Nyssa’s Comments (group member since Jan 07, 2011)

Nyssa’s comments from the MobileRead Book Challenges group.

If you join the group you can! Hint hint hint. ;)

Participation is optional. The only concern are random requests from other members to please vote on their polls ( but they don’t hunt you down if you choose not to).

Christa wrote: "LOL! So we started with a 3-person consensus, and now we have a 3-way tie. Hopefully, someone will come break up the tie soon. :D"

Nope. They created a 4-way tie instead. LOL

Christa wrote: "

There's a consensus so far... LOL"

There is now a three-way tie! O.o

I forget books all the time too!

I was looking at some of my early reviews, and since I go out of my way not to add spoilers, I couldn’t remember what the heck I was talking about. LOL!

LOL!

I loved Clean Sweep! Not sure why I haven’t gotten around to the other two books as yet.

If Innkeeper wins, I’ll have to find a second short series for when I’m done.

Codex Alera only has 6 books, but they’re 700 pages each, so I’d need the whole year to complete them on time.

:)

I realized this morning, that I had forgotten to add two other “started but not finished” series to the list.

I was tempted to edit the poll, but didn’t want to mess it up.

Thank you! :D

I forgot to add a "personal checkbox" so that I could watch the poll results without influence, so I thought no one was answering it. lol

Because I can never leave well enough alone. Please help me pick a focus for 2019:

Poll

Christa wrote: ""Just read dammit" is a goal I can get behind 100%. :)"

MrsJoseph wrote: "Christa wrote: "Just read dammit" is a goal I can get behind 100%. :)"

me, too!"

:D The more, the merrier.

Stephanie wrote: "Yay! I know when I was in college and working full time, sneaking in a book a month was DIFFICULT. But, the break works for most."

It's much more difficult than I would have imagined!

I swear, if I knew then what I know now, I would have gotten my shit together the first time I went to college, instead of being an indecisive twit! Granted, I was working full-time then too.

I feel like I've lived my life "bass-ackwards"!

Thanks, DP! :D

2019 - Just Read Dammit!


I have no real goals or expectations for leisure reading this year. My focus will be on completing my Bachelors of Middle-Grade Mathematics Education.
So, reading 12 non-school or work-related stories will be a bonus.

Oh, and now there's this: 2019 SFE & ITAO Challenge

I will continue to use my general book post format as follows:

2019 Read #00
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Author: Noelle Stevenson
Book Club: N/A*
Review: ? Stars
Series: Lumberjanes
Book#: 01

* Book Clubs include:
Flights of Fantasy = FoF
Beyond Reality = BR
Fantasy Book Club Series = FBC
Fantasy Buddy Reads = FBR
The Folly Irregulars = FI
MobileRead = MR
Our Shared Shelf = OSS

************ MASH Game Board ************


📜Spouse (Pick One)
°Read a book with a mostly white cover
°Read a book tagged Mystery
°Read a book that features a pet
✓Read a book written by a woman ~ Dead Until Dark

📜Vehicle
✓ Read a book that features some type of transportation on the cover ~ Living Dead in Dallas

📜Pet
✓ Read a book with an animal on the cover ~ Definitely Dead

📜# of Kids
✓ Read a book with a number in the title or a series ~ - Souhtern Vampire / Sookie Stackhouse

📜Job (Pick One)
°Read a book tagged Science Fiction
°Read a book tagged Nature
✓ Read a book tagged Romance ~ Dead to the World
°Read a book tagged Political

📜Location (Pick One)
°Read a book set in Asia
°Read a book set in Australia
✓ Read a book set in North America ~ Club Dead
°Read a book set in South America

**********The (I Didn't See This Coming) RESULTS**********

Nyssa marries Lois Lane!

Nyssa and her wife Lois Lane, along with their Five Children and pet Tiger are moving to Louisiana!
Being a Wedding Planner to the rich and famous just wasn't fun anymore, so Nyssa has moved her family into the boonies and is now planning weddings for the Swamp people. Good thing she invested in that flying coffin, its a bit hard to get into that rural swampland. Thanks to Lois's reporting skills Nyssa is sure to be the Redneck Wedding planner of the year!

Christa wrote: "I think I use the thread more for its social opportunities than for tracking my reading (which I'm behind on, now that I think about it...) ."

That's a good point. Plus, I do want to make a point of interacting more even when I'm not reading. I miss you guys when I'm "gone."

HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Yeah, I think you're with a few of us for not having made any updates in the last month. Just think of yourself as ahead of the curve Nyssa. :)"

:) Thanks. That's a good take on it.

DoodlePanda wrote: "No pressure! You can also make a thread and not post any challenges if you feel like it :)
I hope your reading gets better <3
Not feeling like reading or too much other stuff to do?"

Thanks,

It's a bit of column A and a bit of column B.

The slump started because of having way too much to do (which will be the case for the next year and a half) but continued because I began to binge-watch tv shows when I had time, instead of reading.

My reading has been so subpar over the last two years, that I don't even know if I should start a thread for 2019.

It's depressing.

The new one (it doesn’t have a model name, it’s just 10th gen). I like the size of it.

It’s $129.99 (or $26 a month for 5 months with their payment plan option).

I love my current Paperwhite but it started showing signs of age a few months ago.

I can’t remember if it’s 5th or 6th gen.

Amazon has a new Kindle coming out that is water resistant, and s Audible compliant. So you can switch between reading and listening as needed. It also has a higher capacity, and free cellular connectivity. I told my kids that that’s what I want for Christmas this year, with the blue case! 😊

Christa wrote: "HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Noting my own absences..."

We occasionally poof away sometimes. But we all seem to come back, eventually. :)"

How did I miss your comment, HiMS!?!

And so true, Christa!