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

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

Completion post!
The One and Only Ivan
By Katherine Applegate
Finished 8/12/16
307 pages
Items on cover: black gorilla, grey elephant
Characters: Ivan, Stella, Ruby, Bob, Mack, George, Julia, Helen, Kinyani

I finished Ivan! It's such a beautiful story! Going to add it to our read thread now...

Completion post!

Alpine for You
Maddy Hunter
246 pages
Finished 8/10/16

Cover items: white ice cream, brown hot fudge, yellow cheese, red strawberries, green grass, brown tree trunks, grey mountain, blue sky
Characters: Emily Andrew, Etienne Micel, Andy Simon, Wally, Nana, Freida Olson, Marion Sippel, Nunzio, Bernice Zwerg, Solvay Bakke, Dick Teig, Dick Stolee, Dick Rassmuson (collectively known as 'the dicks'), Grace Stolee, Jane Hanson, Helen Teig, Shirley Agnowski, Lucille Rassmuson, Lars Bakke, George Farkas, Mr, Erickson, Sonya, Louise Simon.

Just finished Alpine for You! Loved it!
It does have a grey mountain on the cover...
I'll add it to our read thread.


I'm working on The One and Only Ivan now. It also has a grey item on the cover -- an elephant named Stella.
Amanda, you're right! I'm only 50 pages in, and I love it already!

I am almost finished with Alpine for You
There's a grey mountain the background. Will that work?

Laura wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "The Magic Wheel has been spun for a new word!


Your word is DUMBO OCTOPUS!

Bonuses:
• grey - Item on Cover is Color
• white - Color found in Text
• gold - Item on C..."

I can read The One and Only Ivan for one of the O books...

Murder In Hawaii
Finished 8/6/16
Page count 320
Steve Allen
Cover items: palm fronds, black sunglasses reflecting a cameraman & a dead body washed up on the beach
Blue text on cover
Characters: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, William "Billy" Markham, Martine Duchamps, Darryl Tanikawa, Gioia, Raymond & Bea Markham, Jonathan "Mack"MacCauley, Jack & Marie Lord, Kathyrn & Arthur Murray, Robin Rutherford, Dorothy, Bertand Suuanu, Killer, Ma Kapihalua, Edgar Min, Cynthia & Warren Brent, Keoni, Buddy Kahiluani, Susan Harrington, Elisabeth Horan, Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos, Einstein, Samantha Brent, Pete Lambert, Danny Siderman, Melanie & Jason Patterson, Lance Brady, Sammy, Jimmy Cassidy, Dottie Konich, Dick Schiller, Cap, Lloyd Kawelo, Sergeant Ashimoto, Mighty Mo, Anthony "Tony" Chen, Dr. Aikiko, Audrey Meadows, Sam Fitzgerald, Angela Scwartz, Belle, Joe.

Just finished Murder In Hawaii! Off to add it to the read thread now. It's good to be back home, but the piles of vacation laundry are still staring at me accusingly. Nothing like a book to take your mind off the more mundane things in life...

The Heist
Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg
Finished 8/3/16
Cover: lime green & black
Text: white and gold
Characters: Kate O'Hare, Nick Fox, Rufus Stott, Cliff Clavin, Eunice Huffnagle, Roland Larsen Kibbee, Clarissa Hart, Norman Peterson, Ed Brown, Carl Jessup, Derek Griffin, Megan, Sarah, Tyler, Roger, Jack Russell, Jake O'Hare, Odell Morris, Sharon Cargill, Pete Debney, Janice Debney, Spiro, Fletcher Bolton, Heiko Balz, Nicolas Raider, Count Lippe, Boyd Capwell, Wilma Owens, Loretta Sue, Chet Kershaw, George Pogue, Tom Underhill, Neal Burnside, Diego Boriga, Robert Vesco, Dumah, Bob.

Just finished The Heist early this morning. Pretty funny & tons of characters! I'll go post on our read thread now.

I'm back.... Is anyone still playing? I finished Light My Fire on 7/22/16, Top Secret Twenty-One on 7/23, A Touch of Gold on 7/28, and The Nanny Diaries on 8/1.

I had a great trip, but it was time to come home... And it sure was hot! It was like living on the sun! I was one giant crispy critter -- chapped lips, raging blisters, nosebleeds. BUT my hair looked fabulous!

The Nanny Diaries
Author: Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
Read: 7/31/16
306 pages
Black text on white cover
Characters: Alexis, Nanny, Mr. & Mrs. X, Grayer X, Caitlin, Sima, Joshua, Charlene, George, Mimi Van Owen, Ann Smith, Betty Potter, Sophie, Josephina, Binky, Consuela, Gina Zuckerman, Mrs. Butters, Alex, Carter, Darwin, Connie, Murnel, Lisa Chenowith, Jones, Jacqeline, Mitzi Newmann, Sally Kirkpatrick, Rosarita, Sarah, Langly, Alexandra, Maria, Justine, James, Lizzie, Tina Milton, Dylan, Caroline Horner, Elizabeth, Carson Spender, Ronald, Arden, Jessy, Ellie, Jack, Ferdie, Grace.

Welcome, Ashley! Where are you from?

I am staring at huge piles of laundry -- but would much rather read! I'm almost finished with The Heist which is much more interesting than unpacking and -UGH! - laundry any day. Still need to go to the bank and food shopping. Vacations are fun, but they sure can be a lot of work sometimes...

Just finished The Nanny Diaries on the plane. Just got in now. I'll post on our read thread tomw. My iPad is dying...

A Touch of Gold
Finished 7/28/16
304 pages
Authors: Joyce & Jim Lavene
Location: Duck, South Carolina
Text color: Gold

Characters: Dae O'Donnell, Kevin Brickman, Agnes & Max Caudle, Horace O'Donnell, Vicky, Nancy, Celia, Shayla, Trudy, Chief Michaels, Sam Meachum, Cailey Fargo, Phil, Brad Spitzer, Rafe Masterson, Chief Peabody, Walt, Ronnie, Councilman Wilson, Adelaide Reynolds, Bunk Whitley, Frank Burdick.

Aloha, all! I'm still in Cali & it's super hot! Just finished A Touch of Gold which was pretty good. Lots of characters which I'll list in our read thread.
Having lots of fun... Disney was a blast! Gonna try to read more, but no promises! I love vacations...

Sorry I've been MIA for the past couple days. I'm in California & we did Disneyland on Monday & Tuesday! So unchanged fun! Needless to say, very little reading was happening... I should be able to catch up soon...

Rachel wrote: "Only 170 pages left in Outlander! Does anybody else divide reading into sections to get through it faster? What are your ladies' methods of getting through books? :)

(Ex. 170 pages= 17 sections)"

Rachel, I know this sounds weird, but I give myself reading assignments. I will read 25 pages before I go to sleep. I'll read 3 more chapters... If I'm not too thrilled with the book, the assignment can go as low as 3-5 pages. On the other hand, if I'm loving the book, I'll go nuts! OR if I really, really love it, I'll limit myself to 1 chapter per day in order to make it last as long as possible!

Cecily wrote: "I finished Certain Girls and Nerve
and I am going to start which is short so I will finish tonight!"

I really must say it. Cecily, you are simply amazing! All teams in future games will be begging you to join them!