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

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

Sammy wrote: "Pssstttt Karen... we doing another in July? ;)"

Of course ;)
Thread is now open

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:


FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: (was 47 end of June)
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 3

Books:
published


to be published




Feedback ratio: 97%


FINISHED


ADDED


End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Yes, I've also got problems with GR the whole day. The page keeps saying it's in maintenance and when I refresh, it's okay again."

Yes it has been problematic for me too

Melissa wrote: "Oof! Goodreads keeps going down here
I just finished my 500 pager. It has a former professor as the main character - I think that works? He is recruited to work with / against an alien species."

We may need it to complete the tower if it is a 500 pager. Let’s see what else is read before the months cut off ? 😬

Beth wrote: "I just finished Purple Hearts where a couple get married for the GI benefits and then she starts dating a guy from her band.

So that would fit 76 -- cheating"

Thanks!

new task is:

Read a book that won a Pulitzer

I am currently reading the 2023 winner but it is a 500+pager which we may need to complete our tower

Hi all - I hope you all had a great weekend!
Mine was relaly busy and work has been back-to-back meetings but I'm still reading!
Started
for the 500-599 page range and will have it finished in time for the end of the month if we need it.
For chipmunk tasks I assigned some existing books to the tasks so we have some new ones.

Current list:

Chipmunks

54. Read a book that won the Women's Prize for Fiction	(Amy the book-bat)
55. Read a book where the author name starts with X	(Louise or Vicki)
57. Read a book with mathematical symbols on the cover	(Louise)
59. Read a book featuring pirates (or privateers)	(Vicki)

63. Read a book with the word angel in the title
67. Read a book with a fraction in the title (e.g. The Vanishing Half, 7 1/2)
70. Read a book set in, or by an author from Saudi Arabia
77. Read a book with MPG Action
80. Read a book featuring a professor
81. Read a book that won a Pulitzer

Saar The Book owl wrote: "@Karen; did it worked? Because I've just finished it."

here it is :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I'm about to finish my next book: . The problem is that on GR there's only 1 edition of it and that's a Kindle edition of 116 pages.
My hardcover has 175 pages.
Whi..."

If you can give me the ISBN I can add it into goodreads 🙌

Tati wrote: "took me forever, but finally finished a book for the 500 pages bracket"

Well done!

Me too. Just finished . Always so hard to read about WWII but it was a great book

Amy the book-bat wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Amy the book-bat wrote: "Just finished a bright yellow Booker Prize winner (2015) with 688 pages. Lots of murder, sex, violence, and profanity. Set in Jamaica. Not sure if it would ..."

Golly. Sounds like not my kind of book

Vicki wrote: "Karen, for author name starts with X, can that be last name? My author is Diana Xarissa"

I have confirmed with the captains group it can be first name or surname starting with X 🙌😊

Vicki wrote: "Karen, I was planning to read Children of Blood and Bone but I thought it was 544 pages, but when I typed it in the first page count that came up said 873 pages, Library Binding. Wo..."

The default is 544 pages so if you are listening to audio that is the page count. Otherwise we go off the edition you are reading - if you have the ISBN or ASIN I can check it for you

Finished


Which was a great book 2. Followed the unique format of the first with a mystery book within a mystery book but this time started with Susan narrating.

Both audio narrators were great!

I finished my 600+


Which was a great book 2. And bonus it has a lovely red cover ;)

Now I'm moving to a 500+

I have updated the post above: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

New task is "Read a book with a theft"

Vicki wrote: "I have an author I like to read and have a few left in her series that I can read for Author's name starts with X, but it's her last name. But her books are only around 100 pages. Is the page requi..."

Great thanks! Minimum page count is 100

Beth wrote: "I have been on vacation so reading haphazardly. And I've been starting things instead of finishing them because I tend to avoid stressful bits when I'm on an airplane.

So I will concentrate on fi..."

No one has the China book, so I've put you down :)

Vicki wrote: "I also have an 800+ page book I want to read, so would that count for any of our page counts? I can also do 500-599 book but not sure I can do both at the same time."

It does count, but we are more short on 500-599 pages for this month :)

Thanks for the recommendation, Amy. I’ll keep an eye out for it as I think that would be a good one to read with the kids