Steph’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2022)

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

I also have a few housekeeping items for everyone.

Ariel, could you add Watch Her Disappear and There I Find Rest to your uno shelf, please? And Kelly, similar request - could you please add Newt and Demon 2 to your uno shelf as well?

Jess and Jodi, could you please add any books you've completed this month to the tracking sheet? Ideally, please add them to the tracking sheet but if you can't update the sheet/don't have it accessible, please post them here and Heather or I can add to the sheet. And Jodi, I saw you read Amazing Grace Adams. Could that work for any of the unclaimed green cards? Or even for the claimed ones, since we still have 4 open Wild Draw 4 cards.

And lastly, keep an eye out for any books that may be used for the 7 cards! We have a whopping 10 of them this month 😬

As Kelly mentioned, the March mini has been posted! Books that will count are those finished after March 15. So similar to Kelly, I'm going to hold off on at least one book till Saturday.

Take a look at the tasks when you get a chance. A tracking worksheet for the mini has also been added to our Google tracking sheet, so feel free to start claiming some of the prompts. Similar to what we did last month, if you could please add any other prompts the book may fit, that would be great. We ended up moving some books around, so that came in handy.

I feel like I always say this, but this mini feels kind of hard! There are some easy prompts, but others that feel like we'll need to seek books out. I'm going to take a closer look and start planning out anything else I should add to my TBR.

Oh no, sorry to hear about the flu! But that’s exciting that you’re mostly settled in. Especially with the reading corner. That’d be the first thing I’d want to tackle 😊

Same here! I've really been struggling with my reading. It's like I went too hard last month and haven't been able to get back into that rhythm just yet. But I have a lot of driving this weekend, so hopefully I'll wrap at least one audiobook.

Speaking of, the last audiobook I listened to was so annoying. It was like 18 hours long and it ended in the middle of the story! Wasn't even really a cliffhanger, but an incomplete thought. I am not reading the next one in the series.

We made it through February! Great job, everyone! Came down to the wire, but we got all of our cards done and the mini prompts complete.

Jess, as Kelly said, you can't go wrong putting them in the tracking sheet! But we are all set for February. If there is anything you held off on finishing up till today, please add that one in to the March sheet. Thanks to everyone who's already claimed a color card (and Kelly for already completing one!). Feel free to start adding books you'll be reading this month. I got a ton from the library right before the end of the month, so I added them to keep myself organized a bit.

Happy reading everyone!

Alright, ladies. We're almost there! We have 4 cards left to complete for tomorrow, but I think we'll be able to wrap it up on time! Here are the ones we have left.

1. 2 Green (also for mini prompt #20), which Kelly is wrapping up.
2. Mini prompt #49, which Heather is wrapping up.
3. Ariel's already completed read which just needs dates added into Goodreads.
4. And I will be wrapping up one other book (The Silence Factory).

That said, Jess, MH, Jennifer, Jodi - if you could add any additional reads to the tracking sheet, that would be great!

And Cris, thanks for adding that reason to the mini sheet. That should work!

Almost there! And then we can relax for a minute before doing it all over again for the March reads 😊. Thanks, all!

Ariel wrote: "Heather wrote: "Couple of housekeeping items here...

Ariel Can you please add read dates for Tattered Stars and This Much is True on Goodreads? I see you have dates on the sheet, and the books are..."

Thanks, Ariel! Could you also please add in dates for Blue Smoke?

maria helena wrote: "I have 3 books on the spreadsheet and I'll have them all done for February"

Thanks, MH! Those will definitely come in handy!

Kelly wrote: "Am back! The two potential colour cards are and "

Awesome! I started looking through my bookshelf to see what might fit. Now I just need to read through synopses to see what I'm in the mood for 😊

Kelly wrote: "Anything specifically to read to? I’m halfway through a short read that I can knock out in about an hour - and I definitely know it’s going to hit 2, 3, and 6."

Awesome! Those cards work - we can always move stuff around to make them fit. Thankfully we're all set with the 5s, 7s, and reverses!

We're in the home stretch for February with only 3ish days left!

We are looking pretty good with the mini prompts, with all of them assigned and only 3 left to complete. Great job everyone!

We still have a few more cards left to complete, though, so I'm hoping we can rally to get to a good spot. Note that Shannon had to drop, so we will be using 6 UNO Pixie books to fill in our remaining cards. Taking into account the UNO Pixie books and the 3 that are being completed for the mini, we still have 5 cards left to fill out for the month.

Ariel, could you please make sure to add read dates to all of your Uno books? Tattered Stars, This Much Is True, and Penalty Box are in your Uno shelf but don't have start/complete dates, so we can't them into our team sheet yet. Once you do that, we'll only have 2 cards left to fill out!

Does anyone have a book they can complete by Friday that we can use for those 2 open slots?

Cris, I just noticed that in the mini there's no reason for how A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge fits prompt #45. Could you add that in sometime this week? Want to make sure we have that in case the moderators ask.

Thanks everyone! I know we can power through these next few days and get the month wrapped up!

Kelly wrote: "I have a Green 2 book to read! is non fiction but it covers the criminal careers of two wildlife smugglers, one of w..."

Awesome. Thanks, Kelly! And hopefully there's a heist somewhere in there 😅

Heather wrote: "Hey Steph, I see that you put in a book for MPG Romance that could also work as beginner at something. Do you mind if we move your book there? I just started a book that can take the place of yours..."

Totally! I'll move it now. Was trying to remember what I meant by saying it fit there, but I remembered!

Kelly wrote: "How flexible are the mini prompts? Ive finished in which the vast majority of the MCs are drag queens and kings - would that count for royalty at a..."

Ooh, I like that! I feel like we're always told to be creative with these mini prompts, so I'd say that yes, that counts as royalty. Heather, if you think differently, let us know.

Jessica wrote: "Finished Scamps & Scoundrels. it was definitely a sword, but turns out that book can be used for the heist task as well!"

Thanks for confirming! I went ahead and added it for the sword prompt since I feel like that'll be a tougher one to find. But we can swap it out for the heist if someone else does end up reading a book with a sword on the cover.

Jodi wrote: "Will get my books added in the am!"

Thanks, Jodi! There are plenty of open spots for the mini challenge, too, so feel free to add books that fit 😊

How’s everyone’s reading going this weekend? I just started , which I’ve had on my shelf for years, and I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying it!

We need to provide a current update on our standing so far this month, so it’d be great if you all could add your reads to the tracking sheet and your uno shelves so we can add to the team sheet. As you’re planning out the rest of your month, don’t forget to add stuff to the mini tracking sheet. Thanks, all!

Heather wrote: "OK, since the mini starts later tonight, I'm going to call it on the voting. If you want to see a graph of the findings, you can see that here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xwMx......"

Awesome! I'm excited to get started with these.

I submitted my votes for the mini, too!

Cris (The Biblio Blonde) wrote: "The link should be correct now for my book, and I submitted my votes for the mini.

Also, I think I have the last WD4 card, I can do another Red 8! I'll start reading today and finish it on Friday..."

Thank you!