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

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

I'm eager to see how the series works now that they've changed things. But I won't tell you what's changed if you haven't read #7 yet. :)

Too bad about Apothecary Rose not being free for you. If you like historicals, especially mysteries, it's really good. Owen Archer and Lucy are both fascinating.

Adding another book to that reading list: The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb is free from Amazon. It's the first in a series I really like, so I'm happy to have it on e-book. :)

So, Elderwan asked us to post the books we're reading here, to help us when new goals pop up. I always have a lot of books going at the same time. The ones I started on the 2nd or later and will be finishing soon are:
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
The Under Dog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Lion in the Valley: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Peters

I've finished Soul's Gate and An Unlikely Romance.

384 pp

Current Total: 1,649,866

Finished An Unlikely Romance by Betty Neels.

192 pp

Current Total: 1,546,031

Kathryn wrote: "Unless anyone has a book published on the 6th of a month, may I suggest we use our boon to skip it and get a different goal?"

I agree. Why wait?

Congrats on the house! Moving is stressful but exciting, too.

Lucy wrote: "Yes, I claimed it with Rumors. I'm about a third way through. :)"

Thought so, but when I looked back I couldn't find it. That's fine, then. :)

Emma wrote: "I will finish soon but it doesn't fit any of our current goals unfortunately."

Every book counts for points! And you never know what goal might pop up later. :)

Eldarwen wrote: "I've been contemplating that socialite goal a little. Since it's often used in conjunction with aristocrats and general upper class people, and even more often with regards to royal families or tie..."

I thought someone had claimed the socialite goal? I've finished The End of the Rainbow by Betty Neels. Elizabeth is definitely a socialite by that definition, or any other. She's a rich, well-known woman who entertains a lot, always shows up at parties and balls, and tries to steal the heroine's husband. lol

I also finished Rocky Mountain Dreams and A Broken Kind of Beautiful.

288 pp

Current Total 1,643,785

544 pp

Current Total 1,642,748

270 pp

 250 pp

 308 pp Total finished today: 828

Current Total: 1,642,204

Oh, If forgot to mention that I finished The Mating Season last night. I don't think I'd call Bertie Wooster a socialite, though. :)

I've finished "asparagus" - Changes at Fairacre.

"And as for my cheese and asparagus quiche, which I entered in the cookery section, it was dismissed out of hand as it was baked in a fluted dish." pg 115

Hi. I notice several questions about book length here. It might help to know that according to GR, "The number of pages in a book is meant to include all content except for advertisements and preview chapters for other books."

So the page count on Amazon or some other site might be different than on GR, because "sneak peeks" and excerpts of other books aren't counted here but they are on Amazon. In general GR librarians try to use the actual book or the page numbers from WorldCat instead of Amazon. And they never use the e-book page count. If someone changes the page count they may find it changed back. (Not by me, just it could happen and now you know why.)

You can read more about it here if you're interested: https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/2...

So for this challenge the mods may need to decide which page count they want to refer to. Many challenges say if you read an e-book or listen to an audio then the most popular mmp, pb or hb will be used for page count instead. But that's up to the mods.

Off to finish my book with "asparagus" in the text... :)

Yeah for you, Marguerite - finishing one book and diving into another!

218 pp

Current Total: 1,639,000 And what are the chances of that happening? lol