Alysa’s Comments (group member since Jun 27, 2015)

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

I got a task "Read a book where a character gets into shape"

I feel like that might be somewhat common in genres that I wouldn't read and know little about -- but can anyone think some fantasy/sci-fi where a character has to train hard to "get into shape" for something?

Or maybe a M/M romance (sports or not) where someone has to work out or train to get in shape for some reason?

ETA: also has to be North (Title starts with A-M)
Could also be West (Odd Number of pages) but I would prefer North :)

Great team, with special thanks to the Captains!

Happy reading, everybody!

3 1/2 hours to go!

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

Caps need time to log stuff before the official end though :)

Success! I finished one last book:
The Titian Committee

Can someone add it to spreadsheet? I am on mobile…

ETA: Got it on the spreadsheet in the morning :)

Finished what’s probably my last book!
Spreadsheet updated.

I specifically read it for “Read by a teammate” and it looks like it was removed from there, but I liked the book a lot, so no harm done 😁

I am going to the beach this weekend and will try to squeeze in a paperback… We’ll see how it goes!

I added a quote for Q13 !
Ready for Caps to add to Mini on main spreadsheet :D


Now I'm just finishing my book read by Paris.
I don't know if I'll be able to squeeze in one last additional book besides that one. I'll try, and I'll pick something that fits a remaining Mini task just in case, but I won't put it on the spreadsheet yet, also just in case, lol.

Bernadette wrote: "Alysa looks like Paper Dolls was used for Battleship so we can't use it for Muses😭"

Aha — I think I put it in Muses when I thought it might only be a back-up for Battleship, and then forgot.


I will put in a food/drink quote for Murderous Dr Cream tomorrow. I left the book in my office.

Ashley wrote: "Hmmm... I don't mind giving it a shot! Do we have any other titles we haven't used yet? Anything at all might work."

Dunno if anyone saw that part of my post earlier today re the book I finished last week, which wasn't used for a Mini -- The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

That could be used in a story if you need more. If that title proves too hard to use, maybe Caps can swap it for one of the books used for Food/Drink item, since it's got food/drink words in the text.
If that's what ends up happening, I will provide quotes and page numbers!

Bernadette wrote: "Happy Tuesday team😀- six days left! Here's what we could use if you can help with the tasks....

6 Read a book read by a team member during the challenge

6 Read a book that has be on your tbr long..."

I finished 2 books, one for Battleship and the other which was on the spreadsheet as “#4 in a series” for Mini, but has been gazumped from that spot. It also works for “Old TBR” though, since it was put on my TBR in 2020. I will add it there. ETA: Nevermind! It also works for Q28 and was moved there. 🙂

That non-fiction book I finished last week, since it apparently doesn’t work for a story Mini, does have food items in it, so if there’s anything that could be moved from the food items Mini into, say “Old TBR”, we could get the extra points that way…?

I have just started a book that someone else read during TT. I have to go remind myself who, and then I will add it to the spreadsheet too.

Hi all!
I finished a book yesterday and added it to the spreadsheet but didn't add it to the Mini -- not clear where it would fit. Probably in a story?

I also put my current 2 reads on Mini tasks -- one completes a Series Chain of 4, and one is an old TBR. Hope that is okay.

I think I'm going to try to read something read during TT by one of you teammies, for the U tasks. I made a list of stuff I'm most interested in right now... Just have to see what I can get from libraries and in what formats :)

May also pick something that'll fit for new round of Battleship, in case I get pulled off the Alternates again.

Have a good weekend everybody!

Yay, thank you so much Ashley!

In this case it actually seems like there's a big discrepancy between the paperback and the various electronic editions, which may stem from bad publisher data but is then unfortunately propagated.
But other times, I think that wildly different page counts on GR stem from random people who don't realize that they can't use "page count" from certain customizable interfaces like Overdrive and whatnot. I think that's even in the Librarian rules somewhere, or at least it was.

Anyway, I will try to start this tonight!

Ashley wrote: "I'm having difficulty making a new edition for 9781472273192. It doesn't come up in a search, but it does say that it already exists when I attempt to create a new edition. You might pose the question in the GR Librarian group?"

I normally don't add or edit my own books or potential books during team challenges, due to some drama during a previous TT.
But I just tried adding an edition with ISBN 9781472273192 to see if I could replicate the problem, and I didn't have any trouble! No idea why you did, Ashley. The Goodreads gods are capricious.

So, now it exists, but with no details. Can you edit it pretty please?:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Again, I don't know whether it should actually be 352 or 456. I would go with whichever is closest to the page count in a greater number of other editions.
I can't rely on my e-reading App to check, because it's one of the ones that doesn't give a reliable "real" count.

ETA: and the Paperback version on GR -- listed as having 446 pages -- is actually showing on Amazon as 352! So I would probably err on the side of the lower page count.

I posted this in Taverna of the Muses but since nobody has answered yet...

If anyone else here is a GR librarian, can you please add an ebook edition of Another Time, Another Place, ISBN 9781472273192 ?

Google Books listing for this ISBN says 352 pages but Kobo listing for the same ISBN says 456 pages so IDK what is right.

https://books.google.com/books/about/...

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/anot...

FWIW, Amazon Kindle listing says 457 pages but the same Kindle edition is listed on GR as 375... so... who knows.

I just want to read the ebook!
If this can't be clarified, I will get the Kindle version I suppose. (But there will still be a big discrepancy between GR and the Amazon listing, which bugs me, LOL)

Ooh and also this ebook edition of Another Time, Another Place, with isbn 9781472273192 :

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/anot...

Never mind about this one. It is done.

Can a GR librarian other than me please add an entry for this new edition of Etherwalker?:

https://www.amazon.com/Etherwalker-Ca...

I am considering reading it before TT ends. Haven’t decided yet but want to be prepared. 😁

I finished a book last night (it is on the spreadsheet), but it was a library ebook that had to go back right away, before I was able to pull info re instruments or food in text. If needed, I can use the Amazon look-inside feature to find some of the stuff I remember, but the exact locations probably won’t match up to my edition.

LMK, because if it is used for a story or some other mini, then I won’t bother with instruments etc. 🧐

Rokkan wrote: "Managed to pick up Book Lovers from the library today, and have volunteered as back up DQ writer. I've never done a BoM before... is it only some people write questions but everyone answers them?"

Yup! People volunteer to write questions, and if there are more volunteers than days, the Mods use a randomizer to choose who gets to write questions. (During team challenges, only one person per team may be chosen to write questions.)

Thanks Alaina!

I could not get ARbookfind to open on my phone for some reason! Might be some weird international borders network thing.
I am flying home tomorrow. Sad about vacation ending and going back to work, but looking forward to better internet access and to seeing my daughter, who has been at her first sleepaway camp. 😁

Finished The Battle of the Labyrinth !
Needs to be added to spreadsheet. I think it needs word count verified too, since it is MG.

So, yeah, it works for Battieship (UF or Contemporary) if that is cool.
If not, surely it will be used for a mini.

Sphinx
Read a book between 200 and 299 pages

I still have Black Sheep on deck from a few weeks ago, if needed for this.