Louise’s Comments (group member since Aug 29, 2015)

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

You must be psychic Lisa. 🤣

Round 3 Bonus



For this round, find musical instruments on the cover of your books (any instrument, just has to be obviously an instrument)

Each found instrument will earn an additional 5 bonus points. Only one instrument per book cover and a maximum of 10 bonus instruments. You can find the same instrument multiple times (not least because no one's got time to decide if it's a violin or viola etc etc)



Note to captains: any changes to the standard bonus rules, similar to what was done for Round 2, will not be determined until after the results of Round 2 and the mods see the point spread between teams. A lot can change from round to round.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I had my stitches out today, big step (pun intended!).
My foot looks revolting but surgeon said it is "perfect" haha

Anyway, still with elevation, but now ice packs as I can get it wet (hooray) an..."

Hope you recover quickly

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Boo, didn't get picked for the BOM DQ's.. it's a lot harder now as more people obviously want to participate when Challenges are on. I'll hold out hope for the next one in a fortnight.

I'll still..."

That’s a shame.

Fiona wrote: "I think Covid got me now. I am dead in bed with a lot of pain, 39° fever and I’m coughing like crazy. I did finish another book already but probably can’t do much on Goodreads until tomorrow when I..."

Oh no, hope you feel better soon.

DQs Day 5 chapters 32 - end

19. I was excited that Louise and Mark were going to contact Aunt Gail. I liked meeting Barb. I was surprised that they could not really help, and suddenly, we were back where we started, in the creepy house with the puppets. Why do you think Barb and Aunt Gail were in the story?

I think to give more background information and to highlight that the haunting began long before Mark and Louise were born.

20. I found the horror of Poppy’s plight with Pupkin to be the most concerning. Did you find the horror in this book effective? Which parts creeped you out the most?

I think the possession of Poppy by Pupkin and sawing Mark’s arm off.


21. Gary Hendrix is also known for his humor. I laughed out loud when the puppets got together to form a golem. What parts (if any) did you find humorous?

I think all the dry humor was done well. Highlighted that humour is essential to dealing with trauma

22. I was shaking my head when Louise gave her daughter her stuffed animals. I would want no part of that house to be a part of my daughter’s life! How did you feel about that part?
It was a way of Louise putting the past behind her and moving forward

23. How do you feel about the ending?
It was very fitting.

DQs Set 2: Chapters 8 - 15

6. Were you expecting those wills? Why do you think both parents were so unfair on the kids?

I was surprised by the unfairness of the wills. Louise did seem to come out worse

7. Yikes! killer stuffed squirrels! The first violent haunting here, was it effective?
It certainly creeped me out

8. Despite the various creepy things that Louise has experienced, she's refusing to let her aunt exorcise the house. Would you still be hanging onto rational reasons over accepting family help?
If someone was offering a free service I would jump on it, whether I believed in it or not. After all it can’t hurt.

9. We've had more insight into the childhood of Mark and Louise. Does this change your opinion of either of them?
At this point I favored Louise over Mark but I have read further into the book and my opinion has definitely changed

DQs Day 1
Ch 1 to Ch 7

1.) What are your first impressions of the family and of Louise and Mark? How pivotal do you think their relationship (or lack thereof) will play in the story.
Aside: I plan to steal and use the phrase "Terminal Assholism" in future. Thank you Hendrix!

They seem very dysfunctional. There is definitely some history that led to them falling out which I think will be revisited. Hopefully as they deal with the aftermath of their parents death they will work through some of these issues.

2.) The book is organized into sections following the 5 stages of grief. Does this impact your expectations of the book at all?

Only in as much as them working through their issues during the different stages of grief.

3.) Okay. Life size dolls named after her children. Weird, creepy? Would you be excited to have them as part of your inheritance?

Definitely creepy, I wouldn’t want them.

4.) Have you ever experienced a family post-death squabble/fight like the one Louise and Mark had in front of the junk clean out guys?

Unfortunately yes between myself and my brother, not quite to the same extent though.

5.) Did anyone else google Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers? If so, were you surprised to find they were a real organization? Has anyone interacted with them before or a similar organization for other religious beliefs? [note: please keep responses respectful to people's beliefs, this is a safe space]

I wouldn’t have thought to google them, not something that would be prevalent in the UK

Fantastic work team

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I finished

which was a great addition to the series! And it works for every letter in Digeridoo which is a bit exciting ;) Too bad it isn't a green cover ..."

I’ve read all of these upto now all on audio. Richard Osman’s interviews at the end really adds an extra dimension to the book. I would normally skip this bit in a paperback.

Bernadette wrote: "@Captains - there is a bad cell on our official Team SS. The number of books read on the Summary tab for this round is pulling from Round 2 SS cell C4 but it should be cell C3. Looks the problem is..."

I’ve fixed this on our sheet.

Good morning all, it’s been a rather hectic weekend and start to the working week. This has resulted in my reading taking a hit 🙁. Hopefully this week will be less hectic 🤞

The link in the Orchestra pit is the same

We’ll done team.

We have completed our 6th spellout and started our 7th 😀

Elisabeth wrote: "Another question: Do we have to start and finish a book in the two week round or just finish in the right timeframe?"

Books need to be started after the beginning of the challenge. If you are close to a round deadline and don’t think you’ll finish in time or your book fits better for the new round I always advise holding off finishing the book until the follow round.

Message 4 is updated with Round 2 information including our additional bonus for the Round.

I will get the tracker updated for the new word this evening.

Glad to have you back online Keely. @Karen hope everything goes well for you 😊

All books are updated on the Main team sheet. We have completed our 4th spell out and started our 5th. To complete our 5th spellout we need:
S - 2
Y - 1
T - 1
I - 1
Z - 1
R - 1

Don’t forget if you are listening to the audio please use the default page count ensuring the audio is shelved.

Also if you are reading the book of the month please use the official page count 😊

Thank you I’ll update the page count on the sheet to the default edition

@fiona for Twisted Games did you read the audio?