Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Chipmunk Tasks Open
X-Rated - Read a book with three people on the cover
Solve for X - Read a book with author initials in TEN
10 Awards - Read a book that won the 10 Awards - Read a booker award
"Top 10 Books 2014 - Read book from the GR ""Best of 2014"" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)"
X marks the spot - Read a book with a map in it
X-Files - Read a book featuring aliens
"Top 10 Books 2015 - Read book from the GR ""Best of 2015"" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)"
X-Files - Read a book by Gillian Anderson, or an author named Gillian
X-Rays - Read a book with MPG Science
Ten Tallest Towers 10 - China Zun - Read a book set in, or by an author from China

Don’t forget books used for Chipmunk tasks cannot be used in the rainbow tower, crayola tower or page tower.

anyone reading for MPG Science? I have a few on my Kindle, and can start one today or tomorrow

I don’t think so.

Ok, so I'm starting Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues for MPG Science

I'm gonna read Network Effect and that has aliens.

Just checkin in to say hi. Just started my 2nd June book. How is everyone doing?

Pretty good! Thanks Jessica :) How are you?
The weather has cooled down here, which is nice.

Just finished The Beginning Place which was - interesting... beautiful writing. I will be thinking about it for a while.

Onto the chonker biography.

Beth wrote: "I'm gonna read Network Effect and that has aliens."

Oooooh! Murderbot in a novel!
I need to read the second in the series...

I am doing alright. Thanks! Weather has cooled here as well!

Tati wrote: "Ok, so I'm starting Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues for MPG Science"

Sounds interesting. I am always curious to understand where diseases start and how they travel. I'd like to know what you think of this one.

Louise wrote: "Chipmunk Tasks Open
X-Rated - Read a book with three people on the cover
Solve for X - Read a book with author initials in TEN
10 Awards - Read a book that won the 10 Awards - Read a booker award
"..."

I finished Six of Crows on the 1st June and it works for number 11 on the chipmunks task - best Goodreads books of 2015.

Melissa wrote: "Beth wrote: "I'm gonna read Network Effect and that has aliens."

Oooooh! Murderbot in a novel!
I need to read the second in the series..."

Same. I finished the first four but still to get to this one!

So many people getting covid so I had my booster on Friday and still feeling a bit rubbish. So it has been a quiet weekend but has meant lots of reading!
How is everyone else’s weekend?

Hi guys, i have slight cold and stuffy nose since Thursday and reading about 4 books.

Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you’re both feeling better soon Karen and Maritza. Had a slow reading weekend trying to get everything organized for my week away. Going on vacation on the 10th and have lined up a number of books to take with me.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. My baby girl is getting over hand foot and mouth disease so I haven’t been able to read very much. I have started listening to a book that is 600+ pages and hoping to be able to fill in some chipmunk tasks as I can

Cindy wrote: "Hope everyone is having a good weekend. My baby girl is getting over hand foot and mouth disease so I haven’t been able to read very much. I have started listening to a book that is 600+ pages and ..."


Oh - not fun! I hope she is recovering quickly.

Louise wrote: "Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you’re both feeling better soon Karen and Maritza. Had a slow reading weekend trying to get everything organized for my week away. Going on vacation on the 10th and have..."

Very exciting! Vacations are the best.
Do you travel with ebooks or regular?

Louise wrote: "Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you’re both feeling better soon Karen and Maritza. Had a slow reading weekend trying to get everything organized for my week away. Going on vacation on the 10th and have..."

Where are you off to, Louise?

Cindy wrote: "Hope everyone is having a good weekend. My baby girl is getting over hand foot and mouth disease so I haven’t been able to read very much. I have started listening to a book that is 600+ pages and ..."

Oh no - that can be so uncomfortable for kids especially in their mouths. I hope she recovers quickly!

Cindy wrote: "Hope everyone is having a good weekend. My baby girl is getting over hand foot and mouth disease so I haven’t been able to read very much. I have started listening to a book that is 600+ pages and ..."

Oh that’s no fun, hopefully she’ll recover quickly

Melissa wrote: "Louise wrote: "Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you’re both feeling better soon Karen and Maritza. Had a slow reading weekend trying to get everything organized for my week away. Going on vacation on th..."

I take my tablet with me and have books downloaded on my phone. So much more portable than lugging around a lot of paperbacks

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Louise wrote: "Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you’re both feeling better soon Karen and Maritza. Had a slow reading weekend trying to get everything organized for my week away. Going on vacation on th..."

We’re off to South Devon with the Dogs. The weather is looking promising so should have a few good dats.

BOM - 11/22/63

Date Chapters %ages MPDQs
15 June 1 - 3 9% Qulit
16 June 4 - 6 18% Neeznaa
17 June 7 - 8 26% Ti
18 June 9 - 11 32% Ashara
19 June BREAK DAY
20 June 12 - 13 41% Jeih
21 June 14 - 16 50% Zeng
22 June 17 - 18 58% Dez
23 June 19 - 22 68% Deka
24 June BREAK DAY
25 June 23 - 24 74% Sip
26 June 25 - 27 84% Damara
27 June 28 - 29 91% Deset
28 June 30 - 31 100% Kumi

Each team has been given a day to write DQs for this BOM from the thread I can see myself and Melissa volunteered. Melissa are you ok to do the DQs for this one?

Yes! I can do that. When are the questions due?

Books we started in May but finish in June can be used for June towers, right? Or are they just adding to the page count?

Do I need to mark the books that cross the month line? Started in May but finished in June?

Melissa wrote: "Yes! I can do that. When are the questions due?"

25th June

Beth wrote: "Books we started in May but finish in June can be used for June towers, right? Or are they just adding to the page count?"

They can be used for the page towers and the rainbow towers

Louise wrote: "Beth wrote: "Books we started in May but finish in June can be used for June towers, right? Or are they just adding to the page count?"

They can be used for the page towers and the rainbow towers"

The rules in the Chipmunk page says "You may use any of your free choice books for these tasks, but not those from the page number specific towers. The book must have been started after TT started and finished after June 1st, 9am UTC. "

I might be missing something but this means we can use the books started in May and finished in June for the mini right?

Nistha wrote: "Louise wrote: "Beth wrote: "Books we started in May but finish in June can be used for June towers, right? Or are they just adding to the page count?"

They can be used for the page towers and the ..."

Sorry Nistha, you are right! #mybad

We originally had started after 1 June and then it got changed and I missed that

Ahh no worries! Its great then as we have more books for our little chipmunks

I've got 4 exams this week, but I'm reading between them. A bit slower, but that's okay.

OK, one more dumb question. If I listed a book in May but then dawdled and didn't finish it, should I just make a new line in the June tab or should I somehow find the old one?

Beth wrote: "OK, one more dumb question. If I listed a book in May but then dawdled and didn't finish it, should I just make a new line in the June tab or should I somehow find the old one?"

If you listed a book on the tracking sheet it will still be there. We have only hidden the books completed in May

Maybe I knew I would dawdle and didn't list it after all...

@Jessica please add Mother In the Dark to your shelf

Louise wrote: "@Jessica please add Mother In the Dark to your shelf"

Oops! Sorry about that! All done!

@Dawn can you check Guava Flavored Lies the page count and edition you have linked differs to what is on your shelf.

🐿️ Chipmunk 🐿️ update

3 - X-Rated - Read a book with three people on the cover

4 - Solve for X - Read a book with author initials in TEN

6 - 10 Awards - Read a book that won the 10 Awards - Read a booker award - Louise

12 - X-Files - Read a book by Gillian Anderson, or an author named Gillian

13 - X-Rays - Read a book with MPG Science - Tati

14- Ten Tallest Towers 10 - China Zun - Read a book set in, or by an author from China

15- X-Rays - Read a book with a chemical element in the title

16 - 10 Awards - Read a book that won the international 10 Awards - Read a booker

17 -X Books - Read a book where the author names contains an X

19 - 10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Wacky Ideas! Read a book with MPG Humour

Louise wrote: "@Dawn can you check Guava Flavored Lies the page count and edition you have linked differs to what is on your shelf."

Already fixed it

I'm starting My Calamity Jane it has MPG Humor

Louise wrote: " 🐿️ Chipmunk 🐿️ update

3 - X-Rated - Read a book with three people on the cover

4 - Solve for X - Read a book with author initials in TEN

6 - 10 Awards - Read a book that won the 10 Awards - Rea..."

Sweet. I'm bailing on my book with a proper name in the title then!

I've got one for China.

Hey Vicki! Did you like Force of Nature? I thought it was great. Jane Harper is one of my new favorite mystery writers. I LOVED The Lost Man

We have a new task

"Top 10 Books 2018 - Read book from the GR ""Best of 2018"" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)"

If you have read anything in June that fits let us know

Louise wrote: "We have a new task

"Top 10 Books 2018 - Read book from the GR ""Best of 2018"" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)"

If you have read anything in June that fits let us know"

I'm about to start for one of my RL book clubs and it is first on the list

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Louise wrote: "We have a new task

"Top 10 Books 2018 - Read book from the GR ""Best of 2018"" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)"

If you have read anything in June that fits ..."

I really enjoyed that book. 😀

Melissa wrote: "Hey Vicki! Did you like Force of Nature? I thought it was great. Jane Harper is one of my new favorite mystery writers. I LOVED The Lost Man"

I loved The Lost Man too, up there with one of my favourites of hers

Good morning ☀️

I just wanted to check in! I'm reading multiple books right now but haven't added them to the spreadsheet yet. Hopefully I can kick this cold that I've got and get to finishing some of my books before the weekend!