total points !!

• Agnès - Quelques minutes après minuit - Water
• Agnès - Never Never (Never Never, #1) - Tree
• Agnès - The House at Riverton - David
• Agnès - Fever Dream - Southern
• Agnès - Les Neiges de l'Enfer - Sun
• Agnès - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Britain
• Agnès - Parade - Beer
• Apoorv - The Shining - Cricket
• Apoorv - Looking for Alaska - Beer
• Apoorv - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Coal
• Apoorv - Puddle Jumping - Sun
• Catherine - Looking for Trouble (Jackson: Girl's Night Out, #1) - Beer
• Catherine - For the Love of Venice - Fish
• Catherine - The Nine Lives of Christmas - Dog
• Catherine - Revolutionary Road - Grass
• Catherine - Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1) - Water
• Catherine - Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes, #2) - Wine
• Catherine - The Fortune Hunter - Britain
• Catherine - The French House: An American Family, a Ruined Maison, and the Village That Restored Them All - Continent
• Dragana - Insanity (Mad in Wonderland #1) - Britain
• Dragana - The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1) - Tree
• Dragana - Crimson Bound - Sun
• Dragana - Written in Red (The Others, #1) - Water
• Esther - Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2) - Sheep
• Esther - The Broken Eye (Lightbringer, #3) - Tree
• Jane - Bayou Moon (The Edge, #2) - Grass
• Jane - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) - Gold
• Jane - Coven - Anna
• Jane - Hired by the Cowboy (Windover Ranch #1) - Mountains
• Jane - Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8) - Continent
• Jane - Born in Fire (Born In trilogy #1) - Beer
• Juliana - Engaging the Boss (Heirs of Damon, #3) - Ben
• Juliana - Treading Water (Treading Water, #1) - Surf
• Juliana - Bridge to Terabithia - Bridge
• Michelle - Voyage of the Dead (Sovereign Spirit Saga, #1) - Water
• Michelle - Linked (Linked #1) - Sun
• Michelle - Six Feet Over It - Grass
• Rose - Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars, #2) - Surf
• Rose - Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8) - Rock
• Sophie - Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) - Rock
• Sophie - Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2) - Island
• Sophie - How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2) - Britain
• Sophie - The Ambassador's Mission (Traitor Spy Trilogy, #1) - Mountains

GREAT JOB TEAM!!!!

Juliana wrote: "Jane, could you tell me how many pages your book "Raven's Key: A Novel" has? I didn't find the info on GR. Thanks!"

I have calculated it to 279 pages.

Found on Smashword with 69870 words

Update (as of 03Feb2015)


Finished:
Garden Spells | Sarah Addison Allen | 03Feb2015 | 304 pages | 20 Points

Buddy Read : Garden Spells | Sarah Addison Allen | 03Feb2015 | 304 pages | 30 Points

Jane wrote: "Juliana wrote: "Jane, could you tell me how many pages your book "Raven's Key: A Novel" has? I didn't find the info on GR. Thanks!"

I have calculated it to 279 pages.

Found on Smashword with 6987..."

Thanks, Jane!

Apoorv, could you give me the link for the BR? I've found it. :)

Finished: .

finished :)

Juliana, I just updated my list. I am sooooorry! I realized I had missed a book last week (but you compiled it, bless you)

BTW I am starting a week long toppler (reading marathon) in another group tomorrow, so expect a few short books from me. I will be a nice change from the thick ones I have been reading lately.

That's ok Esther, sometimes I forget to put something on my list as well. But since I have to update our spreadsheet I check everything more than one time. :)

I saw that you were reading the big ones lately! Good luck with your read-a-thon. :)

I have finished Clockwork Angel and did a BR for it. :)

Finished and

Update (as of 07Feb2015)


Finished:
Naked in Death | J.D. Robb | 07Feb2015 | 320 pages | 20 Points

Finished The Forests of Silence.

Week 14th!

Lightning Hounds spreadsheet is updated!!

Sorry for the late update. I finished reading on Friday night. I just marked it as read.

Ok Dragana, I'll update the spreadsheet to include your book. :) - DONE!

Update (as of 08Feb2015)


Finished:
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry | Gabrielle Zevin | 08Feb2015 | 260 pages | 20 Points

finished

Great team! I've updated the spreadsheet! :)

Hi team!!

This week will probably be the last week of the Tower Teams Challenge, since the ThunderCats have almost reached the 20,000 points goal.

Let's gather as much points as we can this week and finalize the game with a high score of great books read and fun. :)

Update (as of 08Feb2015)


Finished:
Confessions of a Shopaholic | Sophie Kinsella | 08Feb2015 | 368 pages | 20 Points

Juliana wrote: "Hi team!!

This week will probably be the last week of the Tower Teams Challenge, since the ThunderCats have almost reached the 20,000 points goal.

Let's gather as much points as we can this week ..."

Well, my week is going well... 3 books down... A few more to go.

Great Esther!

Finished: .

I'll probably manage to read at list one more this week. So we can go down with a bang. ;)
We didn't win but this was fun. :)

I'll definitely finish a short book, but I don't know if I'll have time this week to finish science fiction that I'm reading. Ancillary Justice requires a lot more of concentration and some time to digest and understand the story.

Finished reading:

I am on holiday but not one where I can read a lot. I am still getting through a few 20 points books though.

I have read 3 books since Saturday and hopefully will get one more done but I am not sure.

High Heels in New York by A.V. Scott
A French Girl in New York by Anna Adams
Fat Vampire by Johnny B. Truant

That's ok Jane.

I just noticed that the Final Results are up. The ThunderCats won!

We are listed with 12995 points. Not bad. We sure gained a lot of points for reading books, but not so much from BRs and BOMs.

The official results are here.

I'll update our spreadsheet on last time and posted the link here if someone would like to see it.

:(

Lightning Hounds Spreadsheet is updated!

Congrats to ThunderCats. I just finished another book, but I guess it does not count anymore?

Don't be sad Catherine, it was fun while we were playing. I loved to get to know you guys. And we'll see each other on other challenges. :)

Who knows maybe in next tower teams :)

Congratulations, Lightning Hounds !

We all did an awesome job.. nevermind, we didnt come close to the top.. but it was sheer fun in playing the way we did.

.. and certain recognition to Juliana for being an outstanding captain. You lead by example and its been a pleasure being in the same team as you guys !

You all ROCK ! :) \m/

Indeed, thanks Juliana for keeping us organised and motivated. We were a good team whatever the score.

I am currently reading/listening to my 5 and 6 books of the week. Does the world still exist? When i am not working i am either listening to an audio or reading a book. These marathon weeks are a nice break from reality as i did not listen to the anews or read a paper this week.

Thanks Apoorv and Esther, it was nice to be your captain.

Esther, I had one week of marathon last month and is great to immerse ourselves on books and let the world outside for a few days. Enjoy the rest of your reading week. :)

I'm going to keep poting my books here :) so you guys can maybe add more to your tbr lists!! lol

had a good time...got lots of books read..wish I had been able to do more :)