Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Haven't been feeling well and was unable to update the spreadsheet will try to get to it tomorrow after work.

I'm reading Plays Well With Others, but there is no Kindle edition here on GR. Amazon says it's 424 pages.

Do we have a librarian in the group who could kindly add the Kindle edition?

More Wheel
Task Set: Tower Teams 6: Sorting Hat
Read a book that would be sorted into Gryffindor House
Read a book that would be sorted into Hufflepuff House
Read a book that would be sorted into Ravenclaw House
Read a book that would be sorted into Slytherin House

Delitealex, I hope you feel better soon!

Deli Hope you are feeling better.

Delitealex wrote: "Haven't been feeling well and was unable to update the spreadsheet will try to get to it tomorrow after work."

Yes! Drink water!

Tati wrote: "I'm reading Plays Well With Others, but there is no Kindle edition here on GR. Amazon says it's 424 pages.

Do we have a librarian in the group who could kindly add the Kindle edition?"

Kindle edition is here, it just hasn't been combined with the others. I'll do that now

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Happy Sunday!

I finished the BOM
Not for me, but I can see the appeal for YA readers

Now I am starting a 600+ which has been on my TBR since 2017 :o

On Wednesday morning...very early... we fly out to Singapore. So I won't be around much for the last part of the challenge but I will be reading quite a bit on the 9 hour flight and hopefully as we relax by the pool ;)

fed 2 chipmunks today... best of 2016 & 2017... around 1000 pages combined. Kinda exhausted LOL

Amy the book-bat wrote: "fed 2 chipmunks today... best of 2016 & 2017... around 1000 pages combined. Kinda exhausted LOL"

Nice job :)
Love the mental exhaustion - like a marathon 🎽📚🥇

New 🐿️
Random 10 - Read a book where you can see ten fingers or toes (or combination) on the cover
X-Rays - Read a book with bone(s) on the cover
Random 10 - Read a book that is #10 - 19 in a series

We only have one color book left! Go team!!

We've got more for the spell outs and chipmunks and wheel - so lots of spaces left :)

I think we're doing great.

I'm working through Winter of the World which is 900 pages or so. Working on finishing the BOM. Then, I'll see what we need :)

It's funny - with all those romance books, there's not often a bed on the cover - they're all standing - lol

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Happy Sunday!

I finished the BOM
Not for me, but I can see the appeal for YA readers

Now I am starting a 600+ which has be..."

Singapore sounds amazing. I hope you have lots of time to relax by the pool!
And eat amazing food!

Okay, it looks like we need a couple Ns -
I'll read one of the Nora Roberts books I have here.

Amy the book-bat wrote: "fed 2 chipmunks today... best of 2016 & 2017... around 1000 pages combined. Kinda exhausted LOL"

🤣

Trying to get through a number of books before the month is out. I’ll get an update posted tomorrow so we can see where we are.

too bad Dry Bones was already used for a spell-out... it was #11 in a series

So in Daughter of the Empire the antagonist gets thrown through a screen and falls out of the building to her death. I think that's very close to defenestration, as the screens are sorta Japanese windows -- they are there to let the light in and stuff.

Does that work?

Amy the book-bat wrote: "too bad Dry Bones was already used for a spell-out... it was #11 in a series"

Moved 😊

Beth wrote: "So in Daughter of the Empire the antagonist gets thrown through a screen and falls out of the building to her death. I think that's very close to defenestration, as the screens are so..."

Perfect

@Vicki please check the page count of The Trackers the edition on your shelf differs to what is on the sheet. Please also add Chase to your shelf

@Jessica please add The Summer I Found Myself to your TT shelf

New Chipmunk Tasks

10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Creativity and Chaos! Read a book with three Cs in the title and/or author name

X-Rated - Read a book with MPG Romance

Hi guys, I have so many books I started. Will work on finishing them up.

I found a book with stationary on cover so I can feed a chimpmunk too.

finished a book tagged weird (17 times)
will finish a book with ten in the title/MPG romance/MPG Young Adult tonight when I get to work

Update
We have 1 week to go and are currently in 8th place.

We still need the following

Page Towers
400-499 - 6/30
500-599 - 6/20
600+ - 3/10

Rainbow Tower
We have completed 16 Rainbows and have 1 partial with only 1 color needed to complete.

Don't Feed the Chipmunks

105 - Top 10 Books 2017 - Read book from the GR "Best of 2017" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)

111 - 10 Commandments - "Remember the special day" - Read a book with a day of the week in the title

121 - Film 10s - Ten Little Indians - Read a book that shares a title word (singular indian is OK)

122 - X-Rated - Read a book with a bed on the cover

125 - Film 10s - 3 1/2 Minutes 10 Bullets - Read a book that shares a title word (NOTE: 3 and three are deemed to be the same, as are 1/2 and half. Singular variants OK)

126 - Random 10 - Read a book where you can see ten fingers or toes (or combination) on the cover

127 - X-Rays - Read a book with bone(s) on the cover

129 - 10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Creativity and Chaos! Read a book with three Cs in the title and/or author name

130 - X-Rated - Read a book with MPG Romance

131 - X Books - Read a book where the author name contains 10 characters (exc spaces)


Wheel Tower
W11c -Read a book with stationery on the cover

W12c/W12d - "Read four books that have one of the following MPGs. Each book must have a different MPG (i.e. can't use Romance four times)
MPGs: Dystopia / Young Adult / Historical Romance / Guilty Pleasure / Dark Fantasy / Contemporary / Horror"

W13a - Read a book that would be sorted into Gryffindor House
W13b - Read a book that would be sorted into Hufflepuff House
W13c - Read a book that would be sorted into Ravenclaw House


W14 Task Set: TT8: Discworld Tasks
Read a book featuring a witch or wizard
Read a book with MPG Crime
Read a book with the letters MOIST in the title
Read a book featuring DEATH or the Grim Reaper or equivalent
Team Towers

16 Completed

Film 10s - The Last Ten Days - Read a book that shares a title word (singular day is OK) NOTE: THE can't be used

Louise, will do.

I read a book for best of 2017, but it got used in a spell-out instead

Amy the book-bat wrote: "I read a book for best of 2017, but it got used in a spell-out instead"

As it was more than 500pages we would not have been able to claim it for page towers if we used for a chipmunk task.

New Tasks
133 - "Top 10 Books 2013 - Read book from the GR ""Best of 2013"" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)"

134 - "10 Commandments - ""Don't lie"" - Read a book with miscommunication as a plot point"

135 - Ten Tallest Towers 8 - Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre - Read a book set in, or by an author from China

Louise, I am so frustrated today with the Internet here in Florida at my sister’s house. I can’t get on my laptop for some reason but I can get on my phone which doesn’t allow me to do everything. I added Chase to my Tower teams shelf, so will you please confirm that it is there?

I’m not sure about my other book, but I will see if I can figure out some way to fix that.

Louise, since I can’t access my spreadsheet to see what I have on there I’m not positive I did the right thing. But I think I had the book listed for 336 pages and had it on the Kindle page count. Will you please double check for me and see if I fixed it correctly? Sorry to be a pain in the you-know-what!

Finished a book finally. Will update later. Working on book with stationary on cover.

I'm working on The Priory of the Orange Tree, which is a doorstopper of well over 600 pages.

Tati wrote: "I'm working on The Priory of the Orange Tree, which is a doorstopper of well over 600 pages."

I loved that book.

Vicki wrote: "Louise, I am so frustrated today with the Internet here in Florida at my sister’s house. I can’t get on my laptop for some reason but I can get on my phone which doesn’t allow me to do everything. ..."

Hey Vicki!
Chase is on there now. I'm working on the spreadsheet, so I'll update it too.

Just back from a couple of days camping! Finished Fourth Wing, and should finish Winter of the World tomorrow.

131 - X Books - Read a book where the author name contains 10 characters (exc spaces)

I'm currently reading Dry by Neal Shusterman and that can work for this task.

Saar The Book owl wrote: "131 - X Books - Read a book where the author name contains 10 characters (exc spaces)

I'm currently reading Dry by Neal Shusterman and that can work for this task."

Unfortunately the authors name has 14 characters

Geri, are you thinking this is a bed on the cover?

(I'm not sure what else it would be?)

This month has been so busy for me, barely got reading time. Don't think I will be able to finish all the books I listed but will try to get 2-3 done before the end of the month.

Nistha wrote: "This month has been so busy for me, barely got reading time. Don't think I will be able to finish all the books I listed but will try to get 2-3 done before the end of the month."

No worries :)
Read what you can :)

And we just finished the rainbow towers - go team! We bumped up into 7th.

New 🐿️X-Files - Read a book by David Duchovny, or an author named David
(Although I think we've had this before...)

Hello from Singapore!
It is very warm and humid and we flew in about 3pm yesterday and went to the pool and just a short walk to the river for dinner. I was so tired that by 8pm I was asleep!
Naturally up at 5am today. Haha.
Working on a few books and will update again before we head to Thailand as the internet here is good but I’m not sure once we get to the National Park in Thailand .

I hope everyone is having a great week!

I've had a bit of readers block and seemed like I couldn't finish anything, so I put my intimidating pile of currently-readings aside for a day and read the new Anita Blake Smolder, which cheered me up.

I also finished a little book I've been savoring all summer Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 4-- I read a tiny bit when I wake up. And the author has a ten character name and the translator's name starts with a Q (if we need any of those).

Now I'll see if I can get traction on my other books...

Melissa wrote: "And we just finished the rainbow towers - go team! We bumped up into 7th.

New 🐿️X-Files - Read a book by David Duchovny, or an author named David
(Although I think we've had this before...)"

Except we can do more rainbows!

Melissa wrote: "Geri, are you thinking this is a bed on the cover?

(I'm not sure what else it would be?)"

I have a book with a bed that I was planning to read tonight, so either way we're covered

Melissa wrote: "Melissa wrote: "And we just finished the rainbow towers - go team! We bumped up into 7th.

New 🐿️X-Files - Read a book by David Duchovny, or an author named David
(Although I think we've had this b..."

I’ll add another one when I’m home