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

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

338 pages

Current Total: 505,151

288 pages

Current Total: 503,055

240 pages

Current Total: 498,713

I'm in. I find myself buried in big books right now.
(450 + pages or 12+ hours audio)
Level: ✦ 9, 10, read it again: 9 - 12 books
Duration: One Year, Feb 2015 - Dec 2015
Books Completed: 35

Completed:
To Serve Them All My Days 598 pp 3/4
Genghis: Birth of an Empire 14 hr 46 min. 3/6
Fair Play 464 pages 3/14
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance 16 hr 42 min 3/15
The Reluctant Prophet 496 pages 3/25
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History 512 pp 3/26
Living with Shakespeare: Actors, Directors, and Writers on Shakespeare in Our Time 528 pp 4/3
Unexpected Dismounts 464 pp 4/24
The Ape Who Guards the Balance: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense 15 hr 12 min 4/24
Time and Chance 544 pp 5/1
Too Far to Say Far Enough 512 pp 5/4
Guardian of the Horizon 544 pp 5/20
Tiffany Girl 544 pp 6/7
The Falcon at the Portal 576 pp 6/13
The Restorer 524 pp 6/18
He Shall Thunder in the Sky 512 pp 7/2
Lord of the Silent 496 pp 7/11
The Golden One 512 pp 7/17
Locked Rooms 488 pp 7/23
Children of the Storm 15 hr 6 min 8/1
The Search for Joyful 478 pp 8/2
Ripper: A Novel 512 pp 8/4
One Summer: America, 1927 544 pp 8/8
The Language of Bees 464 pp 8/18
The Serpent on the Crown 496 8/25
The God of the Hive 476 8/28
Uprooted 496 8/31
Law Man 508 9/3
Rock Chick Rescue 500 9/4
Sweet Dreams 688 9/5
Wild Man 528 pp 9/7
Mystery Man 528 pp 9/14
Tigana 676 pp 10/1
Healing Montana Sky 692 pp 10/7
The Name of the Wind 663 pp 10/8
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom 480 pp 12/1

I'll try this with three books.
Duration of challenge - Feb 24 - May 24.

Generated #s 26, 27, 53

Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel 3/14
The Beloved Disciple: Following John to the Heart of Jesus 4/19
Sunrise in the West

I'm in. My Goal is to complete the list.
Never Ending Year ► Read 14+ Books
Started Feb. 24, 2015. Completed May 1, 2015

1 MC's first experience of being loved.
Born in Sin 2/28

2 A book about second chances.
The Marshal Takes a Bride 2/28

3 A love triangle.
The Returning 3/26

4 Red, white and blue cover.
The Ride of Her Life 3/1

5 A star on the cover.
Appaloosa 2/25

6 Main female character is a mother.
Lion in the Valley: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense 3/9

7 A book with a tight deadline.
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History 3/26

8 A character predicts the future.
Absolutely, Positively 3/1

9– Set in a post-apocalyptic future.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4/1

10 Writer as the main character.
Die for Love 3/22

11 The only option left.
It Happened at the Fair 3/5

12 Character name one of the 12 Apostles.
The Duke and I 3/2

13 A book about superstitions.
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer 3/3

14 Based in 19th century America.
A Sensible Arrangement 3/4

15 Glow of light on the cover.
Interlude in Death 2/27

16 Or read a Young Adult book.
The Queen of Attolia 3/18

17 Puts a smile on your face.
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist 3/7

18 About a professional sportsperson.
The Kid from Tomkinsville 3/25

19 MCs are a Doctor & a Nurse.
An Unlikely Union 2/25

20 A character has one of the senses highlighted.
Celtic Moon 3/6

21 Read a book where someone has a drinking problem.
Star Trap 3/24

22 A strong police presence.
Murphy's Law 3/5

23 Title or series name that begins with "W."
Wyrd Sisters 3/17

24 Read in one day.
Anne's Perfect Husband 2/27

25 Picture of a horse on the cover.
Genghis: Birth of an Empire 3/6

26 Set in Australia.
Earthly Delights 4/18

27 One book from 3 different trilogies.
Blowing on Dandelions
The Reluctant Prophet 3/25
Fireflies in December 3/28

28– Something with a black and white cover.
Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books 4/9

29 Main character is about to turn 30.
To Serve Them All My Days 3/4

30 A character has an abnormal life span and is older than he/she appears.
The Hum and the Shiver 3/11

31 The final book of a series.
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled 3/18

384 pages

Current Total: 492,251

352 pages

Current Total: 461,911

288 pages

Current Total: 454,325

281 pages

Current Total:452,922

376 pages

Current Total: 444,197

251 pages

Current Total: 485,994

255 pages

Current Total: 430,276

232 pages

Current Total: 413,485

Edited to fix clash.

136 pages

Current Total: 402,216

284 pages

Current Total: 400,634

304 pages

Current Total: 398,665

288 pages

Current Total: 394,117

281 pages

Current Total: 378,934

I need a new challenge, and I'm interested in seeing where the books I read end up being set. I'll post as I finish each book. So...
Duration: Feb. 16, 2015- Feb 15, 2016
States Completed: 48

Alabama (AL) To Kill a Mockingbird 4/14/15
Alaska (AK) Panning For Murder 11/16/15
Arizona (AZ) The Honor-Bound Gambler 8/24/15
Arkansas (AR) Yesteryear 8/1/15
California (CA) This Pen For Hire 2/24/15
Colorado (CO) The Lawman Claims His Bride 2/20/15
Connecticut (CT) Right on the Money 3/27/15
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL) The Kid from Tomkinsville 3/25/15
Georgia (GA) Magic Shifts 8/16/2015
Hawaii (HI) Sisterchicks Do the Hula by Robin Jones Gunn 2/17
Idaho (ID) Power Play 12/15/15
Illinois (IL) It Happened at the Fair 3/5/15
Indiana (IN) Sweet Dreams 9/5/15
Iowa (IA) The Ride of Her Life 3/1/15
Kansas (KS) A Bride's Portrait of Dodge City, Kansas 9/26/15
Kentucky (KY) Bluegrass Christmas 11/18/15
Louisiana (LA) Dark Magic 10/23/15
Maine (ME) Mrs. Pollifax Pursued 2/16/15
Maryland (MD) An Unlikely Union 2/25/15
Massachusetts (MA) A Father For Zach 4/22/15
Michigan (MI) The Measure of Katie Calloway 3/26/15
Minnesota (MN) Valley of the Shadow 4/2/15
Mississippi (MS) Alpha One 12/15/15
Missouri (MO) One Less Lonely Cowboy 9/13/2015
Montana (MT) Lone Rider 10/3/2015
Nebraska (NE) My Ántonia by Willa Cather 6/16/15
Nevada (NV) Hold on to the Nights (Dressed to Thrill #3) 12/17
New Hampshire (NH) Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett 3/17
New Jersey (NJ) The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax 4/3/15
New Mexico (NM) Undercover Warrior 7/4/2015
New York (NY) Murphy's Law 3/5/15
North Carolina (NC) The Truest Pleasure Robert Morgan 4/3/15
North Dakota (ND) The Silver Pencil by Alice Dalgliesh 3/20
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK) The Christmas Child Linda Goodnight 12/2/15
Oregon (OR) Blowing on Dandelions 3/17/15
Pennsylvania (PA) An American Childhood 3/17/15
Rhode Island (RI) Celtic Moon 3/6/15
South Carolina (SC) Homefront Hero 2/20/15
South Dakota (SD) The Personal History of Rachel DuPree 4/30/2015
Tennessee (TN) The Hum and the Shiver 3/11/15
Texas (TX) Fancy Pants 5/6/15
Utah (UT) Winter Fire (Maxwells, #2) by Elizabeth Lowell 12/4/15
Vermont (VT) Christmas in Vermont: A Very White Christmas 10/2/15
Virginia (VA) Fireflies in December 3/28/15
Washington (WA) The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 7/29/15
West Virginia (WV) Miracle in a Dry Season 7/4/2015
Wisconsin (WI) One Came Home 4/23/15
Wyoming (WY) Betrayal 4/7/15