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

C’s comments from the Hooked on Books group.

I'm here! :) I've never played this before, so excited to see how it goes.

Each image in the spreadsheet has a lot of objects in it. Do all three books for that image need to use the same object, need to use different objects, doesn't matter?

Food is turned in, so bank any completions for our next (and last!!!) set of words! :)

🎪 Team Name: Lion Tamer Librarians
🎟️ Task Completed: 🍿 Food Vendor: The Whimsical Whisk

🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✨ Summoning the Carnival Master for our next adventure!

🍿 Food Vendor: The Whimsical Whisk

"🍿 Food Vendor Word: Ethereal
Book: Mistress of All Evil by Serena Valentino
Date Completed: 05/20/2025
Page Count: 320
Location: pg 33
Sentence: The never-setting sun cast an ethereal glow...
"
"🍿 Food Vendor Word: Whimsical
Book: Hammersteins by Oscar Andrew Hammerstein
Date Completed: 05/21/2025
Page Count: 250
Location: p.57
Sentence: ""whimsical names like Fiddle-Dee-Dee and Whoop-Dee-Doo""
"
"🍿 Food Vendor Word: Curious
Book: King of Envy by Ana Huang
Date Completed: 05/21/2025
Page Count: 530
Location: CH. 2
Sentence: ""I was oddly curious about his dating habits""
"
"🍿 Food Vendor Word: Playful
Book: Murder Most Persuasive by Jessica Berg
Date Completed: 05/25/2025
Page Count: 308
Location: pg 46
Sentence: ""She playfully shoved him in the direction of his room andwaited until he entered and shut his door before entering and shutting hers.""
"
"🍿 Food Vendor Word: Radiant
Book: Gravity by Tal Bauer
Date Completed: 05/30/2025
Page Count: 273
Location: 0.54
Sentence: ""...so radiant it makes my heart just stop. ""
"

My nonfiction is gonna be a June book for sure. I want to read two fictions before the end of May, so I need sanity lol. :D

Yay Anna! I discovered that Poetry can be nonfiction, but also that those books have to be 200 pages long... So close lol... I'm almost thinking about finding a nonfiction graphic, but that has to be 400 pages...

Trope: Opposites Attract
Date Completed: 5/29
Link to thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Book: The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen
Author: Yuta Takahashi
Task: Read a book where the title starts with any of the letters from ATTRACT
How it Fits: title starts with T
Date Read: 5/29
Pages: 192

I think the intent is that we read something nonfiction. I think we might get lucky and find something with a random MPG that works. ;) If that gets us a chance at the last genre, that's a win for us. I suffer at nonfiction too: I legit get a short book that has an audio version and I just go through it a little at a time while I'm reading other books as well. Otherwise I absolutely burn out and go into a slump. It's all about finding a way...

Book: Labyrinth of Lies and Sacrifice
Author: C.F.E. Black
Task: Read a book where the Male MC is a grump
How it Fits: MMC is very broken and grumpy
Date Read: 5/28
Pages: 264

I get it. I read like four nonfiction a year, and I've been close to one a month this year, so I get the struggle. I don't know anything about political books, since I get enough politics, I don't need to go looking for it. But I'd say just grab the smallest book you can find that still meets challenge goals, and shoot for 10-20 pages a day, hopefully reading alongside something you enjoy. Medicine surrounded by sugar lol.

Be sure to check out rules for audiobooks, graphic novels, and children's books. Those might be faster formats or easier to read since less brainpower. Not sure what would help, but take anything that helps you. :)

Ooh, or maybe a humor. I think some of Scott Adams (Dilbert) get classified as Nonfiction. Maybe Peanuts or Garfield would as well? Something to check on or think about. :)

Is there any moment in history, or a specific famous person, or a global destination/country, you like? I can help search for something in 100 page range. I need to check, but maybe a children's book could work; I always have to check challenge rules because it seems like every challenge is different... Just something quick you can hopefully knock out in a few days. I legit understand being stuck in a book, so let's try to find something as painless as possible. <3 I legit might swap my book, since it's longer, but I need to read it so motivation. Legit read letter and word book first though, since it gives a little reprieve, and I'm legit not reading nonfiction this week. Or maybe next. Basically I'm procrastinating as long as possible lol. :D

Bless you, Richard!! I'm sure no one loves nonfiction like you, so you're saving us and enjoying yourself! ;)

Fi, sometimes a historical fiction will be MPG History. I know, not quite the spirit, but needs must. ;) Otherwise, find something incredibly short on a topic you don't hate. That's usually how I get through nonfiction lol. :D

Richard, we found your genre choices!!! ;) Please feel free to grab the 5th slot for that, book count permitting, as I'm gonna struggle prioritizing the biography I have lol.

Bank your books for next genre task starting now! :)

🎪 Team Name: Lion Tamer Librarians
🎟️ Task Completed: 🎭 Genre Attraction: The Heartstring Carousel
🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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🎭 Genre Attraction: The Heartstring Carousel
The Heartstring Carousel: MPG Romance, Date Completed: 05/11/2025, Page Count: 430
The Heartstring Carousel: MPG Romance, Date Completed: 05/12/2025, Page Count: 456
The Heartstring Carousel: MPG Romance , Date Completed: 05/12/2025, Page Count: 255
The Heartstring Carousel: MPG LGBT, Date Completed: 05/13/2025, Page Count: 234
The Heartstring Carousel: MPG LGBT Romance, Date Completed: 05/26/2025, Page Count: 352