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

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

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My Total Pages: 1790

Current Total: 936,938

Now I need some guidance on the hunter/tracker choice. Does this include private detectives and people hunting down an object or person, or only those who are officially hunters - like vampire hunters or animal hunters?

Thanks.

Tia wrote: "Good - I just wanted to make sure those 30 points weren't slipping by!

I'm sorry to hear you're still not feeling well, Teri - I hope that you'll be able to take it easy this week and give yoursel..."

Great. I'll let you know if I need that O.

I loved Watership Down when I finally read it last year. Such a wonderful story!

Tia wrote: "Alright, here's my first list. I've finished some of these already, but left my lists that show which books work for which letters at home - I'll check them off later tonight. For now I'll just put..."

I think that would work. So will , which I listened to and finished yesterday. So we're good for yellow. :)

I'm still not completely healthy, but have been listening a lot and can do one round of DANDELION, though I may need an O. I plan on rereading an Emma Lathen mystery, and so far her books have had one of every letter we needed. So it will probably have an O but I won't know for a few days. My head hurts enough that I can't read much. Mostly listening.

Would someone like to PM Paula and let her know we miss her? It might mean more coming from someone besides me. I hope she's not ill.

It's great to see us moving up in the rankings. So much better than starting on top and fading. I always root for the under dog sports team - comes from growing up in Colorado, where every team was always an underdog. lol But it's great fun to watch a team slowly improve. Good job, ladies!

Catherine wrote: "Finished

Works for

C..Cheyenne Chritensen..character
D..Joe DeMarco..character
D..Dylan Amos..character"

Catherine,

I need you to either friend me or change your settings from private so I can verify your books.

Thanks!

OK, I'm officially reporting our spread sheet is verified and going to bed. :)

DANDELION may be tricky, only 7 usable letters. But I have faith in you ladies. It should be interesting.

Ozana wrote: "Of course you can if that fits word!"

I am so impressed that you have actually read Ulysses! You're the only person I "know" who's actually finished it. lol

OK, I think I have every usable book listed now. We have 575 points, which is awesome since unfortunately there are a few books I can't use unless things change in the last few hours. But still, that's great!

Our new word is DANDELION. Quite appropriate for spring, don't you think? The color is yellow.

ETA- A message from the mods allowed me to use 2 more books, so we're at 595!

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Current Total: 902,097

Michelle wrote: "Finished Soulprint by Megan Miranda!!
Letters:
Alina Chase
Camerin London
Dominic Ellis

P.S I LOVED IT!!!(:"

Michelle, I'm glad you loved your book. It's such a great feeling to read one that's really, really good, isn't it?

OK, ladies, I've filled in the spread sheet 5 times. Here's what I have left:

C - Candida (Tia) ✓
U -
L - The Boarded-Up House: Lucia, character (Tia) ✓
T - Witch World: Tregarth, character (Tia)
U - The Lathe of Heaven author (Tia)
R - Spring's Awakening: Rilow, character (Tia) ✓
E - Emma (Ozana) ✓
D - Rebecca: Author (Ozana) ✓


C -
U -
L -
T - 
U - 
R - Full Moon Rising: Character Riley (Kay) ✓
E -
D - 

We have to fill in the U somehow or move them around to include the last book.

I had to eliminate 2 kids books because they didn't have at least 40000 words, which is the rule for kids books. And I haven't used Catherine's books because she seems to have set her shelf to private and I can't verify her books. I sent her a PM, hopefully she'll see it and respond in time. And I need to know how A Natural History of Dragons works for D from Ozana.

I'm really sorry that my being sick has messed this week up a bit - but I really was down for the count. Fortunately I could still listen to audio books, or I wouldn't have gotten much reading done, either. I'm doing better today.

Whatever we end up with it looks like another good week, and you ladies have proved your a real team! I'm going to take some more medicine and lay down again for a while. I'll check in again in a few hours to see where we are.

Tia wrote: "Actually, I just wrote out some lists and it looks like if everyone reads all the books they've committed to that we'll have seven spell-throughs!

(Also, I can send you the lists I wrote out if th..."

Yes, please send me your lists, since I'm way behind this week.

Ladies,

Sorry I've not been on board here - I got really nastily sick. I'm doing better now and will be able to get everyone's books posted later today or tomorrow.

Just be sure you've got them marked read on your shelf, OK?

Thanks!!!

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Current Total: 871,364

Tia wrote: "Alright, I think I finished my last three for this week:

- The Horse and His Boy: L (Lasaraleen, character), D (Darrin, character), S (Shasta, character), T (Thorbut, character), R (..."

Great job, tia, but make sure you get them and Mrs. W on your shelf and marked read, or I'll have to take them off the spread sheet before I enter it. OK?

Ozana wrote: "4. WEEK CULTURED

C THE CLOCKWORK SCARAB by Coleen GleasonThe Clockwork Scarab
U The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory [book:The United States of Paranoia: A Conspira..."

Looks great. I'll add those books in later this morning.

Michelle wrote: "I'm a little confused, if I finished a book today (4-10-15) for what word does it count?"

Yes, Michelle, we're still on WILD STRAWBERRY, except for a few folks who feel the need to jump the gun. lol Plus I wanted the new master list to be toward the top of the page to make it easier for me to find. Sorry for the confusion. :)

Tia wrote: "Alright - I had a little downtime at work, so I put together my reading list for this week. I'm hoping to do two full spell-it-outs for a total of 16 books.

First spell-it-out:
- [book:The Curious..."

FYI You skipped one E and used A Lady twice. Not that you have to spell it out twice by yourself - I just noticed when I was transferring everything to the master list. :)

I liked the way I listed our books last week, so here's what's proposed for CULTURED. Given our past performance we should expect to spell the word 5 times, perhaps more. (Finished books are bold.) We have the white cover taken care of.

C- Catching Moondrops, Teri
Cooking the Books, Teri
Curious Incident, Tia
Mixed-Up, Tia (Claudia char)
U- Unravelling Freedom, Teri
The Unintended Groom, Teri
Lavinia, Tia (Ursula auth)
Stardust, Tia (Una char)
L- Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Teri
A Wrinkle in Time (L'Engle auth), Teri
A Lady, Tia
T- To Kill a Mockingbird, Teri
Flower Fables, Tia (Thistledown char)
Black Dogs, Tia (Tremaine char)
U- The Price of Freedom (Umberger auth), Teri
Unrivaled, Teri
Rocannon, Tia (Ursula auth)
When We, Tia (Ulfheim auth)
R- The Last Camel Died at Noon (Radcliff char), Teri
Doctor's, Tia (Redpenny char)
Fringes, Tia (Rudyard auth)
E- The Monsters of Templeton (Ezekial char), Teri
Emma Lathen, Teri
Like Water, Tia (Elena char)
D- An American Childhood (Dillard auth), Teri
Death on the Nile, Teri
Dark House, Tia
The Parasite, Tia (Doyle auth)

Tia wrote: "I was initially worried about the double-U until I realized I have nine books written by Ursula K. Le Guin on my TBR list. xD

I finished They Shall Have Stars, which works for W (Wa..."

Wonderful! I happen to be reading 3 books with mostly white covers, so we're taken care of for that part of next week.

ETA And I forgot I have a non-fiction book that has to go back to the library this week. It starts with U. :)