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

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

2022 Challenges

❒ Decades Challenge 2022

✔ New Authors 2022
✔ New Releases 2022
✔ ABC Reading Challenge 2022
✔ Never Ending Series [07/31/21 - 10/10/21] [10/10/21 - ??/??/??]
✔ Re-Read Rewind [/02/02/21-02/11/22]
✔ Author Alphabet 2022

My Year in Books 2022

August
[040] Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka
[041] The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
[042] Frightmares by Eva V. Gibson
[043] Come Closer by Sara Gran
[044] Getaway by Zoje Stage
[045] The Elementals by Michael McDowell
[046] The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
[047] The Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre by S. Elizabeth

September
[048] Hell House by Richard Matheson
[049] Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
[050] Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology by Nico Bell
[051] We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

October
[052] A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
[053] It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames
[054] Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
[055] Piñata by Leopoldo Gout
[056] Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia
[057] Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

November
[058] A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyons
[059] The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio De Maria
[060] Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story by M. Rickert
[061] The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson
[062] Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing by Hailey Piper
[063] Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone by Chris Wyatt
[064] My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

December
[065] A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar
[066] The Sound at the End by Kirsty Logan
[067] Sins of the Black Flamingo by Andrew Wheeler
[068] No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte
[069] Five Survive by Holly Jackson

Level: Devil May Care

January
[001] Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
[002] Beneath Yggdrasil's Shadow by Amber M. Simpson
[003] Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

February
[004] Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
[005] Persephone by Allison Shaw
[006] Exodus 20:3 by Freydís Moon
[007] Experimental Film by Gemma Files
[008] Hellblazer: Rise and Fall by Tom Taylor
[009] Last Days by Adam Nevill

March
[010] Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
[011] The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
[012] Devil House by John Darnielle
[013] Female Innovators Who Changed Our World by Emma Shimizu
[014] Child of Fire by Harry Connolly

April
[015] The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
[016] Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan by Fran Martin
[017] The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
[018] Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor
[019] Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

May
[020] Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin by Cecil Castellucci
[021] Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria--The Bright Queen by Darcy Van Poelgeest
[022] Harley Quinn: The Animated Series, Vol. 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour by Tee Franklin

June
[023] Rosebud by Paul Cornell
[024] Witchblood: The Hounds of Love by Matthew Erman
[025] A Gift for a Ghost by Borja González
[026] Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane
[027] Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

July
[028] Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib
[029] To Reign in Hell by Steven Brust
[030] Hooked by A.C. Wise
[031] Kali by Daniel Freedman
[032] Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
[033] Daisy by Colin Lorimer
[034] The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
[035] Lost Films by Max Booth III
[036] The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
[037] The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
[038] The Grip of It by Jac Jemc
[039] Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

[A] Beneath Yggdrasil's Shadow by Amber M. Simpson
[B] City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
[C] Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
[D] Hellblazer, Vol. 20: Systems of Control by Andy Diggle
[E] Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
[F] Exodus 20:3 by Freydís Moon
[G] Mountain Top Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
[H] Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley
[I] Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps by Junji Ito
[J] Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast by Jody Houser
[K] The Alien by K.A. Applegate
[L] Thunder, Blood, and Goats by Lyra Wolf
[M] Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
[N] Last Days by Adam Nevill
[O] The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
[P] Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
[Q] Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan by Qiu Miaojin [contributor]
[R] Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld by Tansy Rayner Roberts
[S] Rick and Morty: Ever After by Sam Maggs
[T] Hellblazer: Rise and Fall by Tom Taylor
[U] The Avant-Guards: Down to the Wire by Carly Usdin
[V] Gallant by V.E. Schwab
[W] James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal by Andy Weir
[X] World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
[Y] Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
[Z] Getaway by Zoje Stage

September
[001] Daisy by Colin Lorimer
[002] Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
[003] The Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre by S. Elizabeth
[004] A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
[005] Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo
[006] Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story by M. Rickert
[007] It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames
[008] Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia
[009] Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
[010] We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy
[011] Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie M. Liu

October
[001] When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan
[002] Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria--The Bright Queen by Darcy Van Poelgeest
[003] Saga, Volume 10 by Brian K. Vaughan
[004] Malice House by Megan Shepherd
[005] Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

November
[001] Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume III by Jody Houser
[002] Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
[003] The Legend of Korra: Patterns in Time by Michael Dante DiMartino
[004] Critical Role: The Mighty Nein—The Nine Eyes of Lucien by Madeleine Roux
[005] Epilogues for Lost Gods by Cat Rector

December
[001] Five Survive by Holly Jackson
[002] No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte
[003] A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar
[004] Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit by K.J. Parker {Tor.com short story]

01/23 Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone by Chris Wyatt
01/23 Once and Future, Vol. 5: The Wasteland by Kieron Gillen
02/23 Sins of the Black Flamingo by Andrew Wheeler
03/23 Lone Women by Victor LaValle
03/23 Piñata by Leopoldo Gout
03/23 Critical Role: Vox Machina Coloring Book by Critical Role
03/23 My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron
04/23 Sacred Lamb by Tim Seeley
04/23 The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country (2022-) #1 by James Tynion IV

May
[001] Silk Hills by Ryan Ferrier
[002] Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey
[003] The Legacy of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
[004] The Night They Vanished by Vanessa Savage
[005] Book of Night by Holly Black
[006] Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing by Hailey Piper

June
[001] Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
[002] From Below by Darcy Coates
[003] The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
[004] Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane
[005] The Dark Room by Gerry Duggan
[006] Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology by Nico Bell
[007] The Final Trial by Kelley Armstrong

July
[001] The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
[002] Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin by Cecil Castellucci
[003] Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib
[004] Nocterra Vol. 2: Pedal to the Metal by Scott Snyder
[005] Hooked by A.C. Wise
[006] What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
[007] Florida Woman by Deb Rogers
[008] Frightmares by Eva V. Gibson
[009] Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
[010] The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

August
[001] Harley Quinn: The Animated Series, Vol. 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour by Tee Franklin
[002] Kali by Daniel Freedman
[003] These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
[004] Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire
[005] Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
[006] Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
[007] Bunnicula: The Graphic Novel by James Howe

Level: Four to Score

January
[001] Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
[002] Devil House by John Darnielle
[003] Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
[004] The Sound at the End by Kirsty Logan

February
[001] Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast by Jody Houser
[002] Exodus 20:3 by Freydís Moon
[003] Bunny Mask: The Chipping of the Teeth by Paul Tobin
[004] Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
[005] Crowded Vol. 3 by Christopher Sebela
[006] The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
[007] Female Innovators Who Changed Our World by Emma Shimizu
[008] The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

March
[001] A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez
[002] When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold by Alia Trabucco Zerán
[003] The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
[004] Gallant by V.E. Schwab
[005] A Man Among Ye, Vol. 2 by Stephanie Phillips
[006] Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire
[007] That Good Mischief by Lyra Wolf
[008] The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
[009] A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyons
[010] Once & Future, Vol. 4: Monarchies in the UK by Kieron Gillen

April
[001] Rosebud by Paul Cornell
[002] Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi
[003] Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
[004] Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor
[005] The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
[006] Witchblood: The Hounds of Love by Matthew Erman

i also like the book cap because it seems like in the challenges without caps a lot of teams end up reading twice the number of books they estimated when they signed up and i feel like this helps keep that in check and there isn't such a huge gap in points between first and last place.

i guess the other option would be to do page caps instead of book caps but i'm not sure if that would even work, maybe if you had people estimate how many pages they read a month instead of how many books when they sign up? could definitely make for an interesting challenge of people trying to coordinate how many pages they're reading and getting it as close as possible without going over though lol

i just finished my last one so i'm officially done!

i might be able to squeeze in one more U book after i finish the one i'm reading now, depends on how busy it is at work and whether i can just do inventory and listen to a book or if i have to deal with customers lol. i should know by tomorrow though

so i finished night watch earlier but the U character never actually showed up in that book so unfortunately can't actually use that one for U. just started thud though and she's already in that one so should have one more U book before the round ends.

Devann wrote: "if a character's name is angua von uberwald does that count for a U for the last name or a V? bc i could read a few more discworld books if it counts towards U"

did we get a ruling on this? i'll probably start a new book tomorrow so if this counts towards U i'll prioritize it

if a character's name is angua von uberwald does that count for a U for the last name or a V? bc i could read a few more discworld books if it counts towards U

i finished my last book this morning so i'm done for this round

just realized i'm actually reading a book now where the author has a Z last name. was gonna use it for W for the title this round but i'll wait til next round to finish it

at least it has an H in it so i can finally finish the history of hell lol Z and Q is rough though

i'm definitely slowing down a bit, mostly bc the only series i actually want to read i have to keep waiting to pick up the next book so it's been exactly six months since i last read it lol. i should finish the two i've got on the spreadsheet now and then definitely one more, probably two more though. cross your fingers for a word with an A, H, or T for the last round or else i won't be able to finish the print book i started for round 2 and never got finished!

i just added one last short one so i'm done for this round

so is our word brown AND we're supposed to find brown covers as well? so much brown lol

Snezana wrote: "As for Goodreads awards, I won't bother to vote this year. They seem to be getting worse every year. Who decides the nominees and by what criteria? There isn't even the write in option this year. I..."

i always vote anyway just for fun but i agree that generally you can look at the nominees from the first round and go 'oh well that one's going to win' because really it's just like 'who's the most well known or hyped author this year'