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

Deanna wrote: "Post for Round 5

Team Aegeans

Attack game: Aegeans v Trojans

Target 1: H8 Urban Fantasy, 3 books to attack
📚 Fantasy in Death
📚 Black Water Sister
📚 [book:The Book..."

You have posted 2 results for G2

Round 5

Team Mythics

Defence Game: Trojans vs Mythics

Defence 1: A2 3 books to defend
Ariadne
Ariadne
Ariadne


Defence 2: D8 2 books to defend
The Killing Kind
Within These Walls

Defence 3: D102 books to defend
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance
Party Games

Defence 4:H1 3 books to defend
Cytonic
Winter's Orbit
Artificial Condition

Number of books banked in the round: 0
Number of banked books used in the round: 0

Attack Game: Mythics vs Aegeans

Attack 1: F8 1 book to defend
Wild Heat

Attack 2: F9 1 book to defend
Storm Cursed

Attack 3: G2 1 book to defend
The Mysterious Island

Attack 4: H4 - 5 books to defend
Pollyanna
To Hold Up the Sky
Malibu Rising
Music from Another World
Ignite

Attack 5: I6 - 3 books to defend
Reaper
Jade Legacy
The Devil You Know

Number of books banked in the round: 0
Number of banked books used in the round: 2

Targeting Info

Mythics Supergroup

Game: Mythics vs Aegeans

Targets to be attacked:
B4, B8, C9, D10, F2, F7, F10, G1, H5, I4

Sammy wrote: "Supergroup Trojans: Round 6 attack

Trojans vs Mythics

Targets:

A1, A3, B5, C1, D2, E1, F9, G1, H2, J6"

Targets missed: A1, A3, D2, E1, G1, H2

Targets Hit
B5 - Feminist
C1 - Retelling
F9 - Urban Fantasy
J8 - Nature

Happy Monday all. We have only 15 days left of this challenge. Just a couple of reminders.

BOMs
Malibu Rising Ends 15th August Join the discussion here

Book Lovers starts tomorrow. Join here

Don't forget to check out Trojan warships to see what you can help out with here

Team Trojans have sunk Mythics Sword Fighter Group :(

Defence Game: Trojans vs Mythics

Defence 1 - F9 - 4 books to defend
Guardian of Shadows
Shattered
Hunted
Stalked by Shadows

Defence 2 - G3 - 4 books to defend
Academ's Fury
Daughter of Redwinter
Equal Rites
Savage Lands

Defence 3 - B5 - 2 books to defend
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Calculating Stars

Number of books banked: 0
Number of banked books used: 0

Attack Game: Aegeans vs Mythics

Attack 1: B6 - 6 Books to attack
Flowers and Foul Play
The Hour of Death
Elementary, She Read
Shady Hollow
Steeped in Secrets
Buried in a Good Book

Attack 2: B8 - 6 Books to attack
Reptile Memoirs
'Salem's Lot
Bacchanal
Ninth House
There's Someone Inside Your House
Unhallowed

Number of books banked: 0
Number of banked books used: 2

Sammy wrote: "Trojan supergroup

Trojans vs Mythics

targets to be attacked:

A2, B8, D1, D7, D8, D10, G6, H1, I5, I6"

Targets Missed: D7, I5

Targets Hit:
A2 - Greece
B8 - Biography
D1 - Spirituality
D8 - Paranormal
D10 - Audiobooks
G6 - Contemporary
H1 - Space Opera
I6 - Greece

Targeting Info

Mythics Supergroup

Game: Mythics vs Aegeans

Targets to be attacked:
B5, B9, D8, F8, F9, G2, G9, H4, I6, J3

DQs Day 3


10) What did you think of Pasiphae’s response to the death of her son, the Minotaur?


It was an understandable response to everything she had lost.

11) Dionysus makes quite the entrance, doesn’t he? What are your thoughts on him and the interaction between him and Ariadne?
I loved his entrance and he seems like an interesting character and will be beneficial to Ariadne once she learns to trust him


12) Phaedra comes into her own in Athens. What do you think of her in her new life?
I think the skills she showed as a child as enabled her to ascertain the role of Queen of Athens, making the decisions that help the city prosper while letting Theseus and his advisers believe the decisions were Theseus’

13) We see many examples of the gods playing with mortals in this story; Pasiphae with the bull. King Midas and his golden touch, Hera causing Semele to burn. what do you think it would be like to live in a world where gods existed and interacted with humans?
I think it would be a dangerous one

14) Do you think the sisters will find out the truth about one another? If so, any predictions on what will happen?
I think Phaedra will learn of Ariadne’s survival

Welcome back Jen

DQs Day 2

5. Have you heard of Theseus before? What do you think of his backstory, does it compare with other well-known Greek heroes like Hercules and Achilles? Do you think it fits his humble and collected demeanor in the previous chapter?

I knew a little of Theseus backstory not as much as Hercules or Achilles. His humbleness was always going to be a ruse.

6. I don’t know about you, but “insta-love” stories royally annoy me. Ariadne spends a significant part of these chapters reveling in her undying and world-changing love and devotion to someone she just met. Do you think this is realistic, or just a cheap plot ploy from the author?
This is accurate to the myth of Theseus and Ariadne. Ariadne falls instantly in-love with Theseus and helps him defeat the minotaur.

7. Why do you think Theseus left Ariadne on the island with no heads up whatsoever? How do you feel about her thoughts and actions, as she processes this new reality?
Theseus had got what he wanted and Ariadne was a means to an end. Her actions seemed typical of the range of emotions I would expect of a spurned lover

8. During the "great escape", Phaedra is left behind - do you think it was by accident, or purposefully (and if so, why)? Do you think it was wise of her to return to the Palace?
Definitely a planned move on Theseus` part, he needed Ariadne for his plan to work and she wouldn't go without Theseus agreeing to take Phaedra.

9. A common theme in Greek mythology is the linear progression of Fate - from Hubris (thinking and acting as if one is a God), to Atis (blindness of one’s puny nature, leading the mortal to commit an unforgivable or insulting act), to Nemesis (the anger and revenge of the Gods), and finally Tisis (the mortal’s punishment). Where have you noticed this process so far? Where do you think Nemesis will strike next?
Not sure

DQ Day 1

1. Excited about the book, or just here for the points? Were you familiar with the myths behind the story before starting this book?
I wouldn’t normally have picked this up, so definitely here for the points

2. "Let me tell you a story..." I don't know about you, but I love opening lines like that. Do you have a favourite opening line? Have you ever bought a book on the strength of the opening line alone? (I have!)

I generally buy books based on covers, recommendations and possible future challenge requirements.

3. Asterion: The early years. I bet no-one was fooled by the few paragraphs of almost sweet baby and toddler descriptions: This was always going to end with a monster in a maze of course.
But do you think it served well as a way to establish Ariadne's character?
It showed how selfish the gods were, cursing a child for the wrong of the parents. I did like Ariadne’s involvement, it showed the woman she would become

4. What do you think of the writing so far? There's a lot of description and narration and very little dialogue, which tries in with the idea that Ariadne is telling the story to the reader. It allows for a lot more depth and detail than more dialogue-heavy storytelling does. Is that a style you enjoy, or do you prefer the faster pace of a book that is more about character interaction?
I am finding the style a little labor intensive and prefer novels that have more interactions within them. Saying that the style fits the book as we are being told the recollections of Ariadne.

@Trinia please add Somebody's Daughter to your TT shelf please

Good morning all. Well I have had a busy weekend and got a grand total of nil reading done. Going to be starting Ariadne and Malibu Rising this week and see what audios I can fit in.

Melindam wrote: "TROJANS Supergroup here:

Apologies, but I realised that in our Attack post for Round 3, I have mistakenly put B4 - Classic, instead of E3 Classic. (B4 we sunk in Round 1)

https://www.goodreads.co..."

You sunk E3 in Round 1

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Defence Game: Trojans vs Mythics

Defence 1: G6 - 6 books to defend
Reminders of Him
Out of My Mind
Last Seen Alone
One Day
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
The Lying Game


Defence 2: D8 - 4 books to defend
Murders and Metaphors
Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls
Opposition
Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet


Number of books banked: 0
Number of banked books used: 0

Attack game: Mythics vs Aegeans

Target 1: I7 - 7 books to attack
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Unbowed
Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike


Target 2: D9 - 6 books to attack
Several People Are Typing
The Calculating Stars
Eclipse the Moon
Crossed
Dune Messiah


Number of books banked: 0
Number of banked books used: 3

Targeting Info

Mythics Supergroup

Game: Mythics vs Aegeans

Targets to be attacked:
A2, A7, B8, B6, C7, E1, E9, G7, H3, I8