Melanie’s Comments (group member since Sep 01, 2014)

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

If anything needs to be switched around, I haven't started the other 3 books I have down for mini tasks 6, 7, or 17 yet. I'll be reading them tonight and tomorrow, so if need be I could switch them for other books if something else fits those tasks.

Judith wrote: "Melanie,

Karen read a book Wound Tight, that is less than 200 pages and doesn't have a home on the mini-challenge so we could use it for the short book slot you are signed up for.

If you were onl..."

I was only picking it up this week because of the mini challenge, so go ahead and put Karen's book in that spot.

Completion Post

Book: Due or Die
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Date: 12/5/18
Pages: 283
Letters: M (author last name - Jenn McKinlay), S (character last name - Beth Stanley), L (character first name - Lindsey Norris), E (character first name - Edmund Sint)
Mini-Challenge: #39 Read a book with a scarf on the cover - Red scarf on cover

Alright so I'm hoping to clear out everything added in 2014 which is the oldest stuff I have on here and this should be a good way to motivate me. 2015 is when I really started keeping track of stuff and added my entire collection, so 2014 isn't too bad in terms of the number of books.

The only items I will be skipping that I added in 2014 are the Game of Thrones books plus the companion book The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones. I don't want to start those until I actually know the next book is coming out as I don't want to be stuck waiting a bajillion years like the people who are current on the series.

So excluding GoT, I have 26 books left that were added in 2014 (17 are on my physical bookshelves, 6 I have ebooks of, and 3 I don't have at all).


Books on my physical shelves:

1. The Three Fates of Ryan Love by Erin Quinn
2. Split Second by Kasie West
3. Day 21 by Kass Morgan
4. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
5. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
6. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
7. Starflight by Melissa Landers
8. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
9. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
10. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
11. Jurassic Park / The Lost World by Michael Crichton
12. The Vampire Diaries Vol. 1 by Colleen Doran
13. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
14. Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
15. Homecoming by Kass Morgan
16. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
17. Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole




Books I have eBooks of:

1. The Seven Sins of Ruby Love by Erin Quinn
2. Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
3. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
4. Ticker by Lisa Mantchev
5. Marked by Sarah Fine
6. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni




Books I don't have copies of:

1. Inherit Midnight by Kate Kae Myers
2. Girl Underwater by Claire Kells
3. Just in Time for a Highlander by Gwyn Cready

So I had Due or Die down for mini-challenge task 17 (read a book with a dog on the cover) but I'm going to move it to task 39 (read a book with a scarf on the cover) which is worth more points and wasn't claimed yet. I do have Dashing Through the Snow out from the library which has a dog on the cover, so I'll read that for task 17.

For word on cover, does that look like mistletoe above their heads on this cover?



If it does, I can read this one for that. Currently I have this marked for mini-challenge task #1, but I can read something else for that one.

Completion Post

Book: Emerald Green
Author: Kerstin Gier
Date: 12/2/18
Pages: 451
Letters: M (character - Maddy Montrose), S (character - Gwyneth Shepherd), T (character - Thomas George), L (character - Lesley Hay), E (title)

Completion Post

Book: Sapphire Blue
Author: Kerstin Gier
Date: 12/2/18
Pages: 357
Letters: M (character - Maddy Montrose), S (title), T (character - Thomas George), L (character - Lesley Hay)
Mini-Challenge: #15 Read a book with the name of at least 4 articles of clothing within the text
"I'm not going on a bus in this dress" — Page 15
"I'd already taken off the hooped skirt and hung it up over the piano stool." — Page 172
"Automatically, I sniffed the sleeve of my blazer." — Page 199
"As I slipped back into my jeans and favorite dark blue pullover..." — Page 212

Completion Post

Book: Ruby Red
Author: Kerstin Gier
Date: 12/1/18
Pages: 324
Letters: M (character - Maddy Montrose), S (character - Gwyneth Shepherd), T (character - Thomas George), L (character - Lesley Hay)
Mini-Challenge Bonus: #25 Read a book with "red" in the title - Ruby Red

I'm in again. Hoping to get caught up by the end of the year on the 8 already published books I still have plus the 3 December ones.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback Ratio: 90%

Books (ordered by pub date):



Added:


Finished:


End of Month:
Books on shelf: 27
Feedback Ratio: 87%

Completion Post

Book: The Christmas Wedding Ring
Author: Susan Mallery
Date: 12/1/18
Pages: 384
Letters: T (title), S (author first name - Susan Mallery)
Bonus: Word on cover - Tinsel on the tree

Just wanted to check in to say I will be finishing The Christmas Wedding Ring today for word on cover, I fell a bit behind the on my reading the past two days, but I will finish it before the deadline. From what I can tell so far, it only works for T & S, but I'll see if it works for anything else as I read it.

Will we be getting a December post soon?

I did pretty well for November considering I'm participating in Wheelathon and Netgalley books wouldn't always fit with my word for the week.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 22
Feedback Ratio: 88%

Added:


Finished:
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback Ratio: 90%

Ok, I can also cover 7 and 15.

Of the books I'm already planning to pick up, they fit a few of the lower point valued ones 1, 6, 17 & 25. Once I fill out my TBR more I should be able to hit a few higher point valued ones.

One other question. Can we double up with these tasks? Like if a book fits 3 of them, can it be used for all 3? Or is it like the normal scavenger hunt bonuses and its 1 book per bonus? I'm guessing it's the second, but figured I'd ask anyway as it only mentions the book can't be used for a scavenger hunt bonus and a mini challenge task.

Judith wrote: "We were in 13th place at the end of week 4 so if we complete this, we'll gain 200 bonus points."

That's in addition to the points for the tasks themselves, right? Just want to make sure I'm reading it right.

Did everyone see the extra bonuses for week 6?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

What does everyone think? I'm trying to see if I can plan my reading so I can fit everything into them.

Judith wrote: "Looking at options for word in title and MPG, mistletoe actually looks like a better option.

If no one has an objection, I'll put in for mistletoe."

Mistletoe is fine with me!