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

I finished and . Both will count for the March for Mystery, In Like a Lion and Captain's challenges.

Leslie - it's finish the book between March 1 & 26 for the mystery as well

I did Outlander as a BR with loads of other people and it was fun. The reason was the host of the BR - she was awesome. Always replied to everything and the discussion was very lively. I've tried picking up the next book but I have been unsuccessful so far. I'm going to give it another try this month. Hopefully it clicks!

Go, Rebecca, go!!

I just finished and would be starting next.

Leslie - How was ?

I finished which should count towards the mini (In Like a Lion) & the Captain's challenge. I loved it. Definitely will be picking up the next book in series.

To re-iterate Leslie on the number of challenges going on right now:

In Like A Lion Mini Challenge: Wed - Sun; read anything on your TBR and post it here!

Captains Challenge: Feb 27 - March 10; all books read and posted on thread count in the read-off.

March For Mystery Monthly: March 1 - March 26; Any Mystery/Suspense Books (shelved by 10 people) posted in the thread.

Looks like Team D is a happening place. I can't wait to see what the team is going to read!

Dee, unfortunately the monthly ended on Feb 24 due to Feb being a short month.

Deedee wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Thanks, everyone!! We're still waiting to hear from one other school. But this was his number one choice.

@Deedee - unfortunately the romance challenge ended. But if you finished it..."

MARCH MONTHLY CHALLENGE

WHEN: March 1 - March 26
WHAT: March for Mystery! Read Mystery OR Suspense books
RULES:
1. The book should be shelved as mystery or suspense by at least 10 people. To check this, go to the book page. In the right-hand side, there will be a section called Genres. Just click on it and it will show up all the shelves for this book. For an image, click the spoiler. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
2. Book should be read between March 1 and 26 and meet the Tower Team Challenge requirements i.e page count >170
3. Participants in this month-long challenge, please post the book in the thread. If it ties in with any mini-challenge, it has to be stated explicitly. (It makes work easier for us mods)

Happy Reading!

*Remember, books that meet the mini-challenge and the monthly will win you 2 points.

CONGRATULATIONS ROMANCE MONTHLY WINNER: LESLIE!!

Thanks everyone for participating and making this challenge a fun one!

February Monthly Challenge - Romance

#of Participants: 20
#of Books read: 100

Participants:

Anna:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 9
# of People who shelved as Romance: 2489

Leslie: ** WINNER **
# of Books: 21
# of Points: 30
# of People who shelved as Romance: 2951

Gen:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 207

DeeDee:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 3
# of People who shelved as Romance: 253

~Melissa~:
# of Books: 13
# of Points: 18
# of People who shelved as Romance: 3074

Diane ~Firefly~:
# of Books: 4
# of Points: 6
# of People who shelved as Romance: 724

~Gayle~:
# of Books: 7
# of Points: 12
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1880

Alley:
# of Books: 7
# of Points: 10
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1752

Marguerite:
# of Books: 2
# of Points:2
# of People who shelved as Romance: 405

Kristin:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 10
# of People who shelved as Romance: 2044

JenniferJ:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 19

Faith:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 3
# of People who shelved as Romance: 829

Jane:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 8
# of People who shelved as Romance: 640

Marla:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 3
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1380

Tricia:
# of Books: 2
# of Points: 2
# of People who shelved as Romance: 185

Rebecca:
# of Books: 5
# of Points: 8
# of People who shelved as Romance: 825

Vi:
# of Books: 6
# of Points: 9
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1588

Donna:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 436

Michelle:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 1
# of People who shelved as Romance: 94

Katie:
# of Books: 1
# of Points: 2
# of People who shelved as Romance: 744

Sherri:
# of Books: 3
# of Points: 4
# of People who shelved as Romance: 1052

Awesome job, everyone! You've made the month of February a wonderful one. I'm sure our TBR's are groaning under the weight of new books!

Some select Book Covers:

I finished last night. I can see sky so it should qualify for the mini and the monthly too, I loved this book! I liked Logan and Evie - though I do think this book would have been served better by a longer length. And this is one book where the author should have shown the bedroom. Unfortunately she did not.

Melissa - I just finished Highlander. It was as you ladies said - PNR lite. I liked it okay; I was not that crazy about it. Adrienne was irritating most of the times. Hawk was ok and thankfully he didn't become an alpha-hole. Since I can't read series out-of-order, I'm planning to read till book #3 at least before deciding anything. Thanks for the push to read this series! I'm glad I did :)

Congrats, Sashana! That is awesome!!

Welcome Marissa!

I couldn't update for a while since I didn't have GR access that much. Right now, I'm reading and (Yes, I've taken the leap finally!). I don't think either of them qualify for the mini but the KMM would qualify for the monthly.

Um, OK so the Stephie Plum series is not Romance? I though chick-lit-y romance?

@Leslie - Oh, I have but honestly, this series is not as bad as they say. LK could do way better, If you ask me. But I'm glad she's experimenting out ;)

@Katie - I started re-reading Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 1 - Priestess for a challenge and then proceeded till 8. I also. I have GetBackers, Volume 1 also (scanlations just finished). Planning to start Berserk, Vol. 1 next mostly once GB is done. About 30 volumes to go :P

Ah, One Piece is just becoming too epic for my taste. 60++ volumes is just too intimidating. I need fortifications. Have you read any other manga?

Katie wrote: "Vi, wondering which manga you just devoured? Right now I'm reading Spice & Wolf and just starting the epic journey that is One Piece."

I spent the whole day reading manga - gobbled up 8 which unfortunately can't be used for this challenge. Back to regular scheduled reading from tomorrow

@Leslie - I'm thinking there will be loads of people loving that book. I think I'm in the minority when it comes to Crystal Cove. I loved that first book (Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor) but sadly the books after that aren't just as good.

Great to hear Darkhouse works. I'll let you all know how it is.

Great, Alley! I'm definitely reading that book this month. I'll post it once I'm done.

I finished for the monthly:

- It was an OK YA read. The male MC loses his vocal cords when he's in a drunken road accident. It was refreshing to see a story without any angst after such a big incident. He coped, with difficultly, but he did. No angst on why this happened. Sadly, though I couldn't connect with the characters. It all seemed too-perfect and goody-goody. Time to take a break from YA.

- Comfort Read author for me. This was a book I read looong back and I decided on a whim since my library has it on loan. Loved it. Somehow, NR still works out for me most of the time.

- FInished today. Works for the mini as well. (Yes, It's Wednesday here). This book was just OK for me. Not that great. I didn't get why Jason and Justine fell in love. It was taken for granted, sort of. I wish LK would go back to writing straight contemporaries. I loved the Travis series.

What about Silhouettes?

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Other possible books (apart from the above two):