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

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

Well done Mel
🙌👍

Sammy wrote: "Yeah, William isn't exactly a pleasant individual...

All I can say is, if you're struggling to deal with him as a character, don't bother adding [bookcover:The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story|42..."

haha thanks for the tip

Janeylou wrote: "If i was making a sandwich for example could i have ham on it twice ,( from 2 different SH) or can each filling only be used once"

I suppose if you were making a double ham sandwich that would work.
Think about what the item would be at the end and how you “sell” it. So using two lots of butter probably wouldn’t make sense. But two lots of cheese for an “extra cheesy” sandwich is conceivable

Mahi wrote: "Can the Monthly Special: Fijian Chicken Curry be made with scavenger words or spell-it-outs, or only scavenger?

If we can do spell-it-out, how do we differentiate it from regular Curry?"

You can do either. If spelling it out just keep in mind the ingredients - so it is a chicken curry with spices. For example
Spelling out “curry” would be the normal curry whereas “Fijian” would work for this curry or you could spell out a spice associated with a Fijian curry. Don’t overthink it too much, and be imaginative 👍

I’m starting chapter 9… and I have to say I’m struggling with every chapter that includes William.
I’ve started to switch off the audio and read the actual chapters that include him just so I can get through it faster.
I get that he is the ultimate villain, but gracious….

Don’t feel bad - hopefully you can get a full team soon and be ready to cook on 1 Sept 👍😊

Thanks, Erin. We tried to make it clear in the rules that you sign up as a team, but we’ve had a few teams now where we are then putting in new members afterwards and it makes for more work for us to go in and out - especially if it becomes every team - so just wanted to put a reminder out there 👍

Betty wrote: "Are there any active audiobook challenges? The ones I’ve seen haven’t been active in years."

We have three individual
audio challenges that have been around for years, but people still do them - often more than once.
You can start here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(Last person to complete was just a few months ago) and then once finished move to part two and part three

Daniel wrote: "Thought I’d catch up while waiting for TT. A quick 180 pages. Easy Peasy. Then I got to THAT William scene at the end of chapter 5 and now I’m going to read a book about a serial killer as a pallet..."

Haha I now understand why you needed that serial killer book!!

Tina wrote: "Part 2 Chapters 5-7

I wasn't sure I would get to this before the month was over, but I found a slot in my TBR this month to finish Part 2. First of all, I'm enjoying the novel overall. BUT. I real..."

I totally agree about William and his family and I was also glad that Phillip has at least helped (view spoiler)[ Aliena and her brother.
I know what you mean about the writing of women. I’m
Not sure we need all the descriptions of Aliena, and now with Jack lusting after her too… oh boy. (hide spoiler)]

End of part two
William and his family are the worst villains! Ah not sure if I can cope unless they get some consequences soon!

*that* scene with Aliena was awful. (view spoiler)[ It shows how naive and vulnerable they were just living in the house for three months and not attempting to sell any goods or find somewhere to live (hide spoiler)].
Phillip is still the best character. Looking forward to the next part

Janeylou wrote: "I looked at SS and thought OMG what have i let myself in for 😄😄😄😄"

LOL
Funnily enough when I went back to the templates this year I had the same thought and I created them. haha! I had to remind myself how it all worked again.

I get so many ideas for this challenge that I want to do, but then I need to find a way for it to work in the spreadsheet which can dampen those ideas. haha

Thanks everyone, and big thanks to the captains for keeping it all together!!

I really enjoyed the group maze and the monster hunting. Unfortunately the BOMs weren't the best selection for me (re-reads or ones I couldn't get from the library), but it was nice to do some again.
I'm still not sure that the pros for the book caps outweigh the cons, but it did mean I got to finish some chunksters. Now to get back to the buddy read for Pillars of the Earth which I'm about 6 months behind on :o

I'm super far behind due to UNO and Tower Teams, but getting back to it now. Just starting part 2 :o

Wow what a way to end, Lauri!

LittleRedRidingHood wrote: "I was supposed to update my progress every three months, but did I? No. I read pretty decent amount of books, I surprised even myself.
So here is a first batch of 5 books before I forget everythin..."

Well you got back here eventually ;)

I agree with the Pullman series. I enjoyed too

I've finished my last one, but not sure if we need it. One the spreadsheet anyway! :)


I absolutely loved it!

Eldarwen wrote: "Ffs..... They should just redesign everything to look like fracking Amazon and be done with it!!

I absolutely hate that Beta page. Which is unfortunately now the new page..."

It is so big! Or is that just me? I had to zoom the book page to 75% but then when I come back here everything is tiny.
It does look like Amazon....

Sonia wrote: "Not to be cocky or anything, but I think we're the ones to blame. She started at 500 pages, but then our challenges also started rewarding points for big chunksters. So she started adding up pages ..."

Bahahaha

And E … I am totally with you. What other author has 1000 pages for a mystery novel? Seriously.
Book one before anyone knew who wrote it and it had to sell on its own merits was 450 pages…. Just saying

Kristie wrote: "I just got a widget for The Ferryman . I'm super excited about it. :) It's pretty long, but doesn't publish until May."

Oh nice. He is an author I have never read, but his books look interesting.