Kathy’s Comments (group member since Oct 16, 2017)

Kathy’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

I read the book when it first came out and loved it. This time, I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed it. Haven't watched the show, plan to binge it when weather gets colder.

Thanks, I'll look into that collection next

I just finished and from the Obsession collection on Amazon and enjoyed them. Both are short reads, one is 27 pages, the other is 32 pages.

is also part of the Obsession collection and is over 50 pages.

I usually try to knock off the easy reads early for a quick 10 points. I have a few Netscape books that I need to get through and some series to work on.

I just picked up my The Haunting of Hill House ebook from the library and I should be getting Daisy Jones and The Six in the next week or so. I read it when it first came out and I am looking forward to the audiobook this time.

December
EHRTBM DECEMBER GROUP READS (+0.5 bonus points!)
✔ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (226pgs) 1.5 pts.
✔ The Time Machine by H.G Wells (118pgs) 1.5 pts.
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (408pgs) 2.5 pts.

1-249 pages = 1 point
250-499 pages = 2 points
500-749 = 3 points
750-999 = 4 points
1000-1249 = 5 points

Books (view spoiler)[
1. (2 pt.) The Cabin in the Woods 12/1 400 pages
2. (1.5 pt) The Time Machine 12/2 118 pages + BOTM
3. (2 pt.) The Brothers Hawthorne 12/2 470 pages
4. (2 pt.) Angel of Greenwood 12/3 304 pages
5. (2 pt.) The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 12/4 - 290 pagesx
6. (1 pt.) Baseball Dreams and Bikers: A Book of Short Stories 12/5 182 pages
7. (1 pt.) A Christmas Journey 12/6 - 192 pages
8. (2 pt.) The Hidden One 12/7 - 320 pages
9. (2 pt.) Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? 12/7 - 416 pages
10. (1.5 pts.) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 12/8 226 pages + BOTM
11. (1 pt.) It Waits in the Woods - 12/8/ 52 pages
12. (2 pt.) Into the Fire 12/9 - 375 pages
13. (1 pt.) Apt Pupil 12/10 - 179 pages
14. (4 pt.) The Running Grave 12/13 - 960 pages
15. (1 pt.) Thriller: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories 12/14 -228 pages
16. (1 pt.) A Killer Cupcake 12/14 - 184 pages
17. (1 pt.) Among the Barons 12/15 - 208 pages
18. (1 pt.) Hallowed Ground 12/16 - 75 pages
19. (1 pt.) Thomas Hardy Was an Optimist : A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years 12/16 - 62 pages
20. (2 pt.) Apples Never Fall 12/16 - 467 pages
21. (1 pt.) Mr. Docker Is Off His Rocker! 12/17 - 100 pages
22. (1 pt.) When Winter Robeson Came 12/17 - 176 pages
23. (2 pts.) The Alienist 12/18 - 498 pages
24. (2 pts) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal 12/20 - 444 pages
25. (1 pt.) The Ice Harvest 12/20 - 217 pages
26. (2 pt) Middle School: Winter Blunderland 12/21 -257 pages
27. (2 pts) Coconut Drop Dead 12/21 - 288 pages
28. (2 pts.) The Sea in Winter 12/22 - 272 pages
29. (2 pts.) That's Not My Name 12/22 - 304 pages (hide spoiler)]
30. (2 pts) Sundays at Tiffany's 12/23 - 309 pages
31. (2 pts.) Too Many Bullets 12/24 - 315 pages
32. (2 pts.) Caraval 12/25 - 407 pages
33. (2 pts.) Never Have I Ever 12/26 - 337 pages
34. (1 pt.) The Gift 12/27 - 53 pages
35. (1 pt.) The Astronaut Dream Book 12/27 - 112 pages
36. (2 pt.) Eleventh Grave in Moonlight 12/27 - 310 pages
37. (1 pt.) You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism 12/28 - 215 pages
38. (2 pt.) Etiquette & Espionage 12/28 - 307 pages
39. (1 pt.) Fight Tub 12/29 - 144 pages
40. (2 pt.) Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 12/30 - 262 page
41. (2 pt.) Day 12/31 - 272 pages
42. (2 pt.) Heart-Shaped Box 12/31 - 376 pages

Books points: 69

Easy Points (view spoiler)[
1. (1 pt) Happy Endings 12/2 - 3 pages
2. (1 pt) Afterlife 12/3 - 18 pages
3. (1 pt) Kin 12/4 - 42 pages
4. (1 pt) Eleven 12/4 - 3 pages
5. (1 pt) A Very Charley Christmas 12/5 - 12 pages
6. (1 pt) The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury 12/7 - 10 pages
7. (1 pt) The Landlady 12/7 - 17 pages
8. (1 pt) A Word for Autumn 12/8 - 3 pages
9. (1 pt) A Show of Faith 12/11 - 39 pages
10. (1 pt) The Gift of the Magi 12/11 - 26 (hide spoiler)]
Total Easy Points Completed for December: 10

Total Points - December (69 + 10 = 79)

November (view spoiler)[
EHRTBM NOVEMBER GROUP READS (+0.5 bonus points!)
✔ The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (377 pages) 2.5 pts
✔ Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (288 pages) 2.5 pts
✔ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (216 pages) 1.5 pts

1-249 pages = 1 point
250-499 pages = 2 points
500-749 = 3 points
750-999 = 4 points
1000-1249 = 5 points

Books
1. (1 pt.) Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation 11/2 - 208 pages
2. (1 pt.) Blue Hour 11/2 - 160 pages
3. (4 pts.) Drums of Autumn 11/3 - 928 pages
4. (1 pt.) Fantastic Mr. Fox 11/3 - 96 pages
5. (1 pt.) The Pram 11/5 - 58 pages
6. (2 pt.) Magpie Murders 11/6 - 477 pages
7. (1 pt) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 11/6 - 206 pages
8. (2 pt.) Dear Child 11/7 - 360 pages
9. (2 pt.) Behind a Closed Door 11/8 - 495 pages
10. (1 pt.) Breaker 11/9 - 110 pages
11. (2 pt.) Unholy Land 11/9 - 288 pages
12. (1 pt.) Piper's Perfect Mate 11/10 -55 pages
13. (2 pt) The Indigo Notebook 11/10 - 324 pages
14. (2 pt.) Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 11/12 - 352 pages
15. (1 pt.) The Case of the Missing Lady 11/12 100 pages
16. (2 pt.) The Hike 11/13 - 384 pages
17. (3 pt.) The Ambler Warning 11/15 - 632 pages
18. (1 pt.) Among the Hidden 11/15 - 153 pages
19. (2 pt.) Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune 11/17 - 336 pages
20. (2 pt.) Perfect Match 11/18 - 368 pages
21. (1 pt.) The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger: A Short Story 11/18 - 100 pages
22. (1 pt.) The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife - a Parker Pyne Short Story 11/19 - 100 pages
23. (2.5 pts) The Lightning Thief 11/19 377 pages + BOTM
24. (1 pt.) The Ghost of Christmas to Come 11/20 - 58 pages
25. (1 pt.) Nava: A Tale of Redemption 11/21 - 100 pages
26. (1 pt.) Road Rage 11/21- 120 pages
27. (2 pts) Diva 11/21 - 336 pages
28. (2.5 pts) Murder at the Vicarage 11/22 288 pages + BOTM
29. (2 pt) The Woman in Me 11/22 - 288 pages
30. (3 pt) Crimson Death 11/23 720 pages
31. (1 pt.) It's Halloween, I'm Turning Green 11/23 - 144 pages
32. (1 pt.) Miss Lazar Is Bizarre! 11/24 86 pages
33. (1 pt.) Among the Imposters 11/24 172 pages
34. (2 pt.) Mad Honey 11/25 - 464 pages
35. (1 pt.) Killer Comfort Food 11/26 186 pages
36. (1 pt.) Chili Cauldron Curse 11/27 - 83 pages
37. (1 pt.) Among the Betrayed 11/26 - 160 pages
38. (1 pt.) Have a Deadly New Year 11/28 88 pages
39. (3 pt) Doctor Sleep 11/29 531 pages
40. (2 pt) The Favorite Daughter 11/29 - 368 pages
41. (1.5 pts) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 11/30 - 216 pages + BOTM


Books points: 66.5

Easy Points
1. (1 pt) The Three O’Clock Dragon 11/1 -24 pages
2. (1 pt) The Job at the End of the World 11/1 - 21 pages
3. (1 pt) The Perdido Street Project 11/1 - 8 pages
4. (1 pt) Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box 11/1 - 21 pages
5. (1 pt) Sweetness 11/2 - 5 pages
6. (1 pt) A Planned Occasion 11/6 - 27 pages
7. (1 pt) Eleven 11/9 - 3 pages
8. (1 pt) The Submarine Plans: a Hercule Poirot Short Story 11/11 - 20 pages
9. (1 pt) Annie's Day 11/13 - 3 pages
10. (1 pt) Slow Time Between the Stars 11/18 - 28 pages
Total Easy Points Completed for November: 10 (hide spoiler)]

Total Points - November (66.5 + 10 = 76.5)

October (view spoiler)[
EHRTBM OCTOBER GROUP READS (+0.5 bonus points!)
- The Hound of Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (256 pages) (2.5)
✔ - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (355 pages) (2.5)
✔ The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (182 pages) (1.5)

1-249 pages = 1 point
250-499 pages = 2 points
500-749 = 3 points
750-999 = 4 points
1000-1249 = 5 points

Books
1. (1 pt.) People Like Them 10/1 - 56 pages
2. (1.5 pt.) The Haunting of Hill House 10/2 BOTM 182 pages
3. (1 pt.) A Welcome Reunion 10/2 - 82 pages
4. (2 pts.) The Diabolical 10/4- 320 pages
5. (1 pt.) A Scandal in Bohemia 10/4 - 85 pages
6. (4 pts.) The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. 10/5 - 752 pages
7. (2 pts.) Prom Queen 10/6 - 353 pages
8. (1 pt.) Golden Hills 10/6 - 53 pages
9. (2 pts.) The Nurse 10/7 - 402 pages
10. (2.5 pts.) Daisy Jones & The Six 10/8 BOTM 355 pages
11. (1 pt.) Life Without Children: Stories 10/9 - 190 pages
12. (2 pts.) The Weekend Retreat 10/10 - 352 pages
13. (2 pts.) The Child Finder / Rene Denfeld 10/11/23 - 274 pages
14. (1 pt.) Who Haunts You / Mark Wheaton 10/11/12 - 170 pages
15. (2 pts.) A History of the World in 6 Glasses / Tom Standage 10/12/23 - 336 pages
16. (2 pts.) The New Nanny / L.G. Davis 10/13/23 258 pages
17. (1 pt.) Black Vault / Alma Katsu 10/14/23 - 81 pages
18. (2 pts.) Midnight Is the Darkest Hour / Ashley Winstead 10/15/23 - 400 pages
19. (2 pts.) Confessions of an English Opium Eater / Thomas de Quincey 10/16/23 - 352 pages
20. (1 pt) Ms. Hannah Is Bananas! / Dan Gutman 10/19/23 - 96 pages
21. (2 pts.) The Nanny's Child / L.G. Davis 10/19/23 - 267 pages
22. (4 pts.) Dragonfly in Amber / Diana Gabaldon 10/20/23 - 947 pages
23. (2 pts.) One by One / Freida McFadden 10/21/23 - 295 pages
24. (2 pts.) Seven Bones: Two Wives, Two Violent Murders, a Fight for Justice... / Peter Seymour 10/22/23 - 320 pages
25. (2 pts.) Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead / Jenny Hollander 10/23/23 - 304 pages
26. (1 pt.) A Quiet Wife 10/24/23 - 69 pages
27. (2 pts) On the Come Up 10/25 - 464 pages
28. (3 pts.) The Mindf*ck Series / S.T. Abby 10/26/23 - 692 pages
29. (1 pt.) The Ballad of Old Joe Booth 10/27 - 104 pages
30. (2 pts.) Cari Mora 10/27 - 311 pages
31. (1 pt.) Where the Drowned Girls Go 10/29 - 150 pages
32. (2 pts.) Leave the Lights On 10/29 - 256 pages
33. (1 pt.) Lost in the Moment and Found 10/30 - 161 pages
34. (1 pt.) Miss Small Is off the Wall! 10/31 - 112 pages
35. (2 pts.) The Next Wife 10/31 - 306 pages
36. (1 pt.)Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind! 10/31 - 112 pages


Books points: 63

Easy Points
1. (1 pt) The Egg / 10/1 - 3 pages
2. (1 pt) Best of Luck 10/2 - 29 pages
3. (1 pt) Ankle Snatcher 10/2 - 29 pages
4. (1 pt) The Man of the Crowd 10/2 - 13 pages
5. (1 pt) Murder at the Royal Ruby 10/3 - 27 pages
6. (1 pt) The Mosquito 10/3 - 32 pages
7. (1 pt) The Heart of a Mother 10/3 - 41 pages
8. (1 pt) Slot Machine Fever Dreams 10/3 - 40 pages
9. (1 pt) In Bloom 10/4 - 35 pages
10. (1 pt) The Lover 10/6 - 43 pages
Total Easy Points Completed for October: 10 - Completed all 10 easy books (hide spoiler)]

Total Points - October (63 + 10 = 73)

Congratulations, Cynthia!

I've put a lot of books and audiobooks on hold for the challenge.

I'd like to join Merry please!

I second Mad Honey

I second Beartown

I listened to the audiobook. Everything had much more of an impact listening to Jennette tell her story. I'm still at a loss for words

You're in my thoughts Tori

Congrats guys!

Cynthia- congrats on the baby, best wishes, enjoy every moment it really flies by!

608 pages

Group total: 5,200

1/3/2023
948 pages

Total Group Pages: 2,270

I second City of Bones

Bingo Reading Challenge 2023
Mix it Up - BONIG!

16/25

✔ 1) A book beloved by a friend - A World of Curiosities / Louise Penny 1/13/23
✔ 2) Because of the cover Mortal Fear / Robin Cook 1/7/2023
✔ 3) A book you can finish in a day - Dirty Billionaire / Meghan March 1/1/2023
✔ 4) Longer than 500 pages The Talisman / Stephen King Peter Straub 1/3/2023
✔ 5) A book by an author from another country Black Evening / David Morrell 1/12/2023
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
✔ 10) A re-read The Lost World / Michael Crichton 1/10/23
✔ 11) A book about books or reading Secrets in the Stacks / Lynn Cahoon 2/21/22
✔ 12) An award winner - My Dark Vanessa / Kate Elizabeth Russell 1/5/2023
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories / Truman Capote 1/27/23
15) Guilty pleasure read Black Diamond / Brittani Williams 1/13/2023
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
✔ 18) Favorite topic or theme Just the Nicest Couple / Mary Kubica 1/15/23
✔ 19) Favorite author - Fairy Tale / Stephen King 1/4/2023
✔ 20) About parents and children The Lindbergh Nanny / Mariah Fredericks 1/6/23
✔ 21) Set in space - Fallen Heroes / Dafydd ab Hugh 1/14/23
✔ 22) Nostalgic memoir - Finding Me / Viola Davis 1/18/23
✔ 23) Title longer than 6 words E.R. Nurses: Walk My Rounds with Me: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes / James Patterson 1/9/23
24) A character that has your name
✔ 25) Less than 150 pages The Clue in the Recycling Bin / Gertrude Chandler Warner 1/3/2023

TBR Revival Challenge 2023
January 1 - March 30, 2023
Theme: Highest Rated Books on TBR - 5/5 - Completed

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1. A World of Curiosities - 4.62 - 1/13/23
2. Finding Me - 4.59 - 1/18/23
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 4.58 2/28/23
4. The Cartel - 4.55 - 3/13/23
5. Buckingham Runner 4.8 3/30/23 (hide spoiler)]

April 1 - June 30, 2023
Theme: Read books set in the past - 5/5 - Completed

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1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 4/2
2. Strangers on a Train 4/15
3. Anna Dressed in Blood 4/16
4. Flowers in the Attic 4/23
5. The Dirt on Ninth Grave 4/29 (hide spoiler)]

July 1 - September 30, 2023
Theme: Books that have been recommended or gifted to you! - 5/5 - Completed
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1. It Happened One Summer / Tessa Bailey 7/8/23 - REC
2. The Cuckoo's Calling / Robert Galbraith 7/13/23 - REC
3. The Silkworm / Robert Galbraith 7/19/23 - REC
4. The Battle of Jedha / George Mann 8/22/23 - recommended by friend on Goodreads
5. Shatter Me 9/3 - recommended by co-worker (hide spoiler)]


October 1 - December 30, 2023
Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR
This can be by publishing date or when you added it to your TBR. - 4/5 -

1. The Child Finder 10/11/23
2. Seven Bones: Two Wives, Two Violent Murders, a Fight for Justice... 10/22/23
3. On the Come Up / Angie Thomas 10/25/23
4. Caraval 12/26/23
5.

Seveneves
Tales of Tinfoil: Stories of Paranoia and Conspiracy
In the Dark of the Night
A Respectable Trade
Even in Darkness
The Royal We
Kiss the Dead
The Day the Streets Stood Still
Big Little Lies
The Dead House
Perfect Match
The Girls in the Garden
The Passage
Conviction: The Murder Trial That Powered Thurgood Marshall's Fight for Civil Rights