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

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

Remove the god-awful cilantro of doom from those tacos, and I am IN! ;D

I think there's going to be a massive pile-on for the Nov BOMS, because neither one is fantasy/sci-fi and some people are getting tired of that.
I am NOT tired of that, but do admit that the mystery/thriller type stuff will be a nice change :)

Ooooh oooh! November BOM threads haven't been created yet but the polls have closed and the unofficial official winners are:


The Chestnut Man
Early Nov

and


Two Can Keep a Secret
Mid-Nov

So, if anyone needs to plan their library holds... now is probably a good time to start :)

ETA: Looks like these are both on Scribd. Maybe I should finally use that 30-day free trial...

I am rather amused that 8 of 16 teams volunteered to write DQs for Gideon the Ninth, but so far 12 of 16 have volunteered to write DQs for Wilder Girls and 12 of 16 have volunteered for Save the Date.

Not so many eager to write about lesbian necromancers, eh? Makes me extra glad that we were picked, because our chances are much lower for the other two. ;)

Anyone else not a member of Back Room yet but interested in participating? Right now only 3 of us (already members) have expressed interest. Save the Date is a short book. Should be fun!

Right now I am also annoyed that I missed National Dumpling Day on September 26th. 🥟🥟🥟

Mmm, Uzbek food and blueberry wine. Both delicious, but probably not at the same time... Well, maybe?

Allison Ann wrote: "Well drat Alysa. That seems random. How is it different from an ebook?"

Mods said:
"Web serials can't in the normal course be used - there must be a print / ebook (ie available for offline reading, not weird librarian fudge) / audio available. You should note the rule for audio only for purposes of page count."

I wasn't privy to their background debate that resulted in this answer, but my guess is that since it's not, yet, a "book" or really recognizable as book-like, they decided that it can't be used.
Oh well :/
ETA: it looks like the Audio version of your thing, which has a GR listing, could maybe have been used in theory, but from what I can tell that, too, only exists in installments, like podcasts basically.

OMG that's great!
YAAAAAAAAYYY

So now we're back to needing just a B and a U.
@Megan, I put in my B. Hopefully you will be able to cover the U. I won't know for sure until tomorrow though, so if need be we can still swap then if that's okay with you.

ETA: I'm going to do the U, just grabbed the Kindle library loan! The B is still a maybe though.

If we cannot finish the word "BY", being one book short, hopefully someone's "Y" book has an "A" author/character/series name?
That way we could at least spell "A" from one of the tasks, and at least none of our books will be wasted.
ETA: Score. The Night Tiger (Megan's Y book) has an A character. So if absolutely necessary, we can do that.

UGH, I will make this work!!
Really have to go now though

Ugh okay -- this is still not working, we need another R...
And now Grumpy Wearewolf doesnt fit
@Erin does it have any R characters?

Mary, Mary, Just a bit contrary wrote: "Oh shoot. I thought I put No Rest for the Wicked in an I spot and it's in an O spot. There is an R character in it though. (Regin) I can't remember an O character off hand but I can double check. A..."
You had NR4theW in the I spot in SPIKY, so I moved it to IN (which I had to change from ON).
Great news that it has an R chanarcter though -- I will moved things around again when I get back to office..

Uh oh. It said R in the side notes :(
I will have to move that around again... not sure how yet and I have to run for a couple of hours...

BTW I won't be reading my U book. I looked at it and it's much to dense/academic to get through in time.
I will read for B, and look for something else for U if it becomes necessary. I think there's an M/M romance I can grab from library...

I just moved a few things around and decreased our total books from 40 to 37 (changed SPIKY to BY) because it doesn't look like we're gonna get to 40 and I want to make sure that every book that is read can ultimately be used. No wasted books!

@Megan, I filled in something for U, which makes the B in BY the only empty slot now, but I'd be okay to trade the U for the B if you have something you really wanna read for B.
ETA: I might be able to read for both, if my Blackwater book really does show up at the library on time!
Also, can you fill in the R character name for Lost Roses?

@Erin, can you fill in the E character name for My Boss is a Grumpy Werewolf? I had to move that one as well.

Congrats on both: the end of the audit, and GETTING MARRIED! 🥳

I think I can get hold of the next Blackwater book by Saturday too (final O). I don’t generally like to read series installments so close together and I just read #2 last weekend, but I want to help the team!
Also, if I don’t read it now I probably wouldn’t until after TT (because it is too short for good points ;D)

Yay, Team Ira (Frankie) writing DQs for Day 2 of Gideon the Ninth!
😃

In other news: @Allison, unfortunately the Mods said no to the long web serial. Edition has to be available for “offline reading” if that makes sense.

Yup! Will you be able to cover U, or something else?

I think I can find a U book to read instead of the book I had planned for R, but won’t be able to read both.
We could then move something else into that R slot, and move something else into *that* book’s slot. It all depends on which word(s) we think we won’t be able to finish.
I might even end up removing the two words that are already on the main spreadsheet if we need any of those letters back in order to achieve better value. Probably have to decide by Fri, unless anyone has plans to add more books over the weekend.

Has anyone got anything short for U?
I think it’s the only open letter that nothing else on the planning spreadsheet can be moved into... :(

Just a few more days to go! Eeeeee!!!!!