Allison Ann’s Comments (group member since Oct 19, 2014)

Allison Ann’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Book - Third Degree by Greg Iles - 385 pages - 2 stars

Colour - LICORICE

L - character - Laurel Shields
I - author - Greg Iles
C - character - Carl Sims
R - character - Diane Rivers
E - character - Bonnie Elfman

It's a gaming team. :) Is it International Tabletop Day again already? Where does the time go? I'm catering the Library Open House this weekend, so no gaming for me.

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "I'm having some friends over to play. And Allison, Pandemic could make it to the table. Have you tried the dice version yet? "

Haven't tried the dice version yet Diane. If I don't let myself spend money on books then a new game that I can't find anyone to play with me is definitely on the "wasteful" side of spending. :)

I'm taking a real day off today. Going for a long walk, making soup with the turkey leftovers, doing laundry, cleaning house, finishing my book. It's been awhile. Have a great day Rubies.

Have fun Rachel. I wish I could find more people to play board games with me. At least my family loves them so we massacred the younger generation in Apples to Apples last night after Easter dinner. :D

If you ever play Pandemic I might have to fly out to join you. ;)

Finished an I title and I'm reading a Greg Iles book now. We should be in fantastic shape for our next round. :)

Book - I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard - 234 pages - 3 stars

Colour - LICORICE

L - character - Lars Guthrie
I - title
C - character - Jenny Cain
R - character - Miranda "Randy" Cain
E - character - Marjorie Earnshaw

No I in this one I'm afraid, but I'm 2 for 2 with characters named Eric. :D I'll make sure my next book has an I.

Book - The Last Victim by Kevin O'Brien - 416 pages - 3 stars

Colour - LICORICE

L - title
C - character - Bridget Corrigan
O - author - Kevin O'Brien
R - character - Olivia Rankin
E - character - Eric Hilliard

Yay us!

Book - How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren - 368 pages - 2.5 stars

Colour - LICORICE

L - character - Lisa Carlucci
C - character - Lisa Carlucci
R - character - Renee Van Hoof
E - character - Eric

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Allison Ann wrote: "I'm reading , not sure if it is black enough, but it works for O."

I ran it through the Color Extract and it is 70% black so it works!"

Great, I should be done tonight. This is a harder week for letters. The books I have on hand only seem to work for one or two choices so we may have to plan a bit more. Or I could just go to the library and roam around the I sections. :D

I'm reading , not sure if it is black enough, but it works for O.

Yay Rubies!!!

Book - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson - 447 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER


D - title
E - author - Erik Larson

Okay, I only have the epilogue so I'll read that right now. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson, if you put it for E and put Michelle's book to B for "Beth", we'll have four rounds of colour.

Did we finish the fourth round? I could zip through the last chapter of my book in five minutes if necessary. It will only work for D or E though. We could switch the E character to B for her nickname.

P.S. The O title for the last full spell out is mixed up on the spreadsheet, someone else's character is there instead of Open House. Don't know how (or if) to fix it myself. :D

Guess we can't quite finish a fourth spelling of BABYPOWDER? I've got one to post now and could finish one more by tonight, but maybe I'll just read ahead in some LICORICE books instead. I've got some L and I books I've been hanging on to that will work.


Book - Merciless by Mary Burton - 416 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - author - Mary Burton
A - character - Angie Carlson
P - character - Paulie Sommers
O - character - Olivia
W - character - Charlotte Wellington
D - character - Deacon Garrison
E - character - Eva Rayburn
R - character - Eva Rayburn

Well I know what I'll finish for tomorrow then, it won't work for anything in LICORICE. :)

Book - Golden Cup by Belva Plain - 399 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - author - Belva Plain
A - character - Angelique De Rivera
P - author - Belva Plain
O - character - Olga Zaretkin
W - character - Paul Werner
D - character - Daniel Roth
E - character - Emily Hughes
R - character - Daniel Roth

The curling is making me ill so I'm just going to pretend it's not on and finish the last few chapters of my book.

This may be all I finish today, we'll see. Good Friday and I'm the only store open within 86 kms. :D

Book - Open House by Elizabeth Berg - 272 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - author - Elizabeth Berg
O - title
W - character - Branch Willis
D - character - Daniel Morrow
E - author - Elizabeth Berg
R - author - Rita

BTW, simnel cake is fruit cake (delicious) with lots of marzipan (gross), I am torn.

We are doing great again. Way to read Rubies! I'm kind of hoping we get MAIZE soon because I've got a couple of Z books I'd love to read.