Kris’s Comments (group member since Apr 05, 2013)

Kris’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

Jessica, is this book for teens or adults?

I copied a few book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

Lael, is this book for adults or teens?
What are the main characters' jobs or are they college/university students?

Story's time period and location/country?

Nicola, what's the genre (which we need to add to the topic header) - e.g., realistic fiction for teens, coming of age, non-fiction, etc.?

She's a mother of twin girls?

I copied a few book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

Amazon's short preview of Jaguar by Roland Smith - Becca's suggestion:

- https://www.amazon.com/Jaguar-Roland-...
- There are different cover images.

Kirkus Review:

- "The lush tropical rainforest serves as an unexpected but colorful setting for this sequel to Smith's Thunder Cave (1995, not reviewed). Jake Lansa, 14, is angry when his father, Robert "Doc'' Lansa, leaves him in the care of a retirement home with his grandfather, while he goes off to a jaguar preserve in the jungles of Manaus, near Brazil. The early scenes in the retirement facility are humorous and touching, but the pace accelerates once Jake flies down for a visit with his dad. ...

Amazon's short preview of Sniper by Theodore Taylor- Becca's suggestion:

- https://www.amazon.com/Sniper-Theodor...
- There are different cover images.

Amazon's preview of The Caretakers by Eliza Maxwell - Deniseey's suggestion:

- https://www.amazon.com/Caretakers-Eli... (Kindle version)

One Goodreads reviewer says:

- "... She and twin sister Margot haven't spoken in almost twenty years. Margot's husband, Ben, used to be Tessa's boyfriend, and there was a time when the three of them were inseparable. ..."

Google Books preview of Splendors and Glooms (also called "Firespell") by Laura Amy Schlitz - Becca's suggestion:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
- There are different cover images.

Google Books has a limited preview of Moongazer (also called: "Alternity") by Marianne Mancusi - Becca's suggestion. You might get lucky search for keywords:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
- There are different cover images.

Quotes from the book:

- My lungs constricted. Great. All this drama was inducing my asthma. I started to reach for my inhaler, then changed my mind and started my exercises.
Breathe in. Hold it. One, two, three. Breathe out.
- "Look at you," Dawn says, his voice cold. "You're so addicted you can't even breathe without the 'Gazer ..."
- From this angle I noticed a small moon-shaped tattoo just below her neck. For some reason it reminded me of my crazy dreams.

Glad you found your book, Rachel.

I copied book details to the topic header, as an example of the information we need at the top of the page - and I removed what sounds like a spoiler.

Spoiler...



(view spoiler)["... fake death of son" (hide spoiler)]

Note: You created a thread for this book on June 25, 2022. I've closed it so we don't have duplicate threads: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nechama, you created a thread for this book on January 25, 2018 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Is your book the one mentioned in that thread: The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope?

Google Books preview:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
- There are different cover images.

Glad you found your book, Alma.

I copied book details to the topic header, as an example of the information we need at the top of the page.

Rosa, what's the genre (which we need to add to the topic header) - e.g., contemporary romance or romantic suspense for adults?

Around what year did you read this book?

Rosa is still looking for this book:

"A girl was abused in a park and falls in love with her brother's best friend (

The story starts off with her and her dad driving to her brother's apartment and she is kinda freaking out but needs a new start in life. She can´t be touch by any men. After she moves in she calms down with help from her cat and realizes that she has feeling for the roommate, her brother's best friend. Somewhere they kinda get together and have a sexy relationship, where he teaches her all the pleasures of her body. In the last part of the book after a huge fight they get back together and live happily ever after.
(I think he cheated on her, not really sure so don't take my word on it.)
BTW: I think the cat's name is either Cinnamon or Pumpkin, its some spice name"

Ade, would you call this historical fiction or fantasy for adults?

Ade is still looking for this book:

"Adult Mayan or Aztec fiction regarding a lone warrior who helps a village against a large army. Read mid 1990s.

Read in mid 90's Mayan or Aztec fiction regarding a lone warrior who befriends villagers who are due to be attacked by a large army, the hero rallies the villagers to build defenses and defeat the army.
There may have been a sequel to this!"

Please note you can bump your own thread 30+ days after the last comment in the thread - because this group is so large. If you remember new details, you can add them at any time.

Around what year did you read this book?

naziba, no worries.
I copied some book details to the topic header, removed the spoiler, and added a spoiler alert. Feel free to edit it.

Where and how did he lose her early in the book?

April, I copied some book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

April's comments from February 28, 2022 thread:
"A girl has a pen pal in a letter writing assignment and the letter is signed ‘Blue Rose’. The letter says to meet them at a specific place (the school perhaps?) on a certain day and ‘Blue Rose’ turns out to be a hot air balloon."
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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