Kim’s Comments (group member since Dec 13, 2023)

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

Jenn to the rescue!! Thank you!! ☺️

Vianvamp wrote: "I did the BOM (Truly Devious) from October. I posted the questions further up thread.

Kim do you want help with the meals?"

So sorry team!

Jenn you did it last time so if you want to crush it like last round go for it. If you want a break, I’m off today so I can start playing around with it.

Anyone else do BOM?

Thank you Jenn!

Jenn wrote: "Kim wrote: "I’ll be finishing mine up today. It has légumes so I can make a frozen quiche. Idk what to do with the watermelon though as scavenger meal. Thoughts?"

Watermelon Rind Quiche: here

Wat..."

awesome, curry it is!! that'll give us another frozen meal.

i only have 4 items to give, anyone have one to donate to finish it off?

I’ll be finishing mine up today. It has légumes so I can make a frozen quiche. Idk what to do with the watermelon though as scavenger meal. Thoughts?

Watermelon in the same book. Winner winner chicken dinner!

I found “legume” in my book and felt a thrill of excitement. What has 2020 done to me haha

i finished blood and honey; i have fish and vinegar up on the board if someone has potato/chips, salt or lemon to finish?

I finished the BOM and DQ posts. where do I put this info on the spreadsheet so we get credit?

DQs Day 3 - Part 3

10.) With all of the current unrest what do you think Beatty's statement:
"for everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain, that nothing will ever happen to me. Others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities."
is it still relevant and timely?
I feel especially with COVID going on there is still that blind belief that "it won't happen to me." Humans have blind spots created by the Ego that not only inflates our abilities to accomplish endless things but also to convince us we are unstoppable.

12.) The river/railroad tracks have groups of Ivy League educated "bums". Why do you think Bradbury was so specific about their backgrounds and what do you think they represent?
I think the background helps highlight who they were before and the perspective based on the new society. In our current times, those who attend Ivy League schools tend to be accelerated in life or deemed smarter or have attained something greater in their field of study than someone who attended a state school.

Bonus Question: The version I read had an introduction written by Neil Gaiman. In it he said:
"If someone tells you what a story is about, they are probably right.
If someone tells you that is all the story is about, they are very definitely wrong."
Do you agree? Why do you think he included this in his introduction to Fahrenheit 451?

I very much agree! As an avid reader, there are so many nuances and ways to interpret things as you are reading them. A story is never just a story. Plus think about the human who is reading it! There are differences within each person and how they relate to the story or their beliefs and experiences can change their determination of it.

DQ'S DAY 2

6. Montag shares his concerns with his wife Millie. How are their reactions different and how does this compare to other characters throughout the book?
Montag seems like a zealot out of nowhere and Millie essentially stays in her lane from how things were going before. I feel like she is actually a bit more open-minded about him having books than I would have predicted. Other characters definitely feel more aloof.

8. Out of all the books and literature in the world, Bradbury chooses passages from the Bible and Matthew Arnold's poem Dover Beach as part of this section. Why do you think he used these works and how do they impact what happens in the story here.
I had honestly been thinking about this as reading them and my thoughts are that the Bible is one of the most well known book sin the history of literature and so it makes sense to include it. I have never heard of Arnold or that poem and so by using this it shows how the significance of the Bible is lost and now is on the same level as a random poem picked from a stack of poems.

I also thought specific or spell it out? But not alternatives.

Qs: Part One

1. What are your thoughts on the setting of the novel? Bearing in mind it is nearly 70 years since publication, how well has it lasted the passing of time - which of the projected changes in society have or haven't come true?
I feel like there are uncanny parallels considering the passage of time and the lack of knowledge Bradbury could have had on the advances in technology. Partially stoked by my recent watching of "the social dilemma" on Netflix but the dissociation with others around us is not entirely off base.

2. What are your thoughts on Guy Montag? Would you have preferred to see why he first took a book home, or do you like being in the middle of this second jolt to his life?
I liked the middle jolt because you don't go through all the awkward "guilt" and "what if's" and paranoia associated with breaking the rules the first time. being the second round of questioning his role in life also humanizes Guy more because you can relate more to the fact of his questioning than his blind following.

3. Montag has interactions with three women in this section: Clarisse (is she the original manic pixie dream girl?!), poor Mildred and the old woman who self-immolates. How do these three women help shape the trajectory of Montag's life?
I feel like Clarisse instills wonder and the old-woman is his reality. Mildred represents his life before he "got woke."

Same thoughts here, which why I was nettled when I saw we had “ube” and “watermelon.” What good dystopian storyline will include these?! Here I go again, outside my TBR for a reading challenge...

I'll be doing the BOM for Farenheit so should i post the link to my comments on here? or just the number for my DQ posts?

I'm really looking forward to this re-read. I read it when i was in 7th grade; so much has changed it'll be cool to learn my thoughts on it now.

Vowels are the hardest part for spell it out!

Jenn, I’ll hold on to my vinegar. That way yours will be all set. I won’t be able to finish blood and honey until Sunday at the earliest.

also i finished a big book but had to use spell it out because there was like 3 food items and it felt wasted on all the water haha. the next one i will finish is blood and honey.

it has vinegar in the text so if anyone is planning on a scavenger fish & chips, I can add my vinegar result for it for extra points!