Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Lacy wrote: "I will get back to you on the challenge I will be taking on next."

I'll be waiting :)

You do know you can work on multiple challenges at the same time, right? And you can use same bo..."

Yes, I just figured if I chose different books for every challenge I could read more books. I'll probably add to the number of challenges as I go.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Please ignore my post before! I thought you were giving up on this whole thing. Sorry for misunderstanding. :)

But what I said still stands, you can do multiple challenges at the same time
I'm definitely not a quitter!

All About You - Part 1
Starting - September 2016

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge) 0/8
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Month 2: Read your Birthstone - read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the colour of your birthstone (Purple Colour Cover) 0/4


Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge) 0/6
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Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign- 0/7
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Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit

Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre

Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend

Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors

Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month

Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)

Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to

Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name (hide spoiler)]

Welcome to the challenge Jade :)

★✩★✩★✩★✩★ All About You, Part One! ★✩★✩★✩★✩★ Part 2.
22 August 2016 - 9th September 2016. Read: 41/41

Month 8: Read 4 books written by one of your favorite authors: 4/4 (view spoiler)[
1. Winnie-the-Pooh ✔
2. The House at Pooh Corner ✔
3. When We Were Very Young ✔
4. Now We Are Six ✔
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Month 9: Read more books than you normally read in a month: 11/11 books: (view spoiler)[
1. Smile ✔
2. Big Day Out ✔
3. Darkness ✔
4. Rancher's Remorse ✔
5. Cowboy's Conundrum ✔
6. Teacher's Troublemaker ✔
7. Baker's Bargain ✔
8. Scotsman's Siren ✔
9. Trainer's Treat ✔
10. Veterinarian's Vixen ✔
11. Contractor's Cookies ✔
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Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods: 5/5 (view spoiler)[
P) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 ✔
I) Barbarian's Touch ✔
Z) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Visual Companion ✔
Z) Marvel Zombies 2 ✔
A) Doctor Strange (2015-) #4 ✔
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Month 11: Read books by an author you've never read before: 4/4 (view spoiler)[
1. Overwatch #5 ✔
2. Overwatch #6 ✔
3. Overwatch #7 ✔
4. Overwatch #8 ✔
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Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name: 17/17 (view spoiler)[
N) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Visual Companion ✔
E) Adam ✔
V) Mr Chatterbox's Parrot ✔
I) Calm: Slice of Life Short Stories ✔
L) Little Miss Bossy Saves The Zoo ✔
L) Little Miss Splendid and the Present ✔
E) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Official Movie Guide ✔

L) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - The Movie Storybook ✔
O) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug -- The Movie Storybook ✔
N) Kick-Ass ✔
G) The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm ✔
B) Summer Heat ✔
O) Kick-Ass 2 ✔
T) Tycoon's Tryst
T) The Witch With The Glitch ✔
O) The Wendigo ✔
M) Mr Mischief The Artist ✔
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Congrats Katherine :)

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Congrats Katherine :)"


Thank you. :D

♒ NBRC All About You, Part One! ♒

Date Started: 12th September 2016
Date Ended:
Progress: /12

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell-it-out challenge)
Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell-it-out challenge)
Month 3: Read your sign (Spell-it-out challenge)
Month 4: Read your favourite flower (Spell-it-out challenge)
Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favourite genre
Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
Month 10: Read one of your favourite foods (Spell-it-out challenge)
Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
Month 12: Read your favourite Book Crush's name


For September 2016, I'm gonna start with MONTH 2: BIRTHSTONE :D

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Welcome to the challenge LT :)

Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre (fantasy)
1. Pegasus by Robin McKinley
2. In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
3. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce
4. Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce

All About You Challenge, Part One!
(My challenges.)
Duration: One year from start date.

Start Date: 10/14/2016
Completion date: 9/30/2017

(view spoiler)[I figure I'll start with month 10 since we're in the 10th month.

· Month Ten: Favorite Food
Start Date: 10/14/2016
End Date: 10/31/2016 (Ha! We'll see...)

T: Twain, Mark, The Prince and the Pauper
R: George R.R. Martin (author), A Dance with Dragons (Kind of a stretch with the "R" there, but I'm okay with that.)
I: The Innocent Mage, by Karen Miller

T: The Darkest Part of the Forest, by Holly Black
I: It's Your Life, Live BIG, by Josh Hinds
P: Murder with Peacocks, by Donna Andrews



· Month Eleven: Switch-Up to 3-5 on My Travel Bucket List - Title or Setting is Somewhere on My Bucket List
Start Date: 11/1/2016
End Date: 11/30/2016
November was a bust of a reading month for me. I read one chapter of anything all month.

England: Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
Australia: Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay (01/12/17)
New York City: City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare (12/15/16)
France: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Süskind, translated by John E. Woods
Japan: Either: 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami, or The Guest Cat, by Takashi Hiraide



· Month Twelve: Switch-Out to Birthday Month (It seems only fitting, and I may even try to keep this one birthday and/or holiday themed.)
Start Date: 12/1/2016
End Date: 12/31/2016

D: Daniel Woodrell (author), Winter's Bone (12/17/16)
E: Emond, Stephen (author), Winter Town
C: Colleen Coble (author), All Is Calm / All Is Bright
E: Elle James (author), Christmas at Thunder Horse Ranch (Thunder Horse #4)
M: Macbride, Stuart (author), Birthdays for the Dead
B: Balogh, Mary (author), A Christmas Bride / Christmas Beau
E: An Enchanted Season, by Maggie Shayne
R: Raasch, Sara (author), Snow Like Ashes (6/7/17)



· Month One: Switch-Up to 5 Books of a Favorite Color (Color makes up the book cover, the font, or is in the Title)
Start Date: 1/1/2017
End Date: 1/31/2017

**A++ for good intentions! I started a few of these, but I haven't yet finished any of them.

Green - Preferably a deep green.
Strange Sweet Song, by Adi Rule
Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson
Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut (6/22/17)
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Hexed, by Michelle Krys



· Month Two: Birthstone
Start Date: 2/1/2017
End Date: 2/28/2017

**This will be a catch-up month for me, because my reading consistency is obviously superb! I'll shoot for finishing 3-5 of these.

T: The Power of Making the Right Choices, by Michael Kerrigan (2/12/17)
A: A Dance with Dragons, by George R.R. Martin (8/13/17)
N: Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut (6/21/17)
Z: Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance, by Zig Ziglar (22%)
A: Strange Sweet Song, by Adi Rule
N: Away From Home:Spying The Impossible, by Dotto Nshimba
I: Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
T: The Tanzanite Protocol, by Don Critelli (How could I pass this up?)
E: Emma, by Jane Austen



· Month Three: Switch-Up to 3-4 Animals I Totally Dig (Somewhere on the Cover/in the Title)
Start Date: 3/1/2017
End Date: 3/31/2017

Cheetah: Golden Eyes, by Maya Banks
Elephant: Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
Whale: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, by Herman Melville
Puppies: Cujo, by Stephen King

· Month Four: Favorite Flower
Start Date: 4/1/2017
End Date: 4/30/2017

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· Month Five: Switch-Up to My Favorite Musical Instrument (with a character who plays the instrument, or the instrument is on the cover/in the title)
Start Date: 5/1/2017
End Date: 5/31/2017

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· Month Six: 3-4 from My Favorite Genre (Fantasy/Sci-fi)
Start Date: 6/1/2017
End Date: 6/30/2017

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
Dune, by Frank Herbert
1984, by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (7/3/17)
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (7/16/17)


· Month Seven: Switch-Up to Hobbies I Share with Book Characters (4-8 books)
Start Date: 7/1/2017
End Date: 7/31/2017

Cooking:
Cinnamon and Gunpowder, by Eli Brown
John Saturnall's Feast, by Lawrence Norfolk
Chocolat, by Joanne Harris
The Love Goddess' Cooking School, by Melissa Senate
Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen

Art-ing:
The Luthier's Apprentice, by Mayra Calvani
Picture Maker, by Penina Keen Spinka
Ink, by Amanda Sun
The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova
The Musician's Daughter, by Susanne Dunlap

Reading:
Matilda, by Roald Dahl
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (I'll totes re-read this if I can't read the others)
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Sleeping:
Nod, by Adrian Barnes
The Sleeping Beauty, Mercedes Lackey
Enchantment, Orson Scott Card

· Month Eight: 3-4 Written by Some of My Favorite Authors
Start Date: 8/1/2017
End Date: 8/31/2017

Mirror Sight, by Kristen Britain
The Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling
The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
One Good Knight, by Mercedes Lackey
Persuasion, by Jane Austen

· Month Nine: Pushing the Reading Limits! - Goal of 10 books this month.
Start Date: 9/1/2017
End Date: 9/30/2017

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1. I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity, by Izzeldin Abuelaish
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I pushed no limits! And I went on a vacation and spent time with my best friend.
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**Finished with reading a total of: 15 books for this challenge. Not bad for a first, unfocused try. :) I think I'll start the next one in January.

Welcome to the challenge!

OK - with wobble coming to an end - I have time on my hands - so will work thorugh these no pressure challenges ;)

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month
(Spell it out challenge)
J - Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister – read 12/10/16 - 4★’s
U - TBA
L - Longbourn by Jo Baker - read 18/10/16 - 2★’s
Y - TBA

Oh, I'm so in!
Started 01Nov2016
COMPLETED 01Mar2017

Month 1: Read your Birthday Month (Spell it out challenge)

N No Enemy But Time by Angel Martinez 02Nov2016
O our lives are changing lanes by Grimm (AO3) 06Nov2016
V The Last Yeti by Tully Vincent 17Nov2016
E The Demon You Know by Barbara Elsborg 07Nov2016
M Midsummer Moon by Megan Derr 08Nov2016
B Borrowing Trouble by Kade Boehme 01Nov2016
E Eater of Lives by Jordan L. Hawk 11Nov2016
R Reaper of Souls by Jordan L. Hawk 08Nov2016

Month 2: Read your Birthstone (Spell it out challenge)

C Touch Me: An Erotic Romance by Chris Scully 03Nov2016
I Interstitial by Ann Somerville 11Nov2016
T Quillon's Covert by Joseph Lance Tonlet 03Nov2016
R Rules of Engagement by L.A. Witt 10Nov2016
I I'll Be Your Drill, Soldier by Crystal Rose 21Nov2016
N Doomware by Nathan Kuzack
E Girl Most Likely To by Barbara Elsborg 13Nov2016

Month 3: Read your sign (Spell it out challenge)

S Shutdown Pair by V.L. Locey 03Nov2016
A Winging It by Ashlyn Kane 04Nov2016
G Whiteout by Ann Grech 02Nov2016
I If Only in My Dreams by Keira Andrews 27Nov2016
T The First Three Rules by Adrienne Wilder 05Nov2016
T Tinsel Fish by Harper Fox 08Nov2016
A Blue Moon: Too Good to Be True by A. E. Via 05Nov2016
R Collide by Riley Hart 14Nov2016
I I Don't: A Christmas Wish by Kari Gregg 16Dec2016
U U Unbreakable Stories: Lucas 26Dec2016
S Destiny Calls by Samantha Wayland 12Nov2016

Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign (Spell it out challenge)

R Restless Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk 21Nov2016
O O Christmas Three by Suzan Butler 04Dec2016
O In The Strangest Places by Willa Okati 22Dec2016
S Summoner of Storms by Jordan L. Hawk 12Nov2016
T The Arrangement by Felice Stevens 14Nov2016
E Enemy of My Enemy by Tal Bauer 19Nov2016
R Broken Pieces by Riley Hart 23Nov2016

Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit
The UK

*Don't Let Go by Harper Fox 08Nov2016
*Kitto by Harper Fox 11Nov2016
*Merry Gentlemen by Josephine Myles 27Nov2016
*A Family for Christmas by Jay Northcote 30Nov2016

(Making two posts since I'm not sure it will all fit in that first one.)

Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre
SciFi

*Details of the Hunt by Laura Baumbach 10Nov2016
*Destroyer of Worlds by Jordan L. Hawk 11Nov2016
*Breeding Stations by Chris T. Kat 15Nov2016
*Astounding! by Kim Fielding 20Nov2016

Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend

* Buddy Read for Thick & Thin by Charlie Cochet with MM Romance Group. 02Feb2017
* Buddy Read for An Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles with MM Romance Group. 22Feb2017
* Buddy Read for Warlock in Training by T.J. Nichols with MM Romance Group. 27Feb2017
* Buddy Read for Yes, Professor by Renae Kaye with MM Romance Group 01Mar2017

Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors

*Fair Game by Josh Lanyon 18Nov2016
*The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon 17Nov2016
*All She Wrote by Josh Lanyon 06Nov2016
*Fair Play by Josh Lanyon 18Nov2016

Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
Nov 2016: 97 Books
Dec 2016: 152 Books

Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods (Spell it out challenge)

C David, Renewed by Diana Copland 14Nov2016
H Sunset Park by Santino Hassell 20Nov2016
I Dust of Snow by Indra Vaughn 01Dec2016
N Needing A Little Christmas by Silvia Violet 17Dec2016
E Sno Ho/Life in Fusion: Summit City Series Books One & Two by Ethan Day 22Nov2016
S Something for Santa by A.K.M. Miles 25Nov2016
E Save the Date by Reegan Ellis 09Dec2016

Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to.

*Jason's Fall by James Lee Hard 04Nov2016
*Playing With Fire by Dirk Greyson 07Nov2016
*Provoked by Joanna Chambers 09Nov2016
*Just For You by Jet Mykles 10Nov2016

Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name

Z Where There's Fire by Cari Z 27Nov2016
A You Can See Me by A. E. Via 18Nov2016
N New York Christmas by R.J. Scott 16Dec2016
E His: MMF Bisexual Holiday Menage Romance by Chloe Lynn Ellis 18Dec2016

G Slide by Leigh Garrett 09Dec2016
A Quinn's Gambit by Angel Martinez 16Nov2016
R As the Ice Melts by R. J. Jones 25Nov2016
R Right Back Where by C.E. Kilgore 29Nov2016
E A Christmas Bonus by E.M. Lynley 11Dec2016
T The Return by Brad Boney 16Nov2016
T The Boy with the Painful Tattoo by Josh Lanyon 27Nov2016

Welcome to the challenge :)

Ok I'm all about challenges. Its my new year's resolution. I'm in. Cos I started midway through one month I'm combining months 1&2.
✔Month 1: Read your Birthday Month
S - Sins of the Night 28/12
E - Equal Rites 18/12
P - The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough
T - The Tempest - 31/05/17

✔Month 2: Read 3 or 4 books with covers that match the color of your birthstone, sapphire:
1. 24/12
2. - 02/01/17
3. - 25/03/17

✔Month 3: Read your sign:
V - Vision in Silver 01/04/17
I - I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie - 08/04/17
R - Radiance - 13/07/17
G - Grave Dance - 04/02/17
O- Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien- 30/01/17

✔Month 4: Read your Chinese zodiac sign:
H - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - 12/02/17
O - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell - 07/01/17
R - Rivers of London - 19/04/17
S - Second Grave on the Left - 05/03/17
E - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout - 04/02/17

Read 3 or 4 books with your favorite flower on the cover, tulip:
1. The Black Tulip
2. For You
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✔Month 5: Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit:
1. Ireland - The Trespasser - 23/01/17
2. China - False Nine - 29/04/17
3. Japan- Radiance 09/01/17

✔Month 6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre, UF:
1. Midnight Crossroad 15/04/17
2. Grave Memory - 27/04/17
3. Girl of Nightmares - 29/04/17

✔Month 7: Read 3 or 4 books with your child or a friend
1. A Curious Beginning - 25/02/17 (buddy read)
2. The Silver Witch - 11/04/17 (buddy read)
3. The Wonder - 18/04/17 (BOTM group read)

✔Month 8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors
1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison - 22/08/17
2. Cormorant Run by Lilith Saintcrow - 10/12/17
3. Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 07/08/17

✔Month 9: Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month:
1. Golden Son - 07/06/17
2. Soulless - 10/06/17 (reread)
3. Rock Chick Rescue - 15/06/17
4. The Frog Prince - 16/06/17
5. Third Grave Dead Ahead - 20/06/17
6. Real Murders 22/06/17
7. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - 26/96/17

✔Month 10: Read one of your favorite foods:
P - Red Rising by P ierce Brown
I - Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews - 15/05/17
Z - Find Her, Keep Her: A Martha's Vineyard Love Story, Z L Arkadie
Z - The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
A - The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard - 30/05/17

✔Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to:
1. - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones - 14/01/17
2. - Faith Hunter, Skinwalker - 10/03/17
3. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham - 16/03/17

✔Month 12: Read your favorite Book Crush's name:
J - Fated by Benedict Jacka -31/12/16
A - Alex - 28/02/17
P - The Poison Tree - 12/03/17
H - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle - 24/02/17
R - The Devil's Right Hand - reread -19/02/17
I - Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews - 26/05/17
M - Murder of Crows - 08/02/17
E - Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It - 09/02/17
L - Colder Than Here by Laura Wade - 25/05/17

I would like to participate, but I need a mod to email me at blueoctoberonmymind@yahoo.com please! THANKS!

Finished 12/26/2016. Message 1081.

Welcome to the challenge Keli and PNJ :)


Congrats Sarah! ☺


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