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

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

Managed to start and finish The English Patient despite surprise conference calls. I didn't think much of the film but the book was a 5-star read for me. Off to bed with Shopping for a Billionaire.

Tomorrow I think will be Waiting for Tom Hanks

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "I am so tired today again. I got some sleep last night compared to the night before, but have an irritated tooth and, between needing to catch up on sleep, and taking pills for that, and busy work,..."

Hope you feel better soon Erin.

Vicky wrote: "Hey Team! I just did a big spell-it out dump and we're actually in REALLY good shape.

We still need 5 of both O and I but everything else is under 4!

Normally I'd be worried about P, but the MC'..."

That's great news.

Stacey wrote: "Yep, we had a good chance of getting DQs with how many from our team volunteered for the Backroom BOM. Happy to do it, but if someone who signed up earlier really wants to, let me know. Got to love..."

Our team made up a quarter of the volunteers which is great news. Can you double check your and confirm that this works for you in the discussion thread

If you wish to volunteer for DQs for The Book of Cold Cases please do so here

We get 40pts for writing DQs and 20pts for participating.

For those that have played before, Mods are ignoring the order of volunteering in the discussion thread. Every team member who volunteers has equal chance of being chosen.

Backroom BOM
DQs are allocated, well done Stacey
Date Chapters MPDQs
22 May 1 - 8 Truitt_T (Pan)
23 May 9 - 20 Tina (Ajax)
24 May 21 - 34 Stacey (Circe)
25 May 35 - 50 Sonia (Hec)

Kerri wrote: "Louise wrote: "Kerri wrote: "I finished The Travelling Cat Chronicles and, yeah, it definitely had me tearing up at the end. Really enjoyed this one ❤

Edited to ask, do I need to l..."

You should be able to edit any part of the tracking spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

The Team Official spreadsheet is restricted to Captains only

Kerri wrote: "I finished The Travelling Cat Chronicles and, yeah, it definitely had me tearing up at the end. Really enjoyed this one ❤

Edited to ask, do I need to link my DQ answers for this BO..."

There is a tab on the tracking sheet for BOMs for tracking DQ participation. You can either track your DQs on the sheet or post your completion in the thread and we’ll transfer it to the sheet.

Non Spell-Out Mini Tasks Claimed

• MPG Humour - Jenn
• Mask on cover - Louise
• Stars on the cover - Stormie
• Map at the front of the book - Kelsi
• Sword on cover - Kerri
• Tagged Tragedy - Erin
• Letters of HYMN in title - Robin
• Author initials in SACRED - Kelsi
• Poetry quote in the text - Jenn
• MC is a writer Louise
• Royal title in book title - Erin
• 1st in series - Jax
• MPG History/Historical Fiction - Jax
• A celebration in the book - Jenn
• Musical instrument on cover - Vian
• Characters attend a musical performance - Stacie
• Dancing in the book - Trinia
• Letters CLD in title of book - Robin

Found for mask on cover on page 54 of amazon audio/kindle

Managed to finish the BOM which I really enjoyed and The Perfume Collector. Didn't manage to get started on The English Patient had 2 conference calls sprung on me. Should be able to get it done tomorrow, going to see if I can find an audio with a mask on the cover.

Vicky wrote: "RE: The spell-outs, I'm going to do a batch insert tomorrow after work and see where we are and if there's anything we need to really focus on.

If we read on track, we should be just over 100 boo..."

I'm confident that we will complete the May mini. We are on target with 21 books read over 3 full days. We have 13 full days to complete the mini, I will get a countdown posted later.

Trinia wrote: "Louise wrote: "@Trinia please check 214 Palmer Street the edition you have shelved does not include page numbers."

Should be fixed now"
Thanks Trinia, I've asked a librarian in the Captains group to add a page count to the paperback edition. Amazon has it at 272pgs https://www.amazon.co.uk/214-Palmer-S...

@Trinia please check 214 Palmer Street the edition you have shelved does not include page numbers.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Not sure how the captains are doing it, I am assuming they are waiting toward end since those haven't been filled in yet. A lot of my reads after the two tasks will focus on vowels just in case sin..."

Jenn wrote: "Since we have the two non-spelling tasks done for Calliope should we try to do the spell it out for that one first?"

Vicki is taking the reigns on spell-out tetris on this one and will post a shout-out if we are struggling for letters.

DQ: 18 May - Sugi and Chikako's Hotel for Pets & Between Friends


9) Considering Satoru seems to be quite perceptive overall, do you think he knew about Sugi’s less charitable feelings about him, both in the past and during this visit?
No I don’t think he does, he seems to see the best in people and comes across as quite a lonely person. He has a natural affinity to animals and seems to understand them.

10) So far, the chapters have all been combining Satoru and Nana’s journey with Satoru’s past with several other people, as well as their backgrounds. How do you feel about this interlude (chapter 3.5) focused entirely on the man and his cat? What does it add to the story?
This is a very bittersweet moment, Nana is more than a pet to Satoru and his family and companion.

11) For the first time, we got a hint of what’s going on with Satoru when the dog said “he smells like he isn’t going to make it” in chapter 3, and this came up again in chapter 3.5. So it sounds like Satoru is ill… was that your prediction for question 4?
Everything points to cancer, thinning hair, losing weight. Animals know when something doesn’t smell quite right

12) Squabbles between cats and dogs were really present in these sections. So: Are you a cat person or a dog person or both (or neither)?
I am more of a dog person, for the first 7 months of my dogs life she was brought up alongside our old male cat and has picked up his tendencies. She rarely barks and just looks at you when she wants something. Our cat would silent meow when he wanted something them just stare at you

DQ: 17 May - The Unsentimental Farmer


5) I really like reading the cat's thoughts. It can be quite funny. Do you think these are convincing cat thoughts?
I do think the cat’s thoughts are convincing, I often used to wonder what my car was thinking.

6) In this chapter we are introduced to Yoshimine, another potential owner for our cat. What do you think of him and his backstory?
I think he is a kind person, despite the neglect from his parents his grandmother’s influence has helped him to develop into a kind human.

7) Do you think Yoshimine would have been a good owner for Nana ?
He is a kind person, despite his brutish appearance. He has an obvious fondness for animals and seems to me to have a gentle soul.

8) Yoshimine has already a kitten called Chatran, and Satoru makes fun of him for naming his cat with such a cliché name. What is for you the most cliché cat name(s)? In french it is quite common to call a cat Chaussette (meaning sock), Mistigri or Felix (actually a cat food brand).
Probably Leo, Felix, sooty

We adopted a cat from friends who was named Psycho, sadly he has since passed at the grand old age of 21. Despite his name he was a gentle cat, his namesake tendencies only coming out when hunting

Good morning all. Love to see all the reading happening, trying hard not to add to my TBR 😈

Will listen to more of The Travelling Cat Chronicles today, loving Nana’s personality, he reminds me of the cat we adopted, sadly he passed 4 years ago at the grand old age of 21.
Started Shopping for a Billionaire for another challenge. It’s a short ebook so should have it done in a day or two. Hoping to finish The Perfume Collector today on audio, I’m working from home so should have no distractions, next audio up is The English Patient which I may be able to fit in today. 🤞
Right need to grab some breakfast and walk the dog before starting work.

Jax wrote: "Louise wrote: "@Jax please check The Body in the Marsh the book you have shelved and the book on the tracker are different editions with different page counts. 😊"

I think I fixed i..."

Thanks Jax, I’ve amended the pages in the tracker.

@Jax please check The Body in the Marsh the book you have shelved and the book on the tracker are different editions with different page counts. 😊