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

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

Good Morning All, I have a question. When I finish my book today on the planning spreadsheet when I put complete does someone move my column to the completion spreadsheet? I will finish today. I have no idea what I will read next. It will be Christmas themed but not sure what. I updated my planning column on the spreadsheet. The book I'm reading is actually on the top 100 shelf as cozy. No one had marked that so I will probably use cozy as my spot.

Monday: 34 pages, Audio 120 minutes

Sunday 122 pages

Good Morning Team Penguin. I wasn't getting time to read so I had an epiphany yesterday. I joined audible. I listened while I was working. I don't think I will finished the book today but definitely will tomorrow. I've followed the discussion about using the top 100 Good Reads shelves to pick books. It is inventive. It took me out of my comfort zone because I can only access these shelves on the chrome book. My other devices brings up the home page in a different format. I knew people shelved books but I have never shelved books or used shelves. It is a tedious process but for a challenge it works. I don't think I will use it after the challenge.

Aimee wrote, that will only count if 'United Kingdom' is listed as one of the top 100 shelves. Thank You. I checked and it's shelved as Scotland. So close but no cigar.

Saturday 34 pages

The book I’m reading now is set in Scotland which is part of the UK.

Thank you all for your help. I feel that I understand better now & have put my current read & marked the categories on the planning spreadsheet. I’m only thinking with less than half of my brain. We closed on our new home yesterday so we are moving this week.

Amy wrote It's all different depending on how you access Goodreads. Are you using the app, mobile on your phone or a computer? I can only access all the read-a-thon information on my chrome book. I got on top shelves so I can at least see those. I'm going to take a stab at the planning spreadsheet next.

We need more columns on the planning spreadsheet. Thank You

Sherri H 2021 Winter Read-a-thon
Individual Tracking December 18-26

Currently Reading :

DAILY TRACKING:
Saturday, 12/18: 34
Sunday, 12/19: 122
Monday, 12/20: 34
Tuesday, 12/21: 20
Wednesday, 12/22:
Thursday, 12/23: 11
Friday, 12/24:
Saturday, 12/25:
Sunday, 12/26:
TOTAL: 221 pages

AUDIO:
Monday , 12/20: 2 hours
Tuesday. 12/21: 6 hours 24 minutes
Wednesday, 12/22: 5 hours 22minutes
Thursday. 12/23: 2 hours 83 minutes
Friday: 3 hours
Saturday: 3 hours 95 minutes
Sunday, 5 Hours

Total Time: 29 hours
COMPLETED:





TO BE READ:

Good Morning All, I am struggling. I have never accessed Good Read Shelves. I know they are there but I never use them. I didn't understand the explanation. I have no idea what I'm doing. I want to do it myself but I will be lost for awhile. I'm going to reread the explanation again & see if it makes sense this morning. I am excited to be on team Penguin.

1. Reading speed is medium
2. Availability? Limited, I’m moving that week. How many books competed? I will say 2
3. Time Zone? EST
4. I can check in daily
5. I won’t be able to be a team leader

The moderators are kind & gentle. Also very helpful.

S - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
N - The Storyteller. Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl. (Non fiction)
O - The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice - Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O'Brady
W - The Walnut Tree (Bess Crawford #4.5) by Charles Todd
F - A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
L - Passing by Nella Larsen
A - Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan
K - Come rain or come Shine (The Mitford Years, #13) by Jan Koran
E - Winter Street (Winter Street, #1) by Elin Hilderbrand
S - The Tourist Attraction (Moose Springs, Alaska #1), Sarah Morgenthaler

F - A Virgin River Christmas (Virgin River, #4) by Robyn Carr. (Fiction)
A - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
L - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Literary Fiction)
L - My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (Literary Fiction)
i - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of the Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
N - Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance,Tragedy,and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France, Adin Dobkin. (Non Fiction)
G - Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb. (First letter of author's last name)

I loved Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,Scientific Knowledge,and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

I might skip this month but the add on’s are good.

I read a lot of series. Here are a few of my favorites.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache by Louise Penny.
Joe Pickett by C.J. Box.
Masie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear.
Lady Sherlock by Sherry Thomas.
Maggie Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal.
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Walt Longmire by Craig Johnson
Ice Knights by Avery Flynn.
Virgin River by Robyn Carr
Mrs. Murphy by Rita Mae Brown
Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams.
A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivian Chien.
The Broken Earth by N. K. Jemisin.
There is a little bit of everything in that list.

I will be reading my number 1 favorite female private detective. In This Grave Hour (Maisie Dobbs, #13) by Jacqueline Winspear.

Finished 10/15/2021
The Phrases: 12/12
1. autumn - The Lost and Found Bookshop (Bella Vista Chronicies #3) by Susan Wiggs. " Autumn was San Francisco's summer"... page 127
2. fall - Shelter Mountain (Virgin River, #2) by Robyn Carr. Chapter 4 page 77. - Fall,hunting season...
3. foliage - The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) by N.K.Jemisin. Phase contains first letter of title
4. cooler weather - Crazy Stupid Bromance (Bromance Book Club, #3) by Lyssa Kay Adams. Authors initials
5. Halloween - Whispering Rock (Virgin River, #3) by Robyn Carr. Phase contains first letter of title
6. scarf - Sour Puss (Mrs. Murphy, #14) by Rita Mae Brown,Sneaky Pie Brown) Chapter 2 page 9. This Monday, while not blizzard weather,proved cold enough for scarf,gloves...
7. harvest - The Starless Sea by Erin Morganstern phase contains first letter of title.
8.pumpkin spice - Split Second (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #1) by David Baldacci. Phase contains first letter of title
9. orange- The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2) by Julia Quinn. Chapter 9 page 170. ...she just declared the sky orange.
10. hot chocolate - Midnight in Chenobyl by Adam Higginbotham. Authors initials
11. spooky season- The Memory Collectors by Kim Neville. Authors initials
12. schooltime - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. Authors initials