Varla Fiona’s Comments (group member since Mar 26, 2012)

Varla Fiona’s comments from the SA Book & Challenge Lovers group.

Johann, if I was the kind of person who got offended (I am not so don't worry) I would be offended as I am a woman and I have no desire to read them.

Yeah, wonderful photo.

I have also finished it. Enjoyed the read.

I haven't finished my choices yet either, but keen for readalongs if there is overlap.

The schedule looks great. Thanks Barbara.

You mentioned this series in some other context recently and I thought it sounded good, but I prefer to start at the beginning even if they are stand alone stories.

@ Emma: One of your nominations is the fourth in a series. Could we read the first in that serious instead?

Lu (Sugar & Snark) wrote: "I have a question. I am reading The Darkest Minds. All the editions say 496 pages. But my e-book has 580, and this is on my ipad, so it is a very big screen. When I put it on the smallest font it i..."

Mine was 515 pages on my tablet as well so I ditto your question...

24/25"

This challenge has 30 (or 31) tasks, so how do you have 24/25?

Lauren (Sugar & Snark) wrote: "Completed 6&9
2/5"

Just a reminder that a have been requested to list the actual books we read as some of us caused confusion last round. Yes, I am guilty of that...

Lu, same book. How about yellow rubber gloves? Would they work?

The kid wears them ALL the time.

Finding Camlann

Oh, yeah. Totally!

Of course, that makes me think of Pink Panther...

"Does your dog bite?"
"No"
Pet, pet, BITE.
"I thought you said your dog doesn't bite."
"That is not my dog."

I love snakes (I guess that is kind of a given, based on what job I have), but am still very cautious with any snake I don't know personally. And if I don't know what species it is, I will not touch it. I may interact with it, but I will use the correct tools to minimise the chance of a bite.

Snake on your desk may solve the problem. Certain staff members won't even come to our office as it is in the Snake Park!

Yay!! So looking forward to this one...

Niecole wrote: "Ok so next question...

How do you cheer up when someone has p-ed you off so early in the morning!"


Normally, if someone has seriously annoyed me early in the morning, it means it was my colleague who seems to exist solely to try my patience in every possible way. I deal with it by going to play with some of my favourite snakes, most of which she refuses to handle for various reasons!!

I much prefer Grimm to Once Upon a Time

Total: 213

1 point x 30=30
1) Phoenix Rising
2) Agatha H and the Airship City
3) The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
4) The Darkest Minds
5) Prince of Thorns
6) Cinder
7) The Rook
8) Along Came a Spider
9) Etiquette & Espionage
10) My Haunted House
11) God Save the Queen
12) The Emerald Atlas
13) The Way of Shadows
14) Epic
15) The Kill Artist
16) Cut & Run
17) The Alexander Cipher
18) A Wrinkle in Time
19) The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
20) The 5th Wave
21) Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
22) Touch of Frost
23) Odd Thomas
24) Darkly Dreaming Dexter
25) Shades of Grey
26) Blood Faerie
27) Assassins Apprentice
28) The Holders
29) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
30) The Ghost and Mrs. McClure

2 points x 14=28
1) The Fourth Bear
2) Speaker for the Dead
3) Scarlet
4) UnWholly
5) The Janus Affair
6) The Sword in the Grotto
7) The Tomb of Hercules
8) Map of Bones: A Sigma Force Novel
9) The Queen Is Dead
10) Vanish
11) Lost in a Good Book
12) Kiss of Frost
13) Azuri Fae
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter

3 points x 10=30
1) Three to Get Deadly
2) Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
3) Blameless
4) Xenocide
5) The Secret Of Excalibur
6) Frognapped
7) Code
8) The Scottish Prisoner
9) James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
10)George and the Big Bang

4 points x 8=72
1) Heartless
2) Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors
3) Vampire Brat
4) The Kiss
5) Peter and the Sword of Mercy
6) Children of the Mind
7) Spud: Exit, Pursued by a Bear
8) Inferno

5 points x 4=20
1) Timeless
2) Charlie Bone and the Hidden King
3) Ghostsitters
4) Ender's Shadow

6 points x 2=12
1) The Enchantress
2) Charlie Bone and the Beast

Other =21
1) Taggerung - 14 points
2) Fyre - 7 points

@ Lauren: I think that sounds like a great idea. It gives everyone flexibility to use whatever platform they are most used to using, while still collecting ask the pics in one place for us to look at.