Laura’s Comments (group member since Nov 04, 2015)

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

Sorry about that. It’s fixed.

Karolyn wrote: "Laura - I haven’t updated post #5 with Milk and Honey yet. I just did a quick search and am not seeing the setting, but the author is Indian-Canadian so it *might* be Toronto or Varanasi… but that’..."

Just FYI, while I was trying to figure out the city, I did notice that it's MPG poetry. And then I was nosey, so I checked Audible and the audio is under 3 hours. Not sure if there is a word count available that makes it count, though.


The cities I have possibilities for are Sydney and Paris. I know you mentioned Paris, so if you read yours, I won't read mine until we've got 10 cities covered. I've also got another Chicago possibility, but only once we hit 10 cities.

Quick question: The tracking spreadsheet indicates that we have 8 cities claimed, but tracking post #5 only shows 7 cities checked off. Just wondering what city isn't marked?

I think it might be Sofie's Milk and Honey, but I don't know where it is set.

I ask because I do have a couple of more options, so I want to pick the right one.

Sofie, I'm looking at your books on the spreadsheet and thinking I need to re-read The Plated Prisoner books before the next one comes out!

I've added a book for Chicago to the spreadsheet.

I realized as I was reading it that my G book had an I character, so I switched it. So there is an open G in one of the spellings.

That one looks more yellow to me.

I can do more in my series that is set in Seoul, but I won't grab them until we get up to 10 different cities.

Robin wrote: "Laura wrote: "I think you go based on the edition you are reading."

Thanks, Laura! If this is indeed the case for covers (but not for page numbers, of course), this is fantastic news! In that case..."

I don't think You've Lost a Lot of Blood works. And Trust is one of those iffy Blue/Green covers. But I think the rest of them work.

Robin wrote: "Laura wrote: "I think you go based on the edition you are reading."

Thanks, Laura! If this is indeed the case for covers (but not for page numbers, of course), this is fantastic news! In that case..."

I believe page numbers are also for the edition you read. If you listen to the audio, then you use the default edition page count.

Heather wrote: "Yes, I cannot see why not. However when I looked up the character on google I got the character Overse instead of Oversea. Maybe just check the name :)"

It is spelled Overse. So the metadata on the book on Goodreads is wrong. But the audio narrator pronounces like Over-say.

Audrey Jane wrote: "Captains, I plan to read Ashes of Honor in order to help with the letter "O" in the spell it out (main character: October Daye).

Edit: I've just read Karolyn's post about the unlim..."

My vote is yes, but I'm not one of the captains. :)

ETA: I know we don't base things on TinEye, but it is calling the dark color green, not black. So it is saying about 70% green.

Robin wrote: "Audrey Jane wrote: "Very interesting field of study, Robin ! Wishing you all the best."

Thank you Audrey!! Glad I'm not the only fashionably late member of Team Soul. ;)

I have a really basic cha..."

I think you go based on the edition you are reading.

I just started it. He’s a human, and I should be able to look inside on Amazon and get the correct spelling. He’s in the first few sentences.

I've been working my way through Murderbot again in preparation for the new book next month. I'm on Network Effect. One of the listed characters is oversea. I can't remember exactly, but I assume that's one of the bots Murderbot interacts with. Can we use that for a character?

Green enough?

Karolyn wrote: "Round 2 Bonus

From the Mods: As we have a wide spread of points, the Mods have decided to do a remix of the bonus points for round 2, based on three tiers of teams.
This is for Round 2 only.

Tier..."

I've added a book for Seoul and one for Austin. I have a possibility for a Sydney book. The author said it's set in Sydney when I asked in her author group on Facebook, but it's the second in a series. So I won't put it down until after I've at least started the first. :)

All of Penny Reid's Knitting in the City books are set in Chicago.

I haven't read this one, but apparently this series is set in Melbourne, if anyone is interested in reading it. Full Moon Rising

I haven’t seen the website. Just the books.

Heather wrote: "Laura wrote: "Most of what I read is at least tagged romance. But I’m all over the place. I absolutely love a good space battle, and David Weber is one of my favorite Sci-Fi authors. I like histori..."

He has several series, but Honor Harrington is his most popular. It is loosely based on the old Horatio Hornblower books. On Basilisk Station is the first one.

Heather wrote: "Laura wrote: "For the Captains. I've finished How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. It is MPG Comics, and although it doesn't credit an illustrator, the b..."

I did enjoy the book. I read one of the What If books recently and found it hilarious. Actually, I listened. Wil Wheaton's narration is perfect for these books!

What is xkcd?