Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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

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Definitely blue, Christina!

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

LMBO! No need to go to the eye-doctor, Barb! Save your money for books! It is blue. ☺

Josephine wrote: "The Pledge is that cover good for hat on the cover?"

Yes, Josephine!

Sandy wrote: "Lisa Kay, can you recommend a western for me?"

Hey, Sandy MN! Welcome to the challenge. Do you want a Western/Western, a Romantic/Western, or a Mystery/Western?

Great, Jackie! And thanks. Welcome to the party!

Lest you all think I've gone color blind...I thought that maybe Charley was wearing a bluish-black. I know I've read books where something was described that way (someone's wings in Angels' Blood?). And black is usually associated with Grim Reapers...well, maybe not so much with Charley. ;-)

Anyway...thanks, ladies! :D

Sure, Christina!

Goal: At least 5 Six! Seven!
Progress: 6/7 + 1 good hangover = 7/7! (hangover book was started on 09/28 completed at 1am on Oct 1)

• Favorite genres (Western, Mystery, or Romance): Strawberry Shortcake Murder DONE!


• Books with dogs in them: The Art of Racing in the Rain Done!


• Hawt guy on the cover: Dragon Bound Done!


• Read a book with a cover that is predominately blue: Blueberry Muffin Murder (I know, I know but I'm on a roll with these) DONE!


• Read a book that somehow relates to cookies: Chocolate Chip Murder DONE!


• Read any book from my all-time-favorites bookshelf: A Discovery of Witches DONE!


• Listen to any book on audio: The Partly Cloudy Patriot DONE!

• 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.

• ✔

Fabulous, Lucy & Midu!! You're first on the board. I updated your hyperlinks in Post #2.

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Lisa Kay wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Lisa Kay, can you recommend a western for me?"

Hey, Sandy MN! Welcome to the challenge. Do you want a Western/Western, a Romantic/Western, or a Mystery/Western?"

Oh, man, more decisions! How about a good example from each category? Thanks, Lisa Kay!

I'm in for 6.

0/6 complete

Favorite Genres:
Mystery: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Romance: Sharing Hailey by Samantha Ann King

Dog/ Wolves (werewolves & shape-shifting coyote):Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

Hot Man: Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Blue Cover: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

All-time Favorites: Storm Front by Jim Butcher

thanks,LK!

Sandy wrote: "How about a good example from each category?"

LMBO! Okay, just give me time.

Here is a start, Sandy!

Romantic Western:

Modern-Day Western Mystery: Walt Longmire series, by Craig Johnson

Western Western: Sacketts series, by Louis L'Amour

Level - Going to the Party
Progress - 3/3 YIPPEE ☺

1. Favourite Genre -Private by James Patterson Finished:02/09/12
4. Coffee/Ice Cream - Black Coffee by Agatha Christie Finished: 12/09/12
5. Blue Cover - Room by Emma Donoghue Finished 05/09/12

Can someone tell me how to link to a previous post (like the way Lisa Kay has it for the participant list)? That way I can just post a link to my main list whenever I update it.

Thanks!

Lucy!



How to Hyperlink to a Specific Post

Do you want add a hyperlink from your ~ Reading Goals ~ Folder to your post in a challenge? (This folder may have a different name, depending on which group you post in.) Here’s how:

1. Once you set up your folder, click on the “some html is ok” look-up at the top of the
    comment box and follow the Link directions.

2. You want to copy the following from the look-up

3. Cut and replace the section of html code (in-between the two quotation marks;
    made bold in the example below) with the post's link.

4. You can copy that by placing your cursor on the "post's time stamp"
    (for lack of a better term) located in the beige bar to the far right.
    (Screen #1, red arrow.)

Screen #1
            

5. On the drop down menu, use your right-mouse-click button on “Copy shortcut”
    or “Copy link address” and copy link location.
    (Shown below bold & between the two yellow lines. As you can see, it can be quite long.)

6. Next, change the “my link text” to what you want, such as the name of the
    challenge and the post number. (In bold below.)

Result :
~ The 50 States ~ Message #210

Thanks for the in-depth explanation Lisa Kay! Let's try this out:

Updated my list to six books! Hope the new one is blue enough. Lucy's List

It works!

Yay! You did it, Lucy! ☺

Just read for your favourite genre: mysteries - Fatherland by Robert Harris

Progress: 1/3 - Sanz going to the Party

Neat, Sanz. I haven't read that one. I do like alternative history, what little I've read of it. Interesting that they have Joe Kennedy as president!

updated post 15 1/3

Oh, I liked that series, Sue.

• 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. ✔

• 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.

• ✔

Updated your hyperlink, Midu!


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thanks,LK!

updated post 13

updated post 11

i have a dumb question, how do you cross out a book or add a check mark when you are done with a book?

Check the (some html is okay) thing just above this comment box.

For check marks, just copy and paste from someone else. LK will tell you the right way later ;-)

Hey Lisa Kay, can I count Easy for coffee ice cream? Hero works at Starbucks. ;-)

How do I strike out the text to effectively cross it out?

Example of a striking out text!

To strike out text you put you cursor before the words you wish to striked out and type the small letter s sandwiched between a less-than sign and greater-than sign <>. At the end of the text you want to strike out you put a forward slash and small s - that looks like this:

/s

sandwiched between these two signs (less-than and greater-than) < >.

Some people like to use checkmarks instead of striking out text when they have finished reading a book. Here are a couple: ✔ ✓

Just put your cursor/mouse up to the left (or right) of the symbol posted to copy it. Click the left mouse key and hold down while moving the mouse until the star is highlighted. Then right mouse click to copy.
Or, if you type (most) everything in WinWord first (before posting to GoodReads) like I do, you can use the MS Gothic or Malgun Gothic fonts. To see what is available, use the "insert symbol" command. If you don't have it, here are some popular ones for you to copy.

Some more symbols for copying.

★ ☀ ☂ ☆ ☹ ☺ ♥ ♡ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ✔ ✓ ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ ♚ ♠ ♪ ♬ ♩ ◈ ☎ ☆ ♀ ♂ ☆ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟ ☠ ☮ ☯ ☻ ☃ ☁ ✿ ❀ ❂ ❄ ¿ ✗ ✘ ✤ ✣ ✡ ✞ ✌ ➜ ʘ ※ ⁑ ∞ ≠ + ÷ ® © º ☤ ✆

Always do a preview to see what will show and what won't.

★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩

How to enter some of the symbols with the alt key combo.

Here is a link to the such as alt+3 for ♥ and alt+1 for ☺

Be sure to use your numeric pad (as the numbers on the top row of your keyboard won’t work) and turn your num lock on and your caps lock off!

alt key combo chart .

Notice, the symbol won't appear until after your release the alt key, as the number sequence can get into the hundreds.

★ solid star = Alt + 9733

✩ star outline = Alt + 9734

Hope it helps.

Update
— ALT+0151 m-dash
° ALT+0176 degree
é ALT+130 e-acute
ö ALT+148 o-umlaut
¢ ALT+0162 cents

html codes (remove asterisks in the second position)

&*#9733; = ★
&*#9734; = ☆
&*#10047 = ✿
&*#10048 = ❀

willaful wrote: "Hey Lisa Kay, can I count Easy for coffee ice cream? Hero works at Starbucks. ;-)"

Works for me, Willa! Man-oh-man! I really wanted to do that "buddy read"! Drat Real Life sometimes!

Lisa, would this book: work for the Dogs category? :D

Thanks lisa and midu! In definitely going to try it out! Im finishing my first book for the challenge soon

:-)

Lisa Kay wrote: "willaful wrote: "Hey Lisa Kay, can I count Easy for coffee ice cream? Hero works at Starbucks. ;-)"

Works for me, Willa! Man-oh-man! I really wanted to do that "buddy read"! Drat Real Life som..."

Nice book! And I'm multitasking, because it's worked in two challenges for me. ;-)

10/10!

Western - Blame it on Texas by Tori Scott 9/21/12
Mystery - Bingo Barge Murder by Jessi Chandler 9/8/12
Romance - Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie 9/13/12
Blue - The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 9/27/12
Wolf - Changeling Moon by Dani Harper 9/24/12
Dog - Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund by Blaize Clement 9/11/12
Hat - Aces Wild by Taylor Lee 9/5/12
Cookies - Tough Cookie Diane Mott Davidson 9/12/12
Coffee - Coffee, Tea, the Gypsy & Me by Caroline James 9/19/12
Favs List Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie 9/13/12

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "Lisa, would this book: work for the Dogs category? :D"

Definitely, Melissa!

willaful wrote: "I'm multitasking, because it's worked in two challenges for me. ;-)"

That's always nice!

READ: 1/9

1• Favorite genres: First You Run - Roxanne St. Claire (romantic suspense-combination of mystery & romance)
2• Books with dogs in them: Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle (wolf on cover)
3• Hawt guy on the cover: Primal Instincts - Susan Sizemore
✔4• Coffee ice cream: Bookmarked For Death - Lorna Barrett (cup of coffee on cover) 9/5
5• My favorite color is blue: The Broken Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin
6• Beautifully styled hair: Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure - James Patterson
7• Hats: The Gunslinger - Stephen King
8• I ♥ cookies: SKIP
9• Read any book from my all-time-favorites bookshelf: Simply Irresistible - Jill Shalvis
10• Listen to any book on audio: Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child

2/6 Done

1. Romance:Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage
2. Western:
3.Wolf Shapeshifter: Deadlocked 9/3/12
4.Blue Cover: Eternal Kiss of Darkness 9/5/12
5. All Time Favorites:Wicked Intentions
6. Free Choice: Carpe Corpus

Updated post 11

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

• Books with dogs in them ✔

• Hawt guy on the cover.

• Coffee ice cream - ✔

• My favorite color is 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.

• ✔

updated post 91!

4/6 Done

1. Romance: Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage 9/8/12
2. Western:
3.Wolf Shapeshifter: Deadlocked 9/3/12
4.Blue Cover: Eternal Kiss of Darkness 9/5/12
5. All Time Favorites:Wicked Intentions
6. Free Choice: Carpe Corpus 9/10/12