Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Sammy wrote: "If we get Cerberus again in the not-too-distant future, I'll take the music/instrument tasks. Soul Music is next up in my Discworld re-read 😉"

Lucky you!

Do we get Cat to spin the wheel again soon?

It's probably the quickest way to get there 😂

Normally I'd probably land on the worst possible one too, but as I actually want this one now, it won't happen.

I can imagine, Sophy about Niccoló. It took me 2 tries and reading the Ultimate Guide to finish The Game of Kings. And I thought I knew Scottish history quite well..... but Dunnett disabused me very quickly of that belief, lol.

But I cracked Book 2 fairly quickly and enjoyed it a lot.

I read Lymond about 20 years ago. When I eventually finish Niccoló, I think it'll be time to go back for a reread.

Mistletoe at Moonglow looks to me like it has red and blue on the cover so could count for the last 2 on Manmon Duck.

I can put it there :)

Hi you all, welcome to monsters, love the team name

Hey Lexi

*waves*

We have done away with Manman Duck, so we can spin for another monster. :)

I spun the Greek wheel and got us a Griffin.

300 to 349
set in United States
red cover
"brave" or "courageous" in text
cross on cover

Additionally, I can cover the last 2 tasks for this one

I just finished this month's BOM which I think is the right page count and is defo set in States. Not a red cover though

Cat wrote: "I just finished this month's BOM which I think is the right page count and is defo set in States. Not a red cover though"

Yaay

Except no, I'd put it elsewhere.

Let me look to see if my next book has aliens, so I can shift about

No aliens, but picking up a short book set in America

hi Lexi!

Done with Gideon, and my next book has wings on cover and jungle in text, so claiming those :)

Enjoy it? I know we found other funerals, but were there any?

Not traditional ones like I'd imagine thinking of the task. could maybe have made it work, but happy we don't have to, lol.

I enjoyed the story, but not the characters. I suspect that's partly thanks to the narrator making them sound worse than they are. May try re-reading in paperback some time.

My Siege of Malta book is turning out to be a very nice surprise. I didn't expect too much of it, but it's totally captivating docu-drama especially as read by Simon Vance.

Finished the Cigarette smoking man and spun for another human...

Joffrey (Game of Thrones)

500 to 650
MC is royalty
Title starts with a letter in CROWN
Gold item on cover
More than one death in the book

I'm grabbing royal MC with Innocent Traitor, and am guessing more than one person will die 😂

Won't be finishing anything until Tuesday though 😉

I claimed red cover + 9 in page count, but if you finish sth that fits sooner, feel free to kick my books out. :)

I need to work out what my next read is.

Likely to be slow as I'm camping with family for a couple of days

Have a lovely time, Sophie.

I started Lymond #3, but I'll guess it'll take me some days to finish

I finished a book that fit the last two books in AHOOL, so spun the Greek wheel, hoping for Cerberus.


Sorry. got a snek :(

Python
1 100 to 175
2 features twins
3 Author name (first or last) starts with a letter in SWORD
4 character is pregnant
5 mentions some type of championship games (World Cup, Olympics, World Series, etc)

but happily, that meant I could slot Mel's English Air into a task :)

Cat wrote: "I finished a book that fit the last two books in AHOOL, so spun the Greek wheel, hoping for Cerberus.


Sorry. got a snek :(

but happily, that meant I could slot Mel's English Air into a task :)"

Goodie. 😊 It'll keep for a few days anyway (or for later, it can be removed again if necessary), as I will try to finish The Disorderly Knights first and that'll take a few days.

BTW, Audible just announced that Richard Armitage's new book can be pre-ordered.

Cat, pass on my best b'day wishes to him. ;)

Woo! *off to audible*

:D

Um... I hope it's a typo, but audible tells me it won't be released for another year!

Wow! The posted it today to FB

LOL, just checked it on audible US and indeed the release date is exactly one year from now on. But you CAN preorder. What a sham.

He's probably not even written it yet 😂

Probably not :D

You ladies crack me up. I almost spit out my water when I saw this thread.

Nice pic by the way. hehe!!

Sammy, what did you think of Fledgling?

I enjoyed it, but not as much as the other Butler books I've read. I also had a little trouble with the ick factor of the MC apparently looking like a pre-teen and getting up to all sorts of naughtiness.

Still, like everything else I've read by her, the ideas are solid :)

Agree! I did like the different take on vampires but there was definite ick!
I think I might like the Lilith's Brood / Xenogenesis series the best. I found the Parable books SUPER hard to read

Not read parable, but really enjoyed Xenogenesis. Bloodchild and Other Stories was also a better-than-average collection of short stories.

I've read other books by her, but that was a decade or two ago, and I don't remember much of them.

I found the books of hers I've read hard going. But that might be because I've only read the parable ones.

The Parable ones are probably the toughest, yes!

Though as al of them touch on Big Topics like racism, slavery, autonomy, they are none of them pure fuzzy feels!

Finished the book for El Duende. Someone want to spin a new monster?

I can do that. 😊

Should it be an urban legend?

Well, I got us a Drop Bear.

500 to 650
Read a book set in Australia
Read a book with a surprise twist (your interpretation)
Read a book with a carnivore on the cover (make sure it's not an omnivore!)
Read a book with author initials found in VEGEMITE.

nice :) the page count excepted, obvs!

My current book doesn't seem to work for anything. will see if any of my "up soon" books have anything useful going on :)

Cat wrote: "nice :) the page count excepted, obvs!"


I have a book for that page count, may also work for the surprise twist.

Also, if someone has a red cover, my book can be ejected from that spot. 😊

I'm home. Sticky and sandy with v tired children. Once we've got stuff sorted I'll look at what I've got coming up.

good camping fun though? tired kids because of all the fun or because they slept for 2 hrs a night?