Natalie’s Comments (group member since Oct 24, 2015)

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

Laura wrote: "I can't read for more than one book in a leg, but if someone is interested in reading , playing off TaraJo's After This Night, that would be three in a r..."

I can read that. I read the rest of the series. I'll see what other short options I have.

Finally finished How to Fight a Dragon's Fury and posted it. This week got really crazy for me so I haven't gotten as much reading done as I would like but I'm hoping to get at least one more in.

Book: How to Fight a Dragon's Fury
How it works: YA and fantasy
Pages: Default is 416, I listened to audio because David Tennant is amazing.
Date Read: 6/29

I had totally forgotten I prepurchased the audiobook of How to Fight a Dragon's Fury which finally came out today! I should be able to finish it today or tomorrow. It works for YA and Fantasy.

Laura wrote: "Clean Sweep was a fun book!

I don't think we'll get full on any genres because of all the new hits, but we do only have one hit for science fiction. So if you read something that works for science fiction, and you know you won't read anything else that fits that genre, let us know.

We should be getting the Olympics rules pretty soon, so we'll already have a plan in place by the time you go to the wedding (hopefully!). So you can just have fun and read during the unimportant parts. :) "

Clean Sweep is done and posted! I read it last year and listened to it this time. My favorite part is always:
(view spoiler)[ “I have spent my spare time studying literature popular with young women of this planet. One should always study the battlefield."
Sean glanced at him. "And?"
"I suggest you give up now. According to my research, in a vampire-werewolf love triangle, the vampire always gets the girl.” (hide spoiler)]

I'm not sure if there will be any unimportant times, since even if I'm not doing something specific I assume I'll have to socialize. Ugh, people :P

I am busy Thursday and Friday evening, but I should have time during the day to check in and hopefully get an idea of what the mods have in store for us next.

Book: Clean Sweep
Pages: 235 pages
note: listened to audiobook.
secondary note: I read the ebook last year
Date Read: 6/27
Tasks: Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery, Romance, YA, Contemporary, Scifi

Great job captains & co-captains!!! I'm listening to Clean Sweep and will finish today which can be used for one of the paranormal goals.

Let us know if we are getting "full" on a genre.

Also, I think I mentioned this before, but I'm in a wedding on Saturday. I will check in here in the morning, but I likely will not be able to fully participate until sometime on Sunday.

Actually you guys are way ahead of me as I checked the unused book list and it's already in there as well as other options we may get.

I forgot to say that The Winner's Crime is also shelved as Romance >10 times. I edited my submittal post. I don't think we had that as option when I initially had it and I forgot to add it in. I think I already have a book for our romance hit, but I'm anticipating us getting many more hits tomorrow and there may be more.

State of Fear and Winner's Crime were finished and posted. It looks like they haven't been used so I'm guessing we are waiting until we have all our tasks to figure out what should fit where to make sure we max our points? Which I agree with.

For this next week I have The City of Mirrors (Fantasy, Paranormal), The Rose & the Dagger (Fantasy, YA, Romance, Paranormal), and The Girl with All the Gifts (YA, Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery, Contemporary) from the library and am hoping to get through all of them. I think I will also listen to Clean Sweep as an audiobook (Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery, Romance, YA, Contemporary).

Hopefully all of those books should find good homes taking down ships :) Oh and I read them all :)

Book: The Winner's Crime
Pages: 402
Date Read: 6/25
Tasks: YA, Mystery, Fantasy, Romance

Laura wrote: "All right ladies, we need some input. I've put together a partial plan for Monday's guesses. Guesses have to be sent to the mods, and can't be changed, unless you sink a ship. So here's what I've c..."

All looks good to me!

Book: State of Fear
Pages: 672
Date Read: 6/25
Task: Mystery, Fantasy

Beauty is finished. The list of tasks it can be used for is in the post. I don't know how many more books I will get to over this next week. But I don't think I will be reading another classics.

Book: Beauty
Tasks: YA, Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Contemporary, Classics
Date Read: 6/25
Pages: 256 (note: listened to audio, 256 is the default edition)
Rating: 4/5

Here's where I am. I'm working on State of Fear (Mystery, Scifi, Contemporary) and hope to finish tomorrow. I just started Beauty (YA, Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Contemporary, Classics) as an audiobook and hope to finish today. Then The Winner's Crime (YA, Mystery, Fantasy). After that I'll see where we need options.

Laura wrote: "@Venecia - I liked it. And my daughters did, too. The book Rachel read first is the prequel novellas (but I don't recommend reading them first)."

Agreed. I also read the prequel novellas first. I think I should have read them after. It doesn't ruin it, but I think it makes more sense to read them after if you choose to.

Karen Michele wrote: "I'm getting ready for the next set of tasks! I have less than an hour of listening left for Illuminae and less than 100 pages left of Life: A User's Manual. Do we know ..."

How did Illuminae work as an audiobook. The book had a lot of visual elements.

Venecia wrote: "I'm thinking of reading do you guys have any opinion on it?"

I really liked it!

Marrying Winterborne is done! I had really been looking forward to it and couldn't really put it down. I'm not sure which of my other two planned ones I will go with, but I'll leave it to the captain/co-captains to figure out where it should go :)