Rebecca ’s Comments (group member since Sep 03, 2016)

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

megan wrote: "Hello everyone!
I'm Megan in Indianapolis. This is my 5th or 6th Tower Teams challenge. (WOBBLE was my favorite (Battleship))

I'm a mechanical engineer in civil aerospace - jet engines. I have a ..."

Great British has to be my all time fave cooking competition show. Have you watched Britain's Best Bakery? It's a very years old but such a good show!

Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "Hey Everyone!!!

Happy to See some familiar Faces - Look forward to meeting new ones... HAHAHA

So im Laura - I love Crumpets.... Hence ..."

Ah the joys of being a business owner! I hope that you get a chance to visit some other islands VERY soon

Mahi wrote: "Thank you everyone :)
Rebecca, I hope to be a pediatrician!"

That's awesome! That takes a lot of patience (haha pun intended) but I am positive will be very rewarding.

Kira wrote: "Hi everyone! This is my first time in Tower Teams, but I've definitely participated in other challenges with some of you.

I'm Kira. I live in Alberta Canada (MDT), but am kind of a night owl. I wo..."

When anyone says they have a St Bernard I think of the cartoons where they have the whiskey barrel on their collar lol

Mahi wrote: "Hi everyone!

I'm Mahi and I live in Texas. Right now I work as a research assistant but in July I'm going to be starting medical school!

I gravitate to fantasy more than anything else but I do re..."

Congratulations on medical school that's a huge achievement. What kind of doctor are you going to study to be?

Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "Hey Everyone!!!

Happy to See some familiar Faces - Look forward to meeting new ones... HAHAHA

So im Laura - I love Crumpets.... Hence the Name...

Im from the Isle of Wight in UK, But Had a bit o..."

Greece is wonderful! Sounds like you are living the good life. I went to Greece a few years ago. We went to Corfu, Santorini, Katakalon/Olympia, and Mykonos. So cool how each island is so different yet the same. We were on a cruise so we didn't stay anywhere for very long but I did get to see a lot. Loved the food!

Bobbi wrote: "Hello all! I'm Bobbi from Michigan and I can't wait to get started I read a little bit of everything though my first love is horror (I was a big R.L. Stine kid in the 90s). My shelf linked correctl..."

What part of MI are you from? I have friends in Grand Haven and Comstock Park.

Aoife wrote: "Hey everyone!

I'm Aoife (ee-phaa) I'm from Ireland and this is my first ever TT! I'm new to the group as well so I'm excited to get stuck in and see how it all works.

I work as an R&D engineer a..."

I so want to go back to Ireland again. I've been to Dublin twice but would like to skip Dublin and go off into the Irish wilderness the next time. Such a beautiful country...

Logan wrote: "I haven’t joined TT in a few years so I'm excited to be back and meet some new faces!

I'm Logan and live in Denver, CO so I'm in MDT. My husband and I moved out here last July and I love it! We c..."

Good luck with the recruiting process and your interview!

Michelle wrote: "Logan wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Hello everyone!

This is my third or fourth tower teams I think...been on teams with Lexi and Judith before and they are both AWESOME captains we are very lucky to hav..."

Oh I know such a good guy! I was so upset I almost couldn't watch anymore that season. Absolutely heartbreaking!!!

Logan wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Hello everyone!

This is my third or fourth tower teams I think...been on teams with Lexi and Judith before and they are both AWESOME captains we are very lucky to have them.

I am..."
I do too! I know he didn't want to go, he even offered to take less money if they would keep him. It really stinks that he ended up on the Yankees. I keep hoping he will come home lol

Michelle wrote: "Rebecca! So glad to have another Cubs fanatic on the team. Looking forward to reading with you."

Always glad to have another Cubs fan friend! Looking forward to reading with you as well

Hello everyone!

This is my third or fourth tower teams I think...been on teams with Lexi and Judith before and they are both AWESOME captains we are very lucky to have them.

I am owned by two very spoiled exceptionally needy cats. Ciara an all gray (think Russian blue) and Charlotte an ex-stray, picked me as his pet parent and moved right in all black cat. Ciara tolerates him to a point but finds him more annoying than endearing lol Charlotte loves to read, in fact he owns his own books that he lays on and looks at the pictures. He gets so excited sometimes that he has been known to accidentally tear the page and get very upset with himself. Ciara does not like reading and does like it when I read. She feels it takes my attention away from her lol They are a handful that I wouldn't trade for anything. I also feed about 8 (that I know of, probably more) strays. Clearly I am a borderline crazy cat lady and proud of it!!!

I am an avid baseball fan and so glad the season is in full swing. My team is the Chicago Cubs-Go Cubs Go! If I'm not watching the Cubs then I'm watching the Red Sox or some of my favorite players such as Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and Willson Contreras.

I read pretty much anything with the exception of science fiction but I will try anything at least once. I work afternoons/evenings so the majority of my reading comes either late at night or in the morning.

I'm looking forward to the next 3 months and playing the original Tower Teams challenge and getting to know everyone.

Happy reading!

Thanks everyone for being an awesome team! Also, thanks, to the Captain and Co-Captains for all of their hard work.

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a Blessed New Year and Happy Reading!

Eldarwen wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "I’m hoping to as well. This 12 days of cookies is killing me, it’s stealing all my reading time haha"

12 days of cookies??
I am curious - what is that?"

It's a challenge I set for myself. I usually make cookies every year for everyone at work around this time. I used to make multiple types and bring them all in at once but that about killed me on my two days off plus everything else I have going on. I got the brilliant (or maybe not so brilliant) idea last year that I would make a different type of cookie and bring them in for each of the 12 days that I work leading up to Christmas. Last year was a mini fiasco because I wasn't organized and stressed myself out every night after work (I usually work 9-10 hours plus an hour or so commute on either end). This year I knew a little more as to what I wanted to make and what shortcuts to take thank goodness so it's going A LOT smoother hahaha
Cookie list for this year so far:
1. Snickerdoodles
2. ginger snaps
3. peanut butter fudge
4. Christmas toffee
5. Russian tea cakes
6. Peanut Blossoms
7. Sandbakkelse (Norweigan sugar cookies)
This week I'm making:
8. Lemon snowflakes
9. Cinnamon
10. Salted caramel
11. Peppermint brownies
12. M&M cookies (these are kind of like an oatmeal shortbread)

SandyL wrote: "Completion Post


Homecoming King by Penny Reid
Date: 12/19/22
Pages: 358
Letters:
T - TW (char nickname)
H - Homecoming (title)..."

How was this one? I so badly want to read some of her books but I keep starting and putting them down...I think it's me and not the books necessarily

Eldarwen wrote: "Yaay, way to go, Sharon! :-)

Any books not gathering dust on our TBRs is a step in the right direction hehe. I had to lower my goal for this year already, and I'm not sure I'm going to reach the o..."

I set a low goal this year and somehow managed to exceed it but I don't know how. It's hard when you work and have other obligations but I'm sure you'll still make your new goal this year and blow it out of the water next year :-D

Eldarwen wrote: "Here is a little reminder of the countdown for the end of this round, ie the end of the challenge.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Wheel..."

It flew by in the blink of an eye

Sharon wrote: "I don't think I'll be able to finish my last book before the end of the round, but if I do I'll be sure to post it. Work's been busy as I'm trying to wrap up year-end stuff so I can take off time b..."

Good luck with work and good luck with your GR goal! You can do it!!!

COMPLETION POST

Scrooge-ish

Scrooge-ish by L.B. Dunbar

Date: 19 December
Pages: 169

Letters:
T:Tam (character)
E: Eva (character)
B: Brock (character)
D: Dunbar (author)
S: Scrooge-ish (title)

4 stars

Blue cover