Sonia’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2012)

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

I got the job. 😂

Got another meeting tomorrow to tune details like pay benefits and entry date.

Now I need to find a way to make it easier to track how much of each letter we still need. I'm pretty sure I can do it with a pivot table... I'll work on it tomorrow. Today's interview lasted a whole hour. My cough didn't not enjoy me talking for so long and is letting me know.

Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Looks great Sonia! Can I say again how glad I am you speak spreadsheet? I wouldn't even know where to begin setting something like that up :D"

That's why I always immediately make no..."

The trick with just the one spreadsheet is to add a few sheets that allow you to play with.

And discover how to use the restore previous version feature in case of accidents.

Cat and Sophie are the ss wizards. I just use their pretty formulas as base and tweak them to do what I want.

Sammy wrote: "Or 'santinho' in Portuguese, I believe? (not sure I have the spelling right, lol)"

Nailed it!

Aha. Easy, you'd start checking the rince planning one with the pretty formulas borrowed, and go from there.

:)
The only downside, is that we cannot take down lines... kinda... :)

BTW, one of the awesomeness of this challenge is making me discover some pearls I wouldn't have picked other wise.

Stereotypes apart, I just had a cough fit caused for my giggling at the sentence:

"While watching football, you'll also learn Southern belles can cuss. They're good at it. And it's not fair, because they hardly ever practice. My wife, Jamie, once stubbed her toe on a brick. She uttered things that made birds fall out of trees."

Tricia wrote: "Wow, Alisha just eliminated about 1/2 of her maze from consideration! :O Am I the only one who looks at other people's progress? LOL"

Nope. I love to look at the other mazes myself.

Okay, so, I changed a bit the spreadsheet. You can now claim the tasks when reserving the books - just type the mini code. you can also add alternative options.

I made a more user friendly May Mini tab, where you can see the unclaimed ones, already claimed (scratched) and claimed more than once - it could happen (flagged red)

Sammy wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I have a book in the tracking sheet for HYMN which I need to read for a RL bookclub. Not to say that you shouldn’t read yours, just that you don’t have to 😂 no doubt both books wil..."

Yes to all :P

Uhhhmmm I think maybe the tracking sheet needs some tweaking to avoid double claiming.

Okay. Onto mulling over it.

The main game is to read :o)

The spelling and few tasks are for the mini. And both start at the same time.

Claire wrote: "I've decided what I'm going to start the challenge with. I'm finally going to dive into the Wheel of Time, and start
I watched the tv show when it came out, ..."

Hey look, it has a sword. I guess E has to pick up maps :D

I only had the roasted version here. Boiled peanuts is something weird to picture. I'm almost positive there is no such thing in Portugal, but I don't want to be lying.

Eldarwen wrote: "Sonia wrote: "I came across this title: Caution: This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops For Boiled Peanuts. 144 pages and on KU. I think we have a winner."

I really hope the title is a good indication ..."

That's my current expectation

Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Another awesome task:
"Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title"

Now, since it wasn't bad enough, I also am stuck a..."

Right? With a title like that i have high expectations. IT BETTER DELIVER, just saying.

Sophie wrote: "Jeez, I used a spreadsheet of tasks that had been created by previous mods. There are some crackers on there..."

Yeah, some of the previous mods were evil. Or had evil helpers. I can't remember if it was Mr Karen or Mr Kelly that had the brilliant idea of the auto-biography of a previous country leader. (or something of the likes). And some members also fed the chipmunks. Or whatever powers mods' brains.

Another awesome task:
"Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title"

Now, since it wasn't bad enough, I also am stuck at a dead end, meaning I can go only North. So, the title needs to start with with A-M.

So of course my scrambled brain was halfway a book started with T before I realized my mistake.

I was resigned to skip it, when goodreads showed me:
Caution: This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops For Boiled Peanuts.

144 pages and on KU. I think we have a winner.

So, I have been happily reading for Maze. Those tasks are totally killing me.

My current one is "Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry (plurals are acceptable) in the title"

Now, since it wasn't bad enough, I also am stuck at a dead end, meaning I can go only North. So, the title needs to start with with A-M.

After some failed searches, I was resigned to do a SKIP, when I came across this title: Caution: This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops For Boiled Peanuts. 144 pages and on KU. I think we have a winner.

I need to get it done too. Specially after the teaser about Jack and George and Sophie in the Inkeeper series. I need to know who the hell is Sophie. Just a lullaby story doesn't suffice.