Steven’s Comments (group member since Jan 18, 2013)

Steven’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as 2000 - plurals and spelling acceptable
MISSing

M- Nick Medina, author of Indian Burial Ground, finished 2/20/24
I- Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman, finished 2/21/24
S- Soul, character in Rift in the Soul by Faith Hunter, finished 2/16/24
S- Aurelius Savair, character in Our Satyr Prince, finished 2/11/24

Task: Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Judgement" in the text or title
HALTing

H- The House that Horror Built by Christina Henry, finished 2/4/24
A- April Carter, character in Murder Road by Simone St. James, finished 1/30/24
L- Kyra Lhota, character in The Atlas Maneuver by Steve Berry, finished 1/31/24
T- Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison, finished 2/10/24

Task: Read a book with only one cover image on Goodreads (i.e. there is only one edition, or if there is more than one edition, all editions have the same cover art)
SKIPPING
S- Seanan McGuire, author of Aftermarket Afterlife, finished 1/26/24
K- Kacen Callender, author of Infinity Alchemist, finished 1/16/24
I- Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa, finished 1/21/24
P- Pierce Brown, author of Dark Age, finished 1/15/24

Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as contemporary - plurals and spelling acceptable
SKIPPING

S- Pim Shaw, character in The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden, finished 12/28/23
K- Dinios Kol, character in The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, finished 12/4/23
I- Izzy, character in The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, finished 1/2/24
P- Pierce Brown, author of Iron Gold, finished 12/7/23

Task: Read a book that is in the Amazon 2004 bestsellers (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/...)
SKIPPING

S- Sunny Moraine, author of Your Shadow Half Remains, finished 11/19/23
K- Kelley Armstrong, author of The Boy Who Cried Bear, finished 11/12/23
I- Ilona Andrews, author of Magic Claims, finished 12/4/23
P- Kate Puglisi, character in The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden, finished 11/6/23

Task: Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Chick Lit
CAN'Ting!
C- Cinder Spires series, The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher, finished 10/31/23
A- Abby Ward, character in Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates, finished 10/3/23
N- Niamh, character in Under the Smoke Strewn Sky by A Deborah Baker, finished 9/16/23
T- That's Not My Name by Megan Lally, finished 10/14/23

It's been quite a few years since I slowly faded from my Goodreads obsessive status, but I've decided to rejoin my maze and try to finish it. So now comes the onerous task of looking at all the books since the last one I submitted and seeing how far it gets me in the maze LOL.

Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as brain-candy - plurals and spelling acceptable
SKIPPING!
S- Susan Burr, character in West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman, finished 9/10/2023
K - KM Neuhold, author of Rear-Ended, finished 8/31/2023
I- (an) Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka, finished 9/13/23
P - Pippa, character in Let Him In by William Friend, finished 8/29/23

Erin, that one is my favorite too! I've always loved the random tasks! They're like a little treasure hunt.

I see you've put my Lucky Day under "character lives in a busy and bustling place" but that doesn't really fit, as most of the book takes place driving between small towns and in the deserts of Nevada. Only a tiny section of the book takes place in a big city. *awkward face* sorry

Finished a book! Tagged it on the spreadsheet

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Ugh, I just looked at my profile and looks like it's having the same issue yet again. States last active in May 2025, so I am surprised my notifications are working. It seems I'm having to do this ..."

Mine still aren't working :(((

Judith wrote: "Steven wrote: "I'm working on catching up on all the tasks and goals of this Tower Teams, but I did finish a book so I'll post it here!


384 pages

Judith and/or capt..."

YAY for stealing me!!

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Wow, that's some impressive traveling, and I bet that was a blast meeting a lot of Goodreads friends that one trip. I'm not one who gets to travel much unfortunately, but who knows on one day! Your..."

Alex would totally agree that we NEED a boxer. He loves what he calls their "derpy wiggle" LOL

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Steven wrote: "Hello all! :D"

Steven, we have not talked in ages, it's so nice to see you again!"

I missed this one! HI ERIN! :D Good to play with you again!!

Lexi wrote: "Have you tried logging out and back in again. That has helped some people."

I'll try that! Thanks!

Anyone else stuck in the "no notifications other than for likes" mode of Goodreads? :(

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Steven wrote: "It doesn't really work for the remaining open tasks on India, but it does work for the "drinks tea" so I put the note in the spreadsheet with amazon kindle location and quoted the se..."

OH duh, my brain didn't even register that it was spun on the 8th so had to be finished on or after the 8th.

It doesn't really work for the remaining open tasks on India, but it does work for the "drinks tea" so I put the note in the spreadsheet with amazon kindle location and quoted the sentence. As long as iced tea counts, that is - le gasp, I know that people from the UK would probably be horrified if iced tea counts lol

Lexi wrote: "Hey Steven, do you remember is you finished the List on the 7th before or after 5 pm? That is when we got INDIA and we could use it there if you finished after 5 PM Eastern time."

Oh definitely, it was like 11:58pm, almost midnight.

Judith wrote: "Steven wrote: "I recognize quite a few of you from previous challenges and am excited to play again. Hoping it resparks my reading mojo, which has been off-kilter for a bit.

I'm Steven. I live in..."

I KNOW! I wanted all the Lusties to be able to be there too. :( Maybe one day!

When I told her, she let me know that is the town she was born in! :D So she's kind of part of our team still!!!!