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

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

Us versus our TBRs:

[[ Frankie ]] wrote: "Definitely gonna try to get the Ira sin bingo book done for this week! Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet."

Sounds good, Frankie!


I just got back from the Big Apple Circus with my family. We’ve been going every December for a few years; it’s super fun.
I went to read some more of my non-fic ARC book that is expiring... and the darn thing already expired! I thought I had until the 18th but apparently it was the 8th. *grumble*
On the bright side, I had not spent very much time on it, and it was going to be a relatively large amount of reading time for not very many pages because Dense Academic Text.
So, probably for the best. Will start Skyward tonight instead :D

Sounds perfect, Allison! :D

Joanne wrote: "I agree if we're that close, we should try to go for most points.

Just finishing my last book for the week."

And it's the BOM! Go Joanne :D

Yeah, we are now 22 books behind the top team on the Vanity (sin alignment) prize, only 15 of which we would be able to make back by changing this week, so I think sticking to the higher point values is the better decision.
As of this moment we're only 682 points behind Lust -- which, even if we don't end up winning, is pretty amazing considering they've managed to read like 40 more books that we have. That is basically an entire week's worth of books!
And with only one week to go (and no idea what their plans are) I think the win could still go either way! :D

We are doing great with these last-minute finishes! Woohoo!

Rebecca wrote: "Also, I’m confused about the “time travel” comment on the ss. Could someone please explain? I read back through the comments but didn’t see anything..."

PMd you w more details :)

I'm going out for an hour or so. When I get back I'll have finished my last book... :)

Hi Team!
Ozana PMd me and updated her shelf with 4 finished books, and we've still got our unfinished ones coming....
We don't know how many more books Lust might still have coming too, but so far it looks like we're making very good headway into closing the gap.
So I think we should keep our sin assignments as-is, for maximum point value.

For Week 10, let's also try to go for maximum point value as usual:
Long Books
BOMs
Sin Bingo / Mini-Challenge
Color Cover
Top Shelf
Sin Spec (mainly Wrath)

But if we can manage to cover Wrath with all that, that's even better!
I just got a library book over 500 pages that's from the Mini-Challenge list and is also a Space Opera for Wrath. I've got a hold on another that's Brown. *fingers crossed*

My last comment notwithstanding, would y’all like to chime in with opinions on what we should do -
Maximize overall point value, or assign as many books as possible to Wrath?
There are plenty of books where we can do BOTH at the same time, lol, but as I mentioned, for the other books it’s a difference of 40something points.

ETA: If you wanna go with Wrath, please don’t change current sin assignments in the planning sheet, just put your Wrath sin specification in the Alternate Justification column, thanks!

And personally, I would like to go with maximizing point value (with a difference of about 1k, anything can happen in week 10, not to mention the next few hours!) 😁

Mari wrote: "I’ve just bought the kindle version for 1.99 €. It really looks like a good book but it my first time participating and I’m kind of lost 😅 has it started yet? What are volunteers tasks? Sorry for a..."

Hi Mari! Don’t worry, it hasn’t started yet. This one starts on 16 December. People are volunteering to write daily Discussion Questions (DQs) but you don’t have to do that, just answer them once they get posted, or participate in the discussion in whatever way you want. 🙂

M wrote: "Quick question for next week. Should I stick to Space Operas or doa couple for the mini challenge?"

Totally up to you.

FWIW, if we switch everything to Wrath for this week we’ll be leaving like 40 points on the table, but we’re behind Lust by well over 1k anyway and unlikely to make up the difference. We have a slightly better shot at the Sin Alignment category but even that is far from guaranteed now that a couple other teams are going for it.
So I think we’re in a “Read for fun and try not to lose to Lust by tooooo many points” situation...

Hope everyone is having a good night!
Right now it looks like Wren, Jessi, and I each have 1 unfinished book on the planning sheet.
Will we all be done in time? I know I will, with mine — I should only have about 100 pages left to read in the morning. :)

Anyone else adding anything before the deadline?
18 hours to go, countdown here!:

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

@Ozana, we haven’t heard from you in a while, will you have anything this week?

M wrote: "Finished my books for the week and I am attempting to read Ninth House. So far it is doing nothing for me, I am giving it the first 50 pages."

@M, can you check your read dates for Poseidon’s Children #s 2 and 3? I think you might have them swapped ‘round on your shelf.

I liked but did not love Ninth House. The first four or so chapters weren’t among the best, IMO. It got better after that, then got worse again, and then got better again.

[[ Frankie ]] wrote: "I finished ! Will add to spreadsheet shortly, if it’s not on there yet."

It’s on! You’re all good :)

Put down options for both! It gives your captains some room to work out what our best chances are, before check in :)

I read and loved Cinder several years ago, but then I read Book 2 and was not into it. I need to decide whether to continue...

@Joanne, have you read other stuff by Jay Kristoff?
I would like to read Illuminae but I feel like I should finish the other two series I've started first.

I finished Ninth House a few hours ago, and will finish a 700+ pager on my way home from work in a little bit.

I started a non-fic book that's short but not quick, because my eARC is going to expire right around the end of TT, but I think I'll set it aside for most of the weekend so I can read something else that'll go fast, that I can finish for this week. Got a few options, will decide when I get home.

@Allison, I was wondering why you in particular were so quiet this week! Old favorites are a good reason. I think I might end up doing a favorite reread soon too.

It's been pretty quiet up in here lately. I hope it's because we are all busy reading! :D

Okay, so not quite brown enough. Oh well!


How's everyone doing on this fine FRIDAY!? Yay Friday :)

Imke wrote: "his spirit/soul is alive and maybe integrate in the house?"

Or he could integrate with Alex. It’s been done, but Bardugo could easily borrow the idea.