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

C’s comments from the Hooked on Books group.

Sammy, I'll have to try out that list strategy next time. Although it is still annoying that I have to search through my reading stack to find what lists they're on. I sus I may get tired of that too lol.

Sammy, if you've voted on lots of lists, doesn't that make finding the specific list still hard?

Agreed, Lexi. At least being able to compare to our shelves would be helpful. I could have had books I could swap in that I simply didn't know were on a list.

Completed: 20/21

😃 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in UNITED NATIONS.
Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America by Scott Adams
😃 Read a book that simply makes you happy.
The Girl from the Hidden Forest
😃 Read a book published since 2011.
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 3
😃 Read a book published in March of any year.
Olivetti
😃 Read a book where you would consider the MC to be a hero.
Fatal Cajun Festival
😃 Read a book where social media is mentioned.
America Fantastica pg 20 "Russians campaigning on Facebook"
😃 Read a book with a 13 in the page count or publication date.
Of Dragons and Stone: A Companion to Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice
😃 Read a book with a quote on the cover.

😃 Read a book where a relationship is really important to the plot.
The Rose Bargain
😃 Read a book with the word CONNECT found in the text.
Sunshine pg 334 "They didn't want to connect with me."
😃 Read a book with all the letters of BIGGER found in the title.
😃 Read a book where someone receives good advice.
Carl's Doomsday Scenario

H: Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark Harmon
A: Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 2
P: Zoo 2 by James Patterson
P: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
I: Ink or Swim
N: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Richard L. Neuberger
E: The Enchanted Frost
S: Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice in the Sacrificed Hearts series
S: Stolen Midsummer Bride

Well that took a lot longer than it should have lol...

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #11
Book: No Safe Harbor
Author: Elizabeth Ludwig
Date Read: 2/28
Pages: 352
Task: Read a book with feathers on the cover.
How it Fits: she has feathers on her hat!

Thanks Ashley! Really good series! It's like British author vibes, unless it's just edited and published in Britain, but set in Wisconsin USA. Modern, small-town murder mysteries. I started the series like 1.5 years ago thinking it wouldn't be that addictive (like caffeine, I should have known better lol), but I've caught up to her writing already.

Ooh, Bourne!! I've been wanting to start that, but I'm making myself finish Clancy first, so it could be decades lol.

I saved that task for a while, since practically any mystery or thriller has a quick-witted protagonist or fast action. I used Brew Unto Others since the female sleuth is really good at putting clues together, and this was the next book in an ongoing series I got hooked on lol.

Yep, we'll see. It will be what it will be lol.

Books Read: 1/1
Pages Read: 201/100

America Fantastica

Completed Books: 3/3
Completed Pages: 465/300

Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 2
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 3

Completed Books: 8/5
Completed Pages: 713/500

Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 6
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 7
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 8
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 9
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 1
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 2
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Completed Books: 23/15
Completed Pages: 4128/1500

America Fantastica
Zoo 2
The Rose Bargain
Fatal Cajun Festival
Sunshine
The Girl from the Hidden Forest
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 2
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 3
Olivetti
The Enchanted Frost
Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice
Of Dragons and Stone: A Companion to Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 4
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 5
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 6
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 7
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 8
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 9
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 1
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 2
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Completed Books: 93/45
Completed Pages: 18159/3000

The Enchanted Frost
Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice
Of Dragons and Stone: A Companion to Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 4
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 5
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 6
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 7
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 8
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 9
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 1
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 2
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
Stolen Midsummer Bride
The Life We Bury
The Mystery Guest
The River
The Man in Black: Stories
Bluebeard and the Outlaw
Mrs. Bridge
Life Hacks for a Little Alien
The Last Murder at the End of the World
An Arrangement of Sorts
Toured to Death
S'more Trouble
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
Animal Farm
Triple Layer Treachery
Ink or Swim
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
A Matter of Honor
Simple Assault & Buttery
My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files
八雲さんは餌づけがしたい。 1 Yakumo-san wa Edzuke ga Shitai. 1
Sowing Malice
Forest of Scarlet
Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store
Mask of Deception and Sacrifice
His Orphaned Bride
Empire of Shadows
The Sultan and the Storyteller
Five For A Dollar
Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
Thin Air
Tell No Tales
Mistress of All Evil
Submarine Rendezvous
Murder Most Persuasive
Labyrinth of Lies and Sacrifice
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 3
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga): Part 3 Volume 4
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen
Pearls of Salt and Sacrifice
Wolf Claw
When Red Is Black
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard
Island of Secrets and Sacrifice
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Crocodile Tears
Austen at Sea
The Beast and the Enchantress
Three Bags Full
Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman
Rock Paper Scissors
Miracle in a Dry Season
Revenge of the Librarians
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 2
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 3
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 4
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 5
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 6
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 7
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 8
A Man & His Cat Vol. 9
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 10
A Man & His Cat Vol. 11
A Man and his Cat 12
Winter
The Canterville Ghost
The London Eye Mystery
The Importance of Being Earnest
Your Heart's Desire
The Prince and the Sea Witch
The Mistletoe Mystery
Stars Above
Carabosse and the Spindle Spell
Gothel and the Maiden Prince

Yeah, just a lot of the prompts looked like something I wouldn't know until after I'd read the book. So I may not do as well this month even though I also love mysteries! Maybe if it's a series, and I already know some of the characters' personalities, but that's sketchy.

Total Points: 28

America Fantastica
Zoo 2
The Rose Bargain
Fatal Cajun Festival
Sunshine
The Girl from the Hidden Forest
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 2
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 3
Olivetti
The Enchanted Frost
Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice
Of Dragons and Stone: A Companion to Mountain of Dragons and Sacrifice
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 4
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 5
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 6
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 7
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 8
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 9
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 1
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 3 Volume 2
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Oh okay, whew, glad there wasn't a group planning thing I missed seeing. Yeah, that's why I log as I go lol. I don't have the brainpower to keep track. :D

Oh, eh, whatever works for you! Did I miss a planning thing coming in late?

Shrug. I know some people like adding at the end. I just can't keep things straight about what I still need to read if I do that, so I fill in as I go. It's probably faster doing it all at once...

Hi everyone, I've just been reading away in my corner, but I've been filling in the spreadsheet as I go so y'all know I haven't ghosted. Is everyone else doing well with their reading? Not gonna lie, next month looks hard; I feel like I'm just gonna have to read thrillers and just hope that they work lol.

Completion Post
Team Sport: Baseball
Book: A Charming Hope
Author: Ashley Evercott
Date Read: 2/20
Task: Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in AMERICAS PASTIME
How it Fits: author's initials are AE