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

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

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.

Day 5 DQs - Chapters 21-25

18. Turner and Alex are working together now, trying to solve Tara's murder. How do you think, is it only a temporary truce or will they be able to become partners?

Probably something in between, but with the randomness and YAness of this book, nothing would surprise me. Not even if they started dating.

19. Colin knew about Blake using Merity to rape the girls and didn't report it, hoping to use this opportunity for his society. Somehow I have the feeling that he is not the only one, who would act this way - most of the other members of his society (and probably other societies too) would do the same. What do you think?

Unfortunately I agree. There are too many people who step on others or allow them to be stepped on in order to further their own goals. And this is certainly behavior that’s associated with Old Boys Club societies and fraternities (though not always).

20. Colin has an alibi for the night when Tara was murdered, as well as Dean Sandow. Do you believe these alibis or do you think one of them could still have killed Tara with the help of a portal (as Turner suggested)?

No idea. Could have been some other person or persons, with or without a portal. Probably a portal involved though.

21. During the summong Darlington (or the Hellbeast) said Murder. What murder do you think he meant? Were these the murders that Alex commited? Or the hellbeast eating him? Or some other murder?

To me it seemed clear at the time that he was talking about the hellbeast eating him, as it was intentionally set there.

22. Do you think it is final that Darlington is dead? Or has he survived somehow?

I think it’s final. Though —again— with the randomness and YAness of this book, it wouldn’t surprise me if they found a way to restore him.

@Rina, I am not loving this book either. It’s not terrible but it’s probably going to be a 3 star read for me (and so was Shadow and Bone, fwiw). Days 2 & 3 were better than Day 1, but after that my interest went down again. The many elements are just not coming together all that well for me, and there’s a style problem. Maybe my expectations were too high.

[[ Frankie ]] wrote: "Gerald’s arrogant, cocky, sociopathic personality & attitude really piss me off."

Haha, that is what we can put on the spreadsheet ;D

Alysa wrote: "@M - if you're finished w/The Neutronium Alchemist can you update your shelves please?
Also, is the cover more orange or more brown? I can't decide from the GR image. If it's more brown maybe it co..."

@M, ah okay, the Read Date was just next to the wrong book (TNA instead of TNG). I moved it.
Would still like to know if TNA is a brown cover though :D

That is... a fantasy that he really should have kept to himself!

One time a few of years ago, there was a man rushing to get on a subway train that my daughter and I were exiting. My daughter was about 5 years old at the time. As he rushed past, he accidentally side-swiped my daughter, who then lost her balance and fell down on the ground. The guy just kind of looked back at us over his shoulder with a panicked expression and kept rushing and got on the train. Didn't even stop to apologize or anything! After knocking a 5 year old girl over!
Sometimes I fantasize that he had a really shitty day. Nothing permanently damaging though. Like, he slipped on a banana peel, fell into some trash and smelled so terrible that no one would go near him until he showered and changed, and then ate some bad sushi and threw up all night, thinking about karma.

Cat wrote: "I'm not condoning what Alex did, btw. Perpetuating the idea that it's OK to force people to do things they don't want and video it for shame purposes isn't cool!."

Not in real life. But I hold my opinion that in fiction, it's cathartic.
We all fantasize about terrible or embarrassing things happening to people who have gravely wronged us, and what is all fiction but fantasy? Doesn't mean we'd condone it in real life.

"It's also getting away from a discussion about the ready access to all sorts of will-power removing drugs that the Manuscript (???) House has. The other..."

That's true. Lethe is definitely not on top of that, and Lethe is supposed to be monitoring the other Houses. Sketchy indeed.

Jessi wrote: "Cookies coming up!

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OMG

Cool beans.

After I finish my Ninth House audio I need to get back to my big non-fiction one. I might try to squeeze one more in as well, though it'd have to be fairly short. Also not sure if it'd be for this week or next week, but I guess it doesn't matter too much unless we're coming up short on numbers.

Jessi wrote: "

Sorry for my absence. Getting into a car accident is no joke people. I've been dealing with insurance people, car repair people, and rental car people... for almost 3 weeks now. Anyways, I'm here..."

LOL, thank you! I'm just glad you're back and you're doing okay!
Can I have cookies instead of a trophy? Will Work For Cookies. :D

@M - if you're finished w/The Neutronium Alchemist can you update your shelves please?
Also, is the cover more orange or more brown? I can't decide from the GR image. If it's more brown maybe it could be a Sin Bingo!

@Jessi - it looks like you have 2 different editions of Naked Empire on your shelves with one you read last winter and one you're reading now? That's fine but I wanna make sure it's correct so we don't post the wrong version :)

Hey I am only on Book 2 in Dark Artifices! No spoilers! :D

We could lock him in a room with a Dementor!

Sammy wrote: "Alrighty then, even though Dimples could provide some reading inspiration of his own, he's neither reading, nor shirtless, so I guess I'd better dig out a few more for you all today...

This one i..."

LOL, I just searched "This Book is Full of Bodies" in all NBRC posts to see if anyone has used it for TT, and this is one of the first posts that turned up.

I guess it's because this post is full of bodies!