C’s Comments (group member since Dec 12, 2024)

C’s comments from the Hooked on Books group.

Hi Fi, hope you're feeling better! Thanks for the update! I'm holding off for now, and will try to substitute the different, slightly smaller chonker I'm reading in for Word. Fingers crossed!

Lol, Jenny, I feel you so much on that darn checkbox...

I'm using Google Sheets app and the directions aren't working, but I think I amended the link to direct properly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Prompt # / Name: 9: Bossaball
Book: Island of Secrets and Sacrifice
Author: Deborah Grace White
Date Read: 6/3
Pages: 238
Task: Read a book that you rated 4 - 5 stars
How it Fits: 5 stars!! 😍

Hi Fi, checking if you're close on your spellout book? Not rushing, I'm trying to figure out timing since I want to read a chonker and make sure to get the page count in this challenge. :)

Okay, this is throw with intent to harm, so outside context. Thanks for clarifying! :)

Prompt # / Name:
Book: Murder in the Bayou Boneyard
Author: Ellen Byron
Date Read: 6/2
Pages: 304
Task: Read a book where a character feels weighted down in some way
How it Fits: the FMC is weighed down by financial concerns and also by murder suspicions

Completion Post
Team Sport: Wiffle Ball
Book: Murder in the Bayou Boneyard
Author: Ellen Byron
Date Read: 6/2
Task: Read a book where a character makes a joke.
How it Fits: a character makes a joke about purging their most recent meal

If a character throws something at another character, does that count for the TOSS bonus? Throw is more violent than Toss, so I wasn't sure?

Probably a number wheel since I probably won't remember who I chose the previous time lol.

Mmm, yeah, I guess I should do that. Or a number wheel so it's not just me picking someone at random from the list.

Lol, okay! :) I should be better at logging books moving forward since I have learned from the first! :)

Ah, I'll go uncheck some boxes! Tbh, it's helpful having a limit since I had to check the other challenges to see if the book was fitting there, so that takes some review out of the picture.

As far as target, I'll pick someone randomly? Not sure if we have a team strategy, so hopefully I don't piss someone on the other team off lol.

That was a good book! I didn't remember it being unconventional? Is that for the letter format it sometimes had? At least I think it occasionally did that; it's been a while lol.

Oof, yeah, the prompts this month don't seem much happier but I haven't dwelt with them for very long yet to get inspired on ways to spin and stretch them. I hate sad books unless I'm in the mood...

I legit should switch what I am planning for nonfiction. It's my friend's book, so I should read it and get it back to her, and I am interested in the subject vaguely, but I just want a short book lol. Maybe I'll grab a shorter one about the early space program since that works for another challenge... I'd better check it's MPGs first though lol.

Prompt # / Name: 28: Speaking English
Book: When Red Is Black
Author: Qiu Xiaolong
Date Read: 6/1
Pages: 320
Task: Read a book where the MC could be speaking English as a second language.
How it Fits: the story is set in China, the MC is native Chinese, and he speaks/translates English as a second language

I finished a book so I put it in the spreadsheet? Not sure if I did any of that right?

All my summer challenges are starting now or later this month, so it's just crazy lol. I suppose I should start my nonfiction. *cry*

Spreadsheet updated!