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

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

Maybe someone feeds some ducks at some point though. It is that kind of book, lol.

Actual ducks, or metaphorical ducks? The latter can’t be used.
I feel like dogs were the only actual animals (like in a “maybe someday we’ll get a dog” kinda context), no? I think that’s in the epilogue.

I'll be back-up for Team Ira.

Allison Ann wrote: "Found a copy, I'm in. Team Ira, but there are enough volunteers for DQs already."

Ditto.
My library HC turned up today :)

Outlander! You are ambitious!

Do still keep an eye out for any animals that pop up, even easy ones, in case we need it to replace another book. I guess that goes for everybody =D

Since we're supposed to use the Default Ed page count on our spreadsheets when we use Audio, I wish we could just shelve the Default Ed.

That way, even if we forget to go back and change it later (to a prettier or better-matching cover or whatever...), at least we won't have to look at those square covers or see random numbers like "12" in our page count on shelves. :P

Oh well! Rules is Rules!

Thanks Suzanne!
Since you shelved Red Queen on audio for us we can check it off the to-do list.
Can I ask you to shelve God is not Great on audio too, since you mentioned it? :)


I never usually shelve audio either, unless that's the only format in which something exists. But I like to switch between audio and print/ebook anyway, so I just shelve whatever print/e version that I was using.
My "audio only" books for TT, I will most likely switch to Kindle or HC version when the challenge is over, because I just don't like seeing those weird square covers on my Annual Goodreads Reading Challenge page, lol.

Thanks! That’s more or less what I thought.
The mistaken 10/23 read date on that book in the Sloth tab was probably my own editing error when I moved stuff between collections. Sorry! That is what I get for trying to edit on my tablet instead of waiting ‘til I get to a real computer like a smart person. 🥴

@Allison, are you still going to (or did you already) read for “Serval”? Spreadsheet had something completed on 10/23 in the Sloth Mini-Challenge tab but that may have been my editing mistake, and the book was showing the same title as one of Jessi’s books (also possibly a mistake but maybe not...), and in any case it’s not on your TT or Currently Reading shelf...

[[ Frankie ]] - Punkins & Pages! wrote: "I got a third set of DQ’s answered, plus the ones I wrote on day one! Wilder Girls is finished & on my TT shelf! I’ll go back later & answer the last set of DQ’s when I have more time. ;p"

Yay! If you wanna answer those final DQs just for fun, of course you certainly can, but you have done enough for it to count for BOM points ;D

[[ Frankie ]] - Punkins & Pages! wrote: "Also, I had no idea Wilder Girls was a sin bingo... I didn’t think the cover was solid enough of a color. But that’s wonderful that it is!"

Yep, it was declared Green Enough by executive Moderator decree :D

Similarly for Frankie's Wilder Girls, we will leave it as Sin Bingo! unless animal collection completion is in question.
7 > 5 but less than bonus points up for grabs.
Maybe let's input some animal possibilities just in case...

Speaking over color covers = more points (sort of) --

I just moved my long 5-point Brown Cover book to 5-point "easy animal" section, in case it is needed for the sole purpose of completing that "collection."

If it ends up not being needed for that purpose, we can then decide whether move it back to Color Cover (for our Wrath sin alignment). I suppose it will depend on where we are in the Wrath Prize ranking, versus the Vanity Prize ranking! :)

Almost done with it!!! Started it on 7 Oct!!! Woohoo!

@Kerri and Allison
- Yeeeesssss.... we need to get back to reading longer books!
Our overall ranking might slip too much if we get bogged down in reading too many shorter books for mini-challenge!
(There's a separate prize for Most Mini Challenge Points. We're in with as good a chance as anyone, but it may not be worth going for at the expense of the overall grand prize, especially since we don't know what other future Mini Challenges will be like.)

So I went with C) the longer book!
I'm also going to finish The Pillars of the Earth today, and that one other shorter "easy animal" audiobook by the end of the week anyway.

M wrote: "I had to read that book for book club this month. I already am reading one with Honey Bees in it for the challenge."

Saw that! Was just hoping for more animals. I read the Lunde a few months ago but can't remember whether in one or two of the 3 time periods somebody's got a pet or something.

In any case, I think your cover is much more on the green side than the middle of the blue/green spectrum:


Other votes?
I also read this in HC and remember it as quite green.

@M - can you please add The History of Bees to your TT shelf?
Also, I think I remember there being wasps in it. Wasp is on the list...
ETA nevermind re wasps, I was thinking of The Bees. But there might be some other animal(s)?

Allison Ann wrote: "I'd go for option C and then read the clownfish book if there was time. We read fewer long books this second week and went down in points. So clearly, long books are the only way to win. :D And I l..."

Yar, maybe I will do that after all. Haven’t started either one yet anyway (choir practice on Tuesday evenings).

Suzanne wrote: "Finished reading and will be starting "

Thanks Suzanne!
A couple of questions:
1) Is your Red Queen edition correct? You have the HC shelved but with a bunch of Audio tags. If you listened to an audiobook, that's what you're supposed to shelve (at least for the duration of TT)
2) Any animals in it?

And a comment:
Rue McClanahan! Awesome! [and I found "cat" in it, but didn't look for anything tricky]

Jessi wrote: "My vote is either B or C.

I know that's not much help. 😬"

That does help, actually. At least it narrows it down!
Maybe I'll start the "clownfish" book and just see how good it is and/or how long I think it will take to read!

Allison Ann wrote: "My furnace is out, so I've been hanging around waiting for my furnace guy to call back. Good for reading, not good for my bank balance."

That is annoying. I had the opposite problem over the summer, when our AC broke down during one of the hottest weeks. UGH.