Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Okay, I wasn't happy with how my 2016 topic was formatted, so I'm going to try and make it better this time around :) In this first post, I'm going to list all the books I read and their ratings. Then I'll just go challenge by challenge and see how many I can complete! Wish me luck :)

Books Completed
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson ♥♥♥♥♥
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer ♥♥♥♥
The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers ♥♥♥♥
Dune by Frank Herbert ♥♥♥♥
Marine for Hire by Tawna Fenske ♥♥♥♥
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen ♥♥♥♥
Bone, Vol. 8: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith ♥♥♥♥
Bone, Vol. 9: Crown of Horns by Jeff Smith ♥♥♥♥
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson ♥♥♥♥ 1/2
To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt ♥♥♥♥
$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal by James Patterson and Hilary Liftin ♥♥
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson ♥♥♥♥♥!
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare ♥♥♥
The Gunslinger by Stephen King ♥♥♥♥♥
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba ♥♥♥♥
Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba ♥♥♥♥♥
Death Note, Vol. 3: Hard Run by Tsugumi Ohba ♥♥♥♥♥
Death Note, Vol. 4: Love by Tsugumi Ohba ♥♥♥♥♥
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ♥♥♥♥♥
Death Note, Vol. 5: Whiteout by Tsugumi Ohba ♥♥♥♥
Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take by Tsugumi Ohba ♥♥♥♥♥
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë ♥♥♥♥♥
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ♥♥♥♥
The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst ♥♥♥♥
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas ♥♥♥♥♥
Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee ♥♥♥♥
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ♥♥♥♥
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas ♥♥♥♥♥
The Circle by Dave Eggers ♥♥♥
Saga: Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ♥♥♥♥♥
Saga, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan ♥♥♥♥♥
Saga, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan ♥♥♥♥♥
Geekerella by Ashley Poston ♥♥♥
Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine ♥♥♥♥
Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine ♥♥♥♥
Monster Blood by R.L. Stine ♥♥♥
I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire by P.N. Elrod ♥♥♥♥
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King ♥♥♥♥♥

However Long It Takes
Hunger Games Challenge
Duration: February 11, 2016 - ???
63/78 books

District 1: Precious Gems (cover or spell-it-out)
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -

District 2: Masonry or Weapons (MC uses or spell-it-out)
1 - The Bat
2 - The Outsiders
3 - A Darker Shade of Magic
4 - American Psycho
5 - The Merciless
6 - The Sea of Monsters

District 3: Technology (MC works with or spell-it-out)
1 - Armada
2 - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
3 - Cinder
4 - Ready Player One
5 - Illuminae
6 - Gemina

District 4: Fishing (Setting near/on body of water or spell-it-out)
1 - Sam's Letters to Jennifer
2 - The Westing Game
3 - The Winner's Kiss
4 - The Black Prism
5 - Winter
6 - Rose

District 5: Power/Electricity (romance or spell-it-out)
1 - Tempt Me at Twilight
2 - Dead Until Dark
3 - Married By Morning
4 - Living Dead in Dallas
5 - Country Bride
6 - Lead Me On

District 6: Transportation (cover, MC uses public trans., or spell-it-out)
1 - Cress
2 - Cockroaches
3 - $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal
4 - Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom
5 - Jane Eyre
6 -

District 7: Lumber (cover, majority of setting outside, or spell-it-out)
1 - Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville
2 - Little House on the Prairie
3 - The Graveyard Book
4 - The Lightning Thief
5 - Bone, Vol. 5: Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border
6 - Bone, Vol. 7: Ghost Circles

District 8: Textiles/Clothing (cover or spell-it-out)
1 - Vicious
2 - Scarlet
3 - The Winner's Crime
4 - A Court of Thorns and Roses
5 - To Seduce a Sinner
6 -

District 9: Grain/Harvest (cover, take place in Autumn, or spell-it-out)
1 - To Taste Temptation
2 - Throne of Glass
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -

District 10: Livestock (cover, animal important to plot, or spell-it-out)
1 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3 - Bone: The Great Cow Race
4 - Bone, Vol. 4: The Dragonslayer
5 - The Raven Boys
6 - All the Birds in the Sky

District 11: Agriculture (takes place on farm/country or in Summer, or spell-it-out)
1 - Anne of Green Gables
2 - Disquiet
3 - Bone, Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm
4 -
5 -
6 -

District 12: Mining (dark cover, strong FMC, or rebellion, or spell-it-out w/mining terms)
1 - Mary Poppins (strong FMC)
2 - The Name of the Wind (dark cover)
3 - Matilda (strong FMC)
4 - A Wrinkle in Time (dark cover/strong FMC)
5 - House of Leaves (dark cover)
6 - Howl's Moving Castle

District 13 (Bonus): Nuclear Weaponry (Have war/coup in story or spell-it-out)
1 - The Shadow of the Wind
2 - Superman: The Golden Age Vol. 1
3 - The Winner's Curse
4 - Briar Rose
5 - The Final Empire
6 - The Last Olympian

However Long It Takes
Choose Your Own Adventure: Astronomy
Duration: April 1, 2016 - ???
44/52 books

Spell-It-Out Rules of the planets
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

Mercury
M - Married By Morning
E - Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game
R - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
C - Cline, Ernest. Armada
U
R - Roald Dahl Matilda
Y - Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose

Venus
V - V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
E - Ernest Cline. Ready Player One
N - The Name of the Wind
U
S - Sookie Stackhouse, Dead Until Dark

Earth
E - Eli, Vicious
A - American Psycho
R - Rutkoski, Marie. The Winner's Curse
T - Tempt Me at Twilight
H - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Mars
M - Mary Poppins
A - A Wrinkle in Time
R - Robert C. O'Brien. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
S - Sam's Letters to Jennifer

Jupiter
J - Jeff Smith. Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville
U
P - Potter, Harry. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
I - Illuminae
T - Truant, Johnny (character). House of Leaves
E - Bone, Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm
R - Rick Riordan. The Sea of Monsters

Saturn
S - The Shadow of the Wind
A - Anne of Green Gables
T - The Titan's Curse
U
R - Rick Riordan. The Lightning Thief
N - Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book

Uranus
U
R - The Raven Boys
A - Arin, The Winner's Crime
N - Nikolas, (MC) Gemina
U
S - Superman: The Golden Age Vol. 1

Neptune
N - Nesbo, Jo, (author) Cockroaches
E - Emeline (MC) To Taste Temptation
P - Pan, The Battle of the Labyrinth
T - Tamlin, A Court of Thorns and Roses
U
N - Nicholas, The Marriage Bargain
E - Elyssa, The Queen of the Tearling

Pluto
P - Percy Jackson (MC) The Last Olympian
L - Linh, Cinder. (MC) Cinder
U
T - Thorn, (MC) Bone, Vol. 7: Ghost Circles
O - OreSeur, (MC) The Well of Ascension

However Long It Takes
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet

List:


Completed:
Sam's Letters to Jennifer 5/13/16
American Psycho 5/18/16
House of Leaves 6/18/16
Anne of Green Gables 7/1/16
Jane Eyre 4/22/17

However Long It Takes
I want to be friends with...

I want to be friends with Stephen King

List:
1. Cujo
2. Needful Things
3. The Dead Zone
4. The Dark Tower
5. Christine
6. 11/22/63
7. Under the Dome
8. Bag of Bones
9. The Eyes of the Dragon
10. The Long Walk

However Long It Takes
Choose Your Own Adventure: Flowers
Duration: July 4, 2016 - ???
27/28 books

Spell-It-Out Rules

B - Briar Rose
O - OreSeur, The Well of Ascension
U -
G - The Great Cow Race
A - Arin, The Winner's Crime
I - Illuminae
N - Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book
V - Vicious
I - Iko Stars Above
L - Leigh, Julia. Disquiet
L - Lead Me On
E - Bone, Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm
A - A Court of Thorns and Roses

R - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
O - Ohba, Tsugumi (author) Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom
S - The Sea of Monsters
E - Emeline (MC) To Taste Temptation

F - The Final Empire
O - Ohba, Tsugumi (author) Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence
R - Rick Riordan. The Lightning Thief
G - Gavin Guile (MC) The Black Prism
E - Elyssa The Queen of the Tearling
T - The Titan's Curse
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M - Maggie Stiefvater (author) The Raven Boys
E - Elizabeth Hoyt (author) To Seduce a Sinner
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N - Nico, The Battle of the Labyrinth
O - Ohba, Tsugumi (author) Death Note, Vol. 3: Hard Run
T - Thorn, (MC) Bone, Vol. 7: Ghost Circles

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