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

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

Celia wrote: "Louise wrote: "Celia wrote: "Would this count for stripes?

(on the horn)"

If you’re talking about the horizontal markings they are too ragged to be stripes...."

I’d take that 😊

Updated

Celia wrote: "Would this count for stripes?

(on the horn)"

If you’re talking about the horizontal markings they are too ragged to be stripes.

Agreed

I’ve got Dear Martin downloaded from scribd and gonna use my audible credit for the other.

Celia wrote: "Are there rules for tags if they are new or scarcely reviewed books? For instance, I'm about to start a book that could be tagged Africa and that I probably will tag Africa when I'm finished, but i..."

If it isn’t tagged it doesn’t work. There has to be at least one tag not including yourself.

Week 1 Summary
Overall Points: 4111
Books Read: 95
Ranking: 8

BOM Points: 280
Ranking: 1

Difficult Letters: 33
Ranking: 3

Round 2 had begun

Celia wrote: "Can "unnamed narrator" be used for a U character? I'm reading a mystery that's partly narrated by the anonymous murderer in first person."

I’m not sure on that I’ll have to check ot out 😊

We have completed 10 SpellOuts and 1 partial great work team. Take a breather while we wait for Round 2 to commence.

Chris wrote: "Will do! Question, do we get points for every day’s discussion, or is it dependent on completion (Days 1 -5), or is any number of days okay? I answered Days 1 & 2 and lead Day 3, but I didn’t care ..."

Minimum of 3 days for 20pts

NIce going Chris, let me know if you can cover this day.

BOM DQ's Assigned

Date MPDQ %age start / finish quotes
2 Jul Tammie (Oz) 21% ends "he opened the door."
3 Jul Jessie (Cat) 42% starts "'Wait a minute'"
ends "'Can we look at your pictures now?'"
4 Jul Laura (Pants) 64% starts "Jenny Summers, who had been my aunt's roommate"
ends "'I'll take it' she said."
5 Jul Chris(Gulliver) 82% starts "A few thin flakes"
ends "she plunged the knife back down"
6 Jul Jammin Jenny (Shannara) starts "Was I awake or asleep"

Sunny wrote: "I've started One of Us Is Lying to get that another O (although it fits for a few other letters as well, if needed), but I just have a question - do you think the cover qualifies fo..."

That's 4 people

Updated

A little over 12 to go until check-in. We have completed our word 89times and have one partial on the go. To complete this we need:

Needed
O
O
M
C

Sunny wrote: "Also, just another note, on the spreadsheet for The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life the task isn't written but i put it down as #4, if you don't think it fits I can find another tas..."

Meant to add that, updated

Chris wrote: "Also, thanks for the countdown clock! Time math trips me up, especially when I’m tired!"

No problem, I’ll always put a Countdown clock in the round info in message #8 as well as Post In general by Wednesday of the Second week 😊

Updated

A little over 24hours to go. We have completed our word 8 times and have two partials on the go. To complete these we need:

Word 1:
O
O

Word 2:
O
O
M
C

5 Questions Chapters 22- End

20. I was 6 miles into my walk when Will said “I’m all for being rebellious, but this seems like a death wish. Two kids with barely functioning lungs walking two miles one-way to go look at light?” and it hit me for a moment how often I take the the little things for granted. Even though this was not meant to be some life changing philosophical book, do you think you’ll look at certain things differently?

I think Covid has made me look at things differently and made me realise the little things we take for granted.


21.I suppose this question can be answered many different ways. But when Stella got a call about the lung transplant and purposely ignored it, what was your initial reaction? If you put yourself in that situation, what do you think you would do? If you are a parent, what do you think you’d want your child to do in that situation?

I kept thinking ‘oh no, this is your chance to live the way you want’. At the same time I understand her reluctance.

22. A part of me really thought they would go the whole book without touching and the ice skating scene actually surprised me. Are you glad that they added that into the book or did it feel unrealistic knowing how Stella was at the beginning of the book?

I think it was very realistic especially in the aftermath of Poe’s death. Touch is one of life’s great soothers

23.Them seeing each other at the airport but not talking but knowing they still love each other is not how I expected the book to end. Were you satisfied with the ending? Would you have wanted them to get on the same plane?

It was bittersweet, both knowing that they love each other but couldn’t actually be together

24.Did you have a favorite character? What was your favorite scene? Be honest here, did you cry at any point in the book? Any final thoughts/rants/praises on this book you didn’t get to share yet? Drop them here

I didn’t have a favourite character as such but I did enjoy the lead up to the birthday dinner

Day 4 Questions Chapters 16-21

15. We get to find out about the title in this section. What did you guys think about the new rule, and the reason behind it?

I liked this as a way of gaining some control.

16. Did you all like Stella and Will’s first date? Do you think you would have the self control to stay away from the love of your life?
As an aside, are there any YA books of this type that allow the kids to spend more than 6 minutes together before falling in love?

I though it was really sweet and showed how frustrated they both were with the reality of their situation

17. They spend a page or two discussing the afterlife. Do you think their takes on it made sense to the characters? Realizing I am wading into murky waters here, did you want to discuss your own views? (Optional, teehee.)

I think it was in keeping with the characters personality.

18. Abby. We find out why happens to her here. What did you think of this reveal? Was it a satisfying explanation of the missing sister story to you?

I thought so, it also explains why although Stella is fighting to live, she is scared of living!

19. Chapter 21 is a bit of a rollercoaster. The birthday dinner is pretty cool. Did you like what Stella and all set up? Then, Poe. This hit me more than any of the other "feels" in the book. How did you take this? Discuss.

The birthday dinner was a lovely touch, allowed the 3 of them to be normal for a bit. It was inevitable that one of the characters was going to die, but this completely blew me away