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

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

Completion post!
By Book or By Crook
Eva Gates
Finished 10/4/16
325 pages
How it fits: read a book with a book on the cover

Is there anything left?? I must admit I am soooo confused. Talk about overload!

I finished By Book or By Crook for the book on the cover bonus. Excellent book! I found a new series!

I also found By Book or By Crook which has a lovely book on the cover. I'd like to take this task if no one can build on the title relay....

I have Murder Pans Out which is 2nd in a series.
Can anyone build off of this for a relay??

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Fire in the Blood
Irène Némirovsky
Finished 9/29/16
137 pages
How it fits: bonus - Babel Fish. Read a book that was written in a language other than your own

Finished Fire in the Blood yesterday. Not too sure what to choose next. Off to check my book bags...
Was out all day helping with a fishing tournament. Got in a little reading time, but not as much as I expected. I kept nodding off because I woke up at 4:30am!

Let me know if we still have to read a book with a hat on the cover. I have 3 possibilities. Whichever one has the best hat!

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Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything: A Mystery
Nancy Martin
Finished 9/28/16
320 pages
One for the book bank
Texas, millionaires, personal assistants, lawyers, families, murder, cattle curs/dogs

Got another one for the bank! Just finished Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything: A Mystery
Hysterical!

Double completion post!

Death in the Orchid Garden
Ann Ripley
Finished 9/27/16
336 pages
How it fits: bonus - read a book with a garden on the cover



And one for the bank...
Tricky Twenty-Two
Janet Evanovich
Finished 9/28/16
304 pages
Themes: female bounty hunters, New Jersey, college fraternity, bubonic plague (seriously), scientists, fleas, fireworks, explosions, accidents...

Wow! I was off-island with no wi-fi/cellular service for a few days and I'm sooooo confused now! Had a great time & finished Death in the Orchid Garden for the garden on cover bonus and another that we can bank -- Tricky Twenty-Two.



I should finish Fire in the Blood by tomorrow!

Rachel wrote: "Laura wrote: "Since we only have a few books left to complete for the main labours, captains are asking to have these complete by Monday night (giving us over 2 weeks to complete these tasks) Is th..."

Wow, Rachel! That's impressive. I've tried to read Dune 4 different times and have never made it past the first 100 pages...

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Witch Hunt
Shirley Damsgaard
Finished 9/22/16
292 pages
How it fits: Labor 9-The Young Adult. Read a book where someone works for a non-profit. MC Ophelia is a librarian at the Summerset, Iowa public library.

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Witch Hunt
Shirley Damsgaard
Finished 9/22/16

I finished Witch Hunt for the non profit task! I'm well into Death in the Orchid Garden for the garden on cover task, too!



Would you like me to read Fire in the Blood for the Babel fish bonus? It looks like a quick read & I'm going to read it at some point anyway. If not, I'll just read some vacation books....
Let me know, please!

I'm almost done with Witch Hunt -- should finish by tomorrow for the non-profit task.


I can still read Fire in the Blood for the translated into English task because I have it already... Let me know!


Going to the Big Island (Hawaii) on Saturday for a family party. I'll be back home on Tuesday. Gotta plan out all my reading so I don't run out of books!!

Nanci wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Hi, ladies! I finished The Graveyard Book and it was awesome!! I hope there's a sequel...



I went to the library this afternoon ..."

okey dokey...I choose Death in the Orchid Garden
for read a book with a garden on the cover

Completion post!
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Finished 9/19/16
312 pages
How it fits: Labor 10-The Paranormal. Consider the past. Read a book with a ghost.
Five stars!!

Hi, ladies! I finished The Graveyard Book and it was awesome!! I hope there's a sequel...



I went to the library this afternoon and I found a book with a garden on the cover (2 actually!) and a book that was translated into English. I have Death in the Orchid Garden, Harvest Of Murder & Fire in the Blood. I can start any of them immediately. Please let me know which I should read...