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

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

Ozana wrote: "I finished Dissolution by C.J. Sansom...456 pages"

What letters will Dissolution work for?

Ozana wrote: "I've been in India and "old" India is so romantic but real India is so beauliful and brutal on other side, left overs of old maharjas palaces and grat colonised English properties with servants is,..."

That's a beautiful description of a country. I think Kipling captures both the beauty and the cruelty in his book.

272 pages

Current Total: 781,550

Ozana wrote: "I loved it but I adore A room with a view so much more, reminds me of Jane Austin but Passage to India is also special and descriptions are awesome."

I love books with great descriptions, so I guess I should try it. Have you read Kipling's Kim? I honestly felt like I'd been to India when I finished it. And I haven't.:)

Ozana wrote: "I finished A Passage to India by E.M. Forster...376 pages
It can go under I,E"

Good job! Did you like it? I love A Room with a View and have read it several times. But I haven't read anything else by him.

I will verify it and add it to our spread sheet.

Tia wrote: "Also, I finished Edward II and Caesar and Cleopatra. I'll put them on my shelf!"

Great. I'll take care of all of that. :)

208 pages

Current Total: 779,267

272 pages

Current Total: 774,528

Catherine wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "Catherine wrote: "And...add Flirting with Disaster..Victoria Dahl...I started this too :)"

Great! That one has a character named Isabelle, which give..."

You never know what letter we'll end up needing. lol

That's why I really need all the applicable letters - fitting all the books together is kind of like working a jigsaw puzzle where some of the pieces can be used in more than one place. And some books, like non-fiction, aren't as flexible. (With non-fiction you can only use title and author, so your choices are restricted even more.)

Anyway, that "I" was just what I needed at the time!

Kay wrote: "It is yeah, I've been struggling with books too, having trouble getting through Something Wicked This Way Comes so I'm pausing that and having a go at The Declaration by Gemma Malley instead."

Kay, just let me know if you decide to drop or switch out something. I've already dropped something and subbed another. There's no sense reading books you don't like if you don't have to.

BTW, since Sunday is Easter my Saturday night outing has been cancelled. So I can take care of posting our week 2 results. But thanks for doing it last time.

Paula wrote: "I'm so sorry i only read 1 book last week ! I was busy with exams and school stuff :(( but i'm on holidays now sooo... i'll try to read everything I can. Is BLUE VIOLET this week's colour??"

Don't worry about it?! We have 7 more weeks. And school is rather important. :)

Yes, "BLUE VIOLET" is the color for this week. So anything you read that can apply to that will be great.

Ozana wrote: "@Teri-k
I'll let you know when I finish is it worth it reading it, there is hole series about Matthew Shardlake. I am so curious about time of King Henry the VIII and reformation of the church an..."

Good Work! I'll put it in.

And please do let me know what you think of the Shardlake book when you finish it. :)

Ozana wrote: "I also started last night Dissolution by C.J. Sansom and I like it, it's a series in time of King Henry the VIII and hunchback lawyer is w..."

I've had that on my TBR list for a while. I'm glad you like it, I'll have to plan on reading it soon. I read lots of historical fiction, it's one of my favorite genres. :)

Tia wrote: "Even if we're assuming all the books are under 500 pages, we already have 365 points this week when you take all the books and then add the bonuses! Not too shabby, guys! =)"

And we still haven't heard from a couple of people. The day/time differences mean that can take a while. But it looks like another good week. :)

Tia wrote: "I've signed up for discussion questions for The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, so we'll also be getting additional points for that this week!"

Awesome! I didn't feel up to figuring out how that works, so I was kind of ignoring it. :) Thanks for taking the bull by the horns and doing that.

Here's BLUEVIOLET 4 times through, for 30 books! (The bolded titles are finished already.) We have several books that are blue. I'll just count whichever one is finished first. And Tia is writing discussion questions so we get extra points for that, too!

B- Tia, Caesar
Kay, The Declaration
Teri, Blackberry
Michelle, Unwritten
L- Tia, World
Teri-k, Unexpected
Cathy, Shelter
Tia, Yiddish
U- Teri, Mark
Tia, Heartbreak
Tia, Urth
Ozana, Under
E- Ozana, Talon
Ozana, Passage
Tia, Way Station
Teri, Last Camel
V- Teri, Fireflies
Teri, Cottonwood
Teri, Visitor
Tia, A Room
I- Ozana, Islands
Teri-k, Promise
Tia, I, Lucifer
Teri, Guernsey
O- Tia, Cousin
Teri, He Drank
Teri, Of Silk
Teri, Falling
L- Teri, Waves
Tia, The Lady
Teri, Living
Michelle, Lying
E- Tia, Edward
Ozana, Dissolution
Teri, Valley
Ozana, Cater Street
T- Tia, A Love
Tia, His Dog
Ozana, Thief
Ozana, Selection

Extras or Round 5 (I could use more letters these books will work for): Paula- Scorpio, I'll Give; Catherine- Unidentified, Always, Vintage, Flirting; Kay, Oryx

Catherine wrote: "And...add Flirting with Disaster..Victoria Dahl...I started this too :)"

Great! That one has a character named Isabelle, which gives us the "I" needed to complete three times through the word. Good choice. :)

Catherine wrote: "sorry about that!"

That's OK. That one is definitely very blue and should work just fine. As a fan of tea and pretty tea cups, I really like that cover. :)

Catherine wrote: "also reading

Lacey McDanie..character"

I'll put both of them down. Thanks!

Tia wrote: "Awesome, Teri! That means we're tied for 7th!"

Thanks for the update, Tia. We just moved up a spot. :)