Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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Posting info:

Please make sure to post books read on your Tower Teams IV bookshelf.

Please include the following in your post:

✻ the book (use the add book link)
✻ how many pages in the book
✻ date completed
✻ any open goals it may work for
✻ if you participate in the BOM discussion and/or wrote DQ's for the book
✻ HELPFUL: anything interesting about the book that may count for a later open goal (for example, there's a gargoyle in the book)

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by Linda Crowder
Date completed: 11/07/14
Pages: 184
Goal: Black and yellow cover

Other goals that would qualify:
Characters: Emma Rand, Jake Rand, Kristy Castle, Matt Joyner, Cheri
Book 2 in series
Murder takes place
More than 1 pets
Author's name is a word
Character is a cowboy
Kindle Ver. < 300
< 100 Reviews
3 E's in title

Updated to here.

Double Helix|Sally Tivey

Pages: 137
Rating: ★★
Date Completed: 11-7-2015
Goal: DNA or double helix on cover

Helpful for other goals:
Characters - Harriet, Edward, Lucca
Set in 2018
Gives birth
Twins
Clones
Genetic defects

Updated to here

Build A Love
161 pages
Finished 8/11
Rating 3/5
Goal read a book with the word build in the title
Other goals that fits this book
Read a book that starts with the letter b
Read a book with multiple lovers
Read a book where the page number sums up to eight = 161 = 1+6+1= 8

updated to here

Wild Man by Kristen Ashley
528 pages
Finished 11/8/15
5 stars!
Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as drama (3rd column, 1st entry)

Updated

by Laura Anne Gilman
400 pages
Finished: 11/08/2015
- Genres: Western, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- First in a series
- Published October 6th, 2015

by Aimee Hyndman
220 pages
Finished: 11/08/2015
- Genres: Steampunk, Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction
- First in a series
- Published September 7th, 2015
- The book has a redhead on the cover

Finished

Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
431 pages
finished 11/8/15
Goal: Read a book on the listopia: Worst Books of All Time

Finihsed



After Alice by Gregory Maguire

273 pages
finished 11/8/15
Information: Fantasy, fairy tale retelling, non-human characters

Updated

Finished:


The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters
Date complete: 11/08/15
Pages: 224
Goal: Tarot card "Hermit" in title

Finished

Sleigh Ride

Finshed 09/11

Goal read a book with a redhead on the cover
Pages 229

Irresistible
102 pages
Finished 9/11

Rating 5/5

Yeeeeeeeeeeesssss!

Stone of Tears
1056 pages
Finished 9 Nov
1*

Notes. Zedd character, also Richard Cypher, Kahlan Annell. Wizards, dragons, multiple rapes, death of 2ndary chars.

Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
Finished 9th November

220 pages

Journey of discovery, deafness, language acquisition, learning, sign language and research

The Child Thief|Brom

Pages: 481
Rating: ★★★
Date Completed: 11-9-2015
BOM: Message 105

Helpful for other goals:
Has fairies
Character is a witch
Character dies
Man on the cover
Published between 2006 and 2010

Updated to here

Finished


MARY: Unleashed by Hillary Monahan
Pages: 245
Rating: 4*
Date Finished: November 9

Goals: Interconnecting Families (its still on the list so I'm adding it just in case)

Tasks it fits:
~ Characters, Mary, Shauna, Dell, Jess, Kitty, Hannah
~ Read a book where someone is lost
~ Character can see a ghost
~ Character IS a ghost
~ A picture frame on the cover

Updated

Finished:



The Promise of Provence by Patricia Sands
Date complete: 11/10/15
Pages: 466
Published: 10/6/15
Characters: Katherine Price, James Price, Andrea, Molly, Phillipe, Nick
Genre: Fiction / Chick Lit / Romance
Locations: Toronto Canada / Provence France
Items: Flowers, Lavender, Cheeses, Wine, bicycles, goats, tomato, onion
Other goals:
Word: Bicycle
Sad goodbye or angsty fight
Character lives on a farm
Character visits a castle
Character eats pasta
Character celebrates Christmas
Character has a drug problem
Set by lake or ocean
House renovation involved
Published in the last month

Finished:


Commanded: A Club Sin Novel by Stacey Kennedy
Date completed: 11/10/15
Page: 177
Goal: no

Characters: Sawyer Quinn, Chloe Nash, Porter, Josh, Travis
Genre: Romance, Erotica, BDSM
Locations: Las Vegas
Published: 7/7/15

Updated

Finished:


Hillary: Tail of the Dog by Angel Gelique
Pages: 243
Rating: 4*
Finished: November 10

Tasks it fits:

~ #1336 on The Most Disturbing Book Ever Written

~ Characters: Hillary, Patrick, Monica
~ Genres: Horror, Dark, Sociology-Abuse
~ Published: December 31, 2012
~ ISNB 1481880608

~ Read a book where a character is a doctor
~ Animal on cover
~ A tree on the cover

Updated

Finished Joy in the Morning
On my phone, so will confirm details later. It does have a Z character (Zenobia), butler, Lord, socialite types, a policeman, anchovies mentioned. And lots of comedy joy.

Utter perfection & bliss

Finished:



Ice Blue by Emma Jameson
Pages: 173
Published: 3/3/2011
Location: London UK
Genre: Mystery
Characters: Anthony (Tony) Hetheridge, Kate Wakefield, Depal (Paul) Bahr, Madge Comfrey, Jules Comfrey, Ivy Helgin, Ginny Rowland
Possible goals:
-Author Name (Emma) #17 in Scotland, #2 in Netherlands,#1 in Germany,#24 in Sweden, #13 in Spain
-Character is Tradeperson (Malcom)
-Character is Investigator (Katherine)
-Character has more than 1 pet (Ginny - 2 chihuahuas)
-Strong police presence
-Character celebrates birthday (Tony is 60)
-Character discovers infidelity (Malcom & Ivy)
-#1 in series

updated (except Catherine - I wasn't sure if you were going to enter your own book info into the goalless books page, so I didn't do it)

The Iliad|Homer|

Pages: 683
Rating: ★★
Date Completed: 11-11-2015
Goal: N/A ***UPDATE - Big Fat Book Goal***

Helpful for other goals:
Characters - Achilles, Helen, Hector, Ajax, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Paris, Zeus and about 100 more ;)
Trojan War
Greek gods and goddesses

Storm Glass
Author: Maria V Snyder
Pages: 504
Completed: 11/11/2015

Helpful for goals:
1st book in series (Glass Trilogy)
4th book in series (Chronicles of Ixia)
Characters: Opal, Yelena, Ulrick, Kade, Zitoria, Pazia, Leif, Mara
Fantasy / YA / Romance / Paranormal / Adventure
Rating: 3.95
Published 6th September 2013

Updated

by Emmie Mears

424 pages
Finished: 11/11/2015

by A.J. Smith
640 pages

Finished: 08/11/15

by Brom
508 pages

Wrote BOM DQs and took part in discussion

Finished 10/11/15

Updated

Finished.


The Crescent Spy by Michael Wallace

Date complete: 11/11/15
Pages:
Genre:Historical Fiction
Location: New Orleans, USA
Characters: Josephine Breaux, Franklin Gray, Solomon Fein, Nellie Gill, Francesca Diaz
Possible goals:
-Home Country
-Character is a reporter (writer); spy; politician; bookworm; seeking employment;
-Book received for free
-Less than 100 reviews
-Not been NBRC BOM
-Book has 33 chapters

Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine|Max Lucado

Pages: 211
Rating: ★★★★★
Date Completed: 11-11-2015
Goal: N/A ***UPDATED ISBN10 number has exactly 6 even numbers***

Helpful for other goals:
Blue cover
Published in 2012
Christian genre

Finished


Getting Dirty by Erin Nicholas
Completed 11/11/15 3.5 stars
257 pages
Goal: Read a book with the phrase "last straw" in the book
(final straw (ok'd by mods) loc 1357, pg 93 - "And that was the final straw."

Updated to here

Closer - Contemporary Billionaire Romance Novel

Finished 12/11

Rating 3/5

Goal read a book published the 13th

Just for the Love of It: The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest from Both Sides
Finished 11 Nov
2*


Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
Finished 12 Nov
4*
Notes: #2 in series; blue cover; Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, Cinna, deaths, makeovers

updated to here

Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
finished 12 Nov
4*

updated to here

Rush by Nyrae Dawn
272 pages
Finished 11/12/15 3 stars
Goals: no

characters: Brandon Chase, Alec Andrews, Charlie, Nate, Logan
location: Virginia, New York
Published: 5/6/2014
IBSN10: 1455583650