Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Just checked the countdown, it's almost time to rob earn those points ;)



Europe will probably be sleeping. It will be 2 AM local time when the challenge starts but I will be cheering you on in my sleep haha

Audrey Jane wrote: "Rina wrote: "How do you transfer Kindle, Audrey Jane?"

I remembered the process more complicated but it's actually pretty simple (however it seems I'm only eligible to transfer to Amazon US, NL, D..."

It worked, thank you!!!

Rina wrote: "It worked, thank you!!!"

Haha, great ! You're welcome :D

Oh jeez, three hours to start and I didn't give any recommendations! I'm sorry! Here are a few off the top of my head (its so hard to narrow it down!)....

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2 and a half hours to go.

Going to be starting with Feral Sins and Slade

I’m very ready to start! I’ll start with . I’ve been wanting to read this since it was released. The library had it available yesterday. So I snagged it quickly! 🙂

Yoo-Hoo!!


Angua von Uberwald hopes you are doing well.
Need some recommendations, you say?
Well, here you go!

We would also love for you to drop in our team thread, when you want to take a breather!

... and I'm off!

I'm going to start with Les Misérables, Sleeping Beauties, Evernight and Dead Dead Girls

Well, I didn't get to the library today. I am not feeling well so I ended up at the doctor's office and then on to get lab work. I have the Discworld BOTM book but not the other 2 yet. I'll see how I feel tomorrow, but may have to wait until next week. I have doc/dentist appointments almost every day so we shall see. I'll take a book with me for my waiting time. Well it is time to get started here, so I am off to do some reading.

DING! Countdown's to zero! We can read! :D
I am starting off with All the Light We Cannot See in audiobook format (that's ok, right?). Physical book as yet TBD.

Yes, audios are fine! I love them myself!! Enjoy!!

Yay! I'm starting with after I fnish my 12 hours at work.

Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ wrote: "DING! Countdown's to zero! We can read! :D
I am starting off with All the Light We Cannot See in audiobook format (that's ok, right?). Physical book as yet TBD."

When you post make sure the edition you read is on your TT shelf but the page count is the default edition. This is the first one that comes up when you search the book. 😄

Book: A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
Date Read: May 1, 2021
Pages: 104 pages

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
R Tasks
1. MC is elderly - i.e., 65+ (Ebenezer Scrooge)

CW Tasks
1. Spell out CLAY- C
3. Spell out LILAC - C

W Tasks
1. MPG Holiday

D Tasks
1. Set at Christmas
2. Timepiece on cover

TA Tasks
1. Has a seasonal celebration in it
2. From Best Ending Listopia
3. Hat on cover

O Tasks
1. Book less than 200 pages

BINGO Spots
Sir Pterry's hat - hat on cover

I'm starting with The Winter of the Witch and will read The Foundling following the BOM breakdown.

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Book: Tales of Ever
Date Read: May 1
Pages: 289
BOM/Writing DQs: -

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:

Tasks
9 Features a barbarian - there is a barbarian character, Merrick
21 Romance MPG
29 Spell out EIGHT - T
119 someone makes a new friend - MC makes new friends
135 MPG Paranormal
137 MPG Fantasy
143 letters F-A-T in title
145 spell out TRUTH - T
151 (ALL) inital letters of title words spell out a word (like TOT) min 2 words
164 Young Adult MPG
225 1st person POV

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Slade by Kristen Middleton
Date Read: 5/1
Pages: 336

Tasks
21 - Romance MPG
29 - T - Talia
84 - Title
101 - Deals
111 - Chelsey
112 - Liam
113 - Aidan
133 - MPG Vampires
134 - MPG Shapeshifters
135 - MPG Paranormal
137 - MPG Fantasy
144 - Liam is a wolf-shifter
145/149 - T - Talia
173 - Chelsey
190 - Title
191 - Author FN

Hi, stopping by from Team The Luggage to beg for recommendations. Mysteries or historicals. Historical mysteries, yes please. Historical romance? Certainly, I'm here for that happily ever after. Bloody murder? Yep. Bring it on.

Throw your favorite authors and titles my way. Please and thank you.

I have a quick question.

Can the tasks be used for more than one book?

I thought I better ask before I post anymore because I don't want to be costing out team any possible points.

Cilla wrote: "I have a quick question.

Can the tasks be used for more than one book?

I thought I better ask before I post anymore because I don't want to be costing out team any possible points."

One book per task, one task per book.

I think I can read recommended by Team Cheery Middlebottom.

We need two more books recommended by other teams if anyone else wants to read for that task.

I will be reading at least 2 books from the recommendations, so this task should be covered.

Awesome!! I'm going to put your name down for two spots...

and that just leaves two more spots to go

I plan on reading a book from the recommended list.

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Virtuous by M.S. Force
Date Read: 5/1/21
Pages: 278
BOM/Participation: No
BOM/Writing DQs: No

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
1. R - 1st in a series
2. R - gown on cover - evening gown
3. CW - set in a large city - set in New York City
4. IR - MC is an actor / aspiring actor - Flynn is a movie star
5. D - Romance MPG
6. TA - black cover
7. O- MC is an educator - Natalie teaches 3 rd grade
8. O - title includes an adjective

Cilla wrote: "I plan on reading a book from the recommended list."

Nice! I'll put your name down for one.

Date Read: May 1, 2021
Pages: 104 pages

The Gold Bug Edgar Allan Poe
Date Read: May 1, 2021
Pages: 124 pages

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
W Tasks
1. MPG Horror

IR Tasks
1. Cover has something gold on it

D Tasks
1. Author passed away at least 5 years ago - Edgar Allan Poe died October 07, 1849.

Cilla wrote: "I have a quick question.

Can the tasks be used for more than one book?

I thought I better ask before I post anymore because I don't want to be costing out team any possible points."

One book per task Cilla but we have that many options for books we will always find a place to put books read 😄

I’ve claimed the last team rec spot, I’m going to be reading Grave Sight this week, for Wacky Races

Cilla wrote: "Date Read: May 1, 2021
Pages: 104 pages

The Gold Bug Edgar Allan Poe
Date Read: May 1, 2021
Pages: 124 pages

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
W Tasks
1. MP..."

Don’t forget to add a rating to your shelf 😉

I'm back from vacation folks and started reading! Best of luck to you all and enjoy your reads.

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Hard Eight Janet Evanovich
Date Read: 5/2/21
Pages: 326
BOM/Participation: No
BOM/Writing DQs: No

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
R Tasks
1. MC is inept - Stephanie, a bounty hunter, has a great deal of trouble catching the FTAs (failure to appear) she pursues and often needs help. In this book one of the FTAs escaped several times and stole her car.
2. Humor MPG
3. Spell out EIGHT – H
4. # 8 in series

IR Tasks
1. Spell out TRUTH – H

D Tasks
1. features a grandparent – Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur and Evelyn's (was abducted with her daughter) grandmother
2. title has all the letters in D-E-A-T-H
3. ALL initial letters of title words spell out a word (like TOT) min 2 Words - HE

BINGO Spots
laughing emoji - MPG Humor

Sorry, I was a bit busy the last 2 days. Reading tonight and ready to go now though!!!

Colleen wrote: "I'm back from vacation folks and started reading! Best of luck to you all and enjoy your reads."

Welcome back Colleen hope you enjoyed your vacation

Carrie wrote: "Sorry, I was a bit busy the last 2 days. Reading tonight and ready to go now though!!!"

Not to worry Carrie, RL has a habit of getting in the way 😉

Book: Nemesis by Margit Sandemo
Date Read: 3rd of May
Pages: 201

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:

125. CW - book has been translated from original language into English (translated from Norwegian)
204. CW - #7 in series
234. CW - MC has a son (Tancred is Alexander Paladin's son)
180. TA - cover has only one woman (can include men, but not multiple women) PLUS something blue (woman wearing blue dress)
190. TA - Spell out Sky - S (author: Sandemo, Margit)
224. TA - Single person on the cover
116. D - someone pretends to be someone they're not (Jessica Cross dresses up and passes as her maid)
153. D - Historical Fiction MPG
84. W - Spell out BEES - S
108. W - character has an X in their name (Alexander Paladin)

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Macbeth by Jo Nesbø
Date Read: 5/3/2021
Pages: 512

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:

D tasks:
Has character's name in the title

R tasks:
Retellings MPG

CW tasks:
1. MC is a policeman
2. Features murder
3. MPG Mystery

TA tasks:
Single person on the cover

IR tasks:
Vehicle powered by engine on cover - train on the cover

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Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Date Read: 5/3/21
Pages: 688
BOM/Participation: No
BOM/Writing DQs: No

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
1. R - Features a female fighter - MC Cordelia fights demons with her sword, Cortana
2. R - features demons / devils - the shadowhunters fight demons
3. CW - Spell out CLAY - C
4. CW - Spell out LILAC - C
5. CW - set in a large city - London

Geri wrote: "I’m very ready to start! I’ll start with . I’ve been wanting to read this since it was released. The library had it available yesterday. So I snagged it quickly! 🙂"

Oh nice!! I hope you enjoy it! I just read this last month! :D

I also started with my book yesterday (as I was on a vacation and couldn't start on Saturday already). I am now reading Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (and I'm planning on reading the entire trilogy in the next couple of months). But I'll have to see how I progress because University is piling up with work to do now -.-

Cilla wrote: "Well, I didn't get to the library today. I am not feeling well so I ended up at the doctor's office and then on to get lab work. I have the Discworld BOTM book but not the other 2 yet. I'll see how..."

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that! I hope all goes well and that you'll feel better soon!

Just Add Salt by Jinx Schwartz
Pages: 294
Date Read: 5/3

12: Humor MPG
28/149: Eight - H - Hetta Coffey
84/190: Bees - S - Author LN
111/173: Clay - C - Hetta Coffey
116: Jan pretends to be a marine biologist
123: Sea on cover
124: Set on board a boat
126: Hetta Coffey is an engineer
229: MPG Mystery
230: MPG Crime

Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright
Pages: 428
Date Read: 5/3

4: #1 Phoenix Pack
7: Moon on cover
10: Taryn is and alpha female
21: Romance MPG
81/161: Bees - B - Brock
84/190: Bees - S - Author FN
102: Taryn goes running in human from with the wolf pack
134: MPG Shapeshifters
135: MPG Paranormal
137: MPG Fantasy
144: MC's are wolf shifters
145/148: Truth - T - Taryn
167: Feral

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Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Date Read: 5/3/21
Pages: 688
BOM/Participation: No
BOM/Writing DQs: No

Possib..."

5* can't wait to read this

Yasmine wrote: "Geri wrote: "I’m very ready to start! I’ll start with . I’ve been wanting to read this since it was released. The library had it available yesterday. So I snagged ..."

This trilogy is really good, hope you enjoy it.

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Book #1

Book:
Date Read: May 3, 2021
Pages: 342 pages (default page count, I listened to audible)
BOM/Writing DQs: n/a

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
1. CW #113 - Spell Out A (Title)
2. R#158 - Spell Out K (MC - Kat) or B (MC - Bones)
3. CW#172 - Spell Out A (Title)
4. R#203 - features a murder (Kat murders several vamps)
5. TA#208 - #538 on list

Bingo
B4 - vampire fangs (vampires in story)
C8 - everyone thinks one of the MCs is dead, but it's not true!