Audrey Jane’s Comments (group member since May 27, 2014)

Audrey Jane’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Labours of Bookules

--> Labour 8: Find the Crystal Key - Read a book where a main character is a knight (Geoffrey and his retainer Roger).

Finished Gentle Warrior by Julie Garwood
Date: 15/09
Rating: ★
Also works for:
--> Labour 12: Injure a Foot - Read a book where someone is injured severely (hero is unconscious for 6 days due to his injuries to his head and back)
--> Labour 1: Summon the Thestral by mimicking its cry - Read a book with a bird on the cover (a hawk)

Posted my finished book for 'physic character', I will check what I have for the above, I might find something for 'food on the cover'.

Have fun at the movies, Lisa!

Labours of Bookules

--> Labour 6: Search the Boiler Room - Read a book with a psychic character.

Finished Absolutely, Positively by Heather Webber
Date: 14/09
Rating: ★★★★
Also works for:
--> Labour 6: Escape on a Snowmobile - Read a book that takes place in winter with snow (takes place in February and the snow just starts to melt).
--> Labour 12: Find a Place to Shower - Read a book where someone showers (Both Lucy and Sean shower multiple times through the story).
--> Labour 4: Find Sherlock - Read a mystery book.

Labours of Bookules - Required book #2

--> Labour 7: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your own.

Finished Breakup by Dana Stabenow
Date: 13/09
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 260
Also works for:
--> Labour 2: Read a book where someone survives an attack (Kate gets shot at mutliple times through the book and barely escapes a grizzly attack)
--> Labour 5: Read a book that has at least 5 different covers.
--> Labour 6: Read a book where someone is murdered (Carol Stewart is murdered).
--> Labour 11: Read a book with a strong female lead (Kate Shugak).
--> Labour 4: Find Sherlock - Read a mystery book.
--> Labour 3: Check with Lydia Bennet - Read a book with a headstrong character (Kate Shugak)

Thanks for passing by, Ray!

I've read the rules and I'm again amazed by all the work done by the Mods! Really it's so great to participate in this challenge :)

I've added my first book for Labors in the read thread, I've listed all the options for the book in case the captains want to shuffle things around.

Labours of Bookules - Required book #1

Finished Blood Will Tell by Dana Stabenow
Date: 11/09
Rating: ☆☆☆
Pages: 304
Works for:
--> Labour 1: Read a book with a bird on the cover (there're birds on the cover)
--> Labour 2: Read a book where someone survives an attack (Kate survives 3 attacks on her person - they sabotage her car, secondly they vandalize and shoot at her house, and again she gets shot)
--> Labour 5: Read a book that has at least 5 different covers.
--> Labour 6: Read a book where someone is murdered.
--> Labour 7: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than your own.
--> Labour 11: Read a book with a strong female lead (Kate Shugak).

No problem for the 2 books requirement.
Btw team, after investigating around I've read in another team's thread that the challenge has been postponed. I'm off to bed.

I still haven't decided my book for our next stop, I agree with Megs. I might pick up Of Mice and Men since it's on my tbr pile but I'm still undecided. Will check the list again

For the 6th stop: character is a doctor, I'm reading Ashes in the Wind (Male MC is a surgeon).

Oh ok, great, it was confusing I thought we only had to read the concerned green squares that form a certain pattern.
I'm having a hell of a week at work. I'm at that stage were I get really grumpy. Luckily I took a couple of days off next week so lots of relaxing and reading will be done ;-)

Meanwhile, I filled in my read books in our planning spreadsheet. Looking forward to the next challenge in Wobble!

Woohoo, well done team :-)! So exciting
For our new card my read books can work for 'You in title' and yellow cover if nobody has one.

I have a question, I wonder where our 100 bonus points are since we submitted a cover all pattern? I can't see it on our spreadsheet.

I've added one of my books, Poison study, just in case, I might be able to justify it for the yo-yo square. I haven't confirmed my other books yet, waiting for the rest of the team to check what they have.

@ Shelby: Succes with you booktube :)

Bingo

Finished by Lisa Kleypas
Date: 05/09
Rating: ★★
Task: BOOK - The MC, Amanda is an author and Jake is a bookseller and publisher

I can take the following squares if possible:

- Skull and Crossbones : Poison Study (read) - 431 pages
- W : Charming the Prince (read) - 354 pages - MC's name is Willow
- Book : Suddenly You (I will finish it tonight) - One MC is an author the other a publisher

If there are better alternatives, I can shuffle things around and justify other squares but those are the most obvious

Finished for our third stop, 2005 as top shelves. Curious to see what everyone picks for our next stop

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

BINGO

Finished by Maria V. Snyder
Date: 03/09
Rating: ★★★
Pages: 431
Task: open

Great newsletter mods! Really looking forward to the Kate Daniels Event :) It's KD month after all.

Bingo

Finished by Patricia C. Wrede
Read: 31/08
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 212 pages
Task: Title contains 'with'

Regarding cataloging books on GR, I think that's a great initiative! I know what to do this weekend since lately more and more I've been buying physical books I already own on Kindle. Imo classifying books is as much fun as reading books :)

We have a lot of 'title contains x' in our new card. I've claimed the 'title contains with' square with my book Dealing with Dragons. I will finish it tonight. My other book doesn't fit any squares on this card.

by Sharon Shinn

Gillengaria seethes with unrest. In the south, hostility toward magic and its users has risen to a dangerous level, though King Baryn has ordered that such mystics are to be tolerated. It is whispered that he issued the decree because his new wife used her magic powers to ensnare him… The King knows there are those in the noble Twelve Houses who could use this growing dissent to overthrow him. So he dispatches the mystic Senneth to assess the threat throughout the realm. Accompanying her is a motley band of magic-users and warriors including Tayse, first among the King’s Riders—who holds a hard view of mystics in general, and Senneth in particular. But as the unlikely allies venture farther into the south, they will face death in a land under the sway of a fanatical cult that would purge Gillengaria of all magic users. And they will come to realize that their only hope of survival lies in standing together…