Karen ⊰✿’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2012)

Karen ⊰✿’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Finished
which I added in 2018.
It was a nice easy read. A cool modern fairytale with the right mix of creepy and historical setting. Well adapted by Funke

How is that over 5000 pages? Is that one book or is it split into components so you can actually hold it to read? 😬

Other teams shared these links for reference. Would still have to double check but a good starting point.

Books by African countries : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

And this one for different countries:

https://readaroundtheworldchallenge.c...

when you pick the country there's also a link to authors from that country under the next page buttons

Elisabeth wrote: "For the colours on covers slots does that mean exclusively eg for Canada a red and white cover? Or is it simply that those colours need to be there somewhere amongst other colours?

Also what if a ..."

no, just those colours need to be on the cover. Books can be banked for mini 2 only (noting it is 100 tasks in total with 10 revealed at a time).

Captains will work out as loose strategy and come back to everyone. I think for the moment we do need to start thinking about what books you have in the "hard" and "mid-level" countries for those itineraries

Going for a book by an author born in the Philippines ;)



A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical journey when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike and enchanting fantasy novel.

On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets.

Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it.

Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds.

But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own—and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back.

Lol

Elisabeth wrote: "I like going up a tower although The World Trade Centre was disconcerting as it moved quite noticeably. ..."

Oh yeah I forgot about that one. I went there in the NY summer of 2000 as I was living in Canada at the time. It was so ridiculously high!
My office is up 50 floors and that can be a bit disconcerting sometimes but nothing on what the WTC was

LavenderLane wrote: "Karen, I’m trying to finish The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson so I can finally get to Book 2. Way of Kings is a reread for me because I last read..."

Oh you can join our buddy read thread for book one here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

and book 2 here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

and handful of us started the series last year and have just continued on, so we still lurk in the old threads 😁

Only a few more days until SF1! Are we all excited? 🎈🎉

Hello all - Lovely to be your co-captain on this international voyage of Tower Teams.
I'll admit to having no idea where the Sky Tower is. And when I googled the first thing that came up was Sydney Tower (which tbh if that had been renamed that would have been embarrassing I was unaware!) but then I discovered https://skycityauckland.co.nz/sky-tower/ which looks like our team picture.
I used to go to Auckland all the time for work in the mid 2000s (I would spend one week a month in NZ), but I don't think I ever went there. I've never been much of a tower person.
Although I went to Melbourne Skydeck last year with the kids and it was kind of cool. Otherwise I've been to Sydney Tower, Brisbane SkyDeck, Tower of London (does that count? lol), Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower and CN Tower. Not sure I've worried about any others on my trips but perhaps I should stalk the team threads and see what is familiar!

Most of us have been on team challenges together before, so welcome back! And to those that are new to challenges, or we just haven't played togetehr before, I'm looking forward to getting to know you and learning about the books you enjoy :)

What will be your first read for Tower Teams?
I need to get to two chunksters which I am saving.
and .


In the meantime I don't feel like reading anything heavy as I have been making my way through the Stormlight Archive, so I've been listening to anything narrated by Julia Whelan which has so far involved and now . Both great books when you really aren't in the mood to read ;)

Apoorv wrote: "Oh Mods, could you be ever so kind and open Empire State Building, so I can sneak in before all the remaining fun team members rush in? They be cray cray! Thank you muchly! :P"

opened!

Added in 2018. Great fun. I think I kept saving it for challenges, but eventually just wanted to read it ;)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Great. Thanks Judith. 😀"

I'll PM you with the link once we open, Lisa :)

Books by African countries : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

And this one for different countries:

https://readaroundtheworldchallenge.c...

when you pick the country there's also a link to authors from that country under the next page buttons

sheepish

a little shy

reserved

Team Info

❅	Insiyah	ttxi_2025	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Karen	towerteams_xi	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Tina	2025-nbrc-ttxi	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Kylie	tower	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Preeti	tower-teams-11-preeti‎	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Elen	world-tt-xi-2025	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Lisa	nbrc-tower-teams-xi-2025	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Elli	ttxi	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Elisabeth	tt-25	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	LavenderLane	challenge-shelf	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Sanskriti	tower-teams-xi‎ 	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Chava	towers2025	Read	Currently Reading	Comments
❅	Richard	tower-team-books	Read	Currently Reading	Comments

Sammy wrote: "So this month's picture... the hair is making me think a young Whoopi Goldberg.
But the fact that that is where my brain immediately went is probably showing my age a bit... 😆"

Oh I see where you are going!

The robot used Oprah as inspiration this month 😊

I deleted two

Both added in 2017.
Rules of prey because I don't even know why I added it. I suck at reading those kinds of books and the start was just Yick!
Sword of Summer because I suck at mythology and the audio narrator was awful.