Ashley’s Comments (group member since Apr 27, 2022)

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

Hi everyone! I’m Ashley!

I'm 36 years old, and I own/run a family business (Pet Boutique, Bakery and Grooming Salon). I live in Alabama (CST time zone), but I’m not much of a “southern girl”. I love most genres, but my favorites are PNR/UF and historical fiction. I’m working hard this year to get outside my “box” and read lots of different things, and so far I’m enjoying the change!

This is my first time doing Tower Teams! I just finished co-captaining UNO with Paula, so I’m excited to be on a team with her again (although, she might be sick of me by now!)!

So excited to get to know everyone and read!

PS….
I have a question about the BOM! I would like to participate, but I don’t totally understand the “participation” points. I think I’ve digested the writing of questions portion (other than, is this something we have to sign up for in the main BOM post beforehand?), but how much discussion participation is required to get the other points? And how do we decide which team members are eligible? I suppose it doesn’t really matter unless I am a captain/co-captain and actually allocating points, but I’m just confused!

336pgs

Current Total: 725,759

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32pgs

Current Total: 724,591

In my experience, it's almost impossible to find an actual/accurate word count for a graphic novel, but maybe another member will have an idea?

I'm going to try this. I didn't think I would initially, but I've been reading more than usual, and I'm back to my old reading rate, so I may finish 100 this year!

2022 Serious Readers Challenge - Level One
Duration: 2022
Start Date: 1st January 2022

January
1 ▪️ Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone Diana Gabaldon // 24-Jan-2022
2 ▪️ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson // 25-Jan-2022
3 ▪️ Rising Darkness Jen L. Grey // 26-Jan-2022
4 ▪️ Broken Mate Jen L. Grey // 26-Jan-2022
5 ▪️ Silver Moon Jen L. Grey // 31-Jan-2022



February
6 ▪️ The Zig Zag Girl Elly Griffiths // 2-Feb-2022
7 ▪️ The Alpha's Salvation Marlowe Roy // 3-Feb-2022
8 ▪️ Shades of Wicked Jeaniene Frost // 5-Feb-2022
9 ▪️ Wicked Bite Jeaniene Frost // 8-Feb-2022
10 ▪️ Wicked All Night Jeaniene Frost // 10-Feb-2022
11 ▪️ Witch Is When It All Began Adele Abbott // 12-Feb-2022
12 ▪️ Darkest Mate Alexis Calder // 13-Feb-2022
13 ▪️ Three Mages and a Margarita Annette Marie // 15-Feb-2022
14 ▪️ Spells & Shelves Elle Adams // 17-Feb-2022
15 ▪️ Shift Heather MacKinnon // 19-Feb-2022
16 ▪️ Howl Heather MacKinnon // 21-Feb-2022
17 ▪️ The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton // 27-Feb-2022



March
18 ▪️ Court Tracy Wolff // 13-Mar-2022
19 ▪️ Forbidden Sin Alexis Calder // 16-Mar-2022
20 ▪️ The Woodcutter Kate Danley // 17-Mar-2022
21 ▪️ Prince of Wolves Quinn Loftis // 19-Mar-2022
22 ▪️ Of Blood and Honey Stina Leicht // 22-Mar-2022
23 ▪️ A Spindle Splintered Alix E. Harrow // 23-Mar-2022
24 ▪️ Xoe... Sara C. Roethle // 23-Mar-2022
25 ▪️ Accidental Ashes Sara C. Roethle // 27-Mar-2022
26 ▪️ Vampire Seduction Celia Kyle // 29-Mar-2022



April
27 ▪️ The Alchemist Paulo Coelho // 3-Apr-2022
28 ▪️ Rise Heather MacKinnon // 5-Apr-2022
29 ▪️ Can You Keep a Secret? Sophie Kinsella // 6-Apr-2022
30 ▪️ Tsunami Blue Gayle Ann Williams // 8-Apr-2022
31 ▪️ Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury // 13-Apr-2022
32 ▪️ Angelfire Hanna Peach // 17-Apr-2022
33 ▪️ Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia // 18-Apr-2022
34 ▪️ The Lost Apothecary Sarah Penner // 21-Apr-2022
35 ▪️ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling // 21-Apr-2022
36 ▪️ Kissed the Mark Lila Gwynn // 22-Apr-2022
37 ▪️ Redbone... Christian Staebler // 24-Apr-2022
38 ▪️ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman // 25-Apr-2022
39 ▪️ Clean Sweep Ilona Andrews // 26-Apr-2022
40 ▪️ Feral Queen Alexis Calder // 27-Apr-2022
41 ▪️ The Ex Hex Erin Sterling // 27-Apr-2022
42 ▪️ The Husband's Secret Liane Moriarty // 29-Apr-2022
43 ▪️ My Evil Mother: A Short Story Margaret Atwood // 30-Apr-2022



May
44 ▪️ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins // 1-May-2022
45 ▪️ The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood // 4-May-2022
46 ▪️ Once Upon a Tiger Kat Simmons // 4-May-2022
47 ▪️ A History of Wild Places Shea Ernshaw // 6-May-2022
48 ▪️ May B. Caroline Starr Rose // 6-May-2022
49 ▪️ Time Is a Mother Ocean Vuong // 8-May-2022
50 ▪️ Emma Jane Austen // 16-May-2022
51 ▪️ The Water Issue Matilda Battersby (VA) // 16-May-2022
52 ▪️ How High We Go in the Dark Sequoia Nagamatsu // 17-May-2022
53 ▪️ Deadworld J.N. Duncan // 18-May-2022
54 ▪️ The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood // 22-May-2022
55 ▪️ To Paradise Hanya Yanagihara // 24-May-2022
56 ▪️ These Violent Delights Chloe Gong // 26-May-2022
57 ▪️ The Duke and I Julia Quinn // 30-May-2022
58 ▪️ The Hacienda Isabel Cañas // 31-May-2022
59 ▪️ Stamped... Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi // 31-May-2022



June
60 ▪️ Unlucky Charm Kimberly Gordon // 1-Jun-2022
61 ▪️ This Time for Me Alexandra Billings // 3-Jun-2022
62 ▪️ The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn // 4-Jun-2022
63 ▪️ A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas // 8-Jun-2022
64 ▪️ The Book of Cold Cases Simone St. James // 8-Jun-2022
65 ▪️ An Offer From a Gentleman Julia Quinn // 8-Jun-2022
66 ▪️ Rainbow Sprinkles Pepper North, Paige Michaels // 10-Jun-2022
67 ▪️ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams // 10-Jun-2022
68 ▪️ Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi // 10-Jun-2022
69 ▪️ The Empress Laura Martínez-Belli // 15-Jun-2022
70 ▪️ A Bad Day for Sunshine Darynda Jones // 17-Jun-2022
71 ▪️ The Storyteller... Dave Grohl // 17-Jun-2022
72 ▪️ Empire of Pain... Patrick Radden Keefe // 22-Jun-2022
73 ▪️ The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan // 22-Jun-2022
74 ▪️ Romancing Mister Bridgerton Julia Quinn // 22-Jun-2022
75 ▪️ The Alice Network Kate Quinn // 24-Jun-2022
76 ▪️ Hades Carly Spade // 28-Jun-2022
77 ▪️ You Caroline Kepnes // 28-Jun-2022
78 ▪️ A Mirror Mended Alix E. Harrow // 29-Jun-2022
79 ▪️ Trust Hernan Diaz // 30-Jun-2022



July
80 ▪️ Lake Silence Anne Bishop // 9-Jul-2022
81 ▪️ A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin // 11-Jul-2022
82 ▪️ Trouble with the Cursed Kim Harrison // 14-Jul-2022
83 ▪️ Until Next Time Amy Lignor // 18-Jul-2022
84 ▪️ All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr // 20-Jul-2022
85 ▪️ Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid // 26-Jul-2022
86 ▪️ To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee // 28-Jul-2022
87 ▪️ I Must Betray You Ruta Sepetys // 30-Jul-2022



August
88 ▪️ To Sir Phillip, With Love Julia Quinn // 2-Aug-2022
89 ▪️ The Violence Delilah S. Dawson // 3-Aug-2022
90 ▪️ The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley // 8-Aug-2022
91 ▪️ Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley // 10-Aug-2022
92 ▪️ How Civil Wars Start... Barbara F. Walter // 10-Aug-2022
93 ▪️ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins // 16-Aug-2022
94 ▪️ The Unhoneymooners Christina Lauren // 17-Aug-2022
95 ▪️ Dark Fae Caroline Peckham // 18-Aug-2022
96 ▪️ The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw // 23-Aug-2022
97 ▪️ Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney // 24-Aug-2022
98 ▪️ Savage Fae Caroline Peckham // 24-Aug-2022
99 ▪️ Trusting Soul Brian Andreas // 25-Aug-2022
100 ▪️ Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann // 29-Aug-2022



Finish Date: 29th August 2022

298pgs

308pgs

Current Total: 663,981

Adding April Reads: (3,624)

182pgs
546pgs
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306pgs
194pgs
318pgs
304pgs
301pgs
309pgs
219pgs
336pgs
235pgs

Current Total: 659,690

I think perhaps by BPM should be updated to 15...

That is if I made the cut before the cut off, I *think* I squeaked in. ((fingers crossed))