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

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

The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker; his pregnant wife, Frida; and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds to search for them. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.

As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.

Told in four parts—power, water, light, and time—The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see, the future we would rather not greet, and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.

I read all 500 pages of and it was just not a good fit for me. It was 32 stories so only 15 pages each. It just dragged by the end for me. Still, one of my longer ones so good to have read. I also added one this month so staying at an even 80% and 31 books to read.

Last countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

I'm done as well. Good job everyone. I'll check back later; if anyone adds anything to the SS, just add it at the bottom please.

Checking in as we near the end of the last week, how it everyone doing?

We got snow last night, which was pretty but not fun to drive in.

Just a general reminder that the page minimum for books is 160 pages.

I opened up another spelling on the planning spreadsheet.

Eldarwen wrote: "Yeah no need to keep books on your list that you aren't ever going to be able to get."

I should probably do that too. I have access to three libraries, including Boston, since I have moved so many times in 2021 but those cards will expire so if not now, unlikely to have access in the future.

I'm back as well. I have made good strides on 2016 and 2017 and have 39 left for the two years. I also want to keep reading books from 2018-2019 since I will focus on them in 2024 most likely.

2016 11/13
1. Plain Kate -1/3-****
2 The Winged Histories - 9/22-****
3 Leviathan Wakes-11/30-***
4 The Copper Promise- DNF but read first part as a novella (11/4-***)
5 The Goblin Emperor-5/25-*****
6 Dodger-6/11-***
7 The Grapes of Wrath
8 The Brothers Karamazov
9 Moll Flanders-DNF
10 Servant of the Underworld-7/8-***
11 Hild-DNF
12 Storykiller -DNF
13 A Curious Beginning - 9/13-***
14 Spellslinger-4/4-***
15 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - 8/26-****
16. Parable of the Sower-2/26-****

2017 16/16
1. The Golem and the Jinni - 5/8-****
2. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?-1/4-****
3. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - DNF
4. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - 7/30-***
5. Defy the Stars-10/23-***
6. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia-12/8-***
7. The Curse of Chalion-1/9-*****
8. Shades of Grey-11/9-***
9. Star's End - DNF - library did not have and didn't want to buy
10. An Unkindness of Magicians-12/15-****
11. Noumenon- 12/26-****
12. The Restorer - DNF
13. A Gathering of Shadows-5/23-****
14. The Address - 10/2-***
15. Unearthed - 9/1-***
16. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal-DNF
17. Paradox Bound-6/1-***
18. The Beautiful Ones-3/9-***
19. Strangers - DNF
20. Tempests and Slaughter-10/12-***
21. The Tethered Mage-DNF
22. Now I Rise-DNF
23. Senlin Ascends-10/16-****

Other Years at start of 2023:
2018 -32
2019 - 56
2020 - 73
2021 - 75
Total TBR: 420

Planning Sheet Up

Sammy wrote: "#105

I'd had this sitting in my bookcase for years, but after reading (and hating) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, it pretty much pl..."

I disliked the The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue but greatly enjoyed A Darker Shade of Magic and Vicious so makes perfect sense to me

Countdown to the end of this week: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Next week, our word is THE GOOD WIFE OF BATH (green) and at least 10 tags of Zombies (Link:https://www.goodreads.com/genres/zombies)
The planning sheet will be up later today, and I have included some books that have >10 zombie tags as suggestions for people who aren't as fond of traditional zombie books.


Note: Illuminae,Magic Bites, &Sabriel also are great audiobooks

Third word opened up.

Saar and Preeti, thank you for adding your books to the spredsheet and I got both to fit

Darren, I added your three books from your wheel shelf since I was moving things around and you read non-fiction, which tends to have the fewest options.

Alison, I made room for yours as well.


Edited: Moved things again so a S,K and G so lots of options

Alison wrote: "Hi all, things are no calmer for me unfortunately but I have managed to sneak in a reread of The Hating Game. No N's that I can think of and I'm struggling to get it to fit on the s..."

Yes, please. This is true for anyone. Just add books to the bottom and I'll move things around as I have time.

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to drop by and say we could really use some N so if you have a N character, please make sure to mark it on the spreadsheet.

I moved books around so look in the last spelling if yours is missing

That was me. I saw the empty space.

Countdown to the end of this week: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Next week, our word is BLUE SKINNED GODS (blue) and at least 10 tags of Contemporary. (Link:https://www.goodreads.com/genres/cont...)
The planning sheet is up.

Alison wrote: "Hi all, just checking in. This week has been crazy busy at work, we're a few people down and there's a big project due, so I've been working all hours and haven't had much time for reading unfortun..."

Alison, thank you for checking in. Sometimes it is just not the right time for a book, maybe try a different one. Hope life calms down.