Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Book: The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos
Pages: 290
Date Read: 10/17/19
Sins: Envy - Young Adult, Sloth - Books that have been on your TBR for at least 2 years (since 2014)
BOM: no

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas
Date Read:10/17/19
Pages: 336
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
vanity - contemporary
envy - young adult
possibly wrath - brown cover?

BOM: n/a

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Ohio Road Trips, 2nd Edition by Neil Zurcher
Date Read:10/17/19
Pages: 272
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
possibly wrath - brown cover?

BOM: n/a

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Date Read:10/18/19
Pages: 368
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
vanity - contemporary

BOM: n/a

Book: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Date: 18.10.19
Pages: 432

Sins:
Cover
Gluttony - pink cover

Genre
Envy- young adult
vanity - contemporary

Criteria
vanity - lgbt book
envy - Lust member read it (Steven)

Book: The Raider by Jude Deveraux
Date: 18.10.19
Pages: 320

Sins
Gluttony sin bingo - pink cover; historical romance on mbp; 30+ books in series

LaurLa wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Bookcover:
"

It doesn't look like it has enough of the color to count. :(

The Chosen by J.R. Ward
Date Read: 10/17
Pages: 544

Sins:
Vanity - Contemporary MPG

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Date Read: 10/18
Pages: 448

Sins:
Envy - Top Shelf Young - Adult
Wrath - Top Shelf Space Opera


BOM:
DQ Set 1
DQ Set 2
DQ Set 3

Completion Post



Book: Fatal Reckoning ~ Marie Force
Pages: 384
Date Read: 10.18 ★★★★

Sins:
Sloth ~ blue cover
Vanity ~ top shelf Contemporary

Maddy wrote: "Bookcover:
Title/ Author: And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
Date Read: Oct 18
Pages: 276
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf..."

I don’t think there is quite enough red on this one sorry

Megan wrote: "
Book: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Pages: 293
Date Read: 10/15/19
Sins: Avarice - anything goes
BOM: no"

This has a top shelf of Contemporary

Completion Post



Book: The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseini
Pages: 372
Date Read: 10.19 ★★★
Sins:
Envy ~ green cover
Envy ~ top shelf Young Adult
Envy ~ Books that members from other teams have read (during 2019) - NEED TO CHECK THIS

Book: On a Wicked Dawn by Stephanie Laurens
Date: 19.10.19
Pages: 448

Sins
Gluttony sin bingo - pink cover; historical romance on mbp; 20+ books in series

On a Wicked Dawn
By Stephanie Lauren's
Pages: 448
Read: 10/19/19
Gluttony bingo

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Date read: 10/19
Pages: 481
Sin: Envy sin bingo;
Green cover, YA, read by Jammin Jenny from Team Sloth

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Death of a Gossip by M.C. Beaton
Date Read:10/19/19
Pages: 179
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
vanity - purple cover (looks purple on my computer)
vanity - contemporary

sloth - blue cover (more likely)

gluttony - Books in a very long series (12+ books). 33 books in series

BOM: n/a

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Death of a Cad by M.C. Beaton
Date Read:10/19/19
Pages: 214
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
vanity - contemporary

gluttony - Books in a very long series (12+ books). 33 books in series

BOM: n/a

Charlie wrote: "On a Wicked Dawn
By Stephanie Lauren's
Pages: 421
Tead: 10/19/19
Gluttony bingo

*sorry I can't link it correctly, I am on my phone and won't be on a computer until monday :("

Can you make sure the correct edition is on your shelf please Charlie, The one you currently have shelved has a purple Cover and 448pgs

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

Nearly a Lady by Alissa Johnson
Date complete: 10/20
Pages: 326
Sin: Gluttony, Pink cover and Historical Romance

LaurLa wrote: "Completion Post



Envy ~ Books that members from other teams have read (during 2019) - NEED TO CHECK THIS"

Brandy from Team Superbia read it ☺

Thanks Tea :)

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

Title/ Author: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Date Read: 10/20
Pages: 353
Sin: Sin Bingo for Envy? (green, ya, books members from other teams have read in 2019)

BOM: Yes

DQ #1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DQ #2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DQ #3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DQ #4: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DQ #5: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
Date Read: 10/20
Pages: 405

Sin: Lust Bingo - Red Cover; Top Shelf - Guilty Pleasure; Lustful item on cover - the dress

Charlie’s not added waiting on confirmation

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door by Roy Wenzl
Date Read:10/21/19
Pages: 400
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
wrath - Books that enrage you (BTK liked to use his authority to harass people. He also used his various jobs to find his victims.)
avarice - anything goes
BOM: n/a

❀Tea❀ wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Completion Post



Envy ~ Books that members from other teams have read (during 2019) - NEED TO CHECK THIS"

Brandy from Team Superbia read it ☺"

Woohoo!!!

Completion Post



Book: In Too Deep ~ Cherry Adair
Pages: 320
Date Read: 10.20 ★★★★

Sins:
Envy ~ green cover??
Vanity ~ MPG Contemporary

Sloth Mini Challenge:
ant - Your hibiscus has ants. (loc 700.2)
Barracuda - Something brushed his leg. A curious barracuda. (loc 311.6)
Coral - With loud squawks and high ke-ke-kekyeks, gulls and terns bickered above the reef where the calm sea formed frothy breakers over the coral. (loc 523.7)

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Aspen Grey
Date Read:10/20/19
Pages: 141
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria

Avarice - anything goes
Vanity - • LGBT books - MM romance
Wrath - books that enrage you. This was a 1 star read


SLOTH MINI - Bear on cover

Completion Post



Book: Deception ~ Mona Ingram
Pages: 185
Date Read: 10.21 ★★★
Sins:
Vanity ~ MPG Contemporary

Waiting on Amy to clarify Sin

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Oscar - Bailey Bradford
Date Read: Oct 21
Pages: 205
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria

Gluttony - 12 books in series
Vanity - LGBT - mm romance


SLOTH MINI

Leopard on cover, shifters - wolf, leopard, cougar

Trust in Me by Samantha Chase
Date read: Oct 22
Pages: 139
Sin: Vanity (top shelf contemporary)
Mini-challenge -- I can't recall any animals being mentioned.

Penguins and Mortal Peril by Ruby Loren
Date Read: 10/22
Pages: 206

Sin: Sloth - Blue
Mini:
Capybara, Echidna - p15 "...Capybaras, echidnas, lemurs, porcupines and wallabies - the list went on and on..."

Killer Whale - p25 "...I think he’d have asked for killer whales and dolphins, too...”

Serval - p29 “...areas I’d asked them to avoid. Then the serval died..."

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Date Read:10/22/19
Pages: 392
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
envy - young adult
sloth - blue cover
lust - Books that you lust after (pub. 2019)

BOM: n/a

Sloth mini challenge:

p.69 catfish, frog "On my way to the kitchen I passed a courtyard, where magnolia and peach trees grew around a pond filled with carp and catfish and little frogs that leapt onto the lily pads."

p. 98 falcon "The falcon on his shoulder craned its neck, peering at me with its round yellow eyes."

p. 109 pig "The winner gets a pig." "You're betting my future over a pig?" "Pigs are smarter than people give them credit for!"

p. 132 horse His skin was yellow as sand, and he could barely mount a horse."

p. 154 cockroach, rat "The smell of rot made my insides curdle, and I could hear cockroaches and rats skittering on the cold stones."

p. 177 camel "We'll trade the horses for camels once we get there."

p. 201 wolves "I squinted, picking out a pack of moving shadows in the distance. My chest tightened.
Wolves."

p. 288 vulture "Aside from fireflies, the only signs of life were vultures, ravens, and crows."

Amy "the book-bat" wrote: "Bookcover:
Title/ Author: [book:Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Do..."

updated

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy by Jennifer McCartney
Date Read:10/22/19
Pages: 128
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria

BOM: n/a

Sloth mini challenge:
cats "Feed the cat." "Buy more cats."
gerbils "Buy one hundred gerbils."
dogs "In order to have a bunch of dogs, you should probably live in the country."

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Date Read:10/23/19
Pages: 250
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
wrath - space opera

BOM: n/a

Sloth mini challenge:
iguana - "'Is that Zaphod Beeblebrox?' one iguana asked of another iguana."

squirrel - "It whirled and howled through the trees, upsetting the squirrels."

rabbit, fox - "The rabbit hurtled off in terror and didn't stop till it was set upon and eaten by a fox which choked on one of its bones and died on the bank of a stream which subsequently washed it away."

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
Date Read:10/23/19
Pages: 343
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria

Sloth - - •Books that have been on your TBR for at least 2 years. - On my tbr since December 13, 2016 – Shelved
Vanity - - • Only Award-Winning Books - Any Award as long as it can be linked or appears on Goodreads book page. --- Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (1966)
wrath - brown cover?


Sloth mini

Farm animals featured - horse Bebe, several cats ( Courthouse Pete, Evinrude ) a dog, sailfish that Perry caught in Mexico

Horse- "We used to ride double on Nancy's horse, Babe" (page 94)
"It was Nancy's Babe, the obedient dappled old mare" (page 207)

"a few milking cows, Nancy's cats and Babe, the family favorite, an old fat workhorse" (page 12)

Cat - "And I have Nancy's cat - Evinrude" (page 95)
"Nancy's cat frolicked among them" (page 40)

Dog - "Teddy, the dog" rushed forward roaring out a challenge"(page 40)

Sailfish - "sailfish, it leaped, arched like a rainbow, dived, sank deep, tugged the line taut, rose, flew, fell, rose" (page 120)

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Date read: 10/23
Pages: 174
Sin: Envy; Young Adult Genre

The Care and Taming of a Rogue by Suzanne Enoch
Completed 10/23/19
Pages: 323
Sin: Lust - cover is red

Sloth challenge:

Tricky: Macaw on p. 127 -“I have a very loud macaw upstairs who blathers all sorts of nonsensical things except when he’s eating.”

Enoch, Suzanne. The Care and Taming of a Rogue (The Adventurers' Club) (p. 127). HarperCollins e-books. Kindle Edition.
Easy: baboon (p.15), horse (p19), monkey (p. 22), leopard (p. 67), wildebeest (p 94), panther (p 100), scorpions (p 101), crocodiles (p 103), hippo (p. 103), rhinoceros (p. 132)

Bookcover:
Title/ Author: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Date Read:10/24/19
Pages: 519
Sin: Cover/ Top Shelf Genre/ Criteria
envy - young adult
lust - Books that you lust after (new releases- published 2019)
vanity - shiny cover
wrath - Books that enrage you - angry that I wasted so much time on a book I didn't like

BOM: n/a

Sloth mini challenge:
p. 46 dog - "He assured me additional guards would be posted inside, as well as dogs trained to kill."

p.100 fish - "A dead fish was our only audience -- and the flock of pigeons feasting on it."

p. 107 bird - "I could see the snort rising to her face, but she resisted, kicking a clump of sand at the birds instead."

p. 439 cat - "Before I could decide, the black cat brushed past me, yowling loudly."