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

Finished by Dana Stabenow
Series: Kate Shugak #5
Characters: Jack Morgan, Jim Chopin, Bobby, Dinah Cookman, Tom Winklebeck, Ekatarina Shugak, Matthew Seabolt
Letters --> B, C, D, E, J, K, M, P, S, T, W

Green Task:
Page 7 - "The green phoenix bursting from the black ashes of devastation".

Lisa, I saw in the read thread that you read and enjoyed . I have that book on my tbr too, looking forward to read it now. Looks promising and euhm love the covers :)

On a different note; this week I've watched the trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them starring Eddie Redmayne & Colin Farell, and I'm excited for its release in November, it's looking really good.

Concerning the recent release of the last book in the HP series (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two). Did anyone from the team read it? Any thoughts?

Welcome back NancyHelen!

We are doing really good team, moving slowly but steadily up the rankings.
Like the rest of the team, I don't mind staying with Athena. It would be great to get Terror Birds again for the bonus but I think that the chances are slim.

I will have my book finished this weekend. Really enjoying the Kate Shugak series.

As soon as I finish my current read, I will start my book.

Congratulations on the new job Sophie! Hope your first day went well.

I agree, house hunting is fun but the actual moving not that much. I had cardboard boxes still lying around in a corner after two years of moving. Even packing and unpacking after going on vacation is a nightmare

Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell

Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King’s head on a spike.

Now Tristia is on the verge of collapse and the barbarians are sniffing at the borders. The Dukes bring chaos to the land, while the Greatcoats are scattered far and wide, reviled as traitors, their legendary coats in tatters. All they have left are the promises they made to King Paelis, to carry out one final mission.

But if they have any hope of fulfilling the King’s dream, the divided Greatcoats must reunite, or they will also have to stand aside as they watch their world burn…

Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn

As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister-and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she begins to see the dark side of this magical place...

Finished
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews
Date: 01/08
Rating: ★★★½
Series: Innkeeper Chronicles
- 2nd in the series
Task: GREEN - Loc 600 (page 40): "Plants, some green,some blue, others red and magenta, spread their branches on the textures terraces..."
Characters: Dina DeMille, George, Wilmos Gervar, Marais, Nuan Cee, Arland, Caldenia, Jack, Orro, Sean Evans
Letters --> A, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, M, N, O, S, W

Quick checking in.

Glad to have you on our team, Sam! We are currently doing the Wheelathon challenge and spelling the word Athena. During this particular challenge you can basically read anything you want (unless the captains request we find and read something specific). The spell it out challenge is pretty easygoing, most of the time your books will fit. And while you are reading you can look out for the tasks: green in text, like you did below :) Doing great!

Finished my book but will update everything tomorrow since I just returned from my holidays in Wales and I'm exhausted. Good night Mammoths!

Thank you ladies, I will memorize all your great one liners :-)

Happy belated birthday, Shelby!

I'm off to bed now, I'm experimenting with audio books and try to listen to one before sleeping

I have a book with orange in the title but can only start it this weekend, I have the paperback at home but I think that by then that pesky task will be removed

Hi Team! So this week my reader's feelings got hurt. I don't know about you fellow Mammoths, but I take a book or my ereader with me practically every where I go. I try to squeeze as many reading time during the day as I can. In the morning a certain lady saw me reading again and said I was addicted and enslaved to my book. I tell this here to comfort me that reading in public is not illegal ;-)
Also a lot of people tell me that they find reading tiresome and that they don't have the time to read unlike me *sigh*

Good evening Mammoths! I've finished and posted a book but honestly didn't focus on the colours and since I've the paperback, it's not easy to do a quick search. I will check with my next book. I will re-read Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews (last read in December). Doing great team :-)

Finished by Dana Stabenow.
Date: 25/07
Rating: 4 stars
Characters: Kate Shugak, Jack Morgan, John King, Toni Hartzler, Sue Jordan, Jerry McIsaac, Cake Yarborough
Letters: A, C, D, H, J, K, M, S, T, Y

Can't link right now, I'm on the app. I read the paperback version

Welcome to the team, Jennifer!

Thank you for the answer Stacie :)

Completely understand your need to vent Shelby, hope today is better

For our second stop I will read Mémoires sur la cour de Louis XIV if a Roman numeral in the title works.

Question about the Wheelathon; I know there was a debate at the previous wheels regarding this but don't remember the outcome. When we are reading a non-fiction book can we for example use historical characters for the spell-it-out?

Eldarwen wrote: "Jackpot, Mammoths!!

That's a lovely word you got yourselves there! :-D"

Héhé ;-) Thank you Sabertooth, we shall spend it well :)

That's great news, Berit! Hope it all works out asap

I've finished my last book for Olympics - page jumping. Off to peruse my shelves to line up books to read for Wheelathon.

Oh and Mammoths, concerning our spell-it-out word; Terror Birds are an extinct species like us :-D

Olympics - Page Jumping: heat 4

Finished by Dana Stabenow
Date: 22/07
Rating: ★★★★
Pages: 185

No worries, I will have my book finished on time :-) had lots of reading time today

I'm really excited for Wheelathon, and glad to see that every time the challenge is slightly different than the one before.