Preeti’s Comments (group member since Sep 26, 2021)

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

Hi. What does one do for the page count of a book that only has an audiobook? Thanks.

You Can Thank Me Later by Kelly Harms

Cat wrote: "Fig is an excellent find! any lobster or vinegar to go with it? #everhopeful"

I am hoping plurals are allowed. In that case, I have added Ulysses to the spreadsheet and it contains both figs and vinegar. (Also many of the other food items all of which I have listed on the spreadsheet).
I will definitely be done with the book by the end of the round.

Hi, for the food items in the mini challenge, do we need to add the phrase in the spreadsheet or is it enough to add the page numbers? Thanks.

Sarah wrote: "I promise I'm alive - it's unusual for me to still not have finished a book by a week into a challenge, but hope to have two done today/tomorrow.

Plumbing nightmare continues, aka The Toilet That ..."

Ouch, I feel your pain, both the tooth variety and that of the plumber.

By the way, have you ever tried cloves/clove oil for the toothache? But be careful if you are using clove oil, use a very tiny amount.

So hear to hear that, Keely. Please accept my condolences! 🫂

I will be starting with

Cat wrote: "@Preeti I read Ulysses many many years ago and enjoyed (most of) it. I certainly didn't fully grasp everything that was going on, but instead enjoyed the experience. and, a bit like the opera Aida,..."

That is good to hear.

By the way, am I the only person who had never heard of "The Women Roofers"?

In case anybody is interested in reading about them, I am adding links to the image from People magazine about them as well as an article from Carolina County's website.

https://www.carolinacountry.com/image...

https://www.carolinacountry.com/carol...

Please pray for my soul, people! After much perusing, I finally chose my first two books...
It by Stephen King
Ulysses by James Joyce

Both big books, from what many people have told me one is likely to scare me to death and the other is very likely to bore me to death. 🫣😜

That said, I was told the same things about The Shining and Mrs. Dalloway and I ended up giving both 5 stars so one never knows. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hi, all. My name is Preeti. I am from India and live in the southern part of the country. I have been looking forward to this challenge. It is nice to see so many familiar names and get to know more people.

I was so pleased to see the bonuses for older and longer books. I have a huge list of classics I have been meaning to get to and this seems to be the perfect place to do so.

My shelf is wheels-9-nbrc

Judith wrote: "I updated the number for you Preeti :)..."

Thanks, Judith!

Cat wrote: "Preeti wrote: "Hi. Is there any place where I can verify if I have signed up correctly for this challenge?"

nope, but I can see you are signed up for 3/round"

Cat, so sorry to bother you but I just realised you said "per round" and a round seems to be 2 weeks. In that case, my number should be 6 per round. I thought it was the per week number we were supposed to enter. Thanks and sorry again for the trouble.

Cat wrote: "Preeti wrote: "Hi. Is there any place where I can verify if I have signed up correctly for this challenge?"

nope, but I can see you are signed up for 3/round"

Thanks, Cat! That is what I wanted to check.

Hi. Is there any place where I can verify if I have signed up correctly for this challenge?

Sammy wrote: "*fixed total above*

116 pages

Current total: 1,567,702"

Thanks, Sammy! I missed seeing your earlier post. ☺️

Book: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Page Count: 368 pages
Date Read: Sep 30

Running Total: 1,566,782

New Group Total: = 1,567,150

September



Book: The BFG by Roald Dahl (37568 words) - Sep 1
No. Of Pages: 199

Book: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott - Sep 2
No. Of Pages: 222

Book: Hickory Dickory Dock (Hercule Poirot #34) by Agatha Christie - Sep 4
No. Of Pages: 196

Book: The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains #1) by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (51201 words) - Sep 6
No. Of Pages: 305

Book: Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains #2) by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (50756 words) - Sep 7
No. Of Pages: 256

Book: The Mothers by Brit Bennett - Sep 8
No. Of Pages: 286

Book: The Fury by Alex Michaelides - Sep 9
No. Of Pages: 368

Book: The Seagull by Wes Snowden - Sep 10
No. Of Pages: 458

Book: The Dark Refrain: The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick #3) by Jessica Khoury (10hrs 24min - 356 pages) - Sep 11
No. Of Pages: 356

Book: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - Sep 13
No. Of Pages: 384



Book: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah - Sep 14
No. Of Pages: 440

Book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - Sep 15
No. Of Pages: 189

Book: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - Sep 18
No. Of Pages: 194

Book: The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley - Sep 20
No. Of Pages: 354

Book: Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross - Sep 21
No. Of Pages: 357

Book: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Sep 24
No. Of Pages: 462

Book: The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1) by Rick Riordan - Sep 24
No. Of Pages: 512

Book: The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot #13) by Agatha Christie - Sep 25
No. Of Pages: 232

Book: We Are Legion: We Are Bob (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor - Sep 26
No. Of Pages: 383

Book: The Flames of Albiyon by Jean Menzies - Sep 27
No. Of Pages: 316



Book: The Moving Finger (Miss Marple #4) by Agatha Christie - Sep 28
No. Of Pages: 299

Book: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins #1) by P.L. Travers (38085 words) - Sep 29
No. Of Pages: 209

My Sep Total: 6977

Running Total: 1,557,959

New Group Total: = 1,564,936

Day 3 - Chapters 25 - 35

11. There has been a lot of talk about music, music being banned, the part of the myth regarding Enva’s harp and now Attie telling Iris about her father being a musician who taught her to play the violin. Do you think this has any special significance?

12. Iris has referred to Roman’s full name using a different word each time to replace his middle name, for eg., Roman Cheeky Kitt, Roman Churlish Kitt, Cantankerous, Conceited etc. She has also read all of his writings, public as well as some private ones so should have been able to identify his writing style. Were you also surprised by her not having been able to figure out Carver’s true identity for so long?

13. When Iris asks Lieutenant Lark why his platoon is called The Sycamore Platoon, he replies that it is a long story, one he will share with her “when the time’s right.” What did you think of the story that he told her and the situation in which he told it to her?

14. The second Roman asked for the synonyms, I knew that was going to be the way Iris figured out Carver’s identity. What is your opinion of how the uncloaking occurred? Also, what do you think about the way their relationship has been moving along?

15. Attie and Marisol have not had much “page” presence as I would have liked. And Forest has yet to make an appearance even though 3/4th of the book is almost finished. What do you think of the treatment of the secondary characteristics? Also, what is your opinion of the pacing of the book?

I would like to volunteer for DQs.

August



Book: Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便 [Majo no Takkyūbin] #1) by Eiko Kadono (43868 words) - Aug 1
No. Of Pages: 208

Book: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - Aug 2
No. Of Pages: 400

Book: Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi - Aug 3
No. Of Pages: 544

Book: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel - Aug 5
No. Of Pages: 108

Book: Hook (The Untold Stories of Neverland Book #1) by K.R. Thompson - Aug 8
No. Of Pages: 354

Book: Pan (The Untold Stories of Neverland Book #2) by K.R. Thompson - Aug 9
No. Of Pages: 103

Book: The Graduate (The Graduate #1) by Charles Webb - Aug 9
No. Of Pages: 211

Book: The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi - Aug 11
No. Of Pages: 314

Book: Nerida (The Untold Stories of Neverland Book #3) by K.R. Thompson - Aug 13
No. Of Pages: 175

Book: Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves #3) by P.G. Wodehouse - Aug 14
No. Of Pages: 273



Book: Very Good, Jeeves! (Jeeves #4) by P.G. Wodehouse - Aug 14
No. Of Pages: 272

Book: Funny Story by Emily Henry - Aug 15
No. Of Pages: 384

Book: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle - Aug 17
No. Of Pages: 389

Book: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe - Aug 19
No. Of Pages: 242

Book: Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman - Aug 21
No. Of Pages: 371

Book: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner - Aug 22
No. Of Pages: 320

Book: Dead Center (Andy Carpenter #5) by David Rosenfelt - Aug 23
No. Of Pages: 352

Book: Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple #1) by Carola Dunn - Aug 24
No. Of Pages: 252

Book: Twilight (The Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer - Aug 27
No. Of Pages: 498

Book: Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard - Aug 28
No. Of Pages: 112



Book: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - Aug 30
No. Of Pages: 409

My Aug Total: 6291

Running Total: 1,357,181

New Group Total: = 1,363,472