Keri’s Comments (group member since Oct 03, 2017)

Keri’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Completion Posts

Book: The True Love Experiment
Author: Christina Lauren
Finished: 5/25/23
Pages: 416 pages
Rating: 3.5 stars
Cover Color: Pink and/or Red
Spellout Options:
T—title
C—AFN
L—ALN
▪️audiobook narrator names:
Jonathan Cole
Cindy Kay
▪️Characters:
River Peña
Felicity “Fizzy” Chen
Connor Prince
Jess Davis Peña
Natalia
Stevie


Book: Valor
Author: John Gwynne
Finished: 5/28/23
Pages: 680 pages
Rating: 4.5 stars
Cover Color: Yellow?
Spellout Options:
V—title
J—AFN
G—ALN
T—series name (The Faithful and the Fallen)
F—series name (The Faithful and the Fallen)
▪️Characters (literally almost every letter lol):
Alcyon
Buddai
Corban
Dath
Eremon
Fidele
Gar
Halion
Javed
Krelis
Lykos
Maquin
Nathair
Orgull
Pendathran
Quinn
Rhin
Storm
Thannon
Uthas
Veradis
Wulf



Book: The Kind Worth Saving
Author: Peter Swanson
Finished: 5/28/23
Pages: 303 pages
Rating: 4.5 stars
Cover Color: Green/Yellow?
Spellout Options:
T—title
K—title
P—AFN
S—ALN
H—series (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner)
▪️Characters:
Joan Grieve
Lizzie Grieve
Duane Wozniak
Richard Whalen
Pam O’Neil
Henry Kimball
Lily Kintner
James Pursall
Richard Seddan
Madison Brown
Addie Logan

Eldarwen wrote: "Keri wrote: "I have which would work for bright green, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to get to it. I’ll let y’all k ow as I get closer to finishin..."

Oh that’s great news!

I have which would work for bright green, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to get to it. I’ll let y’all k ow as I get closer to finishing my current reads and seeing how many days are left.

Foxy Grandma wrote: "I apologize for my absence. It has been a month of medical issues for my family. My son-in-law is STILL in hospital and my son is scheduled for colon surgery early next month. Between hospital visi..."

Omg so scary and a lot to be dealing with—I hope everyone ends up okay and gets to go home soon.

Eldarwen wrote: "Well would you look at that? We've almost completed all our core towers :-D

Our Core Tower

Free Choice: 41
10 x 100-199 : 10
20 x 200-299 : 20
30 x 300-399 : 30
30 x 400-499 : 25
20 x 500-599 : 1..."

I don’t know if it can be used for this or not but Valor is 600+ and I’ll for sure finish it by the end of the month also.

Eldarwen wrote: "Keri wrote: "Thanks for the info! I think knowing what the names are will help me. However what message number is the post for that? "

Very odd...
Messages 206 and 8."

I’ve had this problem before and can never figure out why it’s not working, thanks I will check those out!!

Eldarwen wrote: "This post explains a little what the various team names are and then this post gives a few ideas on what you can use.

Basically anything that somehow can be reasonably explained to connect to the ..."

Thanks for the info! I think knowing what the names are will help me. However what message number is the post for that? When I click the link you put it just takes me to top of a page with message 432, but that or any of the posts there seem to be it. I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or what…I’ve gone back and clicked it several times with no better results lol

I’m not sure if I did those right or not…just let me know if you need more info or anything is confusing.

Also I don’t really understand how to connect the books to the team names very well…

Completion Posts

Book: Confessions
Author: Kanae Minato
Finished: 5/17/23
Pages: 240 pages
Rating: 4 stars
Cover Color: black cover
Spellout Options:
C—title
K—AFN
M—ALN
S—translator name Stephen Snyder
Characters:
Yūko Moriguchi
Shūya Watanabe
Naoki Shitamura
Manami Moriguchi
Mizuki Kitahara
Yoshiteru Terada
Team Name Connection Options:
Team C—title starts with C



Book: Immortality: A Love Story
Author: Dana Schwartz
Finished: 5/17/23
Pages: 389 pages
Rating: 3.5 stars
Cover Color: black cover (52.9%)
Spellout Options:
I—Title
T—Series: The Anatomy Duology
A—Series: The Anatomy Duology
D—AFN
S—ALN
M—audiobook narrator name: Mhairi Morrison
T—audiobook narrator first name: Tim
C—audiobook narrator last name: Campbell
Characters:
Hazel Sinnett
Jack Ellis
Simon Ferris
Charlotte
Eliza
Iona
Gaspar
Madame Lavoisier
Lord Byron
King George IV

Eldarwen wrote: "Michael wrote: "Would be considered dark pink? I don’t have a copy of it yet, but it’s on my list so I will get a hold put on it if it would work for a ra..."

It’s funny because (at least to mine and my coworkers eye) this is for sure light pink outside and red when you see it in person
Strange how different it can look online, and to different eyes 😊

Eldarwen wrote: "Haha cool! It always feels like a waste in a way, even if reading would never be a waste.

When you have the time, can you post completion posts please? So that we know what your book works for. Th..."

Yeah I’ll do them today, I was still working out reading through to figure out what all I need to put in them

Eldarwen wrote: "Keri wrote: "So in being added, is it ONLY books finished May 14th or after for us newbies to the team? Or am I able to use any books I finished since the challenge here started May 1st?"

Only boo..."

Thanks, luckily I was moving slow this month so only one book I read in May doesn’t count as it was finished too early :-)

Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Keri wrote: "Also what all counts toward a spellout? I read through the rules a couple times and didn’t see that? I can’t remember from the other years…"

For spellout from mini challenges thread:
..."

Thanks, I’m still not sure how I missed this giant paragraph 🤦🏼‍♀️

Also what all counts toward a spellout? I read through the rules a couple times and didn’t see that? I can’t remember from the other years…

Eldarwen wrote: "Laurie B wrote: "I'll wade through the previous posts here and the spreadsheet and see if I can get my bearings."

If you have questions, you know the drill! :-)

Also, any books you have started i..."

So in being added, is it ONLY books finished May 14th or after for us newbies to the team? Or am I able to use any books I finished since the challenge here started May 1st?

Eldarwen wrote: "Keri wrote: "Hi everyone! I have just been added to your team and checking in now!!

Here is my shelf: Keri’s Shelf

I had two crazy work days but am now off today and tomorrow so I’m hoping to get..."

Yes I’m loving the second one also!! Now that I know the characters I feel even more invested, and we get some new character perspectives which I love also. There’s already been a lot of action and I’m just about halfway!

Also today I was lucky enough to find copies that look basically new at my local used bookstore for books 2-4 which was an amazing deal!!

Hi everyone! I have just been added to your team and checking in now!!

Here is my shelf: Keri’s Shelf

I had two crazy work days but am now off today and tomorrow so I’m hoping to get caught up on the thread and also get some reading done!!

I just finished Confessions at my oil change while waiting and I’m 78% done with Immortality: A Love Story.

I’m about halfway through Valor which I’m loving it’s just a beast of a book lol.

Hi team! I’m here! Sorry for not checking in right away, I’m on vacation this week, and didn’t think about checking my messages at all!
I’m heading home tomorrow so I’ll be more available then but wanted to check in!!

My books are in!! Happy Holidays!!

Karolyn are you able to update the countdown link for round 5? I just went to check it and it still is for round 4 I think?

Or just even posting the start and end dates for each round in that post, that would be helpful too! :-)

Thanks in advance!!