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

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

The other Sandy wrote: "I finally made it above the line! Woo hoo!"

Woot! I just skated in there 😆

March Update

Well done to everyone who is 24% and above!

Name		% to goal
Gwen|| Bookish 	84%
Sammy		74%
Carmen		60%
Sophie (mod)	58%
Elena		57%
Truitt_T	55%
Melindam	50%
Tricia		47%
Roe		44%
Cordelia	42%
Gabriella 	42%
Jenner		40%
Karen ♐	38%
Tari		38%
Angie ☯	34%
Jessica (Golde	34%
Trinia		34%
Chrissie	33%
Judy		32%
Jillypenny	31%
Snowtulip	30%
Sophie		30%
The other Sandy	30%
Alisha		29%
Karen ⊰✿	25%

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Keli		23%
Amanda		23%
Insiyah		22%
Jenny		22%
Laurie (Toledo	21%
Annalisa	20%
Cat		20%
Jennifer	20%
Linda C		20%
Suzanne		20%
Keely		18%
Christina	17%
LiteraryCat	17%
Briana		16%
Vicki Willis	16%
Lexi		14%
Rocsana		13%
Janis		11%
Aeia_auia_aaia	10%
♞ Pat		8%
Karen (librar	8%
Beth		8%
Laurie B	7%
LittleRedRidin	7%
Jenn (tellingm	5%
Jodie (JT)	5%
Ricka		5%
Eldarwen	4%
Kat		2%
Melanie		2%

Sammy wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Well to be fair, even with the book cap, nobody forced you to read chunksters every single time ;-)"

I know, but I always feel really guilty reading a shorter book when there are ..."

I get it!
We decided to remove the book cap for this challenge based on this kind of feedback. Doesn't mean it is gone for good for other future challlenges, but we are back to basics for TTX :)

Ann-Marie wrote: "MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
My recommendation this month is Watership Down. I have read this previously many times but not for years. I listened this go around and Peter Capaldi did an abs..."

Oh, could be an option for me for April! I've never read it

Sammy wrote: "Read a couple more, including #92

I find this series extremely uneven. the 6 books I've read (admittedly completely out of order) range from a generous 2 st..."

Are the differences in the quality of the plot lines or in the writing style/character development?

Jenny wrote: "Is it okay of I change one of my books? I cannot find Station Fosaan on Kindle, or on Amazon, or at my bookstore, and I don't have library cards, so I am unlikely to find this disap..."

Yep, swap away!

I started with TTII and was on team Leather Jacket Black which was so close to winning! (Did we? I don’t remember 😆😆😆)
I started taking notice of GR after TTI already began. Team challenges weren’t really a thing back then so I sat back and watched what was happening

Melindam wrote: "Me too.

I really MUST FINALLY read by Jim Butcher and narrated by James Marsden. 😅"

Yes you should!!!!

Actually I just thought I can pull out another Julia Wheelan narration if we consider her a celebrity? (She is also an actress 😬)

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:%

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 7
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1

Books in category:

FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 30 (was 22 end of March)
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 1

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Loved it - made me (and kids) watch the movie again too

Sammy wrote: "Amanda wrote: "#12 , it feels criminal to rate such a classic 3 stars, but that was my level of enjoyment. Some beautiful writing, of course, but (maybe because I ..."

I completely agree they are made to be acted out. When I read them it is by listening to the audiobook so you still have that element of someone interpreting the words, pauses, intontation, pacing etc.
I love that you can listen to multiple versions and get a different experience each time. Same with going to watch the play - always a new experience!

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Jenny wrote: "What exactly is a bever?

teehee"

Perhaps an Eager Beaver who enjoys a beverage whilst waiting for TTX to begin.. 😁"

haha
exactly

I read which was a finalist for fiction and best female narrator 2022.

Julia Whelan narrates and I love her. She also narrated Educated and Malibu Rising along with a few others I’ve read. I’ve now put books on my list just based on her being the narrator 😆

So 5 stars for the narration and 4 for the book. I loved it and hated it.
Amazing characters and writing but a crappy time in history which made it uncomfortable listening

Going Postal is one of my faves but I haven’t done the audio (yet!)

You’re on a roll, Sammy!

Steven wrote: "Stormlight Archive! I’m team Truthwatcher!"

ah. I still need to read those books

Cat wrote: "@Jenny re SME, my first thought was Small or Medium Enterprise, being in public sector procurement and thus having to support the little companies where possible.
Sadly, also due to public sector l..."

I had no idea I would be creating so much conversation around SME!

Yes we use it for subject matter expert. SME can also be small medium enterprise but I’ve noticed people using SMB more - small medium business
🤪

Maybe we need some SMEs to put it together for next year….

I feel like we talked a lot about a LOTR theme when Tea was a mod and then it lost steam when she had to move on.
Perhaps it will go back into the bag of ideas some day

Frida wrote: "The year TT is LotR I’m gonna create several dummy accounts on Goodreads just so I can be in ALL the teams.
(If you see 6 “people” reading the exact same books then you know…. Just ignore it….)"

🤣🤣