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

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

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "I just got in from the library .... could that work for an arm book? Looks like we still need several of these from the spreadsheet."

Totally missed this..."

No worries! And yeah, these are tough to get right!

I just got in from the library .... could that work for an arm book? Looks like we still need several of these from the spreadsheet.

Finished Broken Harbour for the 501-550 page jumping slot.

Can't open google docs on this computer but when I get home I'll check the spreadsheet for any other gaps that can be quickly filled.

Author: Tana French
Pages: 533
Task: Olympics, page jumping - 501-550

Cecily wrote: "Woot!!! I know we will still adjust a lot before the end but its pretty great to see us in 6th place!!!! We are doing awesome!!!"

Wow, that's great!

I'm so excited for the next round! I really like how this is set up, with the game constantly changing, it makes it really easy to stay motivated instead of just settling into a routine.

Congrats Laura! That's so exciting, especially since it seems like it can sometimes be unnecessarily hard to adopt a pet. Jag is a really cute name too

Will this work for arms:



They're cartoon people, so they don't have fully-developed fingers per se, but several of them do have the full arm showing (girl on far right is best example I think)

It's easier to see on the google books page:
https://books.google.com/books?id=rCH...

.megan. wrote: "To continue the Bonus Title Relay we need a book title that starts with SONG or ends with the word Always."

Hm, I have Song of Kali, but that seems really unlikely to build off later.

I can do the 501-550 slot for either of the heats with Broken Harbour.

Looking now for something for title relay

Author: Dot Hutchinson
288 pages
Task: Olympics, decorate the chariot
how it fits: butterfly on cover

Oh wow, I really thought it was finishing this saturday, not next week. So much extra time!

Just finished The Butterfly Garden for more chariot decorations, and I can grab the 601-650 slot with The Girl Who Played with Fire (the version I have has 630 pages)

Finished , which can put ivy on our chariot. I think I can also finish one more before Saturday to put some more butterflies on our chariot. Go team!

Finished:

Author; Tana French
Date: July 14th
Task: Olympics Create a Chariot supplementary
How it fits: Ivy on the cover

Laura wrote: "Just for fun ... to distract from work, packing, cleaning, reading or looking after kids/hubby

What book do you have on kindle/Ipad/phone/hard copy ... that you REALLY want to read and haven't yet..."

My focus lately has been on finishing series. I have way too many series that I read the first book and then by the time I get around to the second I've forgotten what happened in the first. But I do have about 20 series I'm trying to get through, so no matter what it doesn't happen quickly :)

By Laura Lippman
Finished: 11 July
Task: Olympics: Create a chariot - supplementary
HOw it fits: Butterflies on cover

Nanci wrote: "Karen wrote: "Opening Belle finished, for the full body on cover (chariot event)!

I'm also almost done with the audiobook I've been slowly plodding through, and that has butterflie..."

I really liked it! It was quite upsetting, the types of things that women faced working on Wall Street, and I read that a lot of true stories ended up getting edited out because the editor thought they wouldnt be believable.

Some of it was rather predictable, as it was based on Wall Street right before the 2008 collapse, but it was still really well-written and easy to feel connected to.

Opening Belle finished, for the full body on cover (chariot event)!

I'm also almost done with the audiobook I've been slowly plodding through, and that has butterflies on the cover, which I think would be a great decoration for our chariot. :)

Finished:

Author: Maureen Sherry
Date: July 11th
Task: Olympics - Create a Chariot, Prepare your driver
How it fits: Full body on cover

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Phew, finished The Twelve!

I can grab the book for the "full person" task, or I have a couple books that will work for the chariot decorations."

How about work on t..."

Will do!

Phew, finished The Twelve!

I can grab the book for the "full person" task, or I have a couple books that will work for the chariot decorations.