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2016 Reading Challenge
Did you go to your actual shelf attached to the challenge in here? Cause I noticed with my last challenge when I attached it to the shelf, I had to sometimes go in and manually make sure it updated.Also did you make sure that you marked the finish date on the books too? I know that always tripped me up sometimes too.
The date may not have flipped, since I'd read a different version than what showed on here so I had to change some stuff. But I know the shelf is attached because I created a new shelf from the spot where it asks which shelf you wanted to use. I'll fix the dates (or check them at least) and give it until tomorrow since I'm about to fall asleep already. Nova will be so excited to go to bed already!!
Yea, and Amaya could probably help ya more too.
Nope, fixing the date fixed. Thanks!! I'd never have thought to check for that.
No probs bob. :) And I wish they would just make the date finished automatic than when you started the darn thing. I swear I have been told over the last few years how "few" books I've read cause I don't manually put in the finish date. But I say that is horse malarckey!
Kindle has a new thing where it's linked up to goodreads, but if you don't hit 99 or 100%, it doesn't change it to read, so then you have ten books hanging in your currently reading shelf when really you only have one that you're reading. But it does make writing a review easy on books you bought from amazon, you just write one review and it goes to both amazon and goodreads as soon as your wifi is turned on. By the way, the ground is all yucky and white again, but i don't think it's enough to measure. I do hate when the ground turns white! Nova would be loving it if I let her run for an hour or two in it, even though she would be shivering even with her coat on, because she likes to eat the nasty white stuff or even chunks of ice! She's crazy!!
Ooooh, yea I did see that add your books from Amazon. But that is good there is ease of doing reviews. But yea, that little 99% or 100% can make all the difference.Yep, we are getting the white stuff too and can believe that about Nova. Grace face is the same way. Although she was enjoying interrupting my exercising this morning. That was much more fun than the snow.
We don't ever use the nasty four letter S word. We say that little tiny leaves are falling from the sky. That S word is THE worst word in the English language!! I can't even imagine if I added all my books to goodreads as TBR. Seriously thousands of books. Many I've forgotten about, I don't remember why I bought them, if they were free. I know how to go into Amazon and find the top 100 free books in any category. So now I have a gazillion books that I'll never be able to read. Or will never want to read now that my tastes have changed, since I've been doing this for a few years now. Plus there's probably quite a few I have read but I'll never be able to remember which ones. Ugh. So I won't ever be using that particular feature. I need to go through my TBR list as it is and clear out a bunch of stuff that I saw on here and thought it looked interesting but now have no interest in.
I just thought of the weirdest question that I'm throwing out to any dog owners. Does your dog sleep with his or her legs up by their belly or extended straight out from the back of their body? My dog seems to try to stretch her body as long as she can get it, which kind of sucks since she's half daschund. She takes up about half the length of the bed, I swear. And she starts dreaming that she's running, and her legs start twitching. I'm not exactly sure what her face is doing when she does it, but her face starts twitching and she woofs a little. She's a little crazy. She's still doing better than my mom's dog, she has restless leg syndrome and as soon as she stretches out for a nap, she starts kicking whoever is close enough to hit.
I keep forgetting cause I like the white stuff. :PI hear ya on that. Heck I still have books in different area codes it feels like that I haven't had time to add on here. I do a few at a time when I find and read them. But in one lump some, no can do. I hear ya on tastes changing at times. Although I've dropped a few, whole series, cause I just never had the time to get back to them and like progressively trying out and reading other stuff. I know you love the series. But I like sampling stuff here and there and makes it easier to do when you aren't tied to this or that series to finish.
Yep, Gracie sleeps all kinds of ways. From stretched out as long as she can, to actually wanting to lay right on the edge of the couch. Used to freak momz out all the time cause she thought she was going to fall off the side. We've had the discussion about my ribs being another place. When she is in the recliner she knows how to scoot her butt around in the corner of the arm and seat and proper her feet up the back of it to be propped up. Oh yes, wild thing does it all. Even jumping on my back during yoga too.
I figure with series, I don't have to look for something else to read for that much longer. Dumb dumb dog here doesn't quite get how jumping works. She can jump as high if not higher than the doorknobs, but she can't figure out how to jump on my lap 90% of the time. One out of maybe every ten tries she makes it on to my lap, depending on where I'm sitting. The computer chair at my parents house usually works the best for her. Also she can't jump on the bed, which is a good foot lower than the doorknobs, but she has to jump on this stool first, then onto the bed. Hasn't figured out how to jump on the kitchen chairs, if she even wants to that is. She does fine on the couch and recliner, but we stay out of that room, less space for her to use as a puppy litter box that way. The cat had made a few stains on that carpet with some hairballs and my mom won't every leave it alone. Who puts in off white carpets when the directions to your house used to be "a mile past where the pavement ends..." So even if it weren't for my cat or dog making a mess, there would still be stains from muddy, dirty feet!!
Mhmm. And I'm never out of something to read, just not enough hours in a day or week to get in everything either.Now, I see why they have those little doggie step ladders. Nova is just your special baby. But it's all good. Dirty floors not so much. Haven't used any special signs to tell em to take their shoes off? Do have to agree with you on the off white deal. Or any light color for floors. Can't make enough Oxiclean at times for the stains.
Have you guys looked at
and the rest of the books in that series? At how many pages they are? One was 800 pages, the rest were in the 400-550 range i think, except for
, which is a prequel type thing and it was still 272 pages at $10. Seriously?? SERIOUSLY??That reminds me, on a completely different subject, did one of Shondra Rhimes shows get cancelled or is over for the season? I ask because i was reading People magazine earlier and they said there's a new Shondra show starting soon on Thursdays at 10/9 central. And seeing as I'm just finding out my favorite country singer (Miranda Lambert) split from her husband because apparently he was getting cozy with his female Voice co-coach, or whatever the singers are, and the divorce was finalized last July, I'm obviously NOT up to date on the gossip. It's tempting to keep the People subscription, but seeing as the second issue in my free 30 day trial has little that i want to read, I don't see that it's worth it.
Actually no I hadn't looked into the page count of the Cinder books. I only have the first one down I believe and it's really leery if I'll even be into that one. But definitely not surprised on the pricing either. Book prices have been tripping for a rather long time now in my opinion.I know they say Scandal should be wrapping up eventually. But not sure when. Although I know it and the other two shows should be coming back in Feb. And yea she was coming up with a third show. Something I think a bit lighter.
Ugh, I definitely don't want to hear about magazine subscriptions. I finally got my money back from some that I was goaded into getting. And yea, I could have told ya about Lambert and Blake. Just I plum forgot. But I figured it would end anyway. Not cause of Gwen mind you as she was going through her own divorce and her own husband getting more than a few EXTRA services from their babysitter himself. But because I think just like with Pitt, Aniston, and Jolie, Blake wants some kids and Miranda didn't. Gwen has some kids and I just think older and in a more settled into her fame place like Blake. Miranda is still a young rising and shooting star. So I think they would have split after some time anyway.
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does it do that for all kindles? bc mine has never done that :s
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and the rest of the books in that series? At how many pages they are? One was 800 pages, the rest were in the 400-550 range i think, except for [..."O_o they divorced mutually tho bc miranda didnt wanna have kids and are still friends i thought? LOL idk thats what i saw and heard so figured that was the truth. i dont keep up with any of that stuff -dead-
Amaya wrote: "Angie wrote: "Have you guys looked at and the rest of the books in that series? At how many pages they are? One was 800 pages, the rest were in the 400-550 range i think..."Well they did say it was an amicable divorce. But I had heard Blake mentioning kids a few times here and there when I saw him on a talk show or two in the past. And yea they are still friends. But I still think Gwen is a better fit for him as he has been more established for a while as has Gwen. And seems like to me it's Miranda's time right now. She is raking in the awards, hit music, and so forth. Not to say Gwen and Blake aren't. But it's more like "yea that's nice they made another one". But for Miranda it's like woohoo yea go girl kind of energy.
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They were cute enough. But I don't think when one person wants kids and the other doesn't is going to really last. And when it does, I just see it in a two minds sort of way. Like look love is conquering differences. And yet, the other side is like, dude the person that doesn't want kids is going to keep being with the other person knowing how they feel and not let them go off to find another kind of happiness? For sure to each their own.
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aww haha yeah it can be sometimes, just depends on the ppl
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And forgot to mentioned I finished
and it kind of flunked for me too. I was expecting a YA story. But got something on par with kids first starting chapter books. Still love the cover but wasn't really feeling the characters too much.
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on a mission removing some books from my tbr list atm! lolll
Mhmm and on the side creating my own funky smoothie concoctions lately too. Made a chocolate banana nut smoothie last week. Which was banana, peanut butter, some almonds and cashews, chocolate and vanilla swirl pudding, some milk, and cinnamon.Latest one I just did is peaches, mangoes, raspberries, almonds, cashews, plain Kefir, honey, some pineapple sherbert(borrowed from popz), vanilla extract, nutmeg, and some cinnamon. Which I totally had to add in the sherbert and extra spices, cause I swear it was smelling like marinara sauce at first lol. And so the extras there at least toned that down a bit to make it more smoothie and less need for some shrimps on the side lol. But I still think I'm missing something but not sure what.
Dhfan4life wrote: "And forgot to mentioned I finished and it kind of flunked for me too. I was expecting a YA story. But got something on par with kids first starting chapter books. Still ..."That's very disappointing that it was written for such a younger audience. I'm glad I didn't drink the Flunked Kool Aid with you! I would have cried!
As for your smoothies, the biggest problem is that you use yucky fruit in them. You should skip the peaches and bananas. They are yuck. I'm not sure about mangoes, though, I've never tried them, but the smell of them usually makes me nauseous.
Angie wrote: "Dhfan4life wrote: "And forgot to mentioned I finished and it kind of flunked for me too. I was expecting a YA story. But got something on par with kids first starting ch..."Ah well, it met the requirement and get thee behind me as the saying goes.
And I know you not a fan of the nanas but that was a damn fine chocolate, banana, nut smoothie ever! :P And yea the mango is definitely an acquired taste. But I think that I just cut the one mango too soon wasn't ripe just yet. And at least it didn't taste like a funky arm pit from being overly ripe, haha.
On Confessions of a Demon and up to Ch. 9 so far. Oh man it's hitting me all day long about why I put this thing down. This author is big on the info dumps and the MC is big on talking tough and so forth, but in all honesty being the cause of what is "ailing" folks so to speak.But just remembering "Read 5 a day" and that the author is only saying so much about this or that because she wants folks to get what the story is about and the main character's history. But still....... >o< is all I can say.
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LOL omg poor sis. skim ittttt LOLL -dead-
I'm fazing in and out to be honest, at least my status updates are pulling me through too.
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340 pages. And definitely the author puts in a LOT of pages per chapter to say the least. And why it's going so quickly. But dude she could have taken out so many info dumps of info and got to the actual point of things.
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O_O owwie. i still vote for skimming LOLL
Amaya wrote: "Dhfan4life wrote: "340 pages. And definitely the author puts in a LOT of pages per chapter to say the least. And why it's going so quickly. But dude she could have taken out so many info dumps of i..."I could, but then I would feel like I'm cheating and not doing an actual re-read. And I TOTALLY want to finish this bad boy and not look back haha.
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yeah true. haha i dont blame u o.e.
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and i really liked it but the way it ended was so quick. its like everything that would bring it to a close was put on less than one page e.e
Hate when they do that. I've seen that more and more with some cozy books I've read. But for a romance book? Ugh.
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Yay on short reads and being pretty good throughout.
Good luck with that sis. I know some folks have been enjoying that one and I think the authors Cyborg series. I haven't read them cause I like to separate my paranormal stuff from my erotica lol.
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Welkie. And I haven't read anything by that particular author.
Okay so I've had
for a min and I just can't seem to get it going. I've read and re-read the prologue a few times. But I think the cover of the edition I have is just sucking the initial excitement out of it that I had. I was hoping for the green and mystical cover as seen above. But the one I have is looking like this-
not a bad cover. But I don't know, I'm just not feeling it for some reason. Hence I've caught up on almost everything Demonica/Lords of Deliverance by now, lol. So I guess I will dust it off and give her another go tomorrow.
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finished
. the last book to the series! LOL not often u can say that these days XD. it was 3 stars imo. it could of been better but it did go with the flow of the other books. LOL the last book made me feel like i was reading sci-fi/paranormal and dystopian in one tho. decent series tho as long as u can get into the books XD
Oh I've started it, up to chapter 9 now. And it's not really the cover that was putting me off. Just the writing style is not choppy, but I don't know, might have a better flow if I was more familiar with the natural flow of British writing or something. Cause it's not like there is a difference in the language but I don't know. Something in the sentence structure and how you get so much backstory out of left field at times, to explain why one thing is so important. But I don't know, hard to describe it.Ha, ain't that something lol. Glad you enjoyed the series too. Sounds like a trilogy that had all kinds of elements. Hopefully a good change up and original to what else is out there lately too.
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Speaking of the challenge though, when I go to the front page of the group, it says I've only completed 2 of the eight I'd originally said I could do. I've read four of them, and I made sure they were all marked for the challenge and read. Any ideas what's going on with that?