Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion
Monthly/Seasonal Challenges
>
January: Time for Tea

Duration: January 1 through 31
Level: Have a cuppa
I plan on reading these books:
Step 1 - Boil the water: "The Other Shakespeare" by Lea Rachel 1/19/15
Step 2 - Choose your tea (white): "The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin 1/24/15
Step 3 - Steep the tea (387 pages): "The Deception of the Emerald Ring" by Lauren Willig 1/17/15
Step 4 - Sweet? (2nd in a series): "Enlightened" by A. L. Waddington
Step 5 - Black or white? (no milk - general fiction): "Winter Street" by Elin Hildenbrand - 1/2/15

READ: 5/5
✔Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

✔Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.

✔Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more

✔Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series

✔Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Rules
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
1. The Last Mission of the Living
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea Apocalypse of the Dead

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more - Survival - 365 pages
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
One spoonful - Book one in a series - Sparrow Man
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Lemon - Non fiction genre book - The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship
First Cup of Tea is complete. I will have:
Black Tea that is strong with one spoonful of sugar with some lemon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Patricia Briggs - Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea - Stage 6
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages Hunting Ground
Strong - 301 pages or more
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series - Flesh Eaters
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre - Little Mercies
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book
Second cuppa Tea is Black medium tea with honey and no milk
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Linked

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea - Voyage of the Dead
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more - 352 pages -Six Feet Over It
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

I'm in!!
Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Starting with - Have a cuppa
Books finished: 2/5
✅ Step 1 - Boil the water (Book where the title begins with O.)
O Mágico de Oz by L. Frank Baum | Jan 02
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
✅ Step 4 - Sweet? (Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series)
Falling for Love by Marie Force | Jan 03
Step 5 - Black or white?

Tea Party
35/35 books read
First Set: Strong black tea with a spoonful of sugar and a dash of milk.





2nd set: Weak herbal tea with two spoonfuls of sugar and cream





3rd set: Medium black tea with lots of milk





4th set: Strong black tea with one sugar and soy milk





5th set: Strong white tea with honey





6th set: Medium Green tea, no sugar, soy milk





7th set: Strong Rooibos tea with 2 sugars and cream






Duration: January 1-January 31, 2015
Level: Tea for Two, 6-10 books
6/6 read
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
B- A Gentleman's Gentleman by Shawn BAILEY
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
White - white tea: A Very Tate Christmas by Vicktor Alexander, read 1/2/15
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
The Dog Next Door by Sean Michael, 45 pgs, read 1/2/15
Puppy, Car, and Snow by Amy Lane, 92 pgs, read 1/2/15
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
One spoonful - Book one in a series Happy's Ever After, Book 1, Cade Creek Series, read 1/1/15
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
My Only Sunshine by Rowan McAllister, Romance, read 1/1/15







That's what happens when you have a couple days off and a "short stuff" challenge to finish! Love this challenge too :)

Rules
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book
Levels
description Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
description Tea for two - 6 to 10 books
description Tea party - 11 or more books

Level Have a Cuppa
Read 5/5
Step 1 - Boil the water
L -

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Black -

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong -

Step 4 - Sweet?
No sugar -

Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk -


Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Have a cuppa - for now
5/5
✔Step 1 - Boil the water
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning 6/1/15
There were a couple of really steamy scenes, not to mention that every time Barrons was around, I felt warm inside :D

✔Step 2 - Choose your tea
Love's Rhythm by Lexxie Couper 8/1/15
Brown - oolong tea

✔Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong - more than 301 pages
Legacy of Lies & Don't Tell by Elizabeth Chandler has 431 pages 10/1/15

✔Step 4 - Sweet?
3 spoons, please!
"Make Me, Take Me" by Amanda Usen (Hot Nights #3) 11/1/15

✔Step 5 - Black or white?
No milk please - General Fiction
The Giver by Lois Lowry 15/1/15


Progress: 5/5
Step 1 - Boil the water
Hot climate - The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin (1/2)
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Black - Mameluke Bath by Andrew Asibong (1/6)
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong - WWW:Wake by Robert J. Sawyer (1/7)
Step 4 - Sweet?
No sugar - True Grit by Charles Portis (1/7)
Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Nivens (1/18)

Time for Tea
Level: Have a Cuppa
0/5
Step 1: Boil the water -->

Step 2: Choose your tea -->

Step 3: Steep the tea -->

Step 4: Sweet? -->

Step 5: Black or white -->


Tea for Two
3/10
Step 1 - Boil the water
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Orange (herbal tea)-
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong-
Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls-
Step 5 - Black or white?




Wanna go for another cup?"
Sounds good, I do love my tea!
Level: Tea for Two, 6-10 books
6/6
Step 1-Boil the water
L Retribution by Carol LYNNE, read 1/3/15
Step 2-Choose your tea
Red (Rooibos) The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, read 1/5/15
Step 3-Step the tea
Weak A Paranormal Chipmunk Christmas by Jackie Nacht, 31 pages, read 1/4/15
Weak Snow Time For Love by Zenina Masters, 67 pages, read 1/4/15
Step 4-Sweet?
One Spoonful Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck, Book 1 of The Tiger Saga, read 1/5/15
Step 5-Black or White?
Just a dash Romance Xavier's Way by Diana DeRicci, read 1/4/15







Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Have a cuppa
0/?
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book
Levels
description Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
description Tea for two - 6 to 10 books
description Tea party - 11 or more books

1/5 completed
Boil(first letter)- Jahanara by Kathryn Lasky
White Tea(white cover)- The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire
Strong (over 350 pages)– The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Marie Auel
No Sugar(not in series)–
No Milk(general fiction)– Fateful by Claudia Gray

Step 1 - Boil the water
Books where the author's name begins with L.
Linwood Barclay-A Tap on the Window
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Green - green tea
Diane Chamberlain-

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong - 301 pages or more
Cecilia Ahern-The Book of Tomorrow (312 pages)
Step 4 - Sweet?
No sugar - Stand alone novel
Ann Brashares-My Name Is Memory

Duration: January 1st - 31st, 2015
Level:
Challenge Completed
Step 1 - Boil The Water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
✔Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning (Re-read)
Step 2 - Choose Your Tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
✔ Black - Black Tea - Paradise Kiss, Part 1 by Ai Yazawa
✔ Brown - Oolong Tea - Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout
✔ Red - Rooibos Tea - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
Step 3 - Steep The Tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
✔ Strong - 301 Pages Or More - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (579 Pages)
✔ Strong - 301 Pages Or More - Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (584 Pages)
✔ Strong - 301 Pages Or More - The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (561 Pages)
✔ Strong - 301 Pages Or More - Faefever by Karen Marie Moning (327 Pages) (Re-read)
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
✔ Honey - Book Three In A Series - Hunter's Trail by Melissa F. Olson
✔ One Spoonful - Book One In A Series - Fashionably Dead by Robyn Peterman
Step 5 - Black Or White?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
✔ Lots Of Milk - Young Adult/New Adult Genre Book - The Return by JLA
✔ Cream - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Genre Book - Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Re-read)
✔ Cream - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Genre Book - Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
✔ Cream - Soy Milk - Mystery/Thriller Genre Book - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith















I'll try the Tea for Two level.
10/10 completed
Step 1 - Boil the water
B, O, I or L - Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (1/9) ★★★
B, O, I or L - Elegy for April by Benjamin Black (audio book, 1/8) ★★★
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Green - Oblivion by David Foster Wallace (1/19) ★★★★
White - Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace (1/3) ★★★★★
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Medium - Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov (1/2) ★★★★
Strong - A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace (1/26) ★★★★
Step 4 - Sweet?
One spoonful - Cracked by Eliza Crewe (1/4) ★★★★
Two spoonfuls - Crushed by Eliza Crewe (1/8) ★★★
Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk - How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis (1/17) ★★★
Cream - Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh (1/13) ★★★★











5/5 books read
Step 1- Boil the water

Completed 1/8/15
Step 2- Choose your tea: Black

Completed 1/13/15
Step 3- Steep the tea: Strong

Completed 1/15/15
Step 4 - Honey for me.

Completed 3/8/15
Step 5 - No milk

Completed 3/11/15
Finally done!

Have A Cuppa
January 1-31, 2015
Completed: 4/5
1. Boil the water

2. Steep the Green Tea

3. Make It Strong

4. No Sugar Please

5. No Milk Thank You


1. I've boiled the water.

2. This afternoon I think I'll have some rooibos tea.

3. I prefer my tea STRONG LIKE OX.

4. No sugar.

5. And cream.


2/?
Step 1 - Boil the water
L.- We Were Liars, E. Lockhart
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Red - rooibos tea .- Carrie


Time for Tea
Duration: 1/1/2015 - 1/31/2015
Progress: 5 out of 5
Rules:
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L:
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages - Author's name begins with L

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose:
Black - black tea
Green - green tea = A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea:
Weak - under 150 pages = Bitter Sweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout - ***** - 1/12/2015 - 105 Pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea:
No sugar - Stand alone novel = Mudbound by Hillary Jordan - *** - 1/6/2015 - 340 Pages
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book = Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015 - 326 Pages
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book


January 2015
Level-Have a cuppa
Step 1 - Boil the water
O-Out of my Mind 1-11-15
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Black - black tea-Blackbird 1-9-15
Step 3 - Steep the tea-The Twilight Prisoner 1-3-14
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Step 4 - Sweet? Property 1-9-15
No sugar - Stand alone novel
Step 5 - Black or white?-The Grimm Conclusion 1-5-15
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea- medium The Watcher in the Shadows - Carlos Ruis Zafron (finished 12/01/2015)
Step 4 - Sweet?
Step 5 - Black or white?
I'm in

Progress: 5 out of 5
Rules:
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L:
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 1/2/2015 - 374 Pages - Author's name begins with L

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose:
Black - black tea
Green - green tea = A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas - *** - 1/4/2015 - 213 Pages
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea:
Weak - under 150 pages = Bitter Sweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout - ***** - 1/12/2015 - 105 Pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea:
No sugar - Stand alone novel = Mudbound by Hillary Jordan - *** - 1/6/2015 - 340 Pages
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book = Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - ***** - 1/8/2015 - 326 Pages
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book


4/7
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book: Seduction and Snacks, Tara Sivec - Currently reading

Tea for Two
4/10
Step 1 - Boil the water
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Orange (herbal tea)-
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong-
Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls-
Step 5 - Black or white?
Lots of milk-





Duration: January 2015
Level: Have A Cuppa
Step 1 - Boil the water
Set in a hot climate: Beautiful Ruins
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Black tea: Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses
Step 3 - Steep the tea
✔ Medium: Ring of Fire 1/19/15
Step 4 - Sweet?
One Spoonful: Never Never
Step 5 - Black or white?
Lemon: Me: Stories of My Life






Well actually, over here Tea is wild rose. No connection to drink at all. But I do have cupboard full of cups with Tea on it. (everyone thinks it's perfect gift for me and that nobody thought of it before them :P)
Have anything in mind? ☺

5/7
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea





JUST FINISH MY FIRST CUP
I'm going for the second.

Well actually, over here Tea is wild rose. No connection to drink at all. But I do have cupboard ful..."
Ahh. Interesting.
I should come up with some crazy engineering challenge. Hmmm.... Let me brainstorm :)
Books mentioned in this topic
Thread of Fear (other topics)Edge (other topics)
Frightful's Mountain (other topics)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (other topics)
In Her Sights (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Susette Williams (other topics)Max Lucado (other topics)
Ally Decker (other topics)
Dana Stabenow (other topics)
J.D. Robb (other topics)
More...
January 1st-31st
Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Erotic Romance - The Arrangement 8: The Ferro Family H.M. Ward 12/3/14
Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more
Moon Called Patricia Briggs 1/4/15 (317 pages)
Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series
Demonica #4 - Ecstasy Unveiled Larissa Ione 1/24/15
Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
I'll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson 1/29/15