Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Lisa Kay, I only have time to squeeze in one book and I think it's going to be chosing one from your all-time favorite list. It's a tough decision, though. Can you narrow to down to 5 of your very very favorites so I can really get the most authentic Lisa Kay experience possible?

In the past, I have started A Discovery of Witches but like you, I put it down before finishing it. Granted, I liked the richness of Ms. Harkness' writing but it was just so darn slow going! I saw in your review that there was a point where you fell in love with the book. May I ask if you remember how far into it you were when you knew for certain you wanted to keep reading to finish?

ok, sorry but i guess i've cheated. I got The Art of Racing In the Rain yesterday and couldn't put it down. What an awesome book!! :-).

Lisa Kay wrote: "~ September “Takeover” Challenge ~It is my birthday month, so I'm throwing my weight around and “taking over” the monthly challenge.
        


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Ok, I'm going to give this a go. I'm going to the party 1/2

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Rachael C. wrote: "May I ask if you remember how far into it you were when you knew for certain you wanted to keep reading to finish?"

Okay, but it is a plot spoiler. Not sure of the location... but it is when Diana gets (view spoiler)[kidnapped! (hide spoiler)]

Rachael C. wrote: "Can you narrow to down to 5 of your very very favorites so I can really get the most authentic Lisa Kay experience possible?"

Okay...but let me think on it, Rachael. Do you want top five, with a mix of genre...or top five romances?

Cathie wrote: "ok, sorry but i guess i've cheated. I got The Art of Racing In the Rain yesterday and couldn't put it down. What an awesome book!! :-)."

Can't blame you, Cathie. LOVED that book.

Lisa Kay wrote: "Cathie wrote: "ok, sorry but i guess i've cheated. I got The Art of Racing In the Rain yesterday and couldn't put it down. What an awesome book!! :-)."

Can't blame you, Cathie. LOVED that book."

That is a book that I've considered reading. I tried reading Dewey The Small Town Library Cat and could NOT get through the book. I only got about 60 pages read. So I'm a little unsure on another animal book right now....

Jennifer wrote: "This will be my first book by Lisa Kleypas. I thought that I would try a book by her, since she seems to be one of your favorites, Lisa Kay :) "

You won't be disappointed, that was my first book by her and I LOVED it.

Yes, Jennifer! Love the Hathaways series by Lisa Kleypas. So excited you're reading it.

I have so many books out for the library, and they are closed all weekend... I won't be able to get there until next Wednesday, but I will definitely be picking it up! :)

I am in

Lisa Kay wrote: "Rachael C. wrote: "Can you narrow to down to 5 of your very very favorites so I can really get the most authentic Lisa Kay experience possible?"

Okay...but let me think on it, Rachael. Do you wan..."

How about a mix? Where some of them are easy to find since I rely so heavily on my library! :-)

Hi Lisa. Early happy birthday wishes to you!! this is my first time doing a challenge/book club/anything really. How does it work?

Jennifer wrote: That is a book that I've considered reading. I tried reading Dewey The Small Town Library Cat and could NOT get through the book. I only got about 60 pages read. So I'm a little unsure on another animal book right now....

Get the book Jennifer:-). You will not be disappointed. It is so much more than an "animal" book. You will laugh out loud, and cry and probably do both at the same time. It is about persistence and not giving up and dealing with what life gives you and staying in the race when it would be so much easier to just drop out. (The Art of Racing in the Rain.)

Great, Rabaab & Tamsyn!! Welcome to the party.

Okay, Rachael C. Let me think. Here are a couple of my all time favs to start off:

(which is part of a series...#3, in fact...so don't tell anyone I'm recommending you read it out of order)

So neat this is your first challenge, Tamsyn! Well, I would start with the level you want to do. Then think of some of the books you want to read and see if they meet the criteria I posted.

This is also my first challenge.

Cathie wrote: "Jennifer wrote: That is a book that I've considered reading. I tried reading Dewey The Small Town Library Cat and could NOT get through the book. I only got about 60 pages read. So I'm a little uns..."

Thanks, Cathie! I think I will pick it up and give it a try sometime in September. I have about eight books out from the library now, and two that are on hold for me. So once I drop some of those off I will pick up The Art of Racing in the Rain. I'm not against books about animals, but there just has to be *more* to the book, ya know?

Jennifer, yep I know :-). I'm pretty sure you will really like this one & if you don't you can take it back and it won't have cost you a cent. The bliss of libraries :-).

September 2012 "Takeover" Challenge
I am going to go with "Greeting the Sunrise"
Completed: 10/10

☑ Favorite Genres: (Romances) The Winter Rose ~ 9/25/12 ♥♥♥♥
☑ Books with Dogs: The Lost Dogs ~ 9/12/12 ♥♥♥♥
☑ Hawt Guy: Jenna's Cowboy: A Novel ~ 9/18/12 ♥♥♥♥♥
☑ Coffee Ice Cream: O Pioneer! ~ 9/25/12 ♥♥♥
☑ Favorite Color Blue: No One is Here Except All of Us ~ 9/4/12 ♥♥
☑ Beautifully Styled Hair: The Secret Life of Bees ~ 9/17/12 ♥♥♥
☑ Hats: The Real Elizabeth ~ 9/24/12 ♥♥♥♥
☑ I ♥ Cookies: Candy Cane Murder ~ 9/30/12 ♥♥♥♥
☑ All Time Favorites: Northanger Abbey ~ 9/24/12 ♥♥♥♥
☑ Books on Audio: The Story of Doctor Dolittle ~ 9/12/12 ♥♥♥♥

That is so exciting, Rabaab!

Neat, Melissa! Welcome to the challenge.

Cathie wrote: "I'm pretty sure you will really like this one & if you don't you can take it back and it won't have cost you a cent. The bliss of libraries :-)."

That's what I keep telling our library patrons: If you think you might like a book, by all means, take it home and give it a shot. If you like it, great! If not, bring it back and try something else. All it costs you is a bit of your time! (I'm not factoring in the cost of gas to/from the library, since these are people who are there all the time anyhow LOL)

Argh...I need a library card for this! I usually buy all the books I read on nook, but if I'm going to start doing challenges then it will get too expensive fast!

I just went and got my library card this morning :-). I am like you Lucy, but I have a really big reading list this month so the ones I can get at the library I will and the ones that have 1200+ holds on them (!) I will buy, lol.

For the longest time I didn't use my library card, I was buying all of the books/ebooks for challenges... expensive! So now I use my library card a lot. I'm like you, Cathie, I buy ones I *really* want to read if they have a lot of holds on them.

Nothing but Reading Challenges
“Takeover” Challenge: September, 2012
Duration: 9/1/2012 - 9/30/2012

Progress: 5 out of 10 Greeting the Sunrise

Ten of My Favorite Things.
• Favorite genres: Westerns, mysteries or romances. Read one, or one of all three.
• Books with dogs in them:
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz - *** - 9/4/2012

• Hawt guy on the cover: **shrugs** What can I say?
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh - *** - 9/13/2012

• Coffee ice cream - so any book with a cup of coffee or ice cream on the cover
- or is the color of the shade of coffee you drink or the color of your favorite ice cream.
listopia: Espresso, Java, Coffee and YA Coffee Covers.
• My favorite color is blue - Read a book with a cover that is predominately blue. Check listopia! -
Divergent by Veronica Roth - 9/17/2012 - *****

• Beautifully styled hair - Read a book that shows a perfect coiffed hair style on the cover -
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 9/4/2012

• Hats. Yup. Love them. Don't wear them often, but I love the look. Even if they cover up a beautiful hairstyle, LOL! Read a book with a hat on the cover.
• I ♥ cookies. Read a book that somehow relates to cookies. Cookie on the cover, in the title, or is the name of the protagonist. Or maybe they bake them?
• Read any book from my all-time-favorites bookshelf.
• Listen to any book on audio -
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 9/1/2012

September “Takeover” Challenge ~
It is my birthday month, so I'm throwing my weight around and “taking over” the monthly challenge.


Duration: September 1 - 30, 2012

Levels:
Going to the Party 1-3 books

4/3 completed

Ten of My Favorite Things.
• Favorite genres: romances - A Night to Remember - 9/1
• Books with dogs in them. Wolf on the Bayou - 9/2
• Hawt guy on the cover. The Darkest Fire - 9/5
• My favorite color is blue. Tsunami Blue - 9/4

• Favorite genres: Westerns, mysteries or romances. Read one, or one of all three.

• Books with dogs in them. I also like wolves and would take any book with one in it or has a wolf shapeshifter.

• Hawt guy on the cover.

• Coffee ice cream - ✔

• My favorite color is blue. Read a book with a cover that is predominately blue.

• Beautifully styled hair. Read a book that shows a perfect coiffed hair style on the cover.

• Read a book with a hat on the cover.

• Read a book that somehow relates to cookies. Cookie on the cover, in the title, or is the name of the protagonist. Or maybe they bake them?

• Read any book from my all-time-favorites bookshelf.

• Listen to any book on audio. If audiobooks absolutely drive you up the wall, then read it “old school” via paperback or hardback.

I'm with you on the library card, Lucy, Cathy, & Jennifer! Don't know what I'd do without it, especially with challenges. That is the really neat thing challenges have gotten me to do; go back to the library!

Neat, Suzanne, Hasien, & Midu!!! Welcome to the party.

Hey LK!

Hey, Midu! My cabinets are almost in! My heating & air conditioning are almost in! Neat, huh?

yaaay! almost there!

Lisa Kay wrote: "I'm with you on the library card, Lucy, Cathy, & Jennifer! Don't know what I'd do without it, especially with challenges. That is the really neat thing challenges have gotten me to do; go back to the library!"

I've been a library user/lover all my life, ever since my mom and I rode our bikes to the nearest Bookmobile stop :) If I'd had to buy all the books I've read in my life, I'd be in the poor house by now!

Ditto, Barb! I did stop going to the library for awhile...but I've been back for the last several. Love that I can download audios and eBooks from my home computer! No late fines. LOL!

I want to join in! I've got my list together:

Western - Blame it on Texas by Tori Scott
Mystery - Bingo Barge Murder by Jessi Chandler
Romance - Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie
Blue - The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold
Wolf - Changeling Moon by Dani Harper
Dog - Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund by Blaize Clement
Hat - Aces Wild by Taylor Lee
Cookies - Tough Cookie Diane Mott Davidson
Coffee - Coffee, Tea, the Gypsy & Me by Caroline James
Favs List Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie

Neat, Irene! Welcome to the party. You've got some good choices there, IMHO.

Question! Do we go back and edit our original post with updates or do we repost with the newest information?

Thanks!

NBRC - September 2012 "Takeover" Challenge

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Lisa Kay's favorite things:

1. ROMANCE -
2. HAWT GUYS -
3. BLUE -
4. PINK CARNATIONS (all-time favorite shelf) - The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

Okay, this is my first challenge, im at least going to go to the party!

- Favorite genre,Mysteries: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn ✔
- Blue cover: The Selection by Kiera Cass ✔
- Hat on the cover:The Pledge by Kimberly Derting ✔
Progress: 3/3

lol, Barb, that's why I'm in the poorhouse!!. Lisa Kay, I agree, love the downloading aspect. I got away from going to the library the last couple of years, but I'm baaaack :-)

Lucy wrote: "Question! Do we go back and edit our original post with updates or do we repost with the newest information?

Thanks!"

Lucy, you can do either way. Whatever you prefer. ☺

Fabulous! Welcome to the party, Christina.

That is so neat, Josephine! Welcome to the party.

Is this cover blue enough? It looks blue to me.



(I'm thinking about doing 4 instead of three)

Happy Birthday, Lisa!

I'm in - Dancing All Night
Finished! 6/6

1. Favorite genre (mystery) - Rueful Death - Completed 9/8
2. Dogs - Chihuahua of the Baskervilles - Completed 9/11
3. Coffee on cover - Latte Trouble - Completed 9/19
4. Blue cover - Wicked Autumn - Completed 9/27
5. Beautifully styled hair on cover - Requiem for a Mezzo - Completed 9/26
6. Lisa's all time favorites - The Deception of the Emerald Ring - Completed 9/30

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Is this cover blue enough? It looks blue to me.

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I'm not a mod here or anything, but if that's not blue, I need to have my new glasses readjusted LOL

The Pledge is that cover good for hat on the cover?

I am definitely in. I would love to help my favorite Buddy Reader celebrate her birthday! I'll get organized and post later.
Lisa Kay, can you recommend a western for me?

Also, I noticed there's another Sandy participating so I can be Sandy MN for this challenge. Thanks!

I will be Dancing All Night!

2/6 Done

1. Romance: Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage 9/8/12
2. Hat on Cover:Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare 9/21/12
3.Wolf Shapeshifter: Deadlocked 9/3/12
4.Blue Cover: Eternal Kiss of Darkness 9/5/12
5. Hot Guy on Cover:The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley9/25/12
6. Free Choice: Carpe Corpus 9/10/12