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

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

Quick question, what about abridged audiobooks?

I normally go for the unabridged version but sometimes (Stephanie Plum novels) I prefer the abridged version.

Vicki wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Sunshine wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Sunshine wrote: "I can start reading in about 2 hours.

:)"

Which book are you going to start with?"


I live in North Carolina, USA. It isn't very often I come across a hold list that long. I'm guessing the next George R.R. Martin book will have longer holds.

I finished up one of the four books I'm currently reading/listening to last night. Lady of Light and Shadows was the longest book I'm reading so having it finished is good. I am still reading Shadowsong and listening to Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End and Still Me (this one I'm listening to in my car and I want to finish it up before I have to return it to the library.) I work on finishing up the Shadowsong and Being Mortal slowly as I read for TT.

I'm going to start reading A Hope Divided later today. It should be a quick read.

Do we have anything besides the BOM that have a date they need to be finished by? If not I'm going to focus on clearing out the books I started and didn't finish during UNO. I don't think I'll be getting either of the May books. I am 41 on the list for Lilac Girls and 58 for Children of Blood and Bone.

Sunshine wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Sunshine wrote: "I can start reading in about 2 hours.

:)"

Which book are you going to start with?"
Reading
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life"

I have The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life on hold. I'm interested to see what you think about it. I am 135 on the holds list for this book. I have a feeling I won't be getting it during this challenge. I'm still interested to know if you think it is worth reading.

Eldarwen, A Wizard of Earthsea is a very slow read. I, at least, felt removed from the story and I kept waiting to care about what was going on with the characters. The first book does a lot of setting up the world, characters, and legend of Sparrow Hawk. It doesn't have action or any excitement. The best way I can describe it is like a plow horse plodding along, slow but steady. I have no idea about the rest of the series it could be amazing. I won't be reading it though.

I've still got 4 books to finish by the end of the day. This has been one busy week for me. I'd really like to finish all these (the start for uno mini and then oops someone else filled that task, so start a new books) before started the next group of books.

I saw there was a buddy read for A Wizard of Earthsea the author would cover a U. I just read it. (I wouldn't recommend it actually. It didn't feel like it was a great work my Le Guin.

I'll see if there are any of the buddy reads I'm interested in. I've seen a few that I already read the books listed, first in series, and I would be interested in the second book.

I'll check when I get home from work or on a break.

So true. I know that my library does the best they can but they had the budget cut for ordering books.

I've made requests but that doesn't always mean they will get the book. It depends on how new it is or how popular the other books in the series were. If a book isn't popular to save space they go through the collection and remove them after it is a few years old. It's unfortunate when it happens to books you want to read but it does seem to happen.

We have an amazing library system here, North Carolina. Almost the entire state shares books, so if my local library doesn't have a book chances are another library does. I've come across a few books that I can't get. I created a goodreads shelf for them. It's a little sad because it is often the last book in a series and I assumed if they have the first two books they'd have the third one. Not always true. I'm pretty lucky though and for the most part I don't mind waiting for a book. There are plenty of other books to read while I wait.

It's actually on the shorter side, if a book is really popular it's longer. I have one hold and I'm 103. That book has already been on hold for 2 months. I might have better luck if I was not using the digital library for some of the books, but I've waited upwards of 6 months for one of the Thrown of Glass books for a physical copy. That will teach me to read popular books.

That being said I'll do my best to participate in BOM but it is going to depend on the books picked.

I get all my books from the library, and I'm not sure if I will be able to get the BOM books. I'm 63 on the hold list on 4 copies for Children of Blood an Bone and a similarly long wait for Lilac girls. Maybe with more time if be able to get a copy but that seems like a 2-3 month wait.

I've been reading them as they were released with calendar notes for when the next book was released. I finished the series up last year, and I loved all the books.

Hi Team Severus Snape!

Here is my shelf Tower-2018

This is my first time doing Tower Teams. I have participated in UNO twice and see some familiar names from there. I've got two audiobooks and two books I'm in the middle of. I know I won't finish all of them by Friday. One of the audiobooks is pretty big.

I read a little bit of pretty much everything except horror (I don't like being scared). Some of my favorite books are: , , , , and .

Also, I love Alan Rickman and excited to be on the Snape team.