Elen’s Comments (group member since Mar 07, 2018)

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

Completion Post - Round Three

Bookcover:

Book: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Date Read: 12 Nov 2024
Pages: 432
Rating: 2.5/5

Bonus:
First published May 26, 2011
400+ pages


Mini:
None

Spell-Out:
F - CFN Finch
A - CFN Abigail “Abby “Pidge/Pigeon” Abernathy
P - CFN Parker Hayes
E - CFN Ethan

Completion Post - Round Three

Bookcover:

Book: Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough
Date Read: 10 Nov 2024
Pages: 352
Rating: 2.5/5

Bonus:
None

Mini:
None

Spell-Out:
I - Title
P - ALN Sarah Pinborough
A - CLN Emma Averell
N - CFN Nina Harris
C - CLN Alison Canwick
E - CFN Emma Averell

I'm also done for the round

Sammy wrote: "I'm sitting on the English version of this one for when we get a gazillion Us 😆"

😂😂 Yeah, we definitely will need them

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: Kuidas tappa oma perekonda by Bella Mackie
Date Read: 8 Nov 2024
Pages: 400
Rating: 2.5/5

Bonus:
First published June 10, 2021


Mini:
Gardening:
Germinate: Kuidas = 6 letters
Feed: Tappa - double PP
Prune: Perekonda - Pere (Family)

Bloom: Pink cover


Spell-Out:
T - CLN George Thorpe
L - CFN Lee
R - TFN Raili Puskar
P - TLN Raili Puskar
A - CFN Andrew Artemis

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: Geenilõks by Blake Crouch
Date Read: 6 Nov 2024
Pages: 392
Rating: 3.5/5

Bonus:
None

Mini:
Gardening:
Bonus: "...the piano barely out of tune..." Chap. 6
Germinate: Geenilõks - more than 6 letters = 9 letters
Weed: double vowel - EE
Prune: Geenilõks - Geen (Gene) and Lõks (trap)


Spell-Out:
T - CFN Ty Feld
L - CFN Logan Ramsay
R - CLN CFN Logan Ramsay
E - CFN Edwin Rogers
A - CFN Ava
S - CLN Henrik Soren
N - CFN Nadine Nettmann

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter
Date Read: 3 Nov 2024
Pages: 448
Rating: 4.5/5

Bonus:
400+pages
First published August 1, 2009


Mini:
Gardening:
Bonus: Piano - “...over the grand piano.” Chap. 36
Prep: Robert Hunter #1
Germinate: Killer = 6 letters
Mulch: The - TH
Feed: Killer - double LL
Prune: Killer - ill

Spell-Out:
T - Title
I - CFN Isabella
Y - CLN Martin Young
R - CFN Robert Hunter

Sammy wrote: "Does anyone have a Y book incoming before the end of the round?"

I have. I just need to sit down and add my completion posts (if not today then tomorrow).

Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: "Book: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
"

southern-gothic - 67 tags

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Date Read: 2 Nov 2024
Pages: 369
Rating: 4.5/5

Bonus:
None

Mini:
Gardening:
Prune: Flicker - Lick
Bonus: Violin - “...violin lessons being advertised...” Chap. 16


Feeding the family:
Peach - “...like an overripe peach.” Chap. 45
Grape - “...bruises like grapes...” Chap. 47
Salt or Pepper - “with salt-and-pepper stubble.” Chap. 5
Sugar - “mixed with molten sugar.” Chap. 48
Spice - “...hint of spice in the air..” Chap. 4


Spell-Out:
T - CLN Shannon Tack
P - CLN Taylor Price
A - Title
R - CLN Bert Rhodes
S - AFN Stacy Willingham

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
Date Read: 1 Nov 2024
Pages: 489
Rating: 4.5/5

Bonus:
First published May 18, 2010
400+ pages

Mini:
Gardening:
Prep: #5 in series

Feeding the family:
Squash - “new motion or squash it?” Chap. 3
Peach - “The sky was turning peach” Chap. 10
Grape - “I took a grape...” Chap. 3
Sugar - “The sugar helped kick-start us” Chap. 6


Spell-Out:
T - CFN Taša Ozera
I - CLN Adrian Ivaškov
E - CFN Edison "Eddie" Castile
A - CFN Adrian Ivaškov
R - AFN Richelle Mead
S - Title
O - CLN Christian Ozera

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: Hea tüdruku mõrvaraamat by Holly Jackson
Date Read: 31 Oct 2024
Pages: 424
Rating: 4.5/5

Bonus:
First published May 2, 2019
400+ pages


Mini:
The Administrative:
(Claimed): typical administrative material on the cover - board pins on the cover
Bonus: "with a sofa and coffee table on the left..." Chap. 24

Spell-Out:
L - CFN Leanne
R - CFN Ravi Singh
E - CFN Elliot Ward
P - CFN Pippa Fitz-Amobi
A - CFN Ant
S - CLN Ravi Singh
N - CFN Naomi Ward

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date Read: 29 Oct 2024
Pages: 349
Rating: 3.5/5

Bonus:
First published June 7, 2016


Mini:
Feeding the family:
(Claimed) Lettuce - “...the bacon being hot and the lettuce being sweet.” Chap. 27
Bonus: Lobster - “...bottle of wine, maybe lobster.” Chap. 31

Potato - “...Parmesan cheese on potatoes.” Chap. 2
Rice - “Like rice puddings and pistachio ice cream type stuff.” Chap. 14
Bread - “...softly buttering the bread...” Chap. 23
Chicken - “...teriyaki chicken from the food court.” Chap. 2
Fish - “...not a fish.” Chap. 5
Tomato - “I can smell tomato soup.” Chap. 23
Salt - “with the salt of the ocean” Chap. 6
Sugar - “I’m in a sugar coma.” Chap. 1
Spice - “...just a little bit of spice.” chap. 23


Spell-Out:
T - AFN Taylor Jenkins Reid
L - CLN Jesse Lerner
E - CFN Emma Blair
A - CFN Ashley
S - CFN Sam Kemper
O - Title

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra
Date Read: 28 Oct 2024
Pages: 368
Rating: 4/5

Bonus:
None

Mini:
(Claimed) The Administrative: - tagged DNF (at least 10x) - 176 tags + Bonus: “He grabbed his notebook from the coffee table...” Chap. 30

Gardening mini: Pest Control - Nightwatching - GH
Prune: Nightwatching - watch

Feeding the family:
Bonus: “She could smell her body, its reek of vinegar and old grease.” Chap. 24
+
Bread: “...way back with bread crumbs.” Chap. 21
Fish: “Bigger fish to fry...” Chap. 9
Pumpkin: “...with their plastic pumpkin buckets.” Chap. 21
Carrot: “...easy-pleasy-carrot-peasy...” Chap. 13
Bean: “...miniature jelly bean...” Chap. 34
Tomato: “Her daughter eating tomatoes...” Chap. 32
Onion: “Spray starch and raw onion...” Chap. 31
Peach: “...size of a peach pit.” Chap. 13
Grape: “...dormant vines of wild grape...” Chap. 10
Salt: "the salt stung." Chap. 19
Sugar: “Their sugar highs had melted...” Chap. 21


Spell-Out:
T - AFN Tracy Sierra
S - ALN Tracy Sierra
N - Title


I found a bonus for feeding the family mini. So, if it's needed more there, you can ignore the claim.

Completion Post - Round Two

Bookcover:

Book: Järgmine peatus Hankyū liinil by Hiro Arikawa
Date Read: 27 Oct 2024
Pages: 232
Rating: 3.5/5

Bonus:
- First published January 22, 2008

Mini:
Feeding the family: Japan (Claimed) - 21 tags

Gardening:
Weed: contains a double vowel - liinil - double I
Pest Control - peatus - TU

Spell-Out:
T - CFN Tokie
Y - CFN Yuki
E - CFN Etsuko
A - ALN Hiro Arikawa
S - CFN Shõko

Sammy - Our main SS shows that we have already read 5 books. SS is reading the wrong position (=iferror('Round 2'!$C5,0)) should be (=iferror('Round 2'!$C3,0))

Claim:

The Administrative Mini Challenge - tagged DNF (or direct equivalent) (at least 10x) - Nightwatching - 175 tags + bonus Coffee table in the text

One True Loves - Feeding the family mini challenge - potato, rice, bread, chicken, fish, tomato, lettuce, salt, sugar, spice + bonus (lobster)


- typical administrative material on the cover - do board pins work?

Done for the round :)

Completion Post - Round One

Bookcover:

Book: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Date Read: 26 Oct 2024
Pages: 352
Rating: 3.5/5

Bonus:
- Published more than 2 years ago (First published July 7, 2015)

Spell-Out:
T - AFN Taylor Jenkins Reid
C - CFN Carl Hudson
E - CFN Ethan Hanover
S - CFN Sarah

Completion Post - Round One

Bookcover:

Book: Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
Date Read: 24 Oct 2024
Pages: 384
Rating: 3.5/5

Bonus:
None

Spell-Out:
F - CLN Sarah Fitzherbert
T - ALN Robert Thorogood
C - CFN Colin Starling
R - AFN Robert Thorogood
S - CLN Rebecca “Becks” Starling