Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Stacie wrote: "Scribd has the fourth of july one so I think I'll go that route. I just...the hot dog detective is weirding me out!"

It really is a bit.... creepy almost. And the synopsis does not speak for it!

And seeing you have a tendency to pick up books you end up rating 2 stars... if we can avoid it, best to do so! ;-)

Eldarwen wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Scribd has the fourth of july one so I think I'll go that route. I just...the hot dog detective is weirding me out!"

It really is a bit.... creepy almost. And the synopsis does not ..."

The things I do for reading challenges...

Of course the book I'm reading right now is angering me. I have issues LOL.

Hahaha :-p

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Book: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Date Read: 10th May
Rating: 3-3.5 stars

Tasks:
35 has a family relation word in the title
58 set in India, Nigeria or Los Angeles
67 focused on siblings
105 poem / song in the text
186 author is a person of colour
224 Single person on the cover
225 1st person POV
229 MPG Mystery


Plus all the spell-outs it works for, which I am now too lazy to list since these are good enough

Nanci wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "My next book is , which is set in Nigeria and probably fits a few more tasks as well."

I read that a few months ago. I thought it ..."

I did enjoy it!
Though at the same time I found it to be lacking? It was a very odd sensation.
But I liked the relation between the sisters, as unhealthy as it was. It was well depicted. And while I would have liked the ending to be different, this ending makes a lot of sense and actually fits for the characters!

Eldarwen wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "My next book is , which is set in Nigeria and probably fits a few more tasks as well."

I read that a few months ago...."

I felt the same way. Great book, the ending made sense and yet I ended the book feeling unsatisfied because I wanted a different turn out even though everything made sense.

I've added an additional BOM opportunity to the post on the front page.

In the sister group, NBRC Back Room (18+ only), the BOM is and it starts June 9.

Stacie wrote: "I've added an additional BOM opportunity to the post on the front page.

In the sister group, NBRC Back Room (18+ only), the BOM is and it starts June 9."

These are always good for some good fun!!

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Legacy by Nora Roberts
Date: 5/10
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 448

Tasks:
#21: MPG Romance
#95: Adrian's grandparents are important characters and integral to the plot
#113: Adrian Rizzo
#119: Adrian has no friends at school so she finds a table and sits with them and they all become her BFFs
#146: Rizzo, Adrian
#203: So many murders
#229: MPG Mystery

G3: Dogs play an important role in the climax of the book
H1: Adrian has her friend's help her film and produce a series of videos and DVDs using a video camera

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Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper
Date 5/10
Rating 4 Stars
Pages 299

Tasks:
21 Romance MPG
95 Dani speaks to her granddad a few times in the book
119 Dani makes new friends in new town
136 Dani is a energy witch
169 Spell out L

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Misadventures of a Biker by Scott Hildreth
Date Read: 5/11/21
Rating: 4★
Pages: 300
Tasks: 12 (Humor), 21 (Romance), 29 and 145 and 148 (Teddi), 51 (MC is a receptionist), 143 (F-A-T letters), 160 (Devin), 215 (Garlic in Loc 2147), 236 (motorbike's engine)

LaurLa wrote: "These are always good for some good fun!!"

That they are!

Besides, they better be, because the plots are often somewhat non-existent ;-)

Eldarwen wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "These are always good for some good fun!!"

That they are!

Besides, they better be, because the plots are often somewhat non-existent ;-)"

And E wins the trophy for understatement of the year! lol.

I wanted to be nice.... ;-))

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Book: Scandal Above Stairs
Page count: 316 pp
Date/Rating: 05.10 ★★★★
Works for:
Task 21: mpg romance
Task 25/29/82/83/145/148: character Elgin Thanos
Task 28/149/158/191: character Kat Halloway
Task 40: isn’t as important to him as a bit of powdered mummy in a jar. [loc 293.9]
Task 84/190: title S
Task 88: set in London
Task 111/173: character Cynthia Shires
Task 113/172: author Jennifer Ashley
Task 203: a man is killed in the pawnshop
Task 221: Kat is a cook
Task 224: single person
Task 229: mpg mystery
Bingo: D8 - meat product pie - as a cook in 1800s England, Kat fixes meat pies several times in the story

This is for Lexi!


The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend


Book: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Read: 5/9/21
Pages: 465


Tasks:
4. 1st in a series
6. cover has green, yellow, and purple
68. MC travels somewhere requiring a passport
72. Has the letters M-I-R-R-O-R in the title
99. Title has all the letters of C-O-H-E-N
100. with a character of legend --> Saint Nick
131. letters N-O-W-O-R-R-I-E-S in title
140. animal in title --> crow
210. has a seasonal celebration in it --> Christmas

Okay, so GoodReads is being stupid right now. If you are having trouble posting right now, here's a tip.

Type something like xx in a post, hit post. Then edit your post with what you actually want to say and re-post. With Lexi's above post, I posted two xx's. Then I edited, posted all the stuff except the book link and hit post. Then I edited again to post the book links. I am not sure you need to do all that but you definitely need to post something without links or any html first and then go back and edit.

The Hero and the Hacktivist by Pippa Grant

Date: 5/11
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 282

Tasks:
#12: MPG Humor
#20: Parker and Knox get married
#21: MPG Romance
#25: Eloise
#36: focused on a large group of friends and their siblings
#48: Military Fiction
#80: Title in X and Y
#118: HEro AnD The...
#184: MPG War
#209: Is Hacktivist a job title?

Thanks, Stacie! I will try that in the future. I assumed it was my home network because the submit just kept hanging.

Nah, it's just Goodreads being a pain...

There always has to be something *sigh*

Lexi wrote: "Thanks, Stacie! I will try that in the future. I assumed it was my home network because the submit just kept hanging."

No problem!! Hopefully they fix it soon. Otherwise, we need to just make our own platform. I keep threatening to leave but all my friends are here.

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Book: Lacybourne Manor
Page count: 504 pp
Date/Rating: 05.11 ★★★★
Works for:
Task 21: mpg romance
Task 27/84/190: character Sibyl Godwin
Task 29: character Tamara Adams
Task 32: the killers from the murder in the past are raised as ghosts to kill the MCs in the present
Task 81/161: character Beatrice Godwin
Task 112/169/171: title L
Task 113/158/172/191: author Kristen Ashley
Task 136: mpg witches
Task 137: mpg fantasy
Task 203: MCs' ancestors are murdered in the past which is the catalyst for the MCs to be reincarnated in the present, they have to prevent that murder in the past
Bingo: lilac flower - there are flowers on the cover

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Baiting the Maid of Honor by Tessa Bailey
Date Read: 5/12/21
Rating: 3★
Pages: 127
Tasks: 21 (Romance mpg), 22 (MORT letters in title), 29 and 145 and 148 (author), 45 (MC is SWAT), 73 (127 pgs), 81 and 161 (title), 112 and 169 and 171 (Reed Lawson), 118 (DEATH letters in title), 143 (letters FAT in title), 233 (brown cover)

Anchored Hearts: An Entertaining Latinx Second Chance Romance by Priscilla Oliveras
Date: 5/12
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 352

Tasks:
#21: MPG Romance
#41: Yellow cover
#99: aNCHOrEd
#101: Hearts --> Earths
#113: Annamaria Navarro
#118: AncHorED HearTs
#151: AH = Ah (link to word in dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...)
#186: author is Latinx

A5: birds on cover (feathers)
E3: flowers on cover
H1: Alejandro is a photographer

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

Of c..."

Thanks, Nanci :)

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Book: The Year of Fog
Date Read: 5/04
Rating: 3 stars"


Can you put this on your TT shelf, please?

Thanks!"

I'm so sorry I just now saw this. I added it to my shelf and will try to add all my books in the future.

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Book: What the Hell Did I Just Read
Date Read: 5/07
Rating: 4 stars

Tasks:
#12 MPG Humor
#46 Flames on Cover
#64 Skull on Cover
#107 Character dresses in costume - Amy dresses as Ulala (a Space Girl)
#108 Character has an X in their name - Sax Cocksman
#118 Title has all the letters in D-E-A-T-H
#135 MPG Paranormal
#137 MPG Fantasy
#138 MPG Horror
#160 Spell out KIDBY - D (Author's FN - David)
#223 Black Cover
#224 Single person on Cover
#240 "Moist" in text - "John thrusted his staff into the moist -" pg. 58
#241 Last book in a completed series

Eldarwen wrote: "Dumplin' DQs are ours! :-D

For Equal Rites, we have not been lucky. But it's nice that we get one set for this month :-) A few extra points!"

That's fantastic!

I just finished this book which I'm about to post all the tasks for but I'm wondering. Is that cut up sausage on the cover going in to the pot? I mean they made a lot of Creole food and the other stuff is lobster and corn so I think it might be but I also think I might just not want to read the hot dog book I found haha.

Eldarwen, what do you think?

Love's Recipe by Mila Nicks
Date: 5/12
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 250

Tasks:
Task #21: MPG Romance
Task #112: Title
Task #147: Rosalie Underwood

Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning
Date: 5/12
Pages: 436 pgs

Tasks:
Task #21: MPG Romance
Task #30: Number 8 in series
Task #81: Spell it out -- Character: Barrons
Task #88: Set in a large city -- Dublin
Task #146: Spell it out -- Character: Ryoden

Stacie wrote: "I just finished this book which I'm about to post all the tasks for but I'm wondering. Is that cut up sausage on the cover going in to the pot? I mean they made a lot of Creole food and the other s..."

Hmm... nah, I don't think that looks like a sausage. The inside makes it look like a fruit or vegetable rather than a meaty thing.

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Title: The Four Winds
Author: Kristin Hannah
Pages: 464
Date read: 5/12
Task: Gold on cover

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Book: Still Water by Ruthie Luhnow
Date Read: 5/08
Rating: 4 stars

Tasks:
#4 - 1st in a Series (The Boys of Bellamy #1)
#15 - Same length title (Still =water =5 letters)
#21 - MPG Romance (16 users)
#84/190 - Title starts with S
#86 - River on cover
#108 - Character has an X in their name (Max Hartmann)
#119 - New friend (Finn makes a new friend, Jamie)
#217 - MPG Sports (26 users)
#220 - Set in an University (Bellamy University)

Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith
Date: 5/13
Rating: 2 stars
Pages: 400

Tasks:
#5: she has a camera around her neck
#16: Chris is a transgender male
#21: MPG Romance
#102: Chris is good at running, used to run track and set records
#111: Chris
#164: MPG Young Adult
#168: won the Whippoorwill Award in 2020

Eldarwen wrote: "Stacie wrote: "I just finished this book which I'm about to post all the tasks for but I'm wondering. Is that cut up sausage on the cover going in to the pot? I mean they made a lot of Creole food and the other s..."

Hmm... nah, I don't think that looks like a sausage. The inside makes it look like a fruit or vegetable rather than a meaty thing."

I hate to agree... I'd say they were potatoes :-(

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Book: Twice Tempted
Page count: 389 pp
Date/Rating: 05.12 ★★★★
Works for:
Task 20: Leila and Vlad are married in the story
Task 21: mpg romance
Task 27/160: character Gretchen Dalton
Task 28/149: character Hugh Dalton
Task 29/145/148: Title T
Task 68: Leila and Vlad travel back and forth from US and Romania
Task 133: mpg vampires
Task 137: mpg fantasy
Task 141: Twice in title
Task 157: technically Vlad is 500+ years old...
Tasl 169/171: character Leila Dalton
Task 203: Dawn and the pawnbroker are killed in the murder attempt of Leila at the carnival
Task 224: single person

Bingo:
B4 - vampire fangs - vampire book
C8 - "I aten't dead" - Leila literally dies 3 times in the book and is revived medically two times and as a vampire the 3rd time.

LaurLa! You read fantasy! And you liked it :-D

Vlad's stories are awesome :-)

I just started the last book in Ian's trilogy hehe.

LaurLa wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Stacie wrote: "I just finished this book which I'm about to post all the tasks for but I'm wondering. Is that cut up sausage on the cover going in to the pot? I mean they made a lo..."

It's okay, I'm brave, I can read this hot dog book. Goodness knows I've read worse things I'm sure!

is there no defenestration task this time around?

I'm appalled.

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We Have Till Dawn by Cara Dee
Date Read: 5/14/21
Rating: 4★
Pages: 206
Tasks: 21 (Romance mpg), 88 (set in NYC), 103 (musician MC), 111 (author), 118 (letters DEATH), 160 (author’s surname), 166 (music teacher MC), 173 (author’s name), 181 (Mental health mpg), 185 (MC has Asperger’s), 226 (dawn= time of day)
Bingo: G4 (musician MC)

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Book: Your Voice Is All I Hear by Leah Scheier
Date Read: 5/14
Rating: 5 stars

MCs: April Wesley & Jonah Golden

Tasks:
#114/162/192 - Title stars with Y
#164 - Young Adult MPG (80 users)
#180 - Cover has only 1 woman + something blue (a jacket)
#181 - Mental Health MPG (52 users)
#224 - Single person on cover

Eldarwen wrote: "LaurLa! You read fantasy! And you liked it :-D

Vlad's stories are awesome :-)

I just started the last book in Ian's trilogy hehe."


I like paranormal fantasy... it's high fantasy (or similar) that takes me longer to warm to... Or it might be more accurate to say I like paranormal romance, urban fantasy romance, fantasy romance... whatever it says about me I need that romance kick :-)

Tati wrote: "is there no defenestration task this time around?

I'm appalled."

I was surprised but I did find it for the Inside Out challenge and was proud. It's the morris dancing one I'm never sure how to find.

Tati wrote: "is there no defenestration task this time around?

I'm appalled."

Well, we can't have all of those all the time now, can we? ;-)

And as Stacie said, there IS the morris dancing one... hehe.

what IS morris dancing anyway... I suppose I should go google it or something...

Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers.

Stacie wrote: "Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell ..."

Yep - found this same wiki descriptions :-) then spent the next 10 minutes watching youtube videos.

It's like a mix of clog dancing, stomping and square dancing!

I figured you would but in case anyone else was curious, I thought I'd copy/paste.

I don't think I have any books that would have it in there though...