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

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

Can we get a thread for for the 25th? Thank you!

Sounds good. I was able to get it from the library no problem. Monday will also let me finish my current book. Look forward to it!

Thank you both for reading this with me. So glad you liked it.

Laura, I'm up for either.

Laura, sounds good. Glad you are able to be a bit social.

It was an audible original called Emergency Skin. Some of my research is on skin substitutes, so I was intrigued by the name. It isn't much about that. It is interesting and short but not nearly as nuanced as this one.

That sounds like a lovely way to spend an evening.

I think it is Laura's turn.

Hmmm, we tend to get a bit better but I'm not sure how much. . I listened to an interesting short where all it took was the fringe groups leaving due to a pending natural disaster. Those who stayed worked together and fixed it all. I was going to say more, but it was feeling too political. I hope one day we will figure it all out, but I think sometimes we are just selfish and that is hard to overcome.

Ok, I did finish. I also loved this book. It really made me feel for Cussy and at the same time realize that judging based on appearance or fear of differences is such a human trait.

Laura, how do you feel? I hope you like it and I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

So glad you liked it! I slowed yesterday to hang out with the kid. Don't think I'll get done tonight but will likely get close. It has been very interesting. I'll never think of Lysol the same way.

Jenny, it's fine. I get it. I think I'm still a bit annoyed at gender inequality after one of the last books I read.

I think I understand the father. I mean, he has to work so... It was a different era.

All right. I'm only at chapter 22. I'll have to read more tomorrow.

Laura, I am enjoying it. I'm in Chapter 20 and Cussy is still a very likable character. There are definitely some parts where I feel lots of frustration for how she is treated by others due to being a 'blue'.

Jenny, I agree mostly with your comments and about Jaskson Lovett. Still waiting to see what happens (though I'm guessing). Still, I really like the fact that the Jackson part of the story isn't a major part, at least at this point. He's there, but the story is really about Cussy and her interactions with others.

I really smiled at the part where one of the women on the route wouldn't let Cussy onto her property since she was a government worker and was bringing government property. So her son could pick up the library books off the property. Honestly, this sentiment about government help is something I've heard before and can imagine now with other things.

I'm about a third of the way in having read through Chapter 13. I really like Cussy, too! And it has been so interesting to see how different some things are yet how similar.

I don't normally read historical fiction but tend to love books about libraries and books, so when it was recommended I decided to check it out. It is way more interesting than I expected! I had no idea about this group of people but I am fascinated by medical anomolies like this. The human body is so fascinating.

Have you started? I didn't realize that blue people was a real thing. I just looked it up and saw picks. Crazy!

I can start tomorrow.

I have it now and can start whenever you two would like.

I forgot about the cell phone part. I just upgraded but I tend to keep them forever (by those standards).

I'm up for ideas. There is one book I really want to read and I know you two haven't yet since it doesn't come out until mid-June . Laura mentioned the Mercies but I won't be able to get a copy for a few weeks. I'm probably going to start . It came highly recommended.

Laura wrote: "A lot of her comments are resonating with me. Her life rushing out the door with her son is so accurate ( not for me now as the kids are older but definitely when they were younger. )

I found thi..."

Well, I definitely feel the first sometimes, especially in my work as I do research. But the old person worry comes when I think of my daughter since I know I'm not perfect and I don't want to be the cause of her problems.

It was interesting to see comments on the goodreads page. One person guessed 2016 and the Trump election, one thought more like 2019. I wonder if it really matters. I wondered if she was caught up in the crisis due to being near folks who study it and talk about it but the crisis being like it is now. Most people think we are past the turning point and that things will change in our lifetime but we aren't really in crisis mode yet.

But yes, scary futures and sometimes all you can do is just deal with day to day stuff or go crazy.

I finished today. I liked it but I almost wish I hadn't read the description of the book, it felt very misleading. I am trying to figure out when it is taking place (feels like now sometimes, future sometimes, and occasionally the past when they talked about extreme couponing). Or maybe it is an alternate timeline. I am unsure about where they are in the crisis (ie. like now?) and expected more about the dueling sides emailing her boss.

The style was different than I am used to but I think it would have been much less interesting with straightforward. It was a really interesting story of one woman and her relationships but, again, not what I expected based on the book description.

I loved that quote!

And I agree, great idea for a Friday! I may have to do similar.