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

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

Nanci wrote: "Hi there team Harpy Eagles! Guess I'm a little late to the party, but it's been great reading your intros and starting to get to know you. I'm your other co-captain and I'm excited for this challen..."

OMG, Nanci! You worked in education for that long! Amazing! You know you're going straight to heaven. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, just one straight shot! I worked at a preschool for 10 years, 11 if you count my first year as substitute teacher. We had 3 yr olds to Kinder. Then I was an aide & switched to school secretary. Also did 4 yrs as 1st grade Sunday school teacher. I don't know what I was thinking!

Aloha, everyone! I'm Lauri from Hawaii and I'm on Team Harpy Eagles, too. My current reads are: Midnight Bayou, Living Reed: A Novel of Korea, The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree, Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead, Blood Rights and Killer in High Heels.

Looking back over the posts, I don't see my original check- in which I did hours ago. Bet my fat finger deleted it! So here goes again...

Aloha! I'm Lauri from Hawaii! I'm 52, happily married for 26 years. I have 1 grown son who lives at home. I work at the State Hospital (yes, mental hospital) as an office assistant in the Medical Records Unit. I love my job! Where I live, I have beautiful mountain and bay views right outside my window. I thank God for this beauty every single day. I am a serial book starter. I always read between 5-12 books simultaneously. I don't know why this is. I can put a book aside for months and then go back and finish it without re-reading. I have to have more discipline for challenges like this one.
My idea of a perfect day is reading a book at the beach! We just got back from a long weekend stay-cation at the Sheraton on Waikiki Beach. I'm still on vacation for the rest of this week and I can't wait to WOBBLE!
I can't seem to master the link thing, but I've named my shelf nbrc-wobble-2016

Right now I'm reading Midnight Bayou, Living Reed: A Novel of Korea, Blood Rights, Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead, The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree and Killer in High Heels most actively. A whole bunch of others less actively... 'Killer' is the first book I'm attempting to read on my iPad.

Maritza wrote: "Marguerite wrote: "Maritza wrote: "Hi guys. Happy to get to know everyone."

Hi Maritza!!!! Tell us all about yourself!!!!!"

Sorry guys I was at work and had people peeping over my shoulder. I liv..."
Hi, Maritza! We ride again!

Rachel wrote: "Hello Harpy Eagles!

I've never done a team challenge before so please bear with me! I'm extremely excited and as of tomorrow I will be finished my sophomore year of college and will have plenty of..."

Wow, Rachel! I always wanted to be a librarian or at least work in a library. I'm very friendly with all my neighborhood librarians. The library is my happy place. Congratulations on finishing your sophomore year and welcome to the challenge! I've been on GoodReads for a few years, but only became active this year. I bet you'll love it!
I'm sort of addicted to Pinterest, too. Check me out if you get a chance otwlauri...

Marguerite wrote: "Laura wrote: "Hello everyone! I can't wait to 'meet' you all. I 'm your captain this time around. Ive lost track how many times I have been captain or co captain! I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada. I lo..."

Marguerite, I had a very similar experience growing up - I believe the book orders were Scholastic or Weekly Reader. My Mom would allow me to order anything I wanted, even though money was tight. Everytime we went to the drugstore, I got paperbacks and comics. She never once said no. She also didn't check my choices which probably led to a lot of age-inappropriate reading! I could read before I entered Kindergarten and have never once looked back!

Amanda wrote: "Hello fellow Harpies!

I'm one of your co-captains for this challenge and I'm also the mod mentor for the air teams.

I live in Northern California in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. Besides reading I..."
Amanda, I am addicted to The Walking Dead! Sometimes I'll watch it 3x in one evening. My son (adult) & I always watch the marathons. My husband, on the other hand, thinks we're quite insane.

Marguerite wrote: "Hi Everyone!!!! My name is Marguerite and I live in south central Florida. I am happily married and we just moved here back in April so I am still unpacking. We moved here from Tampa Bay FL. I love..."

Marguerite, I am so jealous of your at-home library! I never had anything that big set up. We moved from a 3 bdrm. house to a 2 bdrm. apartment about 3 years ago. I tried to sell all my books at our garage sale. When I laid them out, I had 4 big tables full of books with more boxes underneath. No one wanted them! I couldn't even give then away for free! I tried to give children's books out. It was one of the saddest days of my life. After we cleaned up the sale, we took all the books and donated them to Friens of the Library. I know that it was a good thing, but I cried and cried...

Margaret wrote: "Marguerite wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Marguerite wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Hi I am Margaret from Northern California, in the Sierra foothills. I am Amanda's mother and I will try to keep her in line, ..."

Aloha! I'm Lauri from Hawaii checking in here! I'm so excited! Can't wait for WOBBLE to begin!
I work at the State Hospital (yes, mental hospital.) I'm an office assistant in the Medical Records Unit. I love my job! It can be crazy (bad pun intended) at times, but it's good to be busy. It's very beautiful where I live with majestic mountain and bay views. I thank God every day for the beauty right outside my window. My hobbies are reading, naturally, and I also love music, theatre and movies. I'm a serial book starter and always read at least 5-12 books simultaneously. I can leave a book for months and go right back to it. I don't purchase books (no room) and don't really do the e-reader thing. I go to the public library once a week and come away with shopping bags full,of books! I'm on vacation this week and really enjoying my time. We did a stay-cation this past weekend at the Sheraton on Waikiki Beach. It was awesome!

I don't seem to be able to do the link to the shelf, but I named it nbrc-wobble-2016

We're just rolling along here! I finished Confess this morning. 4 stars!
Thanks for recommending it, Laila Jane!



We just got back home from our Waikiki stay-cation yesterday. It was wonderfully relaxing....

You guys are hilarious! It doesn't matter where we end up really! I already know that this will be a total blast! Thank goodness I'm on vacation!

Here's what I came up with...

Dreamcatcher - Deer
The Mists of Avalon - Horse
The Land of Painted Caves - Wolf
The Mammoth Hunters - Mammoths
Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan - Horses
Heir to Sevenwaters - Raven
Speaking from Among the Bones - Crow
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - "Fluffy" (3 headed dog/ Cerberus)
Jaws - Shark

I went through my 5 star reads & came up with these...

B
Big Stone Gap
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Bitter in the Mouth
Boone's Lick



N
Neanderthal
The Name of the Rose
The Namesake



O
The Opposite of Everyone

322 pgs. 320 pgs. 341 pgs. 335 pgs. 288 pgs. 384 pgs.

Current total: 1,065,996

Diane Woods wrote: "Crystal, boy do I. I had a cat at one time and I would ask (beg!) the pet store to put the parrots and cockatoo (both demon birds if you ask me) in their cages before I could even go in the store. ..."
I'm not really scared of birds per se, I just don't like them. My dad used to keep homing pigeons and when one of them would hurt a wing or leg, he'd make me hold it while he doctored it. It was just so icky to feel that fragile body in your hands with its heart beating 285. I'd cry & cry -- he'd just tell me to stop and hold it steady.
My dislike started to make sense when Jurassic Park explained that birds are descended from reptiles!

Jess wrote: "Okay I haven't read a book yet, sorry to be the one who holds us up! I've got a really busy week again this week but I'll try my hardest to get it done by the end of the week :) to be honest I have..."

Not to worry Jess! You have a lot on your plate right now. We know you're on a tight deadline. Just try to relax...

Laila Jane wrote: "Lauri and Maya - Lucky you! I hope you enjoy all that time off and your vacations =)

I had my bridal shower yesterday. My maid of honor and bridesmaids did such an amazing job organizing and decor..."

Ooh! So exciting! Enjoy being special and pampered cuz you deserve it!

Maya wrote: "Woo! I'm going out of town right after you, and have ZERO idea what I'm taking yet!"
HA! Sometimes OCD comes in handy! Of course I picked books first, then swimsuits -- regular clothes can sort themselves out the day before!! I'm taking Takedown Twenty and Killer in High Heels! Mindless beach-type reading. 'Killer' will be my first book read on my iPad. I got it for free using the Kindle app. So excited!

I'm off this long weekend -- woo-hoo! I don't go back to work till Wednesday. Nothing but reading and more reading! Well, and laundry. But we don't want to think about that, right?
Then I work Wed. & Thurs. then I'm off till June 13! Next weekend we're doing a stay-cation at the Sheraton on Waikiki Beach. So excited! I've already got my books picked out.... ;)

What is everybody else up to?