July Mango Tango Just for Fun Challenge

[Steven]

Count out one to five. Do your best to complete as many as you can, and claim yourself a tracking post!

1- Read one book by an author new to you.
2- Read two books to make progress in a series (or multiple series) you've already started (ie read book 2 in one series and 4 in another, or books 3 and 4 in the same series)
3- Read one book in the 160-250 page range, one book in the 250-400 page range, and one book over 400 pages.
4- Read books with four different color covers. Make them as different as possible (so a maroon and a red are both shades of red, thus they wouldn't be different -- but a grey, a blue, a red, and a yellow would work just fine)
5- Spell out either "Mango" or "Tango" using first letters of words in the title, the authors names, or the series name.

So that's 5 categories for 15 books total. This will go from NOW (June 23rd) to July 31.

Claim a post, and track your books!

[Steven]

June 23, 2013 - July 31, 2013
PROGRESS: 15/15

✔New-to-me Author (1/1) DONE!
Riddle in Stone by Robert Evert

✔Make Progress in Already Started Series DONE!(2/2)
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone #2)
The Eye of God by James Rollins (Sigma Force #9)

✔Count Those Pages! (3/3) DONE!
Andy Smithson Blast of the Dragon's Fury by L.R.W. Lee (220 pages)
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan (344 pages)
The TwelveThe Twelve by Justin Cronin (592 pages)

✔Colorful Covers (4/4) DONE!
Black The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker (green cover)
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (yellowish cover)
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (blue cover)
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton(red cover)

✔MANGO TANGO SPELLOUT (5/5) DONE!
(M from MOON)Light of the Moon by David James
(A from AGATHA) Crooked House by Agatha Christie
(N from NEIL) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
(G from GILLIAN) Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
(O from OFF)Off Season by Jack Ketchum

PROGRESS: 15/15

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

MangoTango Mini Challenge 06.23-07.31

New to You Author
1. Murder Buys a T-shirt, christy fifield

Books from Series
1. The Kingdom, amanda stevens
2. Chihuahua Confidential, waverly curtis

# of Pages
1. The Day I Shot Cupid: Hello, My Name Is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I'm a Love-aholic, jennifer love hewitt (196 pages)
2. Last Breath, rachel caine (335 pages)finished~07.19
3. An Echo in the Bone, diana gabaldon (814 pages)

Cover Color
1. Blue: Cerulean Sins, laurell k hamilton finished~07.26
2. Red: Ever After, kim harrison finished~07.03
3. Purple: Heartless, gail carriger finished~06.25
4. Peach: Temptation Ridge, robyn carr

Spell MANGO or TANGO
M: Mother's Day Murder, leslie meier
A: Apple Turnover Murder, joanne fluke finished~07.17
N: No Way to Kill a Lady, nancy martin
G: Guns Will Keep Us Together, leslie langtry
O: The Orchid Affair, lauren willig

[Barb]

I'll give it my best shot :)

MT MINI-CHALLENGE, 6/23 - 7/31
PROGRESS: 15/15

Books in italics are merely possibilities; all are subject to change.

✔ NEW-TO-ME AUTHOR - DONE
✔ The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, by Lily Koppel, finished 7/2


✔ BOOKS FROM SERIES - DONE
✔ The Quick and the Thread (Embroidery Mystery #1), by Amanda Lee, finished 6/26
✔ Mama Rides Shotgun ((Mace Bauer #2), by Deborah Sharp, finished 6/29


✔ NUMBER OF PAGES - DONE
✔ 160-250 pages - Friendkeeping: A Field Guide to the People You Love, Hate, and Can't Live Without, by Julie Klam, finished 6/30 - 222 pages
✔ 250-400 pages - A Royal Pain (Her Royal Spyness #2), by Rhys Bowen, finished 7/11 – 320 pages
✔ 400 + pages - The Distant Hours - 562 pages


✔ COVER COLOR - DONE
✔ 1 -
Island Girls, by Nancy Thayer, finished 7/1
✔ 2 -
Thirteen At Dinner (Hercule Poirot #9), by Agatha Christie, finished 7/4
✔ 3 -
Ladies' Night, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 7/6
✔ 4 -
Civil War Women, by Frank McSherry, Jr., finished 7/8


SPELL MANGO or TANGO - DONE
✔ M/T - Tilt-a-Whirl (John Ceepak #1), by Chris Grabenstein, finished 7/13
✔ A - author Avery Aames - The Long Quiche Goodbye (Cheese Shop #1), finished 6/24
✔ N - Never Kissed Goodnight (Leigh Koslow #4), by Edie Claire, finished 7/13
✔ G - Gone with the Win (Bed & Breakfast #28), by Mary Daheim, finished 7/21
✔ O - Olga: A Daughter's Tale, by Marie-Thérèse Browne, finished 7/18


                  

        

[Nicole]

I'm certainly not going to finish 15 books in one month, but I'll certainly list the five or six books that I do know I'll finish:--


1- Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus
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2- Jasper Fford's Something Rotten (book #4)
2- Gail Carriger's Heartless (book #4)
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3- Ellen DeGeneres, Seriously, I'm Kidding (241 pages)
3- Francesca Lia Block Elementals (265 pages)
3- Robin Hobb's Ship of Magic (906 pages)
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[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

CLAIMED FOR LISA.
FINISHED 15/15

1. New author: Katherine Allred. The Sweet Gum Tree. ***. Finished 7/7.

2. Heartless by G Carriger. Book 4 Parasol Protectorate. finished 06/28. ****
2. Moonlight Road. Book 11 Virgin River. Finished 7/2. 4.5 stars

3. Loving Edits by Mickie B Ashling. 240 pgs. finished 7/8. ****
3. MacReive by Kresley Cole. 384 pgs. Finished 7/5. ****
3. Heat by R Lee Smith. Finished 23rd June. 617 pages

4. Colour: Purple. Finished 7/4. Midnight Kiss. ***.
4. Colour: Blue. Finished 7/11. The Seduction of Phaeton Black. ****
4. Colour: Orange. Finished 7/15. Quinn's Undying Rose. ****.
4. Colour: Bronze. Finished 7/18 The Iron Duke 4.5 stars.


5.M/T The Lady of Secrets. Susan Carroll. 6/26
A. Duncan: Vampires in America. DB Reynolds. Finished 7/1. ****
N. A Novella Collection by Courtney Milan. Finished 7/12. ****
G. C W Gortner. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici. 7/9. ****
O. On the Prowl. Anthology. Finished 7/19. ***

[Nicole]

Sallie(Shuga) wrote: "MangoTango Mini Challenge06.23-07.31"

Hey! We're both reading Heartless this month. Feel like making it a buddy challenge? :D

[Steven]

Nicole, I probably won't either. :D

[Jane]

I am ready. I have made a list of books but they might change.


Mango Tango MINI-CHALLENGE, 6/23 - 7/31

New to Me Author: DONE
1. To Kill a Warlock by H.P. Mallory

Books from series: DONE
1. Moon Child by J.R. Rain - Vampire for Hire #4
2. A Lost Witch by Debora Geary - A Modern Witch #7

Number of pages: DONE
1. 160-250 pages - The Long Midnight Of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay - 182 p
2. 250-400 pages -Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan - 286 p
3. 400 + pages - Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb - 834 p

Cover color: DONE
1. Purple: Amethyst by Heather Bowhay
2. Blue: Cursed by Casey Odell
3. Grey: A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines
4. Red: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Spell MANGO or TANGO: DONE
M:Frey by Melissa Wright
A: Her Own Devices by Shelley Adina
N: Daughter of Dragons by Kathleen H. Nelson
G: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
O: Witch Way Bends by Olivia Hardin


PROGRESS: 15/15

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Nicole wrote: "Sallie(Shuga) wrote: "MangoTango Mini Challenge06.23-07.31"

Hey! We're both reading Heartless this month. Feel like making it a buddy challenge? :D"

Hey, I've got Heartless in my TBR too. I'll join in... if its okay?

[Moderators of NBRC]

There is an old thread here for Heartless, with DQs, if you want. Or let us know, if you want the Mods to set up a new thread for you. You may use the old DQs or not, up to you.

[Steven]

I knew Jane wouldn't be able to resist joining in! Yay!

Jane, I love Jurassic Park! Haven't read those books since probably 8th grade. Might be time to reread!!! :)

[Nicole]

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "There is an old thread here for Heartless, with DQs, if you want. Or let us know, if you want the Mods to set up a new thread for you. You may use the old DQs or not, up to you."

Might ask for a new one for Sallie, Lisa and I if you don't mind? Glancing through that thread, there are a lot of spoilers for us new readers. I know I, at least, haven't read the book before.

Thank you so much!

[Steven]

If you want, if Mods haven't set up a new thread yet, I can make a thread in the Mango Tango spot and post the old DQs up there with spoiler boxes so you guys can do them as you go along?

[Moderators of NBRC]

The Mods would prefer you have the discussion in the main NBRC, so that other members of NBRC may join in.

[Moderators of NBRC]

Here you go: Heartless "buddy read" Revisited. I put all the DQs under separate spoilers.

[Nicole]

Thank you! Also? What does DQs stand for?

[Nicole]

Oh, I see; Discussion Questions.

[Steven]

Thanks, LK/Mods!!! :D

Also, LK, feel free to jump in on the "just for fun" if you want to :)

[Barb]

Jane wrote: "I am ready. I have made a list of books but they might change.


Mango Tango MINI-CHALLENGE, 6/23 - 7/31

New to Me Author:
1. Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan"

Jane, I read this book when it first came out, and I *loved it! Who can resist a book about books? :)

[Barb]

I finished my first book! And I filled in tentative titles for all but one of the spaces. We'll see how it goes :)

[Steven]

Some of my buddies from other teams saw this and want to jump in with us since it's a just for fun thing. Any objections? I told them I'd double check since it started as a team thing!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

No problems from me.

Hey Steven, you're not the next Doctor in disguise, are you...???

[Steven]

Teehee, would you like to see my big blue box? :D

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

hahahahahahahahaha.....

[Nicole]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zZ...

I'm not so sophisticated as to know how to put images into a reply here, so here's an appropriate image link that I think you'll all love.

[Steven]

I wish I had a TARDIS. X)

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

ME TOO! Well, I have a tardis key ring, now you all know how nerdy I am!

[Steven]

Favorite companion???

[Steven]

I special ordered a Tardis iPhone case from the UK... X) I have a doctor who lunchbox still in the wrapper too hahahaha

[Lisa Kay]

Time Lord Steven wrote: "Thanks, LK/Mods!!! :D

Also, LK, feel free to jump in on the "just for fun" if you want to :)"

Like I need an excuse to buy it on audio! LOL!

[Steven]

I meant on this little challenge!

[Lisa Kay]

Oh! LOL! Okay.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Time Lord Steven wrote: "Favorite companion???"

Are we talking old school or new...I liked the Tom Baker years and those Key to Time episodes. I think the companion was Romana and their were two of them because she regenerated. Sarah Jane Smith and K9 were great also. that's testing my memory as I was only a kid and I haven't watched them since.

Of the recent episodes I liked Rose Tyler and her mum and Mickey Smith and Amy and Rory... didn't like Martha. Oh and Capt Jack was a hoot.

And the Stone angels are unreal...

Sorry everybody else who hasn't got a clue what I'm talking about.

[Steven]

I love Martha! Rose, Mickey, and Jackie are my least favorites, but I LOVE Donna Noble! liked Martha and Amy, Rory I could take or leave, adore Captain Jack, and am really digging Clara!

Haven't watched any of the old series yet, but it's on my queue for Netflix!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Yes, how could I have forgotten the DoctorDonna and the Ood. They gave my husband nightmares!

A lot of Dr Who purists didn't like the whole romantic theme with the Doctor and Rose Tyler. But as an old romantic I loved it. This season really confused me but I liked Matt Smith's steampunk doctor and Clara and River Song.

The old series is a bit dated now but worth a look especially the Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker/Peter Davison years.

I wonder who will be the new Doctor?

[Steven]

No clue! :) part of the fun! Though I will miss Smith!

[Ashley Marie]

Nicole wrote: "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zZ...

I'm not so sophisticated as to know how to put images into a reply here, so here's an appro..."

Nicole I just spit coffee all over my work computer thanks to you. That pic is hilarious!

[Ashley Marie]

If you guys don't mind I'd like to be an honorary Mango challenge doer! This looks really awesome :D

[Steven]

Jump on in! It's all just for fun anyways!

Hmmm, should you spell out MANGO/TANGO or... WILDB? WBYON? LOL!

[Ashley Marie]

Time Lord Steven wrote: "Jump on in! It's all just for fun anyways!

Hmmm, should you spell out MANGO/TANGO or... WILDB? WBYON? LOL!"

lol @ your attempt to shorten my team name. MANGO/TANGO seems way better...mostly because it doesn't have a Y in it :D

[Steven]

:P

[Ashley Marie]

I'm going on vacation this month, so I might actually finish this! We'll see. Thanks again for letting me play, guys!

Completed: 15/15
DONE!

1. Tender Morsels



1. Siege and Storm
2. Hunted



1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
2. Something Red
3. Inferno



1. Monster Hunter Legion
2. Onyx
3. The Lightning Thief
4. Stormdancer



M Midnight Riot
A Alif the Unseen
N Nightshifted
G Grave Mercy
O Opal

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MangoTango Mini Challenge06.23-07.31

New to You Author
1.

Books from Series
1. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Book 1) (Finished 7/2/1023)
2.

# of Pages
1. Inferno by Dan Brown (pages 558) (Finished 6/29/2013)
2. Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell (pages 352) (Finished 7/13/2013)
3.

Cover Color
1. Black: Lullaby by Robert B Parkler (written by Ace Atkins) (Finished 6/29/2013)
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Spell MANGO or TANGO
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[Steven]

Welcome to the "game" ladies!

[Nicole]

Ashley Marie wrote: "Nicole I just spit coffee all over my work computer thanks to you. That pic is hilarious! "

You're welcome!! :D

[Diane L]

July Mini-Challenge
6/23 - 7/31
Progress - 15/15
Completed 17 July

New to You Author
1. Annie Dillard wrote Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 13 July

Series Progress
1. The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters, Amelia Peabody #8, 3 July
2. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia #5 (#3 in old ordering), 8 July

Page Count
1. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, 208 pages, 8 July
2. The Brotherhood by Jerry B. Jenkins, 371 pages, 7 July
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, 544 pages, 26 June

Cover Color
1. Blue - White Dolphin by Gill Lewis, 2 July
2. Yellow - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, 10 July
3. Orange - Catacombs: A Tale of the Barque Cats by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Scarborough, 10 July
4. White/gray - Long Distance: A Year of Living Strenuously by Bill McKibben, 11 July


Spell MANGO or TANGO
M - The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins, 14 July
A - Alice LaPlante wrote Turn of Mind, 12 July
N - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle wrote The Mote in God's Eye, 30 June
G - Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel, 5 July
O - Once Before Time: A Whole Story of the Universe by Martin Bojowald, 17 July

[Steven]

I knew you'd join once you had time to get back on, Evana. :D

[Sheila]

1- Dracula by Bram Stoker
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2- The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa #1
2- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare #1
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3- The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler- p 208 read 7/1
3- Islay by Douglas Bullard- p 336
3- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides- p 544
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4- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce read 6/27
4- When She Woke by Hillary Jordan read 7/8
4- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
4- Rabbit, Run by John Updike

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5-M- A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
5-A- The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
5-N- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern read 7/25
5-G- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
5-O- Tropic of Orange by Karen Tei Yamashita

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) CLAIMED FOR LISA.
FINISHED 8/15

1. New author: Katherine Allred. The Sweet Gum Tree. ***. Finished 7/7.

2. Heartless by G Carriger. Book 4 Parasol Protectorate. finished 06/28. ****
2. Moonlight Road. Book 11 Virgin River. Finished 7/2. 4.5 stars

3.
3. MacReive by Kresley Cole. 384 pgs. Finished 7/5. ****
3. Heat by R Lee Smith. Finished 23rd June. 617 pages

4. Colour: Purple. Finished 7/4. Midnight Kiss. ***.
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5.M/T The Lady of Secrets. Susan Carroll. 6/26
A. Duncan: Vampires in America. DB Reynolds. Finished 7/1. ****
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Midnight Kiss (Includes Virgin River, #12)

Halfway through the Challenge!