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

Lol, thanks! I randomly have the 19th off work, and am hoping to use it to catch up if I’ve fallen behind at that point :)

I'm in, and can also be a back-up for DQs, though I'm saying upfront that I might get a bit off-schedule.

I long for the halcyon days of yore when my job wasn't so obnoxiously stealing my reading & audiobooking time. D:

OH GOD ME TOO.
I wish the food thing would stop in my brain! And I didn't even play for the entire game!

DEAR Day 2021

Drop-Everything-And-Read Day! 12 April 2021

Mini-Challenges Completed:

* Read for a minimum of 3 consecutive hours
Done twice, among other more intermittent reading
12:30AM - 3:30AM UTC, 5:15PM - 8:30PM UTC
(8:30PM - 11:30PM EST, 1:15PM - 4:30PM EST)

* Read a book published on April 12th of any year
Read A Stranger in Olondria, published 12 April 2013




1 Tourmaline Coin

Whooooo!

Yay!!! I’m in! Thanks Mods! 😄
And with that official start time, for me it’s 8pm Sunday night! Totally staying up late reading and taking Monday off work, haha!


Mini-Challenges Completed:

* Read for a minimum of 3 consecutive hours
Done twice, among other more intermittent reading
12:30AM - 3:30AM UTC, 5:15PM - 8:30PM UTC
(8:30PM - 11:30PM EST, 1:15PM - 4:30PM EST)

* Read a book published on April 12th of any year
Read A Stranger in Olondria, published 12 April 2013

Okay okay, this Awfully Wee Hamish has signed up.

My daughter, who is an Especially Wee Jock, will now proceed to mock me for doing TT again after how intense it got last time. ;D

I kind of took a break from this challenge to focus on some newer stuff but I will definitely resume soon. I at least want to hit 50% at 6 months in and I'm nearly there.
Maybe I'll read The Grimm Legacy in the next couple of weeks... :)

Random question that's not about a Team Challenge but...

@Mods, will there be a DEAR Day on 12 April this year?
I'm looking for a good excuse to take a whole day off work. :D

I’m Awfully Wee Hamish, lol.

@Eldarwen — my hesitancy is is partly my reading less, but even more about my lower ability to engage in threads. I love a chatty team and would feel sad about not being able to chat so much.

Most likely I will sign up though. Y’all make it hard to stay away. 😂

Oooooh...

*wants to sign up but worries because Real Life is in the way*

But... TT is for Rejoicing!

Good thing I still have a bit of time to decide :)

Jenn wrote: "Just finished . was a cute quick read. Good for younger readers."

Oh man, that is on my old TBRs too. Hardcover sitting on the shelf... :/

Round 1 (20 authors) complete!
Message #30

On to Round 2... :)

Laurie wrote: "Just finished and really enjoyed it! It's a quick read and there's something special about the writing that I can't quite explain. I would definitely read ..."

Adding to TBR, darn it.
:)

Sammy wrote: "#49

LOVED it! Reminded me very emphatically why I once became a chef, and even more emphatically why I quit once and f..."

It’s been soooooooo long since I read that, wow.

My partner went to culinary school many years ago and worked as a restaurant cook / sous-chef part-time for a time, all while still maintaining his day job in tech. It was grueling but at least not as full of bullshit as Anthony B’s experiences. And I did not like being a “kitchen widow” so I was glad when he stopped. Now he just experiments at home and has a food blog, lol.
I think he may have met Anthony B once or twice actually.

Done!
#832

29 books, 129 words

I could do more, without adding anything from actual HP books, but not before my self-imposed deadline of 3/15. So this feels like a good place to stop. :D

Sammy wrote: "Oh, and #43 .

I'm starting to feel like a broken record when I say this series is so much fun, lol."


It so is. I'm through the short stories following #10, but you're going to pass me soon, lol. I try to space series out rather than reading installments back to back, so I'll probably get to #11 sometime in the next few months.

Sophie wrote: "#2 Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Slowly slowly getting there. I enjoyed this a lot, Seanan Maguire has a very interesting take on fairytales - think a dark version of Thursday Ne..."


Ooh, that one is good. I liked it even better than #s 1 and 3, the latter of which I just read a couple of weeks ago.

Three more down:


Entertaining, but kind of slow.


The opposite problem! Entertaining, but too fast. Not enough world- or character-building. Plenty of really hot boys though, lol.


I really liked this. Definitely lifts the middle finger to the more problematic aspects of Lovecraft.

Well it does say the King is handsome, which surprises Lei.

I... just... have no idea how that is possible for a Moon caste if they’re supposed to be the most animal-like. Unless all the Paper-humans in this book are really that indoctrinated so as to find bovine features attractive?

If so, well, at least it becomes a compliment if you say somebody looks like a cow. 😝