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

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

Yaaayyyy! BRING it!

So sign ups on Saturday? That’s sooner, isn’t it????

And, soooooo? What is it? Where is it? And how can we sign up? Pleeeeezeee end the torture!

Thanks everyone, particularly our mah-velous Captains, for putting up with ME! Maybe one day I'll step into the 21st century, but not quite sure when THAT will be... I had a great time.

Steven, I still think you are super-fun. Can't imagine a world where you wouldn't be...

Hope everyone had as much of a blast as I had! I'll see you in the groups....

Completion Post!
Flame in the Dark
Faith Hunter
Finished 7/31/23
Page Count: 382
Fits the following spellout letters:
B - CFN Ben
F - title
H - ALN
I - MCLN Ingram
O - CFN Occam



My last one! Use it as you will! Yaaayyyy! Peace out!

Completion Post!
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Richard C. Morais
Finished 7/30/23
Page count: 280
Fits the following letters for spellout:
H - title
I - CLN Iten



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

I still have one chunkster up my sleeve along with 2 short ones…
Go team Kumi!

Completion Post!
The Secrets of Jin-shei
Alma Alexander
Finished 7/29/23
Page count: 504!
Fits the following letters for spellout:
A - author
C - CFN Cheleh
H - CFN Hsui
O - CFN Oylian
T - CFN Tai
W - CFN Weylin
Y - CFN Yuet



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

I am almost finished with my 500 pager... I possibly have another chunkster I will finish by Monday and at least a couple short ones.
Hope everybody is doing well. I'm wondering what I will do with myself next month!

maria helena wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Completion Post!
A Cold-Blooded Business
Dana Stabenow
Finished 7/26/23
Page Count: 231
Grey cover
Fits the following spellout letters:
D - AFN Dana
..."

Thank you!

Completion Post!
A Cold-Blooded Business
Dana Stabenow
Finished 7/26/23
Page Count: 231
Grey cover
Fits the following spellout letters:
D - AFN Dana
E - CFN Ekaterina
J - CFN Jerry
M - CFN Martin
S - MC LN Shugak



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

I’m still good for at least 3 more books this coming week! One has 500+ pages…

Completion post!
Hallelujah - my coup de grace!
The Sunne in Splendour
Finished (finally!) 7/22/23
Page count: 936
Cream cover
Fits the following letters for spellout:
A - Anne CFN
C - Cicely CFN
E - Elizabeth CFN
F - Francis CFN
G - George CFN
H - Henry CFN
I - Isabelle CFN
L - Lovell CLN
N - Neville CLN
R - Richard CFN
S - title
W - Woodville CLN



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

Trinia wrote: "Finished Dune, FINALLY! Not sure I want to continue on that series , may just opt to watch the movie.
So that's one more for the Wheel"

Congratulations, Trinia!! Don't feel bad! At least you finished the book! I have started it at least FIVE times over the years & still have never finished it. I think maybe because it seems so *ominous* ...

Steven wrote: "Lauri you are a reading fiend!"

SOME kind of fiend, anyway! No, I'm trying to finish up everything I've started thus far. Resistance is futile....

Completion Post!
Grave Consequences
Dana Cameron
Finished 7/16/23
Page count: 368
Blue cover fits the following letters for spellout:
A - CFN Andrew
B - CFN Brian
C - ALN
D - AFN
E - MC FN Emma
F - MC LN Fielding
G - CFN Greg
J - CFN Jane
M - CFN Morag
P - CFN Pooter
S - CFN Sabine
W - CLN Whiting



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

Completion Post!
One Italian Summer
Rebecca Serle
Finished 7/16/23
Page count: 255
Yellow cover
Fits the following letters for spellout:
A - CFN Adam
C - CFN Carol
E - CFN Eric
K - MC FN Katy
N - CFN Nika
O - title
R - AFN
S - ALN



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

Completion Post!
Backseat Saints
Joshilyn Jackson
Finished 7/15/23
Page count: 352
Green cover
Fits the following letters for spellout:
A - CFN Arlene
B - title
E - CFN Eugene
F - CLN Fancy
J - author
L - CFN Lilah
P - CFN Parker
R - MC FN Rose
T - CFN Thom



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

Completion Post!
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Finished 7/14/23
Page count: 384
BOM - yes!
STILL can’t do a link to save my own life, but my discussion answers are in the following messages: 80, 81, 150, 174 & 175.



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

DQs Day 5 - Wimbledon 1995 & The 1995 US Open

18. Nature vs nurture. Carrie has her issues with tennis, but her real struggle is with relationships. How much of that do you think is due to who Carrie is innately as a person and how she was raised?
I think she would've been a totally different sort of person if she'd grown up with a mother. Javier was great, don't get me wrong, but a mother's love is all-important.

19. I don’t know much about tennis, but I found myself really enjoying the matches as they are described. I got so pumped up while Carrie was playing! Did you find all the tennis terms, both during and after matches, to be a hinderance or did you enjoy getting immersed in the sport through Carrie’s eyes?
I'm not into sports at all, so not so much. I liked the emotional aspect of it all & not so much the blow-by-blow.

20. Carrie Soto, the star of our novel, has been seen previously in a TJR novel where she was a minor character. TJR seems to enjoy connecting her books which makes me wonder… could her next book be about one of the minor characters we’ve come across in Carrie Soto is Back? And, if so, who do you think it would be?
I liked when she mentioned Carrie as reading celeb magazines to see the gossip. She was also planning to read Daisy Jones & the Six! I think Carrie could very well come up again in another book or ever Javier or Bowe!

21. ”But right now, in this moment, I love this drugstore cologne more than I love the smell of Wimbledon grass or California oranges or the rubber of a freshly popped can of tennis balls. This drugstore cologne is my home.”

I really loved this quote and it made me start thinking about some of my favorite smells. What are some scents that you love? What scent would be your home?
I don't really consider background scents that much, but I would like something fresh & clean. Love the smell of ecalyptus & mint from Bath & Body. I have body wash, air freshener, linen spray & lotion. My husband HATES it, though! I still use it anyway!

22. And, finally, how did you like this book? What was your rating? Would you consider reading more from this author if you haven't already?
I rated it 4 stars. I did love it, but not so much tennis, please! I think I would've liked it even more if it focused more on her life outside of tennis & just thrown in some training & competition peripherally...