Shan ~A~’s Comments (group member since Jan 07, 2022)

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

~ 🎧🍂 📙The Autumn/Fall Season Audiobook Challenge 📙🍂🎧~

Duration: 1 September - 30 November
Option 3 - It was a dark and stormy night
🔮Pick a level and choose your audiobook tasks
🔮 You may read as many books as you want for each chosen task.
🔮 1 audiobook covers 1 task only.

Levels: 🧛Fright Night Reader 👻 (30+ books)
Progress:

Length & Publication date
◈ an audiobook between 9-10 hours
◈ an audiobook between 10-11 hours
◈ an audiobook between 11-12 hours
◈ an audiobook published in September
◈ an audiobook published in October
◈ an audiobook published in November


Authors, Narrators & Characters
◈ an audiobook with an author or narrator or character who was born in September
◈ an audiobook with an author or narrator or character who was born in October
◈ an audiobook with an author or narrator or character who was born in November
◈ an audiobook where the narrator's or author's or a character's name can be connected to autumn in any way
◈ an audiobook with the author's or narrator's initials in the word HALLOWEEN


Genres and Shelves
◈ an audiobook with MPG Mystery or Thriller (or any variety)
◈ an audiobook with MPG Gothic or Horror (or any variety)
◈ an audiobook with MPG Magic or Magical Realism
◈ an audiobook from the Shelf Cosy OR Cozy
◈ an audiobook from the Shelf: Autumn OR from Fall
◈ an audiobook from the Shelf Folklore OR Celtic


Series
◈ an audiobook 9th in a series
◈ an audiobook 10th in a series
◈ an audiobook 11th in a series

Covers
◈ an audiobook with yellow cover (over 50%)
◈ an audiobook with red cover (over 50%)
◈ an audiobook with orange cover (over 50%)
◈ an audiobook with brown cover (over 50%)
◈ an audiobook with yellow letters on cover
◈ an audiobook with red letters on cover
◈ an audiobook with orange letters on cover
◈ an audiobook with brown letters on cover
◈ an audiobook with autumn leaves on the cover
◈ an audiobook with a pumpkin on the cover
◈ an audiobook with a bonfire or any kind of fireplace on cover
◈ an audiobook with any person/creature considered magical on cover
◈ an audiobook with a night scene on cover
◈ an audiobook with a sweater or scarf on the cover
◈ an audiobook with food on cover
◈ an audiobook with a ghost on cover
◈ an audiobook with an umbrella or gumboots on cover
◈ an audiobook with any magical item on cover
◈ an audiobook cover where the sky is orange or purplish or golden

Title
◈ an audiobook with a title or series title including a fall-related word (e.g.: Harvest, Witch, Autumn, etc.)
◈ an audiobook with the letters POISON in the title and/or author's name
◈ an audiobook with a title starting with a letter from CAULDRON
◈ an audiobook with the word “Night” or “Dark” in the title or series title

Plot & Text
◈ an audiobook set at least partly in autumn
◈ an audiobook featuring any kind of holiday that is celebrated during the autumn months (Oktoberfest, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Diwali, etc...)
◈ an audiobook featuring a bonfire
◈ an audiobook featuring a ghost or a haunted house
◈ an audiobook featuring a witch or a wizard
◈ an audiobook featuring a shapeshifter
◈ an audiobook where someone bakes a cake
◈ an audiobook where someone visits a cemetary
◈ an audiobook with the word CIDER mentioned in the text
◈ an audiobook where someone plays American Football
◈ an audiobook featuring a paranormal romance or any activity considered paranormal
◈ an audiobook featuring a festival or fair in the plot
◈ an audiobook where a character makes or drinks a hot beverage
◈ an audiobook where someone wears a costume or mask
◈ an audiobook where the weather is a key plot element
◈ an audiobook where there is a family dinner
◈ an audiobook featuring a small town
◈ an audiobook featuring a forrest

Gustaf wrote: "I've added all the books I'm planning on reading to the spreadsheet. Don't quite know what numbers they all will be covering yet.


How are the rest of you feeling? Ready for March?"

I'm so not ready. Today will be the first time I've had to try to do any planning for reading for any team challenges.

I finally got a chance to update the rest of my books, even if it was too late. My house is overrun by children.

For cover task does it have to be the edition you read? I can't keep challenge rules straight.

Which 6 are we completing for the Mini because I believe I've put books in the wrong places?

I definitely have some books I need to add. I've been catching up on reviews, but I'll add the ones I've finished reviewing later today.

My vote:
Princess Leia
Han Solo
Yoda

Couldn't decide on the others

Faith wrote: "Hi Team! Looking for an audio book recommendation. I've DNFd 3 books this week because I didn't like the narrator. Last time I asked this question Julia Whelan was recommended, but I've listen to e..."

A couple of months ago I started this list of narrators who I would listen to again. Some of them I already knew, but weren't they weren't listed, but this is what I've accumulated so far:

Narrators:
Sebastian York
Samantha Brentmoor
Eric Nolan
Jacob Morgan
Polly Stone
Tavia Gilbert
Alexis Paige
Grayson Owens
James Cassidy
Theo Sinclair
Lucy Rivers
Liam Dicosimo
Hollie Jackson
Mason Lloyd
Brittany Pressley
Julia Whelan
Austin Rising
Melissa Moran
Joel Leslie
Cassandra Campbell
Elena Wolfe

There are others that I've listened to in the past, but haven't since I started the list, so I want to make sure I still enjoy them before adding. The things that irritate us tends to change over time.

Shan ~A~ wrote: "I claimed a Wild Draw 4 with for Yellow 8 ~ CLN"

Should I move this from Wild Draw 4. I thought someone had already claimed the Yellow 8, which is why I put my book in for Wild draw 4 because I thought it had to be a separate book.

I have to be honest and say in the past I just read and put my books on the SS without paying attention to the special and their meaning as much, so I could be misunderstanding how Wild Draw 4 works.

I claimed a Wild Draw 4 with for Yellow 8 ~ CLN

Some get to know you things to share in your post!

1) Shan
2) Romance is my favorite genre, but that has changed throughout the years. At one point it was mystery/thrillers which I still read
3) I think I've become pretty boring in my older age. I work from home; all of my kids are 19+ (even though we are not completely empty nesters). I read, listen to music, binge tv shows movies, join too many reading challenges.
4) I'm not a newbie to UNO
5) E.T is my favorite sci-fi movie, I remember watching as a kid and crying my eyes out. Outside of that I love classic movies (I miss TCM since we cut the cord), rom coms, comedy movies because I love to laugh. My favorite recent movie is Wicked.
6) No pets currently ~ however we are partial to cats
7) https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Books set in South Africa
both in KU Read & Listen

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- Task 4 under Set 2 - Professor Tolkien has been updated to
MPG English or British Literature

- Task 11 under Set 4 - Middle Earth on screen has been updated to A book tagged movie(s) or film or cinema min 5x
(the number of tags was missing before)

Task set 1 - Private life
1. a book featuring multiple letters written (no email!)
2. Author's initials in PHILOLOGIST
3. An author or character named Christopher, Michael, Priscilla or John
4. MC has multiple children
5. all letters in EDITH in title
6. MPG Family
7. Character moves to a different country
8. a book set in South Africa
9. a book with a Christmas scene on the cover
10. a book tagged German or Germany at least 5x
11. an author who uses their initials for author name
12. a character who smokes
13. MPG Non-fiction
14. a book published in January
15. "dictionary" in text

Tracking Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Link to tasks: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ask the Professor (Q&A): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

📖📖📖📖📖📖The Tolkien Party📖📖📖📖📖📖

Rules
◈ There are 6 sets of obligatory tasks (15 tasks/set) + 2 set of bonus tasks (15/set)
◈ Task sets must be completed in order. You cannot start a new set before you finished the one(s) before.
◈ If you are an individual player, you can complete any 8 tasks from each set to consider the set completed. The order must still be kept. Of course you are welcome to complete them all. Up to you.
◈ Teams must read for all tasks in a set.
◈ There will be no page/genre limits for this challenge. Any book is fair game. Also non-fiction books are accepted.
◈ Only books you start reading after creating your own thread and not earlier than 1 January 2025 can count towards the challenge.
◈ 1 book covers 1 task only.
◈ the following options can be used for spell-outs
- author's/narrator's/editor's/translator's first or last name
- characters' first or last name
- title, a/an/the may be used or ignored
- series title

It was fun. I was able to read more in April or at least it felt like I did. I really thought we had another month to go.

If we have until tomorrow I should be done with mine. I'm glad I saw the post because I completely forgot about it.

Nanci wrote: "Shan,
Were you able to find anything in The Autumn Duchess that would fit the mini? Just logging your books and I wanted to make sure you had checked to see if it would qualify for anything.

ETA: ..."

Done for both The Autunm Duchess: Fruit and It Happened One Autumn: Herbs & Spices

Nanci wrote: "Shan,
Can you please add Sable Peak to your UNO shelf?
Thanks!"

Done!