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2017 Individual Challenges
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The Weird Challenge (Christa)
ROFL!Okay, I'll compromise - I'll make a shelf that will be my reading list. It's so much faster to shelve books than it is to insert them into posts.
Okay, here is the shelf, aptly titled, "r-u-happy-now". :Phttps://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
For series, I only put the first book (if unread) or whatever the next unread book is.
There are 15 books on it, but when you factor in additional series books that I'll probably read, it nearly hits my set minimum of 30 books. I might end up actually making a post of them in my regular challenge thread, but not till I get back to Nashville. All the clicking and linking is annoying on my laptop.
Christa wrote: "Yes. Yes, you would.Be careful what you wish for, though. I did an impromptu buddy read with Doodles recently and I basically just bitched about the main character the whole time. :D"
It was AMAZING :D
YAYAYAYAYI'll totally re-read On the Edge with you!
(and happy)
MrsJoseph wrote: "YAYAYAYAYI'll totally re-read On the Edge with you!
(and happy)"
And BOOM! Trapped in a buddy read. Told ya. :P
Yeah, I'd be up for that. :) It's gonna be soon, though. Like in the next couple of weeks because I got it from the library.
Aww! I'd join you guys if I wasn't already committed to and excited about my Rivers of London buddy read, starting on the first.
Ehem.... Would you ladies mind another buddy in this read?You have got me curious now... :P
LOL I don't mind at all, Doodles! :)
Christa wrote: "LOL I don't mind at all, Doodles! :)"Yay! :D
I'm good whenever :)
Let me know whenever! I'm ready!
Sweet! Lemme see how this current book goes in terms of speed. I might make On the Edge my first 2017 read since everyone seems to be good to go. :)
:-) And it would fit in with my challenge.
I'm sure I can fit it somewhere in my challenges too :D
I've pulled off the miraculous feat of being able to fit any book into my challenge. :P('twas no accident, that.)
O_O
6.5 hours...I should probably use some of this time to bring my 2016 thread up to date. :D
Christa wrote: "6.5 hours...I should probably use some of this time to bring my 2016 thread up to date. :D"
LOL :D
Soooo... I was thinking, that I could maybe blog this shit? (I've been saying "shit" a lot tonight.) I'd post the totals here. You know, Title: ## points, blog link, but then post the whole breakdown in the blog post. Book info / cover, points breakdown by category and how I did the scoring. If I try to do all of that in this thread for every book... it could get messy fast.So blog. Yay or nay?
Christa wrote: "So blog. Yay or nay? "I'd check it out. I say go for it.
Woot! It's a good thing you said that, because I made one last night. LOL
https://monkeynotowl.wordpress.com/
Christa wrote: "Woot! It's a good thing you said that, because I made one last night. LOL
https://monkeynotowl.wordpress.com/"
O.o *Snort!* LOL!
I just read the parameters of your challenge to my (soon to be 14-year old) daughter. She is thoroughly scandalized by Part 4, and wants me to stress to you that you can not ship couples from different universes!
I was tempted to tell her that with enough wine you can. But I'm not sure that would have been appropriate. :D
Christa wrote: "Soooo... I was thinking, that I could maybe blog this shit?."Go moderate that shit already! You got a message waiting! :D
*Question: is my not having a Wordpress account going to be an issue?
LOL! Yeah, including wine > logic ratio calculations would probably NOT be appropriate. :DYour comment is approved. Your future comments should go through automatically now, I have it set to only need moderation on a first comment. Having a Wordpress account or not doesn't matter.
LOVE
MrsJoseph wrote: "LOVE":D
I told my cousin how she inspired the name of the blog and she laughed her ass off. :D
Now all I need is to actually finish reading this book and get things started.
I still haven't finished my book. But I'll be getting a lot of airport time tomorrow followed by a 2-hour flight, so I should get close to finishing by the time I get home to Nashville.
Christa wrote: "I still haven't finished my book. But I'll be getting a lot of airport time tomorrow followed by a 2-hour flight, so I should get close to finishing by the time I get home to Nashville."Safe travels, hon!
Thanks :) Right now I'm doing the thing where I appease the Suitcase Gods by sacrificing things I don't absolutely need to take home with me. So far I've offered up a box of candy, some t-shirts and a pair of shoes. LOLFortunately, since it's my mom's house, the shirts and shoes will just be less for me to pack when I come back in the spring.
I'm probably going to leave my gaming laptop here, too. It's getting a bit old so it only runs some games, I don't use it at home, and while I do sometimes take it when I'm housesitting, I'd rather make the tradeoff and not have to lug it through two airports next time I come down here. It's heavy and having two laptops AND my camera gear in my backpack on the trip down here gave me a backache that took two days to get rid of.
Either Santa was very nice to someone or said someone went on a shopping spree! :)
Haha! My mom bought me a small popcorn popper for Christmas. :) https://www.amazon.com/Nostalgia-RHP3...The box takes up 1/4th of my suitcase. She got me some other stuff, too, but mostly small-sized, fortunately. I'm NOT leaving behind my Christmas presents!
Some family friends bought me a small quilted handbag which I immediately started using. I think I've broken physics because it's obviously smaller than the one I brought down with me, but holds more stuff. Not complaining, that's for sure. I hate putting my Kindle Fire in my backpack because I worry it will get broken. Now I can fit it in the purse with my Paperwhite, iPod, phone, glasses, notepad, wallet, and other crap.
Of course, that meant that my other purse (which I also got from the same friends) has to go in the suitcase.
Unless, you fill the other purse with other little stuff and can then carry two purses, a backpack, and a suitcase! :)
If I run out of room again, I might try that. :) So far, so good, though. I only have a few books to stick in there that I can arrange in a layer on the top of everything else. (Why did I even bring those?)
While that is undeniably true, I really, really dislike reading paper books these days. It's physically difficult for me because of the issues I have with my hands, and my eyes ain't as great as they used to be either. (It's a contrast issue more than anything else, freakin' astigmatism does weird shit. Too much contrast is bad, too little contrast is bad... That's why it's soooo much easier to read on my paperwhite - that gentle, even and adjustable lighting without blinding me is amazing.)But these particular books are ones I really, really want to eventually read, and they aren't available digitally. Believe me, I check all the time.
In fact, they are some of the ones listed in the first post of my 2017 thread.
Which is why it made sense (at the time) for you to take them with you.I understand your pain with dealing with astigmatisms. To make matters worse, I'm now supposed to wear bifocals but I just can't get used to the suckers. I end up not wearing my glasses at all (which really isn't the best idea).
Fortunately, I really only need my glasses for driving or when I can feel my eyes needing them. I rarely drive these days, so I keep them on my desk for when I overdo it at the computer. :D They don't help one bit for reading, sadly.My computer screens give me full control over brightness, contrast, etc. My Fire and my Paperwhite do also. But books? Books don't really have much room for adjustment.
My mom did give me a booklight that she wasn't using. One of those nice M-Edge Eluminators. It has a clip that will slide into the back of a paper book, so I'm hoping that will help me light the pages more evenly so I can read them more easily. Won't help my hands but it's a start.
Nyssa wrote: "I understand your pain with dealing with astigmatisms. To make matters worse, I'm now supposed to wear bifocals but I just can't get used to the suckers. I end up not wearing my glasses at all (which really isn't the best idea). "Me too - most of the time I don't wear my glasses at all.
Christa wrote: "Fortunately, I really only need my glasses for driving or when I can feel my eyes needing them. I rarely drive these days, so I keep them on my desk for when I overdo it at the computer. :D They do..."Exactly the same for me. Driving at night is the main reason I wear them, or sometimes on the work laptop when my eyes are tired.
I used to only wear my glasses for driving as well, but then my eyesight changed, and my ophthalmologist said I should wear them full time. Then my sight changed again and yay - bifocals.
I finished the book! Wooooo!Of course, I have a case of "airplane flu" today so it might take me a while to actually write anything about it. LOL
Congrats! :DSorry about the flu though :(
DONE.https://monkeynotowl.wordpress.com/20...
Also updated relevant post at beginning of this thread. And I love how we almost made it to 100 posts before I'd even finished one book. :D
That was great Christa! Congratulations on completing your first read of 2017!
Like Panda, I'm excited for you to read more books so that I can see what you add next on your blog!
Thank you! :)I think after I get paid next week, I'm going to move to a full Wordpress site instead of the free version.
Christa wrote: "DONE.https://monkeynotowl.wordpress.com/20...
Also updated relevant post at beginning of this thread. And I love how we almost made it to 100 posts before I'd even fin..."
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Itll work for me, though!