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

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

I will have one more book finished before deadline which is Guards! Guards!

Air And Angels by Susan Hill
Date Read: 7/26
Pages: 288

Cilla wrote: "Completion Post

Three Times and Out Told by Private Simmons, Written by Nellie L. McClung
Date read: July 30, 2021
Pages: 157"

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DQs- Day 3

9. If you were confronted with Lord Mountjoy Quickfang Winterforth IV’s ominously rumbling tummy and the prospect of more dragon fire, how would you react?
Not sure I would have stuck around as long as the mob leader did!
I don't think I'd have stayed around

10. If you witnessed a massive dragon being vanquished in one sword hit, would you entirely believe it or do you think you may hold suspicions on the “neatness”? I think I would wonder about the lack of dragon lumps.
I would be sceptical especially with the absence of dragon lumps

11. This section cemented my love for Lady Sybil, with her no-nonsense stern reproach of the dragon. If she had maintained eye contact, do you think her approach would have worked?
Possibly, by maintaining eye-contact she would have exerted dominance.

12. Since the beginning of the book, has your opinion on Captain Vimes changed? If so, why?
I quite like him and how he seems to be re-establishing his role as a member of the night watch and coming into his own

DQs - Day 2

5. In this section, TP is shedding some light (or dark?) on the Patrician's character. What is your opinion about him? Would you prefer him to rule your country instead of the "real" politicians?(A question to DW Veterans: do you remember any other books where V's aversion to mime artists is mentioned or we are given an explanation why?)
I wouldn’t want him ruling my country, he does seem to genuinely care for the city and wants it to run smoothly but as in all cases where things are run in a dictatorial fashion, it all comes crashing down in the end

6. What about Lady Sybil as the "heroine" or female MC of the book? She certainly seems to be the complete opposite of how "classical heroines" are represented in fantasy or other books. Have you met her counterpart / someone very like her in non-DW books or films? Would you get a pet dragon if you had the chance?
I like her no nonsense attitude a bit like Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody, would I get a pet dragon, definitely

7. If you are familiar with the detective fiction/mystery genre, do you think Guards! Guards! has been following a similar structure in its idiosyncratic way so far?
In a roundabout way yes

8. Maybe it's too early to ask this question, but I am not a character to able to resist the temptation of it. Please forgive me.
So, any ideas, who which actors/actress would you choose as Lord Vetinari / Sam Vimes / Carrot / Lady Sybil. ...etc if you were a casting director?
Lord Vetinari - Alan Rickman or Tom Hardy
Sam Vimes - Ralph Fiennes or Idris Elba
Carrot - Ewan McGregor or James McAvoy
Lady Sybil - Maggie Smith or Judi Dench

DQ Day 1

1. For the newbies: what did you expect before opening a police procedural written by Pterry? For re-readers, how does this sub-series line up in your order of preferences?
This is only my 3rd Discworld book, and I’m enjoying them especially TP’s tongue-in-cheek way of telling a serious tale. You can also see influences of modern culture at the time in his writing.

2. The first person we meet in this story is Vimes, meet collapsing, drunker, into the gutter... What does this mean for the story? For newbies: how do you feel about Vimes?
I think it gives us an indication of the low morals of the night watch, I find Vimes’ bluntness amusing

3. The Brethren (and I loved the elaborate exchange of codes!) have a disussion of the Lost King trope. Do you think the Supreme Grand Master will be able to find Ankh-Morpork's Lost King???
I loved this essential mickey take of the whole secret ceremony of the masons. Will they find the lost king - possibly

4. Carrot is our route to discovering Ankh-Morpork. Do you find this an effective way to understanding the city and its issues?
Yes, it’s like seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "JACKANORY!!!

Carrie did a great job writing a story for us - you can find it here.

Please post in this thread if you have any thoughts, edits, etc. by Thursday July 29th. We'll post the final ver..."

Nicely done Carrie, Really enjoyed it.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Okay I'm going to take a stab at the JACKANORY over the next two days. I'll post it Tuesday morning (my time) and then if you can give feedback by Wednesday night (your time) I can updated and have..."

If we wish we can post in the Jackanory thread

1 WEEK LEFT

Cilla wrote: "Completion Post

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Date Read: July 21, 2021
Pages: 325"

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Swamp Team 3 by Jana Deleon
Date Read: 7/22
Pages: 270


One Day in December by Josie Silver
Date Read: 7/22
Pages: 417

UPDATE

We are currently in 3rdplace with 10 days to go.

BOM points still available - 20pt for 3 days discussion comments

Mort ends 7/22
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ends 7/31
Pumpkin Spiced Omega ends 7/31
The House in the Cerulean Sea ends 7/31
Guards! Guards! ends 7/31

Tasks
5 - camera on cover - Jammin Jenny
60 - sausage on cover - Rina
62 - MC is a funeral director/undertaker - Rina
165 - Rodent on cover - Audrey
243 - fossil / skeleton on cover - Jammin Jenny

Bingo
A5 - Hat with feathers - Louise
G2 - Golem - Carrie

Jackanory
We will need to come up with a story of upto 500words. Volunteer please

Genres
MPG Horror & Humor

Setting
Set in Georgia
Set in a residential reform academy
in the future where parents buy AFs (artificial friends) for their children
summer camp in the woods where 4 people were murdered

Protagonist - max 2 Characters
- 30 yr old teacher, lonely and loves her red wine, old enough to know better, a wannabe writer with a twisted sense of ethics
- 17 yr old crime solving podcaster, loves someone against their better judgment

Antagonist - max 2 Characters
- evil, delusional
- Mercenary MC & Assassin - bomber
- Double identity, pilot, killer

Secondary Characters - max 3
- one is a test tube baby, no male DNA in her system
- children eavesdropping into things they shouldn't
- police officer, street smart

What's death upto
Malice
Murder
Taking Hostages
"murdering university women by stabbing/slashing them with a big knife
"

Cameo - Max 2
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Native American chief
royalty
grateful
pyrokinetic
brave

Plot
Beginning
Blood Wedding
Wicked Gentlemen
A Matter of Love and Death
woman she meets suddenly disappears

Motivation - Antagonist
they want to shoot them (gun on cover)
they want to avoid heartbreak
after revenge
The Perfect Husband

Reaction of the Protagonists
keep themselves from going to prison
living new lives
living a mysterious & isolated life on a secluded island
return to their hometown

Middle
title (fatal chaos)
aliens attack
power goes out
playing baseball

What are the Secondary`s Up to
they are looking for ways to escape
killing men
freezing
trying to get married
having affairs
spying

McGuffin
grizzly bear on cover and in title
the therapist who tries to help

Obstacles in the protagonist way
aliens
ivy school league
sisters looking for rich husbands
a strange disease

How the Protagonists Overcome Them
faking them out
hire a hard-ass lawyer
hiring a private eye
lots of money

Final Twist
the protaganist cast a love spell
the antagonist bit the protaganist making a vampire
the antagonist is not the father of the child
an insider was in on the plot

The endng
moving to South Carolna
Title
Title
Title
Voltaire as cameo
magic!!
moving to Hawaii to attend University

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Date Read: 7/20
Pages: 531


The Next Wife by Kaira Rouda
Date Read: 7/21
Pages: 306

UPDATE

We are currently in 2nd place with two weeks to go.

BOM points still available - 20pt for 3 days discussion comments

Mort ends 7/22
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ends 7/31
Pumpkin Spiced Omega ends 7/31
The House in the Cerulean Sea ends 7/31
Guards! Guards! ends 7/31

Tasks
5 - camera on cover - Jammin Jenny
60 - sausage on cover
62 - MC is a funeral director/undertaker
165 - Rodent on cover - Audrey
243 - fossil / skeleton on cover - Jammin Jenny

Bingo
A5 - Hat with feathers
G2 - Golem - Carrie

Jackanory
We will post the prompts tomorrow for this. We will need to come up with a story of upto 500words

Pumpkin Spiced Omega by Susi Hawke
Date Read: 7/15
Pages: 194

Day 1
Day 2
Day 5


Rocky Mountain Retreat by Vivian Arend
Date Read: 7/15
Pages: 158

Task
30 - #8 Six Pack Ranch