Lauri’s Comments (group member since Jan 23, 2016)

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

Sammy wrote: "Lauri wrote: "I'm reading all over the place! I need to settle down and finish something - - anything! Having too much fun, though.

On the autism spectrum note: I read [book:Aspergirls: Empowerin..."

Wow! I worked at a preschool for 10 years as the school secretary. We had dozens of boys with “behavioral problems.” Only a very few girls. These are children between 3 & 6 years of age. I remember one adorable girl (3) who could READ anything you put in front of her! You couldn’t touch her unless she initiated it. She would not nap & rarely ate anything. I was the only one who could calm her down or we had to call one of her older siblings or her mom. I wish I had known then what I’ve learned now. I wonder whatever became of her??

I'm reading all over the place! I need to settle down and finish something - - anything! Having too much fun, though.

On the autism spectrum note: I read Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome earlier this year and immediately thought, "That's ME!" So I am definitely undiagnosed, but recognized myself in so many of the first person accounts. I could read before anyone tried to teach me, memorize tons of trivia (facts), like to talk incessantly about the weirdest things.... The only difference I see is that I am intuitive and have wonderful people skills. Go figure. Finding this out has made a tremendous difference. Now I know why I read 30+ books simultaneously... I suspect many family members on both sides had/have it too!

Very inspirational, Sammy! Go Team Hector!

I know what you mean, Sonia! My family got Covid for Christmas! It was the worst Christmas ev-er! We think we got it from my son. He’s a cook/kitchen manager at a bar & grill. He was coughing and hacking all over the place, but didn’t want to get tested. I was actually on vacation & started to feel snarfly. So my husband & I did drive-thru testing on Christmas Eve. I was positive & he was negative!
We live in a small apartment, so I isolated in the bedroom, he stayed downstairs in the living room. My son took a rapid test & since he was negative, he went out with a bunch of friends for his birthday. Then he tested positive on 12/26. My husband didn’t test positive till 12/29. It’s so strange.
I don’t ever want to get it again! That’s all I know. Counting my vacation, I was home for 3 weeks. My body hurt from sitting/lying around so much. I still have extreme fatigue. My doctor said that may never go away. Oh joy!

You all take care, now!

Sonia wrote: "27 hours to go.

Everybody ready?

Which book are you going to read first?

Since I'm still coughing my lungs out, I'll probably choose a digital one. Phone is a little more resistant to the random..."

Oh, Sonia! I hope you feel better soon! I had a co-worker test positive for Covid this week with another suspected, so they’re out. I work in a hospital, so infection control came up to test the 2 of us remaining. We have no symptoms. Thankfully we’re negative, but they want to retest us Monday & Wednesday! Ugh!

I’m a bit of a serial book starter, so I’m not sure which book I’ll go with “first.” I’ll probably start a whole bunch tomorrow depending on what sort of mood I’m in… maybe Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason? I really need to laugh right about now…

Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Or 'santinho' in Portuguese, I believe? (not sure I have the spelling right, lol)"

Nailed it!"

Woohoo!

We have this tendency to mess about with different languages i..."

Same with my family. We like to try to count to 10 (or higher), say hello, please, thank you and 'where is the bathroom!'

Eldarwen wrote: "Sonia wrote: "I came across this title: Caution: This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops For Boiled Peanuts. 144 pages and on KU. I think we have a winner."

I really hope the title is a good indication ..."
I would totally make frequent stops for boiled peanuts! Here in Hawaii we do a very wet version with just a touch of star anise. Delicious!

Eldarwen wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Could our Fantastic Four please see message #92 and and my books to our spreadsheet for me? Thanks so much!"

Ah yes - taking care of it :-)"
Thank you so much!

Could our Fantastic Four please see message #92 and add my books to our spreadsheet for me? Thanks so much!

Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "Yes all you skin Mummies and Fur Mummies happy mothers Day!!!! for Sunday!!!!

I have Y for the spellout im going to start Year One by Nora Roberts on the 15th but cant see where to..."

I loved that book! If you like paranormal, you will too! (Guilty admission: I love anything Nora Roberts writes!)

Sehrish wrote: "hello hello lovelies!!! how is everyone doing? how was your weekend?

I celebrated Eid with my family last week, it was amazing.. due to Covid in the last 2yrs we didn't have a lot of friends and f..."

We didn’t do much… visited with some family on Mother’s Day yesterday. Happy belated Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, btw! Of course, there’s always my weekly visit to my local library as well as the obligatory trip to the laundromat. Ugh! We’ve been without a washer/dryer for months now. Apparently our old building’s pipes can’t handle the new high capacity washing machines. *sigh* Other than that, books are my happy place! Just trying to finish up a bunch of books before we start our game…

Eldarwen wrote: "Empress of All Seasons was a decent yet somewhat disappointing read. So much potential wasted on not expanding enough. But definitely worth a read despite my critical comment hehe."

Thanks anyway! I did like the one other book I've read by this author. I'm actually very easy to please and grade on a curve!

I am going to make Portugal Day an actual thing here! HA! We have Kamehameha Day on June 11th. It's an official State Holiday & fortunately I work for the State. We're getting the 10th off as the 11th falls on Saturday this year. Yaaayyy! More time to read in bed!

I will do The Travelling Cat Chronicles for BOM participation. I will also read Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason for MPG Humor, The Color of Our Sky for MPG Hisorical Fiction AND take 3 of the dreaded E books for the spellout with Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, Empress of All Seasons & Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice



**ALSO** I can never manipulate a spreadsheet, so can someone or one of our DEAR captains please add these to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you so much!

Hi Claire! Yes we’ve played crazy games together in the past! And Miss Vicki, too! It’s so nice to see old friends and make new ones, too! Love these big group challenges…

Hey Sonia & Felipa — oddly enough I AM ethnically Portuguese (also German, Irish, Spanish & Native American) and am always looking for Portuguese stories! Of course, they have to be in English, because my Portuguese vocabulary is extremely limited…. So if you have any recommendations, I’d love some.

Aloha from Hawaii! I’m Lauri and I think this will be my 5th time playing Tower Teams! It’s come to be one of my favorite challenges. My shelf is NBRC-tt-2022. I’m a good utility player & voracious reader. I read multiple books simultaneously, but I don’t know why. :) I love historical fiction, mysteries, paranormal, but will read almost anything. I have a few doorstoppers planned — my most ambitious being Stephen King’s Under the Dome. No guarantees, but I’m going to give it a shot!

I really look forward to getting to know all of you and finding new books for my endless TBR pile!

Daniel wrote: "I had my patience tested. It came back negative."

I saw someone wearing a T-shirt with that on it yesterday! Too funny!

I take care of all the mail at work. I almost died laughing the other day when we received a package (wrong address) that was addressed to a James T. Kirk!! AND nobody else in my office got the joke! Hilarious!

Steven wrote: "Just want to let the kids know that from May 14-21 I’ll be in the UK (from the US) so if I get made co-captain I’ll be unable to assist for a week. I’ll still be able to read and comment, etc"

I’m officially jealous! Still haven’t travelled since the start of this pandemic, but I am cautiously optimistic that we’ll be able to go somewhere this year…