Beth’s Comments (group member since Aug 12, 2014)

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

I finished Risking it All which had exactly 400 pages. Very efficient!

I have completely forgotten It.

Other than being a clown, or having a red balloon, what kind of books would work?

Today I finished rereading All Systems Red which won a Hugo for best Novella (it's a short book).

I finished the Chinese-author book Searching for Sylvie Lee.

I also finished a book I read on vacation, and I started it in paper, read most of it on Kindle while traveling, and then finished it in paper. Which edition should I use? A Half-Built Garden

In this case it doesn't matter much (336 vs 340 pages) but I've done that with a handful of books this week so I just wanted to check if there was a rule. I'll try to go with my best guess of where I read most of it unless the captains rule otherwise.

Also, I should change the audio A Longer Fall to only 100 pages because although they don't admit it on the goodreads page it is definitely abridged. I should have caught that when I reported it but it was after a long day of travel. I think it's already been checked so I don't want to change it until the captains know what is up.

I have been on vacation so reading haphazardly. And I've been starting things instead of finishing them because I tend to avoid stressful bits when I'm on an airplane.

So I will concentrate on finishing all my books, several of which are 400+ pages, but I won't be of much help grabbing specific tasks unless I get lucky. Like I'm reading a book by someone from Hong Kong but I think we got the Chinese author already.

Vicki, I also have an X book (I've been traveling on vacation and had spotty connection) but if that one looks good to you go ahead and grab it! Then I can just read anything I see in the house I'm staying at.

Are plays OK? I just read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two, and ARbooks says it's 45268 words.

It deals with a parent/child relationship.

Although I also read I'm Glad My Mom Died which definitely is all about a parent/child relationship.

Amy the book-bat wrote: "If anyone reads the Sue Grafton novels, there is one titled X

It is #24 in the series, but I believe you could read it as a standalone if you wanted to. I read it recently, so I do..."

OK, I will grab that!

Maybe I knew I would dawdle and didn't list it after all...

OK, one more dumb question. If I listed a book in May but then dawdled and didn't finish it, should I just make a new line in the June tab or should I somehow find the old one?

Do I need to mark the books that cross the month line? Started in May but finished in June?

Books we started in May but finish in June can be used for June towers, right? Or are they just adding to the page count?

I'm gonna read Network Effect and that has aliens.

I just noticed that the kindle edition on goodreads for Murder While You Work doesn't have a page number listed. Do I use the paper one? Or does it count as a 100 page book?

On my device it says 235 pages so that's what I put in the spreadsheet, but I haven't finished yet.

Tati wrote: "Amy wrote: "Hi team!! I can't believe our first month is already almost over. I have two more books I hope to finish tonight and a stack of books ready to start for June! I finished [book:Fourth Wi..."

I have it on order from my bookstore -- it's been back ordered. Apparently a lot of people liked it!

I did not add a graphic novel I read because it's YA so I don't know how to find a word count. ARbook is mostly for younger books.

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Beth wrote: "Done!"

woohoo!
Could you add to your TT shelf please :)"

Argh! I did it on my app but it didn't take. I've done it again on my laptop.

Done!

Fifty pages to go on my doorstop The Engagement: America's Quarter Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage. I will update the spreadsheet as soon as I finish.

I'm in the homestretch and should be done tomorrow with my giant book.

Finished my 400 page book; on track with the 600+ one.

Can't help with colors.