Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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I didn't do much reading last night or today. We had friends over last night and we played Cards Against Humanity until 1 am. Then today we went out for breakfast and over my in-laws so hubby could mow their lawn. I'll be alone at the office tomorrow so can listen to an audio book if the phone isn't ringing too much.

I need to look at what I have on the spreadsheet and what I have checked out. I might remove Out of this World. Almost done with Pale Rider.

I finished a book for p or H. A potion to die for by Heather Blake. I’ll update the spreadsheet tomorrow. I’m on my phone right now and the spreadsheet won’t work

I finished a book that works for A and O and P. Apologies for not reading as much. I had my anxiety get really bad a couple of weeks ago and am dealing with furlough days and filing for unemployment for this month.

Sounds like a lovely weekend Mary! I hope today has been quiet so you've had a chance to relax a bit.

Natasha - I hope everything improves for you soon and dealing with things doesn't make it worse.

Thanks everyone for updating the SS a bit. Gives us a clearer idea where we have got to.

Spell outs 1-4 are done.

I've filled in the gaps with things that are marked as 'reading' or 'in progress' on the SS. If you don't think you'll finish something please shout. A lot of these can be juggled about as most letters are covered at least twice (if not more).

Spell out 5 is missing:
N Sophie - The Woman in Cabin 10
N MH - Nattsangaren
G MH - Buried

Spell out 6 is missing:
L Tonya - The Last Ever After
A Camilla - The Werewolf Megapack
N Camilla - Sita saa mita antaa
D Cassie - The Goldfinch
H Imke - Sea Witch
P Victoria - Jingo
P Victoria - Princess in Theory
N Camilla - How to catch a prince
G Mary C - Wildfire

Spell out 7 is missing:
I Jenn - This Coven Won't Break
S Vikki - The Spanish Promise
L
A Nicole - All Hell Let Loose
N Nicole - No Logo
D
H Nicole - Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis
P
P
I
N
G


Tags: 9 are read.
On the SS are also:
Sea witch - Imke
Meg - Rosina
Sophie - Woman in Cabin 10/State of Fear

sophie...I thought I had removed MEG

I'm kind of finished with work. Just the odd thing here and there but have got more time to read. Will read books that will help to finish Spell Out #7. And will spend some time today filling in the SS for planned books.

Do we, by any chance, have a GR Librarian on our team?

I think Camilla is a GR librarian.

Samantha wrote: "I think Camilla is a GR librarian."

I am too

Sorry Rosina, error with copying and pasting when tired last night. Will check it isn't on this evening's update.

Nicole - yay for work calming down after a manic few weeks. Hope your time is filled with good books! Thanks for taking on spell out 7.

Good to hear we have librarians, if all else fails we have a thread in the captain's group for any requests too.

I am a GR librarian as well

Finished Glory in Death and updated the SS. I am working on Sea Witch at the moment and will finish it before friday.

I keep flipping between books. I'm going to make myself start finishing them off instead of going back and forth between a few.

Does anyone know how to adjust the page count in the update area? The page count on The Last Ever After page is showing correctly at 655, but the update area is only showing 600.

I know this isn't Hobbit related, just being thrown off when I update my reading progress. :)

Mary C wrote: "I keep flipping between books. I'm going to make myself start finishing them off instead of going back and forth between a few."

What are you reading, Mary? Are you just not in the mood for them? :)

I will definitely finish the three books that I've marked on the SS and that are listed in msg #756, but no more before the end of this round.

We're back home for at least a couple of days, had to change our plans again. Glad to have access to the PC, shower and TV, none of which exist at the summer cottage. I haven't had much time to read, when we're at the summer cottage, we spend a lot of time with hubby's relatives (hmph....).

Oh, I see we have the word for round 3 as well.

Tonya wrote: "Does anyone know how to adjust the page count in the update area? The page count on The Last Ever After page is showing correctly at 655, but the update area is only showing 600."

You've put another edition on your shelf, namely this one The Last Ever After, which only has 600 pages. You need to switch editions to The Last Ever After if that's what you're in fact reading.

Camilla wrote: "Tonya wrote: "Does anyone know how to adjust the page count in the update area? The page count on The Last Ever After page is showing correctly at 655, but the update area is only s..."

Camilla - when I clicked in to each that you provided, it showed I was "currently reading" both. I've adjusted now - thank you for the guidance!

Great that you got it sorted out!

Finished This Coven Won't Break

Thanks for the updates on what you think you'll manage to read and helping each other out today.

Camilla - glad you've got a few days respite with connection to the outside world!

I will finish Gold Dust Woman by the end of the day.

What letters do we need to finish out this weeks word?

I have several books ready to start for the next word as well, once we get a planning sheet up.

Spell outs 1-5 are done.

Spell out 6 is missing:
L Tonya - The Last Ever After
A Camilla - The Werewolf Megapack
H Imke - Sea Witch
P Victoria - Jingo
P Victoria - Princess in Theory
N Camilla - How to catch a prince
G Mary C - Wildfire

Spell out 7 is missing:
S Vikki - The Spanish Promise
L Mary C - A Lady Betrayed
D Cassie - The Goldfinch
H Nicole - Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis
P Nicole - Papillon
P Nicole - Point of Origin
I Mary C - In vino duplicitas
N MH - Nattsangaren
G MH - Buried

Spell out 8
I Victoria - Circe
S Jenn - Ask Your guides
L
A
N Camilla - Sita saa mita antaa
D Jenn - Gold Dust Woman
H
O Natasha - Oddjobs
P
P
I
N
G

Tags: 10 read.



Our next word is: CELEBRATION
Tags: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space

Let me know if there's a particular letter you want to read for/add things to the SS and from tomorrow you should get an update for CELEBRATION as well as this round's progress.

Jenn wrote: "I will finish Gold Dust Woman by the end of the day.

What letters do we need to finish out this weeks word?

I have several books ready to start for the next word as well, once we get a planning ..."

I hope the update post helps guide what to read next!

Just finished Written in Red and updated the spreadsheet.

I should be done listening to Harry Potter COS before the cut-off on Friday. Probably no other books for me this week but I'll get a jumpstart on next week.

Finished Gold Dust Woman

I moved I Can See You to round 3. It works for I, E, R, N.

I'll definitely finish Nattsångaren and Buried before the deadline :)

Thanks Samantha! HP has a lot of letter options which is great.

I'm hopeful the tags this time round won't be too bad to find.

I finished Lady Betrayed and Wildfire.

I just feel like I want to read every book all at once and so I end up flipping between a few. I'll work on In Vino but probably won't have it finished until tomorrow. We have a lodge meeting tonight and it's actually back at the lodge.

I will finish Last Ever After and Stray for this round.

Thanks Sophie and Victoria for keeping us all "together"!

@Mary - hopefully you find something that sticks with you! I also tend to flip through multiple books and often have to just force myself to read or give up on them

@Camilla- isn't it annoying when you have to spend time with relatives instead of reading lol But a summer cottage sounds wonderful, hopefully you didn't have to change your plans too much


And didn't realise we had so many librarians in the group!

Round 2 Countdown


Edit: Please have final updates in at least 2hrs before end time

8 pm UK time; which is 3pm East Coast and 12pm Pacific Coast.

I feel like I'm getting through my books so slowly this round. If it wasn't for audiobooks I'm not sure if I'd have finished a book yet since I'm still working through my one physical book. I think I need a reading holiday where I just go somewhere by myself to relax and read books

I'm reading 2 at the moment, 1 isn't listed on the SS, but it will work for the S that The Spanish Promise is listed for. I'll try to get both finished if possible. Haven't got as much reading done as I expected to - thought I'd do more with being away this week. (We got our new motorhome yesterday - yay!) But I've been spending more time on a game so I can reach another maximum level before my fiance. I'm very competitive... lol

Is it 8pm for final updates on Friday?

@Cassie - I saw that your book The Unbroken doesn't have a page count on Goodreads and guessing you got the 293 pgs you listed in the SS from amazon?

If you could confirm perhaps one of our many librarians can update the GR page. If not I can get one of the librarians in the captains group to do so.

Vikki wrote: "I'm reading 2 at the moment, 1 isn't listed on the SS, but it will work for the S that The Spanish Promise is listed for. I'll try to get both finished if possible. Haven't got as much reading done..."

Yes, 8 pm for final updates! Thanks for catching that/asking. I just updated the times in my post to reflect it.

Victoria wrote: "Vikki wrote: "I'm reading 2 at the moment, 1 isn't listed on the SS, but it will work for the S that The Spanish Promise is listed for. I'll try to get both finished if possible. Haven't got as muc..."

Thanks - just double checking as I'm travelling back home on Friday, but should be home around 7pm. If not I can update SS ok from my iPad or phone.

Victoria wrote: "I feel like I'm getting through my books so slowly this round. If it wasn't for audiobooks I'm not sure if I'd have finished a book yet since I'm still working through my one physical book. I think..."

I know the feeling! I don't know why it took me so long to read Written in Red because I really enjoyed it. But I wasn't breezing through it. I haven't really been dedicating any "reading time" in the evenings so mostly I listen to audiobooks during walks and throughout the day.

I normally have 3 books on the go in different formats! Have to check they are different enough I don't get confused.

No rush Mary! Hope the meeting goes smoothly.

Tonya - thanks! Think we are one of the only teams that hasn't needed a replacement so thanks everyone for sticking with us.

Victoria - might be a backlash from so much reading a couple of weeks ago! Find mine goes in cycles.

Vikki - nothing wrong with friendly competition with your partner! Exciting you've got the motorhome. My husband keeps trying to convince me to get one.

Victoria wrote: "@Cassie - I saw that your book The Unbroken doesn't have a page count on Goodreads and guessing you got the 293 pgs you listed in the SS from amazon?

If you could confirm perhaps ..."

I've just looked at the other edition on the GR page and it has 293p (the kindle edition) so I'm happy to use that as the default p count.

Samantha wrote: "Victoria wrote: "I feel like I'm getting through my books so slowly this round. If it wasn't for audiobooks I'm not sure if I'd have finished a book yet since I'm still working through my one physi..."

Every so often I have a book like that. I'm enjoying them but I just seem to get stuck when it comes to making time to actually read them.

Spell outs 1-6 are done.

Spell out 7 is missing:
S Tonya - Stray
L Tonya - The Last Ever After
D Cassie - The Goldfinch
H Nicole - Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis
P Victoria - Jingo
I Mary C - In vino duplicitas
N MH - Nattsangaren

Spell out 8
I Victoria - Circe
S Jenn - Ask Your guides
L Vikki - The Spanish Promise
A Camilla - The Werewolf Megapack
N Camilla - Sita saa mita antaa
D Jenn - Gold Dust Woman
H Imke - Sea Witch
O Natasha - Oddjobs
P Nicole - Papillon
P Samantha - Harry Potter CoS
I Sophie tbc
N Camilla - How to catch a prince
G MH - Buried

Spell out 9
I
S
L
A
N
D
H Mary - Happy Trail
O
P Nicole - Black Notice
P
I
N
G

Tags: 10 read.



Our next word is: CELEBRATION
Tags: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space

C Vikki - The Little Paris Patisserie
E
L Mary - Lost Carousel of Provence
E
B Camilla - Before He Kills
R Vikki - Reflection
A
T
I MH - I can see you
O
N

Tags
1 Camilla Confessions of expat in Paris
2 Vikki - Reflection
3 Vikki - Little Paris Patisserie
4 Mary - Lost Carousel of Provence
5
6
7
8
9
10
Reserve

Happy Trail works for Celebration so I'll check in before I finish it.

Sophie - we've had a motorhome since 2015. We were meant to trade in our last one & collect this one in March but lockdown was announced the evening before we were due to go over to England for it. We finally managed to get over this week! Dunno if you've ever used one before but they're great, I'd recommend it. We hired one the year before we bought our first which is a good idea to see if it's for you or not.

I suspect those lists are going to change a fair amount over the next 2 days, so checking in would be fab Mary.

Vikki- glad you were able to pick it up eventually! I haven't used one before, will look into hiring one (but don't want to overexcite husband about it until I've thought through whether it's sensible with 2 small children)

Sophie wrote: "Victoria wrote: "@Cassie - I saw that your book The Unbroken doesn't have a page count on Goodreads and guessing you got the 293 pgs you listed in the SS from amazon?

If you could..."

I could have sworn I checked the kindle edition and didn't see a page count listed. I think I'm seeing things (or not seeing them lol)

Or working night shift is catching up to me