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

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

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…

Hello all! Just quietly plotting away here and ordering up some doorstop books to read for maximum pointage… thanks for the lovely pix and drinks!
***BUT***
When will teams be posted??? Just dying to know!

I will take the easy way out, please...

Lauri's Spot!
New 2 U Authors 2022
Come What May -10 books
0 / 10

1) A Crime of Poison - Nancy Haddock

2) Arsenic and Adobo - Mia Manansala

3) Death by Chocolate Snickerdoodle- Sarah Graves

4) Delicious! - Ruth Reichl

5) Eligible - Curtis Sittenfeld

6) The Familiars - Stacey Halls

7) Iron Lake - William Kent Krueger

8) Lady Takes the Case - Eliza Casey

9) The Left-Handed Booksellers of London - Garth Nix

10) The Library at the Edge of the World - Felicity Hayes-McCoy

Lauri's Spot!
TBR Tackler 2022
Coathanger Level 9 - 17 books
0 / 17

Totally Random!
1) #38 - The Last Girls - Smith
2) #69 - The Distance Between Us - West
3) #20 - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4) #2 - Catherine the Great - Massie
5) #25 - The Last Suppers - Mott Smith
6) #14 - Peach Blossom Pavillion
7) #13 - Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
8) #91 - Raptor - Jennings
9) #100 - Crow Lake
10) #96 - Dream Jungle
11) #27 - The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
12) #22 - Snow in August - Hamill
13) #80 - Vicious Circle
14) #46 - Blue Skin of the Sea
15) #44 - Patty Jane's House of Curl
16) #51 - Swift as Desire - Esquivel
17) #73 - The Lacemakers of Glenmara

Lauri's Spot!
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2022
15 / 30

1) Death of an Outsider 1/5/22
2) All Things Bright and Beautiful
3) Ash and Quill 3/30/22
4) Cat Nap 1/17/22
5) The Snow Child
6) A Week in Winter 2/1/22
7) In a Holidaze 1/2/22
8) Merry Merry Ghost
9) Silver Anniversary Murder 6/19/22
10) The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer 1/10/22



11) An Echo in the Bone 4/8/22
12) Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
13) Last Pen Standing 3/8/22
14) Anne of Avonlea
15) Thunderhead 1/5/22
16) The Betrayal
17) Arsenic and Adobo 1/29/22
18) Dancing With Demons 6/15/22
19) Kitty Takes a Holiday 5/10/22
20) My True Love Gave to Me




21) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
22) The Restaurant Critic's Wife
23) The Good Neighbor
24) The Girl in the Tower
25) The Last Report of the Miracles...
26) The Mercy Seller
27) The Familiars 4/15/22
28) Heretic
29) Magic Lessons 3/29/22
30) The Left Handed Book Sellers of London

Thank you everyone! I had a great time. No pressure now for the rest of the year. Happy holidays to all!

Massive completion post!
In the Land of the Long White Cloud
Sarah Lark
Finished 12/16/21
Page count: 667!
Fits the following letters:
S - author
E - character Elizabeth Beans
P - character Poker O'Toole
O - character Howard O'Keefe
C - character William Chester
H - MC Helen Davenport



Lord Demon
Roger Zelazny
Finished 12/16/21
Page count: 382
Works for Z! - author




The Ivy Chronicles
Karen Quinn
Finished 12/17/21
Page count: 352
Fits Q! - author



Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Finished: 12/17/21
Page count: 425
Coveted U for the title!



Could some lovely person PLEASE add these to our spreadsheet for me? And I'm done! Yaaayyy!

Thank you!

Completion post!
The Burning Chambers: A Novel
Kate Mosse
Finished 12/15/21
Page count: 592!
5 stars!!

Fits the following letters:
S - character Salvadora Boussay
P - character Piet Reydon
C - character Cecile Noubel

Not big on letters, but a nice page count...



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!

Completion post!
Feliz Navidead
Ann Myers
Finished: 12/13/21
Page count: 352
Fits the following letters:
S - character Jake Strong
E - character Eddie
C - character Celia
H - character Barton Hunter



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet? Thanks so much!

Completion post!
Tokyo Ever After
Emiko Jean
Finished 12/10/21
Page count: 336
Works for the following letters:
S - character Sachiko
E - author's 1st name Emiko
H - character Hanako Tanaka



Could someone please add this one to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!

I have Feliz Navidead with an E character Eddie & Tokyo Ever After with author's 1st name Emiko.... I will finish by this weekend for 2 E's.... I know I have more, but I wanna get the Q, U & Z in... way too many E's!

I'm working on 2 whoppers -- hopefully I can finish by the end....
Also The Ivy Chronicles for the coveted Q, Uglies for the U, Lord Demon for the Z& I have a wide variety of E books to choose from...
We'll just see what materializes!




could someone add these to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you.

This will be my last book for this round! Never did get to do a BOM this game. :(

Completion post!
The Van Alen Legacy
Melissa de la Cruz
Finished 11/30/21
Page Count: 369
Fits the following letters:
B - Bliss Llewellyn
O - Oliver Hazard-Perry



Hope it helps! Could someone please add it to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!

I have a Z & a Q... Yikes! Diabolical!

Completion Post!
Year One
Nora Roberts
Finished 11/29/21
Page count: 419
Fits the following letters:
B - character Lana Bingham
R - character - Arlys Reid
W - character Jeremiah White
N - author Nora Roberts



Could someone please add this to our spreadsheet for me? Thank you!