Ashley’s Comments (group member since Apr 27, 2022)

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

Just checking in for the Minis!

We have 3 books left for the District Wheel to finish before we can request another spin. How are we coming?

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Hi team, finished the Highgate mystery today 4 August. Can someone mark it on the spreadsheet. I marked it as read on my shelf.

Fiji never disappoints.. having a great time. 🏖️"

Got it! :)

Incoming Supply Drops!

Sorry for the "lateness", but better late than never!!

A Midlife Cyclist: My two-wheel journey to heal a broken mind and find joy
Works for all resources:
Weapons: author details her battles with her inner "bastard monkey"
Shelter: shelter letters in title
Food: "I eat one of my peanut butter protein bars" 39%
Defense: author's account of cycling as a defense against depression and body dysmorphia

Totality
Works for all resources:
Weapons: "...flanked by two privates with unslung rifles..." pg 27
Shelter: An embassy was created to shelter the Neighbors
Food: "The faint hiss of of the steak going on the grill rose, and the cracking of four eggs..." pg 73
Defense: Green on cover

Queen of Shadows
Works for all resources:
Weapons: Sword on cover; grey and metallic color on cover; weapons named in novel: sword(s) and dagger(s)
Shelter: Red on cover
Food: White on cover
Defense: Nesryn is a city guard (soldier/police officer)

Happy Hunger Book Games!
May the odd be ever in your favor!

about 19 Hours till the Mini starts!

Nous - there is an "unnamed" book on the tracking sheet for you, with resources. I'm not sure if it was accidentally deleted or what!

Andy! Did you post any comments for Mockingjay? I didn't see any, but maybe I missed them?

Anouschka wrote: "Just to double check. Can we start mini books before the start of the mini?"

Yes, as usual, books started after the beginning of the challenge and finished after the start of the mini!

I got it situated for you Keri!

Battle Update

One Plus One (Jojo Moyes) | Cass
All the Rage (Courtney Summers) | Keri - almost done
War Brides (Helen Bryan) | Ashley - will finish tonight

speaking of book buying problems... I justified my book buying purchase yesterday by saying, "oh, I have to use the bathroom, there's a bookstore...."

Cass☀️ wrote: "I’ve scanned about 900 books so far which means I should be about 1/3 done based on my previous count and what I believe I have purchased over the last year. lol …

I also started this process and ..."

Scan! What are you scanning, how are you doing this!? I am VERY INTERESTED!!! 900 books! How dreamy!

Andy wrote: "(hopefully this isn't triggering for anyone, mine is not this bad!)"

I'm definitely triggered.

Brittany wrote: "Come do mine too!"

What a dream profession for me! Spreadsheets, Books, Organizing! Perfect!

Laurie B wrote: "I need to organize my books so bad. I’ve finally reached the point where I start buying books I forgot I already own. 😅"

Oh no!

I'm kind of proud, so everyone feel free to look and tell me I did a good job! hahaha

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Cass☀️ wrote: "This might get me grief but I have to admit my favorite ACOTAR character is Nesta."

I actually like Nesta also - she's a great character. I don't think people have to be loveable to be loved...

Cass☀️ wrote: "I don’t know if I told you guys or not but I’m in the middle of alphabetizing and cataloging my library. I wanted to get an exact number on my physical TBR. So far it’s been eye opening lmao."

I JUST finished doing this yesterday! And I also did my digital Library - THAT was eye opening - as I have over 400 e-books.... that's just.... so many!

Then again, I'm also a Chaol - I won't say fan - but I think his character arc and development was stunning and I think Tower of Dawn was an absolutely perfect book.

Cass☀️ wrote: "@Eldarwen I had originally read the first 3 books a couple years ago and I loved Celaena, but once the books started to be include Manon. I found myself skimming or wanting to skip her chapters. So..."

Manon was my favorite from the FIRST of her chapters. Her story, and the witch chapters in general, were such a great story of overcoming familial adversity. Gah, I cry when I think about it! I always am baffled when people didn't like Manon to begin with! I was so obsessed, I wanted to skip TO Manon chapters, lol!

I finished All My Rage, I had already borrowed it from the library when we were picking battle books, so I read it anyway, and it was great. Very emotional read... I definitely felt RAGE for the MC.

Need something light after that, so starting The Kiss Quotient!

Eldarwen wrote: "No bizarre stories to tell? Anyone?
It's almost a shame that you're all reading normal books for the battle haha."

So, I started War Brides and was worried because it seemed dull at first... but now... well, an engagement was just broken because the dude married some girl on a boat - said girl is pregnant with someone else's baby... there was voodoo involved... a broken nose.. I mean... that's a lot for a WW2 era historical fiction novel...