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

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

How about if everyone puts 2-3 of your favorites and then we do a vote. Mine would be


Tequila Mockingbird
Wok on the Wilde Side
Of Rice and Ramen

Ramen restaurants are becoming pretty popular!

I also like Turnip the Beet but that might be more for a health food restaurant.

Hello ladies! I for one am so excited to play this one again! It was quite complex but fun looking for foods and that vinegar! lol I am hoping I will remember a lot from the last time but if not, it'll come.

We have an awesome team! Amanda, I sent you a friend request. Everyone else, we're already friends.

I'll do a brief intro as most of you know me already.

I'm a retired high school teacher who taught English for 25 years, yearbook for 18-19 years, and multicultural literature for 5-6 years.

I'm a mother of 5 grown children, 3 girls and 2 boys. I have 22 grandchildren, 12 boys, 10 girls, and I have 5 greats, 3 boys and 2 girls but in December it will be 3 girls :) I also have 2 dogs, Jazzy, a bichon, and Rocky, a border collie/lab mix found in a box on the side of the road with his 4 siblings just abandoned at approximately 5 weeks of age. My daughter found the box and we rescued Rocky even though we had 2 other dogs at the time. Buddy has since died :( but we love our fur babies.

Favorite genres: historical fiction, mystery, psychological thriller/thriller, romance but not erotica. I've read erotica but I rarely, if ever, found any to be 4-5 star books for me.

OK, down to business! We need a team name other than TBD Soon! lol

I found a few so here goes:
Wok N' Roll
Gochew Grill
Thai One On
Thai the Knot
Lettuce Eat
Thai Us Up
Turnip the Beet
Lord of the Fries

Tammie's Ideas:
Tequila Mockingbird
Custard’s Last Stand
Lettus Eat
Garden of Eaten’

Any other suggestions are welcome!

We have our team finalized but no team name as of now:

Amanda A 646913-amanda-a 20 bpm
Angie 23580660-angie 25 bpm
Anna 17993856-bamaace83 25 bpm
Tammie 29051799-tammie 20 bpm
Trisha 1238273-trisha 10 bpm
Vicki 8620411-vicki 25 bpm

I did, thank you! :)

Captain(s), I read a historical fiction book for Battleships and posted it in the completed thread. Do I also add it to the SS?

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "You can sign up at any point in August. Can’t guarantee I’ll be able to make your spreadsheet in two seconds if signing up at the last minute though 😆"

No worries, we won't wait that long! Just waiting to hear from one more member who I think is sick or crazy busy at work. lol

We currently have 5 confirmed teammates plus another person whose response we're waiting to get. If for some reason she's unable to play we will be looking for another partner. Just posting here as of now but haven't added us yet until we have our 6th person confirmed.

NetGalley August 2022
Beginning of the month.
Feedback Ratio: 25%
431 Approved | 108 Feedback Sent



To Start:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 292 (431 approved / 108 feedback sent)
b: What books are on your NG shelf: August Goal: 10 books (plus some reviews for books already read)



c: What your NetGalley feedback ratio is: 25% (but I'm a work in progress now that I have figured it out and have help, thanks to Trisha)!
2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
c: Your updated shelf count: 433
e: Your updated ratio: 26% (UP 1%)

We're working on getting a team together and would like to know when the last date to sign up is. We don't want to miss out!

I'm excited to play this one again! It was a good, fun, and challenging one! Woo hoo!

Jenny wrote: "I wish I had seen Heart! I wore out my Dreamboat Annie album.
I did see Ted Nugent. He opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was great. I did not expect to like him. Skynyrd was terrible that night. They w..."

My favorite concert was the Beatles WAY back in the day! lol

We're allowed to read NetGalley books that aren't published yet, right? I'm starting A Burning Obsession by Mike Omer

Tammie wrote: "I just finished The Merry Misogynist...it worked for all the spots for Sphinx at Vicki's recommendation. Very good...I enjoyed and will likely read more of this series...very amusing..."

I added the book weeks ago and have been waiting for that monster but I'm late seeing it. But I am glad that you enjoyed it! I'll definitely read it if we get the monster again. I can't believe that I missed reading for Sphinx.

Angie ☯ wrote: "Speaking of new monsters - I'm going to request one to replace the Chimera!"

Start praying to the gods of monsters that we might get a better one! Not repetitive! lol

Snowtulip wrote: "

Happy to join Team Achilles! I'll take some time to read and catch up, but please let me know if there is anything I need to do :D"

Aweee how cute and welcome to you, Snowtulip! :)

Jenny wrote: "Over on the captains' thread, they have been calling this monster Ol' Lemon-tits. Seems silly and appropriate from the picture."

I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this lest someone else shares the same last name, but when I was teaching I was looking for a teacher and we had to search by first name. LONG story short the teacher's last name...kid you not...was Titsworth! Can you imagine teaching middle or high school with that last name? LOL

Angie ☯ wrote: "Yep, I think it works as well! I think you can just put this part of the quote to show it - "...underwater creature, speared, hooked, slithering through nets..." unless you want to put more."

Yes, thanks, I wouldn't have put the whole part of the sentence I wrote above. I should've written the entire sentence for your enjoyment. lol

Angie and Jenny, the sentence is very long but here it is: "Mussolini had done everything humanly possible to eliminate the Camorra, the Costa Nostra, the 'Ndrangheta, but like some kind of slippery, many-legged underwater creature, speared, hooked, slithering through nets..."

I think it works? And that sentence continues at with about that much more. I feel like it's written by Dickens. lol

Angie, I can read From These Broken Streets that covers all of the above for Chimera IF "speared" is okay to use. I can remove my book Edgewood and use it elsewhere. Let me know.

I'm reading MPG WAR for our challenge. May I use the same book for our regular MONSTER task? If so, please go ahead and put me down for The Book of Lost Names for T254 Chimera.