Mana’s Comments (group member since Feb 28, 2014)

Mana’s comments from the Shadow & Bone read along group.

It was really hard to stop at chapter 10 TT~TT .. but I did it .. ok .. so we'll wait for everyone to finish .. so the last one should go ahead and post their thoughts ,, since i know a certain someone finished the 1st 10 chapters a little earlier ;) .. the ball is in your court kitkat <3

No no .. There was no clear statement .. But it was something someone brought up .. And I think it made sense lol

7 hours and 15 minutes left till the day's up .. I'm gonna read in about an hour myself .. Xoxo

YA .. Relax .. You make me sound like an angry parent lol .. I understand the need to finish quickly trust me .. I just thought it was a good moderation exercise LOL .. Recently our school bookstore had crazy sales and thankfully I managed to buy a reasonable number .. About 6-10 books for the price of 1-2 .. So like the buying .. The reading should be slowed down and shared with ppl .. That's why I wanted to do this read along thing (please stop me if I blab too much) .. Btw I did good on my exam .. Though I have another one tomorrow lol ..

Completely with you on everything .. Love the "darling" typo as well XD .. Cracked me up .. I still say alexei isn't dead .. Cuz they just flew him away .. That's no way to kill someone that we've seen take a role no matter how short ..

Do you think he was gay? I don't know why he sort of reminded me of kenji of tahereh mafi's shatter me .. And there were some speculations about his sexual orientation .. Lol


Kitkat.. How u doing?

Whenever you're done posting comments about the earlier section .. start reading chapters 6-10. once you're done with that just post that you're ready to discuss it here .. no spoilers until the last person states they've finished and then that person can go ahead and write their thoughts just like i did on the 1st section .. sounds like a plan? we'll try to do it in a day's span .. so it's about 12:00 am (march 12th) now uae time .. let's say 24 hours?? .. YA does that work for you?

ok ok.. settle down everyone .. Dear bookaholic .. have you been skipping ahead? .. no fair lol .. KitKat .. I love how action packed it was even though it's just the first few chapters .. of course I'm assuming you read it right? *spoiler alert just in case* so I agree on that there were some confusing bits but I feel like it's normal since it's a new world and it's pretty much an introductory 5 chapters .. My copy of the book has a map at the beginning .. it kinda helped me imagine stuff but I still feel like i need to run over the different grisha titles to get the hang of their ranks

It's too soon to tell anything about anyone .. but I like how the setting is so far .. and the narration of Alina was really good .. at first with her stressing out and the childhood thing .. I thought she would be a gloomy person but she turned out to be funny .. I love how she has these comments to herself mid-narration .. I LOLed hard when she admitted it to the darkling

Speaking of which .. 120-sh?? really?? I was so shocked .. The way he was presented .. I kinda felt he'd be her age and therefore inevitably a part of the usual love interests.. but for now I'm not gonna think about it much .. all I want to know is .. "The darkling??" that's the name we're going to be thinking of the entire time?? there better be a name .. cuz I think I'm developing an interest and dude seems deeper than to be called The Darkling ..

Now the childhood friend Mal .. I loved how he was kind as a kid .. saying he didn't think she was ugly .. so cute .. and then as they grew apart .. I could tell he still cared for her but maybe that's still unclear since he could have been douching out on her.. boys .. you can never tell .. too early to tell and i'm still forming thoughts .. but when he said he'd meet her in their meadow i was kind of sad.. so yeah .. Mal's sort of a conflict to be resolved for me ..

Alexei :( .. so sad .. I don't think he's dead though .. there's no way a talent and a friend like that would go away that easily .. I don't know why .. but that's what I believe ..

what do you guys think?? we don't have to rush this at all btw .. I wanted to make it a point to dish out together on smaller parts to get the most of it .. but it's entirely up to you if you want to make it a 5 chapter/ a day thing .. but the thing with that is sometimes we'll have things to do .. (like my exams in the next couple of days) .. + there is the matter of waiting for everyone to finish so that we can discuss our "findings" .. so whenever you guys read this let me know how the 5 chapters were .. and YA maybe you can be our translator to every key russian word? (so please don't skip ahead?? >A< )

I know!!! I could finish it but figured I should slow down .. I haven't read chapters 4-5 yet since i'm studying but i'm eager for my break .. In any case .. I figured we could dish out on point like (settings/ a feel of the book and the characters so far/ map and russian word references/ good scenes so far) and anything else .. I know it's too early to tell .. + I haven't read everything yet so no idea what I've missed .. but just to keep a discussion going .. I personally am enjoying this .. So do you guys want to make it 5 chapters a day thing? we can do that and then fangirl afterwards as long as everyone confirms reading everything .. how does that sound? (i talk too much don't i?)

So today's finally here .. How's the reading .. Happy times?? .. I won't say anything don't worry .. i've forced myself to stop at 3 chapters just to have something to read tomorrow .. which is ok since i have to sleep .. and I have to study for an exam tomorrow .. but either way ,, I'll see if I can post points to talk about from the first 5 chapters (good stuff so far) .. ok then .. no spoilers until everyone confirms reading 5 chapters ,, ttyl

hhh tell you what .. on the 12th i'll post like main points on what to talk about .. and we won't start till we make sure everyone's on the same page (or at least finished the 5th chapter lol) .. sounds good?

YA Bookaholic wrote: "Hey, guys!
My name is Anastasya but saying it out loud is bit of a mouthful, so you can call me Asya or Ana. I read mainly YA (Hence my GoodReads username), but I read Adult or Middle Grade too, th..."

Awesome .. glad you guys were on board .. so I guess that's something else we share aside from our love for YA .. Speaking of which ..

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G is an UNDERSTATEMENT!!!!!! I was sobbing when i realized this is the last time we're going to see the real peeta 3 I get what Collins was trying to do .. it really was a suitable ending but .. oh there are no words .. *endless feels*

I can't wait to see how things turn out in mokingjay .. on a sad note .. at what point of the book do you think they'll stop? .. and on a HAPPYY NOTE <3 .. THEY SAID THEY WILL UNKILL FINNICK!!!!! *fingers crossed*

Divergent, TFIOS .. i think enough is said ..

i should just skip all of these movies and read my books .. maybe hit the marvel / DC movies coming up soon .. my my a lot to do this year lol

i've clearly done my homework lol .. am i freaking you out?

let's start over .. glad we're reading together .. nice to meet you partner

Kitkat wrote: "Hey :D

My name is Poline.
You can call me that or Kitkat, your choice. I'm also from UAE, and I developed an interest for reading YA books in 2012. Basically, I'm a huge book lover. I fangirl all ..."

Sweet!! I used to read comics as a kid but as many readers it was harry potter that got me started .. and after which twilight and the hunger games and the rest of the franchises .. but I do enjoy cheesy adult books every now and then .. I love Jill Mansell books for romantic chick flicks sort of thing as well ..

So yeah .. I fangirl mostly with myself and recently mustered up the courage to try and reach out to fandoms .. it's been a blast ..

if you're in AD .. we should meet up .. I know a certain YA movie is coming out this month .. what do you say?

Hey .. My name is amna (but you can go ahead and call me mana) .. I'm from the United Arab Emirates and I love to read .. especially YA books .. I've started talking about reading a book with Kitkat and YA Bookaholic .. and after a while we agreed to read this book .. I'm glad we're all doing this together and I think I'm really going to enjoy this .. since I don't really have many readers around me .. basically the internet is were I find proof i'm not the only fangirl out there (hey fanboys .. I know you're there as well) .. so yeah .. feel free to ask me anything .. and I hope to get to know you guys and share this fun read with you .. Cheers!!

So .. I was checking out the load .. and it's about 90 pages .. so should we give it a week Starting from March 10th to finish these chapters .. and then use this thread to lash out .. if there are feels to share in the beginning that is ..