Joanne’s Comments

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

Note: Joanne is not currently a member of this group.

Mollie wrote: "I messed up. I checked a couple weeks ago and The Circle was completely available, however, it was too early to get it from the library because I would have to return it before we could start it. Now, of course, it's booked solid and I'm 15th in line. :-(
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Oh no! Isn't that just the most annoying? Sometimes after I finish a book I check out how popular the next one in the series is and I'm disappointed usually if there's only one copy and its checked in, because I'm usually not ready to read it right then, but in about a month is perfect timing for me. Sometimes though when I check back a few weeks later it has 3 or 4 holds.

Has anyone read The Others series by Anne Bishop?

I read the first one a little while ago and now I'm reading . I'm seriously loving these books so much. And I didn't even think I would like them, because I read Anne Bishop's earlier series and really disliked it! The reviews were just too good for this series though so I had to give it a try and I sure am glad I did.

Two of those three BOTM books are on my TBR so I will try to get to them. Why not, right?

Hi team! So excited for a new team challenge. I feel like this group runs some of the most intense long-running challenges so I always look forward to them. I think I've done a couple of wheel-a-thons, the gladiator one, the last tower teams and then of course WOBBLE which was a unique experience and I still miss it too.

As for what I read, I have a hard time narrowing it down. I feel like anything that I hear about that appeals to me I will pick up, although I'm more hesitant to pick up epic fantasy, paranormal romance or westerns, but I still have read and loved some books in those genres.

I've seen the original Star Wars movies but it's been over a decade, and haven't followed anything since. I had to ask my boyfriend who Palpatine was, but I'm just glad it's something easy to spell (in my wobble team I had to think before typing out Brahminy most of the time, lol)

Becky ♡The Bookworm♡ wrote: "Howdy Tower Teamies!!!!

Woohoo - it's baaaaack!!! Thank goodness! I've been wandering a little aimlessly since WOBBLE. It's hard for me to pick a book without some sort of theme. Individual challe..."

Hi Becky, glad you found your way here! I still miss WOBBLE and am excited for a new game to start.

Oh. My. God. So excited!

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Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge
Jan 1-Dec 31
Come What May

Read in 2016

The Girls ♥♥♥
Shelter ♥♥♥
Into the Light ♥♥♥♥♥
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 ♥♥♥♥
RoomHate ♥♥♥♥
Morning Star ♥♥♥♥
Sleeping Giants ♥♥♥
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City ♥♥♥♥♥
Lab Girl ♥♥♥
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening ♥♥♥♥
Paper Girls, Vol. 1 ♥♥♥
Behold the Dreamers ♥♥♥♥
The Way I Used to Be ♥♥♥♥

Fiction

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (01/29) ****


Mystery & Thriller

Behind Closed Doors (10/20) ***


Historical Fiction


Fantasy

Magic Binds (03/14) *****
Every Heart a Doorway (04/06) ****
Marked in Flesh (08/07) *****


Romance

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me (04/20) ****


Science Fiction


Horror


Humor
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain (06/15) *****


Non-Fiction


Memoir & Autobiography


History & Biography


Science & Technology


Graphic Novels & Comics


Poetry
The Princess Saves Herself in this One (01/15) ***


Debut Goodreads Author

The Mothers (07/30) ***


Young Adult Fiction

Symptoms of Being Human (03/03) ****


Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

My Lady Jane (07/01) ****

New Releases Challenge 2017
Duration: January 1st - December 31st
Starting with Once Upon a Time

JANUARY

Difficult Women/Roxane Gay (01/15) ****
The Bear and the Nightingale/Katherine Arden (07/03) ****
Silver Stars/Michael Grant (11/20) ****


FEBRUARY

The Hate U Give/Angie Thomas (06/26) *****
Among the Ruins/Ausma Zehanat Khan (08/23) ****
Devil in Spring/Lisa Kleypas (08/29) ****


MARCH

Strange the Dreamer/Laini Taylor (06/12) ****
When the Marquess Falls/Lorraine Heath (10/08) ****
Etched in Bone/Anne Bishop (10/27) *****


APRIL

The Upside of Unrequited/Becky Albertalli (06/28) ***


MAY

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine/Gail Honeyman (07/29) *****
Saints for All Occasions/J. Courtney Sullivan (12/12) ****


JUNE

Down Among the Sticks and Bones/Seanan McGuire (06/26) ****
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body/Roxane Gay (09/01) *****
The Day of the Duchess/Sarah MacLean (09/04) ***
Dramatically Ever After/Isabel Bandeira (09/12) ***


JULY

The Art of Starving/Sam J. Miller (10/27) **


AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

One Summer Night/Caridad Piñeiro (12/25) **


NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

I'm thinking of you Becky and so sorry that you have to go through this. No one should worry about losing everything just to be healthy. Hope you can find a solution that works for you.

I don't know of anyone in my personal life who would admit out loud to supporting him so I honestly am so shocked, saddened and a little scared.

On a lighter note my facebook feed is filled with news of the Canadian Immigration website crashing again.

Omg, I honestly thought there was no chance he would win. I guess I mostly get news from liberal media because it didn't seem like he had that much support.

Shannon, I've got an extra room, although I don't know how you feel about -40 degree temps in the winter :\

LOL! I think my country might beat yours in doing that first, since our prime minister himself has said its in his plan.

I'm crossing my fingers for you guys.

OMG you guys, I just googled election results. What is happening in your country?

I know, right? I was doing some googling to see more info about the show and who is in it and stuff, and felt like "maybe I should add tv show to all my searches just in case"

Becky ♡The Bookworm♡ wrote: "Hey...I read a book today and I don't know what the heck I'm supposed to do now! No spreadsheet... I don't post it anywhere... I didn't put it on my Wobble shelf..."

I know, like, what's the point right?

We should have a group watch-a-thon of How to Get Away With Murder.

I haven't picked up a book all day, but I'm starting episode 7 right now.

I agree thanks to all the mods who put in so much of their free time to help us have so much fun with this challenge, and I am in eternal awe of Kelly's spreadsheet abilities.

As for what's next, I don't even care about the details, I'm in.

I just watched the first 3 episodes. I'm already addicted.

I just watched the first episode of How to Get Away With Murder. Does anyone watch that show? Its intense!