Team Sherlock Holmes

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

I'm reading The King's Bastard


R Rowena Cory Daniells - Author
O Orrade
F Fyn

[ClaireB]

finished Forsaken by Jana Oliver. It can work for other letters too. Riley, Simon, Ayden, (Harper) all characters that can match !

[Shannon]

Finished Breed of Innocence

Author Lanie Jordan. Characters that work -- Felecia, Lincoln, Tasha

[Shannon]

Finished Bound in Blue: Book One of the Sword of Elements. Author Heather Hamilton-Senter.

Characters -- Rhiannon Lynne, Thomas Redcap, Robin Goodfellow, Tynan, Lacey

[Jaclyn]

K I think I got all the updates. Great job today everybody!!!! We are doing great so far! I finished PoA and since Angel's covering our O's for the first spell out, I'll read Six Moon Summer since S is the last letter we need :)

[Shannon]

Read another KU freebie The Bloodline War

Author - Tracy Tappan

Characters - Roth, Toni Parthen, Nyko, Sedge, Hannah, Ellen, Arc Costache

[ClaireB]

I'm finished with Forbidden. This series is really great ! I'm going to read the rest of the series. There's only 2 volumes left, Forgiven and Foretold. That makes for two more O's.

[Jaclyn]

Thanks Shannon!

Angel, I'm glad you're enjoying the series!! I've got you down for the next two O's :)

We just need to finish 3 books to complete our first spell out! We are on our way to the 2nd! :)

[Jaclyn]

Upon request of some Team Captains, the mods might be considering changing the goal to 5,000. Seems everyone is having too much fun and they don't want it to end next week! I want to make sure everyone would be ok with this before I report back to the mods.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

I'm all for it... even though I'm only contributing about 1 book a week. :)

[Lilac]

Yeah, that's good with me, even though I too am only contributing I one book a week. It's still lots of fun.

[ClaireB]

Yeah! I'm all for it! I'm having so much fun! And it being in group it's super motivating to read !!!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Jaclyn wrote: "Upon request of some Team Captains, the mods might be considering changing the goal to 5,000. Seems everyone is having too much fun and they don't want it to end next week! I want to make sure ever..."

Fine with me

[Shannon]

Jaclyn wrote: "Upon request of some Team Captains, the mods might be considering changing the goal to 5,000. Seems everyone is having too much fun and they don't want it to end next week! I want to make sure ever..."

Guess I could be up for that

I'm currently reading Blood Games -- author Chloe Neill. Characters -- Ethan Sullivan, Lucas, Catcher Bell

I'll update if there's more I've forgotten

[Jaclyn]

@Sunshine & Lilac--your 1/week is still helpful! And I'm so glad you guys are having fun! :)

@Angel-I agree, it's very motivating. I've also been able to get these short ones off my TBR that I probably wouldn't have read otherwise.

@Shannon--well nothing's official. I don't want you to get burned out! :)

I finished Six Moon Summer...going to see what I can read next...

[Jaclyn]

I'm going to start Legacy Code. It fits:

L-title
A-author
C-character
F-series name

[ClaireB]

Just finished Forgiven

[Shannon]

Ha!! It's not me! My family is almost in revolt -- my hubs has taken to threatening my iPad.

But school starts Thu so I'll be home alone most of the day with not much else to do.... ;)

[Sanskriti]

I would love it if the challenge goes on longer. It's too much fun to have it end so soon.

I finished reading Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution. Such a long book but I ended up loving every minute of it.

[ClaireB]

What I like about this kind of challenge is that it kinds of forces you to read these books you want to read and at the same time don't want to, if you know what I mean. Like Interview With the Vampire, the book I plan to read after foretold. If it weren't for the need of I's I wouldn't consider it right now. I've wanted to read it for a while and I've even bought a copy a few years back. But I don't know why I've never felt like reading it. It was the same for When Darkness Comes. I didn't want to read it, but when I did I loved it !

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am not getting into any books of my book right now

[Shannon]

Finished Blood Games

[Jaclyn]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I am not getting into any books of my book right now"

Why don't you try to pick one book that you think you will enjoy...one you want to read. Maybe you'll have better luck and will be able to finish one?

[Jaclyn]

I just finished Legacy Code

[Jaclyn]

@Shannon--No! He cannot threaten your iPad! That's taking things too far!! lol

@Angel--I know exactly what you mean. I think that's why I got into reading challenges in general. They get me to read books that would normally sit on my TBR for awhile, and I've ended up finding a lot of books that I really enjoyed :)

One of the teams wasn't up for the extended time, so someone threw out the idea that instead of raising the goal, to just go until the end of August and whoever has the most points wins. That way we can continue beyond next week, but we'd still end by the originally estimated 6-8 week timeframe. I think it's a good idea. We'll see if the mods go for it :)

[Jaclyn]

Sanz wrote: "I would love it if the challenge goes on longer. It's too much fun to have it end so soon.

I finished reading Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution. Such a long book but ..."

I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! And now we have our 20 pt genre bonus :)

[Jaclyn]

Starting Awaken. It fits:

A-title
L-character
S-author
R-author

[Shannon]

Jaclyn wrote: "@Shannon--No! He cannot threaten your iPad! That's taking things too far!! lol

@Angel--I know exactly what you mean. I think that's why I got into reading challenges in general. They get me to r..."

Agreed! I'm actually really enjoying reading all kinds of different things, different authors, etc that I might have overlooked before. There's been some I didn't enjoy so much, but I've also been pleasantly surprised too. I'm having loads of fun.

Like the idea of going for a timeframe!

[Shannon]

Finished The Purest of the Breed

Author -- Tracy Tappan

Same characters as The Bloodline War

[ClaireB]

I'm finished with the Demon Trapper series (foretold), it was really great ! I loved it !!!
I'm going to start reading Interview With the Vampire tomorrow.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I found a book that I am liking

[Lilac]

Finished Fall of Giants. Don't think I'll be able to finish another this week because the next few books on my tbr are all 500-1500 pages. Oh well, long books are fun anyway.

[Jaclyn]

Lilac wrote: "Finished Fall of Giants. Don't think I'll be able to finish another this week because the next few books on my tbr are all 500-1500 pages. Oh well, long books are fun anyway."

Okay, thanks Lilac! I think long ones do tend to be better. More time for plot and character development. The short ones I've been reading for this challenge haven't been all that great.

[Jaclyn]

I finished Awaken

[Jaclyn]

I'm going to read Heart of the Matter since it's due back at the library in 2 days! It fits:

H-title
T-character
R- character
N-character
C-character

[Heather]

Whew. Lose internet for two days and look what I end up missing! All set with a new router so I should be good for another two years.
I kept myself busy by continuing my Accursed Kings novels by Maurice Druon. I'd link the titles but they're listed in Spanish on GR, so here they are #3 The Poisoned Crown and #4 The Royal Succession
Letters!
#3
H Thierry Hirson
S Spinello Tolomei
T Mathieu de Trye
C Clemence of Hungary
A Accursed Kings
L Louis X
F Baron Fiennes
N Mille des Noyers

#4
H Hugues de Bouville
I Isabelle of Burgundy
S Baron Souastre
T Spinello Tolomei
R Robert Clermont
C Charles Valois
A Accursed Kings
L Louis Evreux
F Francesco Caetani
N Mille des Noyers

I am loving this series, but I do love a good political intrigue. I didn't know much about the French line of Kings so it's all been fun and new, and I grew randomly attached to Philippe V, but now I'm reading the 5th book, The She-Wolf of France, and we're getting into more familiar territory. Let's start the 100 years war!
I know the reason I joined this group for the challenges is because all of my years playing video games has trained me to appreciate the art of setting small achievements that I can feel really super proud of reaching, and then setting another one. There aren't any sparkles or theme music with completing a book, but it's just as good.

[ClaireB]

I'm finished with interview with the vampire, it took me more time than I thought to read it. Now I'm trying to find shorter books to read.

[ClaireB]

Ok, I found two shorter books. The Initiation (MC= Adam and Cassie) by L.J. Smith and Daughters of Darkness of the series Nightworld also by L.J. Smith.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am going to try and finish my book

[Jaclyn]

Great job everyone! I made the updates. 2 more days until we post, so lets see how many books we can read :)

Today was my first day back at work, so I'm trying to get as much reading time this evening as I can!

[Jaclyn]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I am going to try and finish my book"

We really need at least 1 book a week from everyone, so that would be very helpful :)

[Shannon]

Finished Veiled Target

Author -- robin Beilman.
Characters -- Tess Damon, Hugh Langston, Christian, Francesca

[Shannon]

I also finished the Ivy Granger book -- Shadow Sight

[Shannon]

I started. Shadow's Edge

Should be finished in the morning.

Characters -- Leander & Christian McLoughlin, Edward Waymouth, Robert Barrington, mrs. Colfax

[ClaireB]

I finished both the initiation and daughters of darkness. Now I'm reading The Captive, that should finish our second spell-it-out.

[Shannon]

Finished Shadows edge

[Shannon]

Finished Edge of Oblivion

Characters -- Alexander Luna, Nathaniel Williams, Leander McLoughlin, Celian, Eliana, Felix, Tomas

[Shannon]

Starting Rapture's Edge

[Jaclyn]

I finished my book and have started Avenge...I'll make updates in a bit :)

[ClaireB]

Finished the captive. I'm reading The Power.
Series: the secret circle
Characters: Cassie, Adam, Faye, Laurel, Nick