Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Green enough for task green cover?

I know what you mean Mary! I should get mine cut soon and have been meaning to call for a couple of weeks (if not longer), still haven't though.

I'd say yes to green enough, MH

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Us: 2574 (16952)
Rabbits: 1887

CREATIVITY
Tags associated with this are: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space - 8 DONE
Spellout completed: 1, 2, 3

C Camilla Medicine Man
R Camilla Runaway Amish Girl

C Tonya The Unhoneymooners
R Nicole West
A Camilla Kaikenkirjavaa karjaa
T Samantha Dear Martin

C Mary Shock Wave
R Samantha Sometimes I Lie
E
A Camilla Musta
T Camilla Syy tappaa
T


C MH Dvalan
R MH Redemption
E
A
T
I Sophie Angel of Storms
T

C
R
E
A
T
I Mary Magic Rises
I Rosina Burn for Me
T

C
R
E
A
T
I Tonya Clockwork Angel
V Mary Vineyards of Champagne
I Vikki I Heart Hollywood
T

C
R
E
A
T
I Victoria Radiance
V Mary Conjure Women
I Sophie The Timetraveller's guide to Restoration Britain / Camilla Sea Sick
T
Y Victoria Sword of Destiny

Tags round 4
1 Tonya Silvertongue DONE
2 Jenn Astrophysics for people in a hurry DONE
3 Sophie The Last Emperox DONE
4 Vikki Reflection DONE
5 Camilla Pienten DONE
6 Camilla Ad Astra DONE
7 Sophie My Dear I wanted to tell you DONE
8 Mary C Magic Rises
9 Mary C The Vineyards of Champagne
10 Mary C The Trouble with Dukes DONE
Reserve Mary C Shock Wave/ Jenn Wicked like Wildfire / Tonya The Unhoneymooners

@ Nicole - Enjoy your brunch! I wore a dress today for the first time this year and it was strange lol

@ Camilla - That sounds wonderful! I'm so terrible at keeping in touch with people and that sounds like such a great way to keep in touch with old friends.

Ugh. This year. Our very good friend Wendy passed away today. We couldn’t even go see her at the hospital to say goodbye. Her health has been failing the years but it’s still unexpected. With everything going on, I don’t know if there can even be a funeral for her.

I'm so sorry, Mary. You had known her for a long time?

Oh Mary, I'm so sorry. I hope you find a way of getting together to remember her.

I've only known her for about 4 years but she was one of my husband's best friends. Very sweet lady. We took a long weekend trip to the beach every year with her and her husband. I'm sure we'll do some sort of memorial gathering for her at the lodge. She was only 63. She had a myriad of medical problems and she just couldn't fight them anymore.

It was quiet for my alone at the office day yesterday. So I was able to listen to most of Shock Wave. Finished it this morning driving to meet a friend to kayak. She forgot her paddle so I ended up coming home and doing housework instead.

You can get v close to good people fast! Shame how some people end up with a lot of conditions relatively young. Sending virtual hugs your way.

It's a shame your friend didn't remember her paddle, sounds like you could have done with a kayak instead of housework.

Incredible reading everyone!

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CREATIVITY
Tags associated with this are: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space - 10 ALL DONE
Spellout completed: 1, 2, 3, 4

T Samantha Dear Martin

C Tonya The Unhoneymooners
R Samantha Sometimes I Lie
E Victoria Sword of Destiny
A Camilla Musta
T Camilla Syy tappaa
T


C MH Dvalan
R MH Redemption
E
A Camilla Kaikenkirjavaa karjaa
T
T

C
R Camilla Runaway Amish Girl
E
A
T
I Sophie Angel of Storms
T

C
R
E
A
T
I Tonya Clockwork Angel
V Mary Vineyards of Champagne
I Vikki I Heart Hollywood
T

C
R
E
A
T
I Victoria Radiance
V Mary Conjure Women
I Sophie The Timetraveller's guide to Restoration Britain / Camilla Sea Sick/Rosina Burn for Me
T

I really appreciate all the reading and checking you have all been doing throughout this challenge and the way you have been stepping in to help each other.

So many of you have really stepped up from your original reading goals in ways I was not expecting and have put us in a really strong position! I'm so happy to be a part of this team, so thanks again.

Mary, I'm so sorry for your loss.

Greetings from Ocean City and the beach air, Hobbits!!! I hope you all are doing well - Mary, you are in my thoughts through this time of loss.

I am working solely on relaxing and recuperating while I'm here so that means lots of reading and listening to audio books. I am about to update the spreadsheet now - I have also picked up two of the BOMs to participate in.

All my best!

Thanks everyone.

Please keep an eye out for E and T

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CREATIVITY
Tags associated with this are: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space - 10 ALL DONE
Spellout completed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5


E Victoria Sword of Destiny
T Camilla Syy tappaa
T Camilla Unearthly


C Tonya The Unhoneymooners
E
A Camilla Musta
T Tonya Clockwork Prince
T

C Nicole The Memoirs of Cleopatra
R Camilla Runaway Amish Girl
E
A Tonya The Bane Chronicles
T
T

C MH Skuggjägaren
R
E
A
T
V Mary Vineyards of Champagne
I Vikki I Heart Hollywood
T

C
R
E
A
T
I Victoria Radiance
V Mary Conjure Women
I Sophie The Timetraveller's guide to Restoration Britain / Camilla Sea Sick/ Rosina Burn for Me / Sophie Angel of Storms
T

Tonya have a fab holiday! Lots of relaxation and rest is certainly the order of the day at the moment.

Sophie wrote: "

Please keep an eye out for E and T"

I just started När inget annat återstår which works for E

Here is the link to my discussion questions for Dear Martin.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Sorry for your loss Mary, it's never easy to lose someone you care about. But it seems even worse at the moment with everything going on.

I'd a weekend at the Co Down coast in our motorhome which was nice, although the weather was so unpredictable. Torrential rain on Saturday evening/night for a while.

I've 2 book on the go at the moment and will have them both finished for the deadline

I spent my weekend in the car driving various people around. Got quite a bit of audio book time on the way to get or the way from chauffeuring these various people. My best friend had a heart episode and ended up in the hospital. It wasn't a heart attack so that was a big relief. But I went there a couple of times and then had to get her to her car keys in one place and her car in another. Hubby drowned his sorrow a bit at the lodge and I had to go get him and then take him back the next day for his car. My daughter's boyfriends mother's car died and I took them to the store to get some groceries. I need one of those Mom's Taxi signs. I had my Kindle with me and read Conjure Women while waiting on various people and listened to If You See Her when alone in the car. So I finished that.

And now we are in the path of hurricane Isaias. But we're about an hour from the coast so we don't usually get hit too bad with the wind and just get rain. Hopefully it will turn back out to sea. Although we really do need some rain.

Really like Conjure Women. I've been sneak reading on my phone while at work. It's quiet today. Maybe I can finish it tonight.

Our last word has been announced, it's BACKPACKING. Hmph, I was hoping for something more challenging...

Oh, and the tags are Delusion, Liquor, Hallucinogenic, Trippy, and Crazy

Oh darn. I just opted not to check out that non-fiction book again. It would have worked for B and K. Oh well.

I just saw your message about the task for If you see her, I'll pick one for it now and it to the tracking sheet. I don't see one added for it on either spreadsheet.

eta: I used it for task 143: four words in title. I'll check my other books to make sure they have tasks.

I could swap out Magic Breaks and Iron and Magic for books that are a definite E or T. It doesn't look like you have worked them into any potential spellings yet. I added them because I thought we needed I's. They both work for Backpacking.

Hmm. ScribD has the later Kate Daniels books in audio. I wonder if I can do a 30 day free trial if I already did one a few years ago.

eta: it did! I used my work email and new last name this time.

Samantha - thank you! Will add that to the official SS now.

Vikki - glad you had a good weekend, even if the weather didn't quite play ball.

Mary - You and your friends/family aren't having much luck at the moment! Hope the hurricane cuts you some slack and turns away and that your best friend makes a speedy and full recovery. Glad that Scribd has worked for you.
Holding on Magic Breaks and Iron and Magic would be great.

Please keep an eye out for E and T

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Tags associated with this are: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space - 10 ALL DONE
Spellout completed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5


E Victoria Sword of Destiny

E Tonya The Unhoneymooners
A Camilla Musta
T Camilla Unearthly

C Nicole The Memoirs of Cleopatra
R Camilla Runaway Amish Girl
E
A Tonya The Bane Chronicles
T Tonya Clockwork Prince
T

C
R
E
A
T
V Mary Vineyards of Champagne
T

C
R
E
A
T
V Mary Conjure Women
I Sophie The Timetraveller's guide to Restoration Britain / Camilla Sea Sick/ Rosina Burn for Me / Vikki I Heart Hollywood
T



NEW WORD!!!
BACKPACKING time for us next. As Camilla has mentioned above our tags are: Delusion, Liquor, Hallucinogenic, Trippy, and Crazy

Tags
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Reserve

SS is up and running if people want to move anything from round 4 to 5 or just start planning their reading

Hi I am back and updated the spreadsheet with two books I finished.

Nice to get away and disconnect from social media for a few days...now getting ready for the week....I have another book to hopefully finish tonite....

one that read was Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

a 5 star read for me....

would you count this as a summer scene?

Also it works for T

I finished an E book and added that. Also, just borrowed The Toll for a T book.

Wow ScribD has really changed since I tried it a few years ago. It comes with a Pandora and Curiosity Stream subscription. I might keep it after the free trial. Lots of magazines too.

I know I will finish the four books that I have as reading on the round 4 SS, but not more. Will start planning for the final round.

Added an E character to Musta perhonen.

As much as I've enjoyed this challenge and it finally caught me up on my goal for the year, I'm glad there's only one round left.

@Vikki - hope you still enjoyed your weekend away despite the rain!


@Mary - I'm so sorry for your loss and hope you stay safe from the hurricane

I'm also glad there is only one round left. I love the challenge but have had it confirmed that I will be moving back to the US in Sep/Oct. I've been really busy lately sorting things out as was hoping to be here through the end of the year and imagine things will become increasingly chaotic as my time in the UK comes to a close.

Starting Vinyards of Provence today. Hubby is working the late shift tonight so I'll probably get most of it done. Unless the power goes out. If that happens, I'll pick up a print book that works for something and read by flashlight. But we rarely lose power. I'm on the same grid as the police and fire department which is pretty handy.

I've a few tagged books lined up for Round 5 and added to SS. Was starting to lose hope until I looked for the crazy tag.

The liquor tag had a lot of books that looked interesting to me but it's mostly non-fiction. I also had better luck with the crazy tag.

Can I count this as a T book or do I have to use the first word after The?

The Only Pirate at the Party

Jenn wrote: "Can I count this as a T book or do I have to use the first word after The?

The Only Pirate at the Party"

Yep, you can use it for T!

You all have been great at finding tags! I always seem to find them towards the end of a round when they are of no use 😅

I just bring up the shelf most likely to have a decent selection and quickly scroll to see if I have any shelved. I got lucky with crazy and found 2 of my wish list books in the first 2 pages and my library had both.

My daughter just texted me that our power is going on an off. My employer who lives in town says his power is out at home. My other employer, aka Mom left early too. Of course the rest of us have to stay. Kind of annoyed about that. But it's not too bad here yet. Most likely someone hit a pole or transformer.

Charging my phone before I leave work.

Annoyed at myself for not having a Kindle charger at the office anymore. Oh well. If I have to I'll read a print book by candle light.

I've enjoyed this challenge and it's certainly kept my reading going when I think it might have slipped otherwise.

Victoria - wow that's soon to get everything sorted out to move to the US. Hope it isn't too chaotic and you get to do some travelling before too long.

I had a feeling that most of our tags would be crazy! Will have a look at the list later and see if there's anything that catches my eye.

Mary - that's a pain about the power. Hopefully it'll come back on fully by the time you are home. Tricky to know where to keep kindle chargers! I often have a usb battery in my bag with a couple of cables for my phone and kindle so that I'm never stuck without anything (so long as I remember to charge the battery...)

If no tags fit please put a couple of dashes in that column so I know not to worry about it! As ever now we are reaching this point in the round, let me know if there's anything on the list below that you won't get to.

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CREATIVITY
Tags associated with this are: Flower, Lavender, France, Battle, Space - 10 ALL DONE
Spellout completed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, (7)

T Jenn Steeped in Murder - waiting for tag

R Camilla Runaway Amish Girl
T Tonya Clockwork Prince
T Camilla Unearthly

C Nicole The Memoirs of Cleopatra
R Sophie Pachinko
E Tonya The Unhoneymooners
A Tonya The Bane Chronicles
T Sophie Treachery
T Victoria Sapphire Flames

C Vikki A Sudden Crush
R
E Victoria Sword of Destiny
A MH Nar inget annat aterstar
T Natasha The Toll
V Mary Vineyards of Champagne
I Sophie The Timetraveller's guide to Restoration Britain / Camilla Sea Sick / Vikki I Heart Hollywood
T



NEW WORD!!!
BACKPACKING time for us next. As Camilla has mentioned above our tags are: Delusion, Liquor, Hallucinogenic, Trippy, and Crazy

Tags
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Reserve

SS is up and running if people want to move anything from round 4 to 5 or just start planning their reading

Jenn wrote: " would you count this as a summer scene?

Also it works for T"

I'm not convinced by that as a summer scene. What do other people think?

If you haven't already used the coffee table task, it could go there.

Power was only out about an hour. But we are prepped for it to go out again. I'm charging my Paperwhite. That one is backlit so I can read in the dark. I need a new cord for my Fire. It will not recognize any of the Kindle cords or plugs. It will recognize and charge on a super short cord that came with some wireless earbuds. Which is odd.