Karen ⊰✿’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2012)

Karen ⊰✿’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Keli wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Finished number 29 2 stars
So many people have recommended this book and I was hoping that it was good. However, it just didn't work fo..."

Keli - you summed up my feelings on that one perfectly!

New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in this standalone fantasy.

Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story.

Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math.

Roger and Dodger aren’t exactly human, though they don’t realise it. They aren’t exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet.

Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He’s not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ascend with them and claim their authority as his own.

Godhood is attainable. Pray it isn’t attained

Many a forgotten memory after a night of drinks... :o
Plus Glass is in the title


Vera has a nagging feeling that she’s forgetting something. Not her keys or her homework—something bigger. Or someone. When she discovers her best friend Riven is experiencing the same strange feeling, they set out on a mission to uncover what’s going on. Everyone in Vera's world has a special ability—a little bit of magic that helps them through the day. Perhaps someone’s ability is interfering with their memory? Or is something altering their very reality? Vera and Riven intend to fix it and get back whatever or whomever they’ve lost. But how do you find the truth when you can’t even remember what you’re looking for in the first place?

Judy wrote: "#20



I've wanted to read this for YEARS and wasn't disappointed! Also good news because I'm not itching to pick up the sequel so I'm not upsetti about ..."

Yay! That one is the best in the series so far imo. As Sammy says, you can pick up the next books whenever you want as they do work as contained stories :)

Tina wrote: " - 3 stars

This book concludes my TBR Challenge for 2022! It was a good book, but I didn't love it like I expected to. It also didn't help that I figured out..."

Congrats!

Melanie wrote: "I just went through my list in preparation for the New Year. I think I culled roughly 500 from the list that I either was no longer interested in or couldn't get without buying but wasn't intereste..."

Nice one!

Sophie wrote: "I need to do a cull of those I can't easily get hold of and am not interested enough to pay for. There's a lot on mine that I suspect I'd struggle to have enthusiasm for even if they were free as w..."

Agreed. Tastes change over time that is for sure

Gabriella wrote: "14.99 that is daylight robbery via kindle :O"

Agreed!
Unfortunately we don't always get the best deals in Aus :(

I think I’m the latter Tari! There are a few books I really need to decide if I want to keep on my list or delete

Jan is now open
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 5

Books:
published


to be published



Feedback ratio: 95%


FINISHED


ADDED


End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%

Sonia wrote: "uhmmm... I'm tempted to join... if not for the slightly issue with self imposed readings...

*looks at kindle store*

It's only 2.99... uhmmm decisions, decisions..."

That’s a good deal!
Kindle for me is $14.99.! But I can get books 1-3 as one download for the same price 🤔😬

Thanks Judy and Sophie. Gtk!

Eldarwen wrote: "Hmm, if it really doesn't matter which trilogy to start with, then I'll see if I can grab a copy of the book.

I've never read a Robin Hobb before, can you imagine ;-)"

I’ve never either 😬

I can get the audio from the library but not the paperback interestingly. So I’ll start with the audio and buy the kindle if needed

Hi Angie - up to you!
Sometimes people make it deleted or read, other times just read.
👍

I'm in! Just need to work out which version(s) I'll read.

I also have Assassin's Apprentice on my tbr. Does anyone know if there is a benefit to reading one series before the other or does it not matter?

Jodie (JT) wrote: "i ve had the countdown links to my spread sheet just to make it easier havig it in one place so i dont for get hope that was ok.

just wondering is it just January or do we get new tasks for Febru..."

That’s fine
And it is just for January

Ann-Marie wrote: "Hi, just wondering if The Sandman would be allowed or not since it is the audio of a graphic novel? Thanks!"

Since it is 11 hours on audio (seems to be more of an adaptation of the original graphic novel rather than just a reading of it) I think it is acceptable

Finished


and I really enjoyed it. She does great YA.
I think I'm probably getting too old for the genre though. It is becoming harder to engage with these types of stories and I find myself preferring books with MCs in their 40s instead.... :o

I finished


I'd read book 1 in 2013 and 2 in 2014, and tbh it had just been far too long. I couldn't really remember the characters or the overarching plot. Should have picked it up 7 years ago :o