Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

I only have 3 on mine that work and only one has an ok ending (UNE).

Anyone But a Fortune
Any Groom Will Do
Anything But a Duke

I found Any Witch Way You Can on KU. It’s fairly short and the author’s books in the past have been easy reads.

Books on my tbr either did not appeal to me to read or had bad endings.

I’ll wait a bit longer to see what else people have

I have


Any Day Now
Anything but Minor
Any Given Doomsday

Have a preference between Any Given Doomsday and Any Day Now?

Those two give the most options I think.

I've got Any Man as an option.

That’s works too. Any of them would work fine.

Who’d like it? There’s one more book that’ll need to be picked tomorrow.

Whoever doesn’t take this one can get first go at battle book 10.

I flipped a coin and going with Emily's Any Given Doomsday.

The last letters will hopefully pop up by the afternoon tomorrow.

Logan, you have dibs on the last book if you'd like it/have something that works.

I will need to get something over to D1 by early evening so they can get their last book sorted in time.

Just a reminder on the battles books must be started and finished during week 2 of Round 3. So please don't start books before Monday at 9am UTC (countdown in top post)

Awesome! I'll be around and reading. :)

Please add A Letter to the Luminous Deep, thank you!

Well today is the DAY folks! Not for a DoomsDAY as you though could happen, but it's a Day Shift into the last battle planning! We are kicking it back over to you, so IF The shoe fits..... Can you believe this silliness is almost over??

Logan,

Let me know if you have a good book that fits.

Hopefully you have some good ones that start with If

I’ve been on just my phone for a little while, I’ll make my books in the sheet links later today.

Judith wrote: "I flipped a coin and going with Emily's Any Given Doomsday."

When do I need it done by?

July 29th 9am UTC

So you have a full week

I'm looking for options. Do we return one more or do we not have to worry about the last letters?

Actually I can read If the Shoe Fits

Perfect, I’ll get it sent over as soon as I can get on a computer

Cordelia wrote: "Please add A Letter to the Luminous Deep, thank you!"

Done :)

Also Cursed by Marissa Meyer, thank you :)

I'm away from Thursday morning until Sunday evening. If I get don't get my battle book read before I leave but finish when I'm away I will post in here and hopefully someone will update on spreadsheet :)

sure thing! thanks for letting me know.

Have a safe trip

Started my mini challenge book today. Anyone else read it before?

Thanks to whoever made the note next to my reasoning for Give It To Me. I was hoping someone would enjoy it.

It was me!

Emily still wins though for her MC using a raccoon (rabid?) as a weapon 😂

Judith wrote: "It was me!

Emily still wins though for her MC using a raccoon (rabid?) as a weapon 😂"

What book was that because that sounds hilarious.

Oh absolutely, raccoons always win!

Ninth Circle by Jordan Silver

Raccoon always wins 😂😂

Can Shanghai Immortal be added please? Thank you!

Cordelia wrote: "Can Shanghai Immortal be added please? Thank you!"

Done!

Melanie wrote: "Judith wrote: "It was me!

Emily still wins though for her MC using a raccoon (rabid?) as a weapon 😂"

What book was that because that sounds hilarious."

Its a bit OTT but her stuff is at times way over the top but fun all the same

Judith wrote: "It was me!

Emily still wins though for her MC using a raccoon (rabid?) as a weapon 😂"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Welcome Your New Team Member

Robin has been assigned to your team!

Any book meeting the requirements of the challenge and finished during Round 3 may be used by the team.

Welcome, Robin

Hi Robin!

Welcome to the team!

I read A Deadly Education tonight and I actually ended up really enjoying it. I wasn't sure I would since I don't like fantasy usually (basically only like UF) but surprisingly it was really good. I'll have to get the rest of the series from the library at some point.

I really enjoyed the trilogy. The boarding school theme has been done a lot but this series was certainly a unique take on it.

I hope you enjoy the other 2 books just as much.

Glad you enjoyed it. I really enjoy the series but found the second one slow but well worth it to get to the third one.

Lexi wrote: "Glad you enjoyed it. I really enjoy the series but found the second one slow but well worth it to get to the third one."

I also felt the second one was slow so didn't look into book 3. but it's worth it??

Oh yes. The ending is great. There is a a brilliant twist at the start of the third book.

Haha! I actually hated the third book so much that I had been given a signed and personalized copy and I ripped out the signed page to cut out my name and signature and put it in another book and then got rid of the book immediately as I didn't even want to look at it, and it made me retroactively dislike the first 2 books way more.

I loved Spinning Silver and have it on my tbr here to eventually reread it.

I've finished Mockingjay and Something Wilder! Thanks :)

Thanks for everyone's thoughts on the other Scholomance books. I ended up going out to buy the next book as my library had a long hold list.

The mini challenge for Round 3 has been posted and started at 9am UTC on Thursday, August 1st.

Full details can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The gist of it is this:

For this challenge you have two wheels, and will have one active spin of each at a time.
One wheel is the District Wheel, requiring you to complete the set of tasks associated with the District. Each task must be filled with a different book (can't use one book to fill multiple tasks).

The other wheel is the Arena Hazards Wheel, which is a spell out wheel. Each letter must be filled with a different book (can't use one book to fill multiple letters).
Spell outs can use the first letter of the title or series title (ignore or use THE, A or AN as you prefer), the first letter of the author, narrator* or translator* first or last names. For this version NO character names are permitted.
* these can only be used if the edition read was audio or translated

Once you have finished a wheel you can request a new spin from the other captains, or repeat the requirements again - the choice is yours!
For the District Wheel, if on respinning you receive a set of tasks you have already read you may request another spin for a new set.
For the Arena Hazards Wheel, you may NOT request a new spin even if you receive a duplicate word.

I've added 3 new tabs to our tracking sheet.

-District Wheel. Our first spin landed us on District 3 tasks.

-Arena Hazards Wheel. Our first spin landed us on ELECTRIC FORCEFIELD to spell out. Note: Character names are not allowed for the spell out. This is a change from our typical spell out rules.

-Mini 3 Resources. This is just the master list of all the different District Tasks and spell out words for reference.

Once all books on a given set of District Tasks or Spell out are finished I can get them logged and we get a new spin/set of tasks.

We can 'bank' books for the Wheel tasks. Meaning, Lexi reads a book set in Australia and finishes it on Aug 3 and it doesn't fit anywhere great for District 3 tasks or spell out. We don't place it on a mini. On Aug 10th we get the spin of District 4, we can use her book for the set in Australia task.

Ask away if you have questions!

for the mini challenge, books can't be finished before 8/9 correct?