D.G.’s Comments (group member since Jan 26, 2012)

D.G.’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

Susan wrote: "I'm often unable to resist Tien's games in spite of trying to tell myself I'll stay out. But since I didn't like any of my first three rolls at all, I may take Tien's suggestion and join in the next round."

I'm trying very hard not to join! My challenge this year is to read what I want so I'm not joining challenges that restrict me very much. But I'm still very tempted!

readinghearts (Lyn M) wrote: "Those are pretty funny, D.G. I have to admit....I never thought of that. What would Satan or anyone else want with a bunch of "first borns"?"

Hahahahaha! In the case of Satan, I guess he always needs more minions for his evil deeds but totally unfounded in Lothaire's case. But his debtors are just afraid he could ask.

I finished a re-listen of . Loved that book and how the author was true to her character. He was so bad and funny in past books and that's how he stayed.

From Lothaire:

“His debtors always assumed he'd demand their firstborn. Like I'm fucking Rumpelstiltskin? What would Lothaire do with countless squalling babes? Raise them in a kennel?”

Sometime later when Lothaire goes to extract a blood debt from Nereus, the sea god.

“I really thought you’d demand my firstborn.”
“As if I’d want your fucking guppy,” Lothaire drawled, tracing away before Nereus could strike him down.

Lauren wrote: "@D.G - the last few books in the series have been meh! I have high hopes for Wulfe's book. I really want it to be good but I'm afraid my expectations are going to be ruined :0("

I hope so too! I'm just waiting to be able to recommend Wulfe's audiobook to my library. It just came out so I can't recommend it yet but I hope to be able soon!

Oh I have a question about rule #4.

I was checking some difficult shelves like 'humanities' and found out that the first book that's listed in that shelf- Hamlet - doesn't have humanities in its first page of Top Shelves.

What can we read for that shelf then?

When I clicked the list of shelves, I got it!

I finished my second audiobook and all I can say is yikes! This couple had nothing going on for them, specially the heroine which I despised from previous books. I've only one book to go on the series though so I'll definitely finish it.

Matt wrote: "I bumped the speed up to 1.5X on my Kindle to pick the narration pace up a bit. "

Depending on the narrator, I bumpt it up too. Most of them, I speed up to 1.25x but I was just listening to a book where I had it at 1.75x and the narration still worked.

LynnB wrote: "OMG! I can't even begin to comprehend taking that much time to listen to a book. That's 5 or 6 times longer than it takes to physically read it. You have mighty powers of listening concentration! "

Hahahaha, it's not really 5-6 times longer than it takes to read it because an audiobook lenght is tied to the lenght of the book - around 30 pages per hour which is closer to the speed I read myself. That 58 hr audiobook I listened was over 1500 pages in MMPB.

LynnB wrote: "I was amazed to see that many books take 6-12 hours to listen to! That's a LOT of concentrated listening!"

That's nothing! Most fantasy books are in the 20-30 hr. range. I think the biggest audiobook I've listened was A Breath of Snow and Ashes, at 58 hrs. :)

A few times I've listened 4-5 hours straight. I don't usually have a problem concentrating, unless the book is boring or if I'm doing something else that needs my attention. I can usually exercise, do chores around the house, walk the streets and commute listening to a book.

My library systems are great - in NYC, we have 3 - so I don't buy many ebooks at full price (if I want it, I just recomend it to the library and they buy it.) But I still buy lots of ebooks...if an ebook not available at the library is 2.99 or less, I buy it.

For authors I really like, I'm willing to shell out the money even if it's full price. I don't have room in my apartment (or purse) for printed books.

I've started like a million books since the beginning of the year but only finished one on audiobook. A re-read in audio of - loved it again and concur with my all rating of 4.5 stars. An excellent book, so complex.

Moving Mountains - 2015 Ed
Last Book Read of 2014: Dog-Gone
68 - Read only books that have been on TBR prior to 2015

✔ 1. urban fantasy: Dead Heat - 1/31/15 ★★★½
✔ 2. 2015: Paladin of Souls - 4/27/15 ★★★★½
✔ 3. fiction: The Baron Next Door - 1/1/15 ★★½
✔ 4. historical romance: Song For Sophia - 3/18/15 ★★
✔ 5. historical: Without Reserve: A Pride & Prejudice Variation - 3/11/15 ★★★
✔ 6. historical fiction: Crocodile on the Sandbank - 2/3/15 ★★★★
✔ 7. mystery: Exposure - 2/20/15 ★★★
✔ 8. romantic suspense: The Mistress of Trevelyan - 5/16/14 ★★★★
✔ 9. romance: Twisted Summer - 1/18/15 ★★★½
✔ 10. contemporary: The Chase - 1/29/15 ★★
✔ 11. kindle: A Love Untamed - 1/11/15 ★★
✔ 12. paranormal romance: Tempting Danger - 2/22/15 ★★★★
✔ 13. paranormal: Vision in Silver - 2/15/15 ★★★★
✔ 14. fantasy: The Night Circus - 3/25/15 ★★★½
✔ 15. favorites: The Scorpio Races - 2/26/15 ★★★★
✔ 16. young adult: Destiny Binds - 3/22/15 ★★★★
✔ 17. werewolves: Immortal Craving - 3/7/15 ★★½
✔ 18. vampires: The Darkest Day - 4/30/15 ★★½
✔ 19. netgalley: Hot Blooded - 5/17/15 ★★
✔ 20. 2013: Throne of Jade - 4/29/15 ★★★½
✔ 21. dragons: A Dragon's Family Album - 11/26/15 ★★
✔ 22. novella: The Story Guy - 5/6/15 ★★★½
✔ 23. contemporary romance: The Witness - 1/13/14 ★★★★
✔ 24. 2011: Match Me If You Can - 6/16/15 ★★★½
✔ 25. chick-lit: Flat-Out Celeste - 4/11/15 ★★★½
✔ 26. 2014: Abhorsen - 5/13/15 ★★★★
✔ 27. series: The Defiant Hero - 5/30/15 ★★½
✔ 28. suspense: What the Duke Desires - 6/8/15 ★★★½
✔ 29. regency: Captives of the Night - 6/12/15 ★★★
✔ 30. wishlist: Lions And Lace - 6/27/15 ★★½
✔ 31. revenge: Half a King - 6/3/15 ★★★
✔ 32. adventure: Rex Rising - 6/21/15 ★★★½
✔ 33. science fiction: Shards of Hope - 5/30/15 ★★★½
✔ 34. shifters: Royal Street - 7/6/15 ★★½
✔ 35. magic: Burn for Me - 6/7/15 ★★★★
✔ 36. adult: Old Man's War - 6/29/15 ★★★½
✔ 37. space opera: Games of Command - 7/18/15 ★★★½
✔ 38. sci fi romance: Sleeping With the Wolf - 8/11/15 ★★
✔ 39. time travel: Son of the Morning - 7/25/15 ★★★
✔ 40. own: The Search - 7/21/15 ★★★
✔ 41. 2010: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - 6/30/15 ★★★★★
✔ 42. realistic fiction: Fangirl - 6/29/15 ★★★★
✔ 43. teen: Fallen Too Far - 7/13/15 ★★★
✔ 44. new adult: A Hidden Fire - 8/2/15 ★★★
✔ 45. freebie: Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One - 7/23/15 ★
✔ 46. pride and prejudice: Secret Desires of a Gentleman - 8/9/15 ★★★
✔ 47. victorian: Winter Garden - 11/16/15 ★★½
✔ 48. spies: The Forbidden Rose - 8/1/15 ★★★★
✔ 49. france: My Lord and Spymaster - 9/20/15 ★★
✔ 50. 2012: Medicus - 8/6/15 ★★★
✔ 51. ancient rome: Terra Incognita - 8/17/15 ★★★½
✔ 52. library: Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar - 7/30/15 ★★★
✔ 53. humor: What a Boy Wants - 8/12/15 ★★★½
✔ 54. male pov: Criss Cross - 8/17/15 ★★★
✔ 55. to buy: The Other Side of Us - 8/19/15 ★★★
✔ 56. kindle: Persona Non Grata - 9/4/15 ★★★
✔ 57. ebook: Irresistible - 8/22/15 ★★★½
✔ 58. nook: Under His Command - 8/14/15 ★★★
✔ 59. erotica: Kiss a Falling Star - 10/17/15 ★★★½
✔ 60. mf: Devil Without a Cause - 8/15/15 ★★
✔ 61. demons: Sandman Slim - 10/17/15 ★★½
✔ 62. supernatural: Dragonfly - 10/12/15 ★★★★
✔ 63. stand alone: A Place Called Home - 12/2 ★★★
✔ 64. tortured heroine: The Sea of Tranquility - 12/19 ★★★★½
✔ 65. dark: A Blood Seduction - 12/23 ★★
✔ 66. reviewed: Of Beast and Beauty - 12/26 ★★★★
✔ 67. beauty and the beast: With this Kiss - 12/27 ★★★
✔ 68. marriage of convenience: Silver Lining - 12/31 ★★★½

Books Read per Year Added
2010: 6
2011: 7
2012: 15
2013: 22
2014: 18

Nadine wrote: "I will be reading for the first month of 2015."

That is an AWESOME audiobook. I've listened to it twice.

Jane wrote: "Is it required that we listen to a book on the shelf? I'm not trying to be a party pooper. I mostly ask because I don't really have any access to audiobooks right now."

Tien can come in here and confirm but I don't think it's required. As long as you find the book in there, you can read it in any format.

Ebony wrote: "Im going to listen to Divergent. It's my first audiobook, and I've spent hours on Audible listening to samples, agonizing over which narrator's voice w..."

I'm not a fan of this book so take this with a grain of salt, but I would call this narration below average. The narrator can’t do different voices so when more than one person is talking, it’s very difficult to know who’s speaking. At least the book is pretty much all internal monologues with relatively few conversations so you may be able to follow what was going on, like it happened with me.

I have 101 audiobooks on my TBR so I'm not sure what I'll be listening. Most likely I'll get to one of these:

Amanda wrote: " Strangely, I really enjoy those read by Brits and really struggled with the one that was read by an Aussie. "

I'm very picky with accents as well. In general I don't find Aussie accents sexy like a lot of people so I struggle with them as well but I liked The Rosie Project. It was too hilarious.

I read Geeking Out on 11C, which was a cute, short read (rated 3 stars.) I liked that even though it was short, the author took the time for the characters to know each other before hopping in bed.

ETA: It's funny how many m/m books are in this shelf!