Allison Ann’s Comments (group member since Oct 19, 2014)

Allison Ann’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I started reading this last night and I couldn't stop. Finished way past my bedtime and now work is going to be rough today. :D Good book, looking forward to discussing it. Come on December 16th.

Well I just finished The Bronze Horseman which was almost 900 pages, a buddy read and the fourth wall of the chimney repair - so 200 pts. for one book. :) A few more like that would be nice.

If anyone has changed their mind about a Christmas Quest book they don't want or have time to read, I can pick up something to fill in. I've got three more BRs I am signed up for right now.

I really need to read a book I like soon. I find I'm getting grumpy about the books I've been choosing because I don't like the characters. This makes me not want to read, which makes me sad. I have to finish Still Alice for another group by tomorrow and I don't feel like sobbing my heart out right now. I wish my Elizabeth Enright books weren't packed away in a snow-covered building.

Actually I just finished reading it and I will be reading the next book. The way it ended gives me enough interest to see where the story goes. Also, I'm a completist. Unless the book causes an actual rage blackout, I will finish the series. :D

I'm a mystery reader so I normally suspect everyone involved in a book, but I never once thought Aech was a bad guy. Odd.

I am almost done this book, but what a huge difference between how much I loved Book 1 (Parts 1 and 2) and how much I don't like Book 2 so far (Part 3, etc.)

I suspect I'm going to be in the minority here, but oh well, I'm not a romance reader by nature.

(view spoiler)[The first section, in Leningrad, with the introduction of the characters and the descriptions of the changes in the city that war brought, the deprivations, Tatiana's bravery were beautiful. I admit to thinking the "love" between Tatiana and Alexander a bit ridiculous but she was very young and it was quite innocent and Dasha such a pain in the ass that it didn't bother me.

Book 2 Lazarevo changed everything. I hated the behaviour of everyone involved. Tatiana was an idiot and a martyr and Alexander was a bully and an asshat. I dislike the whole starcrossed lovers trope to begin with and when they are both so stupid I just want to slap them. My beloved, I adore you more than any other being in the history of the universe has loved, so you must leave me here to die while you go off to survive in America. No, no my silly wife, I am the manliest man who ever manlied a man and you must obey me and be safe so I can sacrific myself in a fiery blaze of glory. Blah blah blah, yuck!

Now of course he has just discovered that she is pregnant so the martyring should ramp up to eleven or so. I'm hoping I can finish this book without a permanent eye-rolling injury. (hide spoiler)]

Added 30 50 pts for today. I have a bunch of buddy reads to start next so the bonus points will be nice. I'll be honest, I really hate that we've dropped in rank every single week. I feel the need to up my game. :)

Just finished Nine Dragons, the third wall of the chimney. I have alot of The Bronze Horseman left, so I won't have the chimney finished for this week's ranking but soon. :) At least it is 20 regular points.

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "I'm so going to read it. The Last Star Fighter meets Ender's Game. Oh, yay! "

How could there be anything bad about that? :D

I don't consider myself a video gamer - I prefer my games on boards, set on tables, surrounded by real people. However, this book brought back such vivid memories of arcade games I played in the 80s. I lived in a very small town and for 3 1/2 months of the year I could hike over to the little shed behind the ice cream stand and play Donkey Kong or Ms. Pacman or that extremely generic pinball machine that I knew just how to get TILT on, when no one was around to play Life or Monopoly with me.

I think it is telling that so many people feel the same nostalgia reading this book. Life in the OASIS is so sterile comparatively. And how much do I hate that because I listened to an audiobook I had to go make sure that OASIS was spelled properly. ;)

Kristin wrote: " I didn't seem like Libby really grew any in the book. She still seems to think she deserves stuff without having to really work for it. "

I agree with you although I think the author was trying to show some growth with Libby, I just think she failed to develop as a real character, even a real person. Way too one-dimensional.

Had to start Twice Kissed today for another group and I'm almost done so I'm going to use it in the chimney instead of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.

I finished this last night and really really enjoyed the story. Still love Wil Wheaton, enjoyed having him read it to me but it annoys the crap out of me that a book I could have read in about 4 hours took two FULL days to listen to. I just don't get audio books.

Finished at o'god thirty this morning because of my lovely insomnia. I'll be done before bed. I really really really hope I can sleep tonight, but if not I'll have done before breakfast. :D

This is a book I always wanted to read but knew that my library wouldn't buy it. And they didn't. Magically somehow I managed to *cough* acquire *cough* a copy of the audiobook, which I normally can't stand but I adore Wil Wheaton so very much that I managed to pay attention to it for almost 5 hours today. My brain hurts now and I would much rather be reading it myself, but I am still loving this story.

I'm glad so many people are still reading and discussing it.

Oops, I put the wrong D book down and now I've already read that one. Me = dummy. I do have a N book that I can put in place of the other one Nine Dragons but if you are reading a N_______S book anyway Angel, go right ahead and replace it. I got distracted by Ready Player One today but I'll get back to finishing up The Bronze Horseman tomorrow.

Mods say no, sorry.

Wondering if fantastic is an acceptable synonym for good in Check the List? The book in question is The Light Fantastic.

Good luck with school Joi.

I finished one of my chimney books last night and this morning. Maybe we can use The Light Fantastic for Check the List?

Well I finished last night. I did like Dark Places better than Gone Girl but since I hated Gone Girl, that's faint praise indeed.

Once again, I found all the characters very unlikable. I have to wonder if the author hates people because she seems to try very hard to make everyone miserable. Even a random bartender has to be actively unpleasant. Oh, I forgot about Colleen the teenager hooker, I think she was my favourite, how sad is that.

I did like the storyline a bit better, in that I thought there was more of one. The back and forth timeline isn't my favourite style of writing, but it was fairly easy to follow and appropriate to the story she was telling. The book blurb made it sound like the Kill Club would play a much bigger part than they did and I was sorry we didn't learn more about them.

In conclusion, I don't want to live in a world where people leave piles of dog crap to petrify in their homes. No thank you. :D

I'll be reading The Light Fantastic tomorrow or Thursday, would that count as a synonym for "good"?

I love puzzles - figuring out the chimney challenge was like a crossword. :)