Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

I love Robin Williams!!!

Become invisible.

Would you rather go backpack around Europe or go to a tropical island?

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "

Just wanted to stop by and say hey this morning. Has anyone ever played "Would you rather"?
Would you rather have the ability to fly or the power to become invisible?"

Invisible I am more of a lurker than a flyer. Besides I'm afraid of heights:)

I'm a fan of his as well, I can't believe he's gone!

I would definitely rather go to a tropical island. My ideal vacations are relaxing ones where I can read, listen to music and lay in the sun. I'm not a big fan of site seeing vacations.

Would you rather be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say?

Really u 2??? I would fly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How fun.

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "I'm a fan of his as well, I can't believe he's gone!

I would definitely rather go to a tropical island. My ideal vacations are relaxing ones where I can read, listen to music and lay in the sun. I..."

That one is hard. I think I will go with hear any conversation, even if once something is heard it cannot be unheard. I try to say something I won't regret, which is a lot easier when I'm not angry.

Would you rather lose your sight or hearing?

Aww love Robin....
Invisible for sure!! So much info out there.....
SInce this is theoretical I would like to backpack around Europe (ONLY IF I could shower daily;)). Yeah, one of those....
I'll go with take back whatever I said- I find I want to hear less and less of other people's conversations these days!!!

Stacey wrote: "Aww love Robin....
Invisible for sure!! So much info out there.....
SInce this is theoretical I would like to backpack around Europe (ONLY IF I could shower daily;)). Yeah, one of those....
I'll g..."

haha Stacey! I agree, I don't really give a damn about other people's conversations either.

Ora wrote: "Would you rather lose your sight or hearing?"

oooo Ora that one is hard!!! I think I would rather loose my hearing. I couldn't imagine not being able to read, even though I would be able to listen to audio books. Plus I think American Sign Language is very beautiful and would love to learn it.

I'm still in high school. 11th grade.

For the question, I'd rather with losing my hearing. Being blindfolded feels much scarier than muffling my ears.

And for the earlier one, where you would want to go backpacking, I would go with Europe. I live in a tropical country, and the hot weather all year round is killing me, especially in the summer.

It would rather be blind folded I love to hear my friends jabs and jab back. My family is similar to who's line is it anyway.

Would you rather live in the past or the future?

I think I would prefer living in the past as long as it is not too far in the past. This month I have been reading a lot of historicals and love Regency, Victorian and Edwardian Eras. As far as living in the past, the late Victorian to Edwardian Era because of certain modern conveniences that I don't think I could give up. I think it would be exciting to see how the world evolved during the Industrial Revolution.

Definitely kids with no money. I love my kids and can't imagine life without them even if it meant living paycheck to paycheck or getting assistance.

I just saw Ashley was chosen for DQs for The Circle. I guess with mine and Ang Figgy-Puddy at the bottom that we are back ups.

I just purchased the book. I'm waffling on hoping if it's good or not. If it is, it really is going to hard reading only so many pages each day to stay with everyone and answer questions.

Ang Figgy-Pudding wrote: "ChrisP wrote: "It would rather be blind folded I love to hear my friends jabs and jab back. My family is similar to who's line is it anyway.

Would you rather live in the past or the future?"

I w..."

Since I don't have kids and am not planning on any, i guess I'm "Rich B*tch!!" haha

If I had to choose between my dog and money, I choose my dog.

Ora wrote: "I just saw Ashley was chosen for DQs for The Circle. I guess with mine and Ang Figgy-Puddy at the bottom that we are back ups.

I just purchased the book. I'm waffling on hoping if it's good or not..."

I don't think they chose anyone yet, I think that's the list of volunteers. But I could be wrong.

Would you rather always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again?

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Ora wrote: "I just saw Ashley was chosen for DQs for The Circle. I guess with mine and Ang Figgy-Puddy at the bottom that we are back ups.

I just purchased the book. I'm waffling on hoping if it's..."

Oh. I didn't realized the mods list them prior to selecting.

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Since I don't have kids and am not planning on any, i guess I'm "Rich B*tch!!" haha..."

I'm right there with you on this one, Ashley!

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Would you rather always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again?"

I could easily never speak again! There's far too much to read! I am very chatty, but I could communicate online and through text. That would fulfill my needs. Maybe I'd finally write my novel...

Would you rather eat a spider or touch a live snake?

Eunice wrote: "I'm still in high school. 11th grade.

For the question, I'd rather with losing my hearing. Being blindfolded feels much scarier than muffling my ears.

And for the earlier one, where you would wan..."

Where are you from, Eunice? I hate the hot humid weather in Hawaii. I like the cold winter months better than summer...

I may or may not have talked a little smack in Death Star chat:)

Ang Figgy-Pudding wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Would you rather eat a spider or touch a live snake?"

Snakes. Definitely. I have no problems with touching them, picking them up, and I like that they EAT SPIDERS!"

Totally agree!!!!

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Would you rather always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again?"

I would have to go with say everything on my mind. That way i would have to be very conscious of my thoughts, which would be a positive thing!
And- I'd touch a snake, no problem. I mean, I don't go out hunting them in the yard or anything but NO WAY I am voluntarily eating a spider!

oh god!! 100% would rather touch a snake. I do not like spiders, sam I am!!!

Would you rather be itchy for the rest of your life or sticky for the rest of your life?

I must have misread read it earlier because I was thinking I wouldn't want to eat either especially anything live. Snakes are cool and as long as a handler is there I would touch it.

I have hyoerneuropathy in feet. When it acts up it can be anywhere from a slight tickle to extremely itchy to biting feeling so I would go with sticky. I would not wish the itchy feeling on anyone.

I can deal with sticky. I don't necessarily like it, but I am frequently sticky. Menopause sucks big time. Itchy would drive me nuts!!

Would you rather act in a play or sing The National Anthem at a stadium in front of thousands of sports fans??

Act in a play, especially if it's a comedy so if you mess hopefully it would wind up being funny. I think singing the National Anthem I would give Rosanne Barr a run for worse singer.

During wobble and the last TT I learned about several different venues with getting books which has increased the amount of books I read/listen to. Does anyone have a favorite source they like to use?

I love using kindle unlimited and overdrive. I also use hoopla and oneclickdigital if that is the only place I can find a book.

Ora wrote: "During wobble and the last TT I learned about several different venues with getting books which has increased the amount of books I read/listen to. Does anyone have a favorite source they like to u..."

I also like overdrive and hoopla. I use bookbub as well. Its a site that sends you discounted books. That's where I get all my free books. Amazon also has prime books if you're a prime member, there's less selection than kindle unlimited, but I already pay for prime, so it's a bonus for me.

I love bookbub! I recently signed up for goodreads deals and have found discounted books there too.

Bookbub is evil and just encourages my book buying addiction (I just bought two today) :D

Love overdrive and even my local library particularly for YA. I swear no one ever uses that section.

If you're happy to post reviews for books. I'd also recommend NetGalley. Advance copies for free although you often have to get approved by the publisher for big new releases.

I also recently signed up for Audiofile. You get 2 free audio books per week. It's marked towards teens, but I like YA so I signed up and downloaded my first book today. I'm not sure if it will end up being more of a pain in the ass. You have to install the Overdrive for windows or mac onto your computer and they are stored there, then you move them to your listening device. However, you do get to keep the audio books forever.

Alison wrote: "Bookbub is evil and just encourages my book buying addiction (I just bought two today) :D

Love overdrive and even my local library particularly for YA. I swear no one ever uses that section.

If y..."

I agree Alison. "Bookbub is the devil Bobby Boucher!"
I have a ton of freebie books on my kindle, but I never seem to read many of them.

I started a "to read" collection on my kindle for all of the books I've gotten free or bought but haven't read but I'm scared to update it. Last check there were around 200 but I've acquired more than a few since then :/

LMAO!! I don't know why, but this makes me laugh every time.

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Alison wrote: "Bookbub is evil and just encourages my book buying addiction (I just bought two today) :D

Love overdrive and even my local library particularly for YA. I swear no one ever uses that..."

I always think of this when I hear anything Waterboy

Ora wrote: "♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Alison wrote: "Bookbub is evil and just encourages my book buying addiction (I just bought two today) :D

Love overdrive and even my local library particularly for YA. I swear no o..."

LOL Ora!! love it!

Ang Figgy-Pudding wrote: "I don't have any sources to add to that list, but now I must check out bookbub...or perhaps not. I have often thought city libraries should go together to expand their online libraries (Overdrive) ..."

One of the recent Overdrive updates lets you recommend a book you are looking for very easily- I have yet to be informed that they got one but I recommend quite a bit now! I agree- they need to increase their 'library'!

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Ora wrote: "During wobble and the last TT I learned about several different venues with getting books which has increased the amount of books I read/listen to. Does anyone have a favorite source th..."

I use overdrive. Is their a difference between overdrive and hoopla? Does one have more content than the other.

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "

LMAO!! I don't know why, but this makes me laugh every time."

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ChrisP wrote: "♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Ora wrote: "During wobble and the last TT I learned about several different venues with getting books which has increased the amount of books I read/listen to. Does anyone have a f..."

I think it depends on your library.

I'm from the Philippines. Since it's summer now, it's 33 degrees Celsius here.

I use bookbub and Kindle too. There's so many free books there. I also download some books and listen to audiobooks from this SMS called VK. Though I guess it's kind of illegal.

Shhhh...we won't tell. Never heard of VK.

I only remember 25 and 37 degrees Celsius from labs, so 33 must feel really nice if the humidity isn't too high yet.


Does anyone have plans this weekend?
I was planning on taking my time reading my last book of the month but it looks like I will either change what I am reading or hide tomorrow so I can read since I found out a couple hours ago my husband and I are going to spend Sunday on lake with his some of his friends from work.

ChrisP wrote: "♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Ora wrote: "During wobble and the last TT I learned about several different venues with getting books which has increased the amount of books I read/listen to. Does anyone have a f..."

I'm not sure on the difference in selection, but they are different apps. I think for hoopla you have a limit to how many you can borrow per month.

Ora wrote: "Shhhh...we won't tell. Never heard of VK.

I only remember 25 and 37 degrees Celsius from labs, so 33 must feel really nice if the humidity isn't too high yet.


Does anyone have plans this weeke..."

It's my weekend to work, so I'll be stuck in the trenches.

It's the last couple of days of another team challenge for me so will be trying to read as much as possible to finish off the remaining tasks.

Unfortunately that means housework and sorting the garden will have to wait. What a shame ;)

I'm going to do Dewey's Read-a-thon today (Saturday) - but I'm going to savor my books! :-)

Anyone else participating?