Keely’s Comments (group member since Jan 31, 2019)

Keely’s comments from the The Perks Of Being A Book Addict group.

Also, I don't want to sound like a stalker, but I just made a list of books you have all read that I still want to read. It is quite a long list so I should be able to cover at least one reverse card (maybe two) a month.

Hi all, I'm Keely one of your co-captains. This will be my first time being co-captain.
I am from the UK but I currently work night shifts so when I filled in the form I suggested being put in a team with a different time zone to my own as I will be most active during the night so when most of you are awake.
I work for a large chain hotel. My job title is Night Receptionist but I basically do a bit of everything and it is mostly cleaning. I work with one other person on shift for safety and we generally get our tasks done pretty quick so unless we have guests needing anything or have been ask to do any extra stuff, we have quite a bit of spare time during shift. This is when I hope to get some reading done.

I put my book count as lower than I did in previous years because I am currently covering a colleagues hours as he swapped to day shifts so until we hire someone else, I will be working full time.

I'm regards to reading. I will read pretty much any genre. I prefer things with a bit of mystery or adventure to them but I will still read others. I'm usually pretty at finding books to fit tasks if we need it.
I have been more into audiobooks these past couple of years, but I have about 600 books on my kindle waiting to be read so I am trying to work on some of those this year. I've also been working through classic books so you will probably see me reading a couple of those too.

I'm looking forward to playing with you all!

Reserved just in case

Reserved just in case

I am so glad that UNO didn't start this month. I think I've read 3 books so far and they were all very short. I've been adjusting to full time work because I am covering for someone who has changed shift patterns. Until a new person is hired I will be working full time, which is great for money, not so great for reading. But I should be adjusted by February. I also put a lower book count on the sign up than I have previously as I knew my reading time might be limited.

That said, I'm excited for when the teams get announced!

I have a couple of yellow books I've been saving for this. And I'm avoiding any for the coloured covers. In fact, I'm avoiding books that are over 100 pages. This has become a good month to get those short books read and it will make my yearly challenge look good with a good start.

I do love UNO. This will be my 4th one. I've got some coloured covered waiting to be read that I have been saving.
I'm also glad there is over a month as it means I can read shorter books now and get my yearly challenge done and then in January I can get some short books off my TBR list and get a good start to the year.

Well done everyone, it was a pleasure being in a team with you all. Take care and I hope to see you again in future challenges.

Just a quick update. I think the last book I have listed will be my last book. I'm going to be busy most of Saturday now so I probably won't get a chance to read anything. I'll try and finish my current book tonight and if so I might be able to squeeze in a short book before the end of the challenge, but for now assume that I will only finish one more.

I just finished Robin Hood. As everything else has now been claimed, I think I will continue with the Anne of Green Gables books. As they are fairly short books I might manage two more, but I will only add one at a time to the spreadsheet just in case.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has 40k words according to arbookfinder so it definitely meets the word count. I seem to remember reading it for this challenge in a previous year or it may have been some later books in the series.
I'll finish Robin Hood first and if no one else claims the spot, I'll go ahead and read the Oz book.

I just had a look through the team name books and I could reread The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I have a copy on Audible and as it is short I should manage it in a day.

I will finish the other two books I have claimed first, but it is a back up if no one else want's to read a book from team names list.
Alternatively I could read the next Sherlock Holmes book. Sherlock plays the violin so hopefully it would be mentioned in the next book.

Good job, Lisa! I kept looking at that last unclaimed one.

I was off work again today. My throat is really sore and I keep coughing now so I didn't think they would appreciate me coughing everywhere. It has meant I'm further ahead in my reading than I thought I would be. I finished my yellow book today and I'll get about halfway through the Sherlock book before I go to bed. Even if I do make it to work tomorrow, I should still be able to finish the Sherlock book.
This means I might be able to do one more fairly short book after I've read Robin Hood so unless there is anything really obvious now that we need covered, I will assess what we need when it comes to it.

I didn't go to work today as I'm still not feeling great. It was more the headache and the idea of staring at the computer screen for 8 hours that made the choice for me. I could have dragged myself in, but it didn't seem worth it.
On the up side, it has meant that I have been able to listen to about a third of my yellow book so by the end of the day hopefully I will be in the later part of the book if not finish it.

I had planned to read Robin Hood next, but I've just seen how short the first Sherlock Holmes book is so maybe I will get that done first. I assumed it would be a much longer book.
I'm confident I can read both books by the end of the month now.

Thank you both. So far it has just been a sore throat, but I'm sure you all know that's only the beginning.

I've never really mastered listening to audiobook while driving. When I tried I felt like they were taking too much of my focus away from the driving so I didn't feel safe. Also I enjoy having a good solo concert when I'm on a longer drive :P
And I agree that long drives are very exhausting. I think maybe it's because you are having to pay attention the whole time. And I find it quite stressful if I don't really know the area I am going to.

I hope you enjoyed your weekend away though Kaley.

I hope everyone is having a good weeking.

I had a very busy couple of days so I was unable to do much reading, but today and tomorrow will be relaxed days especially as I seem to have caught a cold that everyone else has had. I've already finished my blue book today and next I will work on finishing What Happened to Goodbye which I only have a couple of hours left of and maybe I will also finish Anne of Avonlea.
Ideally I would like to finish those and my yellow book by the end of tomorrow and then I can begin The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and work on that during the week.

If everything goes to plan (knowing my luck it probably won't), I might be able to read a Sherlock Holmes book for the mini too.

Lisa wrote: "Keely wrote: "I won't commit to any more books now as I still have quite a few I have claimed and haven't yet finished (or even started in some cases), but if we get desperate I do my best to read ..."

Thank you Lisa. I really would like to read the book I have for the yellow as it would complete a series, but now it seems like other books I have are more useful. Can we assess again after the weekend? I'm too tired to think much right now and I have a busy weekend coming up, but hopefully I will still have time to make some decent reading progress.
If I remember rightly, my yellow will fit several other cards (non-coloured) so maybe it would be wiser to swap it out anyway, but again, I am way too tired right now to think that much.
Also my work seem adament about not letting us use anything, but I am probably going to only be there a few more weeks because we are moving, but that will be after uno ends.

Camilla wrote: "Hmpf, notifications seem to be spotty again, haven't received any for some threads.

The mini is a bit easier than the previous one, IMHO. As Kaley said, the tasks that we would need to plan in mo..."

I can maybe do another. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and the Sherlock Holmes sereis I have on Audible. It's a shame I finished Rebecca so early in the month.

I won't commit to any more books now as I still have quite a few I have claimed and have't yet finished (or even started in some cases), but if we get desperate I do my best to read some more.

Kaley wrote: "Keely wrote: "Can you remind me about how to do the location if needed for audiobooks. For example is it okay if I use the time the thing was said as the location or does it need to be a page numbe..."

Oh that's even better if I can just use the chapter. I won't have to pause everytime I hear a food or something else relevent to make a note of the time!

Ignore my last one. I just read it in the rules. Sorry, I'm very tired and it's been a long week. I can still cover one of those other team name tasks though