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

Nyssa’s comments from the MobileRead Book Challenges group.

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "I'm feeling very proud of myself. The last 3 books in FoF that I'm going to read will be borrowed from the library.

Steelheart
Howls Moving Castle
Gardens of the Moon

That's money saved, right t..."

Woot! Good job!

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "I'm not doing that! I don't read horror. Nope, nope, nope!"

That was my initial reaction (if you remember) when the Horror thread went up at FoF! LOL
I'm seeing this as truly challenging myself!

My next read will be Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon.

This will be the first Horror novel I've read in a very long time. Its usually not my thing.

Nyssa wrote: "I'm now reading Mitosis, the followup, extended epilogue, short story."

I finished Mitosis as well. That was oddly fun.

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "Nyssa wrote: "I'm still working on Steelheart. I'm a little over halfway through, and my hope is to be able to finish it tonight. But, I have to get my chores done first, so off I g..."

I finished!

Book #3
Steelheart
Series: Reckoners
Author:Brandon Sanderson
Book#: 1
Review: HERE

I'm now reading Mitosis, the followup, extended epilogue, short story.

Stephanie wrote: "I'm Tarana. I'm usually found on the Addicts' thread."

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "Welcome!


Wow. I did not get notifications for this. :("

I did not either...

Well, you're already welcome as you know Stephanie, but I'll make it official...

Hello & Welcome! :)

No pressure! :) Steelheart is pretty good. I'm not sure why I'm dragging my feet on it. It is way too early in the year for me to fall into a reading slump.

Mrs. J . You can do your entries here the way we do them for the Series challenge at FoF.

I'm going to do that in my challenge thread here as well. I'm also listing the reads (with completed date) in posts 2 - 5 of my thread, but I realize not everyone may think or want to scroll to the top to see them.

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "on it!

Did yall ever get the tickers to work?"

Nope.

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I think we have a contender for worst cover ever."

I'm inclined to agree...

I'm still working on Steelheart. I'm a little over halfway through, and my hope is to be able to finish it tonight. But, I have to get my chores done first, so off I go.

I think GR may have done something to disable it, because mine works on MobileRead but not here.

Caleb wrote: "Well - the challenges have commenced with my first book read.

Embassytown by China Miéville was a fantastic opener. It's great to start the year reading your favourite author and Mi..."

Congrats on your first read of the year! :)

Sidenote: I couldn't get my "ticker" to work, please tell me if yours is working.

I think many if not most people could probably find some sort of racing game that they enjoy. There was one, back in the day, on Atari that I really liked, because the background would change from day to night and I thought that was the coolest thing, ever! :) I have no idea what it was called, though. It was out around the same time as Pitfall (which I liked but it drove me crazy).

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "Nice shots!

I've mostly focused on reading and review writing. I'm home sick so I'm probably going to bed soon. But after maybe some gaming..."

Aww! Yes, Get some rest! & Feel Better Soon, Hon! (((HUGS)))

Christa wrote: "I like those, too. And mystery / puzzle games. The only games I don't really like are hardcore shooters with no fleshed out story elements. I like time management games but I really stink at them so I don't play them often. :D I also like physics games on my tablet."

:) With time management, I'm good up to a point and then all of a sudden, I'm not. LOL

I'm not good at the mystery puzzle games at all! Shooters aren't even allowed in out house.Neither hubby nor I like them, nor do we want the kids playing them. We're also not fans of the sport related games, they just don't keep our interest - even when we used the Wii.

Our kids are into Minecraft (both on their PCs and the XBox 360), PVZ, platformers, racing games, and for a while Skylanders.

See, I'm a casual, simplistic gamer. I like Time Management (Anything-Dash), Hidden Objects (Gardenscape, Dream Inn - this a relatively new obsession), Match 3 (Bejeweled, Rise of Atlantis) and Ball Shooter (?) (Zuma , Sparkle 2) type games.

Basically the stuff you find on BigFish for the computer and iProducts.

As to your shepherds.. Can't you continue to give them equal time, even if its to play one for a day or week, and then play the other for a day or week?

Whatever you decide, you seem to be having a good time, so Yay! :)

Bianca wrote: "Yay!
I finished the first book of the year! It took me a week to read, longer than normal, due to a busy store and lack of sleep.

It was The Man in the Moss by Phil Rickman. I loved ..."

Congratulations!

If either of you are interested, there is a new (month old) group called Flights of Fantasy. The tag line: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, and YA/MG. We reads it.

I've been there since day one and they're a pretty fun group (unless arguing about the virtues of YA ;) - you'd have to read the thread yourself. :)) That is the group that encouraged the series challenge I'm in.

They are actually discussing a Buddy Read like project for all of Discworld.

I'll send both of you an invite, if you like, just in case you are interested. (No worries if you choose not to accept.)

LOL! about your mom. I hope she loves her Paperwhite as much as I love mine!

A Birthday/Sifi Hybrid Challenge...that's cool! I think I would personally go with Birthday/Fantasy. I love magical/mystical/mythological creatures and beings.