MelanieJoy’s Comments (group member since Apr 26, 2016)

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

I have two mystery books I borrowed from the library a couple of days ago, so I can start reading them or I can work on To Kill a Mockingbird. I think the mystery books will give us more points, so put me down for a mystery, title TBD (I have two I can pick from. And I just saw a Court of Thorns and Roses in my ebook library so I'll start that today! YAY!

Do we get more points for bonus books or for primary books for misses?

You ladies are on a roll!

I'm looking at our spreadsheet and getting really competitive, so in my notifications when I see one of us finished a book for Wobble I'm like Yeah! *fist pump*

I'm listening to audio at work while I put checks in the mail. : )

To Kill a Mockingbird is finally headed to the library and I can pick it up after work! Let's hope I can seriously get some reading done this week even though it's a tougher read than what I'm used to!

How's everyone else doing?

Laura wrote:According to my daughters, you can make any Hunger Games quote funny by adding "you idiot" to the end of it. So around here you're allowed to say, "May the odds be ever in your favor, you idiot."

That's hilarious! I literally LOLed at work! :)

wow all of those cupcakes look incredible. Just LOOKING at them makes me gain 10 pounds!

Hope everyone is enjoying their books!

I'm not allowed to quote hunger games "may the odds be ever in your favor" here, right? Too cliche? Hehehe...

Well then you all should post cliche quotes to join me in my clicheness... muahahaha!

(I'm hungry...I'm not me when I'm hungry...)

Finished 6/21/16
Flunked by Jen Calonita
256 pages
Task I5 - read a book shelved as young adult by 10 people (shelved by 43 I think)

can I add next round of guess ideas to the strategy spreadsheet or just keep them here?

maria helena wrote: I'll double check with the captains group about the hyphen. I might be wrong and it counts as 3 words. (Edit: It counts as 2 words)

It's ok! It'll hopefully count for another battleship task!

Finished 6/20
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older
326pages
Task TBD

I'm done with Half-Resurrection Blues, but if you want, I can wait to add it until we have a task it fits with. I'll do Flunked next and then try and get my hands on the other two! They're on hold in my ebook overdrive, so I should get them soon but I can't start until I have them.

I can cover C6 with Half-Resurrection Blues or I can wait that one for our next round of guesses and focus on a hit category instead. I also have a bonus for G4 (Flunked) that I have to read in 12 days in overdrive or it gets returned :). I'll try to read these 4 by the end of battleship, but for now I think that's all I can officially commit to until they're done.

Anyone around to sprint?

I agree with Letitia, I think we should go for C1 or D2 and G7 or F6. I'd also say I5 just to try.

can I add a book to my wobble shelf before it's finished so you guys know what I'm reading?

Oh! I want to read to Kill a Mockingbird and Harper Lee died this year so I'll take H2! :) Pull me off J6 for now unless we still need it once everyone has picked a slot.

I'll take I9 and J6 for now.

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maria helena wrote: "Melanie wrote: "So once we make a guess, then we're assigned with a task and the 2 books? "

Yes


Awesome! I saw that we can start guessing today too? Yay! Can't wait to get started!