Aiswrya’s Comments (group member since Mar 30, 2020)

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

Laura wrote: "@Aiswrya - I saw that you read Nocticadia last month. How was it? I just found out that my local Indie bookstore is on the list of stores where you get something special if you preorder her Anathem..."

Hmm it's a hard question to answer - the writing was pretty good for a romance focused book, I liked all the characters. But it was unnecessarily long, and some parts of the story didn't make sense to me. The F-MC suddenly loses all semblance of identity and blindly follows the M-MC, until she, once again, turns back into a "strong independent woman". It was a pleasant enough read for the points, and kept me engaged through 80% of the book. Would I have paid for it had it not been on KU? Probably not.

Awesome thank you Melissa!

Is anyone planning to read The Sword of Kaigenand willing to be a backup DQ writer in case I get picked? It’s on KU.

If yes, you need to sign up in the DQ thread within the next 4 days

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

Jacqueline wrote: "As I reading Onyx Storm … Xaden’s irises were strawberry-rimmed. Could this be used for strawberry?"

Yes, this would work :)

Ashley wrote: "My books have been less than helpful this round... I had a bunch of holds come up at the library and they were just not working for the tasks! Hate when that happens, but I definitely don't want to..."

Yes, what Laura said. Don't worry about it, We can make most books fit somewhere in the food spell out.

Priya wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Also, I had claimed the ocean on cover task for australia, but my reading has slowed down due to work. If someone else has a book they'd like to red, feel free to claim that task."
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Yes! The precis says "stuck at sea" so I would assume that the body of water is an ocean.

Also, I had claimed the ocean on cover task for australia, but my reading has slowed down due to work. If someone else has a book they'd like to red, feel free to claim that task.

Priya wrote: "@Aiswrya I'm finding The Idiot a little tough to get into at present. I have another book with 'Don Quixote' mention though. It's a crime novel and more of what I want to read at present so it shou..."

Perfect thank you!

Priya wrote: "I have the View Only issue again. Have a book to log that mentions quinoa. Will try again later."

Did this issue fix itself?

Also, how are you doing on "The Idiot" the Don Quixote book?

We have 10 more days to go in Month 2. A quick check on the books read vs cap this month:
Aiswrya : 10 out of 8 ( 13 with +5)
Laura : 20 out of 30 ( 35 with +5)
Silje : 8 out of 8 ( 13 with +5)
Tara : 6 out of 12 ( 17 with +5)
Bernadette : 12 out of 15 ( 20 with +5)
Ashley : 11 out of 12 ( 17 with +5)
Tricia : 10 out of 10 ( 15 with +5)
Rachel : 2 out of 4 ( 9 with +5)
Melissa : 4 out of 5 ( 10 with +5)
Jacqueline : 17 out of 25 ( 30 with +5)
Priya : 19 out of 25 ( 30 with +5)
Namita : 6 out of 16 ( 21 with +5)
Sam : 8 out of 5 ( 10 with +5)

Some of us are behind this month. So let's try to hit the cap if we can, and be sure to record all reserves in the reserves tab.

My husband and I are off to six flags today, so I’ll be away from electronics for most of the day. I’ll respond to any questions tomorrow unless one of the co-caps gets to it before me :)

Laura wrote: "I loved Quicksilver. I have already pre-ordered the special edition of it and the sequel that come out in September"

Yeah, I didn’t realize the sequels weren’t out when I started the book. I can’t wait!

Tricia wrote: "I checked out Quicksilver from the library the other day, so I'll be getting to it soon"

Awesome! If you listen to audiobooks, I would highly recommend the audio version. The narrators were so good!

Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "I just finished 2 fantastic books that I would highly recommend:

Quicksilver - Romantasy, smart and heroic characters, and the plot was solid. A 5 star read for me..."

Looks interesting, but YA 😢 I so dislike YA

I just finished 2 fantastic books that I would highly recommend:

Quicksilver - Romantasy, smart and heroic characters, and the plot was solid. A 5 star read for me!

The Bones Beneath My Skin - So many tears through this book! Loved it!! Humorous, cute and a small element of suspense. Another 5 star read!

@Laura - would you recommend Bow Before the Elf Queen? The precis is very interesting but the avg rating is 3.92, so I'm on the fence.

We still have the following tasks outstanding in mini 2:

Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Australian continent - Claimed by Priya. Let us know if you changed your mind :)

Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle - Claimed but Namita, but this is a collection of short stories. We are still trying to get some clarity from Namita on whether all the stories are set in a train. I suspect not? So, if anyone else has read a book, or would like to read one for this task, please let us know.

Read a book with MPG Travel - Unclaimed

The new cheese is all done :) Thank you all so much for filling out the spell out letters, so helpful!

And just to avoid some back and forth in the future, we always need the phrase and location of the word for any word-related tasks :)

Jacqueline wrote: "Hi Everyone,
I am currently taking an unexpected road trip. I have my kindle and phone with me, along with a few paperbacks.
It is difficult to access the chart.
I have finished Iron Flame … Kindle..."

Thank you! I'll update the spreadsheet. When you have a second, can you please add Iron Flame to your GR shelf and mark as read? TY!