Lexi’s Comments (group member since Jul 27, 2016)

Lexi’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Thank you, Vi. That is a great second option, as we need 2 ladders.

16 is very helpful as well

Wonderful, thank you, Lisa, I will add your name by that one.

I'll add this to a top post, but for the square, I added Vi below:

The Book of Doors - I plan to read this one
The Diviners
Six of Crows
Sorcery of Thorns - Vi

For the ladder, all books must start with the previous letter. We have to use an article, so avoiding books with articles is a good start aside from the first book.

Ladder #1 (possibility but I would need help if anyone has a book they want to read on the list)
1. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
2. Etiquette & Espionage - I'll read this one
3. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Lisa
4. Sorcery of Thorns
5. Another S to S: Six of Crows, Sharp Objects or Semiosis
6. Sabriel

Ladder #2 (anyone have ideas)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

We also need series numbered 1 to 10. We can have gaps but especially for the lower number, it will be easier to plan for at least 1-8 and then two higher numbers unless someone is reading a series currently.

Mini 7 is the hardest, as it will require planning across the team. I made a square that works from former BOMs.

The Book of Doors - I plan to read this one.
The Diviners
Six of Crows
Sorcery of Thorns

I can read all four of them, but I wanted to see if anyone else was interested in joining for any of these books. We also need ladders if there any other former BOM that anyone may want to read.

I'll share links closer to time when the threads are set up, but for people needing to find copies or get in line at the library, the two November BOMs are:
Our Share of Night
A Drop of Corruption

The second one (A Drop of Corruption) is the 2nd in a series, but it is a wonderful, fantasy mystery. The first one, The Tainted Cup, was my favorite new book I read that year, so I highly recommend both of the books in the series.

I have not read the horror book so I have no thoughts on it.

New vegi monster:
Jinmenju
350 to 450
"laughing" in text
Human head on cover
MPG Humor
Set in Japan, China, India, or Persia (Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan)

Well, I read one that counts. It wasn't very good, and it doesn't put me that much closer, but it is a start. The science of the world getting colder was very sketchy and so many cults.
- 3 stars

Hi again, here is the BOM Information.

The first one starts Oct 16th with Masquerade - Discussion is here. It is my nomination so we get DQs. I hope it is a good book.

For November BOMs, polls close October 7 at midnight PST: Both Polls are Here

Hi all, I'm Lexi, and I know most of you all from other challenges. I have co-captained before with Judith and look forward to co-captaining with Catherine for this Wheel.

Please feel free to ask any question now and throughout. Any one have any last minute books you are trying to finish before Wheel? I have a poetry book I want to read.

Also, mine

Planning for Mini 7:

The Book of Doors - I plan to read this one
The Diviners
Six of Crows
Sorcery of Thorns - Vi

Ladder #1 (possibility but I would need help if anyone has a book they want to read on the list)
1. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
2. Etiquette & Espionage - I'll read this one
3. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
4. Sorcery of Thorns
5. Another S to S: Six of Crows, Sharp Objects or Semiosis
6. Sabriel

Ladder #2 (anyone have ideas)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

We also need series numbered 1 to 10. We can have gaps but especially for the lower number, it will be easier to plan for at least 1-8 and then two higher numbers unless someone is reading a series currently.

Book of the Month Information
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points.

October:
Oct 16 - Masquerade - Discussion is here

Nov
Poll closes October 7 at midnight PST: Both Polls Here

Still failing. Not sure I’m going to catch up this year.

And a new holiday monster:

Ravana
500 to 650
Page number is a multiple of 10
Set in India, Sri Lanka or an island in the Indian ocean
title starts with a letter in SHIVA
The word "satellite(s)" in text

I had trouble deciding but went with one of my all time favorites from Japan.

Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura

Isaku is a nine-year-old boy living in a remote, desperately poor fishing village on the coast of Japan. His people catch barely enough fish to live on, and so must distill salt to sell to neighboring villages. But this industry serves another, more sinister purpose: the fires of the salt cauldrons lure passing ships toward the shore and onto rocky shoals. When a ship runs aground, the villagers slaughter the crew and loot the cargo for rice, wine, and rich delicacies. One day a ship founders on the rocks. But Isaku learns that its cargo is far deadlier than could ever be imagined. Shipwrecks, the first novel by the great Japanese writer Yoshimura to be translated into English, is a stunningly powerful, Gothic tale of fate and retribution.

My new nominate until it wins or I loose interest one:


Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Heartwood takes you on a journey as a search and rescue team race against time when an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.

In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.

At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental.

My nomination, yay. I hope it is a good book.

I think that was my issue as I tried to read it and keep up with the days for BOM. I may come back to it soon and just take it slowly.

I'm sorry you all, but I am putting this one on hold for now. I just cannot focus this week on this level of writing. I am purely in the fluffy books re-read category. Life is just too complicated.