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

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

Laura wrote: "Team Pants,
You read a whooping 106 books( I did see another team read more than us) for round 1 and we are currently in 4th place. Hats off to you all- that was a round well read and you all did a..."

My favourites from this round were If I Had Your Face and The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After!

I vote for either spell out

No offense taken, Laura! I underestimated my totals because of summer as well. I have tons of longer books that I need to read so harm done :)

M wrote: "Navi....Laura.... are you lurking on my bookshelf? I also have a copy of Reamde planned for this round too. Shall we buddy read it? I love Stephenson and would like to hear what other people think."

Yay, M! Gone with the Wind and Reamde are two very different books so I think I should be okay buddy reading them both.

The only Stephenson book I've read is Seveneves which I unfortunately did not enjoy that much but I'm looking forward to Reamde! When would you like to start reading? I would like to finish my current book - Steve Jobs but I don't have much longer to go so I can start anytime :)

Laura wrote: "Navi- Awesome, I think it will be fun to talk about with someone else. Reviews look promising. My copy should come in on Thursday. I will request a thread later tonight or tomorrow night if you haven't gotten to it before me."

Great, Laura! I'm looking forward to it!

Here are a few long books that I have read and highly recommend (500+ pages):

Fiction:
Ducks, Newburyport
4 3 2 1
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Priory of the Orange Tree
A Book of American Martyrs
The Book of Strange New Things
The Emperor's Blades
The Stand
The Count of Monte Cristo
A Little Life
The Nix

Nonfiction:
Cronkite
Ali: A Life
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
Leonardo da Vinci
The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Oscar: A Biography

Laura wrote: "Team Pants-
I'm amazed at the number of books you have read this round. It's totally awesome. Well done everyone.
I'm a big believer in letting and telling teammates to read what they want for team challenges but unfortunately this time I'm going to have to ask almost everyone to choose longer books for round 2. (except for the team members that read their estimated # of books) Everyone seems to be having lots of fun (based on the chatter in the team thread) and I 'm sorry to ask this of most of you but we should try and stay on target.

Teams were made as evenly as possible based on the number of books each individual signed up for. (approximately 160/month) Our team has read more in two weeks (over 80 books per 2 weeks) then our estimated numbers. I know it's hard to estimate how many books you wil read in a month, circumstances change, etc but we should try and stick to that number in the next round. We can do that by choosing longer books and not only will we stick closer to our estimated book total we will garner more points for our team.

Fabulous team work, Team Pants! Keep up the great job reading ( and hopefully having lots of fun)"

Oh wow! That's a lot of books. I will read Reamde. It's 1,000 pages and is tagged games :) I have a few longer books on my TBR so this actually gives me a great excuse to get around to them sooner rather than later

Laura wrote: "I think I’m going to start Gone with the Wind next week. Anyone want to buddy read it with me. Read at your pace?"

Laura, I was actually planning on picking this book up soon! I'll buddy read it with you :)

Hi! I was wondering whether we have a "book buying ban" type of reading challenge. I looked through all of the different challenges and could not find anything.

I've put myself on a book buying ban because I really need to read the books I already own lol! I'm allowed to buy one book after reading 25 books from my owned TBR. Are there any challenges that are similar to this?

Thanks in advance :)

I'm going to DNF The Jetsetters. I keep picking it up but am finding it hard to get into. Sorry team!:(

Teddie wrote: "COMPLETION POST


a: Fonda Lee
read: 6/24/20
pages: 560

A, E : character Emery Anden

task 161: book has 2 word title"

This was my favourite fantasy read a few years ago! Did you enjoy it? You've reminded me to pick up the second book in the series :)

Completion Post
by Julie Yip-Williams
read: June 24
pages: 336
works for :

D - Dr. D.L., character
U - The Unwinding of the Miracle, title

Tags: none

task:

183 Read a book featuring a honeymoon - "I convinced Josh to go to Egypt and Jordan for our honeymoon." - pg. 42

Cherry wrote: "I'm so upset that my library system doesn't have anything by Lovett for me to try :( "

Do you have Kindle Unlimited? The entire series is on there!

Aiswrya wrote: "Cool - Jane Eyre has been on my TBR forever! I'll read that :)

Has anyone read it? I feel like the classics are always a hit or miss. You either love it or hate it!"

I love Jane Eyre! It's one of my all-time favourite classics. I hope you enjoy it!! :)

Completion Post
by London Lovett
read: June 23
pages: 212
works for :

D - Dash, character
E - Elsie, character
P - Port Danby Cozy Mysteries, series title
R - Ryder, character
T - Theodore, character

Tags: none

task:

46 Read #9 in a series - #9 in the Port Danby Cozy Mystery series

Laura wrote: "Keep up the great work Team Pants! Everyone is doing awesome. Are there any more books to come in this week that will work for U? I'll read one. We could use two more!"

I'll try to finish an U book!

Noted. Thank you Laura and Teddie for your spreadsheet efforts - it's greatly appreciated! :)

Completion Post
by Frances Cha
read: June 22
pages: 272
works for :

A- Ara, character

Tags: none

task:

154 Read a book set in Asia - set in Korea

I've only read 1/15 from my list lol!

Completion Post
by Marie Lu
read: June 21
pages: 336
works for :

T - The Kingdom of Back, title

Tags: none

task:

199 Read a book with a blue cover - blue cover