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

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

BOM Updates!

🏹 The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen - last day to answer DQs for bonus points!
🏹 A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel - DQs start today!

Incoming Supply Drop!

For your last Supply Drop of Round 2, we have given you:
Starling House

Works for all resources:
Weapons: "I step in front of him and take the sword from his shaking hands" (pg. 142)
Shelter: House in title - is a shelter
Food: powdered mini doughnuts, skillet of fried eggs (pg 110)
Defense: Arthur and the Starling House are the first line of defense against the beasts of Underland

Also, I realized that I never sent you the information on our 2nd Supply Drop! Here it is:
Make Me

Works for all resources:
Weapons: FMC initials in weapons Abby Sullivan
Shelter: MMC is construction worker précis Construction worker Russell Hart
Food: Yellow cover
Defense: body of water on cover

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

Anouschka wrote: "@Ashley, I've finished the book, so you can continue yours with the peace of mind the backup is done."

I'm almost done now... I stayed up late reading because I couldn't put the book down (now that I am actually concentrating on reading it and not playing on my phone...)!

Anouschka wrote: "I'm continuing the series I'm reading, currently working on #4, so that can be used as a backup if you don't get round to it Ashley.

And thanks for updating the spreadsheet on my behalf!"

Perfect! Now I won't feel stressed about it! I'm fairly certain I can get it done, but the way this month has been going, I'm nervous to make promises!

I'm hoping to be done with mine, but I'm going to have to put my mind to it. It shouldn't be a problem unless I get busy. If anyone has a Book 4 that they are reading, feel free to add it to the backups just in case!

We have such a great team! I'm always impressed with everyone's "working together" skills! Here's a T-Minus 5 Days : 17 Hours : 15 Minutes and counting, end-of-round update...

Build Your Shelter Mini Challenge

MPG Non-Fiction: The Small Change Diet (Keri Gans) | Laurie B
MPG Thriller: The Death Watcher | Chava
MPG Nature: To Speak for the Trees | Andy (backup Karen)
MPG Literary Fiction: Bear(Julia Phillips) | Cass
MPG Crime: Poison Flower | Brittany
MPG Paranormal: Risen | Eldarwen

Walls
#4: Shadow Princess (Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti) | Ashley
#5: To Sir Phillip, With Love (Julia Quinn) | Cass
#3: Bright Ruin | Brittany
#5: High Five (Stephanie Plum, #5) | Karen ⊰✿
#6: When He Was Wicked (Julia Quinn) | Cass
#7: Hell is Empty (Craig Johnson) | Brittany
#9: Save her Soul (Lisa Regan) | Lisa
#5.7: Yellowstone Homecoming | Lisa

Door
Empire of the Damned | Eldarwen

If you are good to go with all your claimed books, that's fantastic. If you think you'd like a backup possibility, let us know and we can try to line something up! We're doing great team!

yay!

I can do the 7th Sookie Stackhouse book if needed Brittany! Just let me know if you can't find something to work!

Cass☀️ wrote: "Torture that is worth the book points Lol. I have reread Fourth Wing 3x since I read it in January. I haven’t reread Iron Flame once. The ending made me so angry. It was comparable to the end of AC..."

Same!!

Cass☀️ wrote: "Aww. I didn’t know that was a rule. I was rereading series after the new cover announcement. Sad day."

I was looking at the cover this morning, very pretty! I was happy I pre-ordered it!

Cass☀️ wrote: "Iron Flame won’t count either than will it?"

Since you finished it January 19, 2024, if you wait until July 19th it will! I know, that would be torture!!

Cass! We can't use your book, Fourth Wing, since you read it less than 6 months ago!

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

I liked Lessons in Chemistry the book a lot, and the TV series was good. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't read the book, as I get irritated when little details are changed. Overall it was decent!

Murderbot could be FUN! I'm always interested in how they decide to adapt things to screen!

If no one has a fit for Book 5, I can possibly sneak in "Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)", since I have it on Audible and it is fortuitously next up for me, but I don't want to claim in quite yet

Mini Update!

Things that still need claiming:
MPG Nature
Window (#.5 book) x2
Book #5

I realized it after, and then got busy at work and forgot to delete it from the extra list. I'll do it once I can sit at the computer again!

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I loved that book. Actually anything she writes (which is unfortunately not much) is fabulous"

Will definitely be looking into her other books!

I am (finally) reading Piranesi and quite enjoying it so far. It's odd, but very intriguing!

It's so freaking hot here today.... the heat index was nearing 110F. I tried to take a swim, but the pool felt like bathwater, ick!

Back to reading...

Cass☀️ wrote: "@Ashley I went through both sheets and I found the one that is missing. “This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune that I finished on June 30th. It’s marked as read and moved to the bottom of..."

I found it on the main sheet (I accidentally put my name in instead of yours!)... I'm glad you caught it!! It's all fixed now!

Cass☀️ wrote: "@Ashley I went through both sheets and I found the one that is missing. “This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune that I finished on June 30th. It’s marked as read and moved to the bottom of..."

Ok, I will fix it! You're a super sleuth!