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

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

@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. 😊

Stacey wrote: "Wow, some of you are so fast! I should have 2 done later this week. And I'll have to look into the Backroom BOM. May have to look into KU for it as I tend to be more of an audible person for most o..."

No pressure Stacey, I “read” audios quicker tend to read at double speed and can generally knock out a book every other day, ebooks and paperbacks are slower but I do enjoy them.

KU is great, I did unsubscribe a couple of months back after having subscribed for about 6 years or so but the Backroom BOMs are on KU and they were doing a 2 month free promotion.

Day1 DQs 16 May: Prologue - The Husband Without a Wife

1. How are you liking the way the story is written with its alternating POVs ? Is there a POV you prefer ?

I do like the alternating POVs my favorite is definitely the cat’s.

2. Through the flashbacks we get to know Satoru's personality a bit more. What do you make of him so far ? What did you think about his way of helping his friend Kosuke?

He seems a kind person and this comes across very well. His connection to Nana also highlights his affinity to kindness

3. Talking about Kosuke, what's up with his parents ? It seemed to me that Kosuke was genuinely convinced that his father would agree to keep the cat (Hachi). What did you think about his backstory ?

This is a difficult one and there are generational differences here. Despite his difficult upbringing he still wants to please his father.

4. Why do you think Satoru can't take care of Nana anymore ?
The only reason I can think of is that he is ill and requires hospital treatment where Nana cannot go.

Mini Tasks to Claim

• MPG Humour - Jenn
• Mask on cover
• 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
• Musical instrument on cover - Vian
• Characters attend a musical performance - Stacie
• Dancing in the book - Trinia
• Letters CLD in title of book - Robin

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Louise wrote: "Back Room BOTM has been announced

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

..."

I restarted my KU subscription for the delights of the back room. 🤭

Vicky wrote: "I was curious about how many of each letter we needed for the spell it outs in May, so I did some tallying (listed in order of most to least needed).

E 10
A 7
I 6
L 6
O 6

P 5
R 5
T 4
C 3
H 3
M 3..."

That’s a lot of E’s

Jenn wrote: "Finished I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing it has poetry in the text. It's the authors poetry - does that work or does it need to be a famous poet..."

It works, if you can reference a page location 😀

Back Room BOTM has been announced

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

Don't forget we get 40 points if we are selected to write DQs and 20 points for participating

I finished Beauty and the Mustache and started The Perfume Collector

I have 3 chapters left on Other which I started before TT.

Lorn♡ wrote: "If there’s still time I’ll throw my name in for the Q’s xx"

Hi Lorn DQs we’re assigned on the 10th. The chapter breakdown is in msg 2

Less than an hour to go

Vian wrote: "I can take musical instrument on the cover if works"

Yep that works, it’s a guitar

Kerri wrote: "Question: how prominent does the musical instrument on the cover have to be to count? Because I was planning on picking up ([book:The Ballad of Black To..."

I would say that the instrument needs to be visible, I don't think this one will work as you cannot actually see the guitar.