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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Third Round of BRICKRED now full!!

B Dana- Birthmarked
R Kay- Ringer(char), The Infinite Sea
I Dana- I I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
C Dana- Clutch (char), Wicked
K Teri-K- Kent, Meggie (char), Tarnished Knight
R Dana- Rontok (char), Hitchhiker's Guide
E Dana- Emily Croy Barker (author), Thinking Woman's Guide
D Teri-K- Deeds of the Disturber

Awesome work, everyone.

YEAH!!!
If I knew how I'd paste a cute picture of Kermit the Frog getting all excited right here. :)
(Not one of those moving gifs, though. They give me a headache.)

We have two rounds of our color filled in, and are starting on the third. I have faith that we can fill in at least one more complete round. We still haven't heard from one member and I haven't used most of mine, though I expect to read at least 6.

I'm not using books people aren't ready to commit to finishing yet, but be sure we'll use every book you read. Also, we don't have to complete the last round to get credit for those books.

Way to go, Fire Opals!

Kay wrote: "I am currently reading city of ashes, there's the C or actually that's it just a c how diverse :| oh well I also have the epic Infinite Sea in my bag to read which I'll start tomorrow because I'll ..."

See if this is right:
City of Ashes I- Isabelle Lightwood (character), C- Author
The Infinite Sea B- Ben Parrish (character), R- Author, I- Title, C- Cassie Sullivan (character), E- Evan Walker (character)
Something Wicked This Way Comes B- Author, R- Author, C- Charles Halloway
(I assumed you meant the Bradbury novel. There are several others with that name, too.)

I'll add those to the spread sheet. Just pop back in and let us know as you read if there are other character names you find that will work for other letters.

Thanks!

Ozana wrote: "Great work Teri-k.
You put order in my list better than I ever could. Thank you.
Let the Wheel-a-Thon II begins. May the Force be with us!"

Thanks. I love organizing things, so this is fun for me. Plus I get to read about books, which is always fun. :)

Read On!!!

So we have color number 2 filled in!!!! Way to go, ladies.
Here's what we have:

B Kay- Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
R Ozana- Ron (character), HP & Deathly Hallows
I Ozana- Infernal Devices (series name), Clockwork Angel
C Kay- City of Ashes
K Ozana- Kagawa, Blood of Eden
R Ozana- Rue (character), Prudence
E Ozana- Eyre, Justine (character), The Winner's Curse
D Catherine- Deborah Harkness, Book of Life

Ozana wrote: "WHEEL-A-THON II

1. WEEK RED COLOUR AND BRICK LANE

B Blood of Eden -Julie Kagawa
R The Winner's Curse-Marie Rutkoski
I
C Prudence -Gail Carriger
K Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K.Rawlin..."

That's a great help. Thanks for letting us know what you're planning.

We only need one red cover, and we have that already. But thanks.

If you find other letters the books will work for you can pop back in and edit your post. Sometimes we can't tell till we read a book what characters names we'll find.

I hope you like Prudence. Please let me know what you think of it, I'm waiting for my library to buy a copy. Plus, I gave Clockword Angel 3 stars, but the next one 4 and the last one 5. I wonder what you'll think of it.

Happy reading.

BTW - We're actually doing BRICK RED, so we don't need an L or A. But I'm sure you'll find character names that will work for this challenge. I found a few from the GR description.

Renee wrote: "Re-reads are ok if 6 months or longer since last time."

That's good to know, since I do a lot of rereading.

Catherine wrote: "hi guys!! just got the message that I'm on this team! Opal is my birthstone...so I feel extra lucky :) I'm in NJ...and we just got hit with like 3-4 inches of snow today (so much for the first d..."

Welcome, Catherine! Opal is my birthstone, too. It must be fate, right?

We had 4" of snow the weekend before last, then the next Sunday it was in the 70's. So hopefully sunny days are just around the corner for you, too.

I see you've reported your books. Thanks. As you read you can come back and let us know what other letters may work.

Plus, it's fine to start reading now, too. In case it's too cold to go outside. :)

BTW, everyone. If you happen to be loving a book you're reading, be sure and come here and let us all know. For one thing, we can get credit if someone else reads the book, too. Also, aren't we always on the hunt for good new books?

No such thing as a too-large TBR pile. Right?

Tia wrote: "Oh, I think you might have accidentally selected the wrong book/edition. The one I'm reading is 303 pages long: The Claw of the Conciliator"

Weird. I cut-and-pasted the title and it only showed e-books with not enough pages. Your link works fine so the edition is back in. Thanks!

It will help me if everyone can get the exact edition they're reading entered into their Wheelathon bookshelf ASAP. That's what I'll use to verify the books when you finish them. Right now I'm just trying things out. :)

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "Where is the Captain's Group? I can't find it... "

Your Mod-in-charge (Renee) will invite you (or check your mail or under groups on GR if you already have it)"

I replied but it hasn't shown up yet. I'll give it some time and see if it shows up later.

Thanks for all the help.

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "Awesome. That helps a lot.

I have a question about page length. E-book and paper book page counts can vary widely. If we read a book in e-book format do we use that page count? (I'..."

Thanks again.

Where is the Captain's Group? I can't find it...

FYI
The rules state "Books must be more than 160 pages in length. Children's books, Graphic Novels, Cookbooks and Poetry books cannot be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 160 pages."

I've also been told, "We usually go by what edition you have tagged as read. In case of ebooks and audiobooks if there isn't page count we go with default edition."

I'm checking out the details, but if the GR record doesn't list the book as over 160 pages, we can't use it here.

Awesome. That helps a lot.

I have a question about page length. E-book and paper book page counts can vary widely. If we read a book in e-book format do we use that page count? (I'm in another challenge that doesn't use e-book page counts so I'm wondering.)

I have a couple of Captain-related questions. Is the team spread sheet that's at the bottom of our team's first post for group record keeping or is that where we report? I noticed the box doesn't expand to take in longer titles or comments, so how does that work? And do we report a book by typing out the title or using the GR "add book" method?

Also, why do we need to have our team's shelf names for this challenge?

Thanks for the help.

We've got the color through once already! That gives us our 15 bonus points. And we have several people who are reading books with red covers for the extra 30. That's a great start.

Now we'll work on reading the color word another time or two. Looking at the last challenge, most teams seem to read their word through 3-4 times. Let's see what kind of start we can make.

Life happens, so if you realize you won't finish a book you signed up for, just let us know right away and we'll rearrange or find someone who can fill in.

B Tia- Bailey (character), The Sky is Everywhere
R Tia- Rudyard Kipling, Jungle Book
I Michelle- June Iparis (character), Champion
C Tia- Claws of the Conciliator
K Tia- Koushin Takami, Battle Royal
R Michelle- Rapture
E Teri- Elizabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendour Red Cover
D Tia- Dorcas (character), The Sword of the Lictor

Tia wrote: "I rewrote my earlier post to make it a little clearer which books had which letters. Hopefully it makes more sense now. It looks like I can take care of B, R, C, K, and/or D."

Thanks, Tia. That makes it really easy for me to put on the spreadsheet. :)

ETA- Please add the character's name(s) that we can use, because we'll need that when we report, too.

We're getting a later start than many of the other groups, but I'm just glad to get to be here at all, and glad to meet all of you. :)

Take a look at the books you're already reading, and see how many of them can work for BRICK RED. I'm setting up a spread sheet on my computer to keep track of things till we get one set up here. So feel free to start reporting what books you can finish next week. I'll plan on filling in the holes that arise. For example, I'll be finishing:

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness for B (author), I (title), or D (character David Davis).

ETA - I love snow!

Also, some books you plan to read may fit more than one letter for the challenge. If you let us know all the letters they fit we can arrange them to maximize our points.

So if you read a book from "In Death" series, by JD Robb, report it for the "I" and the "R", and we can decide which we need more when it's time to report. Right?