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

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Mynoun, Yournoun, We all scream for Pronouns! Challenge
Duration: 2/1/2015 - Til Done!

Read books with different pronouns in the title.

Progress: 28 out of 39

☒ 1st Person
I - What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages
Me - Return to Me by Justina Chen - **** - 4/10/2015 - 352 Pages
Mine - This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
My - Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages
Myself - I Myself Have Seen It by Susanna Moore - **** - 5/23/2019 - 192 Pages


☒ 2nd Person

You - After You by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 5/22/2019 - 352 Pages
You - When You Dare by Lori Foster - *** - 7/7/2019 - 448 Pages
Your - Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth by Mika Brzezinski - ***** - 10/15/2016 - 208 Pages
Yours - Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez - ***** - 4/14/2024 - 416 Pages
Yourself - Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself by Jeremy Whitley - ***** - 11/11/2018 - 140 Pages


☒ 3rd Person Female

She - Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - ***** - 5/3/2019 - 464 Pages
Her - How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back by Diana Rowland - ***** - 8/1/2023 - 328 Pages
Her - The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton - ***** - 5/23/2018 - 304 Pages

Hers -

Herself - The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace - ***** - 9/21/2018 - 156 Pages


☒ 3rd Person Male

He -

Him - Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him by Robert Kirkman - ***** - 4/2/2019 - 152 Pages
His - A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1 by Umi Sakurai - **** - 8/26/2023 - 148 Pages
His - How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman - **** - 1/18/2017 - 64 Pages

Himself -



☒ 3rd Person

it -

it - It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - ***** - 4/9/2019 - 376 Pages
its - The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs - ***** - 3/12/2019 - 179 Pages

itself -



☒ 1st Person Plural

We - We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz - **** - 3/29/2022 - 304 Pages
Us - Lucky Us by Amy Bloom - *** - 9/15/2016 - 256 Pages
Our - The Most Wonderful Tales of the Year: Holiday Memories Written and Performed by Our Favorite Narrators by Jonathan Davis - *** - 4/24/2022 - 20 Pages

Ours -

Ourselves -



☒ 2nd Person Plural

You - How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be by Adele Faber - ***** - 11/30/2018 - 112 Pages
You - The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do by Sarah Knight - ***** - 12/12/2018 - 209 Pages
Your - The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman - ***** - 9/11/2019 - 204 Pages

Yours -

Yourself -



☒ 3rd Person Plural

They - They Called Us Enemy by George Takei - ***** - 10/29/2019 - 208 Pages
Them - She-Hulk, Volume 2: Let Them Eat Cake by Mariko Tamaki - ***** - 11/6/2019 - 136 Pages
Their - Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall - ***** - 8/13/2020 - 208 Pages

Theirs -

Themselves -

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Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Volcanoes of the World: An A-Z Challenge
Duration: 2/1/2015 - Til Done!

Moved to make more room

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
A Puzzling Mystery
Duration: 2/1/2015 - 1/31/2016

Rules:
(view spoiler)[
Step 1: Find a word in the word search puzzle above. To use the interactive word find puzzle, follow the link above. To highlight words, use your mouse to click on the first letter, and then on the last letter of the word.
Step 2: For each word found, read a book with that word in the title. You may use singular or plural versions of the word. The word may be contained as a subset of a larger word (e.g. Deal for The Death Dealer or Rebellion for Rebel Wing) or a different tense of the root word (Drowning for Drowned Wednesday).
Hint: The hidden words are more common in Mystery books - but any genre may be used for this challenge.

Levels:
description Nosy Neighbour - 1 to 5 books
descriptionPrivate Investigator - 6 to 10 books
descriptionJunior Detective - 11 to 15 books
description Senior Detective - 16 to 20 books
descriptionChief Inspector - 21+ books (hide spoiler)]

Progress: 21 out of 21

Agency: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - ***** - 3/1/2015 - 235 Pages

assassin
bad
bang
big
birdsong
bite
bitter

Black: Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird - ***** - 8/29/2015
Blue: My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/8/2015 - 250 Pages

bone
box
bullet

Burn: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - ***** - 7/18/2015 - 346 Pages

case
causes
city
concrete
country
cries
damsel

Dark: Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 4/28/2015 - 288 Pages
Dead: Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 4/22/2015 - 336 Pages
Death: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015
Demon: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages

detective
die
dives
dog
dying
ends
enemy
evil
fade
fall
far
fast
find

First: First Frost by Jennifer Estep - **** - 8/20/2015 - 30 Pages

flesh
front
get
ghostly

Going: Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages

guy
harboured
head

Heart: I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Hu morists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015
hostile

House: House Rules by Jodi Picoult - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages

justice
killer

Know: What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages

ladies
land
last
lies
lonely
Love
man
moonlight

Murder: The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - ***** - 10/28/2015 - 290 Pages
Never: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages

noboby
nowhere
orchard
paradise
perfect
poison

Red: Written in Red by Anne Bishop - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages

reflections
roulette

Secret: Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 306 Pages

series
set

Shadow: The Shadows by J.R. Ward - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages

sign

Stranger: The Stranger by Anna Banks - *** - 7/5/2015 - 32 Pages

street
takes
tell

Things: Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 11/14/2015 - 329 Pages

time
twisted
vigilante
walk

Wedded: The Unseen Bridegroom or Wedded for a Week by May Agnes Fleming - **** - 6/22/2015

whiskey

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
Chick-lit-find-a-word
Duration: 2/1/2015 - 1/31/2016

Rules:
(view spoiler)[
Step 1: Find a word in the word search puzzle above. To use the interactive word find puzzle, follow the link above. To highlight words, use your mouse to click on the first letter, and then on the last letter of the word.
Step 2: For each word found, read a book with that word in the title. You may use singular or plural versions of the word. The word may be contained as a subset of a larger word (e.g. Deal for The Death Dealer or Rebellion for Rebel Wing) or a different tense of the root word (Drowning for Drowned Wednesday).
Hint: The hidden words are more common in Chick lit and Women's fiction books - but any genre may be used for this challenge.

Levels:
♀ Babe - 1 to 5 books
♀ Lass - 6 to 10 books
♀ Girl - 11 to 15 books
♀ Sheila - 16 to 20 books
♀ Chick - 21+ books (hide spoiler)]

Progress: 10 out of 10 - ♀ Lass - 6 to 10 books

Bedroom

Big = I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015 - 272 Pages

Broken
Build
Chocolate
Christmas
Circle
Close
Coffee
Complete
Dancing

Dream = Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/30/2015 - 613 Pages

Entangled
Escape
Everything
Family
Finding
Found
Friends
Girlfriends
Good
Guest
Hard
Home
Hope
Imperfect
Keeper
Leaving

Life = My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland - ***** - 11/2/2015 - 320 Pages

Lonely
Love
Lover
Make
Marrying
Match
Maybe
Melody
Memories
Men
Mr
New

Nights = Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole - **** - 10/21/2015 - 368 Pages

Nothing

One = One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson - **** - 8/12/2015 - 456 Pages

Paris
Path
Perfect
Place
Point
Romance
Right
Sea

Secret = Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 306 Pages
Side = The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees - ***** - 1/16/2016

Sister
Someone

Story = The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow - *** - 8/24/2015
Stranger = The Stranger by Anna Banks - *** - 7/5/2015 - 32 Pages

String
Summer
Treasure

Tree = The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury - **** - 11/3/2015 - 145 Pages

Wedding

- 835 Pages
- 373 Pages
- 504 Pages
- 387 Pages

Current Total: 502,767

Done!

Progress: 10 out of 10

Dark Fantasy = Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - 8/15/2011 - *****
Epic Fantasy = The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss - *** - 11/5/2013
Fairy Tales = Beastly by Alex Flinn - 9/14/2011 - ***
Fantasy Of Manners = Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger - ***** - 11/16/2013
High Fantasy = The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - *** - 9/16/2014 - 800 Pages
Low Fantasy = Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 3/11/2013 - *****
Magic = Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane - 10/13/2011 - *****
Paranormal = Goddess of Light by P.C. Cast - 5/31/2011 - *****
Sword And Sorcery = A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
Urban Fantasy = Married with Zombies by Jesse Petersen - 5/19/2011 - *****

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
A Few of my Favorite Things (February) Challenge
Duration: 2/1/2015 - 2/28/2015

Progress: 4 out of 4

My favorite pets are

D: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor - ***** - 2/26/2015
O: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout - ***** - 2/27/2015
G: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
S: Saga Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan - ***** - 2/21/2015

I'll continue until 20,000!

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
50 Shades of Grey
Duration: 2/1/2015 - 2/28/2015

Progress: 4 out of 4

Option 2 - Spell it out
Choose one or more of the following words - black, white, grey, shade, good, bad.
For each letter in the word read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), characters (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letters of the words you chose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc).

G: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015 - 835 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; The Collector - ***** - 2/27/2015
E: Erin Morgenstern; The Night Circus - **** - 2/22/2015
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Night Myst - ***** - 2/26/2015

Novel Books & Reading Challenges
The Amazing Hemispheric Race Challenge
Duration: 2/1/2015 - 2/28/2015

Progress: 5 out of 5

Since it's freezing where I'm at, I'll be doing Sand!

Obstacles for Sand:

• 1 - Slippery Dunes - Read a book that takes place in winter or has lots of ice
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/1/2015

• 2 - Getting Lost - Read a book where something or someone is lost or must be rescued.

• 3 - Flat Tire - Read a book where a character makes an unintended stop
Saga Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan - ***** - 2/21/2015

• 4 - Heat Stroke - Read a book where a main character is very sick.
• 5 - Camel Migration - Read a book featuring animals.
• 6 - Sand Storm - Read a book where the main character is blind either physically or metaphorically.
• 7 - No Fuel - Read a book where a main character mentions being hungry.

• 8 - Quick Sand - Read a book where the main character is sucked into a situation by someone else
Jemima J by Jane Green - ***** - 2/18/2015

• 9 - Mirage - Read a book where one of the characters is not who he or she originally seems
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - **** - 2/22/2015

• 10 - Ants In Pants - Read a book where one of the characters is very annoying
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran - *** - 2/26/2015

I managed to read 1, but that's ok. It was really good!

1. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - ***** - 1/26/2015 - 408 Pages

- 408 Pages

Total: 250,933

Stacie wrote: "Suzanne, I hope you don't mind that I searched the book you read for words to participate in the Scavenger Hunt.

p. 204: Very likable guy. The Sparrow"

Sounds good to me!

I've also read , & if you want to look those books for any missing words we need!

- 320 Pages
- 288 Pages
- 181 Pages
- 422 Pages
- 259 Pages

Total: 245,942

- 369 Pages
- 388 Pages
- 27 Pages

Current Total: 128,835

- 374 Pages
- 213 Pages
- 356 Pages
- 438 Pages
- 340 Pages
- 10 Pages
- 326 Pages
- 193 Pages
- 105 Pages

Current Total: 107,119

Moved to Make More Room

First Cup Complete!

Progress: 5 out of 5

Rules:
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.

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:
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages - Author's name begins with L



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 = A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
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 = Bitter Sweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout - ***** - 1/12/2015 - 105 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 = Mudbound by Hillary Jordan - *** - 1/6/2015 - 340 Pages
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 = Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015 - 326 Pages
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book