Emily’s Comments (group member since Dec 27, 2013)

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

I have none either, so I vote for using the boon.

Title: Shadow and Bone
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: Dec 13
Pages: 368

Main Characters: Alina Starkov, Malyen (Mal) Oretsev, the Darkling, Genya
Numbers of Chapters: 22
GR Rating: 4.08
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Setting: Ravka
Date Published: June 5th, 2012
Cover: Red and black palace surrounded by dark swirls and white antlers
Misc: Magic, MC can control light, another can control darkness, has creatures that are not human.

If Barbara's "Goalless Books" shelf is up to date it looks like the book Invisible by James Patterson was published on the 23rd. I'm on mobile, so I can't link to it, but maybe check it out?

The sentence is "...scared to death I'd fall face first into the artichoke and calf brains vinaigrette." I'll put it on the post in the "Books Read" thread, too.

Title: One For The Money
Author: Janet Evanovich
Date Read: 12/8
Pages: 290
Goal: Read a book with the word artichokes. "...scared to death I'd fall face first into the artichoke and calf brains vinaigrette."

Characters: Stephanie Plum, Joseph Morelli, Jimmy Alpha, Benito Ramirez
Number of chapters: 14
Setting: Trenton, New Jersey
GRs Rating: 4.02
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Cover: White with a pair of eyes looking at a bullet shooting across the page.
Date Published: August 1994
Misc Info: MC is a bounty hunter

Did that artichokes goal get completed/claimed? If not, the book I just finished, I haven't posted it yet, has the word artichoke in it.

Just posted the book for goal 87.

Title: Beautiful Creatures
Author: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Date Read: 12/7
Pages: 563
Goal: #87 Read a book with 3 vowels in a row in the title

I'm currently reading Beautiful Creatures which will work for the vowel goal. If anyone can finish another book that fits faster, though, they can take it.

I was planning on reading One for the Money, but it might be a couple days before I can start so if anyone else wants it or reads another first they can take it.

For the holiday goals, can only one person complete each goal or is it open to all of us to claim? If that makes sense.

Third time in two weeks for that goal? We have such bad luck. lol.

Now that I think about it, I'll put the tarot cards on the post in the Books Read thread so it's easier to find.

Barbara ★ wrote: "Emily, can you put 99 Days on your tower teams shelf?

Also, one of the reviews mentions TAROT on page 37, 38, 72. If you still have the book, can you check out those pages and indicate what CARDS ..."

Sorry, I totally thought I had already! I just put it on the shelf. And the tarot cards that are mentioned are these: four of swords, seven of pentacles, the hanged man, the sun, justice and judgment, temperance and strength.

Book: 99 Days
Author: Katie Cotugno
Date Read: 11/30/15
Pages: 384
Goal: N/A

Main Characters: Molly Barlow, Gabe, Patrick, and Julia Donnelly, Imogen, Tess
Number of chapters: 99 - They are sorted into days, each "chapter" is a new day.
Setting: Star Lake - I'm not sure of the state, maybe New York or Illinois.
GRs Rating: 3.44
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction
Cover: A collage of a photos of a young couple, male and female.
Date Published: 04/15/2015
Misc Info: MC is adopted, MC's mom is an author, love triangle. Tarot Cards: four of swords, seven of pentacles, the hanged man, the sun, justice and judgment, temperance and strength.

Book: The End
Author: Lemony Snicket
Date Read: 11/29/15
Pages: 372
Goal: N/A

Main Characters: Count Olaf, Kit Snicket, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, Ishmael
Number of chapters: 13
Setting: Lost/deserted island with no name.
GRs Rating: 3.97
Genre: Fiction
Cover: Three children, two feet with one missing a shoe, bird cage in the background.
Date Published: 10/13/2006
Misc Info: Siblings are orphans, they are shipwrecked on an island, poisonous mushrooms, a baby is born.

I don't have anything that would fit that one, unfortunately.

I'll be starting the book for the "strength" tarot card goal tomorrow! I'm hoping to finish it by Monday since my days off are Sunday & Monday.

Title: Tiger Lily
Author: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Date Read: 11/27
Pages: 292
Goal: N/A

Main Characters: Tiger Lily, Peter Pan, Tik Tok, Tinker Bell, Pine Sap
Number of chapters: 45
Setting: Neverland
GRs Rating: 3.97
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Retelling
Cover: Orange flower
Date Published: July 3, 2012
Misc Info: Retelling of Peter Pan, characters stop aging

Sydney wrote: I really enjoy it so far and I can't wait to read the last one! "

I'm glad you like it! It just gave me so many feels. Did you hear the first one is being turned into a movie!?