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

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

Spreadsheet is updated - we are taking a detour! Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter T. That shouldn't be too hard - I hope...

Carrie wrote: "I vote for the detour this time around.

Bernadette,

Would you please set up the spreadsheet for the next round? Since the majority of players have stated spell it out or detour is acceptable, yo..."

Oh - the pressure of choosing😱! I'll setup the SS and let you all know when it is done.

Carrie wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Looks like most of us have grabbed and/or completed a spot. Several spots are available for anyone who wants to grab an additional letter.

I haven't received a r..."

Thanks. So we have 7 members now for scoring, correct?

@Carrie, Pula is in Croatia - you got it right!

Long spell out or detour are fine with me. Definitely NOT a Croatian author or a book set in Croatia.

Carrie wrote: "Looks like most of us have grabbed and/or completed a spot. Several spots are available for anyone who wants to grab an additional letter.

I haven't received a reply from Jessi so I'm thinking sh..."

Carrie, question - do we look for a new 8th member since Jessi hasn't responded to you or participated in the first the 3 stops? How does that work?

Looks like we still have "I" left to fill.

Meghan, the tracking spreadsheet is at message 2 "Your itinerary is here". We are currently on the Malabo tab.

Carrie wrote: "We are back to 7 players (once the mods add Meghan) so I think we need to do the longer spell it out."

SS is setup! Let's travel again. Welcome Meghan.

Carrie wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "Carrie wrote: "We get more points for the detour but it may limit what people really want to read.

I'm good with either spell it out or detour."

@Carrie, I agree but until we h..."

@Carrie, I will setup the SS - are spelling out Malabo or Equatorial Guinea??

Carrie wrote: "We get more points for the detour but it may limit what people really want to read.

I'm good with either spell it out or detour."

@Carrie, I agree but until we hear from Jessi, the max we can get from a detour is 25 and the max we can get from spellout is 25. Detour requires 7 people read a book on the detour for additional 15 points and everyone to read a book for extra 10 points.

But I can go either way.

Carrie wrote: "I have not heard back from Jess. It looks like she has activity on her page for the last 2 days but it was just updates on books she is currently reading.

Up to you all how long we want to wait f..."

I added back my "L" book on the SS. This stop is complete. Move on to the next on?

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Did we cover all the letters? I saw L but wasn't sure if someone was taking that last one as I finished my A book."

Shy - I had an "L" book listed but took it off in case Jessi wanted it. Carrie is reaching out to her. Looks like we get points if everyone participates. I can always put it back in.

— Massiel wrote: "Snowtulip wrote: "Took a look at the spreadsheet, looks like all the letters are taken..."

I can delete one of mine, the R works for you?"

Do we still have Jessi? I will remove one of mine so we can have everyone to contribute to this round if she is still with us.

I removed "L" - so it's available.

Carrie wrote: "I loved The Broken Girls btw!"

Enjoying it so far. I also liked The Sun Down Motel by the same author.

SS is updated! Have fun reading....

Carrie wrote: "Spell it out rules:

Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first..."

I'm good with the spellout as well. Glad it's not Brazil😀.

I'll setup the spreadsheet page.

Carrie wrote: "Ok. So our new team member isn't going to work out. I'll keep an eye out on the hitchhiker and join a team threads for possible new members.

Do we want to finish out this round? We have enough pe..."

I've removed Kirsty. I'm OK with moving on if everyone else is.

kirsty gray wrote: "Qould this book be suitable??

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

When i searched for books set in argentina this came up but reading the blurb i dont think it is all set in arg..."

I think that works. I was thinking about that one. Sounds interesting....

kirsty gray wrote: "Thanks for gaving me!! What do i need to do for this task and ill get right onto it xx"

Welcome - I added you to the drop down list on the spreadsheet.

I finished mine and posted it on the SS.