Kerri’s Comments (group member since Sep 29, 2015)

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

The rules for the Olympics are up! This is going to be intense!

Good morning, guys.

I should be done with Moby-Dick; or, The Whale today! Even in audiobook format, that thing is a bear to get through... I've been listening to it while cleaning/packing our apartment. It's amazing how much stuff we've accumulated over the years!

I don't tend to get really excited for the Olympics until the opening ceremonies. I'm excited that it's the year for a Summer Olympics, though! I love watching gymnastics.

@Samantha Thanks for the heads up! I tend to be okay with disturbing. What that says about me, I'm not sure. I guess I just like to be scared/freaked out. I love horror movies, too!

I don't have any specific books that I have set aside for WOBBLE. I'm completely flexible as to what I can and will read :) I'm mostly just picking things that have been on my TBR for awhile that I know I can read quickly. I'll list the books I already own and can get to quickly, but this is by no means exhaustive or set in stone.

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Martian by Andy Weir
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Armada by Ernest Cline
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Date completed: 28 June 2016
Pages: 232
Goals it could fit: Fantasy (tagged over 5000 times), young adult (tagged over 2000 times), romance (tagged 995 times), classics (tagged 220 times), sci-fi (tagged 120 times), and, weirdly, paranormal (tagged 32 times)

Oh no! That stinks, Sandy :( Hope you heal quickly!

Sandy wrote: "Kerri wrote: "@Sandy It's Frank Muller. Great narrator, btw!"

There are so many editions!! I think you'll just need to shelve it under the default that you have above since its an audio book and w..."

Sounds good!

@Sandy It's Frank Muller. Great narrator, btw!

Sandy wrote: "Kerri wrote: "Question! If classics is taken care of with other books, would we be able to use Moby-Dick; or, The Whale for the "title with same number of letters"? I wasn't sure sinc..."

Ahh, okay. Thank you for clarifying. Also, that is surprising that someone marked this as young adult!

Another question (cause I'm that girl)... I'm listening to the audiobook for Moby Dick and I know it says to use the "default GR" version when putting page number. I'm assuming that means the version that comes up when you search the title? Would I mark that version as read? Or the audiobook version, but use the default version for pages?

Question! If classics is taken care of with other books, would we be able to use Moby-Dick; or, The Whale for the "title with same number of letters"? I wasn't sure since it also has the "or The Whale" attached to it. Just a consideration if others read for the classics spot.

I've started Ella Enchanted and am finishing up Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, so I can help towards the fantasy and classics goals! I should definitely have those done by Friday.

Wow O_O Look at all those hits!

Marked by P.C. Cast
Date completed: 26 June 2016
Pages: 306
Goal: G-2 Read a book tagged as horror by at least 10 people.
How it fits: Tagged as horror 72 times
Other info: Would also work for fantasy (tagged 2382 times), paranormal (tagged 1780), romance (tagged 905 times), and, weirdly, sci-fi (tagged 68 times). It would also work for I-7 (title with six or less letters)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Date read: 24 June 2016
Pages: 247
Goal read for: E-8 Read a book tagged as mystery by at least 10 people.
How it fits: Tagged as mystery 291 times
Other info: It could also work for E-4 contemporary (tagged 19 times), J-5 fantasy (tagged 13 times), or H-9 historical (tagged 43 times).

I should be done with And Then There Were None by this evening, which could work for either the mystery or contemporary hits we still have open.

Andrea wrote: "Hi all!

We have a week left in the challenge and the captains were talking about strategy for next week so that we can get the maximum # of points possible. We will get at least 10 tasks on Monda..."

Thanks for the breakdown, captains! That makes a lot of sense.

Sandy wrote: "Thanks for the updates @June and @Kerri!

I'm reading The Hook Up, which works for contemporary or YA and I've also started ... wait for it... A Game of Thrones!"

Ohh, A Game of Thrones! I'm excited to hear what you think about it, Sandy.

I can help with G-2 if we don't have a lot of horror fans. I could read Marked. It's been on my TBR for a long time.

That is awesome!