Karen D’s Comments (group member since Aug 25, 2015)

Karen D’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Phew, just under the wire - Finished:
The Last Girl (the add book/author link isn't working - it's this one:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Author: Joe Hart
Pages: 386
Task: YA - F4
How it fits: 35 users tagged as Young adult

Cindy AL wrote: "Here are a couple of books from my lists that might be good "middle of the chain" starters. The first one especially might be on other people's TBR stacks

Morning Star

and
[book:..."

Fire with Fire could go in between The Girl Who PLayed with Fire and Fire Point (I think that's what Laura's book was called)

Finished Butchers Hill (will fit with one of the mystery tasks), and desperately trying to finish The Last Girl (which can go with YA or SF tasks).

And then excited to start the Olympics heats!

Finished:

Author: Laura Lippman
Date: July 1
Pages: 275
Task: One of the mystery tasks (can be D3 or E5 if there's someone else on either of them, otherwise bonus read for G6)
How it fits: tagged as mystery by 191 people

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Kalyn wrote: "Karen, you have "Faithful Place" listed as a book. As part of a chain, could I read "A Place to Call Home?" Does the title have to be exact?"

Just double checked the ru..."

True! Getting confused already by these rules :)

Kalyn wrote: "Karen, you have "Faithful Place" listed as a book. As part of a chain, could I read "A Place to Call Home?" Does the title have to be exact?"

Just double checked the rules, and apparently we can't ignore A/An/The in the beginning....so "A Place to Call Home" would only work if the previous book ended in "A" (unlikely), or if someone else has a book that starts with "Home".

So looks like I'll have to go back and edit my list of possible books...

Maritza wrote: "do we only need 3 links for the leg. wait let me go back and read rules.

okay yes one leg planned."

We need two sets of 3, 5, and 7, so this will work for a complete leg, or we can keep going, if someone has a book that starts with "Gift"

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "ok this sounds complicated.....

Here are the possible books I can bring with me on vacation, do any of these titles fit with others you all plan to read for the Title Relay?

(in no ..."

Excellent, I'll make sure I bring those three (I'll bring plenty of others but those will definitely make the cut!) Or maybe I should just bring an extra suitcase for my books :)

Laura wrote: "Karen how long are you gone on vacation and will you have acess to post and check in with the thread?"

I'll be gone for about a week and a half, but I'll be at my parents' house for most of it, so I'll definitely still be able to post and check in. I just won't have access to my normal library to pick up new books. If something is available on ebook I could get it, but those usually end up being the books with the longest wait lists.

ok this sounds complicated.....

Here are the possible books I can bring with me on vacation, do any of these titles fit with others you all plan to read for the Title Relay?

(in no particular order)
Through the Heart of the Spider
Faithful Place
Casey's Slip
When You Bleed to Death
Star Sand
Harmony Black
Daughter of Destiny
Opening Belle
Since She Went Away
In Big Trouble
A Place Called Winter
The Girl Who Played with Fire
A Cure for Madness
The Infinite Sea
The Butterfly Garden
The Last Woman Standing

Oh this is perfect timing! I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow, and was going to pack a bunch of random books and hope they worked for something.

Completed:

Author: Kevin Hearne
#3 in the Iron Druid Chronicles series
Pages: 341
Task: Science fiction (I believe B10?)
How it fits: tagged as sci fi-fantasy by 43 people

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Laura wrote: ".Megan. wrote: "Should we be filling in the hits instead of adding bonus readers? or do we get more points by adding them to already sunk shi..."

Done and done! Literally just finished over my lunch break. :) Putting the post up on the read threat now

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Laura wrote: ".Megan. wrote: "Should we be filling in the hits instead of adding bonus readers? or do we get more points by adding them to already sunk ships?"

Here is how we get poi..."

Ok great, thanks! I can't access the spreadsheet from work, but it seemed like those points might add up faster than expected if anyone read longer books. Good to know!

Laura wrote: ".Megan. wrote: "Should we be filling in the hits instead of adding bonus readers? or do we get more points by adding them to already sunk ships?"

Here is how we get points!! (Taken from the battle..."

Thanks Laura, this is helpful! So if I'm reading this correctly, then there's no benefit to us fulfilling additional tasks?

Also, in re-reading the points rules, I had forgotten that there's a maximum number of bonus points we can get. Are there any tasks that we're close to maxing out our bonus points (so we should not read bonus books for that task?)

Kalyn wrote: "For our new tasks, do we have H3 covered? I am almost completed with my 3rd task book so I can fit it in. I would like to read The Silent Wife - if that will work?

Captains, you a..."

Kalyn, I'm going to try to get one more in before Friday, and was thinking about The Last Girl - we could both do task H3 (a book with a 3-word title)

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: " - done! Categorized as horror, so that should finish up C10"

Wonderful! Well done Karen! It's a category that not everyone ..."

Ooh good to know! I haven't read it but it's on my TBR list. With that recommendation I'll try to get to it sooner :)

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: " - done! Categorized as horror, so that should finish up C10"

Wonderful! Well done Karen! It's a category that not everyone loves."

I love horror. :)

I'm also working on Tricked, which can fit with a bunch of things. Looks like the best option might be the sci-fi (B10) since that only needs one more person on it. (Going with the strategy that it's better to close out tasks instead of start new ones...but could also go with YA (A6, A7) or Contemporary (A8))

I should be able to manage at least one more task before the end of the Battleship phase. I have a bunch of options at home so I'll see what we need once I'm done with Tricked.

- done! Categorized as horror, so that should finish up C10

Completed:


Author: Megan Abbott
Date: June 28
Pages: 320
Task: C10
How it fits: Tagged as "horror" by 83 people