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Feb 09, 2013 09:29PM
I *just finished
. I liked it, but not as much as I'd hoped I would. It was really heavy on the historical events going on at the same time, which Chiaverini has done before in her Elm Creek Quilts series, but this seemed like she was trying to cram every little tidbit into one book before she ran out of pages. I guess I expected this to be as readable as the Elm Creek books, and I was disappointed that it wasn't. It was, however, well written, and a good story, so I'm not sorry I read the book.
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I finished two books for the theme days. 
and
I changed the name of my shelf, does that mean I have to go back to the challenge box and click update entry and enter my goal again and new shelf name?I haven't done anything so far, don't want to mess it up / cause confusion or anything :p
never mind, got it fixed :)I just finished reading,
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Great, Alexa. I have you at 28 of 75 (37%), correct?
Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "Alexa wrote: "never mind, got it fixed :)"Great, Alexa. I have you at 28 of 75 (37%), correct?"
Yes :)!
I just finished
for the theme week. I read it for this challenge and for several others as well.
I am in love with
and i'm about 70% done with it
Hello A-Team!!!Sorry for being MIA, Real Life plus Headaches = no time reading and no time online *sad face*
I couldn't even finish my book for the theme :(
Anyway, will post the theme for the week in a bit, till then, here are the current results:
TEAM A: 774
TEAM B: 821
TEAM C: 831
TEAM D: 735
(may change a bit after the book validation)
I read
for this weeks challenge...It managed to fit into a few challenges...
The A-Team Theme of the Week*Read a book (or books) that matches the Theme and post the cover.
It could be the cover, the title, the author or the concept.
A book that we hated, a book that we loved, a book with a character that makes us dream or drool, a book that make us cry, even the ones that left us feeling nothing or wishing not to read them at all - indifference and regret are feelings/emotions, right?
Happy Readings!
Sonia wrote: "Hello A-Team!!!Sorry for being MIA, Real Life plus Headaches = no time reading and no time online *sad face*
I couldn't even finish my book for the theme :(
Anyway, will post the theme for the ..."
Sorry to hear about your headache...hope this week is better for you...
Zina wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Hello A-Team!!!Sorry for being MIA, Real Life plus Headaches = no time reading and no time online *sad face*
I couldn't even finish my book for the theme :(
Anyway, will post the ..."
Thanks, I hope that too. There were so many things I wanted to do on goodreads, but couldn't make it :(
I feel that after so many years I should be used by now, but I'm not. Oh well, one day at a time.
Sonia wrote: "The A-Team Theme of the Week"Is this a Sunday through Saturday week? Monday through Friday? Some other variation?
Just finished
, it's a perfect book for the week theme. I listened to the audio and found myself laughing out lout while cleaning or on the gym's treadmill (quite embarrassing, this last part)And it had me gaping in shock while exiting the subway this morning.
The narrator was quite good too, alternating between Emma's british accent and Jack's american one.
Sonia wrote: "Just finished , it's a perfect book for the week theme. I listened to the audio..."Yes, Sonia, I liked that one, too. Nicely narrated.
Just finished
earlier today and am currently working my way through
and
.
Hey the A-team. I just want to say that I am sorry that I haven't posted in awhile since the RaT. School has been keeping me very busy and I hardly have time to read now. Hopefully, in the summer, I will have more time to read sine I won't be in school.
I've been reading the Grant County series by Karin Slaughter and feeling all sorts of emotions. Mainly I want to slap a lot of the characters! That's counts I'm sure. Slap therapy!
So sorry for being away for so long, ladies. My dad had surgery last week and so things have been a little hectic for me and my family lately. Thank you, Sonia, for holding down the fort. :-D@ ❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥
Loved The Raven Boys! I made my sister read it and she's just finished it. She didn't know there was a sequel, however, so she might be pretty peeved at me.
@ Suzanne
Did you enjoy Seraphina? That was one of my favorites last year.
I haven't been posting much lately either, going to start updating regularly again. :)Couple of hours ago I finished
And a few mins ago I finished
and now I'm reading
Ohh, Stacie, I just started the Grant County series. What book are you on? I'm just on book 1, page 50 or so. I have yet to want to slap anyone but I recall my sister being equally slap-happy a few times as she read the series, hehe.
Sonia wrote: "The A-Team Theme of the Week*Read a book (or books) that matches the Theme and post the cover.
It could be the cover, the title, the author or the concept.
A book that we hated, a book tha..."
Hey I have all those feelings book! I'm a pre-k teacher and I use/read those books to teach my kids about their feelings :).
For this theme I'm gonna read
Mary wrote: "So sorry for being away for so long, ladies. My dad had surgery last week and so things have been a little hectic for me and my family lately. Thank you, Sonia, for holding down the fort. :-D@ ❥☪..."
I just finished it and I loved it. I can't wait for the next book
Not sure if we have had any newcomers to the group in the past week but if we have, Welcome All to The A-Team! Our group leaders (Mary and Sonia) are wonderful at keeping up with our progress, keeping us entertained with various little tasks/games (such as Theme of the Week), and lending their support and encouragement.:)
Alexa wrote: "I haven't been posting much lately either, going to start updating regularly again. :)Couple of hours ago I finished
And a few mins ago I finished
[book..."
Sooooo jealous that you get to read Requiem early!
Good Morning A-Team!!!So, I was looking at our numbers, and updating our spreadsheet, and I'm happy to announce that we broke the 800 books read barrier!!!
Way to go Team!!!!!
Since goodreads takes some time to refresh, I'll post the current numbers in a bit.
Meanwhile, since Real Life was particularly demanding these few weeks, I'll be validating the books during lunch hour (in 2 hours), so, if you have books not valid tagged as the team challenge I'll avert my eyes while you fix those, OK? *giggles*
I am totally kidding, of course all our books are valid, we are THAT GOOD :D
Anyway, I got to go back to work. I'll be back soon.
Happy Readings!
Hello again A-Team!Just to say 2 things:
I detected some "irregularities" during the book validation, mostly ebook/kindle or audio editions with no page numbers, I'll check them later with the mods about the page numbers and will PM if needed.
TEAM A:829
TEAM B:871
TEAM C:864
TEAM D:765
Happy Readings!
I just finished
Now, my library is having an event called "Blind date with a book" where a bunch of books were wrapped up in paper, so you couldn't tell what they were. So, all you knew about them was the genre. Very exciting, so I had to participate. The two books I got were
and
So they will be my next reads.
Now, my library is having an event called "Blind date with a book" where a bunch of books were wrapped up in paper, so you couldn't tell what they were. So, all you knew about them was the genre. Very exciting, so I had to participate. The two books I got were
and
So they will be my next reads.
Mary wrote: "So sorry for being away for so long, ladies. My dad had surgery last week and so things have been a little hectic for me and my family lately. Thank you, Sonia, for holding down the fort. :-D@ ❥☪..."
I did! It took me while to get used to the world, but after that I really enjoyed it! It's nice to read a book where the main character doesn't get all stupid in front of her crush :)
TheButterflyEffect wrote: "my library is having an event called "Blind date with a book" where a bunch of books were wrapped up in paper, so you couldn't tell what they were. So, all you knew about them was the genre."That seems to be "the" thing for libraries to do right now LOL At our staff meeting yesterday, we talked about doing this, too. (Yes, we're a little slow to get behind new ideas now and then *sigh*) I think it's a fun idea, and I hope we eventually DO it :)
Mary wrote: "So sorry for being away for so long, ladies. My dad had surgery last week and so things have been a little hectic for me and my family lately."I hope things went well for him, and that his recovery is progressing smoothly!
Nancy wrote: "Hey the A-team. I just want to say that I am sorry that I haven't posted in awhile since the RaT. School has been keeping me very busy and I hardly have time to read now. Hopefully, in the summer, ..."Don't worry Nancy, school comes first, you need to focus on what's important at the moment. Besides, you did a great job till now, even with school.
Just pop in once in a while if you can so we don't miss you so much.
Best of lucks with school work.
Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "Hey I have all those feelings book! I'm a pre-k teacher and I use/read those books to teach my kids about their feelings :). "I found them on google images and loved the cuteness of the covers. Couldn't resist to use them.
TheButterflyEffect wrote: "I just finished
Now, my library is having an event called "Blind date with a book" where a bunch of books were wrapped up in paper, so you couldn't tel..."
My library is having that as well. I thought of doing that.
Now, my library is having an event called "Blind date with a book" where a bunch of books were wrapped up in paper, so you couldn't tel..."
My library is having that as well. I thought of doing that.
Sonia wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Hey the A-team. I just want to say that I am sorry that I haven't posted in awhile since the RaT. School has been keeping me very busy and I hardly have time to read now. Hopefully, i..."
Thanks Sonia. I will try to do that.
Thanks Sonia. I will try to do that.
I also did the "blind date with a book" that my library was doing and i got
and
. Hope they are good.
and
. Hope they are good.
Sashana wrote: "Sooooo jealous that you get to read Requiem early!"
I finished it a couple of hours ago and I just want to say that, I couldn't even put it down and I know you're going to enjoy it!!! :D
3 weeks till publishing, I heard the first edition has "special" chapters in Alex's POV and the arc didnt have those so called chapters..
Basically I've pre-ordered it :) you should check that out Sashana, Lauren said on her blog that if they're sold out = they're sold out. There's only a certain amount of the first edition or something.
Oh and you can now read the 85 first pages here !!
Just finished One Hot Murder, the newest in one of my many (many, MANY!) series :) Not sure what's up next, I have to check library due dates and likelihood of renewals before I decide.
I missed the end of the RaT! My stupid computer decided to break. I could get on it, but could not type.I just finished
I LOVE this book! I can't wait for the next one. DON'T read this until October. The second one comes out then and you will want to read both of them, one right after the other!
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Ohh, Stacie, I just started the Grant County series. What book are you on? I'm just on book 1, page 50 or so. I have yet to want to slap anyone but I recall my sister being equally slap-happy a few..."I'm on book 6 now. The slapping will come in later books if one of the characters annoys you the way they annoyed me! (Trying hard to not spoil things for you!)
Zina wrote: "finished 
. Didnt really like it."That's too bad.
But, on the bright side, you can use it to the Theme of the Week.
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