Melissa’s Comments (group member since May 12, 2019)

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

Joyce wrote: "If anyone wants to read a good book with a musical instrument
Light from Uncommon Stars has a violin in it and it was really good."

Nice! It's on my list. I read which was worth reading, and then I hadn't read many with music as a theme, but either there are more books being written with music in them, or I'm just figuring that out :)
got me started.

Maddy wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Do you want me to tell you what books I found for mini? Are we claiming/reserving tasks?
I am not big on planning, but I did some searches in my audiobooks
I found b..."

Excellent!

Me too :) I am finding that I’ll do more housework if I listen on Audio too. Do you have any narrators you like in particular? Or any audiobooks that stand out? I thought Tom Hanks read The Dutch House really well, and the book “Nothing to See Here” also had an excellent narrator.

I'm also considering putting a happy mask on my masked main character of Nevernight so I'm not afraid anymore....
But that's a little weird! Oh well!

It's really warm here in Vermont. It doesn't get that warm here most of the time. I'm secretly hoping it will miraculously kill off all the black flies before they get bad, but I'm not sure it works that way.... I have just eaten a big piece of Mother's Day cake, and am thinking of walking about listening to my last book before TT starts, trying to get the courage to figure out where the tomatoes will go in the garden this year...
Any other gardeners out there?
Audiobook people?

Mary C wrote: "Hi, I'm Mary. (she/her) I'm in Massachusetts on EST. I'm also not a big fan of super long books. But I do like books in the 400-600 pg range. I read most genres but not a huge of of YA or anything ..."

Do you have a favorite nonfiction lately? I'm a big nonfiction fan too!

Maddy wrote: "Do you want me to tell you what books I found for mini? Are we claiming/reserving tasks?
I am not big on planning, but I did some searches in my audiobooks
I found books for mask on cover, music ..."

Yes please!
You can write it here, or on the spreadsheet.
My masked book just came today :) But I'm still kind of afraid of it. No one has anything for musical instrument or MC writer or tragedy that I can see. If you put the number you think it could fit in the column labeled "mini-code," it will plop right in the mini challenge slot on that page.

What one has a musical instrument? I'm interested :)

Shan ~A~ wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Who is your favorite romance writer? I read romance here and there, and I always enjoy them!..."

So many, but the authors I read the most or have read most or all of their publishe..."

Well, I really haven't read many! I like historical romance - Beverly Jenkins and a book called Highland Treasure by Lynsay Sands and then I like Jude Devereaux. I haven't read any of the ones you mentioned, but I'll try to read one with this challenge!

Shan ~A~ wrote: "Hi everyone

My name is Shan. I live in NW Louisiana. Married, mother of 4, full time worker in HR.

I love romance, almost any sub-genre. I also read mystery, thrillers, suspense, and biographies..."

Who is your favorite romance writer? I read romance here and there, and I always enjoy them!

I was just going through our planning sheet. Never heard of a terpsichore before! I guess it's a muse that dances and sings?
Most of the photos have her falling out of her dresses! Those muses!

Mary C wrote: "And so the waiting game begins. Reading art books with mostly pictures until the game starts."

Yes, the pile grows!!!

Welcome Shan!

Thanks for checking in, Joyce! Welcome!

What you’re planning to read is great

Oooh. I was looking through my TBR list for a book with a mask on the cover and I found
But I'm kinda scared to read it!!!

Keli wrote: "Does anyone know whether our total book count will include the mini challenge? Since, I only said 4 books for the month, I can't really do a spell it out in the mini challenge. But if they don't co..."

Yes! When you put your book in the planning sheet, pick a place that it will also fit for the mini. Put the number of the mini in column that says "mini code." Then, your book will automatically pop up in that mini category. It's helpful if you know of other ones it will count for too. You can add that in the next column that says "Also works for."

I'll volunteer for Team Jason

I'm volunteering for DQs for Team Jason (back up for Eni!)

No, I think that’s just if you want to write questions for the BOM. If you had been reading for the BOMs, you would be put in an extra time for their “randomizer” as to who gets to write the questions. It’s a lottery, as writing questions gets points :). You’ll still get points for reading, and for answering questions, and I think you can still put your name in for writing them.

I am looking forward to that book too.

Hello Jasonites!
I'm Melissa (she/her) one of the co-captains - first time a co-captain! I think I did TT last year, and then Wheel and UNO - I like challenges because they really keep me reading.

I'm from Vermont, USA. I have a couple of grown daughters who are here for the summer :) I have a dog, and 2 cats, and a handful of fish. I'm a teacher by day, and a reader by night (and I watch Jeopardy :) Go Mattea!!)

I like reading a bunch of things - I usually have a nonfiction somewhere in the mix, and a young adult book (for my students) and then fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, books from around the world, and most recently - thrillers. I'd like to read more of those.

I'm psyched to get started with our team!!