Chaitra’s Comments (group member since May 25, 2012)

Chaitra’s comments from the The Seasonal Reading Challenge group.

Natalie wrote: "Does this cover work for yellow?"

I'm so sorry for seeing this so late! I'll go with whatever the mods have decided if you've already posted it. If not, yes! I'll take that. :)

Thanks Elizabeth!

Thanks Sandy!

I changed my mind, again! Would this work for romantic embrace?

Does this work? Some of the heads have hats, some do not?

. Large Version where the hats are clearer.

Jayme, the ice flower works for Option 1! Age of Ice also works for 6, since it doesn't look like she has any novella sized book out. Short stories are fine.

I would say no to Laura Nowlin though, since even though Will/Novia isn't available anymore it was once. It also looks like a novel sized book. Does that make sense? Sorry about that!

Thank you!

Can I have these approved? What the Cat Saw & The Cat in the Window: And Other Stories of the Cats We Love. Cat from the title of the first book & Cats from the subtitle of the second.

My group read choices haven't been the best. At least this time I loved most of the book, but the ending already bothered me when I was reading it. What started it was the whole institutionalizing Bernadette without her consent because OMG she caused a mudslide because she did exactly as the neighbor said! And she has all those empty pill bottles! Which at the point he's pushing for it, Elgin knows everything about courtesy the FBI. Had he been seriously involved with Soo-Lin at that point, I could understand why the guy was so adamant about it. No. We're told he's in love with his wife, even if he can't make enough time to sit down and have a talk with her about everything before he gets cops, doctors and his admin involved. Worse still, he fathers a baby with Soo-Lin pretty much two days after his wife vanishes after what must have been a traumatic incident. If the FBI and cops had some competence that would have been his grave nicely dug. Who else would profit if Bernadette vanished? Also, the Soo-Lin character was annoying, but I hated that brushing aside she got. I'm assuming the whole thing is hunky dory because Bee must have told Bernadette about the baby and she's still coming back to idiot #1 no longer employed in MS.

Ugh. I liked it when Bernadette was around. It was fun, and she was quirky, and she's weird but still all there when compared with Audrey, Soo-Lin & even that horrid husband of hers. (Can you tell I hated the guy? From beginning to end). I've always wanted to go live in Seattle, but goodness the case she doesn't make for it! It's a good thing there are other writers making poor Seattle seem good. I like the way the book is structured too - more gimmicky the better for me, as long as it doesn't distract from the plot. But yeah, disappointing at the end, because it could've been so much better.

And there's this tiny thing that's been nagging me - Bernadette hates people. She doesn't like going out in public, which is why she has that virtual assistant in Delhi. But... she goes out in public. She takes her daughter out to dinner twice, and she goes out with her husband once, in what? Two weeks?

Approved!

Would you count this as a romantic embrace?

I'm back! Is this green enough? I've got it out of the library, and it's kind of a hideous, lurid green in real life, lol.

Donna Jo, that works! :)

Janet F wrote: "How about The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen for option 6? It is the only book published under the author name alone."

Sure, that works!

Bouchra wrote: "Actually, the description mentions the main character as a doctor who is traveling with an anthropologist, so this will definitely work. Have fun reading! "

LOL, I didn't even notice that. Thank you!

For option 3, can there be more than a pair of double letters? For example, MaddAddam: A Novel has 2 sets of Ds. Can that be used?

I was wondering if The People in the Trees would work for option 3? The main character is an anthropologist who goes on to win the Nobel Prize for scientifically proving something or other (going by the description)...

Sure does! It also works for the Historical Romance option (4). :)

Thanks Angela! And both of your choices work!

Claire wrote: "Option 1: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Option 2: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling"

Both work!