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

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

Cat wrote: "Me three!

I hadn't even realised there was a Basement of Shame below even the line!"

😂😂😂

Karolyn wrote: "Wait, there’s a line?!?!?!

I didn’t even make the list… still sitting at 0%. Gotta get my butt in gear."

Yes the line is where you are on track or off track - below the line is you haven’t read % wise enough for the year to be on track for your goal. And we don’t post the 0% ☺️

Lexi wrote: "I'm over the line. I spent the entirety of last year under the line. Yay!!"

Woot woot. You just scraped in 💃🥳

Carmen wrote: "

Currently sobbing. Things like this always get me but I really wish the summary gave some kind of warning. Having 35% of the book be about a big brother bein..."

Sometimes a good cry is just what we need. Although I hope it wasn’t too emotionally scarring!

January update

Did you have a good start to the year? Let’s find out!!

Name	% Progress to goal	
Gwen|| Bookish Blondie	68%	
Karen ⊰✿	50%	
Marla	46%	
Melindam	31%	
Sammy	30%	
KelB	30%	
Tricia	30%	
MelanieJoy 	27%	
✨ Brianna Raquel ✨	27%	
Gabby	27%	
Sophie (mod)	23%	
Jenny	23%	
Janis	21%	
Kellie	21%	
♞ Pat	21%	
Cindy	20%	
Jessica	20%	
Rocsana	20%	
Keli	18%	
Angie ☯	14%	
Cordelia	14%	
Karen ♐	14%	
Pandamunky	13%	
Jim	13%	
Jessica (Goldenfurpro)	12%	
Judy	12%	
Keely	10%	
Roe	10%	
Sophie	10%	
The other Sandy	10%	
Heather	9%	
Lexi	8%	

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Laurie B	7%	
Yasmine	7%	
Cass☀️	5%	
Eldarwen	5%	
Jenn 	5%	
Amanda	5%	
Beth (Jasonverlander)	4%	
Trisha	4%	
Maritza	4%	
Jenner	4%	
Sheri 	4%	
Annalisa	3%	
Carmen	3%	
Melanie	3%	
Insiyah	2%	
Kim	2%	
Jillypenny	1%

Tricia wrote: "Can someone explain to me what cutthroat was and why it was so hard?"

Here will give you some info

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Basically lots of teams dobbing on each other, spying, etc so you could read a book for a task and then it could be taken off you without warning

Lexi wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "UncoverIt! was one of my favourites it was just time intensive. Need someone with coding magic to make that happen again 🤭🤔🧐"

I wasn't around for that one yet, but I went and look..."

Thanks Lexi! 👏

Melindam wrote: "Karen, thank you for recommending Dark Emu. I started listening to it yesterday and find it both fascinating and sad.

"Objectively" speaking, I think that the author is not a good narrator, but I..."

I’m almost finished the re-read which is interesting as there has been some criticism of the author and the book over the last ten years. The main message is important though, I think, that we need to appreciate and understand First Nations people more

Lexi wrote: "Monster wheel is clearly one of my all time favorites as I’ve adopted it and some of the newer monster wheels. Also quidditch is the only challenge that has caused me physical harm due to fatigue c..."

Yikes. That’s commitment!!

UncoverIt! was one of my favourites it was just time intensive. Need someone with coding magic to make that happen again 🤭🤔🧐

Melindam wrote: ":D

Lexi, you reminded me that I need to read the last book in this series."

Me too 😬

lol!

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Never thought of Hunger Games but you're also right on that theme.

Have we ever had a very demented theme like serial killers? Cannot recall"

Nothing quite that bad. 😂 we did have cutthroat

Emily wrote: "Where do we report our points?"

When you add them into your personal s/sheet they all feed into the overall spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

We will wait until tomorrow before posting the points leader and those who achieved their goal

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 2

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
because it was the first full cast dramatisation I had tried for the series and it was an interesting way to read the book.
I did the next one as well the same way, but I think I will finish the series with the 'regular' audio

Sammy wrote: "MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

In Category:

None. I only listened to one, and hated it! But I had read the book itself before (Elantris) and that was a 5 star, so I can't blame..."

😂 well done for trying!
Elantris is a great read - I hope it didn't ruin your memory of it

😊👏

Sammy wrote: "and the rest of the series, and the Time Police spin off, and everything else Jodi Taylor has ever written including her shopping lists."

😂🤣

Eldarwen wrote: "I actually find it a bit frightening that this has to be actively taught to adults. This is somethi..."

I know! It is like the universities that are now teaching their students how to make small talk and make friends 'in real life' 🙄

#6

She is such a great nature writer. I'm not sure why it took me so long to get to this one!

I've read 6 and my goal is 12... I have really focused over the summer holidays on reading books I could get from the library and somehow I've powered through! Not sure how well I will go in February but I wil demolish these 12 first and then decide on a new goal and books to stretch myself for the year

Sammy wrote: "It gets worse...

total books purchased this month: 35

audible+ books downloaded: 9

total books acquired: 44

Total books read: 41


This all puts me in mind of Dickens explaining economics in [b..."


😂😂 you still have a few days of the month to get the balance right!