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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Karen wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "I reserve the right to decide I don't want to read the book, but I'll at least look at them. lol..."

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Another Anne book! I love that one and the audio from librivox...."

Thanks for the heads up about the Anne books. I tried several commercial audio versions but wasn't crazy about any of them. I've never tried libravox, but now I have a reason to...

I actually hit my target just in time but forgot to record it. So, I'm officially done now. :)

Crime Scene Investigator 21-30 books, 1 in each category.
Completed Categories: 21

Amateur Sleuth: The Golden One Elizabeth Peters 7/17
Aristocratic Detective: The Nine Tailors Dorothy Sayers 4/2015
Caper: Borrower of the Night Elizabeth Peters 4/2015
Cozy Mystery: Die for Love Elizabeth Peters 3/2015
Culinary Mystery: The Perfect Blend Allie Pleiter 4/2015
Double Act: The Deeds of the Disturber Elizabeth Peters 3/2015
FBI/CIA/ATF: Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled Dorothy Gilman 3/2015
Forensic Specialist: The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill 3/12
Futuristic: Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb 2/5
Historical Mystery: Brother Cadfael's Penance Ellis Peters 3/2015
Legal:
Medical:
Missing Person Mystery: One Came Home Amy Timberlake 4/16
Noir: The Thin Man Dashiell Hammett 9/20
Romantic Suspense: Silhouette in Scarlet Elizabeth Peters 6/2015
Rooting for the Bad Guy: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep Lawrence Block 5/2015
Paranormal Mystery: Magic Shifts Ilona Andrews 8/16
Police Procedural: Enter a Murderer: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #2 Ngaio Marsh 7/22
Private Eye: Death on the Nile Agatha Christie 4/2015
Professional Sleuth: Star Trap Simon Brett 3/2015
Proprietor Mysteries: Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood 4/2015
Sci-Fi:
Scotland Yard: The Anodyne Necklace Martha Grimes 7/17
Thriller: A Letter of Mary 6/7
Technothriller:

Finally finished! Including "Horror", (which I usually don't do), thanks to someone's suggestion. Lots of good listening here. :)

Level: Producer 21-24 books
Option Two: Want-It-All
Duration: May 5, 2015 - March 23, 2016
Completed: 35

Categories:
◈ Foreign Book
Listen to an audiobook in a language that is not your native language, or by a narrator that is playing the main character who doesn't have English as a first language. Around the World in Eighty Days 3/23

◈ Book to Movie Howl's Moving Castle 5/5

◈ Author Narration
Listen to a book narrated by the author. Notes from a Small Island 8/13

◈For a challenge
Listen to an audio book in order to finish one of your reading challenges or for a team challenge. Equal Rites 5/6

◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA or Canada Wisp of a Thing US 5/13
✣ Europe A Midsummer Night's Dream Greece 9/7
✣ UK The Beekeeper's Apprentice
✣ Asia Lion in the Valley: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense Japan 5/4
✣ Australia or New Zealand Australia Earthly Delights 8/20

◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✣ 1st in a series Wild Magic 5/17
✣ 2nd in a series A Monstrous Regiment of Women 6/3
✣ 3rd in a series Waistcoats & Weaponry 5/5
✣ 4th in a series Lion in the Valley: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense 8/10
✣ 5th in a series A Murder Is Announced 5/8
✣ 6th in a series Justice Hall 6/13
✣ 7th in a series The Game 7/18
✣ 8th in a series Overture To Death 8/6
✣ 9th in a series The Mating Season 8/7
✣ 10th or more in a series The Ape Who Guards the Balance 5/16

◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✣Fiction A Letter of Mary 6/7
✣Historical Fiction A River in the Sky 5/19
✣Horror Silence for the Dead 10/3
✣Nonfiction Our Hearts Were Young And Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s 7/15
✣Suspense Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb 2/5
✣Humour The Wee Free Men 5/23
✣Contemporary Romancing the Schoolteacher 8/5
✣Sci-fi Diplomatic Immunity 1/16
✣Fantasy Heartless 5/19
✣Romance Guardian of the Horizon 5/20
✣Young Adult Dodger 6/5
✣Mystery Many Deadly Returns 5/10
✣Thriller The Seven Dials Mystery 6/2

◈Go back in time
✣Part 1 Listen to an audio book that was written in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900) The Importance of Being Earnest 6/1
✣Part 2 Listen to an audio book that was written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000) Sprig Muslin
✣Part 3 Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century (January 1, 2001 - current) Lady of Devices

Cleaning out the TBR closet
Started: March 22, 2016
Completed: 3/10

It turns out my oldest 10 TBR books were all added, Jan. 6, 2010, so I'm going to use them to start. I reserve the right to decide I don't want to read the book, but I'll at least look at them. lol
I'll add author link, date & cover when they'e finished or note that I don't want to read it any more and removed it.

1. The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name
I love maps and history, so I'll probably like this if I ever start it, right?

2. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
I find human behavior fascinating. But will this book be, too?

3. A Grief Observed
CS Lewis and grief, a topic I'm too familiar with, should be a good combo. But I'm kind of afraid it'll make me cry again.

4. Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
I like history from a woman's perspective.

5. The Red and the Black
Favorite book of a friend of mine. And I usually like classics.

6. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 4/7
Letters about books. :)

7. Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery 4/1
I may have read this when I was a girl but I don't remember it.

8. Longitude by Dava Sobel 4/21
More map/travel related history.

9. The Persian Pickle Club
I confess, the title got me.

10. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
History and the outdoors both interest me.

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Caly wrote: "I have never heard of TNReads before, how does it work?"

Each library system in the state chooses if they want to participate or not. Find one that does and get a card there and ask them to sign you up. In a few days you get an e-mail. Then all you have to do is log on to http://reads.lib.overdrive.com/07BE1D... and sign in with your library name and card number. Download their free app to read and play, though Kindles work great for most books. Then you can check out books, audio-books, magazines and some videos.

I get to keep a book for 15 days or until I'm done. There's a holds list and wish list function, too. You get e-mails when a holds book is ready to be checked out and have 3 days to grab it. Expired items are automatically returned - so no fines. And once you're signed up everything can be done at home. You can request books they don't have and they often buy them. It's great!

OverDrive is available throughout the US and over 40 countries as libraries wish and to all US Military personnel, too. Or at least Navy, I know.

Caly wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "I have a regular Kindle and a Fire - both gifts. I use them both every day. I carry the Fire so I have internet and books available all day long. (I don't get cell access at home so ..."

Hi, back. Yes, I live in Tipton County, N of Memphis. Wish I was in Knoxville - I love that end of the state. :) Do you use TNReads? There's no way I could read or listen to as many books as I do without it.

I have a regular Kindle and a Fire - both gifts. I use them both every day. I carry the Fire so I have internet and books available all day long. (I don't get cell access at home so don't own a cell phone.) I also use the Fire to listen to audiobooks in the car.

I also listen to audiobooks on my laptop when I'm home working. The volume is louder so it's better for listening when I'm sewing, cooking or cleaning.

I use my regular (non-back-lit) Kindle to read in the evenings because I've found that back-lit things keep me awake and I have insomnia anyway. It's also what I use to read outside, which I like to do.

I get most of my books and audiobooks from OverDrive through TNReads, which is a great program my state supports and I access through my local library. It has free apps for reading and playing audiobooks that let me move between readers and computer and save my place. When DH died I gladly cut costs by giving up TV, but please don't take my internet; I love it. lol

I also like reading real books, but I've learned to appreciate the portability of e-readers. And the fact that I can blow up the print in the evening when my eyes are tired but I still want to read. :)

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"Easter Egg Hunt"
LEVEL: Master Hunter:Complete the three options
DURATION: 3/18-4/18

OPTION #1: Fill Your Basket

yellow
The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley

orange
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill

red
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 3/23

green
Thale's Folly by Dorothy Gilman 3/20

blue
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs 3/17

purple
A Quiche Before Dying by Jill Churchill 4/14

pink
The Cowboy's Bride Collection: 9 Historical Romances Form on Old West Ranches by Susan Page Davis

OPTION #2: Embrace Your Inner Child

- Read a book that has a surprise twist
Nashville Noir by Jessica Fletcher 3/18

- Read a book that feels like a guilty pleasure
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews 3/16

- Read a book in which the main character has a child's dream profession (firefighter, policeman, nurse, teacher, doctor, etc)
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (teacher)

- Read a book that where the main character has a pet
Henrietta's Own Castle by Betty Neels 3/18
Henrietta's cat sleeps in the tea cozy.

- Read a book where a party is thrown
Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3/19

- Read a book about books
Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett 3/17

- Read a book where the main character rides a bicycle
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King 3/23

OPTION #4: Spell The Egg
First letter in the book’s title, series, author’s first or last name, character’s first, last, or nick-name, narrator's first or last name or translator's first or last name.

F Ferris, Gen in Incident at Badamya by Dorothy Gilman 3/16
L Lois McMaster Bujold Mirror Dance
O Over the Gate by Miss Read 3/21
W The Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse 3/3
E Elmer Kelston Bitter Trail 3/23
R River Marked by Patricia Briggs 3/13
S Shakespeare, William Taming of the Shrew 3/22

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Caly wrote: "Teri-k wrote: "Caly wrote: "Hi and Wow, Just joined the group because it looks like you read lots of books that I like to read as well and would love to discuss them. However I am a little lost on ..."

Sounds good. :)

Caly wrote: "Hi and Wow, Just joined the group because it looks like you read lots of books that I like to read as well and would love to discuss them. However I am a little lost on where to start when it comes..."

Check out a few challenges - the monthly or seasonal ones are good to start with, and sign up for a couple that interest you. Then just start reading and keeping track of what fits. (I keep a separate file of the challenges I'm in with links so they're easy to find. But I'm in quite a few.)

Once you've done that keep an eye out for a Buddy Read that you'd like to try, and read the monthly newsletter for new challenges.

Welcome to the group!