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

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

I’m going to be busy all day today so I won’t be adding any more books for the week. Go team!

Anyone on?

Wow I don’t see blue at all...I’m going to run all my colour choices by the group because pretty sure I’m colour blind

Carrie wrote: "

Purple?"

I vote yes

I’m 20% through Priory and the pace has really picked up now. I am fully invested in the story so I plan on reading on and off all day. I do have plans later but will let you all know where I stand tonight.

If you need to up the book numbers, let me know. I am about halfway through Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them and can quickly polish it off! I have a few other shorter books I can fit in as well. I hope you all are enjoying what you’re reading ☺️

bamaace83 wrote: "Thanks, I added my books for week 3 on the planning sheet. I'm all over the place, a historical romance, a thriller and a young adult book. If anyone ever really looked at my reading list they woul..."

Haha I’m the same with my reading! It’s a good thing though because I rarely have reading slumps 😆

SandyL wrote: "Would this book work for green?

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Yes

Don’t get me wrong. It’s a very good book but I think it’s one you want slow down and savour rather than speeding through it. I love detailed world building.

It’s so weird but I’m getting through longer works of nonfiction way faster than fiction which never used to be the case with me!

Lexi wrote: "Before you ask Navi, you are fine finishing your long one. I am going to read the tiny back room BOM tonight as well."

I might actually need a break from reading my long book. It’s taking a lot of reading power so I’m switching between reading it and lighter reads.

Donna wrote: "Team, you are already doing what Lexi and I are recommending for next week. We need a mix of long & short books. The longer books have been keeping us bouncing between 1st & 2nd place. The shorter ..."

I will fill out the requirements for both the sin criteria and mini challenge. This way you and Lexi can assign to whichever task offers the most points!

That’s a great point, Donna! All of my animal books are over 300 pages except for the Woolly Mammoth one (which is around 200). Also, I have a 700 page book picked for Komodo Dragon. As these are books I was planning on reading anyway this year, is it okay if I read them next week?

Also, I will most likely read another longer book (>500) next week as well.

*TBR explodes* 😳 Thank you so much for the recommendations! I currently own Passing Strange and Black Tides and I’ve heard nothing but good things about All Systems Red and Ballad of Black Tom.

My TBR for next week is over the top ambitious for me but I may try to fit in the cuttlefish book. It’s quite short so could be a great palate cleanser between the Nonfiction I’m planning on reading

Lexi wrote: "Navi, Silver in the Wood was lovely and so sweet. Apparently we are getting a second one next year."

It was such a beautiful novella. Oh that's exciting. I'll definitely be picking it up next year.

Have you read a lot of the Tor novellas? I have found some real gems. Here are a few of my favourites if you're interested:

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
The Test
Of Sorrow and Such
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

Oh I didn’t realize there was that many planned books on the spreadsheet. That’s good to know.

I’ll just keep plugging away then and will keep an eye on the totals. I would really love to finish Priory this weekend so I have a clean slate for next week.

Navi wrote: "At this point, I think I can commit to finishing The Priory of the Orange Tree and Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them.

I don’t t..."

Change of plans. I still have 700 pages left in Priory and we need 17 books to get to the minimum. I’m going to try and read a few shorter books (not too short though - maybe in the 200-300 page range).

At this point, I think I can commit to finishing The Priory of the Orange Tree and Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them.

I don’t think I’ll be able to to get to Anno Dracula. I will finish Wilder Girls next week because I don’t listen to audiobooks over the weekend.

Hope that’s okay!

Also, i would like clarification regarding this:

You can create collections of 7 unique animals (tricky or easy, you can't mix & match)
◈ for each collection of 7 unique easy animals found you will get 10 bonus points
◈ for each collection of 7 tricky animals found you will get 20 bonus points
◈ multiple collections are possible, but there can be no overlap (i.e. if you claim two collections of easy animals you can't have the same animal in each collection)

Is the “collection” as a group or individually?

Lexi wrote: "I made a sloth planning sheet so we do not double up on animals and thus get the most points. I claimed two animals for Navi. Please ask any questions here that you may have, thanks."

Looks good. Thank you. I had to google what a Kudu is

Lexi wrote: "Navi and Anna, they still count toward total books for the week, which is why bigger books are still better. What they do NOT count as is cover color, top shelf or any of that so feel free."

Great, thanks for the clarification!

I have actually read quite a few books with animals in them. Here is my animal shelf if you are interested:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

A few recommendations:

Fiction:
The Bees - Honeybee (tricky)
Memoirs of a Polar Bear - Polar Bear (easy)
Animal Farm - ....
Fox 8- Fox (easy)
Tomorrow - Dog (easy)
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories- .....

Nonfiction
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm- .....
Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon- Dog (easy)
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins - .....
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us - .....
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating - Snail (easy)
The Genius of Birds - Bird (easy)
Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death - Beetle (easy)...
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History - Frog (easy)....

This is my working list. I have to go back and find the specific animals species that are in these books but it will be take me some time. I'll do it when I get home from work tonight! :)