Judith’s Comments (group member since Apr 15, 2015)

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

I think it's a bit too much of a stretch

New task:

Film 10s - 3 1/2 Minutes 10 Bullets - Read a book that shares a title word (NOTE: 3 and three are deemed to be the same, as are 1/2 and half. Singular variants OK)

Tricia wrote: "I just finished Smoke Gets in Your Eyes which is a nonfiction book about a woman who works in a Crematory and goes to Mortuary School. Would that count as science for the new Chipmunk challenge? It..."

Morticians are licensed through the medical board, so I would say it falls into the medical field. I'll move it and get us a new task.

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

novel about a mother’s unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve “American culture” in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird’s mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old.

Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn’t know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn’t wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.

connection: People searching for peace in their lives

Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises.

The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles. With concerns about the child’s home situation, Jo reluctantly agrees to let her stay—just until she learns more about Ursa’s past.

Jo enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. But the more time they spend together, the more questions they have. How does a young girl not only read but understand Shakespeare? Why do good things keep happening in her presence? And why aren’t Jo and Gabe checking the missing children’s website anymore?

Though the three have formed an incredible bond, they know difficult choices must be made. As the summer nears an end and Ursa gets closer to her fifth miracle, her dangerous past closes in. When it finally catches up to them, all of their painful secrets will be forced into the open, and their fates will be left to the stars.

In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.

Megan,

when you get a chance can you add I'm Glad My Mom Died to your TT shelf?

Thanks!

New Chipmunk Task: 10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Pennywise! - Read a book you can connect to our favourite red balloon carrying clown

Tricia wrote: "Entered my completed book for the chipmunk challenge, but it didn't open up a new task for us. I'm assuming the captains have to confirm it? Going to head to bed and will check back in the morning,..."

We have to add it to the official sheet which only captains have access too. I'm checking books and getting things updated now.

I’m on the app so I can’t link it, but ARBookfinder is a great resource for word counts.

There are links to the webpages in post 5 in this thread. Also if something like Audible shows it’s longer than 3 hours, it’ll be long enough

Aoife wrote: "I just wanted to check - can you start a book now and finish it in June and count it? Or is it only books read after the month starts that count?"

Yes, books started now can count for June including for the mini tasks.

Yay team!

Also there’s a countdown for the June mini at the top of the book tab in the tracking spreadsheet for convenience

I just finished off a monster but as it’s the husband’s birthday and he is actually off work, we are doing lots of family time. Not sure when I’ll get to a computer

If someone is around, please feel free to spin which wheel you want! Otherwise I’ll get to it later :)

We do need to have the month of May page number tower finalized within 24 hours of May ending. At this point that would only impact one 600+ pager and three 500 pagers.

If you have spreadsheet access issues while away for one of these give a shout you’ve finished in the thread and we’ll take care of it.

The rest can be handled however/whenever it works for you

I fixed it Brittany, no worries!

Sharon,

when you get a chance could you add Love, Pamela to your TT shelf?

Thanks!

megan wrote: "I added my last book of the month to the spreadsheet, but I’m on my phone and can’t link the book until I get to a computer.
I also deleted the link to Brittany’s Daisy Darker book. I’m a mean per..."

I've got you ;)

Enjoy the races!!

Aoife,

can you add a date to Hanks & a Hitman when you get a chance? It's on your shelf but GR isn't showing a read date.

Thanks!

We’ll hit our targets for towers with what people have committed too. So nothing specific. Longer books obviously gets us more points, but with no specific need I’d say read whatever makes you happy. Work travel can be a drag sometimes, hope you are going somewhere fun

Bobbi wrote: "Silly question from Bobbi time!:

Do our June tower books (for pg # and crayola, rainbow etc. I know Chipmunk mini is different) need to be started after June, or can they be carried over from book..."

Books for any of the mini towers or Chipmunk can be started whenever. Sorry if that got muddled in the posts.

For the Chipmunk mini they just can't be finished until June 1st 9am UTC.

Books used for the June towers can be started at any time but to count for June also can't be finished until June 1st 9am UTC.

I love this team :)