Stacey’s Comments (group member since Oct 26, 2014)

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

Grace and Megan, do you want us to post our finished books both here AND on the Books Read thread? Or just on the Books Read? I can't quite remember how it went last year.

I had planned to start Angelfall and that's been on my To Read list for at least a year. So I can work on that one.

Here's the link to my shelf

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I will be starting with Angelfall on audio and Head Over Heels in print. And I'll pick up the BOM at the end of the month.


Happy reading everyone!

Grace wrote: "Is anyone planning to read the BOM and write the Discussion questions ? I can do . I won't be reading Six of Crows as [book:Shadow and Bone|10194157..."

I'm going to do Six of Crows--even though I baaaarely made it through Shadow and Bone--the premise sounds interesting. I'm not sure of my ability to come up with thought provoking questions--or to keep up with the reading exactly--to volunteer for questions. :)

Captain and Co-Captains: After we finally get started, what info would you like us to post here when we have finished a book? Just a Title and page numbers, or would you like a link, etc?

Everyone: Where are you all from? I always like to know if I'll be awake and in the middle of the posting or if I'll wake up to catch up on a whole page of posts. :) I'm in North Carolina in the US--where it's slowly turning to winter. :(

Welcome Karen! Not too long now...

Welcome to Team Athena Ellie!

I'm in. Sounds like a great premise. Hoping my turn comes at the library in time. :)

Hi Rebecca! Thanks for being willing to be a Captain!

And hello Team Athena! I am hoping for a chatty team, because the mountain of books I have to read is just not quite high enough already. :)

My get to know me questions:
1. I'm guessing 20? I usually finish about 6-7/month, but I also tend to get a weeee bit competitive in these things, so I push to read a bit more.
2. Watchers and Phantoms by Dean Koontz, The Deal, the Kate Daniels series, and pretty much anything Nalini Singh writes.
3. Rourke. That's all.

And showing my age: I know what gifs are, but no idea how to make one, Pearl Jam is my favorite band, and I cannot stand Come on Eileen as I heard it played 1 million times as a young adult. :)

I'm reading My Lady Quicksilver right now. Great series. Mixture of steampunk and vampires/werewolves.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!

I'm excited for this one--even if its a few years old. :)

Level: Monster Collector 21+
Start Date: 10/3/2015
Finished: 27/21

Theme #1:Classic Horror
Read classic horror books like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or Bran Stoker’s Dracula. Or, you can choose the modern revamp of old classics like Pride, Prejudice and zombies. Or books that are based on Classic Horror books like Alice in Zombieland.


Theme #2:Masters of Horror and Fantastic
Read a book from a master of horror and Fantastic like Stephen King or Dean Koontz, or if you prefer a more lighter approach, like Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratcher.


Theme #3:Samhain
Read a book that focus on Celtic/Gaelic traditions like Beltane, Samhain or other rituals, or somehow fit the meaning of Samhain (see spoiler for info)
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People also took steps to protect themselves from harmful spirits, which is thought to have led to the custom of guising. Divination was also done at Samhain.
Example:
The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley Beltane by Erin O'Riordan Samhain by Cassandre F. Amaranthe

Theme #4:Trick or Treat
Let your inner child on the loose in a trick or treat spell-it-out challenge. Suggestions: the perfect costume, the sweets, the pranks, the kind neighbor, the scary one.

S - The Sweetest Thing 10/6
N - The Maze Runner 12/8 Character Newt
I - In Jack's Arms 1/8/15
C - Woman on the Run 10/13 Character Cooper
K - The Mistake 12/13 Author Kennedy
E - Kindred in Death 10/25 Character Eve
R - Angelfall 11/11 Character Raffe
S - Head Over Heels 11/10 Character Sawyer


Theme #5:Face your Fears
Read books about things that scary you - urban legends, ghost stories, spiders, spider webs, murders, even elevators or planes, is all about your fears.

Theme #6:Hallow Places
For this option, is all about the setting - Cemeteries, dark forest, haunted house, the asylum, Dracula's Castle

Theme #7:Halloween Party – a Spell-it-Out challenge
Use your imagination to create the perfect party item: the beverages, the food, the decorations, the theme, the music

M - Wicked Lovely 12/28 Author Marr
O
N - Sweet Inspiration 12/10/15 Character Nicholas
S - The Paper Swan 12/23/15 Character Skye
T - Cutting Loose 12/5/15 Author Tara Janzen
E - Fantasy in Death 12/12/15 Character Eve
R

M
A - Bound 11/21 Character Amery
S
H - Hold 11/15

Theme #8:Supernatural Creatures
The title is self explanatory, read a book that has witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, zombie, ghosts, spirits, poltergeist, anything counts.

1. Up From the Grave 10/17 Vampires, ghouls an ghosts.
2. My Lady Quicksilver 10/27 Vampires, verwolfen
3. Fool Moon 1/9 Warlocks, werewolves
4. Blood Kiss 2/3 Vampires
5. Darkness Revealed 2/25 Vampires, Werewolves, Fey

Theme #9:Halloween Cover Hunt
Read books with covers matching Halloween colors - black, orange, red - or Halloween themes - pumpkins, skulls, etc.
11/19 12/24 1/27


Theme #10:Special Abilities
Read books with characters with special abilities - fire power, magical powers, sensing the dead, premonitions, etc.
Darkfever 11/21. Mac can see the Fae
Six of Crows 11/29. Grisha all have powers
Uprooted 1/3/16. A has magic she doesn't know about.
Red Queen 1/10 All the Greys have creepy powers.
A Darker Shade of Magic 1/14 Kell has magic.

My 2 cents:

I'm a slower reader, and while I was jealous that I couldn't just read for specific goals so that I felt like I was actually helping the team, by the end of each round most of my books had been used somewhere, and by the last 2 rounds, I just figured I had the option to read whatever I wanted instead of having to read something specific for a particular goal. Plus I loved seeing the runs of goals getting done, even if I didn't really have much to do with it. :)

I like the idea of escalating goals--easy goals for 1 point, medium goals for 2 pts etc. I don't know how much harder that would be for mods/captains, but then maybe I could find 1 book for more points and feel like I was contributing more.

I love the idea of time period or era goals. Did we have goals for cover colors? It seemed like I saw 1 or 2 of those, but it seemed like they should have popped up more often. And I have to say that I like the idea of a specific pet or animal more than the names beginning with...but that may just be because we had soooo many of them in the last round.

I had a great time, and enjoyed having 50 posts to catch up on each morning when I got up. I'm excited to play the next time. Plus the yummy pictures for each team on each round. ;)

Oh, edited to add that I loved the weapon challenge in the last round!

I'm in for October 2015.

Completed: 5/7
W - Woman on the Run 10/13
A
R - Cruel Beauty 10/1 Author Rosemund Hodge
L - My Lady Quicksilver 10/27 Character Lynch
O
C - The Sweetest Thing 10/5 Character Chloe
K - Kindred in Death 10/25

Some of my other challenges are getting close to done, so I think I'll try this one. I'm going to do 5 books per category, and 1 for each of the bonus categories. I'll give myself a year. :)

Moderate: 4-7 books/category
9/26/2015 - 9/26/2016

Color
1. Red Queen 1/10/16
2. White Hot Kiss 6/22/16
3. Gray Back Bad Bear 8/13/16
4.
5.

Sky
1. Fool Moon 1/9
2. Masked by Moonlight1/27
3 Bound to Darkness 3/30
4 Night Forbidden 7/3
5 Star Crossed 9/6/16

Food or Drink
1 Sweet Inspiration 12/10
2 Hot Ice 5/10
3
4
5

Body of Water
1 Riptide 7/20/16
2 Until Fountain Bridge 7/28/16
3
4
5

Person's First or Last Name
1 Dragos Goes to Washington 11/19/15
2 Mrs. Saint Nick 12/15/15
3 In Jack's Arms 1/8/15
4 Pia Does Hollywood 1/31/16
5 Alex 5/3/16

Romantic Word
1 Fantasy in Death 12/12/15
2 Wicked Lovely 12/28
3 Love in the Light 1/16
4 Blood Kiss 2/3
5 A Devil Named Desire 2/29/16

One Word Title
1 Angelfall 11/11/15
2 Hold 11/15/25
3 Darkfever 11/21/15
4 Bound 11/21/15
5 Uprooted 1/3/16

Number in the Title
1 Six of Crows 11/29
2 Ready Player One 7/25
3 One Night of Sin
4 One Night of Scandal 8/1
5

Type of Home
1 Hex Hall
2
3
4
5

Family Member
1 Daughter of the Forest 4/15/16
2 Blood Brothers 5/18
3
4
5

Bonus
1. Cultural:
2. Profession: It's a Wonderful Fireman 1/15/16
3. Animal: The Paper Swan 12/23/15
4. Body Part: Head Over Heels 11/10/15
5. Clothing:

Team Varro

Finished Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Pages: 177
Goal: Commodus goal--Amazon Top 100 for 2001

And that will be the last book for me--although I'll keep up with the thread. I have to work all day tomorrow and have a big party to go to tomorrow night. Thanks to all the Team Captains and the Mods for all their hard work. Can't wait for the next one!

The main character, Garrett in The Deal celebrates a birthday during the book. Not sure if that counts for the "about to celebrate a birthday" goal, but its a big deal as he then has access to a trust fund.

I just got Skipping Christmas at the library for the Amazon 2001 bestseller goal. It's short, so should be able to finish by Saturday. Sorry no links- on the phone. :)

Team Varro

I finished The Deal by Elle Kennedy.

Pages:358
Published February 24th 2015
ISBN13 9780994054401 (no ISBN 10 listed)

Characters: Hannah, Garret, Logan, Allie, Cass, Dex

Not a ton of other goal stuff in this one--there is a hottie on the front cover, no pets, MC are both in college.

*On another note--I say use those boons up! :)

Eldarwen wrote: "Stacey wrote: "Team Varro

I'm going to throw this out there again since this thread moves so fast. :) I think my last book Enclave has two swords on the cover, but so far they haven..."

Thanks! :)

Team Varro

I'm going to throw this out there again since this thread moves so fast. :) I think my last book Enclave has two swords on the cover, but so far they haven't been added to the mini challenge spreadsheet. Was it decided they were not swords, maybe?

Hi everyone! I just wanted to post here as things get lost on the other thread. I finished Enclave yesterday and all the information has gotten added to the main spreadsheet, but the cover has 2 swords--and those haven't been added to the mini- challenge spreadsheet. It looks like those 2 points aren't going to make or break us, but thought I'd mention it.