Tricia’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2022)

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

Lexi - That order priority helps a lot. :) Thanks. I'm not able to edit the color dropdowns on the RT page, so how do we assign the color?

I'm also not sure how to sign up for a Chipmunk task. I can enter my book in the spreadsheet, but the chipmunk mini page isn't linkable, so what should I put in the Mini Ref spot to make sure people know it's been tentatively "claimed" and not to worry about reading a book for that prompt?

I'm confused about the movement off the WT and MT pages. Aren't those tasks harder to complete than a rainbow? Particularly the Mod Tower, which is really a limited number of potential titles that might work for each mod?

Oh, one more question. Now that we've reached our max number of free choice books, what should we do with completed books? Do we just keep listing them as free choice?

What happens to all the extra books? Do they just not count towards our points?

In case it's helpful to know, I finished my 600 page book last night and will move my 500 page up the priority list to read it next. Some of the smaller books I put on the spreadsheet might not get done until next month. If there's anything on there that's important, just let me know.

What other creatures have 10 legs? it would be helpful to have a list of everything. I might do a little research.

I'm excited! I have questions - shocker - I know. ;)

Do we focus on this new mini challenge or on the spell it outs first?

Do we sign up for specific tasks for the June mini challenge? Or is it just first come first served?

If we do sign up, I have done a bit of research (because I'm a dork who stays up too late) and have great books on my TBR that would work for these tasks:
9 - my first choice, as it's a fast book I really want to read.
5 - my second choice, as it's a book I need for another challenge.
4 - also a book for another challenge, so happy to do this one also.
1 - have a good title for this, but have to see if I can get the book.
2/7/8 - I have one title for these, but it's 391 pages, so a bit chunky. But I'm willing. Might not have it done right on the 1st though.

Let me know where I can be the most help.

#22:

Both husband and son recommended, but the misogyny was not okay. I DNF'd it at 15% after confirming with them that of the enormous cast of FBI agents, police officers, hackers, and criminals, there is not a single woman in the entire book that isn't a prostitute or a whore.

I wasn't sure if I needed to let you know, but I've DNF'd a book that I had added to the spreadsheet this morning. I was hoping to use it for one of our 600+ books, but the misogyny was really bad so I'm moving on to another book. I hope that doesn't mess us up. I've removed it from the spreadsheet.

sorry about that! goodreads was being difficult so I had to delete my review and repost it, and lost the tag. it's added now! :)

I noticed a bunch of the teams got new members. Will we?

#20:

I gave it 3 stars. It was interesting, but a bit slow. I figured out the puzzle by the 3/4 mark and was then a bit disappointed to find that there were no more twists or surprises at the end.

Judith wrote: "It’s okay, no one stress out! Part of the reason I was asking was it’ll affect my book selections for the rest of the month.

We’ll have 10 new 600+ page books for June, so if I can save them for ..."

If it helps at all, I have three 600+ books on my TBR for next month.

Rebecca wrote: "Judith wrote: "I wanted to check in with everyone now that we are at the mid-point of Month 1 for TT.

Any Questions? Favorite books read so far? Books you've hated and want to warn people away fro..."

Rebecca - I read the first in the series (the Cuckoo's Calling) and enjoyed it, but heard the books get crazy long as the series goes on so props to you for sticking it out. :D

I also really loved Things You Save in a Fire. I will push How to Walk Away up my TBR. I've been meaning to do it. Have you read The Bodyguard? I thought it was hilarious.

I will definitely finish the larger books I have on the ss, as I'll prioritize those over the smaller ones that can be done next month.

Just to confirm, we don't have to complete the Mod Tower or Rainbow Tower this month, right? So if I move those books off until next month I won't mess anything up?

I'm currently halfway through the Fine Print, which is 400+. I grabbed it off the library shelf because I'd heard about it. It's absolutely drivel, but I'm halfway through so will push on since it will help the team. ;)

whoops sorry! it's been added

#19:

I gave this 3 stars. I enjoyed parts of it a lot, and other parts were a little disjointed. I think the MC was my least favorite of everybody, which is so disappointing when it's the only woman in the cast, but I thought she was immature and whiny. I also couldn't get past her immediate infidelity, which she gave absolutely no weight to, or even tried to rationalize beyond some "separate lives" bullshit. So while I enjoyed parts of the story, I don't plan to continue the series.

I noticed that we're over our requirement for books under 399 pages. Should we be entering them into Free Choice instead of the relevant page category? Or will captains do that at the end?

Sharon wrote: "I added my first book to the spreadsheet (Happy Place). Can someone check to make sure I did everything correctly? I don't want to miss anything with the challenges. Thanks!"

Did you like it? It's on my TBR but I'm waiting for my library copy. I'm still like 500th in line or something ridiculous!

As for the entry, I think you missed the E for Emily in the Spell Out column. I added it for you. I also threw in pink into the color column, just in case the captains want to move it around later if needed. It's such a great pink cover!

When I try and unhide the cells, I get an error that says the cells are protected and I can't edit them. It's not a big deal for me, but that's why I asked for you guys to fix my mistakes instead of doing it myself. :)

Is there a way to access the hidden rows? I just realized that I may have messed up when entering some of my books. I didn't realize that the Mini Ref spot actually mapped to a specific place in the other tabs and I think two of my books are mapped incorrectly.

Alone With You in the Ether isn't showing up anywhere. I put it down as blue for the rainbow tower, and there are already other books there. An alternative location could be blue in another rainbow tower, or it could be used for spell it out.

The Crane Husband could go in WT47 Elektra as it's a retelling of a japanese folk tale, or WT05 as it starts with a C.