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

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

Laura wrote: "Ha, no! We can only tag a book once.."

Lol, thought I'd ask!

Do we get double the points if a book has two tags?

If anyone is interested, The Incarnations has both china and autumn tags! I'll be reading it soon :)

Sammy wrote: "Hello there team Pants! ;)

Having just finished The Art of Fielding (a book I can heartily recommend!), I am left in the mood for more sports-themed books, so have come to see if any of you have any recommendations in the genre.
Just to be clear, I'm not looking for a trashy romance that happens to have a sports backdrop (you know the kind I mean...), but the kind that has a sport at its heart. (any sport, I'm open to learning about new ones! lol)

Thanks in advance!

Sammy - Team HP."

Hi Sammy! I only have one book to recommend but it is nonfiction. That being said, it definitely does not read like one!

I highly recommend ! Here is the blurb on Goodreads:

When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well. It turns out the best way to soothe a donkey is to give it a job, and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run. He'd heard about burro racing--a unique type of race where humans and donkeys run together in a call-back to mining days--and decided he and Sherman would enter the World Championship in Colorado.

Easier said than done. In the course of Sherman's training, Chris would have to recruit several other runners, both human and equine, and call upon the wisdom of burro racers, goat farmers, Amish running club members, and a group of irrepressible female long-haul truckers. Along the way, he shows us the life-changing power of animals, nature, and community.

I loved reading about Sherman's antics and had no idea what burro racing was before I picked this book up! :)

Completion Post
by London Lovett
read: June 16
pages: 204
works for :

D - Dylan, character
E - Elsie, character
P - Port Danby Cozy Mystery, series name
A - Sally Applegate, character
R - Ryder, character
T - Trinity, character

Tags: none

task:

116 Read #7 in a series - book 7 in the Port Danby Cozy Mystery series

Richard wrote: "It was good fun Navi, it never got too dense or too serious and was quick to read through. The true test will be when I pick up #2 and see how much I remember."

That's good to know, Richard. I will read this book for the "recommendation by someone in your team" task :)

Trina wrote: "haha no I got it for Christmas I just killed the battery reading and not paying attention to the charge lol but it takes FOREVER to charge"

Lol oh your battery died!! I misread and thought your kindle died. I totally agree about the charge time - takes so long!

Trina wrote: "My kindle died on me!!!!! :'( :'( its soooooo mean to me!!!! Guess I'll see if I can get the library app to work on my laptop lol then I can start to listen to Five Feet Apart"

Oh no, I'm so sorry! Is it a few years old?

I see a few cozy mysteries that have been read! I'm currently making my way through the Port Danby Mystery Series. I highly recommend them! The entire series is on Kindle Unlimited.

K, I'll stop spamming the thread now lol!

Richard wrote: "Completion Post:

Book:
Unsouled by Will Wight

read: June 16
pages: 294
works for :

U - Unsouled (title)

Tags: none

tasks:
#105 - ..."

I've add Unsouled on my TBR for the longest time! I see you gave it 4 stars - may have to bump it up and read it soon :)

Aiswrya wrote: "Completion Post
Book: War 
By: Laura Thalassa
Read: 6/16/20
Pages: 427
Works for: 'T' Author name Laura Thalassa, 'E' Female lead Miriam Elmahdy

Tags: None

Tasks:..."

Oh, this looks good and it's on KU! I may pick it up :)

Teddie wrote: "I can do DQs.

team: Travelling Pants"

I'll be a backup for Teddie! (Team Pants)

Completion Post
by K.M. Szpara
read: June 16
pages: 480
works for :

D - Docile, title
E - Elisha, character
A - Alex, character
R - Reginald, character
T - Tom, character

Tags: none

task:

162 Read a book with a single person on the cover

The isbn detour works for me! I have a few books I can choose from

Completion Post
by T.J. Klune
read: June 14
pages: 290
works for :

T- TJ Klune, author
R- Casey Richards, character

Tags: none

task:

181 Read a book with a six word title - How to Be a Normal Person

Updated my first completion post

Laura, do you want us to pick the task that is the most difficult for us to read for rather than list all tasks that work for the book? The reason I ask is it might be overwhelming for you to allocate each specific task for all of the books. Also, what might be a difficult task for one of us may be a simple one for another. I can revise my completion post to have just one assigned task!

Joy-
Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would. An epistolary style novel about a woman obsessed with dragon written in a Victorian vernacular - that is basically catnip for me! But I found myself a bit bored towards the end. I would still recommend giving it a try if you are at all interested though. A lot of people have really loved it so it might just be me!

Completion Post
by Marie Brennan
read: June 13
pages: 335
works for :
D - Dagmira, character
E - Sir Richard Edgeworth, character
A - A Natural History of Dragons, book title
R - Gaetano Rossi, character
T - The Memoirs of Lady Trent, series
U - Urjash Mazhustin, character

Tags: tagged dragon 40x

task:

109 Read a book written in espistolary style (e.g. diary / letters / emails) - written as a memoir meant for readers

Yay Trina!

Happy Reading! :D