Sherri’s Comments (group member since Nov 10, 2019)

Sherri’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

Good Morning Team Six Flags. The park is open & ready for a week of reading. I've walked the dog & had a cup of coffee so I'm ready to talk books. I'm currently reading . I have 153 pages left so I will finish today. I will put it under Merry Go Round. A book with a circle on the cover. My next book is . I have 150 pages left so it will also go quickly. Good Luck everyone & happy reading.

Nancy wrote "Do you want to color code our plans? Thank You for the suggestion. Lets stick to using the drop down bar for now. When we finish books & put the titles in the prompts it will come together then.

Question. May I please have clarification on the prompt a book with a 2 in the page number. Don't all books have a 2 in the page number somewhere? I want to make sure I understand the prompt. Thank You.

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Hello Team Six Flags. I found a cute gif but you have to click on the link to see it. Buckle up for a fun week of reading. I have saved books all week for the read-a-thon. There is a plan section on the spreadsheet. I can't wait to see what everyone is reading.

Sherri H Tracking Post

Currently Reading: The Truth According to Us

Saturday, 5/21: 145 pages
Sunday, 5/22: 146 pages
Monday, 5/23: 147 pages
Tuesday, 5/24: 114 pages
Wednesday, 5/25: 269
Thursday, 5/26: 246 pages
Friday, 5/27: 128 pages
Saturday, 5/28: 41 pages
Sunday, 5/29: 144 pages
TOTALS: 1,407 pages

COMPLETED:
The Best American Travel Writing 2021
Any Way the Wind Blows
Migrations
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
What If It's Us
TO BE READ:

QUESTIONNAIRE
1. What is your estimated reading speed (slow, medium, fast) during a Read-a-thon? Medium
2. What is your availability this week, and how many books do you anticipate reading during the Read-a-Thon? I'm very available. I plan to read 4-5 books
3. Which time zone do you live in? Eastern
4. Can you commit to checking in with your team frequently during the read-a-thon? Yes
5. Are you interested in being a team leader for your group? (i.e. keeping track of team totals, needed tasks, updating spreadsheet, etc.) Yes

I read An Unorthodox Match

I read Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am. A plane is on the cover

I read The Personal Librarian. It was set 1905-1948. I enjoyed it.

I read A Master of Djinn

I had read through April by the end of March. My goal was to stay ahead & complete May. I only completed prompts # 18 & 19. I was waiting for books to arrive & reading for other challenges.
18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author. Dial A for Aunties (Aunties #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history. A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe #1) by P. Djeli Clark

The May books are out. I got The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas. I will use it for a book with a gothic element.

I read Dial A for Aunties

Completed 4/12/2022
The Phrases
1. music - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James. Actual phase, page 396 hard back. "I have not been this close to music such as this in many years".
2. vocalist - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
3. midnight blues - The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
4. rapper - Bewilderment by Richard Powers
5. marching band - Dope Sick: Dealers,Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
6. fox trot - The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
7. heavy metal - A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
8. arpeggio - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson
9. marimba - West With the Night by Beryl Markham
10. chanting - Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu. Phase in text page 65
11. festival - Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke. Phase in text page 410
12. orchestra - Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery. Exact phase in text. Page 43 Ebook

I got Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel. I will use it for a book related to mythology.

Since it's the last day of March I thought I'd check in.
10. 3 books set on three different continents. On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor's Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier. Extreme NW North America.
11. A book from the historical fiction genre. The Women of Chateau Lafayette
12. A book related to glass. The Lost Apothecary
13. A book about a woman in STEM. The Tenth Muse
April
14. A book with fewer than 5,000 ratings on Goodreads. Peach Blossom Spring
15. A book without a person on the cover. A History of Wild Places
16. A book related to Earth Day. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
17. A book from NPR's book concierge. Bewilderment

I read Bewilderment.

I read Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail. It was good. She was amazing. I found the abuse from her husband disturbing.

I read A History of Wild Places. This was a surprise. I got it last year from the Book of the Month Club. The synopsis sounded interesting. It was better than I expected. 4 stars.

I used Peach Blossom Spring. It has 1,838 ratings. 5 stars. I enjoyed it.