Bernadette’s Comments (group member since May 28, 2020)

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

Judy - I already entered my first 2 books I'm going to read on the team SS. one short and one very long.

How much info do you want entered in the Crayola Towers column? We need every letter in the alphabet except "Q" and "X". The letter we need most is "E" - 21 of them - yes, I did a spreadsheet to figure this out - I am truly an accounting geek🤣🤣.

Take a look at how I entered it to see if this is what you had in mind.

Judy wrote: "Melanie wrote: "A little late (curse you Goodreads for your notification issues), but hello everyone!

I'm Melanie and I live in New Jersey, USA with my husband and our 2 cats including the very ha..."

Kings of the Wyld is not available at my library🤦‍♀️. Of course, I read the other BOM, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau last month and can't help out there.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "All you Audio speed readers - I actually listen to a lot of audio but have to do it at normal speed unless the narrator is abnormally slow. I have to force myself to focus too much on audio, so spe..."

@Erin - I am somewhat picky on narrators as well. If start listening and can't get into the narrator voice or accent, I'll have to stop. Some books also have too many characters with odd names, and I can tell from the beginning it's not going to be a good audiobook for me. The highest speed I usually use 1.2 because like you, I lose focus.

Looks like a great team so far! I'm impressed with some of the audiobook speed rates😮 - this should be fun!

Hello fellow team members - I'm Bernadette and I see a few names I recognize from other teams I've been on.

I live in a suburb of Philadelphia with my husband and his cat. My daughter got engaged several months ago so we are planning a wedding for December 2023.🥰 During the day I'm a part-time CPA/tax accountant at a national accounting firm so I’m coming off of my busy season.

I prefer a real book to an e-book but about 4 years ago I started listening to audiobooks when my work commute changed, and I love them as well and that has increased my reading. I am a big library user and actually served on the Board of Directors of a local library where I grew up for 25 years and am currently on the Board of Directors of the local library where I live now, of course I am the treasurer!

I'll read almost anything if I have to for the team, but my favorites are Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery and Thriller. I'm not a fan of SciFi but I do like Fantasy.

My favorite book so far this year has been The House of Eve.

My TTX shelf is https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Ashley wrote: "Thieves!

We are on our 5th spell-out! What we really need are TEAL books, so if anyone has one they think they can get through, go for it!

@Kirsten: When you get a sec - add a read date to Hidden..."

I'll look at the TEAL list to see if an audiobook is available from my library. I just finished one this morning and can get one done by tomorrow,

I'll be reading this one

Ashley wrote: "Putting this here for easy reference: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..."

Thanks - I was hoping 🤞 maybe it would be a Zombie list that wasn't M/M. This good too but I've already read so many of them😭

I've finished my last book for this round. I assume the tab for the next round will be up soon??

Trio wrote: "I honestly couldn't tell from the rules... all I could find is where it says "no mc's", so I thought it was worth at least asking :)"

While I'm not the captain here, I've been a co-captain for other challenges and yes - nonfiction is allowed - they just don't have characters.

Captains, The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin has Poetry listed as one of the MPGs. I can't find a word count but the audiobook I have is 4hours and 24 minutes long. Does it pass the test?

Jessica wrote: "Don't think I'm liking Red White & Royal Blue. I was really enjoying the first 30% and then it's become not...what I was expecting. Not where I thought this story was going I guess? It's very tumblr."

It was 3-star book for me. It was OK. I've found I don't really like the fake American royalty and/or real British royalty romance fiction.

I finished my last book for this round😀

I will have my book done for tomorrow.

Do I get extra points for reading our current word??🤣😂 Currently reading The Cartographers

Deanna wrote: "New tab is up for round 2 if anyone wants to add books."

I added an "S" column to the tracking SS.

Kirsten wrote: "First time in this challenge—I should log every book I read over 160 pages, right? Even if it’s not blue, long, or a space opera?

TIA"

Yes!

Ashley wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "Team Captains - there is an error on our official team SS.

Cell C4 on the Round 1 tab should be =sum(J10:J) - right now it only picking up our points through line 15.

There i..."

SS looks good👍

Team Captains - there is an error on our official team SS.

Cell C4 on the Round 1 tab should be =sum(J10:J) - right now it only picking up our points through line 15.

There is also an error on the Member Info tab. Cell D2 is correct but the formula needs to be copied down the rest of the column. There is a bad formula on line 3 to 10.

The accountant in me couldn't help but check - I love a good SS. 😂😂

Ashley wrote: "Ok, so some clarification was posted about the BOM's. Of note, to gain participation credit players must:
- start reading on or after 1 Nov 22
- finish reading by the end of the challenge
- respond..."

@Ashley - I finished the book on 10/30!

Ashley wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "Ashley wrote: "An exciting announcement from the NBRC Mods!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Of co..."

I read Other Birds 2 weeks ago and Apples Never Fall in June