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

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

can we choose whether to use the word count or the audio length to verify the length for middle grade books? because i could just continue with animorphs for the series chain thing except the next several are like juuuust barely too short by word count on arbookfind but the audio [which is what i'm listening to anyway] is almost always over 3 hours long

Carrie wrote: "Just curious - is there anyone here who is not a big fan of Taylor Jenkins Reid? I have read Daisy Jones and The Seven Husbands and I wasn't head over heals for either one. It seems that everyone l..."

i suppose i'm not a fan but more in the way that none of the summaries of the books even sound interesting enough for me to try reading them so i guess that's more a case of it just not being my thing in general rather than if you thought you'd like it and ended up feeling meh. i definitely know that feeling of when everyone is raving about something and you read it and are just so confused about what the big deal is though lol

i can do a number 10 in series if we think we're going to make a chain that long

Steven - i added the night they vanished to my tower teams shelf but lost films was already on the shelf, maybe goodreads was acting up with that one? let me know if it's still not showing up for you though

i am just looking at that rules post like



so i hope some of you are more strategy minded lol

Sophie wrote: "Devann wrote: "just finished order of the phoenix! cranked my audio speed up to 3x for the first time ever but since i've probably read that book 20 times i was actually able to keep up lol"

Thanks! Did it sound like chipmunks? I hope you were still able to enjoy it.
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i found that it sounds much less like chipmunks if you put on headphones so it was still pretty good lol

just finished order of the phoenix! cranked my audio speed up to 3x for the first time ever but since i've probably read that book 20 times i was actually able to keep up lol

ok, i probably need the kick to finish it as i've just been slowly meandering through it for weeks now anyway lol it's my favorite in the series but i always forget how absolutely massive it is

i thought the rules said books could be started at any time during TT but must be *finished* after the 15th?

people are routinely tagging things set in the 80s and 90s as historical fiction now and i'm just like NO! lol

yeah that's basically where i'm at too. i'm still holding onto the last chapter of when the night bells ring in case though lol and i'm also reading another non fiction book so that will be easy to stop a bit early as well

i'm planning on finishing the 3 books i have on the spreadsheet before the end of the month. still finding it pretty hard to stay motivated but i think i should be able to manage it.

just popping in to say that i am in fact still here even though i'm quiet lol i don't generally claim tasks in group challenges before i start reading bc i'm super picky and end up DNFing a lot of stuff [although i have a rule of reading it for 10 minutes or listening for 30 and then deciding so it doesn't turn into a huge time sink] but i'm sure i can fill in some tasks as i go or at least go for the spell it out options

edit: i know it's a month away but i'll definitely be reading the witch's heart though since it was one of my top books of last year

yeah i definitely get that although i usually either reread book series i've already read or try to read some middle grade books to get out of a slump because i don't really read fanfic that's over like 6,000 words so it's not really a replacement for books for me

hi, i'm devann and i'm in the midwest, usa. i've participated in several tower teams and mostly read fantasy and horror although i'm generally open to anything except romance and contemporary/literary fiction.

unfortunately for my reading 'productivity' i feel like i've barely read anything except our flag means death fanfiction for the past month and a half so i'll have to get my brain back in real book mode before the start of the challenge but luckily i've got a few weeks to make that happen lol

reserving my spot, as always just gonna play it by ear wrt levels but gonna set it up for the highest one

COMPLETED:

FULL VERSION Level II = 21-30 books.
Read corresponding ending number for one (1) year of your choice (2013 to 2022) then one (1) book for others.

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Did this a couple years ago and I think I'm gonna try it out again

Start: 1/1/22
Level: 24+ books
Pages: 100+
No Graphic Novels

[A] an award winner
--- Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
[B] a book with a brown cover
--- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
[C] a classic novel
--- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
[D] a debut novel
--- Exodus 20:3 by Freydís Moon
[E] an enormous book (600+ pages)
--- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
[F] a book you got for free
--- Female Innovators Who Changed Our World by Emma Shimizu
[G] a guilty pleasure
--- Shy Knives by Sam Sykes
[H] a book with a happy ending
--- Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
[I] a book with ice cream on the cover
--- Gluttony Bay by Matt Wallace
[J] any book published in July
---The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
[K] author's name starts with K (first or last)
--- The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
[L] a book you borrowed from the library
--- Experimental Film by Gemma Files
[M] a memoir
--- The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson
[N] a new release (2022)
--- Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
[O] a book that is # 1 in a series
--- Envy of Angels by Matt Wallace
[P] a book that has a pink object on the cover
--- Night of the Living Dummy II by R.L. Stine
[Q] a book with queen in the title
--- Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley
[R] a book recommended to you
--- Last Days by Adam Nevill
[S] a character who plays sports
--- The Secret by K.A. Applegate
[T] written by two authors
--- A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
[U] an ugly cover (open to interpretation)
--- Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
[V] a book set somewhere you always wanted to visit
--- Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
[W] with a witch or wizard as a character
---Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld by Tansy Rayner Roberts
[X] an author who has an "x" in their name
--- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
[Y] young adult bestseller
--- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
[Z] a book with zero in the page count
--- The Gallows Black by Sam Sykes

my coin collection:

21 ruby
07 sapphire
25 emerald
11 amethyst
03 tourmaline
04 diamonds
01 citrine

there was a challenge in the past where we didn't count pages, i think it was the floor is lava a few years ago? that one was fun if i'm remembering it correctly

yeah it's interesting to me to hear people say they thought 600-700 page books were a 'waste' since i don't think i read a single thing over 500 pages during the whole challenge [i am also a long book hater in general although i do sneak one in here and there]. but my team was also always still trying to hit our cap on the very last day of the round so i also didn't feel like that was really a problem