Lexi’s Comments (group member since Jul 27, 2016)

Lexi’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I have packed everything I own while listening to 4 Murderbot books. I move tomorrow morning hopefully before noon.

Tricia wrote: "I'm trying to compare my currently reading books to past mods, but I'm encountering two problems.

Sophie's name isn't a link.
Eldarwen's page gives me an error when I try and compare books.

An..."

Both links works for me as well and I am on a computer.

Jamie wrote: "So, I was going to add my currently reading book to the SS tracking sheet but it isn't on the AR finder sites for word count.
For The Marvelous Land of Oz other books in the series ar..."

Always shelf the version that you read even if it is illustrated. Next, I checked on ARBookfinder and you are good at >41,000 words.
Link: https://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail...

So much historical fiction so adding some space wars

Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue—until they encounter the research vessel Gallion, which claims to be from 152 years in the future.

The Gallion's chief engineer Uma Ozakka has always been fascinated with the past, especially the tale of the Fortunate Five, who ended the war with the Felen. When the Gallion rescues a run-down junk freighter, Ozakka is shocked to recognize the Five's legendary ship—and the Five's famed leader, Eldric Leesongronski, among the crew.

But nothing else about Leesongronski and his crewmates seems to match up with the historical record. With their ships running out of power in the rift, more than the lives of both crews may be at stake.

Withdrawing my first one as no longer in the mood for horror and replacing with French Revolution vampires:

Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman

A thrilling reinvention of the tale of The Scarlet Pimpernel with the addition of magic and even more mayhem.

In Revolutionary France, the aristocrats are vampires – and they face the guillotine. However, the Scarlet Pimpernel, a disguised British noble, is determined to rescue them. These predators are being offered sanctuary by their aristocratic British kin, but at great cost to London’s ordinary people. Then an English maid discovers the only power that could stop them. Assuming she survives.

Scarlet is the first book in the trilogy, set during the turbulent French Revolution.

Tricia wrote: "Are there any particular tasks on the mini challenge we should be trying to meet first?"

If you like doing color covers, there are some on the 18 color rainbow that will be harder to find and are a good place to start if you want.

Went backwards last month - read 1 and added 3 but read the March 2023 book so just need to stay on track for May 2023 with 4 books

May NetGalley Challenge
Beginning of month
Books on shelf: 32
Feedback ratio: 82%

2019:

2020:

2021:

2022:

2023:

Just under 7 hours to go:
Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Any book started before the countdown ends cannot be used.

Polls are up for June BOM

Link to both here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...

They are open until May 7. Vote for one you want to read or vote for one of the one's Judith and I nominated. I will remind people right before it closes again in case you did not vote yet or if you want to move your vote to one of the top choices.

My team will be twenty short so thankfully there was no pressure for me to try to finish it all. I still read five novellas.

Well, just in time for Tower Teams, I rolled us another 800 page monster

Logan wrote: "Can we get points for participating in the discussion for BOM if it's something we have already read?

Kings of the Wyld is really good for any of you fantasy lovers!"

You can if you have not read it in the last 6 months. That is true for any rereads for TTs. It must be more than 6 months ago.

It needs to be over 50%. If it grey and white but neither is over 50% then it works for neither. I use TinEye when I am unsure if a color is over the 50% line, such as this one , which is only 48% yellow. However, I do not use TinEye to label colors. It is really bad at labeling colors.

TinEye link: https://labs.tineye.com/color/

BOM General Info

Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points

Whoever nominates the book gets a discussion day. We are in good shape for May as one book was Judith's nomination and the other was a joint one of mine (with Sonia). In general, the more people volunteer to write DQs, the more chance we have of getting DQs which is equivalent to a free 400-page book in points. For June, nominations are open for two more days. I will post the poll when it is up. We can all vote or nominate however we like or discuss as a team if we want to focus on one book we might all like.

So far for June, I have nominated and .
Judith has nominated and .

Judith covered mini details, and I added a column to the planning sheet for color to help with the rainbows. In addition, here is BOM info:

BOOK OF THE MONTH

MAY
starts 2 May - Discussion thread

starts 16 May - Discussion thread

Backroom BOM - MUST BE 18+ and join a seperate group. These are generally read for being explicit and terrible. It is book 3 but there has been no plot up to this point really and someone will likely provide a summary.
starts 10 May - Discussion thread

JUNE
Nominations for the June BOM's close 27th April (in 2 days)
1. Nominate the June Adult Fiction / Non Fiction book HERE
2. Nominate the themed BOM for June HERE - The theme for June is "Longest"

Alysa, I listened to almost all of it as an audio for my reread and thought it really did not work as an audio. I much prefer the book.

Also, very tired this evening but I will be by tomorrow with information on BOMs and some thoughts on the mini challenge. (I'm checking grad students spreadsheets so fun times).

Kira wrote: "Hi everyone! This is my first time in Tower Teams, but I've definitely participated in other challenges with some of you.

I'm Kira. I live in Alberta Canada (MDT), but am kind of a night owl. I wo..."

Waves at another veterinarian. I am non-clinical though; my formal title for my new job is veterinary epidemiologist.

Day 5: Chapters 35 – End


18. The Black Tongue is revealed! What did you think of this revelation? Did you suspect the double identity of Crawford/Jeremy?
Yes, I guessed pretty early. I put some of this under a spoiler before but Christie’s Three Blind Mice also presents with a snow storm and a previous abused child pretending to be the police officer. He was just too conveniently incompetent for it to be a real officer.

19. Ern has a unique role as narrator of the story. I felt like he was trying to give us all the clues to solve the mystery for ourselves. Did you get that impression or a different one? Did Ern’s narration make the book different from other crime novels; if yes, how?
I enjoyed it a lot. It was fun and did not take too much focus. I liked that it was set up to solve and still had fun even if I guessed some of it early.

20. What did you think of the book overall? Did you find it funny or witty? Do you think a humorous tone works for a crime novel?
I enjoyed it and am also planning to read the sequel when it is published. It was a really good audio book as well.

21. How well did the author stick to the rules?
I think he did well while also hiding a few things, so these was still suspense.


Links:
Day 1 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Day 2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Day 5 - here

Hi all, My name is Lexi (she/her/hers). I live in Northern Indiana (EST) for all of two more weeks, and then, I am moving to Atlanta (also EST). I am starting a new job on May 15th in global health and parasitology. I enjoy reading fantasy and sci-fi, and am trying to read authors from a wider range of countries. I have co-captained TTs before with Judith, so I am excited for this team.

Also, just a reminder that all books must be started after TTs starts, so you have about a week to finish anything you already started.

Please feel free to ask any question now and throughout.

Shelf: tt2023