Annalisa’s Comments (group member since May 04, 2018)

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

@Colleen and Emily. You are on a reserve list. Sometimes a team will have someone not check in or be unable to participate. When that happens reserves are added to teams. If that happens you will be messaged.

Oops I linked book on goodreads not kindle. Sorry about that. I was on my phone and links are always a pain from mobile.

I wanted to let everyone know there is a back room BOM for October and it starts on the 20th. You have to request access to the group as the books are not appropriate for the main group. The book for the month is Save the Date and it is currently free for Kindle.

Here is the link for the BOM discussion. You will need to request access to the group if you don’t already have it. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Here is the link for my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Sail ♛ wrote: "Hi Paula and Annalisa! I'm so excited to be on team Superbia with all of you, and I can't wait to start.

My name is Sailor and this is my second year playing TT. I'm currently studying to get my B..."

I have a hold on Sorcery of Thorns. Sounds like I’m in for a treat.

I just finished an additional book from 2017 that was one I didn't originally plan on reading. Shōgun is probably one of the best books I've read this year. It took me a very long time to listen to the audiobook, but it was worth it. The end of the book was able to surprise me and that is after spending 46 hours getting to know these characters. It reminded me of some of the epic fantasy novels where you have enough detail you feel like you could live in the world. The difference is this was historical fiction. I'm not sure how accurate the history was, but the story and characters were great.

Team Superbia is now open for all of you who are stalking this thread patiently or was that impatiently.

Hi Team Superbia,

We are very excited to be playing with you. Please give us a short introduction so we can get to know everyone. This doesn’t have to be a novel just share a few of your favorite books, and if you have participated in Tower Teams before.

This is my second year playing, and my first as a co-captain. I just finished listening to Shōgun by James Clavell and I think it is going to end up on my favorite list. It is historical fiction set in Japan. It covers a relatively short period of time but I felt like I was living with the characters. Another favorite is Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie. The entire series was a pretty big surprise. It created a believable world and societies that our main character interacts with. Also, the lack of gender importance was really cool. My favorite guilty pleasure read is To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker, the main character is named Annalisa.

If anyone has any questions please let us know we are here to help.

Reserve

Completion post format that we would like to use:

Completion Post

Shōgun by James Clavell
Pages: 1152
Date: September 20, 2019
Rating: 5 stars
Fits:
Lust - Red cover
Gluttony - 600+pages

BOM:
DQ1 (put link)
DQ2 (put link)
DQ3 (put link)
If you wrote and DQs link for that

Sing Bingo

Lust
- too steamy for hot weather
- Too steamy for hot weather
- too steamy for hot weather
- Too steamy for hot weather
- too steamy for hot weather
- if this is one of your favorite authors
- too steamy for hot weather
- too steamy for hot weather
- Too steamy for hot weather


Envy
- Read by member of team Sloth
- Read by Melissa team Sloth
- Read by Cat team Wrath
- Read by Elen Team Lust
- Ready by Jammin Jenny
- read by Tea
- read by Allison Ann of team Ira
- Read by Ora from Team Greed
- read by someone but I don't remember who
- read by Lexi from Acedia
- read by Lexi from Acedia
- Read by Alyssa team Ira
- Read by Alyssa team Ira and Jenny team Lust
- Read by Alyssa team Ira
- Read by Deanna (can't remember her team)

Works if a player from another team has read this book:
- I've read in 2019
- I've read in 2019
- not sure if anyone read this in 2019


Pride
- LGBT
- jewels on the tiara
- LGBT
- LGBT
- Shiny cover
- Shiny stars on the cover
- jewels on the ring
- winner of the Silberner Lufti award (2011)
- winner OKRWA National Readers Choice Award for Single Title Contemporary (1998)

Wrath
- if you find something to hate
- if you find something to hate
- Character Baron H. has the potential to make you wrathful
- Potentially if you find something that makes you wrathful
- If you find something that makes you wrathful
- if you find something that makes you wrathful
- Again if you find something that makes you wrathful.
- if you find something that makes you feel wrath.
- If you find something that makes you feel wrath
- if you find something to get enraged about
- if you find something to get enraged about
- if you find something to be enraged about

Sloth
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years, or you started the series and are taking a long time to get back to it.
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years, or you started the series and are taking a long time to get back to it.
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years, or you started the series and are taking a long time to get back to it.
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years, or you started the series and are taking a long time to get back to it.
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years, or you started the series and are taking a long time to get back to it.
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years.
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years.
- if it has been on your TBR for over two years.

Gluttony
- 27 books in the series

These books may or may not work based on your personal reading.
- only if you like to binge read this author
- only if you like to binge read this author
- only if you like to binge read this author
- only if you like to binge read this author
- only if you like to binge read this author
- only if you like to binge read this author
- only if you like to binge read this author.
- only if you like to binge read this author.

Greed

I’m waiting for Paula to reserve her posts and then I will hop on and get mine. We will get Superbia open.

This should answer you question from the captain’s group:

“As you assign each book to a sin, using one of the three categories you will get bonus points. If you are lucky enough to find a book that meets all three requirements (two for Avarice), you can call Sin Bingo!”

I decided to do both the popsugar and bookriot read harder challenges this year. There are a few of the tasks for both where I’m having a hard time finding a book I want to read.

Hi Sailor and Tati we are on the same team.

I was more wondering about the negative points for under and over reading during the month. But now that I’m thinking about it would be pretty difficult to end the challenge with negative points. Well unless all you wonderful mods give out the negative points like candy at Halloween.

Alysa wrote: "So unfair. I don't even have a team yet and now everyone who ends up on it is going to hate me.
I thought I was giving a GOOD idea!!

*weeps in corner*"

Depends on how many negative points it is, but it seems like it will even out quickly.

I wonder if it would be possible to end with negative points.

Mistborn is on my shelf too. I think I’m going to have to read it soon since it was five stars for you.

I love the theme and the added incentive to clean the TBR shelf...or as these challenges always do add to my TBR shelf.

I had a great time playing with everyone. We did an amazing job.