Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Level: King 21+ books
August 24, 2016 - July 31, 2017
32/32 Books
Challenge Completed

1. Architect(ure): The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton FINISHED 1/14/17
2. Blood: Blood of the Wicked by Leighton Gage FINISHED 11/24/16
3. Cleopatra: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff FINISHED 1/19/17
4. Cry: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton FINISHED 1/29/17
5. First: First Light by Rebecca Stead FINISHED 11/5/16
6. Girl: A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer FINISHED 11/16/16
7. King: The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden FINISHED 10/24/16
8. Song: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller FINISHED 2/4/17
9. Bones: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare FINISHED 6/28/17
10. Daughter: Daughter of the Mountains by Louise S. Rankin FINISHED 2/10/17
11. Golden: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman FINISHED 2/20/17
12. Kingdom: Inside The Kingdom: My Life In Saudi Arabia by Carmen Bin Ladin FINISHED 2/6/17
13. Love: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez FINISHED 5/16/17
14. Prince(s): Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan FINISHED 1/17/17
15. Return: The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy FINISHED 6/4/17
16. Stranger(s): Buried Strangers by Leighton Gage FINISHED 6/7/17
17. Beneath: Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende FINISHED 6/21/17
18. Bride: Fortune's Bride by Roberta Gellis FINISHED 11/20/16
19. Drowning: Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique FINISHED 7/23/17
20. Heart: The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene FINISHED 2/27/17
21. Kiss(ed): I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long FINISHED 5/30/17
22. Princess: The Princess Bride by William Goldman FINISHED 9/3/16
23. Caesar: Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout FINISHED 4/27/17
24. Family: Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry FINISHED 7/13/17
25. Fruit(s): Fruits of the Earth by Andre Gide FINISHED 7/30/17
26. Hope: Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin FINISHED 3/9/17
27. Knight(s): The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett FINISHED 9/28/16
28. Queen: The Lost Queen by Norah Lofts FINISHED 10/13/16
29. War: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks FINISHED 6/24/17
30. Crown: The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick FINISHED 5/6/17
31. Ghost: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo FINISHED 10/31/16
32. Lady: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier FINISHED 11/29/16

Welcome to the challenge, Amy!

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Discovering History
Duration: 9/1/2020 - 8/31/2021

Rules:
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Step 1: Find a word in the word search puzzle above. To use the interactive word find puzzle, follow the link above. To highlight words, use your mouse to click on the first letter, and then on the last letter of the word.
Step 2:For each word found, read a book with that word in the title. You may use singular or plural versions of the word. The word may be contained as a subset of a larger word (e.g. Deal for The Death Dealer or Rebellion for Rebel Wing) or a different tense of the root word (Drowning for Drowned Wednesday). (hide spoiler)]

Progress: 0 out of 21 (♔ King - 21+ books)

1. Architect:
2. Aztec:
3. Beneath
4: Best:
5. Bitter
6. Blood:
7. Bones:
8. Bride:
9. Cesar:
10. Circle:
11. Cleopatra:
12. Comrade:
13. Cost:
14: Countenance:
15: Crown
16. Cry:
17. Daughter:
18. Deception:
19. Defiant:
20. Dice:
21. Dirty:
22. Divided:
23. Drowning:
24. Family:
25. Finding:
26. First:
27. Frail:
28. Freedom:
29: Fruit:
30. Ghost:
31. Girl:
32. Golden:
33. Heart:
34. Hope:
35. Jewish:
36. King:
37. Kingdom:
38. Kiss:
39. Knight:
40. Lady:
41. Lies:
42. Love:
43. Maid:
44. Marching:
45. Noble:
46. Pharaoh:
47. Prince:
48. Princess:
49. Queen:
50. Rebellion:
51. Redemption:
52. Return:
53. Sapphires:
54. Secret:
55. Shadowland:
56. Song:
57. Stranger:
58. Trail:
59. War:
60. Warrior:
61. Weak:

Welcome to the challenge Suzanne!

Welcome Gabi & Diane!

Discovering History

Level: King 21+ books
November 03, 2018 - November 02, 2019


1. Architect:
2. Aztec:
3. Beneath
4: Best:
5. Bitter
6. Blood
7. Bones:
8. Bride:
9. Cesar
10. Circle:
11. Cleopatra:
12. Comrade:
13. Cost:
14: Countenance:
15: Crown
16. Cry:
17. Daughter:
18. Deception:
19. Defiant:
20. Dice:
21. Dirty:
22. Divided:
23. Drowning:
24. Family:
25. Finding:
26. First:
27. Frail:
28. Freedom:
29: Fruit:
30. Ghost:
31. Girl:
32. Golden:
33. Heart:
34. Hope:
35. Jewish:
36. King:
37. Kingdom:
38. Kiss:
39. Knight:
40. Lady:
41. Lies:
42. Love:
43. Maid:
44. Marching:
45. Noble:
46. Pharaoh:
47 Prince:
48. Princess:
49. Queen:
50. Rebellion:
51. Redemption:
52. Return:
53. Sapphires:
54. Secret:
55. Shadowland:
56. Song:
57. Stranger:
58. Trail:
59. War:
60. Warrior:
61. Weak:

Res.

I'd like to play (Nov 5th, 2018 -Nov 5th, 2019)
Level: ♔ Knave - 1 to 5 books

1) Warrior Viking Passion
2) Prince Loc 2127 Dark Horse
3) Bride The Book of Scandal
4) Knight Loc 1318 Cyrus
5) Lady Loc 1132 Lazarus

Discovering History

Level: King 21+ books
11.01.2018-10.31.2019


1. Architect:
2. Aztec:
3. Beneath
4: Best:
5. Bitter
6. Blood
7. Bones:
8. Bride:
9. Cesar
10. Circle:
11. Cleopatra:
12. Comrade:
13. Cost:
14: Countenance:
15: Crown
16. Cry:
17. Daughter:
18. Deception:
19. Defiant:
20. Dice:
21. Dirty:
22. Divided:
23. Drowning:
24. Family:
25. Finding:
26. First:
27. Frail:
28. Freedom:
29: Fruit:
30. Ghost:
31. Girl:
32. Golden:
33. Heart:
34. Hope:
35. Jewish:
36. King:
37. Kingdom:
38. Kiss:
39. Knight:
40. Lady:
41. Lies:
42. Love:
43. Maid:
44. Marching:
45. Noble:
46. Pharaoh:
47 Prince:
48. Princess:
49. Queen:
50. Rebellion:
51. Redemption:
52. Return:
53. Sapphires:
54. Secret:
55. Shadowland:
56. Song:
57. Stranger:
58. Trail:
59. War:
60. Warrior:
61. Weak:

This sounds like fun. I used to LOVE these puzzles. But as I have a pile of books lined up at the moment, I'm going to wait until later in the month to start.

Welcome everyone!

0/61
11/3/18 - ???


1. Architect:
2. Aztec:
3. Beneath
4: Best:
5. Bitter
6. Blood
7. Bones:
8. Bride:
9. Cesar
10. Circle:
11. Cleopatra;
12. Comrade:
13. Cost:
14: Countenance:
15: Crown
16. Cry:
17. Daughter:
18. Deception:
19. Defiant:
20. Dice:
21. Dirty:
22. Divided:
23. Drowning:
24. Family:
25. Finding:
26. First:
27. Frail:
28. Freedom:
29: Fruit:
30. Ghost:
31. Girl:
32. Golden:
33. Heart:
34. Hope:
35. Jewish:
36. King:
37. Kingdom:
38. Kiss:
39. Knight:
40. Lady:
41. Lies:
42. Love:
43. Maid:
44. Marching:
45. Noble:
46. Pharaoh:
47 Prince:
48. Princess:
49. Queen:
50. Rebellion:
51. Redemption:
52. Return:
53. Sapphires:
54. Secret:
55. Shadowland:
56. Song:
57. Stranger:
58. Trail:
59. War:
60. Warrior:
61. Weak:

I'm new. I'm going to try this challenge.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Yearly Challenge: Discovering History
Duration: November 8, 2018 - November 8, 2019 December 8, 2019
Level: ♔ Knave - 1 to 5 books
Level: ♔ Knight - 6 to 10 books
Level: ♔ Duke - 11 to 15 books
Completed: 13/15



Bitter: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford
Blood: Witch's Blood, Book 1: Bloodless: A YA Paranormal Romance, Neha Yazmin
Bones: City of Bones, Cassandra Clare
Daughter: Three Daughters of Eve, Elif Shafak
Deception: Deception, Mona Ingram
Ghost: Paper Ghosts, Julia Heaberlin
Girl: The Lost Girls of Paris, Pam Jenoff
Golden: Golden Child, Claire Adam
Heart: Heartburn, Nora Ephron
Lady: Lady Susan, Jane Austen
Love: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman
Princess: The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher
Warrior: Prophecy of the Female Warrior, Kate Young

Welcome Heather, Sherri & Cici!

I think I’ll try this challenge! Will edit this post and set it up later. For now, my first word is Heart.

Dates 11/13/18 - 11/13/19

Welcome Erika!

Discovering History
Duration: Dec 2018 - Nov 2019

Level: King - 21+ books

1. Love: To Love Jason Thorn | Ella Maise - 12.1.18
2. Queen: Kill the Queen | Jennifer Estep - 12.6.18
3. Blood: Blood Stain, Volume 1 | Linda Šejić - 12.22.18
4. Family: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic | Alison Bechdel - 1.30.19
5. Kingdom: Two Kingdoms | Kristy Cunning - 3.13.19
6. Prince: The Prince and the Dressmaker | Jen Wang - 3.16.19
7. Girl: The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Volume 2 | Nagabe - 3.31.19
8. Ghost: An Unkindness of Ghosts | Rivers Solomon - 5.20.19
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Welcome Elle!!

I'm in! Not sure which level I'll go for yet. Will probably shoot for King and see how close I can get.

Duration: 4 August 2019 - 4 August 2020
Books Read: 1
Title: Knave

♔ Knave - 1 to 5 books
♔ Knight - 6 to 10 books
♔ Duke - 11 to 15 books
♔ Prince - 16 to 20 books
♔ King - 21+ books

1. Crown | Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
2. Bride
3. Freedom

Welcome Taylor!

I was trying for ♔ King, but was only able to get ♔ Duke. However, this is still a victory in my book!

Completed Post

Congratulations CiCi!

Discovering History

Level: King 21+ books (39/61 Completed 12/15/2020)
Dates: January 1, 2020 - December 31,2020

1. Architect:
2. Aztec:
3. Beneath: Beneath the Scars by Cherise Sinclair - 5/10/2020
4. Best: The Billionaire's Best Friend by Christina Tetreault - 4/10/2020
5. Bitter: Embittered by K.M. Shea - 2/4/2020
6. Blood: Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts - 3/4/2020
7. Bones: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - 2/20/2020
8. Bride: The Vampire's Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter - 1/21/2020
9. Caesar:
10. Circle:
11. Cleopatra:
12. Comrade:
13. Cost:
14. Countenance:
15. Crown: A Crown of Snow and Ice: A Retelling of The Snow Queen by Melanie Cellier - 1/26/2020
16. Cry:
17. Daughter: Daughter of Time by Sarah Woodbury - 4/25/2020
18. Deception: Deadly Deception by T.J. Logan - 5/29/2020
19. Defiant: Defiance by Cherise Sinclair - 5/6/2020
20. Dice:
21. Dirty: Double Down & Dirty by Samantha A. Cole - 5/30/2020
22. Divided: Divided in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/2/2020
23. Drowning:
24. Family:
25. Finding: Finding Justice by Kathi Daley - 1/19/2020
26. First: Spotted Her First by Emma Dean - 7/25/2020
27. Frail:
28. Freedom: Master of Freedom by Cherise Sinclair - 5/6/2020
29. Fruit:
30. Ghost: Ghosts Beneath Our Feet by Betty Ren Wright - 1/22/2020
31. Girl: The Gargoyle Gets His Girl by Kristen Painter - 2/16/2020
32. Golden: Golden in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/8/2020
33. Heart: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - 2/13/2020
34. Hope: Justice For Hope by Susan Stoker - 3/17/2020
35. Jewish:
36. King: Homecoming King by Jami Albright - 7/13/2020
37. Kingdom:
38. Kiss: Once Upon A Red Hot Kiss by Lauren Blakely - 10/3/2020
39. Knight: Forty Days and One Knight by Samantha A. Cole - 6/1/2020
40. Lady: Lambert's Lady by Susan Stoker - 4/6/2020
41. Lies: Ghosts, Lies, and Videotape by Olivia Jaymes - 2/15/2020
42. Love: A New Leash on Love by Debbie Burns - 3/9/2020
43. Maid: Mermaid's Song by Stacy Claflin - 10/27/2020
44. Marching:
45. Noble:
46. Pharaoh:
47. Prince: Prince of Cahraman: A Retelling of Aladdin by Lucy Tempest - 12/12/2020
48. Princess: The Princess Pact: A Twist on Rumpelstiltskin by Melanie Cellier - 1/26/2020
49. Queen: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard - 2/15/2020
50. Rebellion:
51. Redemption: Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord - 1/19/2020
52. Return: The Return of Rafe MacKade by Nora Roberts - 5/17/2020
53. Sapphires:
54. Secret: Magic Secret by Meg Xuemei X. - 3/29/2020
55. Shadowland: Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair - 4/21/2020
56. Song: Magic's Song by Sela Carsen - 3/8/2020
57. Stranger: Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/31/2020
58. Trail: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse - 2/15/2020
59. War: War by Laura Thalassa - 10/24/2020
60. Warrior: Warrior Wolf by Zoe Chant - 8/29/2020
61. Weak:

Discovering History
Duration: 18, December 2020 - ??
Level: ♔ Duke - 11 to 15 books
Read 13
Completed

1. Blood - Written in Blood 9/4
2. Daughter - The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter 21/6
3. Divided - Divided in Death 6/3
4. Ghost - Ghost Story 22/4
5. Wild at Heart 19/2
6. Kiss - Kiss the Girls 27/1
7. Lies - Truth, Lies, and Second Dates 27/12/20
8. Love - Searching for Love 13/2
9. Princess - The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince 9/7
10. Queen - Killer Queen 9/3
11. Secret - Secret Things 31/7
12. War - The Summer Before the War 21/10
13. Warrior - To Tame a Highland Warrior 2/8

Discovering History

Find word in title
Jan 5, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025
Progress: 8 out of 10 (Knight= 6-10 books)

1. Architect:
2. Aztec:
3. Beneath
4: Best:
5. Bitter:
6. Blood:
7. Bones:
8. Bride:
9. Cesar:
10. Circle:
11. Cleopatra:
12. Comrade:
13. Cost:
14: Countenance:
15: Crown
16. Cry:
17. Daughter:
18. Deception:
19. Defiant:
20. Dice:
21. Dirty:
22. Divided:
23. Drowning:
++24. Family: Mi Familia Calaca: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish Cynthia Weill 1-28-24 (My Skeleton Family)
25. Finding:
26. First:
27. Frail:
28. Freedom:
29: Fruit:
++30. Ghost: Ghosted Michael Fry 1-8-24 (Ghost)
++31. Girl: As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl John Colapinto 2-2-24 (Girl)
32. Golden:
33. Heart:
34. Hope:
35. Jewish:
++36. King: The King of Torts John Grisham 4-2-24 (King)
37. Kingdom:
38. Kiss:
39. Knight:
40. Lady:
41. Lies:
42. Love:
43. Maid:
44. Marching:
45. Noble:
46. Pharaoh:
47. Prince:
++48. Princess: Princess Furball Charlotte S. Huck 4-27-24
++49. Queen: Henry the Queen's Corgi Georgie Crawley 4-1-24
50. Rebellion:
51. Redemption:
52. Return:
53. Sapphires:
++54. Secret: The Secret Santa from the Black Lagoon Mike Thaler 1-5-24 (Secret)
55. Shadowland:
56. Song:
57. Stranger:
++58. Trail: Kirsten on the Trail Janet Beeler Shaw 4-2-24 (Trail)
59. War:
60. Warrior:
61. Weak: