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

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

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Finished by Ann Aguirre
Date: 9/20
Pages: 259
Published April 12th 2011
ISBN 0312650086

Characters: Deuce, Fade, Stalker, Tegan
Other stuff: Dystopian, Love triangle, Characters die--but I wouldn't say important ones, Set in New York
Author has 2 other pen names--Ellen Connor and Ava Gray

Mini challenge: No new words, but 2 swords (I think) on the front cover.

I have a question: I have a book that is set on another planet that I could read--does that count as outer space? Or does outer space just mean on a ship in space? Does that make sense--its early here....

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Finished The Kraken King by Meljean Brook
Finished 9/19
Pages: 576
Published November 4th 2014
ISBN 0425256057
Book #4 in Iron Seas Series

Characters: Zenobia, Ariq, Mara, Cooper, Helene, Taka

Other Stuff: Set in Australia, Steampunk category, Heavy Military presence, Heroine is a writer, Zombies

Sadly, none of our missing mini challenge words.

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Finished Half-Blood by Jennifer Armentrout (No goals right now)
Pages:281
Finished 9/19
Published October 18th 2011
ISBN 0983157200

Characters: Aiden, Alexandria, Caleb, Deacon, Seth, Leah (all students)
Location: North Carolina, US
No pets
Other Stuff: Purple cover, purple writing on cover, love triangle, important character dies, takes place on an island, has daimons (which are sort of like vampires)

No unused words for the challenge.

Karen wrote: "Sounds like Pigletto is mostly through her book, so I think just stick with The Kraken King Stacey. Hopefully you'll find a zombie soon (I never thought that would be a sentence I would write... haha)"

Of course I missed Pigletto's post right above mine. :) I shall continue the Kraken King with hopes of zombies in the future.

I've been working on The Kraken King -which has zombies in the world but we haven't actually run into any yet. Or I could switch to Hold which is a fairly quick read that takes place in a prison and would save everyone from reading about concentration camps. Thoughts?

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Whew, Kate sure does love her some weapons. I'm listing for the scavenger hunt here--because I don't want the responsibility of figuring out which ones to use. :) Let me know if I need to add locations (Kindle book).

Gate
Portcullis
Saber
Falchion
Claymore
Rapier
Battlement
Bow
Cannon
City Wall
Keep
Castle
Sword
Crossbow
Tower

Edit to add: All from Magic Rises

Good morning everyone!

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I finished Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
Finished 9/13
Pages 327
Good for Goal 20(?) with Magic in the title--but it also has lots of mages, shapeshifters, vampires, pets that start with G and is set in Europe if we want to save it since someone is already working on that goal.

Scavenger Hunt: Sword on the front cover
Words: keep, castle, sword, crossbow, tower for sure. I'm going to search for a few others and will add them all to the spreadsheet or update in a later post if I find others.

Sarah wrote: "I can take goal 6 (Maximus) and read The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, but I won't mind if someone beats me to it."

Sarah, I'm going to be starting The Memory Painter soon, so we can race to see who takes longer. :)

I'm going to start this one on my run tomorrow--but obviously I won't be finished before the end of this round, so if someone else finds some purple text...

Finished Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Finished 9/10/2015
Pages: 292
Goal: Pet with name that starts with "O" (Oberon)

Eldarwen wrote: "And then there's the small matter of [spoilers removed]

DO NOT CLICK SPOILER if you haven't read the third HG book and are still planning on reading."

Yes! This! I got so invested in that story to have it end that way just ruined a good portion of the rest of the story for me.

I'm about a third of the way through Magic Strikes if we decide Ilona Andrews counts for the two author goal.

Since Catherine is almost done with a book for the run/runner goal, I'll shelve mine for a few days and start Hounded for the Pet with an O goal.

Finished Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis.
Finished 9/4
pages: 330
goal: None (I'm going to go check--they ate alot, but I can't remember if they had pasta).

Info: H is a carpenter, dog named Izzy.

I can read Woman on the Run for Goal #12 if we still need one. Should be able to finish this weekend.

Melissa wrote: "Stacey wrote: "That makes sense, it just hasn't changed yet. I'll make sure to check it when I complete it. Thanks!"

If it doesn't change - when you are finished re-reading mark as read and clic..."

Melissa, I love the different edition idea. It will just be easier. I'll go change it now. Thanks! :)

That makes sense, it just hasn't changed yet. I'll make sure to check it when I complete it. Thanks!

Quick procedure question..I'm doing a quick re read that I read the first time more than 2 years ago, so I think it can count towards the Games. Do I need to change the start date? And if so, how do I do it? I see where to change the finish date, but not the start.

I finished Midnight's Kiss by Thea Harrison.
Finished 8/31/15
290 pages
No goals yet.

I cant access the spreadsheet from where i am on vacation, so I'll just list stuff. :)
Lots of mythical characters :vampires, fae, ghouls.
Characters whose names start with Y and X.