Apoorv ’s Comments (group member since Nov 23, 2013)

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

I hope its not late, but if so we might wanna cash in on these 225 points for the Scavenger Hunt !

I put together a quick Excel sheet with the books that I read this month which have the words we are looking for. Let me know if you have any problems in seeing it.

June wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "I kinda sneak peek at the scores once in March and we were doing great.
Apoorv, we read the same book Wonder by R.J. Palacio and both enjoyed it. Hope to see you sround. I know you are also in NRBC and in the team tower recently. "

June, wasnt Wonder truly wonderful ?
I just adored the book. That was one heck of a week for me.. I read Eleanor & Park, The Help and Wonder back-to-back.. and I was all smiles that week ! :)

I am in NBRC and each time a challenge there makes me push the envelope to the extreme. But I love those challenges indeed. Wheel-a-Thon is awesome and I so looking forward to this year's Tower Teams Challenge. Hope we land up in the same team ! :)

Beth, I see we need a Yellow cover for the Easter Egg Hunt.
I dunno how far along you are with your book, but as a back-up that I read (06Apr2015) is a Yellow cover.

Wow ! Cant believe its already the end of April.. and thereby the end of the challenge. I started up with being more active here with a lot of chit-chat but then real life intervened, work took precedence and couldnt get around to share a lot of interesting conversations with you guys. (But I have read through all the comments here as we moved along, just so that I dont lose touch of my team).

.. and what a team it has been !
Beth, this was your first time as a captain, but boy, were you good ! Thank you for being the Ace of this pack of cards !
Hope to see more pictures of your ever-growing stack of books ! :)

Laura, I can never forget the way you were (are?) hooked up on the Stephanie Plum Series.. you made me add all those books on my Kindle ready to go.. and I sure am ! You have been a great support to Beth and I am sure we all appreciate it.

June, Teddie, Kirsten, Alexa.. I didnt really get to interact with you guys much but this amazing journey (and I bet we have done awesome in terms of the score.. need to go snooping around :P) wouldnt have been anyway complete without you guys ! :)
Alexa, may you have an outstanding married life ! :)

Its really been a pleasure, in my own small little way !
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for making me a part of the team and working through my missed updates and low interactions !
I hope we cross path again in some challenge and I promise to be more active then.

P.S. I will most probably finish one book before we end tomorrow.

Update


The Last Lecture | Randy Pausch | 15Apr2015
0 : Standalone
Wild
Wild 4

Every Day | David Levithan | 16Apr2015
1 : First in Series
8 : Title E
Wild
Wild 4

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? | Mindy Kaling | 24Apr2015
0 : Standalone
Skip : Title I, Author K
Wild
Wild 4

The Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton | 26Apr2015
0 : Standalone
Wild
Wild 4

The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith | 28Apr2015
1 : Series 1st
2 : Character T (Tony Landry)
3 : Character T (Tony Landry)
6 : Character S (Cormoran Strike)
7 : Character S (Cormoran Strike)
8 : Character E (Robin Ellacott)
Skip : Character S (Cormoran Strike)
Wild
Wild 4

Update

Along for the Ride | Sarah Dessen | 11Apr2015

This fits:

0 : Standalone
6 : Author S
7 : Author S
8 : Character E (Elli Stock)
9 : Character N (Maggie Neely)
Skip : Author S
Wild
Wild 4



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Invisible Monsters | Chuck Palahniuk | 12Apr2015

This fits:

0 : Standalone
6 : Character S (Shannon McFarland)
7 : Character S (Shannon McFarland)
8 : Character E (Evie Cottrell)
Skip : Title I, Author P
Wild
Wild 4



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Wonder | R.J. Palacio | 12Apr2015

This fits:

1 : Series 1st, Character O (Olivia Pullman)
6 : Character S (Summer Dawson)
7 : Character S (Summer Dawson)
9 : Location N (New York)
Skip : Author P
Wild
Wild 4



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The Lucky One | Nicholas Sparks | 14Apr2015

This fits:

0 : Standalone
2 : Character T (Logan Thibault)
3 : Character T (Logan Thibault)
6 : Author S
7 : Author S
8 : Character E (Elizabeth Clayton)
9 : Location N (North Carolina)
Skip : Author S
Wild
Wild 4

Update

Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut | 08Apr2015

This fits:

0 : Standalone
2 : Character T (Kilgore Trout)
3 : Character T (Kilgore Trout)
5 : Five in Title
6 : Title S
7 : Title S
8 : Character E (Eliot Rosewater)
Skip : Title S, Author K
Wild
Wild 4

June wrote: "I finished Wonder today."

How is Wonder, June ?
I plan to start it sometime this week and I have heard only good things about it !

LOL, Laura !
You are the savior again.
I didnt quite forget this time.. but was gonna post after I finished one more, which I am close to finish !

But thank you for being so ahead of the game ! :)

Update

Death on the Nile | Agatha Christie | 28Mar2015

From the spots I see vacant on the spreadsheet, this fits:

1 : Character O (Salome and Rosalie Otterbourne)
2 : Character T (Tim Allerton)
5 : Character F (Fleetwood, James Fanthrop, Mr. Fergusson)

.. also fits every other requirement except 8 and 9.

Update

Finished : Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster | Jon Krakauer | 25Mar2015

Used for :

0 : Standalone
Skip : I Title
Wild
Wild Draw 4

Laura, arent you just enjoying Stephanie Plum ?! :)
Isnt Janet Evanovich just an wonderful writer ?

Laura wrote: "You are welcome!

I can stick it one of those wild cards if no where else! We will find a spot for it. Did you like it??"

Honestly, Laura ! I didnt !
It was a fantastic plot with tons and tons of potential.. but it just didnt stick through with me ! After a while, it seemed placid and rancid to my taste.

Then again, it can be my mood that day.. but I am definitely not ruling out the author. Indeed a great potential there !

Thank you so much Laura, for adding my books in the Spreadsheet !

I have been such a big time slacker lately. But thanks to you amazing team that keeps me afloat.

Also, I might me missing, but I think one book needs to be added, Never Let Me Go.

Can work for 9, Skip and let me check.
Not sure if we have any places left for that though.

Finished a few books from my last update here.. will post them here in a bit..

Update

Finished : Me Before You | Jojo Moyes | 11Mar2015

Fits the following tasks:
★ 0 : Standalone Book
★ 8 : Set in (E) - England
★ 9 : Character Name (N) - Nathan

Update

Finished : True Believer | Nicholas Sparks | 04Mar2015

Fits the following tasks:
★ Hand 1: 2 (Title (T))
★ Hand 1: 3 (Title (T))
★ Hand 1: 9 (Author First Name (N))
★ Hand 1: Skip (Author Last Name (S))

★ Hand 2: 6 (Author Last Name (S))
★ Hand 2: Wild (Fits 6)

★ Hand 3: 7 (Author Last Name (S))
★ Hand 3: 9 (Author First Name (N))

I am coming back to The States tomorrow.. so following that I will have everything updated and will be more active.

Apologies for all the absence. I am just so proud of all you guys and the immense commitment you have shown towards this challenge ! :)

You guys are doing an AWESOME job !
I am so sorry I am not able to get much reading done due my travels. I am visiting home, in India, after about 2.5 years, so its kinda a longtime due trip.

Will keep things updated in here though. But, you guys rock ! :)

Sorry guys, I have been a little slacked out this week in my reading. As I had said, I am travelling this week and so its getting little bit difficult to squeeze time in for reading.. but I will keep this thread updated as soon as I finish anything.