Amanda’s Comments (group member since Mar 13, 2022)

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

Trio wrote: "oh, I did really like Pirates, and it was good bc it forced me to read a bunch of books I wouldn't have otherwise read.

I signed up for Batchelor - hopefully I'll get a good team this time around...."

WOAH, wait why does bachelor always bring out the drama?? lol and Why did they get removed?

I am loving plague but I agree with Janine we have a wonderful team! I actually like the tasks but I kinda expected it based off Brittany’s last challenge (which Caipi hated because she also had a terrible team). If you ever need me to search for something don’t hesitate to ask!

Trio wrote: "Have you read Somebody Killed His Editor yet? It's a series of 4 books with totally likeable characters and clever mysteries. A real feel good story.

One of my all time favorite Lan..."

Seconding Somebody Killed His Editor because I love JX and Kit!

The one thing with Lanyon I'd say is if a series looks good to you make sure it's complete. There's been a couple she dropped and she tends to overplan and need to scale back so things end up coming out later then they say so I wouldn't get too excited about upcoming books (I've also checked out her blog and it TOTALLY makes sense so I try not to hold it against her and just only read the ones I either a. really want to or b. they're all already out).

I can also say the WORST Lanyon series in my opinion are:

The Adrien English series starting with Fatal Shadows--although this is pretty much everyones favorite Lanyon series and a lot of people's all time favorite MM so YMMV
and
The Bedknobs and Broomsticks series starting with Mainly by Moonlight.

Both are because the LI is a terrible person and I don't believe the "redemption" arcs (I never finished B&B series so I guess it could turn around)

Kirsten wrote: "Ashley wrote: "yep, perks! Uno is so fun! and it is not as difficult as it seems at first glance!"

I generally just trust the captains to guide me through the first round. Imma try this one. I've ..."

I usually cocaptain that one and we can request to be on the same team so I can help you out if we do end up together :)

Kirsten wrote: "Can someone tell me what group Uno is in? I'm a bit terrified and a bit excited."

Might be this one? I can't remember, I'll definitely send it to you when it comes around. It's a lot like this one with the spell part, but then there are also mini challenges that have tasks

Jessica wrote: "I actually realized I have 2 "I" books on my TBR....hmmm. I'll see what I get through. I want to finish my queer tag books first but I can probably finish one of them at least if we need an I towar..."

Do you read romance? I like this one (but Kirsten did NOT enjoy it so I'd say take a look at past years to see if you'd like it): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (and here's a link to my past team thread if that helps: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

And then this is the one that Kirsten and Ashley were talking about above: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I think both these will overlap with Uno though

Finished 1 I book and will have another one today. There's a narrator I really enjoy with an I name so downloaded quite a few.

I definitely do not want to 😂

So I don't fill in the last couple for my books that didn't finish them out?

Ashley wrote: "@Kirsten: When you get a moment, can you add Outlander to your wheels bookshelf? Thank you!

@Amanda: When you get a moment, can you add Winter to your wheels bookshelf? Thank you!

@Deanna: Wicked..."


Ugh I don't know why I keep forgetting lol. Done!

I'll wait for you, I don't want to mess anything up!

How many books can we have this time? Could we add some more?

All we have left is:

1 O and 1 U (And I can cover the O with my current book)

And then for scavenger we only have 2 rums.

Deanna wrote: "Amanda, can you please add Scarlet to your wheels shelf? Thanks."

Done, sorry!

Jessica wrote: "I'm also not understanding how I'm able to have it on that shelf and my read shelf. Because it isn't showing up as read now"

Are you on mobile or desktop?

Is there like a countdown for when rounds end? Or is it like Sunday and we get the words Monday? I'm running slow right now but am gonna have more time throughout the week so just checking

Trio wrote: "I have a really hard time not finishing a book, I just keep hoping I'll get what the author is trying to say - and I trust too much that there's a method to their madness.

Just an example... Jake ..."

I will forever stand up to say that Jake is complete trash 😂 The Holmes and Moriarity series is far superior and I don't know why most people love Jake & Adrien so much.

Deanna wrote: "Trio wrote: "Is this one of those challenges where we actually get extra points if we find the thing on the cover... are we trying to find a book with a Blue Skinned God or Goddess on it?"

We can ..."

So reading this does that mean after 5 blue books are taken they don't count towards the extra? and it looks like people have 5 books planned already that count?

I was gonna reread the Lunar Chronicles series since all the books are tagged space opera, will just have to check enough tags (its 10x right)?

I was also holding off on books that were shorter (like 200-300 pages) so will add a bunch tomorrow. And then some longer ones. Sorry for the wait on those! I don't know why it overwhelms me every month

Hey all! I'm Amanda, I live in metro Detroit area with my husband and our 2 beagle pups and currently work 2 jobs as a lawyer. I've been doing challenges for a couple years now and I feel like I heard about this one through one of the rounds of Uno but this is my first time playing!

I read 90% MM Romance and 10% mostly non fiction books (but that 10% is sometimes split amongst some other genres.) For my Romance books I like paranormal or mysteries both (and the two combined is usually my favorite). For Non Fiction I'm pretty varied but I've been strangely into disaster and/or survival stories lol.

I have not seen nor read The Book Thief AND I'm not sure I've read a book about books. So don't have much to add lol.

My shelf is Wheel2022

Here's another team challenge if anyone's interested! It sounds like it's similar to this one but it's not I promise lol

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And here's a link to our spreadsheet last year to get an idea of what you'll have to do https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

If you wanna join you can say you want to be on the MM team and Laura will most likely put us on the same team :)