Teri-K’s Comments (group member since Mar 16, 2025)

Teri-K’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Silje wrote: "Read a book featuring a "brilliant" character or a bookworm used Anita's Attraction

Read a book with a dinosaur (maximus)
Read a book where a pet name starts with the letter S (Barca)"

Aargh! Those pet name goals are getting ridiculous. :)

Team Maximus:

I've finished Stillmeadow Daybook, 274 pages, for pet name starts with Q. They have dogs named Quicksilver and Queen Maeve.

ETA - I'm almost done with "spiritual", but it's an actual book so I can't read it at night when my eyes are tired. With e-books I can blow up the print. :) I've started a "book with the name of a state in it", too.

Team Maximus:

I needed a book to read on my kindle, so I've finished One Less Lonely Cowboy 224 pp; by Kathleen Eagle; letters in title=19; page #s=8; first pub Feb. 19, 2013; #Chap. 10; Man & woman on cover; genre Western, romance; Char. names Iris, Jack, Lily, Mike; Setting Missouri, US; Pets Hoppsie, Poppsie, Old Dancer, Rusty, Bunny, Juniper; Text starts with "Iris"; MC's are teacher, cowboy.

(Doesn't have "asparagus" or "chow down" in it.)

Team Maximus-

The Praetorian spreadsheet has me reading Wizard of Oz twice. Am I doing something that's making it harder for the mods to keep track of my books? Let me know, please.

ETA - The correct listing is the one that shows I've finished it.

Team Maximus:

I've finished Only by Chance 192 pp; by Betty Neels; letters in title=12; page #s=12; first pub Dec. 1, 1996; #Chap. 9; blue, lake, boat on cover; genre romance; Char. names Henrietta, Adam, David; Setting England; pets Oliver Twist, Watson, Dickens; text starts with "It"; orphan, Occupational Therapist; food= cabbage, rhubarb, parsley; trip to ocean/beach.

I'll point out that it has that tricky pet name beginning with "O".

Eldarwen wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "OK, now I'm really feeling lost. :)

Where do we look for the latest goals?

I've finished The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 267 pages. It has over 40,000 word..."

Do you want me to go back and post all the other info for the Wizard of Oz, too, then?

Stillmeadow Daybook, 274 pages, is full of dogs. Their names start with Q, E, T and lots of other letters. :) I'll post the names when I finish it and we can use whichever one we need at the moment.

Team Maximus

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "I don't see a Praetorian spread sheet, where we could see all the curre..."

Added it to first post"

Thanks! It will really help to be able to look for everything in one place. :)

Annika wrote: "Teri, have a look at the first few posts in the thread. There are 2 posts and a link to a new spreadsheet :)"

I don't see a Praetorian spread sheet, where we could see all the current goals together.

Not that it matters that much, things are changing that fast. But I'd rather at least attempt to fit my books to goals. :)

I think I can read for "pet name starts with Q". Let me spend a few minutes checking...

OK, now I'm really feeling lost. :)

Where do we look for the latest goals?

I've finished The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 267 pages. It has over 40,000 words. Pet name starts with T - Toto.

Team Maximus

I've started Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just, 256 pages, for spiritual genre. It's actually "spirituality", but I assume that will work.

Joy in the Morning, which I just finished, has a pond on the cover, if you need it. (It's on the Maximus spread sheet twice.)

Team Maximus

Team Maximus

I've finished Bayou Moon, 447 pages, for pet name starts with N. The name is Nellie. It also has a sword on the cover. It contains the words bow, castle, club and crossbow. Do you need the locations of the words?

I've also finished Joy in the Morning which I've already reported on. I'll add that it has a blue and green cover and orange letters. First word "After". No goals, I don't think.

Is my Heidelberg Wedding still open? Because she's a nurse who goes to Portugal and then Germany for her new job. :)

And put me down for "pet name starts with N". I'll read Bayou Moon. It's been a long time since I read it.

I've finished The Resurrection Man for the phrase "Whole nine yards". "Long legs, long sleeves, the whole nine yards." location 4136.

ETA I'm ready to start Only by Chance for another challenge, and it's first pub date is December, 1996. For whoever finishes first. :)

Eldarwen wrote: "Ooooh Wizard of Oz! :-D
I've never actually read the book, but I think I have it here somewhere, one of the books my dad told me to take because he wasn't going to reread it.
Loved the Judy Garland..."

I haven't read the book in many decades, so I thought it would be fun to revisit it. The audio version is narrated by Anne Hathaway, and she's doing a good job.

We used to watch the movie on TV when I was little and the flying monkeys scared me so much I had to cover my eyes. :)

I need a new audio to listen to while I clean house and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has 40508 words. So you can put me down for pet name starts with T for Toto.

ETA - Yes, the HP books are really useful for this challenge. Guaranteed to be used somewhere. :)

Eldarwen wrote: "Thanks, Teri!

And of cooooourse, Trevor isn't in HP2, the next book I wanted to listen to :-p"

It always seems the book we need isn't up next in the series. Or else it's checked out. :(

I've started The Resurrection Man with whole nine yards in it.

Cool. It's my favorite of that series. :) But I can't keep up with what happens to them after I read them. lol