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

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

Nancy wrote: "Possibilities:

by Orhan Pamuk
Spell letters: N or P (pity we've got no O in this one)
Pages: 200
Tasks: 199 although there's sure to be ..."

Hey Nancy! Way to come up with both Turkey and Umbrella tags!

Planning for BOM book

Book: Five Feet Apart
Author: Rachael Lippincott
Pages: 288 pages Audio
Date read: TBR
Letters: N, S, G, R
Tag: Bacteria? Haven't found it yet
Task: 56, 62, 124, 130, 175?(set in US), 179

Planning for BOM book

Book: The Jetsetters
Author: Amanda Eyre Ward
Pages: 352 pages Audio (Recorded Books)
Date read: TBR
Tag: None found
Letters: T, A, C, R
Tasks: 8, 40, 61, 115, 124, 126, 127, 150, 161

Chava wrote: "Nanci wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Just a meandering post to clarify my understanding.

Our first word to spell out (if I’m reading spreadsheet right - which is very debatable) is Egyptian Cruise - th..."

This is from the rules under the Tag section:
Books must be used in the spell out to qualify for Tag points.

So I believe the answer to your question is yes. One book can be used for multiple reasons, such as a task and a tag. The more you can find for your book, the more points that book earns. If I'm wrong, someone please feel free to correct me! ;)

Jessi,
I signed up as a backup DQ writer for you for the BOM The Jetsetters and Five Feet Apart. I joined Scribd, so I now have copies of each of the ebooks. The wait at my library was long and with the free 2 month trial, it seems like a good deal!

I will for sure participate in the discussion, if you don't need me to write the questions. Can we have an unlimited number of people on our team joining the discussion for the extra points? Also, can the BOM books be used for spell it outs too?

I'll be backup for Jessi for writing DQs for Team Travelling Cat Chronicles.

Talia wrote: "Shannon wrote: "any suggestions on how to get this book quickly with the quarantine. My library is closed and they only have 8 ebooks. Im 107th in line :("

If you like audiobooks, the audiobook ju..."

Thanks for that tip, Talia! I signed up and now have the audio version!

I'll be backup for Jessi for writing DQ's. I'm also on The Travelling Cat Chronicles team.

Again, just for me to remember...second book I plan to read.

Book: Stories We Never Told
Author: Sonja Yoerg
Pages: 328
Date Read: TBR
Tag: (none found)
Letters: Could work for S, Y, N, C
Tasks: 22, 28, 124, 136, 143, 162

Here is the first book I plan to read. I will put it on the spreadsheet once it's ready. This is more just to help me remember it than anything else!

Book: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Author: Christy Lefteri
Pages: 400
Date Read: TBR
Tag: turkey (page 4;2 people)
Letters: Could work for C, N, A (maybe S (Syria), T (Turkey), or Y (Yorkshire). The characters in the book seem to travel to those places.
Tasks: Works for any of the following: 34, 38, 49, 77, 131, 143, 157, 199

Hi there! Nanci from team Travelling Cat Chronicles, just popping in to say hello! Our teams both have EGYPTIAN CRUISE for our spell outs! Best of luck!

Sally906 wrote: "Just a meandering post to clarify my understanding.

Our first word to spell out (if I’m reading spreadsheet right - which is very debatable) is Egyptian Cruise - the colour is Cyan so tag words a..."

Sally, you've done a fabulous job understanding the rules and your explanation has been helpful for me too! I played Wheel last year, but I've forgotten exactly how it works, so thanks for that. I too need to know how to find the tags. I love the challenges...I always learn something new about navigating the GR site!

Sally906 wrote: "Hi everyone

This is my first Wheelathon - but I have been on quite a few NBRC team challenges over the years and made some good friends. So looking forwards to catching up with long time friends o..."

Sally,
We love to visit Canada! Such a gorgeous country! We used to live in New Hampshire so we could get to Montreal in Quebec in just about 90 minutes. We have skied Whistler a few times...a beautiful big mountain. Last summer we took a great trip in the western provinces. We took a train from Vancouver to Banff. Once there we spent 2 weeks hiking all around the area. Every view was just outstanding!

We stayed at an Airbnb right across the street from the stadium. It was an added bonus that the Australian Open was at the same time! We are avid tennis players and didn't realize it was that week when we planned the vacation about 8 months in advance. So we attended the Open one day/night and lucked out with beautiful weather. Another day we took a private bike tour throughout the city for 4 hours where we saw lots of sights. Our final day we walked all around and hung out a lot on the river. Your city was so clean and easy to maneuver! It's very vibrant!

Nancy, we stayed one day in Adelaide on our trip. It was a day when the hot winds were there in January, so it was really warm! The area was fun to explore!

So cool that so many of you are from Australia. We loved your country! It would be a dream to go back someday again, although it probably won’t happen. Melbourne is one of my favorite big cities in the world. We didn’t have time to see Sydney.
Such fun learning about all of you!

Hi team, I'm Nanci. My husband and I have been married for 40 years and we live outside of Richmond, VA.

We have 3 grown children and 6 adorable grandchildren. Of course they're adorable, they're grandchildren!

I have been retired for 6 years now, from the education field where I spent 32 years working as a elementary classroom teacher (lots of grade levels) and the last 19 years as an elementary school counselor. I got much satisfaction our of my career, and now I'm enjoying retired life.

Traveling is a favorite pastime for my husband and l and we have been lucky to have had many trips over the years. Our ski trips all over the western US are always fun, but we also had an amazing time on our huge trip to Australia, New Zealand, Bora Bora and Hawaii that we had saved up for forever and finally got to take a few years ago. Where we go doesn't matter as much to us; it's more about meeting new people, learning about new cultures and being active.

We've done a few private sailing trips that we have loved, so our dream vacation next on the books would be to sail in the Greek Islands.

A favorite author/book is a hard question for me, as on any given day I could say something different, but my favorite book I've read so far this year has been American Dirt.

Looking forward to getting to know our very large team!
My challenge shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Cats and dogs in cones are so pathetic! I always felt so bad for ours when they had to endure it. They would look at us like, "Please help get this annoying thing off me!" Then they would startle themselves when catching the side of it while walking by a table leg. Poor babies!

Oh do come visit anytime, Judith! We can have some virtual drinks together!

Judith wrote: "Cat wrote: "PS: also, you were not an annoying bung-hole, Judith! Must try harder! ;-P"

I know, I will. #NBRCcaptaingoals"

Hey Judith! I'll miss being on the same team with you!
*waves happily*