Navi’s Comments (group member since Mar 05, 2018)

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

The Never Ending Series Challenge

Start: April 14, 2020 - ?
Level: Succession

Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley - 2/3
3. The Last Mortal Bond

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon - 1/17
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The Bareknuckle Bastards by Sarah MacLean - 1/3
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Forbidden Hearts by Alisha Rai - 1/3
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The Somerton Scandals by Ava Devlin - 2/3
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Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden - 1/3
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Spindle Cove by Tessa Dare - 1/8
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I'm a hitchhiker hoping to join a team again!

Finished Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees - My Review

March 2020 NetGalley Challenge

Beginning of the Month

Total Books on Shelf: 189

FR: 10%

Books Added:

End of the Month

Books Read (reviews linked):

1. Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees


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Completed this challenge! My Post

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Goodreads Choice Award 2019 Reading Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Level: Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
Hard- 40 books

Progress: 17/40

FICTION
✔ 3/24 ★★★
✔ 6/8 ★★★★★

HISTORICAL FICTION
✔ 3/29

FANTASY
✔ 2/25 ★★★★

SCIENCE FICTION
✔ 2/2 ★★★
✔ 4/9

ROMANCE
✔ 3/31 ★★★★
✔ 3/31 ★★★★★
✔ 5/2 ★★★★
✔ 4/23 ★★★★

NONFICTION
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MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
✔ 2/6 ★★★★
✔ 3/4 ★★★★★
✔ 1/25 ★★★★
✔ 2/18 ★★★★★
✔ 6/24 ★★★★★

HORROR
✔ 6/5 ★★★

Time for Tea Challenge

Duration: January 1 - 31

Levels
description Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
description Tea for two - 6 to 10 books
description Tea party - 11 or more books

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
✔The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age - set in hot climate (India) 1/3


Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
✔ Lemon - Non fiction genre book - Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child 1/4

Celestial Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020


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✔C - Crabtree, James: The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age 1/3
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Beginning of the Month
Total Books on Shelf: 180

FR: 10%

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Finished House of Nutter - 5 stars!

Scooby Doo Reading Challenge

Start date: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Scooby Snacks: 9-17 books

Progress: 14/14

Option #3
Spell out (*) the following words:

✔M - Marie Lu, The Kingdom of Back 6/23
✔Y - Julie Yip-Williams, The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After 6/24
✔S - Steve Jobs 6/27
✔T - The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age 1/3
✔E - Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves 6/19
✔R - Rebel 5/28
✔Y - The Year of the Runaways 3/2

✔M - The Mothers 6/11
✔A - The Alloy of Law 5/27
✔C - Cumming, Laura - Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child 1/4
✔H - The House in the Cerulean Sea 5/25
✔I - If I Had Your Face 6/22
✔N - A Natural History of Dragons 6/13
✔E - The Emperor's Blades 3/1

Reading University Challenge
Start date: January 1, 2020 - ??

Associates Degree (7 books in all)

Science: science fiction, earth science, life science, applied science:

Literature: american novel, european novel, world novel, graphic novel:

History: alternate history, american history, european history, world history:

Social Science: anthropology, psychology, education, political science:

Art: fine arts, visual arts, music, art history:

Language: indo-european, sino-tibetan, niger-congo, austronesian:
✔The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age - set in India 1/3

Athletics: baseball, olympics, cricket, sports history:

New Releases: 2020
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Once Upon a Time - 1 book per month
Progress: 0/12

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1. The Honey-Don't List 4/8
2. The Glass Hotel 2/27
3. My Dark Vanessa 3/19
4. Kiss the Stars 4/13

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

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Baby Got Book Challenge
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Rules: Read fat books! Books over 450 pages. Paper, ebooks and audio are O.K. For audiobooks, use default edition for page count or books over 12 hours.

Bakers dozen: = 13 books

Progress: 13/13

1. The Well of Ascension, 815 pg - 1/12
2. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier, 560 pgs - 1/16
3. The Hero of Ages, 785 pgs - 1/25
4. The Emperor's Blades, 593 pgs - 3/1
5. The Providence of Fire, 737 pgs - 3/11
6. Risking it All for the Sinful Earl, 445 pgs - 4/30
7. Crown of Feathers, 496 pgs - 5/8
8. Foundryside, 512 pgs - 5/10
9. The Last Mortal Bond, 897 pgs - 5/21
10.Girl, Woman, Other, 464 pgs - 6/8
11.Docile, 480 pgs - 6/16
12.Steve Jobs, 656 pgs - 6/27
13.Words of Radiance, 1088 pgs - 11/13

Hat Reading Challenge

January 1, 2020 - January 31, 2020
Level: Snap back
Progress: 0/20

Option #1- Spell out(*) the word " H- A- T

✔H - Hall, Stacey The Familiars 1/10
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✔T - The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier 1/16

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✔ B - The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age 1/3
✔A - Ahmet Altan I Will Never See the World Again 1/12
✔S - Sanderson, Brandon The Well of Ascension 1/12
✔E - Elend Venture The Hero of Ages 1/25
✔B - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 1/6
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✔ L - Laura Cumming, Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child 1/4
✔L - Lepore, Jill The Secret History of Wonder Woman 1/15

✔C - McDougall, Christopher Running with Sherman 1/6
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Finished In Praise of the Useless Life - 4 stars!

Great job everyone!! This was my first time participating in TT but it definitely won’t be my last. This was a great team:) A very special thank you to Donna and Lexi for keeping us accountable and organized. Much appreciated!! Happy holidays!

Finished Lust on Trial - 3 stars!