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NBRC - Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level 2 - Part 3

Level 1
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Pt. 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Level 2
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Pt. 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



201. Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang - Nov 3
202. Witch Slap (The Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries #1) by Amelia Ash & Kim M. Watt - Nov 4
203. One Smart Witch (The Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries #2) by Amelia Ash & Kim M. Watt - Nov 4
204. Life's a Witch (The Hollowbeck Paranormal Cozy Mysteries #3) by Amelia Ash & Kim M. Watt - Nov 5
205. On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) by Piers Anthony - Nov 7
206. Ulysses by James Joyce - Nov 9
207. Rivers of London (Rivers of London #1) by Ben Aaronovitch - Nov 11
208. The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1) by Terry Pratchett - Nov 12
209. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston - Nov 13
210. The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary - Nov 15



211. Death of a Busybody (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #3) by George Bellairs -Nov 17
212. Dog Tags (Andy Carpenter #8) by David Rosenfelt - Nov 17
213. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7) by Martha Wells - Nov 19
214. The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner #1) by Sarah Pearse - Nov 20
215. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst - Nov 22
216. The Christmas Carrolls (The Christmas Carrolls, #1) by Mel Taylor-Bessent (41704 words - 4H37min) - Nov 24
217. The Christmas Competition (The Christmas Carrolls, #2) by Mel Taylor-Bessent (5H21min) - Nov 24
218. The Christmas Club (The Christmas Carrolls, #3) by Mel Taylor-Bessent (4H57min) - Nov 24
219. The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (59218 words) - Nov 25
220. The Institution (Connie Woolwine #2) by Helen Fields - Nov 26



221. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie - Nov 27
222. The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd - Nov 29
223. Lies and Weddings (Cities) by Kevin Kwan - Nov 30
224. I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue - Dec 2
225. A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle - Dec 3
226. The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes (The Lillys #1) by Xio Axelrod - Dec 4
227. The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Dec 5
228. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore - Dec 6
229. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle - Dec 9
230. The Murder Game by Carrie Doyle - Dec 10



231. The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop #1) by Jenny Colgan - Dec 11
232. Billy Budd: Sea Adventure Novel by Herman Melville - Dec 13
233. The Jungle Book (The Jungle Book #1) by Rudyard Kipling (50939 words) - Dec 14
234. The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand - Dec 18
235. Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone (5Hr 45min) - Dec 19
236. Twelve Slays of Christmas (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #1) by Jacqueline Frost - Dec 20
237. The Midwich Cuckoos (The Village of the Damned) by John Wyndham - Dec 22
238. The Heart of a Goof (Golf Stories #2) by P.G. Wodehouse - Dec 24
239. The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward - Dec 25
240. Gold Spun (Gold Spun #1) by Brandie June - Dec 28



241. Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains #3) by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (51426 words) - Dec 29
242. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis - Dec 30

NBRC - Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level 2 - Part 2

Level 1
Pt.1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pt. 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Level 2
Pt. 1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pt. 3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



151. The BFG by Roald Dahl (37568 words) - Sep 1
152. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott - Sep 2
153. Hickory Dickory Dock (Hercule Poirot #34) by Agatha Christie - Sep 4
154. The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains #1) by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (51201 words) - Sep 6
155. Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains #2) by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (50756 words) - Sep 7
156. The Mothers by Brit Bennett - Sep 8
157. The Fury by Alex Michaelides - Sep 9
158. The Seagull by Wes Snowden - Sep 10
159. The Dark Refrain: The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick #3) by Jessica Khoury (10hrs 24min - 356 pages) - Sep 11
160. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - Sep 13



161. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - Sep 14
162. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - Sep 15
163. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - Sep 18
164. The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley - Sep 20
165. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross - Sep 21
166. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Sep 24
167. The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1) by Rick Riordan - Sep 24
168. The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot #13) by Agatha Christie - Sep 25
169. We Are Legion: We Are Bob (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor - Sep 26
170. The Flames of Albiyon by Jean Menzies - Sep 27



171. The Moving Finger (Miss Marple #4) by Agatha Christie - Sep 28
172. Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins #1) by P.L. Travers (38085 words) - Sep 29
173. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - Sep 30
174. Moon Called (Mercy Thompson #1) by Patricia Briggs - Oct 1
175. New Tricks (Andy Carpenter #7) by David Rosenfelt - Oct 2
175. The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard - Oct 4
176. For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) by Dennis E. Taylor - Oct 5
177. Five on a Treasure Island (The Famous Five #1) by Enid Blyton (39105 words) - Oct 6
178. Five Go Off in a Caravan (The Famous Five #5) by Enid Blyton (44968 words) - Oct 6
179. Five on Kirrin Island Again (The Famous Five # 6) by Enid Blyton (40348 words) - Oct 7
180. Five Go Off to Camp (The Famous Five # 7) by Enid Blyton (41841 words) - Oct 7



181. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward - Oct 8
182. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L. Miller - Oct 9
183. The Sword Vol. 1: Fire (The Sword #1) by Joshua Luna & Jonathan Luna - Oct 11
184. A Drop of Fortune: A Four Corners Coven Cozy Fantasy Romance by Danielle Garrett - Oct 12
185. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks - Oct 13
186. The Silver Ring by Jane Holland - Oct 13
187. Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George - Oct 14
188. The Man with the Golden Torc (Secret Histories #1) by Simon R. Green - Oct 16
189. It by Stephen King - Oct 19
190. The Host by Stephenie Meyer - Oct 20



191. Sunrise over Sapphire Bay (Jewel Island #1) by Holly Martin - Oct 22
192. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - Oct 23
193. Bleak House by Charles Dickens - Oct 25
194. Autumn Skies Over Ruby Falls (Jewel Island #2) by Holly Martin - Oct 27
195. The Beckoning Dead: Books 1-3 by Ambrose Ibsen - Oct 28
196. Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse - Oct 30
197. You Can Thank Me Later by Kelly Harms - Oct 30
198. Change Agent by Daniel Suarez - Oct 31
199. Pokhran - A Novel by Uday Singh - Nov 1
200. The Sweet Shop of Second Chances (Holly Berry Sweet Shop #1) by Hannah M. Lynn - Nov 2

NBRC - Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level 2 - Part 1

Level 1
Pt.1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pt. 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Level 2
Pt. 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pt. 3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Completed: 142/150



101. So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens - Jun 19
102. Mandu by Malathi Ramachandran - Jun 20
103. Cupcakes for Christmas (Return to Willoughby Close #1) by Kate Hewitt - Jun 23
104. The Girl in the Window by Renee Pawlish - Jun 26
105. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells - Jun 27
106. Tallowwood (Tallowwood #1) by N.R. Walker - Jun 28
107. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow - Jun 29
108. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells - Jul 2
109. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries #0.5) by Martha Wells - Jul 2
110. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries #4.5) by Martha Wells - Jul 2



111. So Sure of Death (Liam Campbell #2) by Dana Stabenow - Jul 3
112. Nothing Gold Can Stay (Liam Campbell #3) by Dana Stabenow - Jul 4
113. Better to Rest (Liam Campbell #4) by Dana Stabenow - Jul 5
114. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books #1) by K.J. Charles - Jul 6
115. Dracula by Bram Stoker - Jul 9
116. Lady Osbaldestone’s Plum Puddings (Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Chronicles #3) by Stephanie Laurens - Jul 11
117. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh - Jul 12
118. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - Jul 14
119. Ella's Ice-Cream Summer (The Ice-Cream Café #1) by Sue Watson - Jul 14
120. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins - Jul 15



121. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer - Jul 16
122. A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books #2) by K.J. Charles - Jul 17
123. Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Intrigue (Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Chronicles #4) by Stephanie Laurens - Jul 18
124. One by One by Freida McFadden - Jul 23
125. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins - Jul 24
126. One by One (Professor Maxie Reddick Files #1) by Helen Bridgett - Jul 25
127. The Ghostly Grounds: Murder and Breakfast (Canine Casper Cozy Mystery #1) by Sophie Love - Jul 26
128. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence - Jul 27
129. You Like It Darker by Stephen King - Jul 28
130. Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便 [Majo no Takkyūbin] #1) by Eiko Kadono (43868 words) - Aug 1



131. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - Aug 2
132. Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi - Aug 3
133. The Test by Sylvain Neuvel - Aug 5
134. Hook (The Untold Stories of Neverland Book #1) by K.R. Thompson - Aug 8
135. Pan (The Untold Stories of Neverland Book #2) by K.R. Thompson - Aug 9
136. The Graduate (The Graduate #1) by Charles Webb - Aug 9
137. The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi - Aug 11
138. Nerida (The Untold Stories of Neverland Book #3) by K.R. Thompson - Aug 13
139. Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves #3) by P.G. Wodehouse - Aug 14
140. Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves #4) by P.G. Wodehouse - Aug 14



141. Funny Story by Emily Henry - Aug 15
142. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle - Aug 17
143. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe - Aug 19
144. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman - Aug 21
145. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner - Aug 22
146. Dead Center (Andy Carpenter #5) by David Rosenfelt - Aug 23
147. Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple #1) by Carola Dunn - Aug 24
148. Twilight (The Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer - Aug 27
149. Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard - Aug 28
150. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - Aug 30

Cavill's absolutely awful moustache* tipped the scales in favour of Hemsworth! So Chris Hemsworth for me, thank you.

*Only in MI, the rest of the time he is absolutely fine!

I have only one book that starts with CUP
Cupcakes for Christmas

Laura wrote: "I sent Sky Without Stars to them about 6 hours ago."

Sorry! I didn't realise that.

I have the following:
The Sky is Falling
The Sky Is Mine
The Sky Manifest: A Novel
Sky Woman Falling
Sky Rider: Park Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in the West
Sky Girls: The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race
The Sky People
Sky Blue Sky
The Sky We Shared
The Sky Pilot's Wife

Preeti’s BOM Participation Post: The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven #1) by Sebastien de Castell

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Day 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Day 3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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The Malevolent Seven Adult BOM May 2024 (Starts 16 May 2024) - Day 5

Chapters 40 - 56

20. Cade goes to each of the other travellers and has final words with them. Do you think he learned any new information about his travellers? Or did he learn something about himself?

I think this was a wasted opportunity and could have been used to give us more information about each of the characters.

21. The journey to The Seven Brothers is full of many challenges. Did this journey remind you of any other quest you've read?

Again, a wasted opportunity! This would have been the perfect time to learn more about the history of the world and the magic, the backgrounds of each of the characters…

22. We now find out about the Pandorals, how they were using The Seven Brothers as vessels. Quite interesting how this was accomplished. Did this surprise you how they were formed ? What did you think of why they came to acquire the red soil?

Now this part was interesting! I knew all along that there was something larger going on behind the scenes and nothing was what it seemed and this bit proved it to me.

23. It was determined that Cade be the one to use the apparatus. What attunement do you think he chose?

I first thought he chose Fortunal magic because of Corrigan asking him about it. But reading the part where he coughs and then says that he would “probably be doing a lot of that, given what I’d just done to myself”, I think we will only get to know what it actually is in the sequel.

24. What was your overall impression of this story? What was your favorite part of the story? Will you read the next in the series or try one of the authors other series?

I enjoyed reading the book despite the aspects that could have done with more work. My favourite part is definitely the characters, and wanting to know what happens to them next means that I will probably carry on with the series. Not before I read the other series by this author, many of which have been recommended to me several times.

Preeti’s BOM Participation Post: The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven #1) by Sebastien de Castell

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Day 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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The Malevolent Seven Adult BOM May 2024 (Starts 16 May 2024) - Day 4

Chapters 28 - 39

15. The way the different characters react to the trek through the magic wasteland is interesting. With all the magic that flows through this world, why do they not have transport spells? Did this trek remind you of any other stories?

I think it is partially that none of them is attuned to a kind of magic that allows for transport spells and partially because the whole mixed group walking through a terrible landscape allows for the story to continue with the members bonding, learning some more of their stories etc. This seems to be a often used plot device and I have read books that contained similar travels.

16. We keep being reminded (by the narrator) that the wanderists are not good guys. Do you agree with this assessment?

This was one of the things that irked me greatly. I got sick and tired of being reminded of the same thing over and over. I mean, I get it, we are supposed to realise that they have been conditioned into believing that wonderists are the baddies but I think a few less references would have been neater.

17. What is your impression of the seven brothers? The Pandorals are benevolent? Really? Do we believe that?

Benevolent!!! Absolutely not! The seven brothers definitely have something tremendously nefarious going on and I wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if they turned out to be the worst of the lot.

18. So. We get to see the apparatus. What would you have done with that temptation?

Finally!!! I don’t think I would trust it to not come with some serious consequences. I would definitely destroy it to prevent it from being misused by others.

19. Is anyone who they say they are? Did you expect Mr. Bones?

Nope, that was a complete surprise. I was expecting something weird and wacky with Tenebris telling them that the 7th member would meet them at the location of the seven brothers but not that!

Preeti’s BOM Participation Post: The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven #1) by Sebastien de Castell

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I can also read a book for the battle and will keep checking to see what letters we need books for.

Book: Silas Marner by George Eliot
Date Read: Jun 16
Page Count: 262


Weapon:
Pg. 13: I remember now - the knife wasn’t in my pocket.

Shelter:
Purple cover

Food:
Pg. 71: The Squire ate his bread and meat hastily, took a deep draught of ale, then turned his chair from the table, and began to speak again.

Defense:
Mr. Crackenthorpe is the rector as well as the Justice of the Peace in Raveloe.

I started watching The Boys (about to start the 5th episode) and am so glad all of you recommended it.

I definitely preferred Chace Crawford in Gossip Girl! Having said that, I am voting for Rob Lowe.

Book: Eeny Meeny (Helen Grace #1) by M.J. Arlidge
Date Read: Jun 15
Page Count: 464


Weapon:
Pg. 3: On the floor by the phone you’ll find a gun.

Shelter:
Red on the cover

Food:
Pg. 10: She bought jewellery, scented candles and other trinkets but didn’t stint on the comestibles either, snapping up dates, chocolates, an obscenely expensive Christmas pudding and a pretty packet of peppermint creams – Marie was particularly partial to those.

Defense:
Many of the characters including the MC, Helen Grace, are police officers.

Alexander Skarsgård, please and thank you!

Congratulations, Kamaria!

Yasmine wrote: "Laura wrote: "All right team! Based on various very cryptic comments from the mods, it seems that we probably want to protect our resource piles with these books. It has been said already that ther..."

I would suggest we go with whichever 3 we have the most of.

Without a doubt, Shemar Moore!!!

Laura wrote: "Preeti wrote: "Also, I am reading a book with an orange cover for another challenge. I was planning on reading it for the next round. If it is needed I can read it for this round as it is a relativ..."

OK!