Katharine’s Comments (group member since Sep 24, 2016)

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

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Serious Readers Challenge 2020
Level Two: April 1, 2020 - July
Progress: 178/200

April, Part 2
✓101. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan (4/1/20)
✓102. Bed, Breakfast, Murder
✓103. Nicobobnius
✓104. Hooked
✓105. 7th Woman
✓106. Abby Cooper
✓107. Ex
✓108. Witch Must Burn
✓109. Race to the Sun
✓110. I Was Here
✓111. She's Not There
✓112. Capital of Latecomers
✓113. Bells
✓114. Night
✓115. Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants
✓116. Mistake, Wisconsin
✓117. Chocolate War
✓118. Tenth Girl
✓119. Better Read
✓120. Crossing the Line
✓121. Ghouls Just Haunt
✓122. Dangerous Madness
✓123. Water for Elephants
✓124. Happy Ever After Playlist
✓125. Chocolate Cheater
✓126. Kill Me Softly
✓127. Mr. Majestyk
✓128. Cat & Mouse
✓129. Carry On
✓130. Mythology
✓131. 5th Wave
✓132. Earth Star
✓133. Carpe
✓134. Little White Horse
✓135. On the Fringe
✓136. What the DIckens
✓137. Milo
✓138. Young Elites
✓139. How You Ruined
✓140. Seven Ways We Lie
✓141. Sofia Valdez
✓142. Bad Apple
✓143. Reasons to Love a Nerd
✓144. Other Daughter
✓145. Beekeeper's Apprentice
✓146. Rescue (shreve)
✓147. Mistakes That Worked
✓148. Some Danger Involved
✓149. Nowhere Man
✓150. City of Blood
✓151. Her
✓152. Abducted
✓153. Wisdom of Big Bird
✓154. Mister Pip
✓155. Child Finder
✓156. Cheese
✓157. Light Fantastic
✓158. Night of Miracles
✓159. Becoming
✓160. Ramona
✓161. Monstrous Regiment of Women
✓162. Stalemate
✓163. Percy Jackson Ultimate Guide
✓164. Smokin'
✓165. Fancy Nancy Quest for Unicorn
✓166. Space Between Us
✓167. Fancy Nancy Sand Castles
✓168. Vaulted Arches
✓169. Copper Corpse
✓170. Bad Seed
✓171. Rule Against Murder
✓172. Unboxed
✓173. Into the Darkest Day
✓174. Raven
✓175. Scaredy Squirrel
✓176. Tower of Dawn
✓177. Good Thief Paris
✓178. Girl Waits
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March
✓55. The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg (3/1/20)
✓56. Spy School by Stuart Gibbs (3/1/20)
✓57. The Selection by Kiera Cass (3/3/20)
✓58. No One to Trust by Julie Moffett (3/3/20)
✓59. Norman the Doorman by Don Freeman (3/4/20)
✓60. A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva (3/5/20)
✓61. A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (3/5/20)
✓62. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (3/5/20)
✓63. The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent...More Fun by Gretchen Rubin (3/6/20)
✓64. Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz (3/7/20)
✓65. Liar Liar by M. J. Arlidge (3/8/20)
✓66. Fatal Lies by Frank Tallis (3/9/20)
✓67. Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty (3/9/20)
✓68. After Alice by Gregory Maguire (3/12/20)
✓69. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (3/13/20)
✓70. Spy Camp by Stuart Gibbs (3/14/20)
✓71. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (3/16/20)
✓72. The Missing Ink by Karen E. Olson (3/16/20)
✓73. Flight School by Lita Judge (3/16/20)
✓74. Running with Rhinos: Stories...Radical Conservationist by Ed Warner (3/17/20)
✓75. A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor (3/17/20)
✓76. Survivors of the Holocaust: True...Extraordinary Children by Kath Shackleton
✓77. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (3/13/20)
✓78. You Can Be Brave by Sarah Joseph (3/18/20)
✓79. Little Elliot, Big City by Mike Curato (3/18/20)
✓80. One Pink Line by Dina Silver (3/19/20)
✓81. Roman Holiday by Jodi Taylor (3/19/20)
✓82. Zero Day by Jan Gangsei (3/20/20)
✓83. Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris (3/22/20)
✓84. Secrets of the Cicada Summer by Andrea Beaty (3/22/20)
✓85. Eyes Like Those by Melissa Brayden (3/22/20)
✓86. No Money Down by Julie Moffett (3/23/20)
✓87. Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog by Dave Barry (3/23/20)
✓88. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (3/23/20)
✓89. Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben (3/23/20)
✓90. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier (3/24/20)
✓91. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (3/24/20)
✓92. Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson (3/26/20)
✓93. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (3/27/20)
✓94. Doctor Doolittle by Ellen Miles/Hugh Lofting (3/30/20)
✓95. Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey (3/30/20)
✓96. Off Kilter by Hannah Reed (3/30/20)
✓97. Dorko the Magnificent by Andrea Beaty (3/31/20)
✓98. Mr. Maybe by Jane Green (3/31/20)

April, Part 1
✓99. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
✓100. Right After the Weather by Carol Anshaw



April, Part 1
✓99. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
✓100. Right After the Weather by Carol Anshaw

Serious Readers Challenge 2020
Duration:January 1, 2020 - 4/1/20
Level 1: 100/100

January
✓1. The Body Reader by Anne Frasier (1/2/20)
✓2. All In by Joel Goldman (1/4/20)
✓3. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (1/8/20)
✓4. Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky (1/10/20)
✓5. Jack & Jill by James Patterson (1/11/20)
✓6. Blind Alley by Iris Johansen (1/15/20)
✓7. Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (1/16/20)
✓8. The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny (1/19/20)
✓9. Where Serpents Sleep by C. S. Harris (1/22/20)
✓10. Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monsters' Cave by Marcus Pfister (1/23/20)
✓11. Before You Leap: A Frog's-Eye...Lessons by Kermit the Frog (1/23/20)
✓13. Fatal Frost by Karen MacInerney (1/23/20)
✓14. Memory in Death by J. D. Robb (1/28/20)
✓15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (1/29/20)
✓16. Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale by Marcus Pfister (1/29/20)
✓17. The Quangle Wangle's Hat by Edward Lear (1/29/20)
✓18. The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld (1/29/20)




February
✓19. The Groovy Greeks by Terry Deary (2/1/20)
✓20. Good Night, Little Rainbow Fish! by Marcus Pfister (2/1/20)
✓21. Snow Puppy by Marcus Pfister (2/3/20)
✓22. You Can't Win Them All, Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (2/3/20)
✓23. The Cat's Pajamas by Ray Bradbury (2/4/20)
✓23. The Doll's House by M.J. Arlidge (2/5/20)
✓24. The Arsonist by Sue Miller (2/5/20)
✓25. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (2/5/20)
✓26. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (2/8/20)
✓27. How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell
✓28. A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor (2/11/20)
✓29. What Angels Fear by C. S. Harris (2/11/20)
✓30. Vignette by Jim Butcher (2/11/20)
✓31. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (2/11/20)
✓32. Anatole by Eve Titus (2/13/20)
✓33. Killers of the Flower Moon: The...FBI by David Grann (2/14/20)
✓34. A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall (2/16/20)
✓35. Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon (2/16/20)
✓36. Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (2/16/20)
✓37. Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi (2/16/20)
✓38. Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl (2/19/20)
✓39. Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts (2/20/20)
✓40. When Gods Die by C. S. Harris (2/20/20)
✓41. Kiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden (2/21/20)
✓42. It Happens in the Hamptons by Holly Peterson (2/22/20)
✓43. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones (2/22/20)
✓44. Red Meat Cures Cancer by Starbuck O'Dwyer (2/23/20)
✓45. Dating Tips for the Unemployed by Iris Smyles (2/23/20)
✓46. Pasta Imperfect by Maddy Hunter (2/24/20)
✓47. Black Magic by Megan Derr (2/24/20)
✓48. Red Yellow Blue by Lysa Mullady (2/24/20)
✓49. Countdown by Iris Johansen (2/26/20)
✓50. Last Puzzle & Testament by Parnell Hall (2/27/20)
✓51. 84K by Claire North (2/27/20)
✓52. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2/28/20)
✓53. Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex (2/28/20)
✓54. Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds (2/28/20)

Happens to be my day off -- mental health day spent reading; not much could be better! My goal is to finish Breath of Earth, The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective, Absolutely Truly, and get a great start on Aunt Dimity Digs In, so approximately 350 pages.

Not going to get nearly as much done as I thought since I got called in to work tonight. Here's what I've read so far:

Absolutely Truly
start: 138
so far: 200 (12:30 am - 1:30 am)

The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
start: 58
finished (100 pages; 11:30 am - 1:00 pm)

Aunt Dimity Digs In
start: 1
end: 56 (1:00 pm - 1:45 pm)

Breath of Earth
start: 183
end: 246 (1:45 pm - 2:45 pm)

I'd like to try this one...as a Reading Champion, I think.

Gary Sinise - Forrest Gump

Mel Gibson -- Ransom

The Wedding Singer - Adam Sandler

Problem Child -- John Ritter

Aladdin - Gilbert Gottfried

Great job team! It's off to bed for me! I look forward to the next WOBBLE!

Finished The Quiet Game and, with a push to get it done in time, Tilt-a-Whirl. We could use Quiet Game for a cat..."I try to laugh it off, but both of us are nervous as cats." (page 90)

Finished The 5th Wave. Reading Tilt-a-Whirl if you all think we can use it.

Finished The Paris Vendetta and The Silver Pigs.

I feel the same way ladies. I've been pushing myself to keep going for the next day or so, and then I think I'm going to take a break.

This might be stretching it, but for "dangling reward", I could read Tilt-a-Whirl...MC's friend wants to help him put war memories behind him, so he offers the MC a job he thought would be "laid back"...as a police officer in a small seaside town. That's about as close as I can find on my TBR list.

Will do! I will start with which can be used for "gold/gold used as currency". I will also read which will work for "Y" (author Rick Yancy).

In the time we have left, I could read for "600 pages" and possibly one more, or I could read 3-4 other goals. Thoughts? I am also about three-quarters done with The Paris Vendetta, which would work for "M" (MC is Cotton Malone)

Finished .

Ashley wrote: "Katharine wrote: "Finished "

How was it??"

I really liked it. I've heard from some friends that have read it that they found it predictable and "juvenile". Well, the juvenile part I get, I mean, it's written for about 10-14 year olds. Plus, it's a nice break from the more "adult", intense stuff I read so much (and love, don't get me wrong). How Riordan thinks up all these details and incorporates classic mythology makes my head spin. Predictable? Kinda. But again, what I enjoy the most is the creativity and imagination and seeing where Riordan takes the story and how he gets there. I was a little disappointed that I hadn't read all the Percy Jackson books first, but I expected that when I first picked up the book.

Finished