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

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

Good Morning Team Batman & Robin. I had a good day yesterday. I completed an audio book & finished Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life. I can't use Inner Excellence for the Read- A-Thon because I only had 50 pages left to read. I started Unfixable: A Buck Lawson Mystery for our team challenge. I haven't read this author or series before but so far I like it.
I put my audio hours & pages read on the spreadsheet tracking. I put Unfixable on the plans tab. I think I'm caught up.
I need to find an audio book to start but will work on that later today.

I'm confused about the Individual Challenge Tracking page. I know it's for the individual challenge but it looks like we can also track our progress on the team challenge. Is this correct?

I haven't done a plans tab. I have no idea what I'm reading next. I didn't know I started an entry on the Completion tab. I will look.

I read The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. 5 stars. Excellent. I recommend listening to it on audio book. The author narrated it & is good.

I finished The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. I was going to put it under What Causes are you passionate about but nothing is on the spread sheets & I didn't want to mess anything up.

Good morning Everyone. Thank You Everyone that typed the the list of books. Great resource. Do I have this correct? We can read any book we want except for the bonus books which I think is #10,20…? We’re not doing the entire read a thon with books from the game. Is this correct?
I have another question. I have 2 hours 21 mins left in an audiobook. Can I use this book in the read a thon?

"Holy Toledo, Batman!" I'm very excited to be part of Team Batman & Robin. I love a read a thon. I don't have a plan yet but I'm thinking about it.

THE PROMPTS:

Start with string
Choose a book to designate as your string colors: whatever colors are on the cover of this book, those are the colors of your bracelet.


Add beads and charms to your bracelet:
BFF heart half: a book where platonic friendship plays an important role
Glass bead: Someone in the book makes a piece of art or craftwork
Wooden bead: A significant portion of the book is set outdoors
Animal charm: a book featuring the animal of your choice
Seed beads: a book that is part of a series. Unfixable: A Buck Lawson Mystery
Faceted beads: a book with more than one point of view
Letter beads: A word in the title starts with one of your initials - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Star beads: A book that has been nominated for or won an award. Orbital
Zodiac charm: A book published in the same month as your birthday - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Rainbow charm: A book with LGBTQIA+ main character

I read Cloistered: My Years as a Nun

The Phrases
1. springtime - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
2. bloom - Orbital
3. sun shining - Unfixable: A Buck Lawson Mystery
4. baby animals - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
5. eggs - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
6. tulips - Three Days in June
7. jellybeans - The Teller of Small Fortunes
8. rainstorm - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
9. sprout
10. warming - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
11. spring break - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
12. raincoat - Sandwich
13. green - Junie
14. earth day - The Dark Horse
15. pastels - The Light Pirate

How to Fill the Prompts
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)

1. What is your availability this week, and how many books do you anticipate reading during the Read-a-Thon? I don't have plans that week. I hope to read 5 books.
2. Which time zone do you live in? EST
3. Can you commit to checking in with your team frequently during the read-a-thon? Yes
4. Are you interested in being a team leader for your group? (i.e. keeping track of team totals, needed tasks, updating spreadsheet, etc. -- We aim to have two captains per team so you can share the responsibility.) Not this time.

I read Iron Flame

Sherri H
The Prompts:
Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list - The Christmas Tree Farm
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
- Has a mostly white cover
- Is on a Best of 2024 list - The Women
- Is set in the snow - The Christmas Fix
- Is by an author you've read before - The Wedding Witch
- Features a winter holiday - A Winter Wish
- Is nonfiction - My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
- Has a mostly blue cover - Matterhorn
- Is a speculative fiction novel
- Features family drama - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- Has fire on the cover - Iron Flame
- Is written by a BIPOC author - James
- Is a love story - More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

I left 2 not done.

I read Thank You for Listening. It was on the 2022 lists.

I read Thank You for Listening.

I read James. I loved this. 5 stars

I read Before the Swallows Come Back

I read More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Translated from Japanese.

I read The Grey Wolf. It's set in the fictional town of Three Pines. I love this series.

I read Waiting for Tom Hanks