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

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

Tia wrote: "Looks like we're going to be CULTURED next week, everyone! =p"

Someone else may be CULTURED, but I'm just a simple farm girl. lol Fortunately I just got a book that will work for U. I'll save it for next week. U's are kind of hard to find, I think. And for every 3 letters we read we'll need 1 U.

Tia wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "Tia wrote: "Finished The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship, which works for R (Roy, character) and B (Burnham, author)!"

Awesome, Tia! Do you still have one more ..."

You ladies are amazing readers! I've decided to save adding everything to the spreadsheet for tomorrow. I'm really tired tonight. I had a hard time sleeping last night and today was really busy. Tonight I'm just reading and sleeping. :)

Good night, all.

Tia wrote: "Finished The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship, which works for R (Roy, character) and B (Burnham, author)!"

Awesome, Tia! Do you still have one more Y in the works?

Catherine wrote: "trying to get through

W..title
R..author
S..Mairi Sinclair..character
L..Logan Harrison..character"

I made a note of this one but will hold off scheduling it until you see if you can finish it this week. I'm so glad you liked Readhead. I love it when I read a really good book - especially if it's new to me!

Ozana wrote: "Finished The Young Elites by Marie Lu ....355 pages

Characters Adelina Amouteru,Enzo Valenciano,Teren Santoru, Raffaelle, Dan..."

We need 1 more R. We also need Y but I think Tia said she had that covered. After that we can start on round 4 so just about anything will work.

Thanks!

212 pages

Current Total: 848,777

Tia wrote: "Do you have any letters you're still working on, Teri? If you have some books lined up, I'll make sure to read different letters when I pick out my extra books at the end of the week."

I can cover both W's or sure and maybe L. But I can't tell yet if I'll get more than that read. If I'm looking correctly that leaves us needing D and two Rs. But I'm sending out an e-mail to everyone to let me know what they have in the works, so we'll see how folks respond.

Tia wrote: "Actually, I have two! I just finished , which works for Y (Yurievna, character). I've included all the other letters that work for it in my original post..."

Perfect, Tia. That gets us 2 of every letter, so I can relax a bit. :)

Tia wrote: "How many Ys do we need, Teri? I'm reading one more this week, but could try to find more if need be."

We need at least 2 more. The one you're reading would be one. It could be someone else will have one in the works. We'll see. I'm glad you have one going, though. :)

Catherine wrote: "Almost finished with The Unidentified Redhead

S..gracie Sheridan..character
A..author"

OK, let me know when it's done and on your shelf.

Thanks!

208 pages

Current Total: 843,391

I can easily read more W's, but it looks like we need to be sure and get at least 2 more Y's. I don't have any more on tap myself.

OK Here's what I have so far. Please let me know if I've missed something or messed up some details. Several of my books are non-fiction so they can't be moved as easily, so this is what I came up with.

W- Winter Palace, Teri
A History of Early Aviation, Tia (Wright auth)
Warrior, Ozana

I- Inherit the Stars, Tia
When Lightening Strikes, Cathy (Ian, char)
Little House in the Fairy Wood, Tia (Ivara char)

L- White Fang, Ozana (London, auth)
Lit, Teri
Murder to Go, Teri (Lathen auth)

D- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax, Teri (Debby char)
The Dovekeepers, Ozana (504 pp)
The Young Elites, Ozana (Dante char)

S- The Scarlet Plague, Tia
The Selection, Michelle
The Unidentified Redhead, Catherine (Sheridan char)
Song of Hiawatha, Tia

T- Jesus the King, Teri (Timothy auth)
Three Thousand Dollars, Tia
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ozana (Tom char)
King, Ozana, (Tajeo char)

R- A Duty to the Dead, Teri (Robert char)
Romeo and Juliet, Tia (PINK)
King Lear, Tia (Regan char)
They Shall Have Stars, Tia (Russell char)

A- The Perfect Blend, Teri (Allie auth)
As You Wish, Tia
Oryx and Krake, Kay (Atwood auth)
Aesop, Tia

W- Who is This Man?, Teri
De Profundis, Tia (Wilde auth)
A Cook in Time, Teri (White char)
The Bell Jar, Tia (Willard, char)

B- Betrayal, Teri
Mrs. Warren's Profession, Tia (Bernard auth)
Solaris, Tia (Berton char)

E- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax, Teri (Emily char)
Escape from Camp 14, Tia
Annie's Song, Teri (Edie char)
The Smoky God, Tia (Emerson auth)

R- Murder Without Icing, Teri (Rose char)
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship, Tia (Roy char)
Red Rising, Ozana

R- Prudence, Teri-K (Rue char)
Rogues, Ozana (832 pp)
Playlist for the Dead, Michelle (Ryan char)

Y- The Jesus I Never Knew, Teri (Yancey auth)
The Madonnas of Leningrad, Tia (Yurievna char)
The Year of the Hare, Tia

WOW! You ladies are reading like crazy. I've been really busy, but will have time this afternoon to start filling out spreadsheets. I've been reading, too, even if I haven't had much time to come here. So far I have completed W,TRAWBER,Y, and I'm currently reading L & D. So we're looking good, I think!

I found out what I did wrong on the official spread sheet, and we now have the 30 points for the blue cover added into our score. The team listings may not be undated till next week, but our points are there.

Sorry about messing that up, ladies. There's no official explanation of how to do things, you just have to look at the sample spreadsheet and figure it out as you go along, so it's taking me a while to get it right. Thanks to Tia for noticing, and all of you for reading. :)

219 pp

Current Total: 838,251

272 pp and  410 pp (682 pp total)

Current Total: 838,032

304

Current Total: 836,918

Kay wrote: "I have finished Oryx and Crake and it was absolutely amazing! I can't wait to read the next one! There are so many letters we could use from these books, what letters do we need?"

At this point it's impossible to tell what letters we'll need, though I did notice we need 3 Rs and 2 Ws for every 1 of the other letters. So I'd just read what you want and keep track of all the places it will apply, or start with something R or W, just in case.

Tia wrote: "Also, I'm not sure if anyone cares or plans what they read around this challenge/the points, but I did the math and found out that reading books under 250 pages for 10 points each is more useful in..."

Love it! It's the kind of thing I'd figure, too. :)

Tia wrote: "Teri, it looks like we have 30 points less than we should on the Weekly Results thread. Didn't we read a book with a blue cover?"

Yes, we did. And I recorded it. I'll check and see what's up with that. Thanks for mentioning it.

Apparently they couldn't find the note I made on the spread sheet. I've contacted them telling them where to look. I wouldn't have known there was a problem if you hadn't mentioned it, so thanks for being on the ball. :)