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

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

DQ Day 2 Chapters 8 - 13

6. There's more information released here about magic use and its impact on the world. What do you think about this?

I like the concept that magic is potentially accessible to all and that changing just a little of the recipe changes the effect of the magic

7. Lucky that Kiela can exploit the absence of fruit to fill a niche shop, eh?! What do you think about her plan to make a living out of jam and secret magic?
I think it’s ingenious, she can heal the island a little at a time and integrate herself into it.

8. Kiela and Larran keep having meet cute moments. Do you like this romantic pairing?
I do, they are both very solitary people and are bonding, even though they are out of their comfort zones

How are we all doing, we have 3 completed spellouts and 2 partials

DQs- Day 1, Chapters 1-7

1. The book opens with quite a tough scene: a Great Library is set on fire and Kiela has already packed crates of books to rescue. And she asks herself the question "if she were stranded on a desert island, which books would she most want to have with her?"
Now I'm putting you the same question limiting your possibilities to
- 1 complete works of an author
- 2 book series
- 3 standalone books from different genres, 1 must be non-fiction

Oh my, that is a tough one
I would need to take the complete works of Agatha Christie reading her novels as a young teen inspired my love of reading especially mysteries.

I read a lot of series books but I think I would need to save Women’s Murder Club each new book is always released near my birthday and I have the complete series so far. The other would have to be Harry Potter a series that appeals to adults and children alike

Standalone are more difficult but I would probably go with The Light Between Oceans All the Light We Cannot See and Spare

2. While it's only explained sketchily, a little politics, history (?)
of the Empire is mentioned, alongside some curious species, flora & fauna (winged kitties, anyone?) What do you think of the world-building so far?
I’m enjoying the world building so far

3. It's mentioned several times how Kiela keeps herself to herself in the Library (apart from Caz's company). Do you think such an almost complete isolation described here is possible even in such a vast Library?
I think it is possible if someone really wanted to be isolated.

4. I found it a bit disturbing that Kiela doesn't tell anyone on the island that she came away because a revolution has broken out in the capital (I understand her keeping silent about the books). It IS supposed to be a big deal after all and one would think they will learn about it eventually. A bit later some excuses are offered. Do you think they are sufficient or it's just a usual plot-driving tool?
Probably a part of the plot as Kiela has her own secrets and is not sure who she can trust.

5. I really liked the idea of Kiela & Caz sectioning the garden and naming them after book genres. Which genres would you name parts of your real or hypothetical garden? :)

Sci-fi - Exotic Plants
Horror - Fungi
Romance - fragrant flowers
Historical- ferns and grasses
Non fiction - bushes

Joyce wrote: "Did the tracking sheet change I cannot seem to find it.
this is the one I went to from message #4 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/......"

I’ve been updating the master sheet so use the filter. It should be fine now

BOM Update
The Road Trip there is still time to participate until 16th November, you can find the discussion thread here

The Spellshop starts today until 2nd December. We haven’t been selected for DQ setting this time but do head over to the discussion thread to participate.

Feeding the Family Mini Update
Bonus Words - Vinegar - Lobster

F1 potato in text - FIONA
F2 rice in text - BROOKE
F3 pasta in text
F4 bread in text - BROOKE
F10 broccoli in text
F11 carrot in text - NISTHA
F12 pumpkin in text - PATTI
F13 squash in text - CECILY
F14 yam in text
F17 okra in text
F18 tomato in text - PATTI
F21 cucumber in text
F22 apple in text
F23 peach in text - CECILY
F24 fig in text
F25 grape in text - VIAN
F26 banana in text - PATTI
F29 sugar in text - LOUISE
F30 spice in text
• For Words in text please make sure to put a brief sentence, even if you cannot add the page number


F31 China *5 tags
F32 Mexico *5 tags
F33 Italy *5 tags
F35 India *5 tags
F36 Greece *5 tags
F37 Japan *5 tags
F38 Thailand *5 tags - NISTHA
F39 Korea *5 tags
F40 Turkey *5 tags
F41 Nigeria *5 tags
F42 Jamaica *5 tags
F43 Bangladesh *5 tags
F44 Hawaii *5 tags
F45 Southern Gothic *5 tags

Garden Mini Update
Bonus Words - Piano - Violin

G2 Trellis (series sequence) 1 - #2 in series - VIAN
G5 Trellis (series sequence) 1 - #5 in series - VIAN
G6 Trellis (series sequence) 2 - #1 in series - FIONA
G7 Trellis (series sequence) 2 - #2 in series
G8 Trellis (series sequence) 2 - #3 in series
G9 Trellis (series sequence) 2 - #4 in series
G10 Trellis (series sequence) 2 - #5 in series
G13 Mulch: word in title contains one of the following digraphs: CH, PH, SH, TH, WH - JOYCE
G14 Weed: word in title contains a double vowel
G15 Water: word in title contains and H and 2 Os
G16 Pest Control: word in title contains two letters consecutive in the alphabet (e.g AB in alphabet) - LOUISE
G18 Prune: word in title can be cut to reveal a different word of at least 2 letters (e.g PRUNE - RUNE / AFFAIR - FAIR) - NISTHA
G19 Harvest: title contains a word that could be a noun or verb (e.g TRAIN) - NISTHA
G20 Deadhead: word in title contains a repeat set of at least two letters (e.g BEGINNING repeats IN)

G21 Colour Cover: Green - Cecily
G22 Colour Cover: Brown
G25 Colour Cover 5: Blue - Cecily
G26 Colour Cover 6
G27 Colour Cover 7
G28 Colour Cover 8
G29 Colour Cover 9
G30 Colour Cover 10
(Colours already used: Black; White)

Admin Mini Update
•Bonus Word - Quilt - Coffee Table

A1 the main character works in an office - LOUISE
A3 typical administrative material on the cover
A4 tagged non-fiction / nonfiction (at least 10x) - MARIA
A5 tagged office (at least 10x)
A6 the main character works in taxes
A7 the main character works in finance
A8 the clue to solving a murder is found in paperwork
A13 the main character needs to know how to handle a budget
A15 letters TAXES in title - FIONA
A16 letters ADMIN in title
A17 author first & last initials in FILING - FIONA
A18 author first & last initials in PAPERWORK

Happy Saturday everyone, we are nearly at the end of our first week of Round 2 and we are doing well. We have 3 partial spell outs completed.
We need the following to complete each of these:
Spell out #1:
1 M

Spell Out #2:
1 M
2 G

Spell Out #3:
1 M
2 R
2 G
2 E
1 W

Letters Claimed
• Each Spellout Requires 1M; 1O; 2R; 1T; 2G; 2A; 3E; 1N; 1W; 1L
• Our book cap lets us spell our word a total of 9 times.
•We need more Es; As; Gs and Rs

M - 5
O - 2
R - 3
T - 1
G - 6
A - 5
E - 3
N - 0
W - 2
L - 1

Put them in the overflow and we can use if we’re running short

Just a reminder everyone please make sure to add what extra tasks your book works for as we may need to move books around.

Discussion threads are up for the November BOMs click on the link to take you there:

The Spellshop Discussion

The Mysterious Affair at Styles Discussion

Backup for Noisy Neighbors

Backup for Noisy Neighbours

Hi Joyce, unfortunately we won’t be able to use it as this round started on 25th.

@Everyone please be careful when using the tracking sheet to ensure books aren’t removed accidentally.

Good morning everyone. Great job on Round 1 We are currently lying in 5th place after Round 1 having completed our word 7 times and completed 7/15 of our 8th word.

Our word for Round 2 is Mortgage Renewal another 15 letter word but at least no U’s 😅

We now have 3 mini challenges running alongside the regular rounds for the remainder of wheel. These have been added here

Each mini challenge has bonus points for words found in the text:
•The Admin Mini - COFFEE TABLE; QUILT
•The Garden Mini - PIANO: VIOLIN
• Feeding the Family Mini - VINEGAR; LOBSTER

The bonus points can only be claimed when the book is used in the associated mini challenge.
To claim bonus points for VINEGAR in text the book must be used in FEEDING THE FAMILY mini

I have one book left to complete.

Let me go and check, I know it doesn’t actually need to refer to the food but not sure if a recipe would count.

We have completed spell out #4 here’s a little update of what we need

1 H - 1 Claimed
6 O - 4 Claimed
6 U - 3 Claimed
4 E - 5 Claimed
1 B - 1 Claimed
2 D - 2 Claimed
2 G - 2 Claimed

Cecily wrote: "I have to be more strategic on my page number choices, but I am in another challenge that benefits from shorter books so this is the fun part of challenges like this finding the perfect books. Im s..."

I agree with you there, I’m in multiple team challenges and always on the look out for the 1 book fits all 🤣

Just an FYI, you have reached your cap for the round, any other books you finish between now and end of the round can you add to the book overflow tab so that we can swap books to maximize points.