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

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

Sally906 wrote: "I’ve made a list of books for the challenge - there are 11 and I need 18 All up to keep with my elected quota - and these are subject to change as I go :)

My list:
Lust - [bookcover:Skeletons in t..."

Wow, Sally! Very impressive!

I'm leaning towards either The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo because I've still never read it! OR Crime Seen because I love this series....
So many possibilities!

I just finished The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khantoday and it was excellent! Also The Kiss Quotient which although a fluffy read, had a good storyline & a lot of good info about autism. Everybody has some degree of mental illness, some are just better at hiding it than others...

Suzanne wrote: "Somehow in my brain the challenge was starting October 1. When I actually looked last night and saw the 7th I was disappointed - I'm excited for it to start! :)"

Me too! I'm trying to finish up a few so I can have a free path in October. I normally just read spooky stories all October, so this year will be a bit different. Hopefully I can still sneak in some zombies and ghosts :)

So now...the burning question is what will your first book be and what is in your reading plan?

Emma (M) wrote: "Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Looks like we've got a really great team.. and chatty.. which is always a bonus.

I had a look at the Sin Bingo.. I think that's goin..."

Maybe we can read a few of the same books after we've discovered which ones other teams have already read.... It would be so much easier if there was one screening process to see all the books for a team...

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lauri wrote: "At the risk of sounding stupid, what the hell is a space opera? Can anyone give me an example?

***Busily & happily making lists from my TBR mountain to coincide with the TT criteria...."

Thanks Karen! That helps a lot...I actually have read 3 or 4 of them! I still don't get the 'opera' part, but okay. I have a few on my TBR too. So now I've got all the bases covered! Yaaayyyy! I just want to start already.

At the risk of sounding stupid, what the hell is a space opera? Can anyone give me an example?

***Busily & happily making lists from my TBR mountain to coincide with the TT criteria. All except the space opera genre!

Then I'll swoop into the library and look for random colorful covers when we get closer to start date. So exciting!

Hi Erin! I think I probably forgot to set up my shelf. Sorry about that...
I can't do a link to save my life, but my shelf is ' nbrc-tower-teams-2019 '

I also can't utilize any spreadsheets, so I will be asking for frequent help posting my completed books! I can see the spreadsheet, but just cannot seem to post anything....

Thank you, everyone, in advance!

Aloha from Hawaii! I'm Lauri & am very excited to be here! I think this is my 4th Tower Teams... I'm a serial book starter & read several books simultaneously. Sometimes this comes in handy, sometimes not so much... I will read just about anything, but my greatest love is historical fiction. I've been on a kick lately reading cozy mysteries & paranormal.... Go figure!

I work full time as an office assistant at the state hospital. Yes, that's mental hospital! Stop laughing! I'm in the medical records department & mostly handle release of information requests. I've been married for 30 years & we have 1 adult son. My grand passion is reading followed by movies & music...

I look forward to getting to know all of you & adding even more books to my staggering TBR!

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Envy 3 here also.. willing and able... to chat!"

HI Lisa & Sally! I'm eagerly waiting for Envy to open up, too... I've been stalking & creeping all day! Hello, dear Captains?

I can't wait for October! I currently have 74 books out at my library! Overkill?

Lauri's Spot!

3 / 20

1) Yes Please
2) Bossypants
3) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
4) On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
5) Genghis: Birth of an Empire
6) Yo!
7) All the Flowers in Shanghai
8) Caramelo
9) Middlesex
10) Prayers for Sale
11) The Blessing Way 4/18/19
12) Size 12 Is Not Fat 3/28/19
13) Crazy Rich Asians
14) Oh My Stars
15) Eragon
16) A Clash of Kings
17) Thirteen Moons
18) Prodigy
19) Skeletons at the Feast
20) The Heartsong of Charging Elk
21) Shinju 2/16/19

This was such great fun! I had a blast reading with you all! A big shout out to our terrific captains!!

Aloha to all, and to all a goodnight!

Mega completion post!!

Christmas with Tucker
Author: Greg Kincaid
Finished 12/7/18
Page count: 180
4 stars!
Mini Christmas challenge - RAB with a dog as a character. Tucker is an Irish Setter who helps a young boy learn about love. Great story!
(Also try A Dog Named Christmas . Tucker is the prequel)
Fits the following letters:
R - character Sherry Rather
S - Character Sarah McCray
T - character Frank Thorne


Key Lime Pie Murder
Author: Joanne Fluke
Finished 12/7/18
Page count: 384
4 stars!
Mini Christmas challenge - Read something sweet. This is about judging a baking completion at a State Fair. Lots of sweets and recipes here! Yum!
Fits the following letters:
R - character Nornan Rhodes
E - character Edna Ferguson
S - MC Hannah Swenson
T - Tracey



Nutshell
Author: Ian McEwan
Finished 12/7/18
Page count: 208
3 stars... A weird little book!
Mini Christmas Challenge - RAB with between 201 & 300 pages.
Fits the following letters:
N - title
T - character Trudy



Please add these to our spreadsheet, most wonderful teammates and/or captains! Oh what fun!

I will definitely finish all my books by tomorrow night! I took the day off -- going to see the Eagles in concert tomorrow!! I am SO excited! They are my absolute favorites & I never made it to see them before....

Completion post!

Pushing Up Bluebonnets
Leann Sweeney
Finished 12/5/18
Page count: 288 pages
4 stars!
Fits the following letters:
P - title
R - character Roberta
E - Elliott Richter
S - author
N - character Nancy Song



Could someone please add this to out spreadsheet for me?

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "As a big romance reader I'm used to the smirks and patronising looks from less enlightened people and I don't care a bit. I love my "guilty pleasures" which I read between epic historicals and thri..."

Lisa, I went through maybe a 3-year-long period where I read ONLY romance novels! I made cloth book covers for them to use when I took them out of the house because the covers embarrassed me!! Now I don't care. Let people see and think I'm weird. A few months ago I found myself trying to explain the premise of the cozy mystery to a Vietnamese nail tech in a salon! She wanted to know why I was laughing at a book that had murder in the title. Her reading tastes run towards history, biography and self help. So you just never know.... 😆

For our mini Christmas Challenge, please put me down for RAB with 202 - 301 pages - I have Nutshell with 208 pages.
Also Something Sweet - I have Key Lime Pie Murder which is definitely sweet. Character names will tie it in to PRESENTS....

I really enjoy the search almost, if not more, than the actual book reading part of these challenges! And, Suzanne, don't be ashamed of your reading selections! Make no apologies! How many people out there don't read anything at all?

(This is coming from someone who thoroughly enjoyed White Trash Zombie Apocalypse!! HA!!)

An UNprecedented Triple Completion Post!

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Author: Kiersten White
Book of the Month - November
My comments in thread - msg 1 #117, msg 2 #119, msg 3 #120
Finished 11/30/18
Page count: 304
4 stars
Fits the following letters:
E - character Elizabeth
D - title



Espresso Tales
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Finished 11/30/18
Page count: 345
3 stars
Fits the following letters:
R - character Ramsey Dunbarton
E - title
I - character Irene Pollack
D - character Domenica



Everything Is Illuminated
Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
Finished 11/30/18
Page count: 276
4 stars
Fits the following letters:
E - title
I - Little Igor



Whew!

Could someone please add them to our spreadsheet for me? Appreciate it!

Suzanne wrote: "Lauri wrote: "For the Christmas mini challenge I can do #20 - RAB with a dog as a main character. Christmas with Tucker

"

I think we'd bet..."
He is definitely a shelter dog & it states A main character... Lemme know what you think!