Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Eldarwen wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Another way to say lesbian :)"

Well I learnt something new today."

Apparently that's what the preferred term seems to be, at least from TikTok among the Book community. I've heard that and wlw (women loving women). I don't know what brought about the shift but I found it interesting and common enough that I changed my terminology.

Stacie wrote: "Another way to say lesbian :)"

I've never heard that one before. Thanks :)

Nanci wrote: "Question for Vicki...how did you make your link go directly to your message? I'd love to be able to do that! I only know to copy the page link. TIA!"

Hey, Nancy, I am so sorry I didn't see this message. It took me forever to learn to do that! Did you figure it out? I'm glad someone else responded. Planning for our short vacay, our fridge and freezer of our side-by-side, watching two of my grandkids two days ALL DAY (ugh...tiring!), a granddaughter in a car wreck that totaled her car...I came on here and did my thing and off again. Thankfully we finally were able to find the fridge we wanted yesterday but they had to order it (at first she said June 6) and it'll be here next week on Tuesday. They have to do their thing to get it in inventory and they'll call us within 3 days and then we can set up and appointment. Living in 3 different ice chests is only fun if you're camping. LOL

So my reading has been super slow for me but I already knew that would be the case this week and the 16th thru 25th or 26th. I'm glad I've been able to stay on top of the DQ's and I'm also reading which is 369 pages but I'm only 28% done. At least I'm reading. LOL

Captains, I have a question. I posted a couple things for the BINGO but noticed neither was used, so I simply wanted to know if I did it wrong or the reason why not. Perhaps because you used it for -Faust Eric (?) and I'm curious what that is...a character from Discworld? Just trying to figure out the challenge a wee bit better. Thanks :)

Also, when I am finished with the DQ book do I post it in this thread or does it only count for the DQ's?

Vicki wrote: "Captains, I have a question. I posted a couple things for the BINGO but noticed neither was used, so I simply wanted to know if I did it wrong or the reason why not. Perhaps because you used it for..."

We're trying to fill in the harder options first so Eldarwen may have found something it worked for that might have been harder to fill than a BINGO spot since the BINGO spots are bit more open to interpretation than the task.

You would also post your completion with what it works for here once you are done with the daily questions. We get points for the DQs as well as you reading it and whatever task it might work for. The DQ points are a bonus :)

Thanks, Stacie ;) I figured that's what happened but I wasn't 100% if maybe I had done something wrong. I only had to do 3 DQ's which I finished so I'll probably finish it. I am really enjoying it!

One more question: who is -Faust-Eric that my book was used for? Just curious since I've never heard of him.

Vicki wrote: "Thanks, Stacie ;) I figured that's what happened but I wasn't 100% if maybe I had done something wrong. I only had to do 3 DQ's which I finished so I'll probably finish it. I am really enjoying it!..."


This will answer your question better than I can. All of the tasks are related to the books in the series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_(n...

THE TURTLES HAVE ARRIVED!


Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne
Date Read: 05.05
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 354

Tasks:

#78 - turtles on the cover
#6 - purple, green and yellow on the cover
#12 - Humor MPG
#21 - Romance MPG
#22 - all the letters of MORT in the title
#180 - woman wearing a blue shirt on the cover
#190 - S
#225 - 1st person POV

MCs. Ruthie Midona and Teddy Prescott

Tati wrote: "THE TURTLES HAVE ARRIVED!


Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne
Date Read: 05.05
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 354


Tasks:
..."


All hail the turtles!!! How are you going to follow up this monumental occasion??

I... I have absolutely no idea...

The turtles have consumed me so much that I'm now wondering what it's the meaning of life? LOL

I'm looking to hide away in a turtle sanctuary, in case anyone knows of any? LOL

Tati wrote: "I... I have absolutely no idea...

The turtles have consumed me so much that I'm now wondering what it's the meaning of life? LOL

I'm looking to hide away in a turtle sanctuary, in case anyone kno..."

Clearly your job is to read nothing but turtle books now... hahahahahha

Tati wrote: "I... I have absolutely no idea...

The turtles have consumed me so much that I'm now wondering what it's the meaning of life? LOL

I'm looking to hide away in a turtle sanctuary, in case anyone kno..."



The answer to that is 42.

Vicki wrote: "Thanks, Stacie ;) I figured that's what happened but I wasn't 100% if maybe I had done something wrong. I only had to do 3 DQ's which I finished so I'll probably finish it. I am really enjoying it!..."

Depending on the book, DQs can be a lot of fun!

Tati wrote: "THE TURTLES HAVE ARRIVED!


Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne
Date Read: 05.05
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 354"



Can you add this to your TT shelf, please?

Thanks!

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The Art of Taking It Easy: How to Cope with Bears, Traffic, and the Rest of Life's Stressors by Brian King
Date Read: 5/5
Pages: 256
Rating: 4 stars

Tasks:
#12 (12 users)
#24 (it has lots of footnotes, as it is nonfiction)
#29 (spellout letter T) Title starts with "The"
#81 (spellout letter B) AFN: Brian
#113 (spellout letter A) Title starts with "Art"
#140 (Bears in the subtitle)
#143 (Letters FAT in title) The ArT oF...
#145 (spellout letter T) Title startw with "The"
#158 (spellout letter K) ALN: King
#161 (spellout letter B) AFN: Brian
#172 (spellout letter A) Title starts with "Art"
#181 (Mental Health MGP 2 users)
#191 (spellout letter K) ALN: King
#222 (MPG Nonfiction 53 users)
Bingo-
G6-Footnotes- lots of footnotes in the book
B6- laughing emoji (written by a stand up comedian and lots of humor in book

Eldarwen wrote: "Tati wrote: "THE TURTLES HAVE ARRIVED!


Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne
Date Read: 05.05
Rating: 4 stars
Pages:..."

Done! Got so distracted by turtles that I forgot

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Book: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
Date Read: May 5th
Rating: 4 stars

Tasks:
#4 First in Series
#21 Romance
#119 Someone makes a new friend
#134 Shapeshifters
#135 Paranormal
#140 Animal in title
#203 Features a murder

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Book: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: May 5th
Rating: 4 stars

Tasks:
10,21,84,113 (Character named Alina),116,137,164,190

Ok listed my first 2 completed books. Hopefully I did the tasks correctly. Please let me know if something isn't correct. Off to find my next read.

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The Lost Orphanby Stacey Halls
Date read: 5/5/21
Pages: 352
Rating: 4 stars

BOM- I answered the discussion questions for Days 1, 2. and 3
Tasks:
#20 (Bess and Lyle get married)
#28 (spellout letter H) ALN: Halls
#29 (spellout letter T) Title: "The"
#84 (spellout letter S) AFN: Stacey
#88 (set in London)
#97 (MPG Historical)
#112 (spellout letter L) Title: "Lost"
#116 (MC, Bess goes by name Eliza and pretends she is not Charlotte's mom)
#145 and #148 (spellout T) Title: "The"
#149 (spellout letter H) ALN: Halls
#151 (letters in title spell out LOT)-if we're allowed to take them out of order?
#153 (MPG Historical Fiction 426 users)
#155 (Charlotte used a horse attached to carriage to get to church)
#167 (Lost is an adjective in the title)
#169 and #171 (spellout letter L) Title: "Lost"
#190 (spellout letter S) AFN: Stacey
#224 (Single girl on cover)
BINGO
A4- Nancy the neighbor in the story makes brooms

Question:
On the spreadsheet under the "Books" tab where our completed books are listed, what does the last column "Used" refer to? For example for my book, "Turn of the Key" it says "Thud" in the Used column. Just curious!

Oh, ignore my question. I looked at it further and see it refers to the sub-category where the task is located.

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Completion Post

Book: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
Date Read: May 5th
Rating: 4 stars"


Can you add a read date for this, please?
It only says added but not read on 5th May.
Thanks!

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Ok listed my first 2 completed books. Hopefully I did the tasks correctly. Please let me know if something isn't correct. Off to find my next read."

For the tasks that aren't exactly clear from the book page on GR (such as someone making a new friend), a little explanation might help.

Otherwise, all good :-)

(Though I prefer full names of characters for spell-outs if they aren't obvious from the book page, but that's me hehe. I'm a little anal with these things ;-))

Nanci wrote: "Oh, ignore my question. I looked at it further and see it refers to the sub-category where the task is located."

;-))

Good catch, E, on task #49 for The Lost Orphan! I missed the obvious!

I have just started , which works for task 211 "cover has something gold or silver on it". The font on the cover is gold. I don't know if that's hard to find, but just wanted to let you know.

It is so good already! Has anyone on the team read it yet?

Nanci wrote: "Good catch, E, on task #49 for The Lost Orphan! I missed the obvious!

I have just started , which works for task 211 "cover has something gold or silver on it". ..."

I have! It was a nice read!

Tati wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Good catch, E, on task #49 for The Lost Orphan! I missed the obvious!

I have just started , which works for task 211 "cover has something gold or s..."

Good to know! My cousin raved about it and she and I usually like the same books.

Fire in His Kiss by Ruby Dixon
Date Read: 5/5
Page number: 422

Tasks
#21: Romance MPG
#25: Spell it Out -- Character: Emma
#29 Spell it Out -- Character: Tate
#46: Flames on Cover
#84: Spell it out -- Character: Sasha
#137: MPG Fantasy
#160: Spell it Out -- Character Drakh

Bingo:
3C: MC is a dragon shifter

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Date Read: 5/6
Page number: 176

Tasks
#25: Spell it Out -- Title: Exit
#73: Book less than 200 pages
#109: Features Robot/Bot/AI -- Murderbot!!
#116: Someone Pretends to be Someone they are not: Murderbot pretends to be human

#29 Spell it Out -- Character: Tate
#46: Flames on Cover
#84: Spell it out -- Character: Sasha
#137: MPG Fantasy
#160: Spell it Out -- Character Drakh

Bingo:
3C: MC is a dragon shifter

Nanci wrote: "Good catch, E, on task #49 for The Lost Orphan! I missed the obvious!

I have just started , which works for task 211 "cover has something gold or silver on it". ..."

Haha, it was the one I had my eye on for the book ever since it was announced and realised with surprise that there were two titles. I still don't know why actually?!

One UK and one US?


Oh that cover is a nice one! I'll write you down for that task because while it isn't strictly speaking all that difficult to find, it is difficult to find a cover where on the GR picture you can actually see that the cover is gold. :-)

Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
Date: 5/6
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 352

Works for:
Task #23: Ruby King is one of the main characters and is in the book title
Task #88: set in Chicago, Illinois
Task #112: Layla Potter
Task #186: author is a person of color
Task #203: Alice King is murdered
Task #225: I think this works. There are five points of view but all told in 1st person
Task #229: MPG Mystery
Bingo #B1: it made me want to scream with all the POVs and the content and the slowness

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Starless by Kathryn Le Veque
Date Read: 5/6/21
Rating: 4★
Tasks: 10 (MC is a female knight), 21 (Romance), 52 (MC obeys the king), 84 and 192 (title), 113 and 172 (MC Achilles), 153 (Historical Fiction), 155 (horses as transportation),
Bingo: C6 (MCs ride horses)

Eldarwen wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Completion Post


Book:Redemption
Page Count: 416
Date/Rating: 5/03/21 ★★★★★

Can you add this to your TT shelf, please?

Thanks!"

I'm sorry. I inadvertantly had duplicates of this book. That happens to me so often but I don't know until something doesn't show up correctly. I've fixed it.

Eldarwen wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Good catch, E, on task #49 for The Lost Orphan! I missed the obvious!

I have just started , which works for task 211 "cover has something gold or s..."

Haha! I know just what you mean about seeing colors on GR!
I'll not some other tasks also, in case it needs to be moved later from the gold task. It is a beautiful cover!

Sorry for the delay and radio silence. It has been a crazy week!

Book cover:
Book: Title + Author: On a Pale Horse, Piers Anthony
Date Read: May 5, 2021

Tasks:
* 4: First in a series
* 6: Cover has green, yellow, or purple on it (Yellow in this case)
* 32: Features a ghost (Molly Malone - Death's guide)
* 41: Yellow cover
* 50: Features demons/devils (Satan is a character)
* 64: skull on cover
* 89: cityscape on cover
* 93: with a character representing Death (Zane (MC) is Death)
* 155: character uses a horse as a mode of transportation (Mortis the horse which shapeshifts sometimes)
* 243: fossil/skeleton on cover

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Book: Falling for My Enemy
Page count: 375 pp
Date/Rating: 05.05 ★★★★
Works for:
Task 12: mpg humor
Task 21: romance mpg
Task 28: character Hazel Kiegen
Task 88: set in Seattle WA
Task 111/158/173/191: author Claire Kingsley
Task 127: there is a drawing of a martini
Task 221: Hazel bakes when she is stressed
Task 225: told in 1st person alternating POV
Bingo - blackboard being erased: Corbin is a math genius - blackboard has lots of math equations on it

Settling the Score by R.S. Grey
Date: 5/6
Rating: 2 stars
Pages 406

Tasks:
#4: #1 in a series
#12: MPG Humor
#21: MPG Romance
#27: Georgie Archibald
#54: 75% of the book is set in Rio in Brazil
#102: MC is a soccer player so she's good at running
#113: Archibald, Freddie
#119: Andie makes a new friend in Georgie and Freddie
#175: one man on cover plus blue blob/text
#217: MPG Sports

B6: MPG Humor
H1: Andie gets her picture taken a lot because she's at the Olympics for the first time. So does Freddie because he's an amazing swimmer and royalty.

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Book: The Lost Orphan by Stacey Halls
Date read: 5/05/21
Pages: 352
Rating: 5 stars

BOM- I answered the discussion questions for Days 1, 2. 3, abd 4
Tasks:
#20 Bess and Lyle get married
#28 Spellout letter H (ALN: Halls)
#29 Spellout letter T (Title: "The")
#84 Spellout letter S (AFN: Stacey)
#88 Set in London
#97 MPG Historical > Historical fiction
#112 Spellout letter L (Title: "Lost")
#116 MC Elizabeth (Bess) goes by Eilza and doen't divulge who she really is when getting a job as nursemaid
#145 and #148 Spellout T (Title: "The")
#149 Spellout letter H (ALN: Halls)
#151 Letters in title spell out LOT The LostOrphan
#153 MPG Historical Fiction
#155 Charlotte used a horse attached to carriage to get to church
#167 Lost is an adjective
#169 and #171 Spellout letter L (Title: "Lost")
#190 Spellout letter S (Author's FN: Stacey)
#224 (Single girl on cover)

BINGO
A3 Bess buys clothing for Clara (Charlotte) and saves them in a trunk for when she "collects" her.

*NOTE: The "official" page count for the BOM is 400, so I'm not sure if, in this post, I put 352 or 400.

Nanci wrote: "Completion Post


The Lost Orphanby Stacey Halls
Date read: 5/5/21
Pages: 352
Rating: 4 stars

BOM- I answered the discussion q..."

Nanci, since you'd already done this and it's the same book I read, I hope you don't mind that I copied this one and just switched it up a wee bit.

Eldarwen wrote: "Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Completion Post

Book: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
Date Read: May 5th
Rating: 4 stars"


Can you add a read date f..."
Think I fixed it.

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Completion Post

Book: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
Date Read: May 5th
Rating: 4 stars"


Can you ..."


You've now got 2 on your read shelf haha. One with date and one without. The one without is the one that is also on your TT shelf.

Sometimes GR can be really annoying with these things, randomly adding a new book when all you wanted was a date.

Lexi wrote: "Sorry for the delay and radio silence. It has been a crazy week!

Book cover:
Book: Title + Author: On a Pale Horse, Piers Anthony"


Glad it isn't just me with the crazy week. I'm just glad it's Friday today!


Also, can you please put the book on your TT shelf?

Thanks!

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Book: Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Date Read: 6th May
Rating: 4 stars

Tasks:
4 1st in a series
21 Romance MPG
67 focused on siblings
77 Features a superstitious character : Cam is superstitious
180 cover has only one woman (can include men, but not multiple women) PLUS something blue
194 recommendation from diff team: Michelle from Team Luggage
219 gown on cover
224 Single person on the cover
226 Time of day in title (midnight, morning, noon, etc)

My next book is , which is set in Nigeria and probably fits a few more tasks as well.

I will be reading The Mummy Case which is set in Egypt :-) It will be this month, sometime...

I added my book to my shelf.

I am going to be offline all weekend. I am going camping. I will still be reading though so hopefully I will have an update when I get back

Lexi wrote: "I added my book to my shelf.

I am going to be offline all weekend. I am going camping. I will still be reading though so hopefully I will have an update when I get back"

Have fun! :-)

I was giving the all clear to be a troublemaker... so...

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Our Star-Crossed Kiss by Piper Rayne
Date Read: 5/7/21
Rating: 3★
Tasks: 12 (Humor), 21 (Romance), 15 and 82 and 83 (MC Evan), 84 and 190 (MC Seth), 88 (set in NYC), 113 and 172 (MC last name Andrews), 167 (Star-crossed), 180 (1 woman & blue jeans), 221 (MC is a baker)
Bingo: H8 – cheeseboard (MC works making cream cheese in a bagel shop)