Karen ⊰✿’s Comments (group member since May 08, 2014)

Karen ⊰✿’s comments from the The Perks Of Being A Book Addict group.

And so many tasks for tower teams 😬
Sorry I wasn’t much help - reading the Stormlight Archive has really reduced all other reading! At least I’ll be into book five soon and then for a break from chunkters (other than A Day of Fallen Night ) for a bit!

Congrats Team Avatar!

And well done everyone who got through all those cards and mini tasks!
Special shout out to the special ones who wrote the captains logs - including Sammy from our Team Firefly 😀

I'm similar, Sammy. I like my 5 stars to be the books I could find just no fault with

I must get back to the Dark Tower series...!

Aww thanks Kelly

And thanks for your help with adding books to the s/sheet!

I'll check out that mystery as I love a good mystery on audio :)

Amazing 3 months - thank you all!

Looking back on your UNO shelf. Can you recommend one book that as your best read (or perhaps one to avoid?!)

I read some great ones, but I thinkI would most likely recommend

Just one book to go for the mini and UNO is a wrap...

Bring us home Tina with Caged in Shadow 😀

Thanks Lauri - I have added these!

And that is all our regular cards done! Great work everyone!

Just those final mini books to be completed :)

The mini books can just be used for the mini and not the regular cards 👍

Just did some moves!

So..

Update

Just two more books to go in our regular hands!

Sammy's green one and one x 1 although we can move things to suit

April mini
To be finished:

Chasing Power		Lauri
Caged in Shadow		Tina
Next Year in Havana	Lauri
Emily Wilde's Map 	Sammy
A Second Chance		Lauri

And great work with the captains logs, Sammy!

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Tina, are you able to move stuff around or are things cemented when you put them on the other spreadsheet?

Oh, and I just finished a 1."

We can move them around as needed :)

I’m just on a plane on Melbourne but will post an update later today when I’m back at a computer. Looks like we have about 13 books to go in our main sheet and I just finished one.
May be able to knock out another small one before the end time if needed

Sammy wrote: "Ok, I've completed the first two sections. will do the rest tomorrow 😁"

Love it - great stuff!

Mini Challenge Captains Log To Be Written

Reminder of what this is, is below.

Any volunteers?


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Part 5
⏺️ Captain’s Log: Mission Chronicles📝

Every great journey needs a record—and yours is no exception!
As you read your way through the galaxy, you and your crew will be charting not just the stars, but your experiences among the pages.

You need to log entries for Parts 1-4.
Each log should be about 3–4 sentences long—but feel free to elaborate if inspiration strikes!
For each completed Captain’s Log entry, your team earns 5 extra points!

Here are some suggestions, but feel free to be creative and daring!

🚀 Build Your Own Spaceship – What books inspired your ship's design, power, and purpose?
👨‍🚀 Select Your Crew – Who joined your ranks from the stories you read? What skills or quirks did they bring?
🌌 Off You Go – As you launch into space, what did your reading journey teach you about exploration, courage, or the unknown?
🌠 End of the Universe – How did it all wrap up? Reflect on where your books took you, and what you’ll carry with you beyond the stars

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Hmm. I don't know if he is on a journey at that moment. I know they journey from this world to the other (and it's a physical journey I believe not just a "poof") but I won't know until I read the ..."

Thinking about this one..

I read At Bertram's Hotel this week where one of the characters goes to the airport to fly to Lucerne for a conference only to find he has been given the wrong day so he has to go back to Bertram's hotel (and then disappears). I think it would fit for the task.
I didn't really consider it at the time as I was only thinking abuot Miss Marple and how her journey wasn't interrupted, but Canon Pennyfather's was and it is a main plot point for the book.

So you can still read your book for fun, Kelly, but no pressure now to finish it for this challenge :)

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Would this work for mini #30 Emergency landing: Read a book where a journey goes wrong — crash landings, lost in space, or stranded scenarios? If so, I can take that last mini.

"....circumstances ..."

If he is on some kind of journey at the time I would say so!

Sammy wrote: "I think Karen and I are both finishing Rhythm of War today, so that's the reverse sorted! 😁"

Yes I finished just a few hours before you I think!! It actually took me a while to mark the book as read or even talk about the ending.
Now I need to gird my loins to buy book 5

I just started The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year for my cleaning out the closet challenge - Sophie did you recommend this to me? It is fascinating. And as I am rewatching Scrubs with the kids, I am seeing Scrubs in a new light as having a (tiny) basis in how an intern's days work! 🤣

Current Status

Please shout out if you can't do your coloured card, or if I have recorded these incorrectly.

	
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7 Blue	1	Sammy
4 Green	1	Sammy

Unclaimed Mini Tasks

8 "Artificial Intelligence
Read a book with a robot, AI, or a highly intelligent system/character."
9 "Fuel Tank
Read a book that energises you or refuels your reading mojo!"

12 "The Pilot
Read a book with a character who’s always on the move — a traveller, driver, or adventurer."

30 "Emergency Landing
Read a book where a journey goes wrong — crash landings, lost in space, or stranded scenarios."

31 "A Final Mission
Read a book that’s the last in a series or features a character’s final journey."
34 "Stars Go Out
Read a book with a tragic ending or emotional farewell."
37 "Cosmic Weirdness
Read a book with surreal, mind-bending, or speculative elements that challenge your view of reality."
38 "New World Rising
Read a book about rebirth, rebuilding, or hope after devastation."
39 "Drift into Darkness
Read a book with a dark or eerie tone — horror, gothic, or psychological thriller."

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Hi team,

I finished Where the light enters on April 21.

It also had a V character last name. Verhoeven.

Please mark on spreadsheet. 🥰"

Done!

Sammy wrote: "Karen, I'm finally starting on Rhythm of War, so at least one of us will be able to claim the reverse for that one 😆"

hooray! and I am sooooo close to finishing