Dev’s Comments (group member since Sep 09, 2017)

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

hey guys just wanted to check in because i think it's been awhile. i'm planning on getting one more book done before the end of the challenge but i've just had some things come up with work and stuff where i've not been able to read as much as i was planning on.

i havent really been keeping up with the mini challenges bc i've been having enough trouble trying to read period, much less for specific tasks, but if i'm understanding right it's all next week and we need to match the first and last three letters across titles? if that's the case the next book in a series i'm rereading is called madhouse so that leaves us with mad and use if anyone thinks they can do anything with that. i'll probably be reading it next week anyway so just let me know if it would fit in somewhere. i've read it like 20 times so i can really breeze through it on audio lol

hey i'm around and still trying to read some stuff. i thought doing this challenge would inspire me to read something other than middle grade and graphic novels this year and so far it's not going that well lol. but we just put our pool up for the year and it's supposed to get warmer soon so i hope i can make up my slow start by listening to audiobooks while i swim. should have a few new releases coming in from the library soon too.

Truitt_T wrote: "I'm also trying to convince myself to start Project Hail Mary. I really liked The Martian (although it fell a bit flat as a reread), but Artemis was a dnf for me."

if you liked the martian i think that project hail mary is much more like that than artemis. artemis was an ok read for me but i definitely thnk he's become a much better writer since then.

hey i'm devann. i think i've sat out the last few team challenges here but hoping to get back into it with this one. i'll definitely be trying to do the hunger games buddy reads since it's been over a decade i think since i read them.

ok that's probably it for me then. usually i think the challenges start at 9pm utc instead of 9am so i'm used to having until 4pm my time on the last day to squeeze some more reading in but unfortunately ending at 4am does me no favors lol

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Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
date read: 7/28/23
pages: 248

spell it out
S - title
C, K - author
G - character - gerald
P - character - pradeep
T - character - tripp
B - character - beverly
L - character - lydia

exactly what time does the challenge end on monday? might be able to squeeze in one more but it really depends on what time we end in my timezone

im reading Several People Are Typing since it's very short so it should work for B, C, G, K, L, P, S, and T just looking at the summary

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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
date read: 7/27/23
pages: 608

spell it out:
O - title
M, E - author
G - character - gaspar
J - character - juan
V - character - vicki
P - character - pablo
L - character - luis
S - character - steven
A - character - arelia

i think i'll probably be able to do one more book but i'll have to check out what i actually have access to right now and how long they all are

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Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
date read: 7/24/23
pages: 256

C - title
T - author ln
R - character - rose
W - character - willow

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Nevermore by Rob Thurman
date read: 7/23/23
pages: 352

spell it out

N - title
R, T - author
C, L - character - cal leandros

Stacey wrote: "If you've only felt so-so about Riley's books , give this one a try. I think it was the strongest to date.
"

it's so funny that you say that because i usually adore his books and i thought this one so weak in comparison to all the others. i guess that does at least reinforce that it's different so you might be onto something lol

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You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
date read: 7/20/23
pages: 230

spell it out
Y - title
K, B - author
C - character - charity

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Blackout by Rob Thurman
date read: 7/14/23
pages: 352

spell it out
B - title
R, T - author
C, L - character - cal leandros
N - character - niko
I - character - ishiah
P - character - promise
D - character - delilah
A - character - amut

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Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler
date read: 7/13/23
pages: 224

spell it out:
M - title
O, B - author
D - character - doro
E - character - emma
R - character - rachel
C - character - carl
V - character - vivian

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The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule
date read: 7/10/23
pages: 456

spell it out
T, E - title
C, S - author
L, B - character - lily barnes
J - character - jane
P, M - character - peter match

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The Innocent Sleep by Seanan McGuire
date read: 7/6/23
pages: 368

spell it out
S, M - author
T, I - title
O, D - character - october daye
G - character - ginevra
R - character - raj
L - character - luidaeg
A - character - august

could be used for the read a book with a forest on the cover task

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Downfall by Rob Thurman
date read: 7/4/23
pages: 352

spell it our
D - title
R, T - author
C, L - character - cal leandros
I - character - ishiah
G - character - grim

could be used for a ladder i think if someone has another book with maybe down or all/fall at the beginning/end of the title. if we're even still doing those, i cannot keep up with all the side tasks at all lol

i'm reading one called downfall so if i'm understanding right someone else could read a book where the title starts with all and that would work right?

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Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire
date read: 6/29/23
pages: 368

spell it out
S - title
M - author LN
O, D - character - october daye
T - character - tybalt
A, W - character - arden windermere
N - character - nolan
E - character - etienne
C - character - chelsea
R - character - rayseline
Q - character - quentin