Books by the Numbers Challenge

[Steven]

Guess once I finish a book six, I have to be done... *sigh*... all my book sevens are on hold for the June/July 7% challenge! X)

[Barb]

Remember to update the tracking post with Jane's book's page count :)

(My family does that to me ALL THE TIME, sorry LOL)

[Lisa Kay]

Steven wrote: "... *sigh*... all my book sevens are on hold for the June/July 7% challenge! X)"

LMBO! Sorry, Steven.

[Barb]

Steven wrote: "Guess once I finish a book six, I have to be done... *sigh*... all my book sevens are on hold for the June/July 7% challenge! X)"

Oh that stinks :(

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Ah, but good for the rest of us... (cue evil laugh) doing the challenge.

[Moderators of NBRC]

LOL!

[Diane L]

Saturday evening I finished 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber which is Cedar Cove #6. 496 pages.

I am aware that leaves me a sizable gap in series numbers. My #3 is about 75% and I have a #4 chosen and waiting by my bedside. What will fill the #5 slot is a complete mystery.

[Jane]

Thanks Lisa Kay.

I didn't think about it at the time but thinking back it didn't feel like an over 400 page book.

But it is not easy to always know as the book I am reading now is about 330 pages but feels like 500 LOL

[Steven]

LOL Barb, Alex does that to me every time! Luckily I changed it last night hehe.

Lisa, I couldn't win anyways, but was having fun building a consecutive streak.

I think this might be our August challenge too :)

You'll find one, Evana! :)

[Jane]

I have finished my number FIVE:


Sharpe's Prey
Sharpe #5

338 pages

I will now go and start my number 7 after I have cooked lunch.

[Diane L]

Sunday morning I finished Effigies: A Faye Longchamp Mystery by Mary Anna Evans. Book 3 in the Faye Longchamp Mystery series and the Kindle edition claims to be 313 pages.

[Steven]

Barb and Jane are ROCKING this challenge, tied with 6 points a piece :)

[Lisa Kay]

✔Done! = 313 pages

[Jane]

Another book done. It was a re-read but I actually didn't remember the end so that was good.

My number SEVEN:

Merrick
The Vampire Chronicles #7

370 pages

This book went faster than expected, I really enjoyed it.

[Barb]

Go Jane!

[Steven]

Nice!

[Diane L]

Finished my #7.
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber. Cedar Cove #7, 416 pages.

Working on #4 and still clueless for what I will read for a #5.

[Barb]

Go Evana! The Cedar Cove series was one of my favorites; I was sad to see it end :\

[Karla]

Finished #4
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison
May 27 @11;20pm

[Barb]

Yay Karla!

[Steven]

Good work Jane, Evana, and Karla!

Jane's back in the lead with 7 points :)

I hope everyone is enjoying this mini-challenge.

We will probably do the same thing for August's NBRC Tower Teams "Make-Your-Own-Cuz-The-Mods-Are-Off" Challenge :) (with some tweaks)

[Barb]

Because son and DIL are spending today with her family, I got another book finished :)




Wedding Cake Killer (Fresh Baked series #7), by Livia J. Washburn
finished 5/28, 320 pgs

[Steven]

Aww, you have to SHARE?! lol!

Great reading :D

[Barb]

Yeah, but that's ok :) We have several things planned that include the *whole family -- all nine of us -- which is a lot of fun!

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Hey everyone....I finished Whiskey Beach by nora roberts 05.28 3*s...i liked this one ok but its not as good as some of her others...i loved The Witness that released a few months back so this one was rather a disappointment but she is still one of my fav authors...

[Barb]

Yay Sallie!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

YAY. I just finished my Series,Book 3.

. Vampires in America.260 pages. Finished 29 May. 11.30 am

Now, I have the first four in a row done,I'll be starting no.5. I hope to finish and maybe start book 6 by the end of the challenge dates.

Real life has got in the way of my reading this week. Grrwwl.

[Barb]

And I just finished book #8!




Dragonwell Dead (Tea Shop #8), by Laura Childs
finished 5/29, 304 pgs


This is likely to be the end of the line for me, unless I can find a book #9 somewhere in my own personal collection. My library system was supposed to have the book I wanted to use for #9, but it's no longer available :(


And can I say a big THANK YOU to the powers that be at GR who *finally fixed the search glitch that's been driving everyone crazy all weekend long!

[Steven]

Nice reading everyone :D

[Jane]

I finished my ninth book (not in a row)

My number EIGHT:

Guards! Guards!
Discworld #8

388 pages

I was a bit apprehensive about starting this book as I seem to remember trying to read a Discworld book many years ago and not succeeding. My brother has read most of these and last summer said this was a good book to start of with.
It was. I quite liked it and I might try more after this.

[Steven]

Finish your book 9 in the next two days and you'll win, Jane! :D Nice work!

[Jane]

I might get that far. I just have to finish the book I am reading now before I start my number 9.

[Steven]

Posted my last book for the challenge. Guess I could read a quick #7, but I'm saving those for the Sevens category for the June/July read... so I'm maxed out at 6 points!

[Barb]

My book #9 *still hasn't arrived, so I've called it quits on this one, and have been reading books that I need for other challenges but will still count for our overall Tower challenge too :)

[Steven]

So if Jane doesn't finish her book 9, you guys will tie and it'll come down to page count.

[Barb]

There's still another day and a half for her to finish, I'll be surprised if she doesn't :)

[Jane]

I have just started my number 9 and yes I am also quite sure I will finish it in time. :-)

I am hopeless with challenges. Because I read a number 10 as one of the first books I push myself to reach that. My husband shakes his head and then he helps me find the books I need.

[Steven]

Haha! That's good that while he laughs at your reading challenges he also helps :)

[Jane]

well, I blame it all on him anyway.

He discovered Dewey's Read-a-Thon a few days before the October 2011 event. We looked at each other and thought that was absolutely crazy reading for 24 hours and then promptly signed up to take part. That was my first reading challenge ever and now I take part in lots of different challenges.

[Steven]

I am so jealous that your husband reads too!

My partner is NOT a reader. And when I say "not a reader" I mean he's read three books in the past 4 years... so barely even a blip on the reading radar :(

[Jane]

It was my day off today = lots of reading. Also had to do some baking as I have to bring cake to work tomorrow for my last (official) work day.

So I finished my book number NINE:

All Summer Long
Fool's Gold #9

384 pages

I will now get ready for Moderator's 7% Solution for June/July Challenge.

[Barb]

Steven wrote: "I am so jealous that your husband reads too!

My partner is NOT a reader. And when I say "not a reader" I mean he's read three books in the past 4 years... so barely even a blip on the reading radar :("

All four of us in my immediate family -- hubby, son and daughter, plus me -- are readers. That's why we have so many bookcases around the house LOL I read the most, but daughter is a close second, now that she's done with school. Hubby reads mostly non-fiction, in very specialized fields, but he still reads. Son has the least time to read, but he's got a Kindle full of a wide variety of books, as does his wife.

My mom is a very avid reader, which is probably where I picked it up. My father, brother and SIL, on the other hand, don't read at all -- unless you count the daily newspaper, and that's only my father. I can't remember the last time I saw my brother or his wife pick up a book of ANY kind :\

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Just finished my No 5 series book. . Destiny Series, Finished 31 May at 1pm. 373 pages.


Well that's me done for the challenge. Onto to the next one, I'm actually looking forward to my category.
Go Mango Tango!

[Barb]

Don't forget that the moderator's 7% solution challenge begins this weekend! If you have any questions about it, see Mango Tango 7% Solution Thread

Remember, to make it easier for our Steven to keep track of the books we read for this challenge, ONLY COMPLETED BOOKS and the challenge options they fit should be posted HERE Please, NO CHATTER in that thread, not even book talk :)

And, last but not least, keep an eye on 7% Non-Reading Games & Puzzles for opportunities for our team to win 'cupcakes' that might be beneficial later in the Tower challenge overall! They're not required, but they're great for fun breaks from reading :)

[Karla]

I'm reading my fifth book for the challenge, but I am thinking of putting it aside for a bit. I am getting pretty tired of Georgia Nicolson!

[Diane L]

Completed my #4. This will be my last one for this challenge. I have another book I need to finish for a challenge that ends tomorrow.

The Tiger Warrior by David Gibbins. Jack Howard #4, 512 pages.

[Steven]

Thanks for that post, Barb. I was about to post something similar, but you summed it up perfectly! (not that I'm surprised at all, as we seem to share a brain sometimes haha)

Evana, I started that series, but had to put the first book down (and I NEVER quit books, maybe three my whole life) because he went on so many tangents and went into way too much detail every other paragraph about history and inventions and technology and UGH! I wanted to read a good story about Atlantis!!! X)

[Steven]

Since we have the new Challenge starting tomorrow (and some surprises coming today), I'm going to go ahead and call this challenge. She's two books ahead, and her page count is so high, I think she's got us all beat!

Congratulations, JANE! :D

(please send me your email address so I can send you a Kindle gift card!!!)


Hope everyone enjoyed this challenge!

We will probably do another challenge just like this one for the August challenge, with perhaps a tweak or two :)

[Barb]

Congrats, Jane!

[Karla]

Congrats Jane!