CiCi’s Comments (group member since Jun 25, 2018)

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

Yearly Challenge: Discovering History
Duration: November 8, 2018 - November 8, 2019 December 8, 2019
Level: ♔ Knave - 1 to 5 books
Level: ♔ Knight - 6 to 10 books
Level: ♔ Duke - 11 to 15 books
Completed: 13/15



Bitter: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford
Blood: Witch's Blood, Book 1: Bloodless: A YA Paranormal Romance, Neha Yazmin
Bones: City of Bones, Cassandra Clare
Daughter: Three Daughters of Eve, Elif Shafak
Deception: Deception, Mona Ingram
Ghost: Paper Ghosts, Julia Heaberlin
Girl: The Lost Girls of Paris, Pam Jenoff
Golden: Golden Child, Claire Adam
Heart: Heartburn, Nora Ephron
Lady: Lady Susan, Jane Austen
Love: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman
Princess: The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher
Warrior: Prophecy of the Female Warrior, Kate Young

Jill wrote: "Cici and Rina, have you been banking books for the other stops?"

I have ones that can be banked, I just need to finish them all. I have 8 going right now.

I will make some headway this weekend!

I read a book today that fit a missing letter at our Japan stop. We just need 1 more "I."

I don't mind waiting either.

🦃 November: Feast of Flavor 🦃
Duration: November 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Level: Turkey Dinner (9-17 books)
Completed: 10/10

P: Picnic at Hanging Rock: A Novel, Joan Lindsay
U: Bonita, D.W. Ulsterman
M: Model Murder, Erica Quest
P: The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher
K: From a Buick 8, Stephen King
I: Loving From Afar, Mona Ingram
N: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman

P: Fashionably Dead, Robyn Peterman
I: Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin
E: Winter Stroll, Elin Hilderbrand

Go team!!!

Rina wrote: "Has anybody messaged Travel Agent our points for the first stop? Or should I do it?"

Thanks Rina!

I finished Eugene's book last night & updated the spreadsheet.

They say don't a judge a book by it's cover, but sometimes I do! This sounds like a fun challenge, count me in.

Grey (10 -14 books)
Level: Pink (15 - 19 books)
Orange (20 - 24 books)
Violet (25 + books)
Duration: 10/1/18 - 10/28/2023
Completed: 80/80 (10 of each color)

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Completed!

I was thinking about reading The Man in the High Castle for world domination, does the team agree?

Jill wrote: "Also make sure you are using ISBN10 numbers! CiCi, you used ISBN13 :("

Gah!!! The struggle is real this week - I can't read dates, I read to slow, I don't pay attention the little details! I promise to do better team! I'll go back & look at my TBR pile for ISBN10 numbers.

Any more ideas on world domination books?

Carrie wrote: "I also have to ask Cici... how long will the R take you? Today is the one week mark and we could be moving onto the next stop if done and I'm sure there's probably banked books that could be used t..."

Phew... Date formatting was definitely the cause of my confusion! Sorry to sound the alarm!

If you would like to use a banked book for R, please go ahead. I would say that it would take me probably 3 days to read and I can bank it for future reads.

I finished P last night! I am starting R today.

I was just updating our Google spreadsheet and have a question. We have completed dates for P, R, N, C and E that are before our group challenge started.

Rules say:
◈ Books count that are started after your team thread is created. Provided the book is started during your challenge period, it can be used at any point during your challenge for a task or detour.

Do those letters need to be reread?

Jill wrote: "Can everyone confirm if they voted? Just making sure there's no accidental double votes. Thanks!"

I also have voted!

Are we going with the majority per each stop? I'm fine with all options.

I also got behind this weekend, but I will work hard to finish my letters!

Jill wrote: "I like Roam Sweet Roam"

This one also has my vote!

Jill wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Jill wrote: "Ok! I’ll work on that soon!!"

And I don't mean to dump all the work on you either Jill since you added one already so if you want help with it let me know too. LOL"

Yo..."

Honestly Jill, you are life saver. As a lover of spreadsheets, I really do appreciate the work you put together so quickly!!!

No worries about the name :P

Kathryn wrote: "Buddy read :)

It means we read the same book together and discuss thoughts"

Welp... that's embarrassing!!!

Kathryn wrote: "I've posted them in the main BR request thread too :)"

Help me... what does BR mean?

I sent friend requests to everyone, if you don't want to accept, no hard feelings.

I put my name down for two letters and I will be reading these books regardless for other challenges, so if someone wants to swap, that works for me as well.

I'm excited to get to know everyone and get reading. I also just want to say that I want this to be a respectful, judgement free group where each and every opinion is welcomed.

Around the World Challenge

Roam Sweet Roam

HEY TEAM!!!

I think I'm all caught up with everything. My NBRC reading lists are at home and I will update as soon as I open a bottle of wine and settle in.

Would the team be interested in reading a spell it out for both Haiti and Port-Au-Prince?

I googled great book club names and found "You Can't Put Us Down." I can't resist cheesy puns!

Jill... your spreadsheet is AMAZING!

Count me in! I'm really excited to try this challenge. I read everything that comes my way, but I have (what some may call) an unhealthy love for true crime.