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

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

Catherine wrote: "reading ...is this enough blue?"

If it's blue and not green. My monitor isn't really reliable, so I can't tell. :)

Turns out we did get 475 points for round 1!

I had put the extra points in the wrong spot, but it got fixed. They won't change the spread sheet with the rankings but the extra points will go into the challenge total at the end. So everything got counted. :)

Tia wrote: "Finished The World of the Ptavvs! Added it to my shelf."

Way to go!!!

Verifying it now... :)

274 pages

Current Total: 763,103

Tia wrote: "Oops. I fixed it, Teri. I read it on my Kindle, which just scrapes the 160 mark."

NP. I do that a lot when I read something on my kindle. :)

340 pages

Current Total: 762,109

Tia wrote: "I'm done with Rape: A Love Story, Teri!

I'll see how far I get with what I have listed already by about Wednesday and then I'll let you know if I can commit to any more for the weekend."

Which version did you read? The one you linked to isn't 160 pages, but I know I'm not always careful to link to the version I actually read.

I just finished Cottonwood Whispers, the second in the series by Valent. It was really good, too. I love coming-of-age stories where we get to see the characters slowly grow up. :)

Michelle wrote: "I am currently reading two books:
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
-U (title), E (author), B (char)

The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
- L (title), E (char), B (char)

:B"

Thanks Michelle. They've been added now, too. :)

27 books scheduled so far! Lets try for 39 again.

Ozana wrote: "2. WEEK BLUE VIOLET

B The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black The Darkest Part of the Forest
L BURNED BY K.M.M. character..."

Looks good, Ozana! I'll add them to my spread sheet.

FWIW I'm reading several books with V and U. (I finished one "V" author and liked it so much I've begun the next.) So don't let those letters hold you up - just read what you can and we'll work it out.

I've put your books in my spreadsheet, Tia. Happy reading. :)

Ozana wrote: "We are at 8th place..middle...I tought we will be higher. But that's a good score anyway!"

According to my count we have 475 points - more than they have down for us. I've mentioned it in the Captain's Group board, so we may get a recount. Still, 8 out of however many is good. (That spread sheet won't load right for me, so I can't see how many teams there are all together, but there are over 20.) Oh, Tia said 22. That puts us in the top half!

And, as an 8 week challenge this is more like a 10 K run than a sprint. :)

Week 1 we read 39 books. For this week I'm hoping for the same. I probably won't be able to read as many, though, as I had started several already that now are done. So this week will really show what we can do as a group. :)

Let's go out there and Read, Read, Read! lol

Renee wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Stupid question.....blue cover also has to have one of the letires in our word, yes?"

Actually, that's a question that got asked in the Captain's group - not stupi..."

Oh, thanks. I guess I misunderstood. I have a couple of books that can work for blue if we need them.

Karen wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "The spell-it-out rules say you can use the first letter in an author's first or last name. So I couldn't use author Kim Vogel Sawyer for V, right? What about someone like Rachel Van ..."

That works for me. Thanks!

Catherine wrote: "Stupid question.....blue cover also has to have one of the letires in our word, yes?"

Actually, that's a question that got asked in the Captain's group - not stupid at all. Yes, it does have to work for the word somehow. :)

344 pages

Current Total: 747,309

Michelle wrote: "Yesterday I finished I Was Here by Gayle Forman, I don't know of you can still count them but here are the letters I got:
I was here (title)
Ben (char)
Cody (char)
Richard (char)

(:"

I caught that when I was going through everyone's shelves verifying and added it, so it should be counted. :)

Well, I made it out and back and have had a few minutes to look at my TBR list for this week. A couple of these are for my book club, a couple are rereads, and the others just look good:

To Kill a Mockingbird Boo (char), Lee (author), T- (title)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Bishop (char), Lulash (char), U (title), Emily (char)
The King's Fifth O'Dell (author)
A Visitor's Guide to the Literary South V (title), T (Author)
Fireflies in December Buddy (char), Luke (char), Valent (author), Opal (char), Teague (char)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Isola (char), Eben (char)
When Calls the Heart Oke (author), Elizabeth (char)

The spell-it-out rules say you can use the first letter in an author's first or last name. So I couldn't use author Kim Vogel Sawyer for V, right? What about someone like Rachel Van Dyken?

Just checking. :)

Kay wrote: "that's 10 pm English time because the numbers have to be in by 2 tomorrow morning and I probably won't still be up :-)"

That's what I thought, but I wanted to be sure. :) I'm sorry that's such an awkward time for you, but I appreciate your doing it!