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

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

My nominations:

The Man Without Qualities
Pgs: 1774
Audio: 60hrs 40mins

The Faerie Queene
Pgs: 1243
Audio: 33hrs 10mins

The Tale of Genji
Pgs : 1182
Audio: Vol 1: 35hrs 35mins

Oh, Marie, here's me feeling sorry for myself for our two month bathrooms renovation. That is pants. I hope everything gets sorted quickly.

Thank you for moving my book. Things are all kinds of crazy here. I hope to be getting back into the swing of things.

I'm feeling you, Marie. Look after yourself. And read at a pace that pleases you and doesn't add stress.

I've got another book witb quite a few options, though unfortunately none are admin based. I didn't pick one, bug I did put the options in the right space on the ss this time. How i missed that massive box previously, I do not know. 🤦‍♂️

Hi Paula, welcome to the winning team!

Unfortunately, I read the Secret History not that long ago and I refuse to read anymore cozies (except the Flavia de Luce series). Cozy mysteries make me very very very annoyed. So no BOM contributions from me this month.

I listened to A Psalm for the Wild-Built and don't have a reference location but a search turned up the following. It seemed like too much to put on the spreadsheet.

Potato or bean in text
"...potatoes, frilly cabbage, a hearty scoop of blue beans to get some protein in there."

Bread and fish in text
"endless agrarian delights to be distracted by: wine, bread, honey, raw wool, dyed yarn, fresh bouquets, flower crowns, aquaponic fish and pastured poultry in chests of ice, speckled eggs in cushioned boxes, fruit cordials, leafy greens,"

Onion
"onion and melting butter mingled deliciously."

Apple
 “The what?” “Apple spiders. "

Salt
"... salt and trail dust from their skin felt luxurious.'

Sugar
"... sugar or something they weren't getting enough of..."

Spice
"... spice, fresh nectar, laundry drying in the pristine air. "

✿~Danielle~✿ wrote: "Keli wrote: "Captains, I hope you were able to use my final book! Danielle, I didn't see your email until I got home from a murder mystery evening."

Unfortunately we were unable to use it with it ..."

Boo, 😞 sorry

Captains, I hope you were able to use my final book! Danielle, I didn't see your email until I got home from a murder mystery evening.

I started to add Network Effect for round one, but I think I'll save it for round 2. It has the letters needed. So my last book will be Ninth House.

Lurking here in the background. Just wanted to ask if The Haunted Vagina would make a good stocking stuffer? Good luck.

Ugh, these notifications, or lack thereof, are annoying the heck out of me. If I tick my groups, it gives me EVERYTHING from the group,stuff I've never even seen. If I untick, I get nothing. Why did they mess with it? So, it is now about remembering every challenge and ticking "notify" on each discussion.

My numbers 48 & 49 were & respectively.
I've rated both three stars but might put Gone with the Wind down to two. I got that when it was the yearly tome choice, but I failed to read along. I started but got sidetracked. Pillars of the Earth is still waiting, too. Since this year's tome didn't appeal, I thought it was the perfect time to read Gone. I was so very disappointed with it. I loved the movie and a kid, but this feels so different. This was full of racist whiners! I hated every single character. EVERY SINGLE ONE! I'm afraid to rewatch the film, just in case my memories are tarnished. I knew they were racist, they're slave owners. I knew they were deluded, again happily keeping humans in bondage. I just wasn't prepared for how whiny they all were. That combined with the racism was just too much.
And We Have Always Lived in the Castle was pretty good, but it was tense. I am not a fan of tense. When I get anxious, I find it hard to enjoy the book. The book doesn’t always need to be happy. I read a lot of not particularly happy books and enjoys them. Well, i get something out of them, but if the entire thing is one big ball of suspense, no thanks.
I'm hoping my #50 will be better.

Hi all. I think I have played on a team with nearly all of you at some point.
I live in England. I read a few books a week. I might read more than I claimed on the official sheet as I am trying to read as much as I can for Turf Wars. But we can use the best 5.
I'm excited to play and win with y'all.

My shelf is Wheel 9 here https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Tammie wrote: "is it to late join"

I'm not a mod, but I don't think it's ever too late to join.

Tricia wrote: "This challenge is suffering greatly from my need to finish all the other challenges I signed up for. I think I definitely may have bitten off more than I can chew this year. :("

I didn't reach my goal the first two years I joined this challenge either. Like Marla said it's about getting reading. Plus, deleting books from your tbr counts. Since my goal count is so low, I don’t include deleted books officially, but I always count them mentally. And the years I didn't "read" my goal, i still felt achievement because any cleaning up of the tbr is the aim.

Sammy, I am feeling you on the NHS. If you need emergency surgery,the NHS is awesome. When my daughter had a cvst they were amazing, but she has been waiting for two years to have anything done for her jaw. We've broken down and gone private. Coming from America and having to pay for medical, I will choose the NHS every time. Fingers crossed it can be repaired and run more efficiently.

They are adorable!

My boots both the sheepskin and the suede boots are from Celtic and Co
https://www.celticandco.com/womens/fo...

Yay, Sammy! It's amazing how many of you have had surgery on your feet.
I, too, am a sneaker gal. Though in winter, I have these amazing sheepskin boots. They have zero arch support, but they are so very warn. And I have these super cool that I wear spring and fall. They are the closest I get to a "heel." 😂