Vicki’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2018)

Vicki’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

BTW, thank you to the captain and co-caps for taking on that responsibility!

Hello Team Sip!

I live in sunny California but I am currently visiting my siblings and some nieces and nephews in Florida...both in the USA. I will be here until May 11 so not sure how my reading will go those first days in May.

I am a retired high school teacher as of May 2017. I taught English to freshmen for 25 years, yearbook 18 years, multicultural literature to seniors for 5 years, and some random summer school classes.

I am married to a wonderful man, I have 5 grown children (2 sons, 3 daughters), 22 grandchildren (12 boys, 10 girls) and 6 great grandchildren (3 boys/3 girls) so our gender numbers are pretty even. We also have 2 dogs, Jazzy and Rocky and our dog in heaven, Buddy.

I love reading historical fiction (hadn't heard of modern historical but I'm interested, Louise), psychological thrillers, mysteries with good twists and turns, romance/sports romance and some nonfiction, classics and fantasy (think Sarah J. Maas), but I'm not so much into what I call hard-core sci-fi or horror but will read them for a challenge.

I, too, am a team challenge addict and TT is probably my 5th or 6th? I have done a few is all I can say with certainty.

Louise ~ I am so very sorry you lost your other half! I'm a dog-lover so I know how much comfort they can bring. I hope your little one brings you comfort at this time.

Karen, Catsalive and Emma ~ I have always wanted to go to Australia and one of my daughters and I might be planning a trip in December of 2024 or possibly 2025.

Karen ~ Thailand sounds amazing and like a wonderful educational/cultural experience for your children!

Looks like a very diverse team we have! I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you that I don't know yet and to those of you I'm already friends with, I hope to build deeper friendships with you.

My TT shelf is listed above.

Cat wrote: "@Susan, if you let us know what your final signup #books is we can amend for you (currently 30)

@Vicki: we learn each year that we can never over-promote the opening of sign-ups! :) glad you can j..."

Me too, Cat...thanks! :)

OMG how did I miss this? Thank heavens the MOD sent out an email for signups! Woo hoo! One of my favs for sure!

Finished Manman Duck

I finished El Duende monster.

I finished my book a long time ago but being sick forgot to post it. I just posted it so that completed GRIFFIN for us. I also finished another book that I posted but Jenny, you're still working on your 900+ page book for that monster.

Actually, I just found this one and it works well with Easter season: so I'm going to read this one.

Would this work for cross on the cover?

I fixed the book that was for too many monsters, so it's good to go. Sorry for taking up so much time!

Hey ladies, I was able to add two books for 3 tasks each. :)

What a cool team name! Love it!

Reserved for when I can get my act together!

Brittany wrote: "Vicki wrote: "The links to the new releases don't work for me. Where can I find them?"

Here is January: https://www.goodreads.com/new_release..."

Thank you so much...just saw this now. lol

The links to the new releases don't work for me. Where can I find them?

New2U Author's Challenge
01 January - 31 December 2023
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

Progress: 2/20

1. Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier 1/01/23
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2023 Serious Readers Challenge ~ Level 1
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New Release Challenge 2023
◉Four to Score - 4 books per month


①January
1.1 - Hell Bent Release January 10
1.2 - The Engagement Release January 10
1.3 - Dark of Night Release January 10
1.4 - What Lies in the Woods Release January 17


②February
2.1 - Before Us Release February 2
2.2 - The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson Release February 17
Read 1/05 5 stars
2.3 - Murder at Haven's Rock Release February 21
2.4 - The Librarian of Burned Books Release February 21


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Just saw this and submitted my form :)

Thank you everyone for your congratulatory posts!

Alyana, take care of yourself and I pray for a speedy recovery for you!