Rose’s Comments (group member since Oct 23, 2013)

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

Finished and . I always get nervous to end a series, but this one wrapped up pretty well.

All of my library holds are coming in at once. nerd STRESS

bamaace83 wrote: "Hey everyone, checking in. I'm hoping May is a better work month than April. It just became crazy the past couple weeks. I added the watch book and the wolf book to my TBR. I have a couple books to..."

For some reason, all I can think of for camping is like all the Trixie Belden mysteries. She was a teen sleuth like Nancy Drew and I just remember them camping a ton. I haven't thought of those books in years. lol

I did find these lists though
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

If anyone has on their TBR it works for the task
156. Features a watch or clockmaker

(and I can totally recommend)

Melindam wrote: "Rose wrote: "I'm starting and this weekend."

Rose, I love the Great Library series. Hope you will enjoy it."
I instinctually listed the first one, but I'm actually on . Trying to finish/catch up on the series I didn't have any brain power for in 2020. It's a long list. lol

Denise wrote: "I'm starting with these:
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I'm going to need a review of I keep on wanting to buy it because the cover is amazing in person

I'm starting and this weekend.

Melindam wrote: "Another Persuasion? I wonder if we aren't getting too much of a good thing. :)
Or maybe they are targeting younger audiences who would not care about Austen otherwise. :)

I love the 1995 adaptatio..."

I think it's classic setting. I feel like Persuasion is kinda hard to adapt to modern times, since the whole "confirmed spinster who can't possibly expect the newly rich guy to look at her, so everyone assumes he's going for the barely out of their teens set" thing doesn't really translate to a modern audience. It's by far my favorite Austen, though.

Speaking of Jane Austen, did you see they are doing a Persuasion with Dakota Johnson?

Anyone doing Dewey's readathon this weeked?

Jenny wrote: "Hello Sam!

Team Moist has compiled some books in a listopia. Dive in, bring a towel...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..."

I'm not sure as team Vimes we are allowed to trust Moist's recs.......

Melindam wrote: "For Task "on Spec-Fic Passing Bechdel Test list" I can recommend

It's a lovely and hilarious fantasy book with a Wizard who is one of the great Drama Queens o..."

I just finished this one! Reading the others next.

Anyone have any book recs for the team? Some tasks are harder to read than others, so if you have read one that fits (and is good, lol) feel free to share.

I have one. For - book has two different titles

was published under originally in the US.

It's a witty urban fantasy set in London with wizards. If you like Dresden Files, you'll probably like this one.

There are several Agatha Christies that also fit this one. had two pretty horrifying former titles.

I can vouch for House in the Cerulean Sea. such a comfort read

Hi All,

I'm your other co-captain :) I think I've been on almost all the TT challenges, also.

I'm currently in Minnesota (moving before winter, because I grew up here and know when to run) in the Central Time Zone. I keep pretty night heavy hours, though.

I normally read across all genres except self-help, but I'm currently concentrating on reading myself out of the fluff only hole 2020 put me in. Hopefully, our task lists help out with that.

Hope everyone is ready for some strange book hunting.

Reserved

Our Sam Vimes is probably the most quoted of Discworld's characters (the other teams lie), so as an introduction I present to you Sam Vimes often cited economic theory -

"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”

Woot! Thanks all :)

Have a Merry Holidays !

I somehow managed to not finish any books this week yet. I think it's because I'm stalled on longer book I don't actually like, so I'm avoiding my kindle. Sigh

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "What's everyone's favorite mini-challenge so far?"

I actually like this one the best Least favorite was the animal one. I hate word searches because they feel like homework is my reward for finishing a book.