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

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

My shelf:

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

Donna wrote: "Navi wrote: "I have a couple questions (apologies in advance!):

1) I have been reading way more than my projected 3 books / week because of all the other challenges I have been doing. What is the ..."

Perfect. Thanks, Donna! :)

1. The Witches: Salem, 1692
I read Cleopatra: A Life by the same author and I really enjoyed it. I cannot believe that this book is written by the same author. She made the Salem witch trials sound boring which I didn’t even know was possible. Such a shame because I was so excited about it!

2. Little Women
I think this is a book I should have read when I was younger. I found it to be so saccharine sweet that my teeth started hurting while reading 🥴 I have nothing against wholesome books but this was overkill for me

3. 1Q84
All I remember from this book is how freaking weird it was! I literally did not understand the point lol. That being said I’ve been told that if you have not read Murakami this is not the book to start with. This is probably true because it has completely turned me off of reading any of his other books

I’m from Team Acedia!

Love this!

bamaace83 wrote: "I'm still here but just been a crazy busy week with work and a three day music festival so I'm behind on the chat boards. I'm hoping to figure out my books the next couple nights. :)"

Oh fun! Which music festival did you go to? :)

I have a couple questions (apologies in advance!):

1) I have been reading way more than my projected 3 books / week because of all the other challenges I have been doing. What is the highest number of books we can read as a group without being penalized? The longer books should slow me down a bit but is it possible to ask the mods to increase my books per week before we start or is it pretty much set in stone now?

2) Can we include books that we do not finish and use the number of pages read or do we have to complete the whole book? Say, I read 100 pages of a 300 page book and I do not want to continue. Can I still get points for the 100 pages? I am assuming because it is TT that you would have to finish!

3) This may be a stupid question but is this a week by week challenge or does it roll over? Do you have to start and finish everything you plan on reading for the week? Or can you finish the following week?

🙈

Donna wrote: "Oh very intense! During Quidditch, I was falling asleep reading. The Maze was fun but caused a little bit of bickering. I think shorter books are better for challenges like the maze & Quidditch. Not all parts of TT are for everyone. Quidditch was super fast paced and not designed for the slow readers BUT there were positions where slower readers could help. The mods design TTs to be for everyone. There is gonna be stuff that you prefer and stuff that other people prefer better. There is always DRAMA and this year is no different. The drama wheel already started and the challenge hasn't.

Despite the drama, we always have fun and we make friends. A group of us kept the Gryffindor Maze chat running all year. We still use it.

I guarantee you will have fun. Just chat, read and enjoy the ride."

Last year's TT sounds like it was so fun!! So sad I missed the HP theme!

Donna wrote: "Oh, Sarah, if you have played TT before then you know there is always a twist. Mini challenges are a given. The little bit of the challenge we have seen so far looks way too easy. The chipmunks got something up their sleeves that they are not telling us about. Besides, they have to at least try to top last year. Not sure they can but they will try."

I think I'm most excited about the mini challenges! Is that naive of me? ;)

I have to think about what my fave/bad books are. They're always changing! Have any of you posted on there yet?

Finished Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life for letter B in Brown

Oh sounds fun! :) I’ll sign up for the moderate level for now. I will be reading books with creatures in them!

✔1. The Girl With All the Gifts - zombies
✔2. Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction - the whole gamut of creatures are in this book
✔3. Ghost Wall - ghost
✔4. The Priory of the Orange Tree - dragons
✔5. Horrorstör - ghosts

Lexi wrote: "BOM poll for November: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3..."

Thanks for the link, Lexi! I voted for as it’s the only book I currently own.

So I went a little crazy and bought a bunch of books recently. I’ve been able to slot them all in based on colours but am second guessing myself for these ones:

- Brown
- I may be reaching but Yellow because of her dress and bottom section of cover
- Brown
- Red

Can I please get a second opinion? :)

ONE MORE WEEK!! 🙌🏽

I’m trying to read books that I already own and couldn’t find anything on the list :(

Good job team!!

I will for sure finish my books for tasks 8 and 9 tonight but haven’t started my prickly book yet. I should finish that by tomorrow but if anyone else has a book that fits and who can finish before me, go for it! :)

Sarah wrote: "I'm really excited to get into The Little Stranger! Planning to read a lot of horror and gothic books in October, I love Sarah Waters, and it's just over 500 pages."

Oh I feel like Sarah Waters is an author that I will love but for some reason have not gotten around to reading!

I am normally a mood reader as well but lately have really been enjoying planning ahead of time. This will probably last a few weeks until I go back to reading by whim again!

Thanks, Donna!

Just because I’m nosy, what books will you all be starting with in week 1? :) Or are you more of a mood reader?

LOL! 😆

If it doesn’t work as a colour, I can use it for Contemporary! It’s 1,000 pages so it will add a lot of points regardless