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

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

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green is mostly set in Sierra Leone, if anybody is looking for a recommendation. It's short, but really interesting! I just read it a couple of weeks ago.

I have a couple of questions.

Should we enter stuff into the team spreadsheet, or the planning spreadsheet? I've requested access, so if someone can add me to that then I can start planning my books. :)

Will all the parts of the challenge be open at the same time? All 3 mini challenges right away?

Ashley wrote: "Tricia! I am also doing the 52 Book Club challenge, I do it every year! It's great!

Aiswyra, I really want to read that, but can I read it if I haven't read anything else from Sanderson - I have t..."

I am only a few prompts away from finishing! I'm so excited to get that one done and dusted. But I still have about nine others after that. LOL

I just finished Great Big Beautiful life on Sunday! :(

Hi Team! Sorry for the late checkin - for some reason GR wasn't giving me any notifications for the TT groups. :(

I'm 54 and live in the Seattle area (so PST). I am married and have three grown kids, two of whom still live at home so it's still a housefull. The youngest two are in college (one here and one in a neighboring state).

I have a part time job at a local independent bookstore, and I'm president of my Friends of the Library chapter. These two activities keep me pretty busy, and I spend every spare moment reading! I love almost all genres, but particularly enjoy dystopian, light horror, complex romance, queer lit, and graphic novels. I don't love romantasy or historical fiction all that much, but I will dabble.

I've done TT for the last two years and have loved it. I'm also doing about 10 personal challenges like 52 Book Club reading challenge and Booklist Queen and others. Unfortunately, none of my immediate reading lists included a lot of unique countries, but I'll see what I can come up with!!

Oh, here's my shelf: Tricia's shelf

aw I loved that one! It's my favorite Katherine Center. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it much. 😔

Did we get teams assigned? I feel like I've missed something. :(

Read my first book for this challenge! woo hoo! I'm busy focusing on other challenges for now but will give this challenge my attention soon.

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson - I gave it 3.5 stars. It had an amazing premise and I learned some interesting things, but at over 500 pages it was honestly way too long and got very repetitive by the end.

Charlie wrote: "After 7 years, finally finished

I really thought I would like it. The premise was SO great.
Execution? Garbage. I was SO MAD.

I did remove over 400 books from my TBR l..."

Wow - 400 books is amazing! A TBR refresh always feels great. My problem is a bunch will end up creeping back onto the list after a while. lol

Completed this challenge two years ago, but only got halfway in 2024. So I'm trying again with a new set of books for 2025.

Total: 16

Books added to my TBR in 2020:
1. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson - READ 3/27/25 - 3.5 stars
2. Untamed by Glennon Doyle - DNF 5/30/25 - 2.5 stars
3. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano - READ 4/25/25 - 4 stars
4. Earthlings by Sayaka Murata - READ 7/20/25 - 3 stars
5. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi - DNF - 6/23/25 - 2 stars
6. The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi - READ 5/23/25 - 4 stars
7. The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd - READ 8/11/25 - 4 stars

Books added to my TBR in 2021:
8. Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo - READ 9/20/25 - 5 stars
9. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - READ 6/9/25 - 4 stars
10. A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
11. The Overstory by Richard Powers - READ 6/22/25 - 3 stars
12. How Far You Have Come by Morgan Harper Nichols - READ 9/22/25 - 2.5 stars
13. Educated by Tara Westover - READ 8/30/25 - 3 stars
14. Circe by Madeline Miller - READ 8/13/25 - 4 stars
15. In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park - READ 5/18/25 - 4 stars
16. Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva

Progress:
12 read
2 DNF

Love this challenge! The first year I picked a new number after each read book. Last year I picked my books ahead of time. Honestly, I liked the novelty of picking a new number each time, so I'm going back to that this year!

Current TBR: 402

1. #236 - Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera - 1/5/25
2. #217 - Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo - 1/14/25
3. #199 - Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret - 1/20/25
4. #245 - We Are Okay by Nina LaCour - 2/15/25
5. #190 - The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer - 2/27/25
6. #278 - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck - 5/22/25
7. #9 - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 6/9/25
8. #341 - Deep End by Ali Hazelwood - 6/28/25
9. #52 - The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara - 7/7/25
10. #325 - Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - 7/10/25
11. #8 - Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou - 7/12/25
12. #174 - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - 7/15/25
13. #250 - The Favorites by Layne Fargo - 7/18/25
14. #140 - A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck - 7/20/25
15. #357 - The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull - 7/26/25
16. #266 - The Deep by Rivers Solomon - 7/27/25
17. #277 - Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson - 8/11/25

Claiming my spot!

Serious Readers Challenge 2025 - Level 1 (1-100)

January - 1 - 17
1. Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister - 1/1/25
2. Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher - 1/4/25
3. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera - 1/5/25
4. Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems by Maria Zoccola - 1/6/25
5. Evil in Me by Brom - 1/6/25
6. The King's Men by Nora Sakavic - 1/9/25
7. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis Taylor - 1/12/25
8. Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo - 1/14/25
9. I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones - 1/15/25
10. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates - 1/18/25
11. Tequila Mockingbird by Tim Federle - 1/19/25
12. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson - 1/20/25
13. Haunting Adeline by HD Carlton - 1/23/25
14. Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 1/24/25
15. Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith - 1/26/25
16. Twisted Love by Ana Huang - 1/28/25
17. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren - 1/30/25



February: 18 - 32
18. Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls - DNF'd on 2/1/25
19. The City In Glass by Nghi Vo - 2/3/25
20. A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab - 2/5/25
21. I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O'Farrell - 2/9/25
22. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker - 2/10/25
23. The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez - 2/11/25
24. The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn - 2/13/25
25. Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles - 2/14/25
26. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour - 2/15/25
27. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - 2/18/25
28. Keep It in the Family by John Marrs - 2/19/25
29. Light's Out by Navessa Allen - 2/21/25
30. Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire - 2/22/25
31. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar - 2/24/25
32. The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer - 2/27/25



March: 33 - 49
33. What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 3/1/25
34. Extras for All For the Game by Nora Sakavic - 3/4/25
35. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett - 3/6/25
36. Gliff by Ali Smith - 3/7/25
37. The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer - 3/9/25
38. A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett - 3/11/25
39. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston - 3/11/25
40. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy - 3/13/25
41. Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle - 3/16/25
42. The Wedding People by Alison Espach - 3/18/25
43. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green - 3/20/25
44. Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch - 3/24/25
45. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson - 3/27/25
46. When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker - 3/28/25
47. Heartless Hunter by Kirsten Ciccarelli - 3/30/25
48. Worm by Edel Rodriguez - 3/31/25
49. The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica - 3/31/25



April: 50 - 63
50. Mickey7 by Edward Ashton - 4/3/25
51. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer - 4/3/25
52. Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton - 4/6/25
53. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins - 4/12/25
54. Fable by Adrienne Young - 4/17/25
55. Mortal Skin by Lily Mayne - 4/19/25
56. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell - 4/20/25
57. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - 4/20/25
58. The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow - 4/23/25
59. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano - 4/25/25
60. Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley - 4/26/25
61. Everything Left to Remember by Steph Jagger - 4/28/25
62. Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez - 4/30/25
63. Wild Love by Elsie Silver - 4/30/25



May - 64 - 79
64. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins - 5/4/25
65. Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu - 5/4/25
66. Kent State by Def Nackderf - 5/5/25
67. The Indandescent by Emily Tesh - 5/8/25
68. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry - 5/11/25
69. Tilt by Emma Pattee - 5/12/25
70. A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab - 5/17/25
71. In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/25
72. Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 5/19/25
73. My Name is Emilia Del Valle by Isabel Allende - 5/20/25
74. William by Mason Coile - 5/21/25
75. Shark Heart by Emily Habeck - 5/22/25
76. The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi -5/23/25
77. The Vegetarian by Han Kang - 5/28/25
78. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/29/25
79. Untamed by Glennon Doyle - 5/30/25



June - 80 -
80. Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews - 6/1/25
81. The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf - 6/2/25
82. Elegy for the Undead by Matthrew Vesely - 6/4/25
83. The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros - 6/5/25
84. Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney - 6/5/25
85. Babe in the Woods by Julie Heffernan - 6/5/25
86. The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke - 6/6/25
87. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - 6/8/25
88. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark - 6/8/25



Summary:
Romance: 16
Fantasy: 18
SciFi: 5
Horror: 8
Myster/Thriller: 9
Nonfiction: 14
Poetry: 2
Fiction: 15

Excited to be here!
Level 2 post

December: 228 - 260 (continued)
251. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector - Read 12/28/24
252. Dracula: Graphic Novel by Roy Thomas - Read 12/29/24
253. An Unwitting Bargain by Grae Bryan - read 12/30/24
254. Felicity by Mary Oliver - Read 12/30/24
255. Bodyman by Lucy Lennox - Read 12/30/24
256. Pit Stop by Cora Rose - Read 12/30/24
257. After by EM Lindsey - Read 12/30/24
258. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Read 12/30/24
259. Smile by Raina Telgemeier - Read 12/30/24

I'm calling this one done for the year. I did not complete my goal of reading all my books added to goodreads in 2019 and 2020.

I DID read or delete all the 2019 books:
Read: 5
Deleted: 4
Of the 5 titles I read, I got one 5 star, two 4 stars, and two 3 stars. I consider that pretty good!

For 2020 books:
Read: 3
Deleted: 1
Moved to next year: 7
Of the 3 that I read, I got one 4 star and two 3 stars.

For next year, I'm going to try and tackle all the books I added in 2020 and 2021.

This challenge is suffering greatly from my need to finish all the other challenges I signed up for. I think I definitely may have bitten off more than I can chew this year. :(

Thanks to everyone who helped! I had a great time.

Will we get credit for partial wheels?

I said that and then flipped through The Alchemist and it looks like a pretty fast read, so I'll try and get it done today or by tomorrow morning. If someone has one quicker, that's totally fine also - I need this for another challenge anyway.

I have two possibilities for orange cover, but I'm not particularly fast, so they might not get done much sooner than the end of the challenge.