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

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

416 pages

Current Total: 815,200

528 pages

Current Total: 814,784

I have a question. I've never done any of this type of challenge before and I'm wondering how "strict" the tasks are. For instance, for the one that calls for reading a book about a chef would someone who makes their living as a baker or a candy maker work? Or should it be a restaurant chef? What about a cook for a household or a camp?

I just finished , the final in the London Steampunk series. They were my introduction to steampunk, and I really like them. This final book was amazing, in fact I had a hard time putting it down to get other things done around the house. I'm so happy that the author is planning on writing more related books!

Tia wrote: "I wrote my discussion questions (Post 43), so that's an extra 20 points for us!"

Excellent, Tia! I'll get that recorded.

Ozana wrote: "I really like it, run on this series by accident and I couldnt sleep last night so I was reading it an love it. If you say that next books are not that that good I'll put them aside and try Monk se..."

First, don't let me dissuade you from reading the next few in the Cater Street series. I enjoyed them for a while, then I though they got dumb. But I'm not into fake devil worship and such, so that's just me. :)

And feel free to change out books you'd planned to read for others. If you can give me one message with the books you're dropping that will help. Then let me know what you will read and the letters they'll work for whenever you can. I can rearrange if I need to.

I'm trying out a new system for posting on the spread sheet. I'm only recording a book there when it's read and verified, and am keeping track of everything else elsewhere, so changes are a little easier to handle.

So don't worry, just read and enjoy. :)

Ozana wrote: "Finished The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry

....288 pages

Characters: Thomas Pitt, Charlotte Elison, Edward Elison, Luc..."

Did you like? I remember the first time I read that book - I was enthralled. I really loved Charlotte and Thomas Pitt. Unfortunately the rest of the series doesn't sustain the same quality, I don't think. But I like the next few.

Her Monk series is really good, too. I didn't love the first of her WWI books like I wanted to, but I'll probably read another some day.

Michelle wrote: "I finished The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

Letters:
U-title
B-character (Brianna)
E-author"

Great, Michelle! Don't forget to put it on your shelf and I'll get it on the spreadsheet. :)

430 pages

Current Total: 808,431

320 pages

Current Total: 789,094

Great job, ladies! We have 26 books finished already! We've finished our word once, and have the blue cover and one book over 500 pages. I think that's awesome!

On another note, I finished listening to He Drank, and Saw the Spider and I'm really sad that there are no more books in the series right now. :(

Looks like fun!

Quest to Save Easter!
Part 1 Discover the Threat
Quest 1: Pump the Bartender for Information
Info: Read a book where someone drinks a lot or is a bartender and read a book where someone pays for something in gold or the book has a gold cover to pay the bartender for information.
Drink: Under a Blackberry Moon
Gold: Valley of the Shadow

Quest 2: Talk to the Local Children
Info: Spell out the word TOY using spell-it-out rules to hear what the children saw.
T: Tarek (character), The Last Camel Died at Noon
O: Owens (character), Falling for the Fireman
Y: Yancey (author), The Jesus I Never Knew

Quest 3: Talk to the Guard at the Gate
Info: Read 2 books which feature restaurants or chefs to bring lunch to the guard and listen to him talk while you share the feast.
Book 1: Murder to Go
Book 2: Earthly Delights

Part 2 Track the rabbit
Read 2 books where there are tracks or something hidden on the cover or where a main character is a hunter or tracker to track the trolls.
Book 1: He Drank, and Saw the Spider
Book 2: Borrower of the Night

Read a book with a farm animal on the front or one set on a farm or in the country to find the Easter Bunny.
Farm: The Truest Pleasure

Read a book with an eye on the cover, a book with an animal on the cover and a book with water on the cover.
Eye:
Animal:
Water:

Part 3 Make a plan
Read a book that is over 400 pages for some map paper, then read a skinny book under 100 pages for a pen. Read a book with the words (up, down, right, left, north, south, east or west) in the title to draw the map. The word may be part of a larger unrelated word (e.g. east in the word beast).
Over 400 pp: Living with Shakespeare: Actors, Directors, and Writers on Shakespeare in Our Time 523 pp
Under 100 pp: The Bone Knife 35 pp
W/direction word: A Visitor's Guide to the Literary South

Read a book with a lightbulb on the cover or is in the non-fiction category to get an idea. Then make it take shape by reading a book with a simple shape clearly on the cover or in the title. (e.g. See cover of Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea or Masks of the Illuminati). Finally, read a book with a main character who's a chemist, a steamy romance with romantic chemistry or a book with light in the title to transform it into a plan.
Non-fiction: King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
Shape:
Romance: Soulless

Read a book with a tree on the cover to gather some sticks. Read a book with food on the cover to gather a tasty treat.
Tree on cover:
Food on cover:

Part 4 - Execute the plan 
Read a book with a brown cover to dig a hole. Then read a book about construction or where a main character works in construction to setup the box.
Brown cover:
Construction: A Father For Zach

Read a book about someone overcoming impossible odds.
Impossible odds: The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

Read a book where the family celebrates Easter or one with a rabbit on the cover. Enjoy your victory.
Easter/rabbit: Unexpected Dismounts

288 pages

Current Total: 789,812

Paula wrote: "hi!! I'm sorry i haven't been updating my reading process lately :) This week I've read The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater and I'll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson ,I know it's not much but Th..."

Hey, two more books will be great! Can you let me know which letters they can work for as you read them? Thanks!

337 pages

Current Total: 786,169

368 pages

Current Total: 785,462

Great, everybody! We now have our color spelled out 4 times. :)

Keep reading, OK? Or listening, or whatever you do to get through those books.

Tia wrote: "I promise you that one day I'll remember to add it without you having to remind me, haha. It's there now. =p"

If that's the worst thing you do all week I'd say things are going pretty well. :)

Tia wrote: "Hi, Teri. I just finished Heartbreak House, which works for B (Bernard, author), U (Utterword, character), and E (Ellie, character). Hopefully this will fill one of the holes in the f..."

That's great. Thanks a lot! Don't forget to mark it read on your shelf.

Ozana wrote: "I wrote up under the book

character Brother Edwig...E

I searched while I was reading the book letters but I found only E. Is that ok?"

If E is all there is, then I'll shuffle some things and make it work. Don't worry - no book will go uncounted!!!! :)

Oh, wait. No shuffling required. It worked just fine.