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

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

I just found on my library app and it is listed as Erotica. It's a fairly short book at 144 pages so I will read what I can tonight and if I don't finish it, I'll finish it tomorrow.

Tomorrow I will be home alone for most of the day so I plan to listen to Artemis and get a good chunk of it read.

I don't want to put too much pressure on myself in case I get behind so that's all I will claim for now.
I'm also going to be away on Thursday for a few days and I'll only have mobile data so if I do finish anything in that time, I'll post on here. I'll try to add anything I might read in that time to the spreadsheet before I go so it would just be a case of filling in the completion date. I'll be home again on Sunday.

Yeah, it wasn't really an organisation. The murderer's wife was in on it too and helped dispose of evidence, so in the end 3 people were involved.
I knew it would be a long shot because it wasn't really an organisation as such, but they did organise to do a crime so I thought I would ask in case that was enough. It also works for a Detective book as that is one of the MPG and part of the story is the detective trying to connect the murders if we don't have that covered.

In one of the books I'm reading, the main characters are organising a murder. One of them has already killed a couple of times and now another character wants to be taught how to murder and get away with it. They have now teamed up and where I am in the book, they are about to attempt murder.
Would this be enough for #4 on the mini?

And if #24 for MPG Space hasn't been covered yet, I can read Artemis.

We don't really have much extreme weather or anything here in the UK so a bad storm (but probably mild to what some of you get) can scare me.

I should finish soon, maybe even tomorrow if I can find the time.
After that, I will try and read what I can to help with the mini and remaining books.

Oh, I also started a book which a main character has my surname (and is referred to mostly by that name) which is weird for me. My surname isn't super rare, but it is not exactly common either. I'm still yet to find a book with a character that has my first name though.

My boyfriend solved one for me!

(view spoiler)[ The Scandinavian one isn't Abba at all, it is A-ha! Their song Take On Me he get's transported to somewhere else or something. My boyfriend is Norwegian so it makes sense he would get it. (hide spoiler)]

I hope it isn't cheating that I spoke to him about this, I was just excited about the ones I figured out and being Scandinavian himself, I thought I would challenge him with that one.

I just had another look through the list and I think I have figured out 2 more and one I think I know the artist, but not which song it could be. Again I will put it in spoilers so I don't ruin the fun for anyone else

(view spoiler)[ The second one I believe is "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson. I thought of him because of the white hat and suit but for some reason convinced myself that he was still part of the Jackson 5 in the 80's and would have been too young... anyway I realised my error.

Number 13 I think is "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler. Turns out that she is Welsh which I did not know.

Number 5 I want to say is Abba because of the Scandinavia and band clues, but I have no idea what song it could be. (hide spoiler)]

I just finished the two books I said I would today.

I've also been thinking about the songs and artists and I believe I have figured one out! I have a few ideas for some of the others, but this one I am certain about. I will put it in spoilers in case anyone else wants to try and figure it out too.

(view spoiler)[ The second from last song/artist (number 14 I believe) is I'm gonna be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers. They are a Scottish duo who are twins and the song was released in 1988. The 500 page clue was what gave it away for me, I googled the rest of the info :P (hide spoiler)]

I'm currently reading Yes No Maybe So which is told from the point of view of a teenage boy and girl. He is Jewish and she is Muslim. Their mothers were friends and they would meet up and chat and the two kids would play. Fast forward maybe 10 years and they meet again by chance.
The book is labelled romance so we can only assume they end up dating (I'm about halfway through and while they are becoming really good friends, nothing romatically has happened yet).
There is also quite a bit of politics, but from my knowledge it's fictional politics not real life.
It is an interesting read. Not one I would usally choose, but I am reading it for a challenge. Maybe there is enough about Jewish people to satisfy you? It was published last year so it is very modern.

I will finish 2 books on Sunday, when they will count for the mini. One of those will be my green book. I'm also making good progress with my 9 yellow so that shouldn't be too far behind!
After that my focus will be on my last yellow and then whatever else I can read for other cards.

Done!

Do you think this will work for #16 Pink dress on cover?
If not then the only other one it can work for is #37 MPG Romance (so far anyway)

Paige wrote: "Can we only use each task on the mini-challenge once? For example since Keely has #28 the dystopian novel covered, could I also read a book for it? I had already planned on re-reading the Divergent..."

The book I'm reading that fits the dystopian one can be used for #34 instead as finding a book set in Austrailia might be more difficult, so you can claim #28 with Divergent. I just listed the options available for that book :)

that I was going to finish tonight, but will now hold off on will work for #5 as it is the 5th in the series, #28 as it dystopian by being set in a world war or #34 set in Austrailia.

which I will take me a couple more days to finish anyway works for #9 as it has a MPG of LGBT.

In the meantime, I will begin working on one of those yellow books.

I could be wrong, but I think we need one more Wild Draw 4. If not you can take one of mine if you want to Paige. I have already claimed a few so I don't mind losing one. I have plenty of other books to choose from to read for other cards.

How is that background white?! It's annoying because the version I have, the middle picture thing is much smaller so the background is covering more area. Oh well.

8 or 3 yellow
6 yellow
9 yellow
3 or 4 yellow
5 or 6 yellow
(maybe too orange?) 5 yellow

These are the other books I found on my library app. I could manage two of them, but at this time I wouldn't feel confident saying I could do more than that (on top of the books I have already planned for this month).
For now I think I will go for as it covers a 9 yellow that we don't yet have and sounds most interesting to me.
If later on in the month I have made good progress with those and we still need more yellows then I would definitely consider reading at least one more from that list.

For another yellow I have which would work for a 6 yellow.

I also have some other yellow audiobooks I can use, but I will wait until I have finished at least one of the ones I have claimed so far before claiming anymore.

I feel like I've been on a bit of a reading slump this week, but I am determined to finish before the week is over and then hopefully the next one won't be that far behind.

I will be finishing tonight and then I can begin .
I also have and on the go.

Well done team!

I've got a couple of books on the go so I should have a good start to March.
I have which if it can work for green, it can work for any of the green cards we have.

Zoë wrote: "Keely wrote: "Zoë wrote: "Nice, Keely! Yeah that’s what I did too. Looked through all my tagged books on Libby and saw quite a few yellow covers. :) Glad to know we have some options ready!

Also,..."

Thanks Zoe, I probably won't finish it tonight, but I should get fairly close and then I'll finish it tomorrow unless I see otherwise.

Zoë wrote: "Nice, Keely! Yeah that’s what I did too. Looked through all my tagged books on Libby and saw quite a few yellow covers. :) Glad to know we have some options ready!

Also, has anyone noticed how we..."

I don't think I have ever been on a team with a man for uno. But I think generally men have a go-with-the-flow attitude, especially when it comes to hobbies. So maybe a lot of men don't feel comfortable with the pressure when tasked with completing something in a time limit. But that could go for a lot of women too. Most of us, I'm sure, find it encouraging to challenge ourselves to read the amount we set out to and maybe more and the team helps motivate us. We feel some sort of achievement for it. However some people just don't like that pressure (even though people in uno are generally very nice) and would rather read at their own pace without any stress.

Anyway, how are we looking for books? I can finish before the end of the month, but if we don't need it I can hold off until March officially begins.