Tina ❣’s Comments (group member since Mar 09, 2016)

Tina ❣’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I think I'm going to mix and match the options and just see how I go during the next two months

World Oceans Day

Start: 01/06/20
Finish: 31/07/20
Level: Ocean Blue : 27 books
Read: 27

Option 1: Spell out the word "Ocean"
Read: 6/6
O - The Oath Saga (series), Whispering Wind by Karin Reeve 19/06/20
C - The Cowboy's Gamble by Mia Porter 11/06/20
E - Dragon Fever by Elsa Jade 09/06/20
A - Alec, BloodGifted by Tima Maria Lacoba 04/06/20
N - The Toll by Neal Shusterman 10/06/20

Option 2: Spell out the five (5) Oceans:
Read: 14/14

Pacific
Read: 7/7
P - Flames of Truth by A.C. Pontone 12/06/20
A - White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley 14/06/20
C - Cyrus, Elemental Fae Academy: Book Two by Lexi C. Foss 20/06/20
I - Iain, The Billionaire's Counterfeit Girlfriend by Nadia Lee 23/07/20
F - Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 23/06/20
I - Isabelle, The Prince's Secret Baby by Holly Rayner 24/07/20
C - Caraval by Stephanie Garber 01/07/20

Southern
Read: 8/8
S - Shade Midnight Fae Academy: Book Two by Lexi C. Foss 26/07/20
O - Offred The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 02/07/20
U - Under His Skin by Sidney Bristol 05/08/20
T - The Martian by Andy Weir 29/07/20
H - Her Snowbound Hero by Kay Stockham 30/07/20
E - Emmanuelle Dear Martin by Nic Stone 19/07/20
R - The Boss's Son - Part 1 by Sierra Rose 09/07/20
N - Jake Napleton Playing Dirty by Mickey Miller 29/06/20

Option 3: Complete the tasks below
Read: 06

Read a book with a blue cover ( more than 50 % blue )
by James Phelps 19/08/20

Read a book with a green cover ( more than 50% green)
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 17/07/20

Read a book with an ocean name in the title ( Pacific, Indian, Altlantic, Southern, Artic)

Read a book in which characters swim in the ocean
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward 10/07/20

Read a book set on the ocean
Sink by M.E. Rhines 18/07/20

Read a book with an ocean on the cover
After Before Time by Robbi Neal 26/06/20

Read a book in which something is divided (time, money, property, etc)
Alien Bride: A Dark Alien Sci-Fi Romance by Penelope Woods 03/07/20

Read a book with the word "tide" in the text

Read a book with the letters "water " in the title
City Girl, Country Girl: The inspiring true stories of courageous women forging new lives in the Australian bush by Liz Harfull

Read a book with "starfish" in the text

Read a book with the letters "plastic" in the title

Read a book in which the word "pollution" can be found in the text

Read a book in which a character is protecting the ocean or the marine life in it

June Picnic Challenge

Start: 01/06/20
End: 31/07/20
Levels: Watermelon: 25 + books
Read: 21/25

You will need to bring several items with you: blanket, picnic basket, food, beverages, sunglasses.

1. No picnic is complete without a blanket. Bring a blanket.
~Read a book with a blanket on the cover
~Read a book with a checkered pattern on the cover (cover or item on cover)

2. Who has the picnic basket? We need something to put all this food in.
~Read a book with a basket, hamper, tote, cooler (not an alcoholic drink) or backpack on the cover
~Spell out(*) the word B A S K E T
B - BloodGifted by Tima Maria Lacoba 04/06/20
A - Flames of Truth by A.C. Pontone 12/06/20
S - The Boss's Son - Part 1 by Sierra Rose 09/07/20
K - Whispering Wind by Karin Reeve 19/06/20
E - Dragon Fever by Elsa Jade 09/06/20
T - The Cowboy's Gamble by Mia Porter 11/06/20

3. All great picnics must have food. What's your favorite picnic food?
~Read a book with a food item on the cover that you might take to a picnic
~Spell out(*) the word F O O D
F - Elemental Fae Academy: Book Two by Lexi C. Foss 20/06/20
O -
O -
D - Donatella, Caraval by Stephanie Garber 01/07/20

4. We picked a beautiful day for this picnic and it's always nice to have something to quench the thirst.
~Read a book with a beverage on the cover
~Read a book with some type of beverage in the text (excluding water) White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley 14/06/20

5. The sun is shining and it's warm; we should protect our eyes and face.
~Read a book with sunglasses on the cover
~Read a book with the word sunscreen or lotion in the text

6. Location is key! Watch out for anthills.
~Read a book with a beautiful grassy cover
~Spell out(*) the word A N T
A - After Before Time by Robbi Neal 26/06/20
N - The Toll by Neal Shusterman 10/06/20
T - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 02/07/20

7. A picnic is just not complete without friends and family
~Read a book about friends
~Read a book tagged summer The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward 10/07/20

8. Anyone up for a game of ball or Frisbee?
~Read a book with any type of ball on the cover
~Read a book tagged sports Playing Dirty by Mickey Miller 29/06/20

9. Don't forget to pack it all up. Double check nothing is left behind - we don't want to feed the bears.
~Read a book that has all the letters B E A R in the title Alien Bride: A Dark Alien Sci-Fi Romance by Penelope Woods 03/07/20
~Read a book with 8 in the page count Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 23/06/20

10. Spell out(*) the word P I C N I C
P -
I - Iain, The Billionaire's Counterfeit Girlfriend by Nadia Lee 23/07/20
C - Carly Kirk, The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 17/07/20
N - Dear Martin by Nic Stone 19/07/20
I - Isabelle, The Prince's Secret Baby by Holly Rayner 24/07/20
C - Calypso Sink by M.E. Rhines 18/07/20

Scooby Doo Reading Challenge

Start: 29/05/20
End:
Level: Mix and Match 27 books +
Read: 38

Option #1- Spell out (*) the word "Scooby Doo"
Read: 07/09

S - Sink by M.E. Rhines 18/07/20
C - The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward 10/07/20
O - Captive by Tess Oliver 04/08/20
O - One Last Shot by Julie Archer 27/09/20
B - BloodGifted by Tima Maria Lacoba 04/06/20
Y - Yangjin Kim Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 21/08/20

D - Dragon Fever by Elsa Jade 09/06/20
O -
O -

Option #2 - Complete the following tasks:
Read: 06

Read a book with a dog on the cover
Read a book with a pair of glasses on the cover
Read a book with a man with blond hair on the cover
Read a book with a van on the cover
Read a book with a woman wearing a skirt on the cover
Read a book with the word "mystery " in the title
Read a book with the letters "van" in the title
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil 10/09/20
Read a book tagged mystery
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 17/07/20
Read a book with the letters "CBS " in the title
The Cowboy's Gamble by Mia Porter 11/06/20
Read a book with a character named Fred
Read a book with a character named Daphne
Read a book with a character named Velma
Read a book in which a character loves clothes and fashion
Caraval by Stephanie Garber 01/07/20
Read a book tagged supernatural or paranormal
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 14/08/20
Read a book that you think is scary
Read a book with a cover showing a man wearing a tie
Read a book with a cover that has high heels on it
Read a book in which someone is bribed
Redeeming the Biker's Past by Piper Davenport 26/09/20

Option #3 - Spell out (*) the following words:
Read: 19/20

Daphne Blake
Read: 11/11

D - Dear Martin by Nic Stone 19/07/20
A - Flames of Truth by A.C. Pontone 12/06/20
P - Alien Bride: A Dark Alien Sci-Fi Romance by Penelope Woods 03/07/20
H - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 02/07/20
N - The Toll by Neal Shusterman 10/06/20
E - Elemental Fae Academy: Book Two by Lexi C. Foss 20/06/20

B - The Boss's Son - Part 1 by Sierra Rose 09/07/20
L - Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 23/06/20
A - After Before Time by Robbi Neal 26/06/20
K - Whispering Wind by Karin Reeve 19/06/20
E - Emma Playing Dirty by Mickey Miller 29/06/20

Teenagers
Read: 8/9

T - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba 07/08/20
E - Rebel Pilot, Texas Doctor by Eve Gaddy 24/09/20
E - Laws of Attraction by Evelyn Adams 14/09/20
N - The Billionaire's Counterfeit Girlfriend by Nadia Lee 23/07/20
A - Australian Code Breakers: Our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich by James Phelps 19/08/20
G -
E - Elemental Fae Academy: Book Three by Lexi C. Foss 21/08/20
R - The Prince's Secret Baby by Holly Rayner 24/07/20
S - Under His Skin by Sidney Bristol 05/08/20

Option #4- Supernatural Creatures
Read: 04
Read books that have witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, zombie, ghosts, spirits, poltergeist, etc.
Miss Frost Saves The Sandman: A Nocturne Falls Mystery by Kristen Painter 29/05/20
White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley 14/06/20
The Billionaire Shifter's Curvy Match by Diana Seere 27/08/20
Crown of Frost by Isabella August 10/08/20
Isla's Inheritance by Cassandra Page 15/09/20
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black 11/09/20

Tarot Card Reading Challenge

Start: 20/05/20
End: 14/09/20
Option: 2
Read: 33/33

The Chariot
Read: 10/10

T - The Martian by Andy Weir 29/07/20
H - Her Snowbound Hero by Ivy James, Kay Stockham 30/07/20
E - Dragon Fever by Elsa Jade 09/06/20

C - The Cowboy's Gamble by Mia Porter 11/06/20
H - Racing Hearts by Candi Heart 20/05/20
A - Alien Warrior's Captive Bride by Juno Wells 20/05/20
R - After Before Time by Robbi Neal 26/06/20
I - Iain, The Billionaire's Counterfeit Girlfriend by Nadia Lee 23/07/20
O - Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood 22/05/20
T - Teardrop Shot by Tijan 22/05/20

Justice
Read: 07/07

J - White Tiger by Jennifer Ashley 14/06/20
U - Under His Skin by Sidney Bristol 05/08/20
S - Sink by M.E. Rhines 18/07/20
T - Taryn Malone Whispering Wind by Karin Reeve 19/06/20
I - Isabelle, The Prince's Secret Baby by Holly Rayner 24/07/20
C - Charlotte The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward 10/07/20
E - Elemental Fae Academy: Book Two by Lexi C. Foss 20/06/20

Pentacles
Read: 09/09

P - Miss Frost Saves The Sandman: A Nocturne Falls Mystery by Kristen Painter
E - Emmanuelle Dear Martin by Nic Stone 19/07/20
N - The Toll by Neal Shusterman 10/06/20
T - The Boss's Son - Part 1 by Sierra Rose 09/07/20
A - Flames of Truth by A.C. Pontone 12/06/20
C - Caraval by Stephanie Garber 01/07/20
L - Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 23/06/20
E - Elaine Crown of Frost by Isabella August 10/08/20
S - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 17/07/20

The Devil
Read: 08/08

T - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 02/07/20
H - A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 14/08/20
E - Elemental Fae Academy: Book Three by Lexi C. Foss 21/08/20

D - Andrea Diggers Playing Dirty by Mickey Miller 29/06/20
E - Laws of Attraction by Evelyn Adams 14/09/20
V - Vraik Alien Bride: A Dark Alien Sci-Fi Romance by Penelope Woods 03/07/20
I - Baek Isak Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 21/08/20
L - BloodGifted by Tima Maria Lacoba 04/06/20

I'll sign up for DQ

Edit: Team Motorcycle Diaries

Choose Your Own Adventure: Going Green

COMPLETED

Start: 14/10/19
End: 20/05/20
Level: Wind Power : 25+ books
Read: 26/26



Earn your Sapphire Gem Coins with the CYOA Challenges.

Finally done!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Lol Chava! Build another case! Or extend yours haha


Also, thank you me fellow Aussies for updating me on what's going on as I find the news to depressing and boring. I've been waiting for my local library to open as well. I really miss it

That's how it's been previously Christina!

WOO!! ROAD TRIP!!

At least I'll be traveling somewhere this year

Winnie the Pooh

COMPLETED

Start: January 1
Finished: February 29
Level: "Oh, bother." : 27 + books
Read: 28/28


One Coin upon reaching highest book level : "Oh, Bother."

Finished!! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

March: Plant a Flower Reading Challenge

Read: 22

Option 1: Spell out (*) the words "plant" & "flower"
Read: 10/11
P - The Phoenix Wand by Angie Droulias 10/04/20
L - The Chronicles of Fire and Ice by L.L. Hunter 24/04/20
A - Anew by K. Blackmore 15/03/20
N -
T - Tom The Girl Who Chose by Violet Grace 07/03/20

F - Finding Home by Jackie Weger 26/03/20
L - Lani Uncaged Love, Volume 1 by J.J. Knight 07/03/20
O - Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab 29/03/20
W - Blood Guardians by Heidi Willard 31/03/20
E - Wickedest Witch by Eve Langlais 27/03/20
R - Talk to Me by Roseanne Beck 22/03/20

Option 2: Read as many books as you can with a flower on the cover
Read: 1

Midnight Fae Academy: Book One by Lexi C. Foss 12/04/20
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Option 3: Plant the flower. Follow the steps below for planting your flower
Read: 4

-First we need dirt. Read a book with a brown cover
.

-Next we need to dig a hole. Spell out (*) the word "DIG"
D - Bite Me by Cynthia Dane 14/03/20
I - Ignis Elemental Fae Academy by Lexi C. Foss 29/04/20
G - A Game of Wings and Marks by Rebecca Crunden 02/03/20

-Drop your seed in the hole or pot and cover it up. Read a book with a pot on the cover
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-Don't forget to water you plant. Read a book that shows water on the cover
Death's Hand by S.M. Reine 30/03/20

Option 4: Complete as many tasks as you can from the list below: (tasks may be completed more than once)
Read: 7

-Read a book in which a character loves flowers
Burn For Me by J.H. Croix 22/03/20
Talk to Me by Roseanne Beck 22/03/20

-Read a book in which a character is a florist

-Read a book in which a character plants a flower(s)
Hot & Handy: Red Velvet by Tess Oliver 14/03/20

-Read a book where the title starts with P

-Read a book in which something grows (open to your interpretation)
The House on the Beach by Linda Barrett 24/03/20
Birthright by Jessica Ruddick 05/04/20
Winning the Heart of the Mischievous Duke: Historical Regency Romance Novel by Ella Edon 28/04/20
Fae of the North by E. Hall 28/04/20

Option 5: Mix & match (combine tasks from any or all of the options)

Ohh I just saw it! It's so cute

Picnic June-July 21/25

Ended

Start: 01/06/20
End: 31/07/20
Levels: Watermelon: 25 + books
Read: 21/25

Agh, I haven’t had a chance to sit and read the book yet this month! Hope I will this week fingers 🤞🏼

I've had this book out on load for about 2-3 months from my library. I think a buddy read is the perfect way to get me to actually read it

Vicki Willis wrote: "Well, I picked a version and started this.
What version did everyone end up picking?
I chose the Project Gutenburg one translated by Maude.
I don't know if I found the correct link here though fo..."

I used an audible credit and so I'm listening to it. I started listening to it and it's working for me so far

Sammy.. Sunshine.. I feel you ladies..

I promised my self last year that as a new years resolution, I would not sign up to any group challenges until I finish uni and not start any individual challenges... Come Jan 1st I signed up to about 6 -.-

Start: 01/01/20
Finish: 31/12/21
Read: 07/25

Started: 12/09/19

◈ Female Narrator
Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder 07/01/20

◈ Male Narrator
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood 22/05/20

◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.

◈ Full Cast

◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.

◈ Celebrity Narrator
The Toll by Neal Shusterman 10/06/20

◈ New-to-Me Narrator
The Girl Who Fell by Violet Grace 28/02/20

◈ Favourite Narrator

◈ Volunteer Narrator
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)

◈ Less Than 3 Hours

◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours

◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours

◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
The Girl Who Chose by Violet Grace 07/03/20 10hr 13 mins

◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours

◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours

◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours

◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours

◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours

◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant ear buds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series, if you “read” all of it/them via audio.

◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.

◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 02/07/20

◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them!

◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Go on a road trip, holiday, or just listen during your daily commute to work while “reading” in your car or public transportation!
The Martian by Andy Weir 29/07/20

◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook

◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).

◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.

◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.

◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.

◈ Classic Read

◈ Re-Read a Favourite