kristina’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2019)

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

602 pages

Current Total: 676,972

I'll also participate!

309 pages

Current Total: 660,150

353 pages
352 pages

Current Total: 652,850

Start Date: 5/21
End Date: 7/21
CC Earned: 29

1 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Save a tree - Read a book with a tree on the cover.
☙ Walk to work - Read a book with a verb in the title.
☙ Ride your bike - Read a book where someone travels for a living.
☙ Celebrate the day- Read a book that has 22 as part of the page numbers. (Example: 422 pages, or 229 pages, etc.)
☙ Celebrate the Earth
Air Awakens borrowed ebook 6/8

2 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Live green - Read a book with a mostly green cover.
☙ Learn about the Earth - Read a science book.
☙ Plant Wildflowers
Under Rose-Tainted Skies borrowed ebook 6/28
☙ Compost - Read a book that you've already read to re-use it for a new purpose.
☙ Save water
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue borrowed 6/10

3 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Bring your own bags - Read 2 books where one title "fits" inside the other.
☙ Pick up Trash - Read 2 books that have been on your to-read shelf for over a year.
☙ Go Organic
1. Illuminae borrowed 5/27
2. Renegades borrowed ebook 6/4
☙ Pull Weeds
Not a Drop to Drink borrowed 5/23
☙ Visit a farmers market - Read a book set on a farm.

4 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Build up the local environment - Read 2 books that are 4+ in their series.
☙ Plant a vegetable garden - Find 10 veggie names in a book. (Names may be repeated)
☙ Install solar panels - Read a book with a sun on the cover and a book that is set in a sunny climate.
☙ Clean Naturally - Clean your house naturally by reading 2 books with different essential oils in their text.
☙ Donate your time
Broken Throne borrowed 6/16

5 Carbon Credit Tasks:
☙ Plant a tree - Spell out the word TREE using spell-it-out rules.
T - This Darkness Mine borrowed 5/21
R - Reaper's Property borrowed ebook 6/18
E -
E -
☙ Speak out - Read 4 books, each from a different genre that all have the same first letter in the title (A, An, The can be ignored if desired.)
☙ Create a Plan B - Read a book that's set on another real planet.
☙ Setup a windmill for energy - Read a book with wind in the title or series and a book with something tall on the cover.
☙ Donate your money
Sadie read 6/5
character with a lot of $ -- Silas Baker

336 pages

Current Total: 643,664

344 pages

Current Total: 638,022

** 332 pages

Current Total: 620,958

** 384 pages
** 371 pages
** 341 pages
** 473 pages


CURRENT TOTAL: 618,920

** read 5/6 ** 341 pages

Current Total: 589,422

** read 4/24 ** 537 pages
** read 4/22 ** 373 pages
** read 4/21 ** 320 pages

Current Total: 584,652

** read 5/4 ** 384 pages

Current Total: 583,422

** read 4/27 ** 288 pages
** read 4/27 ** 304 pages

Current Total: 578,475

** read 5/1 ** 341 pages
** read 5/1 ** 432 pages

Current Total: 571,303

Completed: 5/31/19
Heavy Gusts = 13-24 books
Total: 16 books

Man, I really did not read as much as I wanted to this month.

✓ “April showers bring May flowers.”
Pride read 5/13
✓ “Be that as it may.”
Between Shades of Gray read 5/18
✓ “Cinco de Mayo.”
The Female of the Species read 5/6
✓ “Come what may!”
Aurora Rising read 5/12
• “Devil-may-care attitude.” - Read a book where the protagonist has this attitude. (i.e. Heedless of caution; reckless. Jovial and rakish in manner.)
✓ “He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.”
Not a Drop to Drink read 5/23
• “How may I help you?” - Read a book where the protagonist helps someone out.
✓ “If I may be so bold...”
The Walls Around Us read 5/19
• “It may account for...” - Read a book with an accountant protagonist, or someone who deals with numbers. Or is an account based on a true historical event.
✓ “I may be crazy, but...”
A Madness So Discreet read 5/4
• “Let the chips fall where they may.” - Read a book that has the words from this expression found in the title, series name, or author’s, or character’s name [i.e. “let,” “chip(s),” “fall,” “where,” “they,” or “may”].
• Mae West. - Read a book with a black & white cover. Or is set in Hollywood. Or where the protagonist is a vamp.
✓ “May the better man win!”
Dumplin' read 5/5
✓ “May Day!”
Illuminae read 5/27
• “May-December Relationship.” - Read a book with quite a gap in years between protagonists’ ages. This does NOT have to be a Romance book.
• “May the force be with you.” - Read a book with stars on the cover. Or is set in outer space.
✓ “May he rest in peace.”
Monday's Not Coming read 5/1
✓ “May I be excused?”
Allegedly read 5/7
• “May I count on you?” - Read a book with a number in the title. (Examples found on listopia’s Nothing But Numbers.)
• “May I take a message?” - Read an inspirational book.
• “May I take your order?” - Read a book where the protagonist is a waitress, or short-order cook, or takes orders of some kind. (Just a few examples on listopia’s Waitress Heroine in Romance.)
• “May Pole” (AKA May Poll) - Read a book on a listopia list. Or is set in Poland. Or written by a Polish writer. Or won one of our BOM polls (past or current). (Examples found on listopia’s Best Polish Books.)
✓ “May the road rise to meet you...”
In a Handful of Dust
• “May you live in interesting times...” - Read a book where someone is cursed. Or one with lots of danger, uncertainty, and chaos.
✓ “Maybe, maybe not.”
The Leading Edge of Now read 5/15
• “Mayday! Mayday!” - Read a book where the protagonist works as some type of emergency personnel: fireman, policeman, paramedic. Or someone makes or receives a distress call. Or where someone uses a radio. Since this word may derive from the French expression “venez m'aider” - which translates to “come help me” - we’ll also take any book set in France. Also, in The Handmaid's Tale, they used “Mayday” as a code to identify themselves as part of the resistance - so, we’ll take a protagonist that is part of one, or any plot involving some hidden code.
• “The merry month of May.” - Read a book that is humorous.
• “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.” - Read a book with a mirror or car on the cover. Or one where the protagonist is an illusionist, magician, or interacts with mirrors in some way.
• “Seven Days in May.” - Read a book that is seventh in a series. Or has the word “day(s)” in the title, series, author, or character name. We will take the alternate spelling of “Daye,” as in the series October Daye.
• “Sticks and stones may break my bones.” - Read a book with a word in the title that rhymes with “may” -- or where the title rhymes alone. (Examples: Double Play (“play” rhymes with “may” -- or Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, where title is a rhyme itself.)
✓ “Terms & conditions may apply.”
This Darkness Mine read 5/21
✓ “Things may look good on the surface...”
Just Wreck It All read 5/20
• “To whom it may concern.” - Read a book with a stand-alone “letter” in the title. Or by an author with a stand-alone “letter” in their name. Or read a book of memoirs. Or one that has a letter or envelope on the cover. (Examples: C, by Tom McCarthy; author J.R. Ward; All Creatures Great and Small; or maybe something like these found on this listopia .)
• “Try as I may.” - Read a book that was published any day in May, of any year.
✓ “Warning: May be hazardous to your health.”
Far From You read 5/1
• “You may well ask!” - Read a book with a question mark -- or an exclamation mark -- in the title.

Total Books Read: 16

Began 5/1

A woman’s place is Far From You
Can you look me straight in the eye and tell me that Monday's Not Coming
Did you ever
Did you know that
Does this dress make me look
“Don’t drink the water here, it’s filled with...”
“Every day we attack them with…”
“Everyone loves a…”
“Everything is...”
“For breakfast I had...”
“Happiness is...”
“He came to...”
“How is it possible that I've never heard of...”
“I can’t believe it was…”
“I can’t wait until...”
“I confess, I...”
“I feel better after drinking...”
“I hate it when certain people...”
“I have a horrible…”
“I learned the hard way that...”
“I left him/her...”
“I like my men...”
“I love taking ‘selfies’ with…”
“I love to dance and sing with...”
“I often wonder why I bother to…”
“I used the money for…”
“I want to eat my lunch with ...”
“I went to my prom with...”
“I wonder why...”
“I would do anything for you, except...”
“I wouldn’t be caught dead…”
“I wrestled a...”
“I’d like to teach the world to sing, but...”
“I’d like to travel to...”
“I’d rather be...”
“I’d tell you with my dying breath that...”
“I’m in love with my...”
“I’m really looking forward to...”
“I’m training to be a…”
“If I could live anywhere, it would be...”
“If I had one superpower that would be...”
“If I’d known you were coming, I’d have...”
“If only I had a dollar for every time I thought of...”
“If only I had...”
“If you are ever chased by zombies, try…”
“If you can’t beat them, …”
“If you had written a book, you would call it...”
“In a land far, far way…”
“In the garden I found...”
“Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s...”
“It time for…”
“It took...”
“It was a dark and stormy night, just perfect for…”
“It’s rabbit season! It’s Duck season! No, it’s...”
“Last night I dreamed I was...”
“Last night I dreamt of...”
“Last night I was walking in the park and saw...”
“Look out behind you, it’s a...”
“My father always said, ...”
“My favorite time of the year is...”
“My most embarrassing moment was when...”
“My mother always told me to…”
“My neighbor wants me to help her...”
“My personal motto is...”
“My prom night was...”
“My secret talent is…”
“Once upon a time there was a ...”
“Our paths will cross again when...”
“People always tell me...”
“People call me the...”
“Poor vampire, he’s…”
“Right now is the perfect time to...”
“Run, if you see…”
“She had a heart like...”
“Sometimes I have to...”
“That is a match made in...”
“That reminds me; I need to…”
“That was definitely NOT your average...”
“The best dream I ever had was about...”
“The best things in life are...”
“The night is still young and…”
“The shocking truth is...”
“The specialty of the day is...”
“The world needs more...”
“The worst nightmare I ever had was about...”
“Then I met...”
“Today’s special is...”
“Tomorrow, let’s go to...”
“Welcome to...”
“What do you mean she said...”
“When I was little I wanted to be...”
“When I woke up this morning, I thought...”
“When I’m alone, I like to...”
“When no one’s looking I like to...”
“When the weather is cold I like to...”
“When the weather is hot I like to...”
“Whenever I think of that time of year, I think of…”
“Will you stay and be my…”
“Will you stay...”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if...”
“You couldn’t pay me to...”