Felicity’s Comments (group member since Mar 09, 2020)

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

Addie - historical fiction
Death of Capitalism- communism vs non- capitalism
The Comeback- empowered women

Any historical fiction connects

Would you like me to put them in the mini log as I find connections?

I can look at some of them. You can take The 8th Detective off the list because I read it and it is on the mini challenge spreadsheet.

Do you want me to post how I set this up? I used The Court of Silver Flames to cover the Draw 2 and the 4 and 8. (A Draw 2 covers 2 cards in a hand.)

I don't see anything from Shikha or Jodi.

If I did this right, we are done! Looks like Kaylee may be working on it now.

I am working on the spreadsheet now. I will post as soon as I see what is needed.

In March, can Kaylee share her captain's duties with someone else so we have more of an idea of what is going on? I know she is super busy but my frustration level is really high with no contact or direction. Also, should the co-captain be checking in more? And is there a way to see if the folks who have not spoken up in 3 weeks or posted books are even participating?

Kaylee- I am holding off on finishing books waiting for the spreadsheet updates. I could probably finish 2 books this weekend but I am waiting to see what we need. If we don't need anything, I will wait for Monday to finish books. But the sooner I know the better.

Hi Lynne- I had looked at the spreadsheet and hadn't seen a date on the Guernsey book on the main sheet and now realized I was looking in the wrong place for the other books. I see the dates now. Maybe it was a refreshing issue.

@Lynne- Books for the challenge count for the regular challenge and the mini challenge (if you can find a connection.) Looks like you have read some books and just put them on the mini challenge spreadsheet not the main sheet.

Here is what the instructions say: "Set up your UNO Shelf.
This helps your team captains check your books, and is also quite cool later when you want to see what you have read in UNO over the years. Goodreads help explains how to add a new shelf if you haven't done it before here."

@Elena- I was wondering if you were reading or still planning to read The Searcher. I have it and was going to read it for another challenge but didn't want to duplicate something you were in the middle of.

So I just finished a 7 book so we won't need that.

So I should have for the 7 and for a 5 or a 6 so could also work for a Draw 2. Hoping Kaylee can weigh in on what will be needed down the stretch. Between Elena, Vivi and I we are covering maybe more than half the books needed to finish this month.

The book is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Here is a nice summary of the characters and the stories so you can connect your books.

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-joy...

The book is about relationships between Chinese mothers and daughters. Anything can work for the connection- from Chinese authors, characters, mothers, daughters, women who play games (in the book they play Mah Jong), divorce, death, rape, marriage, historical fiction, luck, talent. One of our team members used a book that had the same rating on Goodreads as The Joy Luck Club. There are all sorts of connections that can be made with all the stories in the book.

I also will be finishing a book that can be used for a 5 or a 6.

I have a V card I can read this week so that would be the 7. I am probably not finishing the two books I have on the sheet so I will move them to March.

So true! I will have The Joy Luck Club done tonight.

@Elena- I really enjoyed The Magpie Murders.