Rebekah’s Comments (group member since Jun 22, 2013)

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

The breakdown listed above are BOOKS, not chapters. It confused me too.

Wow! I missed a lot of excitement today! Great job team!

A Darker Shade of Magic DQs
Day 1: Jan 2
Chapters I – II Read Royal, pages 1 - 57

Q1. Kell has a very interesting Jacket. Have you read a story before that has items of clothing like his? If so what story does it remind you of?

It honestly reminds me of the big trench coats that the shady but helpful characters wear in old detective movies, always pulling what you need or want out of their pockets. Makes me think that Kell is a thief or trickster. Magicians also come to mind. And, the invisibility cloak in Potter.

Q2. Going between worlds, multiple Londons with names of colors to distinguish them, the year 1819. Are you able to keep track of Kell’s travels? To keep up with the world building?

It is confusing and one of those books that I feel like I should be reading more closely and carefully, because I am going to miss some important clues. I also wasn't sure if he was just traveling in place or also in time?

Q3. Kell is an Antari (Blood Magic), a dying breed, one of the rare few that can do magic. Kell used his special coins and his blood to travel between worlds. Do you think he is a blood mage? Or does he have a darker kind (shade) of magic since he uses his blood? Or is it just part of Antari training?

I think that is how he is naturally, but we will find out more about his past.

Q4. How do you feel about the Collectors and the Enthusiasts?

Haha, I liked them and how they were described, especially the Enthusiasts as being kind of wannabe losers.

Q5. Are you enjoying the book so far?
Yes indeed. I think I am a sucker for all books set in London! Always thought it was a magical place in my travels.

Barbara ★ wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "I read a lot of classics and that "modern classics" might be challenging. Most people either shelf as classic or contemporary"

We do have a few that are on the list but "modern cla..."

Yes modern-classic is literally an oxymoron. I have over 200 books shelved as classic and only 7 where "modern classic" was used. "Modern fiction" or "comtemporary" and "literary fiction" are more likely to be used.

Barbara ★ wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "I just read Cinder and the prince becomes emperor"

that'll work.

ETA: On second thought this won't work since as a prince he's already royalty."

Well Cinder discovers she is Princess Selene. Does that work?

I read a lot of classics and that "modern classics" might be challenging. Most people either shelf as classic or contemporary

I just read Cinder and the prince becomes emperor

In "Uprooted," the Dragon and Agnes have to partner their magic to make spells

Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Date Read: 12/31/15
Pages: 400 pp
Goal: N/A

Main Characters: Linh Cinder, Queen Levana, Emperor Kai, Iko, Crescent Moon "Cress" Darnel, Dr. Dmitri Erland, Sybil Mira, Linh Adri, Linh Peony, Linh Pearl
GR Rating: 4.14
Genre: fantasy, fantasy-fairy-tales, fiction, retellings, romance, science-fiction, science-fiction-dystopia, science-fiction-steam-punk, young-adult, young-adult-teen
Setting: "New Beijing"
Date Published: 1/3/2012
Cover: red high heeled shoe, woman's leg, cyborg
Misc Info: androids, plague, space, mechanic, cyborg, stepsister/stepmother, second-class citizen, prince, forbidden love, secrets, mysterious past

Yeah if a US person can read a country book, I read "Go Set a watchman" set in USA

Rose wrote: "I've been doing that for the most likely candidates. I'm not finding any."

I didn't find any either

Rose wrote: "That coal book was so uncomfortably rapey. Yeesh

NEW GOAL-Read a book that is in the "Best Young Adult Realistic Novels" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8......"

I will check our "books read." The trick is not to look at the list,but to look at each book and see if that particular listopia is listed

For the first time ever, I was chosen to write DQs for the BOM! :D

Barbara ★ wrote: "Rebekah
Can you put INTO THE WILD on your Tower Teams shelf?

Thought I added it! It should be there now!

Into the Wild
Author: Jon Krakauer
Date Read: 12/28/15
Pages: 228 pp
Goal: N/A

Main Characters: Christopher McCandless (Alexander Supertramp)
GR Rating: 3.91
Genre: academic-school, adventure, adventure-survival, autobiography-memoir, biography, biography-memoir, classics, environment-nature, non-fiction, travel
Setting: Alaska (United States), Mexico, Virginia (United States), The Slabs, Mojave Desert, California (United States)
Date Published: 1/1/96
Cover: black and white, print writing, snow, van, Alaska, trees
Misc Info: hitchhike, Alaska, wilderness, high-risk, father-son relationship, tragic, fatal, mistakes, death wish, nature, pilgrimage

Barbara ★ wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Barbara ★ wrote: "Sorry Rebekah your book isn't going to work since you read it before the task was revealed. You read it on the 15th. It has to be started after the 23rd to count."..."

It was a typo on the "books read" thread. I fixed it. I read it the 21st-25th. I was looking to see if there was a holiday meal but it was a birthday meal, then I saw the goal with the presents.

Barbara ★ wrote: "Sorry Rebekah your book isn't going to work since you read it before the task was revealed. You read it on the 15th. It has to be started after the 23rd to count."

Oops, you are right!

Day 23 (12/23): Read a book where presents are exchanged or that has presents on the cover

Can maybe use

- Ove buys a girl an Ipad for her birthday present.
"And so it turns out that the seven year old gets an iPad that evening from Ove." - Loc 4014

A Man Called Ove - 4 stars
Date Read: 12/25/15
Pages: 352
Goal: N/A

Main Characters: Ove
Numbers of Chapters: 39
GR Rating: 4.28
Genre: Adult, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Cultural - Sweden, European Literature - Swedish Literature, Fiction, Humor
Setting: Sweden
Date Published: 8/27/12
Cover: Blue, Man, cat, clouds, hat, blue jacket, gray pants, green grass
Misc Info: debut novel, Sweden, Swedish author, grumpy man, family, neighbor, curmudgeon, bitter, sadness, story, comical, heartwarming, set in winter (november), cats, friendship, feel-good

The Pursuit of Love is on the list - #13,900 lol
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...