Elizabeth’s Comments (group member since Jan 05, 2018)

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

A Sign of the Times Reading Challenge

are the swaps going to be reopened?
or does it not have enough attention?

- 336 pages

- 470 pages

Current Total: 70,848

Jan 2nd - 151 pgs


Jan 5th - 408 pgs


Jan 6th - 137 pgs


Jan 7th - 470 pgs

Current Total: 31,288

New 2 U Authors Challenge
Duration: Jan - Dec 2019
Level: Devil May Care (20+)
27/20

January (4)
2nd - Cut by Patricia McCormick ★★★★
5th - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater ★★★
26th - The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodall ★★★
31st - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath ★★★★

February (1)
19th - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur ★★★

March (5)
19th - Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson ★★
25th - Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost ★★★★
26th - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson ★★★★
27th - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ★★★★
28th - Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman ★★★★

April (4)
2nd - The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers ★★★★
3rd - White Cat by Holly Black ★★★
5th - Amore è una parola by Claire Calman ★★★
25th - Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson ★★★

May (3)
6th - Utopia by Thomas More ★★★★
7th - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle ★★★★★
16th - The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh ★★★★

June (1)
7th - The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi ★★

July (3)
17th - Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding ★★★★★
18th - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy ★★★★
30th - Swing Time by Zadie Smith ★★★

August (1)
30th - The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks ★★★

September (1)
9th - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ★★★★

October (4)
8th - Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin ★★★
9th - The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris ★★★★
17th - The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott ★★★
27th - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood ★★★★

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "I am definitely in!
Read this for a Victor Hugo seminar & my senior thesis last year.
Have wanted to reread this for a while now."

wow. You can help us all appreciate this then f..."

Definitely! It is an intimidating book, but completely worth it.

I am definitely in!
Read this for a Victor Hugo seminar & my senior thesis last year.
Have wanted to reread this for a while now.

The challenge I have been looking for. Super excited!

Level: Succession (25 - 50 books)
Start: 1 Dec 2018
End: ====

Series Completed: 7
Books Read: 27

✓ The Vine Witch Trilogy (3/3)
(view spoiler)[ The Vine Witch
The Glamourist
The Conjurer (hide spoiler)]


✓ The Selection (1/1)
(view spoiler)[ The Selection
The Elite
The One
The Heir
The Crown (hide spoiler)]


✓ Mara Dyer - (1/1)
(view spoiler)[ Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Evolution of Mara Dyer
Retribution of Mara Dyer (hide spoiler)]


✓ Ruby Red Trilogy - (1/1)
(view spoiler)[ Ruby Red
Sapphire Blue
Emerald Green (hide spoiler)]


✓ The Mortal Instruments - (2/2)
(view spoiler)[City of Bones
City of Ashes
City of Glass
City of Fallen Angels
City of Lost Souls
City of Heavenly Fire (01/15) (hide spoiler)]


✓ The Shadow and Bone Trilogy - (3/3)
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Shadow & Bone
Siege & Storm
Ruin & Rising (hide spoiler)]


✓ The Remnant Chronicles - (3/3)
(view spoiler)[Kiss of Deception
Heart of Betrayal
Beauty of Darkness (hide spoiler)]


Legend
1/2
(view spoiler)[Legend
Prodigy
Champion
Rebel (hide spoiler)]


Daughter of Smoke & Bone
1/2
(view spoiler)[Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Days of Blood & Starlight
Dreams of Gods & Monsters (hide spoiler)]


Divergent
1/2
(view spoiler)[Divergent
Insurgent
Allegiant (hide spoiler)]


Red Queen
2/3
(view spoiler)[Red Queen
Glass Sword
King's Cage
War Storm (hide spoiler)]


The Raven Cycle
3/4
(view spoiler)[The Raven Boys
The Dream Thieves
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
The Raven King (hide spoiler)]


Harry Potter (Reread)
4/7
(view spoiler)[Philosopher's Stone
Chamber of Secrets
Prisoner of Azkaban
Goblet of Fire
Order of the Phoenix
Half Blood Prince
Deathly Hallow (hide spoiler)]


A Court of Thorns and Roses
2/4
(view spoiler)[A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Mist and Fury
A Court of Wings and Ruin
A ​Court of Silver Flames
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Authors Read
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A
- Aciman, Andre
- Ahdieh, Renee
- Atwood, Margaret
B
- Bardugo, Leigh
- Bedier, Joseph
- Black, Holly
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
C
- Calman, Claire
- Cass, Kiera
- Carson, Anne
- Chokshi, Roshani
- Clare, Cassandra
D
- Doyle, Arthur Conan
E
- Elliott, Lexie
F
G
- Gier, Kerstin
- Goodell, Jeff
H
- Hall, Marie
- Harding, Kate
- Hardy, Thomas
- Harris, Thomas
- Hawthrone, Nathaniel
- Hodkin, Michelle
I
J
- Jackson, Shirley
K
- Kaur, Rupi
- King, Stephen
L
- Lacan, Jacques
- Levin, Ira
- Lewis, C. S.
- Lindgren, Astrid
- Lorenzana, Ashley
- Lovecraft, H.P.
M
- Meyer, Marissa
- McCormick, Patricia
- More, Thomas
- Morrison, Toni
N
O
- Orwell, George
P
- Pearson, Mary E.
- Plath, Sylvia
- Powers, Kevin
- Prévost, Antoine François
Q
R
- Rowling, J. K.
S
- Silverstein, Shel
- Smith, Zadie
- Steinbeck, John
- Stiefvater, Maggie
T
- Taylor, Laini
U
V
W
- Whitehead, Colson
- Wilbanks, Scott
- Wilde, Oscar
- Wilson, F. Paul
X
Y
Z
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Titles Read
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A
- Alias Grace
- Amore E una Parola
- Animal Farm
- Asking for It: the Alarming Rise of Rape Culture
B
- Beauty of Darkness
- The Bell Jar
- Beloved
- Blue Lily Lily Blue
C
- Call Me By Your Name
- City of Heavenly Fire
- Colossus of New York
- Cut
D
- Days of Blood & Starlight
- The Dream Thieves
E
- Emerald Green
- Eros the Bittersweet
F
G
- Gerard's Game
- Gilded Wolves
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
H
- HP & the Chamber of Secrets
- HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Haunting of Hill House
- Heart of Betrayal
- Her Mad Hatter
I
J
K
L
- The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster
- The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
- Little Princes
M
- Manon Lescaut
- Midnight Mass
- Milk & Honey
- Missing Years
N
O
- Of Mice & Men
- On Feminine Sexuality, the Limits of Love and Knowledge: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XX: Encore
P
- Pippi Longstocking
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
Q
R
- Raven Boys
- Retribution of Mara Dyer
- The Romance of Tristan & Iseult
- Rosemary's Baby
- Ruin & Rising
S
- Scarlet
- Scarlet Letter
- Selection
- Sex, Drugs & Being an Escort
- Shadow & Bone
- Siege & Storm
- Silence of the Lambs
- A Study in Scarlet
- Swing Time
T
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- The Thing on the Doorstep
U
- Utopia
V
W
- The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World|
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
- White Cat
- The Wrath & the Dawn
X
Y
- Yellow Birds
Z
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Book Covers
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Completed Challenges
(view spoiler)[
Liquor Cabinet
Challenge Link

Buddy Read: Champion (Legend #3)
Buddy Read Link

Book Pool
Challenge Link

PIFM
Challenge Link

Copy Cat
Challenge Link

Sign of the Times
Challenge Link

New 2 U Authors
Challenge Link

Rainbow
Challenge Link

Reading through the Decades
Challenge Link

Take a Bite - 450+ Pages
Challenge Link

Travel
Challenge Link

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Cancelled Challenges
(view spoiler)[By Mod: Harry Potter
Challenge Link (hide spoiler)]

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The Gem Vault
Personal Link

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A Sign of the Times
Duration: Nov 28, 2018 - Nov 27, 2019
Progress: 56/77

✓ November 22 to December 22 - Sagittarius
11/11
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S - Celaena Sardothien in Throne of Glass (12/22/2018)
A - Anden in Champion (12/7/2018)
G - Theophile Gautier's Mademoislle de Maupin (12/20/2018)
I - Inferno by Dante Alighieri (12/5/2018)
T - Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (12/5/2018)
T - Tyler Durden in Fight Club (12/3/2018)
A - Alec Lightwood in City of Lost Souls (12/4/2018)
R - Rafe in Kiss of Deception (12/4/2018)
I - Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (12/6/2018)
U - Uriah Pedrad in Insurgent (12/9/2018)
S - Shade Barrow in Glass Sword (12/21/2018)
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✓ December 23 to January 22 - Capricorn
9/9
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C - Cut by Patricia McCromick (01/02)
A - Alice Lu in Her Mad Hatter (01/06)
P - Antona Pérez in La Vida del Lazarillo de Tormes (12/26/2018)
R - Ronan Lynch in The Raven Boys (01/05)
I - Ira Ginsberg in The Retribution of Mara Dyer (01/07)
C - Celeste Newsome in The Selection (01/18)
O - Orrin in Heart of Betrayal (01/18)
R - Raphael in City of Heavenly Fire (01/15)
N - Noah Czerny in The Dream Thieves (01/20)
(hide spoiler)]


✓ January 20 to February 19 - Aquarius
8/8
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A - Animal Farm by George Orwell (02/03)
Q - Queen Lavana in Scarlet (04/01)
U - Upton, Daniel in The Thing on the Doorstep (03/27)
A - Alina Starkov in Shadow and Bone (03/26)
R - Rupi, Kaur's Milk & Honey (02/19)
I - Irwin in The Bell Jar (01/31)
U - Ulrix in Beauty of Darkness (04/18)
S - Genya Safin in Siege & Storm (03/31)
(hide spoiler)]


✓ February 20 to March 20 - Pisces
6/6
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P - Paja in Ruin & Rising (04/05)
I - Issa in Days of Blood & Starlight (03/19)
S - Sergeant Sterling in The Yellow Birds (04/02)
C - Cassel Sharpe in White Cat (0/4/03)
E - Elio in Call Me By Your Name (03/28)
S - Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (04/18)
(hide spoiler)]


✓ March 21 to April 20 - Aries
5/5
(view spoiler)[
A - Princess Arabella in Gerard's Beauty (03/25)
R - Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter (03/23)
I - Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson (03/21)
E - Eleanor Vance in The Haunting of Hill House (03/26)
S - Synnelet in Manon Lescaut (03/25)
(hide spoiler)]


✓ April 21 to May 20 - Taurus
6/6
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T - Tom Riddle in HP & the Chamber of Secrets (05/05)
A - Amy Denver in Beloved (04/24)
U - Uncle Joe in Midnight Mass (04/25)
R - Raphael Hythloday in Utopia (05/06)
U - Uncle Harry in Emerald Green (04/25)
S - Slim in Of Mice & Men (04/25)
(hide spoiler)]


May 21 to June 21 - Gemini
3/6
(view spoiler)[
G
E - Enrique in Gilded Wolves (06/07)
M
I - Izz Huet in Tess of the d'Urbervilles (07/18)
N - Nielsson in Pippy Longstocking (05/30)
I
(hide spoiler)]


June 22 to July 22 - Cancer
0/6
(view spoiler)[
C
A
N
C
E
R
(hide spoiler)]

July 23 to August 22 - Leo
2/3
(view spoiler)[
L - The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks (08/30)
E - Emma in Swing Time (07/30)
O -
(hide spoiler)]


August 22 to September 22- Virgo
2/5
(view spoiler)[
V - Victoria Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (09/09)
I
R
G - Guy Woodhouse in Rosemary's Baby (10/08)
O -
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September 23 to October 23- Libra
3/5
(view spoiler)[
L - Lecter, Hannibal in Silence of the Lambs (10/09)
I
B - Bryn in The Missing Years (10/17)
R
A - Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (10/10)
(hide spoiler)]


October 24 to November 21 - Scorpio
1/7
(view spoiler)[
S - Dr. Simon Jordon in Alias Grace (10/27)
C
O
R
P
I
O
(hide spoiler)]