Sammy’s Comments (group member since Nov 18, 2020)

Sammy’s comments from the Sinful Readers Anonymous group.

COMPLETE: Dollhouse

Dollhouse: Season 2 12/12

• Vows - Read a book which features a wedding, or in which someone has to face a phobia. Or read a book in which something goes wrong with a computer. - The Portrait of a Lady - Isabel gets married
• Instinct - Read a book in which someone has a baby, or in which someone misunderstands an overheard conversation. Or read a book in which someone suffers from a delusion. - Babies and delusions!
• Belle Chose - Read a book which features a kidnapping, or which has a student/teacher relationship. Or read a book with a mannequin on the cover. - My Dark Vanessa - student/teacher relationship
• Belonging - Read a book which has a character who is an artist, or read a book which features ‘flashbacks’. Or read a book in which someone hits back at their abuser. Oryx and Crake - mostly told in flashbacks
• The Public Eye - Read a book with a prominent eye on the cover, or in which someone is not who they seem. Or read a book tagged ‘politics’. - Throne of Glass - several people are not who they seem
• The Left Hand - Read a book with a hand on the cover, or a direction (left, right, up, down, etc) in the title. Or read a book in which someone uses a tracking device. - To Hold Up the Sky - UP
• Meet Jane Doe - Read a book which features an unnamed character, or which makes a reference to a sci-fi TV show. Or read a book in which someone is in/goes to prison. -Becoming Superman - references several sci-fi shows
• A Love Supreme - Read a book that features a serial killer, or a love that can be seen as obsession. Or read a book in which someone has some kind of brain damage. - I'll Keep You Safe - MC's best friend is obsessively in love with her.
• Stop-Loss - read a book with a firearm on the cover, or in which a character gets drunk. Or read a book which features a kind of super soldier. - Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood - people get drunk
• The Attic - Read a book in which a character goes up to an attic, or in which someone has to face their worst nightmare. Or read a book which has a character/by an author named Clyde. - We Have Always Lived in the Castle - MC goes up to attic several times
• Getting Closer - Read a book which features a conspiracy or an invasion. Or read a book which features an experiment. - The Nano Flower - experiments ahoy!
• The Hollow Men - Read a book set in Arizona, or in which someone suffers a betrayal. Or read a book which features a bomb. - 29 Seconds - MC is betrayed by her friend)


Dollhouse: Season 1 12/12 (view spoiler)[

• Echo - Read a book with an echo (repeated word) in the title, or which is by an author/has a character named Adelle. Or read a book which has a word from the NATO phonetic alphabet in the title
• Ghost - Read a book which features a ghost, or in which someone goes on a romantic weekend away. Or read a book which features a hostage negotiation. - The Night Watch - woman is held hostage
• The Target - Read a book with a target or bow/arrow on the cover, or which features a hunt. Or read a book which features a doctor, or a character that has scars. - The Thirteen Problems - doctor char.
• Stage Fright - Read a book which has a character who is in the performing arts, or who suffers from PTSD. Or read a book which has flowers on the cover. - Crooked House - Magda is an actress
• Gray Hour - Read a book which has a colour or measurement of time in the title. Or read a book which features a character who is a thief. - The White Tiger - white, and a thief char.
• True Believer - Read a book which features a cult, or a character who is visually impaired. Or read a book with a character or author who has a bird name. - The Rise of Endymion - The Pax seem very much like a cult.
• Man on the Street - Read a book which features abuse, or which has a character who is a sleeper agent. Or read a book with the word ‘attic’ in the text. - Let the Right One In - Tom's mother is in a relationship with an abusive man.
• Echoes - Read a book which features a virus outbreak, or which is set in a college. Or read a book which has a character who is an activist. - Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire - zombie outbreak
• Needs - Read a book in which someone escapes from somewhere, or read a book published in 2009 - The Battersea Barricades - much escaping going on!
• A Spy in the House of Love - Read a book with MPG ‘Espionage’, or which has a house on the cover. Or read a book with the word ‘love’ in the title. - Red Storm Rising - MPG Espionage
• Haunted - Read a book in which someone is haunted, or which features a murder. Or read a book in which a character plays video games. - The Ordeal of the Haunted Room - chars believe room is haunted. father is murdered and attempted murder of son
• Briar Rose - Read a book based on a fairy tale, or which features a character who is agoraphobic.
• Omega - Read a book which has a bounty hunter character, or in which someone drinks Whiskey. - The Talisman - several characters drink whiskey in the bar Jack works in.
• Epitaph One - read a book which has won a science fiction award (Hugo, Nebula, etc), or which has a ‘Post apocalypse’ or ‘Dystopia’ MPG. - Cryptonomicon - won the Prometheus award


(view spoiler)[Dollhouse Pilot: 6/6

• Read a book in which someone suffers memory loss, or a book in which memories are implanted in someone. - The Lewis Man - One of the main characters suffers from dementia
• Read a book about someone who is or has a handler or bodyguard, or in which someone goes out of their way to keep someone safe. - White Fang - White Fang is always trying to keep his master safe
• Read a book in which someone is not who they seem, or read a book which has a dollhouse on the cover. - The Master and Margarita - Woland is not who he seems!
• Read a book about a scientist, or with a character who has a big ego. - Riders of the Dawn - It's a western, they all have huge egos!

Naturally, every secret organisation must have people out looking for them…

• Read a book with a character that is a member of a law enforcement agency of some sort. - And Now For Something Completely Different - Features the Time Police
• Read a book about a character that is an alpha male, or a book about a serial killer - Henry V - Henry is very much an alpha male (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

Supernatural

Pilot-season 3

S 4-6

S 7-8

Supernatural: Season 11 12/12

• We broke it, we bought it. - Read a book which features zombies, or in which the world is in peril. Or read a book with a dark cover or all the letters in ‘AMARA’ in the title. - The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man - Steampunk zombies!
• You’re unclean. In the biblical sense. - Read a book by an author or with a character named Billie/Billy, or a character who is a priest. Or read a book with a character who shared a name with a member of the Scooby gang. - 14 - MCs refer to each other by Scooby gang names
• Thank you Uncle Crowley - Read a book with a child character, or a family related word in the title (uncle, mother, son, etc.) Child of God - child
• I’m going to check out the rest of the inn, because now I’ve got grandma all over me - Read a book about a serial killer, or which is set in a B&B. - A Question of Identity - serial killer
• Dean is vulnerable - Read a book set in Ireland, or in a retirement home. Or read a book which features a banshee or a character with hearing difficulties. - Eric - Arch Chancellor is deaf
• The teacher up the flagpole - Read a book with a flag on the cover, or in which many people are injured - The Things They Carried - many injuries
• This Cas mask. This grim face of angelic constipation. - Read a book which was originally written in French or German, or which is tagged ‘time-travel’. The Captive - original is french
• I’m worried about my boys Rufus - Read a book published in 1985, or which features characters who argue a lot. - Here To Stay -LOTS of arguing
• I’m going to come back for you. I promise. - Read a book in which a character is shot or makes a promise. - The House of Dolls - many people shot
• What’s it like, settling down with a hunter? - Read a book which has MPG ‘LGBT’ (or similar), or which has an author or character who is Mexican On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous -LGBT
• We assemble a Band of Brothers - Read a book which features a moody teen, or in which someone has to apologise. Or read a book in which someone is putting a team together - The Noble Path - Elliott puts team together
• The bloody sun’s cracked! - Read a book with a sun on the cover, or in which someone builds a bomb. Or read a book with MPG ‘Chick-lit - The Father-Thing

Supernatural: Season 9+10 12/12 (view spoiler)[

• Why can’t you people just sit on clouds like you’re supposed to? - Read a book with fire or clouds on the cover, or with blood on the cover or in the title. Or read a book in which someone commits treason. - Living Dead in Dallas - Blood on cover
• I meditate. Yoga helps - Read a book which features sisters, or in which a character does yoga. Or read a book where someone tries to go against their nature. - The Empty Men - Maria is Yoga instructor
• Wasps… Read a book in which someone inherits something, or which has a character who employs household staff. Or read a book in which someone discovers a secret passage, or which has been tagged ‘whodunnit’. - Dead Souls - most characters employ household staff
• You know my stalker? - Read a police procedural, or a book in which characters go to a retreat. Or read a book by an author or with a character named Jodi or Donna. - The Night Thief - police procedural
• Daddy Cas - Read a book by an author or with a character named Claire, or which features a loan shark or armed robbery. Or read a book set in an orphanage or group home. - Cry, the Beloved Country - armed robbery
• Removing the mark - Read a book that features one or more of: Blackmail, torture, manipulation, forgiveness. - Murder by Other Means - features all but forgiveness
• Next thing I know, I wake up looking like Bieber - Read a book with a teen MC, or read a fairy-tale retelling. - The Catcher in the Rye - Teen MC
• I’ll do what I have to do. I’ll kill Cain. - Read a book with MPG True Crime, or which features a serial killer. Or read a book with a blade on the cover. - Brighton Rock - razor on cover
• I believe there is a God, but I am not sure he still believes in us. - Read a book set in Florence or in the 16th century, or which features a religious character, or a hamster. - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Rev Chrisparkle
• The book of the damned - Read a book about books, or which has a book on the cover. Or read a book by an author or with a character named Jacob, or in which people break a code. - The Complete Sherlock Holmes - a couple of stories involve code breaking
• Happy birthday. Don’t shoot me. - Read a book with a gun on the cover, or in which someone goes rogue or celebrates a birthday. - The Cleaner - gun on cover
• Magic like that does not come free. It comes with a price that you pay in blood. - Read a book in which someone undergoes surgery, or which has blood on the cover. Or read a book which features a really angry character. - Seize the Day - wilhelm is a very angry character


Supernatural: Season 9 12/12

• He’s the junk in my trunk - Read a book tagged ‘BDSM’, or which features soldiers or decapitation. Or read a Hunger Games book. - Ironclads - MC is soldier
• I needed to gain your trust. And that required intercourse? - Read a book with MPG Erotica, or in which a character loses their virginity. Or read a book which features a homeless character. - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - Mark loses his virginity
• Hands of mercy - Read a book in which a character tends to the dying, or works in sales. Or read a book with a pink cover, or read a translated book. The Twilight Watch - translated from Russian
• Oh my God! They killed Kevin! - Read a book which features Hells Angels or other biker gang, or a church choir. Or read a book which features a mass killing, or in which an important character dies. - The Woman in White - several important chars die
• She’s a werewolf. So am I - Read a book with a werewolf or religious character, or read a book based on Norse Mythology. - Day Watch - Lots of werewolves
• Welcome to the collection Dean - Read a book which has a character who is an addict, or a character who collects something. Or read a book in which someone has trust issues. - Usher's Passing - MC's sister is an addict
• I guess that makes me your mistress - Read a book featuring nuns, or which has the word ‘sister’ or ‘mother’ in the title. Or read a book in which a character drinks heavily. - Adam Bede - Adam's father is a heavy drinker
• Used most of my juice to get back into porn - Read a book which breaks the 4th wall (the narrator talks to the reader) or is tagged ‘meta fiction’, or which contains a lot of pop-culture references. Or read a book in which someone who was believed dead returns. - Vanity Fair - narrator talks directly to the reader
• You calling my family weird? Oh honey, you have no idea. - Read a book with MPG Family, or which features an MC who is in law enforcement. Or read a book by an author or with a character named Alex. - They Disappeared - MCs in law enforcement
• Nobody in the history of torture has been tortured with torture like the torture you’ll be tortured with. - Read a book that features torture, or which someone has told you they found torture to read (feel free to ask for “recs” on the tv guide thread!). Or read a book by an author or with a character named Gavin, or a book which features a father/son drama. - Saving Time - drama between Luke and his dad
• Wait. You know about Lord of the Rings? - Read The Lord of the Rings. Or read a book which features a character who is a member of the armed forces, or in which someone goes bowling. - Under the Dome - One of the MCs and several other chars are armed forces
• Whatever it is, I’m blaming you - Read a book which features a big showdown with a villain, or in which the MC dies. Or read a book with a black cover. - The End - black cover (hide spoiler)]

My ears would feel naked! lol.

Ok, who are you, and what have you done with Sonia?

Eni, is that you pretending to be your sister? :D


Inquiring minds must know, which Stephen King?

Ohhh, good luck!

That'd kill me... without my audio books I'd be down to 4 or 5 a month tops, lol.

I decided I didn't want to wait until after Uno for my next prompt, so dug one out last night, to go with whatever I would be reading next...

I got 'read a book published in the '00s', which worked out perfectly, because another challenge called for Lions, and so I'm finally reading (published in '09). someone gave me a whole set of these about 7 years ago, and they've sat there unread all this time. Oops...

Good luck! lol. It's likely worse for me because I speak the language. Hopefully it's not so annoying in Portuguese :D

Sonia wrote: "Since I'm this impatient thing, I decided to draw the next card and I got:

RAMDOM GENRE

Which the randomizer gods decided it would be: Historical Fiction

Oh boy.

I think the lucky winner will ..."

I didn't think that one was bad, but it drove me bonkers that they kept using "guilders" for "money", which just doesn't work. The Dutch word for money is "Geld". I got soooooo frustrated with that, lol.

I'm finally done with Season one of Dollhouse, and would like to finish the show with a binge of season 2 please! :D

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "Are you trying to do Steven says again? Does that ever work? (Kidding. It worked for me that one time I know.)

Speaking of 1001 books, I finally read The Street of Crocodiles for my ..."

Was it any good? I'd not come across it on my travels yet, but it looks interesting!

I've had Ahnold's autobiography on my 'currently reading' since I joined GR in 2014. I was enjoying it too, just somehow haven't gotten around to even looking at it in the past 6 years! lol.

Sonia wrote: "Dang... I'm trying so hard not to go in search for that book because I don't do zombies..."

Does it help if I say it's book 2 in a series of 9 and you already have too many series on the go? lol.

It totally is now, lol.

I finished The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man. Steampunk zombies! Totally what was missing from my life!

Not going to start another this close to challenge start, so am going to concentrate on getting through my daughter's box of manga she left here when she moved out instead, lol.

Indeed, good book = AWESOME! :D

And yay for good prompt too.

Downton Abbey: Season 3 (view spoiler)[

• The Earl who dropped the torch - Read a book which features a character who is in financial difficulties, or which has a train on the cover, or features the stock market in some way. - Gone with the Wind - scarlet is in financial difficulties during and after the war.
• Mrs Levinson - Read a book by an American author, or one with a Jewish name. - The Fall of the House of Usher - Poe was American
• Sir Anthony Strallan - Read a book in which a character has a relationship with someone much older, or read a book by an author or with a character named Anthony. - A Quantum Murder - student has relationship with man 44 years older
• Heartbreak for Edith - Read a book in which someone is left at the altar, or a wedding is cancelled. - A Laodicean: A Story of Today - MC cancels wedding last minute
• On the run - Read a book in which a character is wanted by the police, or in which someone is banished from their homeland. - The Jungle MC is wanted by police
• Tragedy at Downton - Read a book in which someone dies/has died in childbirth. Or read a book with a character named Sybil. - Imago - Jesusa's mother died in childbirth
• Downton is saved - Read a book in which someone comes into a lot of money, or in which someone comes to the rescue in some way. - I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons - Kevin starts receiving more and more money
• Daisy on the farm - Read a book with a farm animal/equipment on the cover, or which is set on a farm. - The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America - water tower on cover
• Mr Bates is free - Read a book in which someone is released from prison, or which is tagged ‘freedom’. - Voyager - the prisoners are released from Ardsmuir
• Lady Rose - Read a book with a rose/roses on the cover, or which is tagged ‘YA’. - The Name of the Rose - roses on cover
• Journey to the Highlands - read a book by a Scottish author, or which is set in Scotland. - The Trick is to Keep Breathing - Scottish author
• Mrs Patmore has a fancy man - Read a book with a food theme, or which has the letters S P I C E & S in the title. - A Few Pecans Short of a Pie - Food theme and letters in title


Downton Abbey: Season 2

• War! - Read a book tagged ‘War’, or which is set in France. - Hornblower and the Hotspur - MPG War
• Lavinia Swire - Read a book in which someone’s love interest is engaged to another, or which has the letters L A V I N I & A in the title. - Tipping the Velvet - kitty gets engaged to Walter.
• Ethel Parks - Read a book with a character who is rude or abrasive, or who hates their job or is fired. Or read a book with a park on the cover. - The Two Towers - Gollum is terribly rude! :)
• Vera bates Read a book with a female villain, or read a book with the letters V E R & A in the title. - Kushiel's Chosen - female villain Melisande
• Patrick..? - Read a book by an author or with a character who is Canadian, or read a book in which a long-lost person returns. - Alias Grace - Atwood is Canadian
• Mrs Bird’s soup kitchen - Read a book in which someone commits an act of kindness, or in which characters eat soup. Or read a book with a kitchen or something you’d find in a kitchen on the cover. - Fallen - chars eat soup
• The concert - Read a music-themed book, or one which has a musical character or in which characters attend a concert. - Boy's Life - Has two characters who are music teachers
• Jane, the new housemaid - Read a book which has a character who is a single parent, or read a book by an author or with a character named Jane - The Golden Notebook - Anna is a single parent
• A wedding and a funeral - Read a book with a wedding and a funeral in it, or which has a wedding or funeral related word in the title. - The Return of the King - Aragorn gets married, Theoden's funeral.
• The end of the war - read a book which features a celebration, or read a book tagged ‘peace’. - Kushiel's Avatar - Book ends with a huge fete.
• Forbidden love - Read a book in which characters are in a relationship considered inappropriate, or read a book in which someone runs away or elopes. - Erewhon - Narrator runs away with his love interest
• Spanish flu - Read a book about a pandemic, or in which one of the named characters dies. Or read a book which is set in Spain or by a Spanish author. - Lonesome Dove many characters die, including major ones.


Downton Abbey: Season 1

• The Titanic has sunk! - Read a book with a ship/boat or the sea on the cover, or read a book in which someone loses a family member. - Blue World - Family members lost in at least half the stories
• Daisy - Read a book with a teen MC, or which features a very gullible character. - The Patient Man - Woman refers to her kids as gullible
• William - Read a book which is the 2nd in a series, or read a book by an author or with a character named William/Bill - Dead Until Dark - Bill the vampire
• Bates - Read a book about army buddies, or in which a character is injured. Or read a book by an author or with a character named John. - Barnaby Rudge - Sir John Chester
• Matthew - Read a legal drama, or read a book by an author or with a character named Matthew/Matt. - The Brothers Karamazov - Part courtroom drama
• Molesley - Read a book by an author or with a character named Joseph, or read a book in which someone is worried about their job. - One In Three - Several people worried about their jobs.
• The Cheerful Charlies - Read a book which features the theatre or other staged performance, or read a book in which there are two characters with the same first name. - The Prestige - Staged magic shows
• Isobel Crawley - Read a book about a nurse, or read a book by an author or with a character named Isobel (different spelling is fine) - Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement - MC is married to Isobel
• Joining the hunt - Read a book with a horse or dog on the cover, or read a book with a red cover. - Shadow of a Dark Queen - Horse on cover
• Salt in the pudding! - Read a book with a character who is blind/doesn’t see well. Or read a book with the letters S A L & T in the title. - Stranger in a Strange Land - S A L T in title
• Sybil goes to a rally - Read a book tagged ‘political’/’politics’, or in which there is a fight or a riot. - Somewhere In Time - Richard fights with the men trying to kidnap him
• Mary’s scandal is out - Read a book which features a scandal or gossip. - The Old Wives' Tale - One of the MCs elopes!


Pilot:

• Read a book which has a character that’s part of the gentry, or is simply very wealthy. - The Chessmen - Roddy is wealthy
• Read a book in which there is a relationship between two people who were born in different countries. Or read a book which is by an author or has a character named Robert or Cora. - The Gambler - Russian MC has relationship with French woman
• Read a book about sisters, or a book with multiple POVs that are all female. - Witches Abroad - all MCs are female, as are villains. also 2 sets of sisters.
• Read a book which has a character over 70 years old, or which has a character or is by an author which has a name that is also the name of a flower. - Paradise Lost - angels all older than 70 ;)

Equally important is your downstairs staff. In particular you need a butler, a housekeeper and a cook to begin with.

• Read a book with a butler character, or with a character that takes great pride in their work. Or read a book which is by an author or has a character named Charles. - Pyramids - Several characters take pride in their work. Dios most of all.
• Read a book with a character that supervises others in their job, or with a character or author that’s from Scotland. Or read a book which is by an author or has a character named Elsie - Bartleby the Scrivener - The narrator runs an office and supervises several staff
• Read a book where someone cooks a meal, or a book in which characters go to a restaurant. - The Hobbit, or There and Back Again - the trolls cook a meal which almost includes Hobbit! (hide spoiler)]

I finished season 3 of Downton Abbey and season 10 of Supernatural and would like to binge some more of both please :)

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I've got many prompts that wouldn't work, so I'll save them for after Uno, or for reading at the end of the month if I've read faster than planned and have time to kill before the next round :)

Hehe... I'm probably going to draw my current one out until the end of the month, and then put the jar aside for a bit while I read for Uno, lol.

Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "They're words that are a shortened combination of two other words, like brunch (breakfast & lunch) or smog (smoke & fog) etc. :)"

Ohhhhhhh. Learning something new everyday. Thanks :)"

You're welcome.

My personal favourite is 'fugly'. :D

They're words that are a shortened combination of two other words, like brunch (breakfast & lunch) or smog (smoke & fog) etc. :)