Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

I was thinking of getting the Rain Wild chronicles, but noticed that there were some series that came before it. What would be the best way to go about reading her work?

Lisa Kay wrote: "I'm sorry to hear of your loss, Vikki."

Thanks Lisa Kay

Had/having a fun week of reading. An Aussie young adult novel Saving Francesca, an Aussie cosy mystery Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher #2), and will finish How to Be a Woman after lunch.

Really enjoying the Phryne Fisher mystery series. Set in the 1920s in Melbourne, with a strong, confident, fiercely intelligent and independent lead character that is all about seducing young men and showing the lazy coppers what's what. :)

How to be a woman (while I also agree it is nothing ground-breaking or even interesting feminism-wise), is a thoroughly entertaining memoir and I have been laughing so much that I have had goosebumps in my hair for the last hour :P I might not survive this.

No pink covers unfortunately. I seem to be all out of them on my TBR shelf, virtual and physical.

Finished last night, starting today!

Okay I got a little behind while I was sick with the flu. I am caught up, for now. I am driving 10 hours for a funeral this weekend so I doubt I will get much read. I haven't been keeping up with the board this past week.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Glad you are better now, Danielle! Sorry about the funeral.

★ gwendolyn ★ wrote: "Midu wrote: "will start tomorrow"

Midu I read Farseer and Tawny Man series last year. Borrowed from the library and enjoyed them so much I have been getting..."
thanks, gwendolyn! i have been wondering about that!

Glad to hear you're feeling better now Danielle. And sorry to hear about the funeral. I was at 2 in the space of a week there. Take care

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "I was thinking of getting the Rain Wild chronicles, but noticed that there were some series that came before it. What would be the best way to go about reading her work?"

Melissa look at message 1051. I wrote about how I read the 4 series about the Elderlin world. I not the only way to read it. Guess you could go with them in order 1-4 or just read about Fritz and Fool or about the Live Ships. Whatever makes most sense and interest to you.

I just finished for the NBRC monthly read. I'm hoping to finish today to get at least one book in for the pink cover mini challenge! I'm trying to round up some books off my shelf for red for next week. What a great way to get books read off of my own shelves!

I just finished Bitten which was great and now i am reading Reassigned which is really good so far!

sorry to double post but I just have a question, on the page it says i've read 4 books but when I click view books it says 5, the correct amount and the number that shows up on my bookshelf, was just wondering if this was normal? Thank you !!

Midu wrote: "me neither, Robin! and my challenge thing keeps telling me I'm 4 books behind schedule, I'm going to break its face one of these days! lol"

LMBO....when you start breaking faces come on over and break my challenge thingy's face too PLEASE ☺

Jayme VA wrote: "Hey, so how come no one is reading Maisie Dobbs for the SRC? Is it just because you've read it before? That's the one I'm planning on reading."

Well to be honest Jayme I didn't think any of our choices for that task looked very good :( I had to eenie meenie minie mo which uninteresting book I was going to read LOL

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Midu wrote: "me neither, Robin! and my challenge thing keeps telling me I'm 4 books behind schedule, I'm going to break its face one of these days! lol"

LMBO....when you start breaking faces come ..."
count on it! ;-)

done with , starting

How did you like Midu?

♥Robin ♥ wrote:

Well to be honest Jayme I didn't t..."

Agree that the choices weren't great. I've heard good things about Maisie, so we'll see how it goes!

I don't know what all the choices were, but I really liked both Maisie Dobbs and Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore :)

finished reading , will be starting

Midu wrote: "finished reading , will be starting "

I read 'Shades of Milk and Honey' already not bad, felt like if Jane Austin wrote fantasy what it would be like. :)

Jess wrote: "Finished last night"

How did you like ? I thought that was one of the funniest books I've read in a long time.

Last night I finished which I disliked and which I loved.

Today I'm determined to read and at least get a good start on . Both are needed for the SRC challenge among other things.

Dragana wrote: "Midu wrote: "finished reading , will be starting "

I read 'Shades of Milk and Honey' already not bad, felt lik..."
I think it is almost completely Pride & Prejudice without the Bingley & Jane affair!

Barbara wrote: "Last night I finished which I disliked and which I loved.

Today I'm determined to read [bookcover:Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstor..."

yaay!

I finished reading Thirteen Reasons Why . I gave it 3 stars. It was like watching a disaster, knowing you could do nothing to stop it. I felt like a gawking voyeur.

Onto something that doesn't leave me feeling so icky.

finished

Hmm, been a while since I've posted what I've read, so here's a catch up post :) I'm up to 21.

eh- not a great book. Might have been better if I hadn't listened to the audiobook.

funny and short. Loved and did not expect all the old Hollywood stories.

I always like anything Romanov, and this was interesting because it focused on Alexi instead of one of his sisters.

Disappointed! I loved the first Gone book and had high hopes, but didn't like this one.

Cute Christmas stories.

Currently reading , and

just finished my 6th: and am about to start

I really want to read "This time together" by Carol Burnett. Thanks for the input on it Jayme VA.

I finished with the Jolie Wilkins series (for now-Think there will be at least one more book to the series-I hope anyway)

Also finished reading the classic
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I got another pink cover book read


Haven't decided which book/series Im going to pick up this evening to read yet.

Awww, I love Charlotte's Web :-)

Update

Team A:774
Team B:699
Team C:791
Team D:707

Woohoo! Team C ~ C us winning! :-) (Now back to reading)

Jayme VA, how are you liking The Diviners so far? I checked that one out from the library, but it was so long that I returned it without reading it.

Karen, thanks for the update!! It looks like we really are pulling ahead. :D

Aneeqah wrote: "Jayme VA, how are you liking The Diviners so far? I checked that one out from the library, but it was so long that I returned it without reading it."

I'm actually a little disappointed. I loved the Gemma Doyle books. The Diviners is good, but no where near how great they were.

I've not been around as much this week, lots going on and a few sudden jobs I had to do! I'm still reading but I've got several on the go at once so I'm trying to get them finished this weekend :)

I finished and .

is a buddy read which I will start tomorrow. I didn't realize both Mr. Penumbra and Stormdancer were on my Nook and I can barely read one book without the battery going dead so definitely couldn't do both in one day.

how was ?

Yay, a few days off work and I managed to spend lots and lots of time reading. Finally finished a few I have had on the go for a while.

I finally read . Funny, I had started this twice in the past, but can't explain why I put it down. I found it a lot of fun this time around and it caused me more than a couple of late nights.

. This didn't even last a day. Just what I needed - the kind of laughing that puts goodbumps in the hair.

And also read my first JD Robb book - . It was for a challenge, but it wasn't really my thing. Glad I gave it a go though.

Currently on and . Light reads are my friend right now as I prep to start a new uni degree (and overcome my long nurtured fear of Maths!).

I finally finished . It was cute, but I had a hard time really getting into it. I think it was mostly my own fault though; I couldn't quite let go enough to stop comparing all the characters to their classic version selves. LOL About to start .

Not much reading done this week :( Busy times at work.

Is next week a red cover week?

I could finally get to read and

Barbara wrote:

How did you like ? I thought that was one of the funniest books I've read in a long time."

I loved it! Definitely a funny book :)

"C Us Win" - Team C's Mini Color Challenge for February

Here we go! Join in for one week, two weeks, or all - or none - of them. As long as something that color on the cover catches your eye.

Valentine's Day Colors!

WEEK			COLOR	 listopia	zzcover bookshelves
Jan. 27-Feb. 02		Blue 	 Blue 		B★'s or LK's
Feb. 03-Feb. 09		Pink 	 Pink 	B★'s or LK's
Feb. 10-Feb. 16		Red 	 Red 	 	B★'s or LK's
Feb. 17-Feb. 23		Purple Purple 	B★'s or LK's
Feb. 24-Mar. 02		White 	 White 	B★'s or LK's

bold = Current Week
B★'s = Barbara★'s bookshelves (eclectic taste)
LK's = Lisa Kay's bookshelves (majority romance & mystery)

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"C Us Win" - Team C's Mini Color Challenge for February

Here we go! Join in for one week, two weeks, or all - or none - of them. As long as something that color on the cover catches your eye.

Valentine's Day Colors!

WEEK			COLOR	 listopia	zzcover bookshelves
Jan. 27-Feb. 02		Blue 	 Blue 		B★'s or LK's
Feb. 03-Feb. 09		Pink 	 Pink 	B★'s or LK's
Feb. 10-Feb. 16		Red 	 Red 	 	B★'s or LK's
Feb. 17-Feb. 23		Purple Purple 	B★'s or LK's
Feb. 24-Mar. 02		White 	 White 	B★'s or LK's

bold = Current Week
B★'s = Barbara★'s bookshelves (eclectic taste)
LK's = Lisa Kay's bookshelves (majority romance & mystery)

Up Third:
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Skandia wrote: "Is next week a red cover week?"

Yup! Red!

I finally have a book to contribute for the color challenge!

I finished Déjà Dead this morning. This is the exact edition I own/read. Maybe I have the first red book of the week?

Jayme VA wrote: "Hmm, been a while since I've posted what I've read, so here's a catch up post :) I'm up to 21.

Currently reading "

I loved that series! It's a really cute children's book based on Peter Pan. I currently have book 5 on my TBR for 2013.

Midu wrote: "how was ?"

I liked it but it definitely wasn't what I was expecting. It was surprisingly enjoyable though the ending left a lot to be desires. It was rather rushed and totally anti-climactic. I completely missed Manutius' message.

Barbara ★ wrote: "Midu wrote: "how was ?"

I liked it but it definitely wasn't what I was expecting. It was surprisingly enjoyable though the ending left a lot t..."
staying away then!