Annalisa’s Comments (group member since May 04, 2018)

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

Sheila wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Sheila wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Avarice Mini Card words There is a good bit of over lap between the three cards. I would recommend we pick one card and work on words on that card. ..."

It is 49 books total, but I do think if we focus on one card we can get rows/lines and that will give us more points.

I've looked over the cards again, and I think I would prefer card 1 or 3. I'm eliminating 2 because it has more proper nouns and I think those might be harder to find.

I don’t have a preference. They are all very similar to me.

I agree we need to pick one so we can focus on getting lines.

Sheila wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Avarice Mini Card words There is a good bit of over lap between the three cards. I would recommend we pick one card and work on words on that card.

Card 1
sapphire
art
money
woma..."
Do these words have to be in the title, text or just overall themes within a book?

We have to justify why we are using them. So for instance I'm listening to Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street. I could see this being used for multiple words.
Money and man because it is in the subtitle.
art - because there is an art collector
wealthy - because many of the people discussed in the book are billionaires.
greed - because these are greedy people taking advantage of inside trading.

I could probably justify a few other words as well from the cards. Does that help?

Yes I will check the story.

Avarice Mini Card words There is a good bit of over lap between the three cards. I would recommend we pick one card and work on words on that card.

Card 1
sapphire
art
money
woman
car
man
power
coin
extravagant
chairman
cake
might
oyster
pretty
exclusive
Riviera
diamond
heir
bling
king
gown
artist
mighty
butler
Greed
jewelry
glittery
map
glutton
politician
ascension
wealthy
princess
caviar
queen
hoard
clothes
painting
banquet
conquer
treasure
crown
bottle
champagne
obese
food
emerald
gold
jet

Card 2
gold
car
succession
glutton
Riviera
jewelry
truffles
diamond
food
hoard
politician
horse
woman
conquer
emerald
ruby
talented
sapphire
wealthy
Croesus
sheik
clothes
silver
exclusive
Greed
oyster
palace
treasure
gown
obese
extravagant
shiny
caviar
Midas
water
coin
artist
power
king
boat
ascension
mighty
art
ball
champagne
man
aristocracy
map
prince

Card 3
hoard
artist
lobster
Riviera
money
jet
aristocracy
glutton
treasure
extravagant
ruby
rich
pretty
art
gown
success
ball
princess
cake
oyster
ascension
more
truffles
man
Greed
bling
politician
talented
mansion
Midas
queen
water
emerald
bottle
successful
sultan
exclusive
champagne
mighty
horse
caviar
silver
glittery
might
coin
wealty
king
steak
woman

For the up coming mini, I would suggest we pick one of the three cards and focus on books that fit the words on that card. I do not have a preference for any of the cards.

Completion Post

Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare
Pages: 370
Date: November 9, 2019
Rating: 4 stars

Fits:
Vanity - Purple cover (it looks purple to me)
Gluttony - historical fiction top shelf

Mini:
Scoundrel can be an adjective for a person or a role.

Completion Post

Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare
Pages: 389
Date: November 6, 2019
Rating: 4 stars

Fits:
Sloth - blue cover
Gluttony - historical Fiction top shelf

Mini:
Rogue can be an adjective for a person or a role.

Thanks, Cat.

The bingo cards have not been posted yet.

I can’t speak for everyone else, but I’ve had pretty bad allergies this week, so between work and NaNoWriMo (write 50,000 words of a novel) I‘ve only been reading updates and not really posting.

I’ll be around to answer questions on here but for November I’m going to be primarily focused on writing.

The bad books start now. They just continue for longer than a week.

Sail ♛ wrote: "I have a completed book to add but goodreads is glitching out and won’t let me do anything right now ugh. I’ve tried using my laptop and my phone to no avail. Anyone else having problems?"

I didn’t have a problem adding my book just now. Hopefully it works in just a minute.

Completion Post

In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
Date: November 3, 2019
Pages: 353 default I listened to the audiobook
Rating: 4 stars

Fits:
Vanity - contemporary
Gluttony- pink cover

Mini:
3 - Richard rear ends Evelyn when she has borrowed the car from her employer.

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Sarah wrote: "I was thinking the same thing, Sheila. Thank you for posting it Paula!

Btw, I know we get credit for BOM. Do we also get credit for Buddy Reads?"

There isn't credit for Buddy Reads this year.

Completion Post

After the Abduction by Sabrina Jeffries
Date: November 2, 2019
Pages: 384
Rating: 4 stars

Fits:
Gluttony - historical fiction

Mini:
117 - there is a red dress on the cover.

Day one of National Novel Writing Month. That said I’ll be procrastinating on good reads but may not be on as much. Is anyone else participating in NaNoWriMo?

I wasn’t sure I would like it being dyslexic, but while mine is very different from the narrators I found the book did a very good job showing the struggles of a traditional education. I’m going to be recommending it to my teacher friends and others.

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