Nanci’s Comments (group member since Jan 29, 2016)

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

Janine,
Could you please add your book, "I've Got This" to your shelf.
Thanks!

Wow, busy with old friends, so haven't checked the thread for a few days. Xylophone! Really??? I thought it was bad enough to have Synthesizer. Maybe we're getting the hardest first and then we'll catch a break. We can do it, regardless. Our team is fierce!

I'll check cities with my upcoming reads and report back later.

I just went in to check the spreadsheet and noticed I hadn't put a read date yet for Horse or added it to my shelf. I was going to add it and write my review after I put it on the spreadsheet, but we were running out the door to a party and I forgot. It's on there now!

I was reading a few books simultaneously, so good to get them on the SS before our travels tomorrow!

Cordelia wrote: "I have today off as I am preparing for a trip I have TOMORROW (I am excited about it!) which also means plane reading. Not sure how much reading I'll do on the actual trip but I have a long travel ..."

Happy plane reading and enjoy your trip!
We are driving from Virginia tomorrow back to our former hometown of Columbus, Ohio. It's about 8 hours and my husband loves to drive, so I'll be getting in some good reading time. I'll be busy while there for the week, so it will be good to have the commute time.

Lindsay, sorry you’ve had some issues with the SS. GR can be sensitive sometimes. Glad it seems to be sorted out.
Suzanne thanks for your work in getting so much done on the SS. Second place! Wow, we are doing great team! I am close to finishing a few of my books. Today meeting friends for a polo match, so will be able to read while my husband drives about 90 minutes to and from. Gorgeous fall day here in the mountains of Virginia!

Janeylou wrote: "So presuming we can get 2 more words done ..what letters do we need .
Im planning on doing a Y soon"

Like Suzanne mentioned those harder to find letters are great. I was going to ask you to see if you could read for Z, because my library copy still has not arrived, but then I looked at the updated spreadsheet and we have Z's enough for repeating our word 4 times. One of them from you, Janine, already. Way to go team!

Suzanne wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Suzanne, I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask in case others have the same situation.

My book, [book:Mars and Venus in the Bedroom: A Guide to Lasting Ro..."

That's what I figured. So glad we have all our cover colors and instrument words done!

Suzanne, I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask in case others have the same situation.

My book, Mars and Venus in the Bedroom: A Guide to Lasting Romance and Passion is non-fiction and neither the title or author work for our word "synthesizer". However, it does have a white cover. Will it work in any way for points? I read it for another reason, so no biggie if it doesn't fit, just wanted to be sure.

"Ask and ye shall receive". This is certainly true when it comes to asking for Y and Z books! You all do Rap!

Kari-so great when a book works for multiple reasons!

Looks like a lot of our team is currently on Turf challenge, so tomorrow there will be a lot of finished books. We are all good at making things work for multiple challenges!

Hooray Kari for reading a “Y” book. Even better that you loved the book!

You are the BEST, Janine! Thanks so much!

For our word, "synthesizer" we are going to need those hard letters of "Y" and "Z" to complete our words. I plan on reading "Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow" where the author's last name starts with a Z, but I'm waitlisted at the library. If you don't have a specific book in mind and can read something that works for those letters, that would be awesome!

It happens to all of us!

Janine, as much as you read you’re bound to forget sometimes! Haha! Most of us forget at times too.

Amanda's books look white to me, but I do see the gray shading.

Yay! My notifications are now working!
What a cool thing to get for retirement, Suzanne! I should look for that and do the same. We've been to 34, and we'll go to Everglades in January when we stay at our place in FL. Sadly, we missed a few in Alaska, so we probably won't get to all of them, but that's ok.

Sorry I've been absent for a bit. I have my notification set correctly, but for some reason I'm not getting the notifications for this team. I just changed it and then changed it back. Hopefully that does the trick.

Good to catch up with all that's new!

Lindsay-welcome to our team! We're a warm and welcoming bunch and glad you've joined us. I'm the team co-captain and please feel free to ask any questions you might have.

Cordelia- being a librarian was second choice for me from being a teacher or school counselor. When I was getting my master's in school counseling, I almost changed my major. I loved my work as a counselor, but there were days I wished I was the librarian. She and I were best friends at work and talked books all the time. So cool you were able to touch such an old book!

Suzanne-glad you had a great time in Yellowstone. Our goal is to visit all the National Parks (got to Denali about a month ago) and shockingly we have not yet been to Yellowstone. We were supposed to go one year, but our flight got cancelled and we couldn't make it. We will get there one day! Sorry about your dad. It's got to be so hard when your parent has that disease. Many of my friend's have gone through that with their parents and it is exhausting. Hugs.

I signed up as backup for Suzanne for the BOM How to Sell a Haunted House. I don't like Horror and not much into Paranormal, but it does sound funny so maybe it will temper the deadly scary parts. The things we do for challenges! *shaking in my boots!

I can be a backup for Suzanne on Team Rap.

I love how many challenges you all do! Amanda, Janine and Bobbi I could never manage that, but hats off to you for sure.

I get a little stressed when I'm in more than three. One thing that would make it less stressful for me would be if the rules were the same for all challenges. When each challenge is different concerning minimum #of pages, number of months for rereads, time frame when books can be started, etc. I get mixed up. It is very satisfying though when you can get one book to work for numerous challenges.

Yay for lining up those white covers!

Cordelia, tell us about your job and how you work with books. Sounds like a dream!