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

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

General note from the Mods about direction,

For directions, think to yourself... would I say to someone

"to get to X's house you.... blah blah"

So would you say "under"? I would say yes. ... "head left and go under the X bridge"...

Maddy wrote: "Great! Thanks! :)

As a side note, it is roughly the middle of the February so now would be a good time to let me know what you want me to find/focus on, so I can search my books ;)"

Will do a mid-month post, but I think the biggest focus right now would be the mini - especially the trickier ones like the "herbs and spices" or the "mixers".

We are doing well on the cards, more than half way through - but there always can be some last week push to complete any pending cards. Will keep the team updated in advance.

Jax wrote: "For the mini-would Southern work for directional?"

Tricky! South is definitely directional, but Southern would mean something from the South, so it isn't necessarily directing something. But, I have asked it in the Mods group just for confirmation. Will let you know what they say.

Maddy wrote: "Can the whole title work? Like "In the Woods" seems like a pretty straight direction to me :D"

I want to say yes because it seems obvious, but I have asked the Mods to weigh in just to be sure. Will get back to you as to what they say.

ltn wrote: "Hi everyone! For the FEB mini do I go in and fill out the thing myself or submit it somewhere and the captains help me fill it out like the completion post?"

Preferably put all the information in the spreadsheet so it stays in one place - but if you are more comfortable with adding all the possible mini challenge options your book fits in a comment here, that should work too.

Maddy wrote: "Page count verification
https://www.amazon.com/We-Dont-Need-A......"

Thanks for the Amazon link.
Should be all set. Added the page number to the GoodReads page, should show up shortly.

FEBRUARY MINI CHALLENGE IS HERE!!

Head on over here for more details!

The tracking spreadsheet is updated with a new tab that lists all the tasks.
Also, the main tracking page has a column where I urge you to write the task numbers, if your book applies to more than one mini task.

Books can be started at anytime after Feb 1,
but CANNOT be finished before the start of the Mini Challenge.
Countdown to the Mini Challenge Start: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Ahem Ahem!!
Ready to hit the bar?

Stay tuned...

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Although I may only be able to afford to eat ramen and mac & cheese. lol."

LOL! Ramen and Mac & Cheese are certified happy foods! :P

Ansel wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Ansel wrote: "Hi,everyone, I was actually waiting in the pre-challenge thread to wait for our team spreadsheet until I saw Melindam shared the link to Itn. I missed a few days, butI ..."

Woot! Woot! Look who is back! Yaaaaay! :)
Hope the spring festival activities have been a lot of fun so far - couple of days till the start of the festivities, right? So exciting! :)

Lilly wrote: "COMPLETION POST (first from me, hope I'm doing this right)

Book: The Guest List
Author: Lucy Foley"

You got it bang on the money, Lilly!
Yaaaay, for your first read for the challenge! :)
Hope you liked this one - Lucy Foley can be a hit or miss for me. Haha.

Maddy wrote: "JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I just added The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper to my TBR. It sounds very interesting. I have a annual reading goal to read one non-fiction book ..."

This is a fantastic list, Maddy. A few of them have been on my radar, but I am definitely going to hunt for some of these books that I have no heard of before (Unruly, A Taste for Poison - sounds verrrry interesting). Thanks for sharing this.

Maddy wrote: "And, one more thing. Look at me being all spammy today :D

Can we maybe add another tracking thingy where I could track books that I have which could be reverse in the future if I actually get on ..."

Maddy, totally get your point.
The way I normally fill our spreadsheet is I try and cover the trickier letters (F, V, I, E, O) first alongwith the Reverses and Color Cards, so that hopefully by mid-month when the Mini Challenges come about we can focus on them and only have easier letters to fill (T, H, K, S, N).

But, feel free to totally add a comment in the Reverse column to any book you have at your disposal and quickly read if needed. That will definitely help.

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I have a question: Does anyone have one specific favorite author? I have heard of book friends that like one authors work so much they have a goal to read everything that author has written

I certainly have favorite authors who I want to read the complete published works off. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of book friends who would be keen on investing all that time and energy, HAHA! :p

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "I completed The Violin Conspiracy and I did enjoy it. Although I kind of guess ahead of time the twisty ending. I find it hard sometimes to find a book or movie that actually surprises me with the ending. I updated the spreadsheet by checking it off. Hope that and this "completion" post is suffice.


Yeah, that is unfortunately always the sidebar when it comes to being good at guessing the twists. I did so with this book as well - the mystery was kind of okay, but the handling of the story is what appealed to me with this book. Glad you had a good time with it as well.

Also, for completions, that check mark is for verifying that your book is added to your UNO Shelf - so thank you for doing that. But if you could add in a completion date in Column D, that would be great, which would tell me exactly when you're done and I don't move the wrong book into the completed section. Haha! :)

JoJo_theDoDo wrote: "Hi Teammates!

I actually started on the Feb 1st with reading The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocomb and today I will continue reading that and the Non-fiction book that I started this morning. I..."

"The Violin Conspiracy" is a great book - hope you're like it, Jo.
Crazy work schedules are never fun - hope you do get to relax and do happy things in between that though.

Becky wrote: "Good morning team! (Or at least it's morning for me 🌞)

I DID IT! I finished one. Okay, okay it's a short one - but why do you think I saved it for yesterday? To start with a 💥😂👏. Here is my comple..."

Bang on, Becky! And you got a big one in the beginning itself - a color book and one that works for 7 (normally a pesky number).
Woot woot!! :D

Kelly wrote: "Both - I usually have one dead tree, one ereader, and one audio going at any one time. So I’ll mainly flick between the dead tree and the ereader (I have three of those so I will often have five bo..."

OMG, Kelly. You are not helping my guilt meter by calling it a dead tree! :P

Maddy wrote: "Apoorv wrote: "Do you have timings when you decide which to read? One for morning, one for afternoon, one for night? Or do you just close your eyes and pick the one you feel like reading in the mom..."

TEN?! Like 9+1 = 10? 7+3 = 10?? :O
How do you keep them all going in your head at the same time? That is serious talent! Whoa!

Haha! For some reason, I never end up reading more than a max of two books at a time, that too if they are different from each other. I am genuinely impressed with anything more than 2!

Do you have timings when you decide which to read? One for morning, one for afternoon, one for night? Or do you just close your eyes and pick the one you feel like reading in the moment?