SandyL’s Comments (group member since May 11, 2015)

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

FYI - there is another BOM set to start on 22 July:


If you want to volunteer to write DQ's for extra team points here is the link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Happy Saturday! Does anyone have fun plans for the weekend?

We've had a really mild summer so far here in SoCal, but it's going to get hot today! I bought an above-ground pool that my brother is going to set up this weekend. Of course, my 8-year-old nephew will be monopolizing it. 😎

Hi beautiful green girls!!
Great job - we're on our 6th spell-out of our word and the only mini-challenge words we still need are Black Widow and White Woman, which I believe Suzanne is reading for (if not, let us know asap) - otherwise we've got our 25 words! We've also got all our genre books in - awesome!!!

Countdown Clock

Please post a note when you're done for this round - thanks!

Devann wrote: "just wanted to say that i edited in some pages/sentences for the words for the two books that i posted earlier today over in the books read thread"

Thanks Devann!

Planning sheet and Team spreadsheet updated to here

Completion Post


All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins
Pages: 409
Completed: 7/9/19
Genre: No
B - character - Bronte
E - character - Elmira
G - character - Callie Grey
I - character - Ian
Mini:
Creepy - pg 98 "Here I'd thought Louis was creepy!"
hide - pg 121 "I had to hide it among the other...."
dark - pg 26 "his eyes went dark..."


Bounty by Kristen Ashley
Pages: 514
Completed: 7/10/19
Genre: No
B - title - Bounty
E - narrator - Emma Taylor
Mini:
Charles Manson - pg 191 "..he was about as huggable as Charles Manson"


Getting Wound Up by Jennifer Bernard and Erin Nicholas
Pages: 232
Completed: 7/10/19
Genre: No
B - author - Jennifer Bernard
E - character - Eli
G - title - Getting
Mini:
night - pg 18 "One night isn't going to be nearly....."
knife - pg 188 "Caitlyn put her knife down...."
horror - pg 22 "Horror rushing through him....."


The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
Pages: 672
Completed: 7/11/19
Genre: No
G - character - Aiden Graves
Mini:
terror - loc 3217 "Count me in to this trial of terror."
stalker - loc 227 "But that was all something a stalker could learn"
monster - loc 4492 "prove to myself that it wasn't a monster...."


If I Only Knew by Corinne Michaels
Pages: 316
Completed: 7/11/19
B - character - Danielle Bergen
I - title - If

added to spreadsheet

Devann wrote: "U's are tricky but at least there's no repeating letters, that should help some. don't think i will be much help with shifters as i usually avoid books with werewolf main characters like the plague..."

I've got plenty of alpha-male shifter books (they aren't all wolves, either) and I love them, so it's all good!

Good morning/afternoon everyone!!!


Our next word and genre are out - UMBER and SHIFTERS

Sigh - that pesky 1 page!!! Still lots of points Suzanne - thanks!

Devann wrote: "i'm going to finish my first i book today and then i should be able to fit 2 more in this week i hope - 1 audio and 1 arc. i's are weirdly hard to find, like you wouldn't think they were so scarce ..."

Thanks Devann!

Suzanne wrote: "Wow that is great!

Is anyone reading "white woman"? I'm not sure what the captain's group decided about that one - I know at least on of my books has "white woman" as a phrase - like "she was an o..."

That phrase would work Suzanne!

We're doing great chicas!!! We only need 1 more genre book and 10 more mini words!!!

We're still short on "I's" but it looks like there are several in the works so we should be good. I hope everyone is enjoying their books!!!

Planning Sheet and Team Spreadsheet and Mini updated to here

Completion Post


Before Girl by Kate Canterbary
Pages: 382
Completed: 7/9/19
Genre: No

B - title - Before
E - character - Erin
Mini:
sofa - pg 236 - 'my bedroom was seven steps from the sofa'
hide - pg 160 - 'I couldn't hide in Seattle forever'
poison - pg 162 - 'choose which type of poison to ingest'
knife - pg 255 - 'wielding an enormous knife'
woods - pg 18 - 'or kill me in the woods'

Joanne wrote: "SandyL wrote: "@Joanne - did you/are you doing the DQ's for Daisy Jones? If so, can you please add a link to your first post? Thanks!!"

Sure. I didn't post earlier because I thought it was mention..."

Sorry Joanne, you're right!

Team planning sheet updated to here

@Joanne - did you/are you doing the DQ's for Daisy Jones? If so, can you please add a link to your first post? Thanks!!

Joanne wrote: "Looks like we're in need of books that work for I, so I'm going to pick up a short one.

As we start deciding which book we will use for each word, can we get some crossed off or made clear that i..."

Thanks for looking for I's @Joanne!
So far there are only a couple of books posted that are using the Standard Words - we'll mark them off as we use them on the Wk4Mini tab on the spreadsheet.

It doesn't matter @Suzanne, so read the one you think you'll enjoy most.

If it's okay, I'll take Charles Manson.

Yep, there's something about those disasters that glue you to TV to find out what's going on. Last year we had the terrible wildfires nearby and it was the same thing.