Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Hubby does not want to drive to TX when we're in OK next year but since I will be driving the Company paid rental car, I'll kidnap him if I have to in order to knock out those 2 states on the Company's dime.

Mary C wrote: "Hubby does not want to drive to TX when we're in OK next year but since I will be driving the Company paid rental car, I'll kidnap him if I have to in order to knock out those 2 states on the Compa..."
Good plan.
Maybe there will be an adventure there!

Okay, I found a really painful Avengers book in with my husband's comics that's between 100-125 pages....Even he won't read it.... I can do it...

Mary C wrote: "It doesn't seem to be in my financial destiny to travel the rest of the world much so I might as well try and get all of the US.

I have kayaked all over New England. There's section of the CT riv..."

Nice. We took a cross country road trip when my kids were little - some of my favorite memories are from that trip. I don't think we hit Oklahoma though. I think you're supposed to eat steak there?

Have you read books from the different states? I have seen that as a challenge before, and I've thought that was a good way to see things too - through books and all.

Just not as tasty as traveling around and sampling things as you go :)

Nanci wrote: "Mary, 42 states in 52 years...you're doing good! We went cycling through my last 2 contiguous states (Mississippi, and Louisiana) in the fall. Our very last state will be Alaska. We were going to g..."

How was biking through Mississippi and Louisiana? I've never been there. There is a southern literary book tour that goes through Mississippi and Alabama that I'd like to do some time. I've never been to Alabama either.

I'm such a northerner, I'm afraid I'd spontaneously combust in the heat.

Melissa,
We biked on the Natchez Trace Trail in Mississippi. We also biked around Laurel, Miss. We both enjoy the TV show Hometown on HGTV and biking there was wonderful. In Louisiana we biked around New Orleans area. This was in October, so we did not burst into flames! The literary book tour sounds awesome! I'm currently doing the challenge to read a book from every state, which is a fun way to experience the states.

Mary, we lived in Hanover, NH very near to the Connecticut River. We also could kayak or ride bikes in one day in both New Hampshire and Vermont. Wonderful that you had the opportunity to live in many different states.

Covid really put a dampener on our overseas travel, but also encouraged us to travel extensively in the US. We rented a small RV and drove out west to visit many of the national parks. One of my favorite all time trips and fairly reasonable in price. We both worked hard and pinched pennies, so we would be able to travel in retirement. It's one of our favorite things to do!

Melissa wrote: "Okay, I found a really painful Avengers book in with my husband's comics that's between 100-125 pages....Even he won't read it.... I can do it..."

No need to lol

I'm re-reading Rolling in the Deep for the mermaid one. Has mermaid on the text, has 123pages and is spent in a boat, so we can do 3 tasks.

Unless you really want to read that book :p

Back to book conversation...I just have the Epilogue left in my book, so I'll finish it in the AM and add to the SS.

I've been busy with kitten stuff the past few days as the two little ones are ready to be weaned and litter trained. They are also getting good at climbing things so I've been a climbing frame and a pillow, but I'm not complaining. One of them has been pretty sick and is having a hard time feeding from mama cat so I've been bottle feeding him for a good few days. I've learnt so much from having all these kittens.
It has meant that I haven't got as far as I would have liked in some of my books, but I will try and finish Catch-22 later today. I'm currently pinned to the sofa with tiny bodies so I will take the opportunity to read some of that Wildfire BOM book. I doubt I will finish it, but it depends on how long this fluffy babies sleep for.

Nanci, wait until 4:00 pm! That’s the official time the mini starts :)

Oh gosh, Melissa! Good to know! Thanks!

I have done the 50 states book challenges a few times.

Nanci wrote: "Laurie, the summer reading challenges are so important at the library. I love taking our grands to the library! Our one grandson, who is now 9, is my dedicated library buddy, which is so much fun. All 6 of them love books, but he's the real book lover. He asked me to get him a book light when he was 7, so he could read in bed just like NanNan. (That's me.) Be still my beating heart!"

I love it! ^_^

Keely,
Your kittens sound adorable! I'd like to spend a few hours with them, but of course with long sleeves and long pants, Their little nails are a tad ouchy. They grow up so fast. Enjoy these few months!

Nanci wrote: "Keely,
Your kittens sound adorable! I'd like to spend a few hours with them, but of course with long sleeves and long pants, Their little nails are a tad ouchy. They grow up so fast. Enjoy these fe..."

The temperature is pretty mild here in Norway so you could get away with the long clothes. I'd even go as far as recommend it. Their tiny claws are definitely ouchy especially when they are climbing up me or think I have milk. They really are growing up quick, just a week or so ago they could barely walk and now they are running after me. They are a month old now so I'm not sure how much longer we will have them. Should be at least 2 more weeks but hopefully a bit longer.

I'm close to finishing Catch-22. I forgot how late the challenges start with my location, but it has been useful because it's given me a chance to work on the book. I should finish it within the next 2 hours. I'll list all the tasks it will work for on the SS.

Keely wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Keely,
Your kittens sound adorable! I'd like to spend a few hours with them, but of course with long sleeves and long pants, Their little nails are a tad ouchy. They grow up so fast. ..."

For most of Europe, it's at 10pm. For Portugal and UK it's at 9pm.

In roughly 3 mins, all the books finished will count towards the mini :)

Yeah, I checked to make sure before I rushed to finish anything. I also just finished Catch-22 and everything it can work for is now on the SS.

Almost done adding all the books I finished today :D

I still have a few days on The Girl in the Mist so if we want to use Keely's book for some of the boar tasks to get it done sooner, I can save mine for later.

Question for the group/captains. I'm going to finish tomorrow morning. I was going to put in the space for 100-125 p, but does it work for "brown cover"? I'm not sure which would be better?

I would say yes for brown cover.

Woah! My books look positively boring compared to Getting Down!

Stacey wrote: "I still have a few days on The Girl in the Mist so if we want to use Keely's book for some of the boar tasks to get it done sooner, I can save mine for later."

Catch-22 also covers two tasks for the Chimera so it could be worth saving in case we get that. It depends how desperate we are to complete the Boar quickly. I don't mind either way, I'm just throwing the idea out there.

I held off finishing some books so they can be banked or used for the mini. So tonight and tomorrow I’ll be getting those finished

Stacey wrote: "Question for the group/captains. I'm going to finish tomorrow morning. I was going to put in the space for 100-125 p, but does it work for "brown cover"? I'm not s..."

Nanci is right. Brown cover :p I hate having to find brown covers..

I updated the spreadsheet with the books I finished last night and today. (after the start time which was 4pm my time). Mini challenge options are noted on main spreadsheet.

Melissa wrote: "Woah! My books look positively boring compared to Getting Down!"

LOL, I tend to choose my books by their covers. ;)

I finished this am, I'll put it in the brown cover spot.

No page count

Witch Mate?
290 pages Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Witch-Mate-shi...

Maddy wrote: "No page count

Witch Mate?
290 pages Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Witch-Mate-shi......"

Done! May take up to 15 minutes to show up though.

Thank you :)

Laurie, would you add a page count to this, too, please?

GERMAINE: REQUIEM OF A SOUL/The True Story of Cinderella

No info on publisher's page or Amazon, but there are 263 pages.: https://www.ourladystears.com/product...

Maria Jo wrote: "Laurie, would you add a page count to this, too, please?

GERMAINE: REQUIEM OF A SOUL/The True Story of Cinderella

No info on publisher's page or Amazon, but there are 263 pages.: ..."

No problem - done!

Laurie B wrote: "No problem - done!"

Thank you!

i switched a couple of books around and we vanquished the boar!!!

Our new monster:

Minotaur



The Minotaur has been seen on your lands, frolicking through fields and enjoying freedom for the first time. If you manage to defeat him, you will spend the rest of your life wondering how you survived. Don't forget some rope!


To vanquish this monster you must:
1.) Read a book 800 pages or longer.
2.) Read a book where the MC gets lost.
3.) Read a book with a map in it.
4.) character described as "bull-headed" or "hard-headed".
5.) Read a book with a Goodreads rating of 4.0 or higher.

I still have a lot to check on the spreadsheet, but i have to leave the house soon and i won't be back until dinner, so it will have to wait until later today :|

My current book It fits at least three of those tasks for the Minotaur. But as it is such a long book, it will still take me a good couple of days to finish it. I'm listening to it as an audiobook and even with a faster speed it will still take me about 20 hours of listening to finish it.
I've added it to the monsters sheet, but of course if people finish books that cover the tasks before I do then feel free to swap it out.
Also, if someone is able to look up if a character is described as "bull-headed" or "hard-headed" if they happen to have an ebook version of the book. I'm trying to listen out for the description, but might miss it. There are so many characters in the book, one of them may be described at one of those.

Keely wrote: "My current book It fits at least three of those tasks for the Minotaur. But as it is such a long book, it will still take me a good couple of days to finish it. I'm listening to it as..."

i have it on google play books. I've been wanting to read it for a while now, but i usually procrastinate cause it's so big xD
I did a quick search and no luck :(

Eni wrote: "i switched a couple of books around and we vanquished the boar!!!

Our new monster:

Minotaur

Hooray! Way to get our monster!

The Minotaur has been seen on your lands, frolicking through fields and enjoying freedom for the fir..."

I finished The Broken Girls on June 15. Right now it's in place for T13 for Harpies. It also fits T23 for Sphinx, as the MC was trying to solve the murder of her sister. If you want to move it, Eni, that would complete another monster.

My husband keeps urging me to read It but I have problems with books where kids are the victim. I end up not being able to sleep.

That rope on cover one could be tricky. There probably isn't a list for "rope on cover". Maybe a western with a horse? I'll look at some Western romances.

In the meantime, I'm going to read the book I have that works for thief. There's a good chance of royal character and chase for that book.

I finished the BOM Witch's Heart and once there's been enough daily questions to answer, I do a post with links to my answers.

My Book, A Kiss to Revive Me a character is described as Pigheaded - would that count for character described as "bull-headed" or "hard-headed"?

I have it in for Harpies T1 right now...

Eni wrote: "Keely wrote: "My current book It fits at least three of those tasks for the Minotaur. But as it is such a long book, it will still take me a good couple of days to finish it. I'm list..."

That's a shame. Thank you for looking though, it was worth a shot.

I'm looking for books with a rope on the cover. So far I have found which has ropes from a ship visible. I've read it before, but I could re-read it pretty quick as it is pretty short. It is also on Audible plus if anyone else is subscribed and was interested.
I'm going to keep looking and see if I can find anything else.

So I have found on Audible plus. It's 5 and a half hours long, but as I listen to things at a faster speed it would take me less than that. It doesn't seem like it will be a very cheerful book at all, but I like a bit of history so I would be willing to listen to it.

It is very late where I am so I won't start it tonight, but unless anyone else finds something suitable before I wake up, I will listen to it tomorrow.

Melissa wrote: "Keli wrote: "I'm reading Definitely Dead which hasca cat shifter on the cover. I can hold off finishing it until after the mini quiz starts"

That looks like fun!
Is it?"

It's great fun. I really like Sookie Stackhouse now. The first two books were just ok for me. Not sure if that was due to watching True Blood or a new to me series and author thing. But by book three I was hooked.
Sorry it took me so long to reply but I came down with a cold at the weekend, and though it's still lingering, I've only started to feel better in the last couple of days. I slept for three days straight. Ugh, it's been so long since I've been ill with a bug, it was a real shock to the system.

Keely wrote: "So I have found on Audible plus. It's 5 and a half hours long, but as I listen to thing..."

Oof. That looks tough. I'm reading for a unit I'm planning for next year on biographies. It has the rope of the basketball net on the front! I could finish it tomorrow.

Still reading for the Africa book. I am loving it, so am reading it a little more slowly. Hope to finish it this weekend though.

So im picking up my copy of master and margarita, does anyone know how long i have before participation is cut off?

Keli wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Keli wrote: "I'm reading Definitely Dead which hasca cat shifter on the cover. I can hold off finishing it until after the mini quiz starts"

That looks like fun!
Is i..."

No worries! Yes, all colds seem to be that much worse. I had one in March that laid me out flat for 4 days.

This week I finished Timukas - rope on the cover. Adding to SS.