Laura’s Comments (group member since Nov 04, 2015)

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

Lory wrote: "I have books that work for flour and eggs,(Murder with Cinnamon Scones for both and Deck the Hallways for eggs) if someone else doesn't have something. I'm working t..."

Once you finish the others that you're working on, we'll see what we still need. Benita is reading through the Hannah Swenson books, so lots of sweets in there.

And maybe someone will eat something sweet as you read. :)

Stacey wrote: "I have . I was going to check on the words Lemon Cupcakes task, but would it be better to save it for the second time we get this group?

Also, does anyon..."

Let's save it for next time we need a cake on the cover! We've done quite a few twice already, so it should come back around pretty quickly.

The Read starts 7/16, so I would imagine that it would need to be decided on or before 7/15 in order for the first person to read before writing the questions. You could read the first few chapters of Fourth Wing and then switch to something else until they are announced. (But you probably won't want to stop!)

One Sentence Audio wrote: "Laura wrote: "Are those diamonds on her collar?
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I vote YES! They are clear round stones...so close enough for me!"

I'll put it down if that task is still open when I finish my other reads.

Are those diamonds on her collar?

Laura wrote: "Benita, we can't use Wisconsin Wedding for the chocolate in text task, as you marked it read, and I checked it on the spreadsheet, before we got these tasks.

But we can move Triple Chocolate Chees..."

I put Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder down for the Cake on the cover task.

One Sentence Audio wrote: "Laura wrote: "One Sentence Audio wrote: "Laura wrote: "@Benita - I'm trying to understand your Medicine Wagon series.

It looks like Teton Mountain Fever and Cheyenne are the same book, with differ..."

I did have to delete Cheyenne, as she wasn't able to find any evidence on the websites that Goodreads accepts to show that TMF and Cheyenne are different. It has to be verified from particular sources before librarians can make changes. Since Cheyenne is an audiobook just under 3 hours, we couldn't use it anyway. :)

One Sentence Audio wrote: "Laura wrote: "Our new tasks!

Tower Teams 4: NBRC Goals:
Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 3.01 and 3.5
Read a book with diamonds on the cover or with a night sky that looks l..."

Yes. We can ask for a re-spin after we've had a set of tasks twice. This is our second time, so we won't get them again. Unless we want them after we've done everything else.

Our new tasks!

Tower Teams 4: NBRC Goals:
Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 3.01 and 3.5
Read a book with diamonds on the cover or with a night sky that looks like diamonds
Read a book with stationery on the cover
Read a book where the page numbers add to 5 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)


Tower Teams 2: Lemon Cupcakes
Read a book with a (cup)cake on the cover
Read a book with flour in the text
Read a book with eggs in the text
Read a book with lemon in the text

Benita, we can't use Wisconsin Wedding for the chocolate in text task, as you marked it read, and I checked it on the spreadsheet, before we got these tasks.

But we can move Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder to cover that task, or one of the others in that set, since I have a baker book.

Keely wrote: "I just finished Carrie Soto, so we are done with those tasks.

I'm answering the DQs now."

I'll go get some additional new tasks!

I did a little shuffling and moved one of Benita's books into the BEATER task since Lindsay was already reading that book, not reading it specifically for that task. So we'll get another new set of tasks in a few minutes.

Keely wrote: "I'm going to say it is unlikely I will finish it quickly at this time. I may be able to get it done over the weekend, but if you need it sooner, I'd go with something else."

I'll read The Baker's Guide to Risky Rituals

Keely, you had Whisked Away at Christmas as a possible for this one. If you can't fit it in, I have another one for a baker.

New Tasks:

Tower Teams 2: Chocolate Cupcakes

Read a book with cake or cupcake in the text
Read a book with chocolate in the text
Read a book featuring a baker
Read a book where someone eats a sweet food item (cake, pudding, ice-cream)

Laura wrote: "One Sentence Audio wrote: "Laura wrote: "@Benita - I'm trying to understand your Medicine Wagon series.

It looks like Teton Mountain Fever and Cheyenne are the same book, with different names? But..."

My friend was able to combine the different editions and get it all together into a series. It was quite a challenge. Unfortunately she was only able to verify 3 books in the series. The author might be in the process of pulling them and re-marketing them. I've seen some indie authors do that frequently.

@Benita - can you please put Two Old Broads on your shelves? I can't find it on there at all, not just on your Tower shelf. Thanks!

Keely wrote: "I didn't end up going on the road trip due to feeling unwell in the night and getting almost no sleep. I did manage to get some of Carrie Soto done after finally getting some sleep. I'm going to tr..."

Vian wrote: "I Can Read Secrets Under the Olive Tree ( Under )
for a direction"

Whichever one of you finishes first we can use. :)

Keely wrote: "I didn't end up going on the road trip due to feeling unwell in the night and getting almost no sleep. I did manage to get some of Carrie Soto done after finally getting some sleep. I'm going to tr..."

I hope you're feeling better!

One Sentence Audio wrote: "Captains. FyI..I am having technical problems with Rumrunners: Liquor Smugglers on America's Coasts, 1920-1933. I may need to delete it. It is only being used in a Team Tower...so n..."

Bummer. From the title it seems like it would be a great, informative book.

One Sentence Audio wrote: "Laura wrote: "@Benita - I'm trying to understand your Medicine Wagon series.

It looks like Teton Mountain Fever and Cheyenne are the same book, with different names? But Cheyenne only has audio ed..."

I'm going to ask a friend who is a Goodreads librarian to take a look at the series. I'll leave them blue until she works her magic on them, so I remember to come back to them afterwards.

I sent her a message, but Amazon and Audible both only show 3 books, so unless she's able to find something on another site, I don't know what she'll be able to do. I think they have to get a lot of their info from World Cat.