Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR THE POSTING OF READ BOOKS BY TEAM MEMBERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE CAPTAINS

Book points

Books between 100 and 160 pages
(100 pages or 25,000 words is the minimum) = 5 points
Books between 161 pages and 350 pages = 20 points
Books between 351 and 500 pages = 40 points
Books between 501 and 650 pages = 60 points
Books between 651 and 800 pages = 80 points
Books between 801 and 900 pages = 100 points
Books over 901 pages = 130 points 

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Current Goalless Books (for easy checking)

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My spot

Silje's Finished Books

November
(view spoiler)[Doktorens datter by Trine Angelsen (11/08) Pg: 253 Goal: multiple points of view
Persephone's Orchard by Molly Ringle (11/10) pg: 370 Goal: top 100 Scotland female name
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (11/12) Pg:455 Goal: Animal on the cover
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (11/17) pg:465 Goal: The "Best fairytale and retellings" List
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst (11/21) pg.320 Goal: top 100 Netherland female name
Den Eldste by Christopher Paolini (11/24) pg 870 Goal: Mythical creature
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (11/29) pg345 Goal: Shelved as Literature (hide spoiler)]

Desember
Cinder by Marissa Meyer pg.287 (12/2) Goal: Shelved as Alien
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer pg452 (12/4) Goal: Kindle version between 400-499pg
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly pg481 (12/6) Goal: ISBN10 with exactly 2 even numbers
Cress by Marissa Meyer pg552 (12/9) Goal: book that has a bully
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson pg264 (12/10)
Winter by Marissa Meyer pg824 (12/15) goal: character name that starts with W
Persephone by Kaitlin Bevis pg196 (12/17)
Cinderella & the CEO by Maureen Child pg184 (12/19)
Claimed: The Pregnant Heiress by Day Leclairepg188 (12/20)
Virgin River by Robyn Carr pg432 (12/25)
Shared By The Dragons by Bonnie Burrows pg173 (12/28)
A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr pg320 (12/29)
Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins pg383 (12/30)

Anna's Finished Books

11/08/2015 Longitude, by Dava Sobel
[p. 192 ⌘ characters: John Harrison, Nevil Maskelyne ⌘ setting: England]

11/09/2015 Lamb, by Christopher Moore
[p. 444 ⌘ Goal:Read a book which has the main location (setting) as the Middle East]

Storm's Finished Books

None Yet

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Finished 11/8/15
599 pages

Characters: Kady Grant, Ezra Mason, David Torrence, Ann Chau, Charles Dorian, Winifred McCall, Byron Zhang, James McNulty, Leanne Frobisher
Red cover
Misc: Best Books Ever Listopia, Best Young Adult Books Listopia, Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Listopia, Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once Listopia, Book I got for free (borrowed from library), Novel with a poem in it (pg. 256), Computer hacking, Co-written, Character assumed dead and turns out not to be, more than 5 people killed, minor character killed

8 Nov 2015: Murder and Magic by Randall Garrett
266 pages
Cover: brown, hand, hourglass, demon head, fire
Setting: England and France
Characters: Lord Darcy, Sean O Lochlainn
Genres: Fantasy, mystery, alternate history, detective, short stories, anthologies

I completed The Child Thief this afternoon. I was actually wondering, can it count as BOM and the red-headed goal?

Completed: 11/09/15
Book: The Child Thief
Pages: 508 pgs [60 pts]
BOM Discussion Participation: November 2-9 read [20 pts]
Goal: Book with redhead on cover [5 pts]

Did I calculate this correct? 85 points

9 Nov 2015: The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear, 338 pages.

Added to goalless tab.

A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "I completed The Child Thief this afternoon. I was actually wondering, can it count as BOM and the red-headed goal?

Completed: 11/09/15
Book: The Child Thief
Pages: 508 pgs [60 pts]
BOM Discussion Participation: November 2-9 read [20 pts]
Goal: Book with redhead on cover [5 pts]

Did I calculate this correct? 85 points"

Looks correct to me.

11/10/2015

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Goal: Read a book that is book 4 in a series

A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day, 331 pages
10/11/15
Goal: Read a book shelved as recommendations (recommended-to-me)

Chelsea Cain
read 10-Nov
326 pages
No goal, added to goalless tasks on spreadsheet

Persephone's Orchard
read 10-nov
370 pages
goal: Author name (Molly) is #35 on Scotland top 100 namelist

Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
Finished 11/9/15
320 pages
Already added to Goalless Books

Where Sea Meets Sky by Karina Halle
Finished 11/10/15
384 pages

Characters: Gemma Henare, Joshua Miles, Amber, Nick
Set in New Zealand and Vancouver
Cover: Couple kissing
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Travel
Series: Where Sea Meets Sky #1
Avg GR Rating: 3.79

11/11/2015

[p. 224]
Goal: Read a book with Roman numerals on the cover

11/11/2015

[p. 476] - BOM
Published: August 25th, 2009
Author: Brom
# letters in title: 13
pages add: 17
cover color: black
items on cover: redhead, skyline, spirit/pixy, pouch, leaf, can, necklace, red jacket.
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Retellings, Adult
Character Names: Peter, Nick, Ulfgar, Leroy, Danny, Seque, Queen Modron, Ginny Greenteeth
Setting: New York City, Avalon
Average GR rating: 4.10
Misc: Fae, Witch, monsters, deaths, Goddess, war, Celtic mythology, rape, drugs, immortality

320 pages
11/11/15
Goal: Read a book where the characters eat pizza "...but the rest of us just sit there on the floor of the auditorium eating pizza."

Finally finished my first book :-)


The Child Thief
Finsihed: Nov 10, 2015
Pages: 481
Book of the month discussion link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
Finished 11/11
344 pages

Published 10/20/15
Cover: Blue with city skyline
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense
Characters: Sebastian Rudd, Judith Whitly, Starcher, Naomi Tarrant, Tadeo Zapate, Miguel Zapate, Doug Renfro, Link Scanlon
Setting: Exact location is not mentioned, just referred to as the City
Avg GR Rating: 3.76

Finished

Ellen Hopkins
537 pages
published 2004
finished 11/12
Cover - Black with white powder writing
Genre YA

Added to the goalless tab on spreadsheet

11/12/2015

[p. 293]
Goal: Read a book with a game piece on the cover (chess)

Added Anna's book to the goals tab, no new goal as we were 1 behind

Re-read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, 12/11 pg.455
Cover: black, bird, circle
Characters: Katniss, Prim, Gale, Peetha, Haymitch, Snow, Coin, Johanna, Finnick, Anna...
Setting: Panem
Genre: YA, SciFi-Dystopia, Fantasy, Romance, Adventure
Misc: Rebellion, triangle love drama, several deaths, war,
GR Choice Awards Winner 2010

Blue by H.J. Bellus
Finished 11/12/15
296 pages
Published 6/16/15
34 chapters
White cover with girl sitting on floor
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Sports
Characters: Blue Williams, Tuck Jones, Sophie, Lane, Noah
Setting: California
Avg GR Rating: 3.81
Misc: College setting, shelved as standalone

The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox
Finished 11/12/15
250 pages
Published 8/30/15
27 chapters
Blue cover with woman and skeleton in closet
Genres: Mystery, Paranormal, Ghosts, Romance, Contemporary
Characters: Verity Long, Ellis Wydell, Frankie, Melody, Darla Grace, Beau Wydell, Maisie Hatcher
Setting: Sugarland, Tennessee
Series: Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #2
Avg GR Rating: 4.49
Misc: Ellis is policeman, Verity and Melody are sisters, Beau and Ellis are brothers

11/13/2015

[p.297]
Goal: Read a book with the word ball, bat, uniform, racquet or team (plurals are acceptable) in the title


[p.400] 2nd in series
Published: October 6th, 2015
Author: Ferrett Steinmetz
# letters in title: 7
pages add: 4
cover color: black, emerald/green, gold/orange
items on cover: girl, redhead, eyepatch, boots, ds controller, gloves
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction
Character Names: Paul Tsabo, Aliyah, Imani Dawson, Valentine DiGriz, David Giabatta, Rainbird, Tyler Durden, K-Dash, Quaysean, Oscar Gargunza Ruiz, Lenny Pirrazzini, Lucas Cournoyer,
Setting: New York
Average GR rating: 4.54
Misc: child, video games, drugs, magic, superpowers, donuts, eye-patch, prosthetic leg, homosexuality, "Fight Club" movie/book, insurance company, police, specialized weaponry, monsters

Because The Search for Ball Zero is a Kindle edition, the page count does not pull automatically. There is no print edition but on the Amazon site it says "Print Length: 206 pages."

I used that 206 to add a page count.

My book was this on Amazon. It had 260 p. but it doesn't really matter as it worths the same points.
I couldn't find it on Goodreads though, as a paperback, so I added the kiddle.

Finished


The High King's Golden Tongue by Megan Derr
410 pages
Published November 4th 2015
20 chapters
Characters: Sarrica, Allen, Lesto, Rene, Tara, Jac, Laria, Quell...
Other: Royalty, linguist, set in a palace, set in capital, war, minor characters die

Finished

Baking and Babies by Tara Sivec
226 pages
finished 14 Nov
5☆

Adding to the goalless tab


Finished

Until Lilly by Aurora Rose Reynolds
396 pages
Finished 14 Nov
4☆

Adding to goalless tab

[p. 430]
Goal: Fun shelf

Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake
336 pages
Finished 11/13/15

Published 10/6/15
Setting: Hitching Post, Alabama
Series: A Magic Potion Mystery #3
Cover: Cats, mask, potion bottle, moon, house and pumpkins
Genres: Paranormal, Mystery, Magic, Ghosts
26 chapters
Characters: Carly Hartwell, Dylan Jackson, Ainsley Debbs, Patricia Jackson, Idella Kirby, Gabriel Kirby
Misc: Witch, murder takes place, author using a pseudonym, character has more than one pet, character is a ghost,

Finished

Everything I Left Unsaid by Molly O'Keefe
Finished 14-Nov
4☆
352 pages


Added to goalless tab

11/14/2015

[p. 432]
Published: January 1st, 2014
Author: Claire North
# letters in title: 33
pages add: 9
cover color: Blue
items on cover: boy, jeans, shirt, mirror, sky, falling star
Genres: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Historical Fiction
Character Names: Harry August, Vincent Rankis, Franklin Phearson, Jenny, Olga
Setting: England, Russia
Average GR rating: 4.03
Misc: secret society, end of times, science, religion, immortality, war, espionage

Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus
Finished 11/14/15
288 pages

Published 10/6/15
Setting: Paris, France
Cover: Pink with silhouettes of 2 people and Eiffel Tower, river also visible
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Travel, Fiction
64 chapters
Characters: Summer Barnes, Moony, Kurt
Misc: Famous landmark on cover, suicide takes place, MC in high school, mental illness

Finished 11/14/15

Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
Pages: 322 [20 points]
Goal: cover with road [5 points]

Total: 25 points

I read The Old Man and the Sea, 14 Nov.

Added to goalless tab.

What The Nanny Saw
Pages: 548
Finished: November 15, 2015
Goal: Infidelity is discovered

11/15/2015

[p.288]
Goal: Read a book that is in the "Best Unknown but must be Known books " Listopia List

Finished Adding to goalless tab

11/16/2015

[p. 352]
Goal: Read a book with the word Ms, Mr, Mrs or Miss (plurals are acceptable) in the title

Playing with Fire by Kate Meader
Finished 11/15/15
384 pages

Published 9/29/15
25 chapters
Cover: Man and woman with firetruck in background
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Humor
Characters: Alexandra Dempsey, Eli Cooper, Gabe, Luke, Wyatt, Kinsey
Setting: Chicago, IL
Series: Hot in Chicago #2
Avg GR Rating: 4.13
Misc: Firefighters

Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
Finished 11/15/15
273 pages

Published 10/27/15
21 chapters
Cover: Yellow with woman, birds, river and buildings
Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Fiction
Characters: Julia Ansdell, Lorenzo Todesco, Laura Balboni, Gerda, Rob Ansdell, Lily
Setting: Boston, MA and Venice, Italy
Standalone
Avg GR Rating: 3.98