Beth’s Comments (group member since Aug 12, 2014)

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

Finished Scotsman of My Dreams, halfway through Summer Garden Murder, and about a fifth of the way through Last Summer.

If we've got it, I say use it!

Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Read: 10/2/16
Rating: 4 stars
Paperback: 283 pages

Bonus 16: First title in Title Chain, self published book

I'll try this! I'll go for Option One, and see how many Princes I can acquire.

Updated 12/3
COMPLETE! 1/7/17
I'm hoping for Prince Charming!

1. Mickey Mouse
Little Plum by Rumer Godden 10/7/16 (Belinda is mischievous)


2. Donald Duck
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Bradley 10/28/16 (character with anger issues)

3. Bambi
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron 10/2/16 (sweet, shy character)

4. Peter Pan
Pegeen by Hilda von Stockum 10/17/16 (playful character)

5. Arthur Pendragon
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny 10/29/16 (royal blood)

6. Robin Hood
Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold 11/6/16 (hero in disguise)

7. Taran
A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles 11/3/16 (headstrong personality)

8. Darkwing Duck
Comrade Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi 10/26/16 (spy and force for good!)

9. Simba
Last Summer by Holly Chamberlin 10/4/16 (overprotective)

10. Quasimodo
Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn 10/27/16 (kind and gentle)

11. Phoebus
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater 10/18/16 (Mr Grey switches sides)

12. Hercules
A Gentleman's Position by K J Charles 11/2/16 (Richard is strong)

13. Tarzan
Bearly Cooking by Moxie North 11/16/17 (animal shifter)

14. Emperor Kuzco
Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley 11/26/16 . (Animal shifter)

15. Milo Thatch
I Go By Sea, I Go By Land by I Go By Sea, I Go By Land, P.L. Travers , 11/10/16 (character named James)

16. Sora
Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes 11/4/16 (heroic/selfless hero)

17. Yao, Ling and Chien Po
H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald 10/23/16 (few good friends)

18. Prince Edward
Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck 10/24/16 (love at first sight)

19. David Kawena
Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington 10/28/16 (supports friend through hard times)

20. Jim Hawkins
Positively by Courtney Sheinmel 11/18/16 (raised by single mum)

21. Jack Skellington
Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn 11/23/16 (character named Jack)

22. John Rolfe
1824: The Arkansas War, Eric Flint 1/2/17
(Hero helps girlfriend change her ways to be more mannerly)


23. Harris, Hubert and Hamish
Once a Rancher by Linda Lael Miller 11/2/16 (character with 2 brothers)

Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Carola Dunn
Kindle: 174 pages
Read: 10/1/16
4 Stars

For Title Chain

Also

The Corsican Caper by Peter Mayle
Audio: 176 pages
Rating: 2 stars
Finished 9/30/16

Banked

There's a thing at the top that controls line wrapping for a box. The icon on it is not intuitive but it is after the color controls and stuff.

Well, we can do my Beth-hogs-all-the-books chain. I am surprised that no one else nibbled at the titles; they didn't look that unusual.

Courtney Milan has been self publishing for a while; I put one of her titles up too.

Well, actually.........

I built a five book chain using all my own books, hogging the whole bonus. No specials. I just felt a bit odd about it. The Beet thing was just an attempt to share...

But with a week to go, I can easily finish them all.

Or we could use the "Free Book" bonus and put in a banked book, I guess. But the Beet Fields book looks interesting.

I've got nothing with Fields. I refuse to give up!

OK, I found The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer. Give me the Title Twist Bonus so I can warp it in, and then I'm back to reading Summer Garden Murder, which gives me an excuse to read Murder on the Flying Scotsman. Which is what I want to read anyway.

Can I have the title twist bonus?

I'm working on the Title Relay. When I list a bunch of titles, they are in order of preference -- so I've got both "Summer Ball" and "Summer By the Sea" but I'm hoping someone matches on "Ball".

I listed the specials we can use next to the banked books; I'm not sure if we used any yet. For anyone looking to build on the title chain notice #5 "ignore an article". If we haven't built a chain by this afternoon I guess we should dump that bonus.

Game of Cages by Harry Connolly
Paperback: 344 pages
Finished: 9/29/16


For Bonus 13: Tagged as Horror (14 tags, on main page)

Also finished:

Rattle His Bones by Carola Dunn
Kindle: 256 pages

Read for Science character but was too slow. It also works as book #8 in series for Bonus 8

I just finished which I started because it has scientists as major categories, but then Sheila finished her scientist book, but now I notice that it's #8 in a series so I stuck it in for Bonus 8. Voila!

Didn't we have leftover bonus thingies from previous rounds? You can tell I don't really know what I'm talking about. Sleep well!

I thought 100 pages was the minimum. Can we use a bingo bonus on it?

Plethora, how close to finishing are you on either The Silent Deal or Fire From Heaven? Because we could use a bonus to swap in a completed book if you want to concentrate on one or the other.

I put all my self-published titles (I mean, *I* didn't publish them) in the spreadsheet and will see if any generate nibbles.

Also Rachel Aaron self published Nice Dragons Finish Last

As Ruby Lionsdrake:

Trial and Temptation
The Assassin's Salvation

As Buroker:

The Emperor's Edge
Honor's Flight
Relic of Sorrows

Also Harry Connolly self published

The Way Into Chaos
The Way into Magic
The Way into Darkness

"Temptation" and "Chaos" shouldn't be hard to build on. And "Magic" looks easy.