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

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

I got through more than I thought!

from Kristie
from Alisha
from Sammy
from Mel


MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why): They were all so good, but hard to go past . Julia Whelan writing a book about audiobook narrators.... it just can't get better

Melindam wrote: "Maybe for 2024 Karen could come up with a monthly category called: "audiobooks from other players' shelves you wanted to read in 2023, but couldn't get to""

haha
good idea

Round 4 update

20 hours to go!
Please have your books on the tracking spreadsheet well before the deadline, or if you are running close than you can hold off finishing it until round 5. (Once the round finishes we can't add any books to it)

Round 5
Our word BAGPIPES is now on the tracking sheet and we are looking for black covers. Although it was easy to find blue ones it is nice for a change! And don't forget to also look for musicians (including singers)... they need to be professional / doing it as a job, (not just someone who plays an instrument or sings around the house for example) :)

Yes, agreed. Singers also count as musicians

Eldarwen wrote: "Awww, I loved Simon. Though I'm not much of a YA reader anymore myself."

same here on both accounts ;)

Yes it does :(

Oh no - I hope you feel better soon!

Sammy wrote: "UGH! I thought it was bad enough that Leeds train station has a Christmas tree up year-round. 🤦‍♀️"

😂😂

Sammy wrote: "Christmas doesn't exist for me until December. Starting it too early takes so much of the magic away.

I remember when I was about 20, shops wouldn't decorate until about 2 weeks before Christmas, ..."

Haha we were always about 1 Dec but since covid I decided those arbitrary dates don’t matter and if I feel festive I’m going to get out the Xmas decorations and clothes 😂
We buy a real tree each year from Scouts though, so that is going up in Saturday

New spin
100-250 pages

Reading
And listening to Christmas carols (specifically right now deck the halls as my kids go around the house and turn on singing Xmas toys!!)
496 pages
Link is that you need to be good for Santa to come 🤭😊😂

Sammy wrote: "Anyone get to on audio before me? 😁"

😂
Not me, sorry

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 5
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:


FINISHED



End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: (was 77 at end Nov)
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Keli wrote: "I also managed to delete another 3. It's funny how i found that hard in the beginning, like the first few times I dnf a book. But now there is something rather satisfying about letting a book go."

haha I agree

I finished

which was another fast paced sci-fi from Crouch. And a lovely blue and U to boot.
My family will be home later today but I'll try and fit in another short one while they are gone and I am cleaning/sorting areas of the house :)

Yes take care Louise and don’t worry about us. Only read if you feel like it and not if it’s a chore ☺️

I finished

which was a bit of fun for grunge :)


Spreadsheet is up to date and we have now finished 3 x spell it outs with 7 x colour and 13 x genres completed :)

I have now started for another U and a lovely blue cover :)

Andy wrote: "Daði & Gagnamagnið - Think About Things
(the best song never to win Eurovision!)..."

haha I'm not sure I agree with that. Although I do like their outfits

I can think of a bunch that I would put in 'songs that should have won Eurovision'... this one is coming top of mind. So fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qa7_...

Vikki wrote: "Christmas Sisters
Can a librarian update the author on this to Sarah Morgan, it's showing up NILL at the moment."

Done. It can take 15 mins to udpate

New spin - male author