Stacey’s Comments (group member since Oct 31, 2019)

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

Jenny, did I see you were finished?

(view spoiler)[What did you think about the equation? I'm a math lover but still had issues with it. I thought it was interesting that it didn't have to be right. I thought the whole Isaac thing was a bit sad/strange. I'm still confused about Philip. Was that suicide? Murder of a sort? He wouldn't have gone on his own. I'm super sad about Gregory but at least it made sense. The whole Alex/Hazel thing is maybe. It made me think and made me want to finish so I definitely enjoyed. (hide spoiler)]

Also, did I see you started Hurricane Season? I'll be starting soon. Look forward to hearing what you think. I got it in ebook form which will likely take me longer.

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Book: The War of the Worlds
Date Read: 6/25
Pages: 192

Letters (all character names)
E - Mrs. Elphinstone
C - the Curate (unnamed and called this multiple times by the narrator and is listed a character by this title many times)
A - The Artilleryman (as above)

Task: 20, read a book recommended by someone on another team. I asked the Hitchhikers team and took a suggestion from Sixty (see page 5 of their thread)

Jenny, as you go on you will have more questions. Most if not all are eventually answered.

Have you figured out what the equation is for yet?

Hello! I'm stopping by from Team Sword of Shannara to ask for book recommendations. I've been in the mood for some good Sci Fi - any favorites here?

Thanks in advance and happy reading!

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Book: The Last Equation of Isaac Severy
Read Date: 6/23
Pages: 337

Letters:
I -c: Isaac
G - c: Gregory
P - c: Philip
S - c: Sybil
T - c: Tom
A - c: Alex(is)
N - a: Nova Jacobs

Task: 115: Circles on the cover. There are red dots/circles on the cover:

Ok, I finished. I'll say more later once you two are further. I did think it started a bit slow but it definitely picked up as it went on. I enjoyed it.

Wait, the girl is Drew. I’m still a bit confused

Wasn't there a little girl? One of Sybil's?

I can see it! Thank you!

Is there any way to post a picture of the family tree? I’m almost there but I love that. I’m doing audio so I don’t have it. Or I’ll see if I can get a kindle book as well

How has everyone been doing? Enjoying it? Started? I decided to finish my other book first and haven't gotten much further. I am really interested and will start back up tomorrow.

I'm also starting Other Words for Home. It's YA but came highly recommended by a friend. It is also written in prose.

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Book: Full Throttle by Joe Hill
Finished: 6/21
Pages: 480

Letters: all from characters
C - Clarke
R - Race
G - Gail
N- Nancy
S - Saunders
P - Peter
A - Amy
I - Iris
E - Eric

Task: #89 car on cover, semi truck on cover

I started yesterday and am in Chapter 7. I am enjoying, but still waiting to figure some things out. I've been going between it and another I'm reading.

Jenny, thanks for the link! Haven't watched the entire thing but enjoyed the snippet I saw. Will have to make some time.

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Book: A Good Neighborhood
Date read: 6/18
Pages: 311

Letters:
G - title Good
T - author Therese or character Tom
A - character last name - Alston-Holt

Task: 175 takes place in US

I just finished. It wasn't subtle at all, was it. It did affect me though. I think I need a happier read next.

Navi wrote: "Greetings from Team Pants! I've come to request recommendations from you all 😊 Lately, I’ve been in the mood for some great nonfiction. Any favourites? I don’t have a genre preference – biography, ..."

Welcome! Two of my more recently read recommendations are Trevor Noah's Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood and Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. The second is very data based, really interesting and maddening if you like that kind of thing.

An older favorite is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The style is more journalistic than literary but fascinating.

Laura, I love your chapter 20 comment!

I'm unsure about this one. I am listening and this narrator isn't helping. It makes me wonder how I'd feel if I were just reading. She is fairly monotone and is making me feel lectured too, especially when combined with the writing style.

Are you sure it isn't the neighborhood? I agree it does appear when trying to make a point, but at one point they talk about how they wouldn't have felt so strongly about Juniper being spoiled had they known about her 3rd birthday.

I can definitely see some of the directions this is going but I feel like there is something bigger that I'm missing.

I am really looking forward to this one.

Beth, I loved it. Hope you do too. Feel free to post here if you want to talk about it!

Jenny, my copy of Devolution is here! I decided to purchase the book. I'm super excited but will wait until we read some of the others.