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

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

Posting my participation evidence links for BR of Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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ETA:
Also posting Allison's participation links:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Jessi wrote: "haha it pretty much sums up how I feel about this week at work so far. Also, I love me some Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles in Supernatural."

YES.
And Seasons 2 & 3 was pretty much the Golden Age, IMO, which is funny since it's been on so long since then. They've had some great stuff since then, but for me the "overarching" plots were never as good as they were before the angels were introduced. All due respect to Misha Collins.

Suzanne wrote: "I finished and added it to my TT shelf!"

Thanks!

And thanks for the birthday wishes, to you (and anyone else I make not have thanked :D)

Hi Ozana!
That's great! Let us know when you finish anything. Please make sure you mark the correct edition for the George R.R. Martin book -- I'm not sure what to make of "illustrated edition", is it just the regular book but with new pictures included? It's not a picture book or something like that?

There is still about 10 days left to do the Wilder Girls BOM if you are still interested. :)

And good luck with your Computer problems!

Jessi wrote: "Hello and happy Wednesday Team Ira!

It's been a blah kinda week for me. Work has been busy and clients have been rude. I'm also not enjoying Anna Karenina but I guess that's why..."

MYSTERY SPOT GIF IS LOVE.

I just finished the Mr Darcy BR. About to go mark it and add evidence links.

@Suzanne, I guess that's a good thing though because it means we can still use them for this week, or whenever you're actually done.

Tomorrow is the deadline for Gideon BOM, unfortunately, but if you're interested in Wilder Girls there's still a bit of time.

Lexi wrote: "I just found much of this book slimy feeling. There was too much time spent in the men’s head from the sexist boss to the various abusers to feel like the author was doing this as a commentary and not just for shock value...
I do not want to spend so much time in so many abusive, sick and sexist individuals heads when there is no push back by the author on their view or at least it feels insufficient to me.."

Yes, this.

Same here. I did do a few write-ins though!

Rotfl, Allison!

DQs Day 4: Chapters 63-78


16. I could not believe how much abuse Eric afflicted on his wife and children. It made me sick to my stomach reading about how he justified his actions and knew he would get away with it. Even when he found out about his wife’s death after learning that she was planning on running away, Eric thought it was justice being served. How was your experience reading this section?

His POV was an unpleasant headspace to be in from the get-go. I am just so not interested in reading the POVs of abusive horrible dudes.

17. Hess is annoyed when he finds out that Nylander is in communication with his ex-boss from Interpol. There’s been hints so far as to what resulted in Hess’s dismissal from his previous job. Do you have any ideas what it might have been?

I've been actively wondering about that and still can't figure it out. Could be a suspected but unproven corruption thing? Like, taking bribes or something?

18. The killer keeps distracting the police officers with incorrect leads. Did you think the killer was going to come to Jessie’s apartment? Were you surprised that her lover came instead?

I did not think that the killer would show up at Jessie's apartment, but I was surprised when the other guy showed up instead. The killer was pretty clever about luring him there with the fake-out text. Obviously the killer knows Jessie's movements well. Could it be a Tech person who follows patterns in CCTV activities?

19. One of the things I really like about this book is how you get multiple viewpoints from the various characters (the women before they are killed, Nylander, the cop in charge of Kristine’s case etc.) It really helps to flesh out the plot and character development. What are your thoughts about this? Do you like this type of narrative or would you have wanted the focus to be on Thulin and Hess?

I like this technique when it's done well (as opposed to feeling random) but I don't know how well it is done here. Some of the added POVs add value but others feel gratuitous. Not to mention super icky. The casual (and of course not so casual) sexism of so many of them is gross. Even the way the author writes Jessie Kviam's POV is gross.

Bonus question: The author of this book is a writer for the TV show – The Killing. Have you watched it or are you interested in watching it after reading this book?

Have not seen it, and I probably won't. It's been a few years since I've been interested in investing my free time in a new TV show, and this would not top my list of shows to try.

Thanks Cat!

Thanks!

Today is also my daughter's birthday (yep, she was born on my bday) so people around us tend to celebrate that and forget all about me.

Other people who share our birthday:
Tilda Swinton -- oddly, Swinton is one of my daughter's 2 middle names, after Tilda, but we did not know until way later that we share the birthday too!
Art Garfunkel -- I have been getting my daughter into Simon & Garfunkel, which is way better around the house than the vapid 2019 pop she otherwise loves.

Today is my birthday!
Time to party like it's 1789! Dies Irae!

@Allison, I have been inspired to delete that Ness book from my TBR. So, thanks for that ;D

Lol, I was looking into that book too, as it’s on my TBR, and was like.... no, cannot do it.

I have now started well into though, which is not that bad so far. A little boring but not terrible. Hoping it does not get worse.

That’s great on all counts, wren!
The books, I mean, not the part about your week being so busy. :)

Long books are still the most important in general, fwiw.
But if anyone’s got some short “adjectives”, just a couple’s all we really need.

And that is all regardless of Bad Books, which will last past the current week anyway :)

Team Ira! Since we would like to have 1 complete story for Part 1 of the Lust mini-challenge, it looks like we are in need of some “Adjective” book titles!

From the Bad Books list, I was looking into Stray but unfortunately won’t be able to get any version in time. I also have Matched but it’s a Sin Bingo so I would rather keep it for that if possible, assuming I would even be able to finish it this week. Anyone else able to fill in at least one good Adjective?

Towards the end of the week, when we have more book titles in the spreadsheet, anyone who would like to take a crack and making the story, please do. We can spend some time on Friday and Saturday crafting and redrafting 😃

Aha! And here I thought downloading would be better, as then I would have offline access.
What a deceptive service, so far. D:

That “cap” thing is interesting, but doesn’t seem to be why almost my entire saved list just went into “unavailable until 11/22” — so weird. The site claims to warn people, but I had no such warning.