Keli’s Comments (group member since Jun 23, 2016)

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

Looks white to me too

Finished my first TTX read! Pine was a pretty decent gothic thriller. A solid 3.5, but not sure if I'm going to round up or down. I liked it but i don't think it merits the more than Foundation. So probs a three. Do you all have books that you use as a standard for rating? I have three books that I use for rating.Paper Princess is arguably the worst book I've ever read, so books I dislike are rated in relation to this one. I don't think I've ever written a worse review. Foundation is my median standard. Whether a book gets bumped up or down from 3.5 is whether Ithink it's better than the scifi classic. My favourite book, Working for the Devil, is the book from which potential 5s get judged.

Anyway, on to the next.

Nicole B wrote: "Check in:

Finished two books so far. My book club one was a bit of a bust for me at least but we had plenty of conversation, so a good one for the club at least XD

I've put my next planned books ..."

Is that Sally Thorne's The Hating Game? I really enjoyed that one, if it is.

And so it begins! I'm so excited to start reading. I've been really sporradic with it over the last couple of years. My bestie from childhood died last Jan and my grandma died this Jan, so needless to say, my last couple of years have sucked. And when people you love die, it kind of takes the fun out of life. I stopped reading like I used to. I've never had so many unfinished books lying about. I joined this challenge, knowing and relying on how intense it is, to get me back into reading, almost force me. Turns out I don't need to be forced. I am so looking forward to starting. I've been counting down the days. And now it's begun. 😁😁😁😁 I've never been on a winning TT team, and though I'm competitive, I've never really cared. But I hope we smash it this year. Happy reading y'all!!!

MN Lisa wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "At the moment my notifications are working - but I HATE when they are not. I've missed some important things when they are broken.

Currently I have a google spreadsheet that lists..."

Omg, Lisa that is awesome. 🛐 I want one. I'm going to try.

And Nicole B, I, too, am having weird notification issues. It's very annoying 😒

Nanci wrote: "Keli wrote: "Link to my shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My pronouns are she/her. I'm a Texan living in England. I've been here for 20 years. Sad..."

It is sooo green here. It's gorgeous. Don't know if you're going to make it to Wales, but it's even greener there. I love Wales. Yes, people here are pretty mellow about the rain. But of they weren't they'd never get anything done or do stuff. I'm glad you're having a wonderful time. It's a wonderful country.

Suzanne wrote: "Ok so it's the second - if there is a print copy that lists a page # we will use that. But if a book is only on audio, then even if it is 20 hours long it will only count as 100 pages. (And it woul..."

Awesome. I saw that first line in the points section and was like wow, someone hates audiobooks.😳🤣🤣 Glad normal rules still apply.

It's awesome to read that there's not a detriment for over-reading. I said 4- 5 books because that's been my average lately but with audio I can possibly double that.

Also, did anyone notice in the rules that it said ALL audiobookd would count as 100 pages regardless of length, but later in post it said that only for books without a gr listing. Do we know which is the rule this time?

Kirsten wrote: "All y'all are so ahead of me. I'm just trying finish Uno over here."

Lol.

I'm so down with reading for the mods. I find the colours harder. I always attempt to use TT as a means of getting through what I've been putting off for the last year or two, but still haven't returned to the library. So my colour choices are limited. And I'm trying not to add more "new" books. I mean, I will, of course, but I'm really trying to read what I have. At least in the beginning. 🤣So if y'all don't mind, I'm gonna scour the mods lists for books that I'd really like to return to the library.🫤
I will limit myself to five planned books at a time however. Because that's about what i read in a month. So I'm not taking over or anything.

Janeylou wrote: "Keli wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Keli wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Hi Keli! It's great to have you on the team. We lived in Texas when we were first married and met the nicest people! And I'm imagining a w..."

My husband is from Birmingham but went to uni here, which is why we're here. He loved it.

Shannon wrote: "Keli wrote: "I just read all your intro posts and I am impressed with the number of educators we've got. And the number of crafty folks; crocheting, journaling, knitting, baking, and kind of garden..."

It's a good thing you love spreadsheets! 😆. You're defo in the right group because after education, IT seems to be the popular job here. I majored in archaeology & anthropology, swiftly became a stay at home mom and work in admin now. But I'm with you all on the crafting/hobbies front.

Kirsten wrote: "Keli wrote: "Link to my shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My pronouns are she/her. I'm a Texan living in England. I've been here for 20 years. Sad..."

I love meeting other nail polish addicts. What's your favourite brand? Mine's A England.

Janeylou wrote: "Keli wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Hi Keli! It's great to have you on the team. We lived in Texas when we were first married and met the nicest people! And I'm imagining a wonderful story about how you e..."

We live in Norwich. Have you been here? It's beautiful.

Suzanne wrote: "Hi Keli! It's great to have you on the team. We lived in Texas when we were first married and met the nicest people! And I'm imagining a wonderful story about how you ended up in England with a won..."

He was on tour and it was my 18th birthday. It was a tuesday night and I wanted to go clubbing for the first time legally. I chose the one with the longest line. It happened to be a goth club on an S&M night. 😂😂😂

I just read all your intro posts and I am impressed with the number of educators we've got. And the number of crafty folks; crocheting, journaling, knitting, baking, and kind of gardening 🤣. We are definitely an interesting team. I'm so glad to be part of it.

Shannon, what's your major btw?

Kerri, nice blog. I've bookmarked it too.

Link to my shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My pronouns are she/her. I'm a Texan living in England. I've been here for 20 years. Sadly, i don't think I'll ever make it back to central TX, mostly cos I can't afford it. But I love England, well I love my husband, so yay. And it's fun being a tourist in America. I obvs love reading, coffee, wine, my little Jack Russell, and nail polish. I just started doing yoga in the mornings but have fallen in love with that, too. I've been on teams with at least one of you before (hi Nanci) and am looking forward to chatting with y'all.

Hello all! Guess, I need to get focused on checking in daily. Let me create my shelf.😬

Finally updating my tasks.
Since my first book of the challenge, nothing has been quite as good. Most of them have been three-star reads, with two being 3.5 stars and rounded up. One book was absolutely unbearable, so i dnf-ed it.
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Added 2019 - The WWI part was tense and interesting. The post WWII bit, not so much. It was a tale of two halves, a good half and a kind of dull half.
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Added 2016 - This is my favorite of the group. It lacked all the sexiness of modern vampire novels, which was refreshing. But every character was pretty pathetic or ugly or gross in some way. Other than being a little slow it was pretty good.
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Added 2017 - Really good but i think I was hoping it would be as good as Circe.
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Added 2020 - This reminded me of And Then There Were None at first. However, it turned out to be very different. I thought the connections between the four ladies was a bit far fetched, two maybe, but not all four. The back and forth timeline didn't add anything either. But overall an emgrossing mystery/thriller
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Added 2018 - How i wanted to like this one more. It was touching but there is just something about Backman's writing that doesn't work for me. I dnf-ed that Ove story like 20 pages in. This was better, but still too stylised.
- DNF at 48%
Added 2016 - A tour de force of style over substance, the sentences just carried on and on, with only an occasional comma to separate thoughts. There were maybe two periods per page. I'm hardly exaggerating. And it jumped about in time. In one long ass "sentence" there would be forty different thoughts, with several subjects and verbs doing things in the present and past. Ugh. So not for me.