Navi’s Comments (group member since Mar 05, 2018)

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

Laura wrote: "Great job on the tags M. Does anyone else have any books planned that will work for our tags this round?"

I'm currently reading Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made which has a 'games' tag!

Laura wrote: "Sorry, I meant to post this last night:

For non -fiction books we can only use title, author, narrator.
Also for tags they can be singular or plural but otherwise no variations"

That's good to know. Thank you!

Challenge completed!

Vianvamp wrote: "Oh I fell down a hole. My friend got me started on Tiger King and then I watched the Haunting of Hill House."

Omg Tiger King was a wild ride! I'm really excited to watch Hill House but I want to read the book first :)

Laura wrote: "I'm reading three books at once too. I prefer to have one, start it, finish and start another. What does everyone else prefer?"

I would love to be a "one book at a time" reader but my sweet spot is 2 - 3. I like to have a nonfiction and fiction book on the go because I don't always feel like reading dense biographies or histories (i.e., right before bed) so the fiction helps with that!

Mary wrote: "Sorry that I have been absent the past couple of days. There was a positive case of covid at my kids daycare. So we've decided to quarantine for 14 days and we've been working on getting into a new..."

Oh no, Mary! That's so scary. I hope you and your family are doing okay

Scratch that! I see Jenn is reading for U :)

Navi wrote: "I'll take the R if that's okay!"

Actually the book I’m currently reading has a character last name that starts with U. I know that’s a hard letter to read for so I’ll read for that instead of R!

Completion Post
by London Lovett
read: July 1
pages: 198
works for :

E - Elsie, character
G - Gigi Upton
Y - Kate Yardley, character
P - Port Danby Cozy Mystery Series, series title
T - Marty Tate, character
N - Jack Norris, character
C - Chuck, character
R - Ryder, character
U - Tom Upton
S - Sandra Tuttle, character

Tags: none

task:

101 Read #11-20 in a series - #11 in the Port Danby Cozy Mystery Series

Hi Danielle! Here are a few recommendations for you (All of them are on your "owned shelf"!):

Fantasy
The Emperor's Blades
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Elantris
Three Dark Crowns

I don't read a ton of Space Opera so don't have recommendations in that genre (sorry!)

-Navi (Team Pants)

July Ice Cream Challenge
Duration: July 1 - August 31, 2020
Goal: Two Scoops: 8-18 books
Completed: 8/8 books

G - Gone with the Wind
R - Lavender and Lies
E - An Excess Male
E - Something to Talk About
N - No Holds Barred

T - The Idiot
E - Cornflowers and Corpses
A - Shadows of Self

Laura wrote: "Happy Canada Day, Navi & M!"

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦!! Hope you are enjoying your day off ☺️

I'll take the R if that's okay!

Completion Post
by Walter Isaacson
read: June 27
pages: 656
works for :

E - Edwin Catmull, character
G - Bill Gates, character
Y - Del Yocam, character
P - Patty Jobs, character
T - Tim Cook, character
I - Walter Isaacson, author
A - Alan Kay, character
N - Nolan Bushnell, character
C - Chrisann Brennan, character
R - Robert Iger, character
S - Steve Jobs, title

Tags: none

task:

63 Read a book featuring a celebration - "They sold some to pay off the mortgage on their Los Altos home, and their some came over for the little celebration." - pg. 106

Completion Post
by London Lovett
read: June 27
pages: 198
works for :

E - Elsie, character
P - Port Danby Cozy Mystery Series, series title
T - Terry, character
A - Avery, character
N - Officer Nettles, character
C - Horace Crampton, character
R - Ryder, character

Tags: none

task:

93 Read #10 in a series - #10 in the Port Danby Cozy Mystery Series

Richard wrote: "That's interesting you say that about your big book definition as it differs to my own. I see my normal book going at 400 - 500 pages (probably because most crime/thriller books I read seem to be in this range) and then anything in the 600-900 range is big and anything beyond that is a monster (I'm looking at you Gone with the Wind!)."

I'm surprised by how engrossing Gone with the Wind is, Richard! Definitely doesn't read like a big tome :)

I finished Steve Jobs (will post my completion a bit later) and I loved it! It was so well written and I really liked how the author took such an objective view on a complicated individual. I admit I shed a few tears when I got to the end!

No plans for Canada Day! This is the first time where I’ve had a stat holiday in the middle of the week lol

I'll wait for you to get your copy, Laura! In the meantime, I will start reading my long nonfiction pick - Freud: The Making of an Illusion!

Yay, that thread's up! Laura, I will wait for you to get your copy before we start chatting :)

Laura-
I started reading Gone with the wind yesterday and am 25% done. Sorry didnt realize how much I read. My internet was down the whole weekend so I didn't have any distractions lol! When were you planning on starting? I'm really enjoying it so far!