Abbey’s Comments (group member since Apr 30, 2018)

Abbey’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Devann wrote: "in my experience that means about 60-75k words as long as there aren't a ton of pictures, but michelle or jenny might have to ask the mods to be sure"

Yeah. It was more just like different word exchanges (like transcripts of conversations, or text messages, or just dialogue). It would probably be easier to just not include it, to be on the safe side, but figured I'd check!

Question: I just finished an ARC of Game Changer but am unsure of how to check the page numbers/if it counts for TT. I'm totally fine if it doesn't count (I needed to read it anyway for a review), but figured I'd check!

Below is the description of the format from the publisher. It's 304 pages, but not on AR yet, so I can't confirm word count.

"Told in an innovative, multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy’s inner thoughts, Game Changer explores the joyous thrills and terrifying risks of America’s most popular sport."

Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett

Date Read: 6/6/18
# of Pages: 293

Spells: M, L, B for title/author and T, A, E, H for main characters Tricia, Angelica, Mr. Everett and Harry

Classes: Cat, small dog and bed on cover

Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett

Date Read: 6/5/18
# of Pages: 327

Spells: S, L, B for title/author and T, A, E, G for main characters Tricia, Angelica, Elizabeth and Ginny

Classes: cat and small dog on cover (fairly small), could be used for a transfiguration, maybe? Not really sure there or where else it fits. The covers in this series don't lend themselves to much help in classes so far. :(

French Pressed by Cleo Coyle

Date Read: 6/4/18
# of Pages: 261

Spells: F, C for title/author and M, Q, J, C for main characters Mateo, Quinn, Joy and Claire

Classes: Coffee/French Press on the cover, not sure if that's able to be used for transfiguration or anything

I'm in!
Level: Skedaddle (29+ Books


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FINISHED
Duration: June 2018 - June 2019
Level: Bad News (25+ Books)

Spell-It-Out

A Addy, Character in One of Us Is Lying
M Mike, Character in Billionaire Blend
U The Upside of Falling Down
S Shelter
I The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
N Never Let Me Go
G Girl in the Dark

C Crewel World
R Roast Mortem
I Illuminae
P Pepper, Character in There Are Things I Know
P Prodigy
L Logan, Character in Blind
I In Sight of Stars
N The Nest
G Goodbye Days

S Solomon, Character in The Fastest Boy in the World
P Parnell Hall, Author of Last Puzzle & Testament
O Once Upon a Grind
R Relentless: How a Massive Stroke Changed My Life for the Better
T Tradition
I I.W. Gregorio, Author of None of the Above
V Clare Vanderpool, Author of Navigating Early
E Ellery Adams, Author of Murder in the Paperback Parlor

I'm in!
Level: College (21+ books) Only made it to 14 books, so mastered the Middle School level. June got busier with travel, so hoping to get back into more reading in July!

Option 1:
Books I'd Like to Read (from the list)
1/5

1. A Bear Called Paddington
2. The Borrowers (re-read)
3. Anne of Green Gables
4. Little House on the Prairie
5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Completed:
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Option 3:
Spell-It-Out
13/17

T - Through the Grinder - 6/3/18 ★★★
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E - Espresso Shot - 6/18/18 ★★★

B - Lorna Barrett Murder is Binding - 6/3/18 ★★★
O - On What Grounds - 6/2/18 ★★★
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C - Cleo Coyle, French Pressed - 6/4/18 ★★★
A - Angelica from Book Clubbed - 6/22/18 ★★★
R - Rawlings from Writing All Wrongs - 6/25/18 ★★★★

C - Cleo Coyle, Latte Trouble - 6/20/18 ★★★
H - Hallie in Body Swap - 6/30/19 ★★★
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L - A Likely Story - 6/19/18 ★★★
D - David in Murder Most Frothy - 6/29/18 ★★★
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E - Ellery Adams, Murder in the Mystery Suite - 6/9/18 ★★★★
N - Not the Killing Type - 6/9/18 ★★★

Challenge Bookshelf:

I'm in! Saving my spot here and will get my post set up later today!

Jammin Jenny wrote: "@Devann, I found a book on my kindle titled "Broken Heart Syndrome" so maybe we can match that up with the book you just posted titled "Thieves at Heart" for a mending spell."

One of the books I read over the weekend Through the Grinder has a small broken heart inside the coffee grinder on the cover, so that could be used as well!

I also officially "discovered" the cozy mystery genre this weekend and fell in love! Such fun reads and great mysteries without a lot of the darkness that makes back-to-back thriller reads hard. :)

Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett

Date Read: 6/3/18
# of Pages: 281

Spells: M, L, B for title/author and T, A, for main characters Tricia and Angelica

Classes: Not really sure. maybe Potions for the Salamander Blood (where someone is murdered in a mystery/thriller) but it was a cozy mystery, so not sure if that would be the same thing. And since many more true thrillers fit the bill for Salamander blood, it might be better off not used.

Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle

Date Read: 6/3/18
# of Pages: 270

Spells: T, C for title/author and C, M, J, Q for main characters Claire, Mateo, Joy and Detective Quinn

Classes:
Transfiguration Maybe? There is a small broken heart on the cover (inside the coffee grinder).

Otherwise could go with fluffy if we are putting cozy mysteries into that category.

On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle

Date Read: 6/2/18
# of Pages: 275

Spells: O, C for title/author and M, Q, C for main characters Mateo, Claire and Detective Quinn

Classes:
Divination Character uses Coffee Grounds to look into the future (sort of like reading tea leaves)

**Also probably could be considered "fluffy" since it is a cozy mystery and some sites use fluffy in describing what a cozy mystery is

I'm in! I joined NG last month officially and reviewed 3 books, but committed to more for June. So this should help my accountability.

Start of Month
A. # of Books on Shelf: 5

B. Books on Shelf


C. Ratio: 38% (I was at 100% before I requested books for June, but I only have 8 books total, so each book carries more weight being new.)

Finished

Game Changer Review
Planting Gardens in Graves II Review
Body Swap Review

End of Month:
a: What books you read:

b: Link(s) to your review(s): See above
c: Your updated shelf count: 10
d: Your updated books to read: 5
e: Your updated ratio: 60%

Overall, a decent month, but I also added a few too. So far, I've enjoyed every (all 6 of them, lol) Netgalley book I've read!

Citrine Coin, earned from Tulip Reading Challenge, May 2018
(https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

Silje wrote: "I just started this one for team Remus Lupin. Anyone around to discuss it?

I'm only a few chapters in (doing audio so it doesn't go too fast). So far I think that Harry is behaving like a brat! He..."

Happy to find another audio listener of this book! I'm from Team Draco! I'm listening to this one was well (first time listening to any of the books)

(view spoiler)[ I usually like Harry's anger in this book, but I forgot how odd it is at the beginning. I get the feeling out of the loop, but it does seem out of proportion to the events at the time.

I do think it's easier as an adult to think that the anger of Molly not wanting them to join the Order is misguided. However, if I think back to being their age, I definitely was rarely able understand when an adult was making a smart/protective decision on my behalf. So I think Rowling got the character's emotions right there for their age.

Harry does seem to forget all that he has learned about Dumbledore and his plans in the past at the beginning of this book. He is clearly letting his emotions guide his thinking, but I also think he was never given a proper outlet for his grief and anger of Cedric's death which is likely contributing here to Harry's irrational thoughts/behaviors.

Do you have any thoughts of how you imagine the transition went for Harry from the end of the Goblet of Fire to the beginning of the Order of the Phoenix?

I've often thought about that. He went from a very traumatic ending of the year to basically being dropped back off at Privet Drive and left alone with people who have no clue what he just went through. (hide spoiler)]

What are the rules for determining page # count? Sounds like a stupid question, but as I was updating my "to read, already owned" books on here, I noticed some of the editions I have are those mass market paperback (small, short and thick) ones which had almost 200 pages more than the original versions of the book. So that got me thinking about the varying page numbers by editions. Usually it's not that different, but some had a huge difference. I'm assuming you count the pages of the book that you have physically read, but those mass market ones feel like pretty short pages.

Not sure if I'll make it to the ones I'm talking about for TT, but for example has 1,400 pages, but has 817 pages. I know this book was re-published with a ton more words/pages, but its technically the same book.

Devann wrote: "yeah i could barely get the pages to load for like an hour last night, it said the site was over capacity, then when it came back all my dates were gone lol

also if we still need a red book and an..."

Good to know I wasn't alone there! Logging in today and seeing my yearly total go down to "0" books read was quite a surprise, lol.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hey guys. If you do read a fluffy/chick-lit or romance book, please post the cover when you are posting the read book, and let us know it's "chick-lit" or "fluffy" or "romance" when you are listing..."

What is the general determining factor in if its chick-lit or fluffy? I started reading some of Janet Evanovich's books recently, but can't really determine what genre they belong in since they are part mystery, part romance, part humor but all very light reads. :)

The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein

Date Read: 5/31/18
# of Pages: 242 pages
Word Count: 36,670 (since it is labelled Middle Grade)
http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail....

Spells: I, C, G for title/author and B, W for main characters Billy and Walter

Classes:
Herbology Hardcover book (for the dragon hide gloves)