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

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

Yasmine - I always have an audiobook and paper book going at the same time so I looked at this rule - from the official instructions - here is the page count for audiobooks:

" Audio books are allowed. (For page numbers, use the "default" GR book page numbers. If the "default" is a Large Print version, use the next most popular edition for page numbers.
If there is no print / ebook, then the audio book must be longer than 3 hours, and page numbers will be set at 100 pages, no matter how long the audio is)"

Melissa, you’re right. 4PM EST for us. I have a head cold & wasn’t thinking right🤦‍♀️

Yasmine wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Countdown is found in one of the first comments in this thread but it's also here. https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown......"

Yasmine - depends on your time zone. For me (east coast USA) - it is 8PM Sunday night. It's currently 8AM as I write this.

I'll be avoiding longer audiobooks for the next few days, finish the paper book I just started and see if I can get another shorter one in before 4PM eastern time on May 15th when we start🥰

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Does anyone remember if they go by start and finish dates or only finish dates for this challenge? I tried to look through this thread and the all about thread and couldn't find the answer or I jus..."

Found this - "Books must be started after the start date of the challenge to count towards the challenge"

@Alysa, we were on the same Wheel VI team with @Melissa as the captain😊 - I'm a huge fan/lover of libraries and librarians.

@Melissa - I live in Media and work in Plymouth Meeting, where are you? Maybe I will work in a library as my retirement job, but for now I'm a CPA/tax accountant (35+ years now)😂🖥️✏️💸

Hello fellow team members - I'm Bernadette. I just finished my first co-captain position in UNO and it was fun

I live about 10 miles outside of Philadelphia, PA. I'm a tax accountant so I'm coming out on my busy work season.

I prefer a real book to an e-book but about 3 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.

I can read almost any genre but do not really like science fiction.

This is my second Tower Teams and am looking forward to it😀

So, it's been an odd UNO so far, I'm sure it's not supposed to go the way it has for my team. we are dead last 😥 - not even close to the next team. We apparently got some books from the UNO Pixie because we had so many team member issues. We've lost three members - both of original captains.

It can only get better.

My UNO team got off to a tough start. We didn't hear from either captain for the first week at all. On our captains was replaced on day 14 - we now have a new co-captain. We didn't have a tracking/planning SS until we got a new co-captain but do now. So, I guess I have so-so team.

Looks like we are near the bottom of the current standings.

I think I've gotten the hang of it now!

I'll miss this group.

No U here - why don't you finish us up. I'll be sorry to see this end😥. It's been great travelling with you all😊💕

SS is up and ready for our last stop😥

Carrie wrote: "Looks like 1 is our winner!

Alyana - do you want to fill in the missing letter with your book then? Thanks!"

I'll compete the SS for our final stop tonight.

Yikes Shy - hope everyone gets better soon and you survive😉

Snowtulip wrote: "Whew, glad your thread is open now Bernadette :)

I'm in that crazy state now where I don't want to read any cover color books in case I need them for UNO ;D"

Our last team member just checked in this morning, so NO planning has actually been done yet. Our original captain had COVID so that as part of the delay now the co-captain is the captain, and the original captain is the co-captain🤦‍♀️ It can only get better - we start in a week!

Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "I claimed 2 spots if someone wants one of them. I just finished a book for Z today if no one wants that. LMK"

I've been looking for a "Z" book but couldn't find one - glad you could Patti!

I looked at the team assignment SS and it looks like the captain & o-captain have switched spots, so I'm guessing that is part of the hold up.

No info for the first round has been posted yet🙄

Patience is a virtue😂🤣

I tried to do a quick fix of the date issue but was unsuccessful. Didn't get a chance to get back to it. Hopefully Alyana has success. If not, no big deal.

Alyana wrote: "Thanks to you both Carrie and Bernadette.

Oh no, I hope your captains will show up soon and prep everything."

My team thread is the only one still locked. I did get a friend request from the co-captain though. I'm not feeling good about how my first UNO is starting.....

Carrie wrote: "Thanks to the person who added the beautiful picture!"

🙋‍♀️ - guilty

Thanks for setting up the SS Carrie.

Looking forward to UNO. My team thread is still locked though....

I vote for #1 or #3

It's 20 degrees outside today. I want to go back to the Virgin Islands😎🏖🏞.

Looks like we still have 2 stops left. Are we finishing or stopping now?