Sharon’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2018)

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

Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford

Date Read - 6/6/18
Pages - 321 pages

Spell it out:
F - Author
L - Title
E, Y - Ernest Young
G, F, Y - Gracie "Fahn" Young
M, T - Margaret Trumbull
B - Miss Blackwell
H, Y - Hanny Young

Potions - yellow cover (51% per tineye)

I agree!

1) A GR thread works better for me.

2) If there are sample discussion questions for the book, we can start with those. I'm sure other topics or questions will also come up as we read the book. I'm open to going wherever the conversations take us.

3) We should probably use spoiler tags until we've all finished. Or, at the start of your post, indicate how far you are so we know if we should continue reading the post or not.

4) I'm also fine with discussing, regardless of where I or others are in the book.

Thanks!

Andrew wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I don't have access to the others, but I could do Barefoot Season - it looks good!"

Hello Suzanne, I would love to do a buddy read o..."

I love Susan Mallery! I will try to join in too, if that's ok.

I'm planning to join in as well!

Snowtulip wrote: "I love it Sharon! And they get a HEA :)"

Well of course!! There's no other better ending :)

Will this work for the History of Magic essay?

The Good Daughter said to The Ruthless Gentleman, "This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today. There are A Million Little Things I want to do in this lifetime, but, In the Meantime, Becoming Mrs. Lockwood is what I want right now. By Book or By Crook, let's run away and get married." And so they did and they lived happily ever after.

Good as Gone by Amy Gentry

Date Read - 6/4/18
Pages - 273 pages

Spells:
A, G - Author
G - Title
W - Julie Whitaker
T, W - Tom Whitaker
A, D - Anna Davalos
C, M - Charlie Maxwell
A, M - Alex Mercado

Potions - yellow cover

Happy birthday Samantha!

• What are you looking forward to over the next week?
My anniversary is next weekend! My husband and I are celebrating six years. My book club also meets some time in the next week. We're reading Crazy Rich Asians and, while we do actually talk about the book, it's also an opportunity for all of us girls to get together and catch up (without kids for those members that have them!). And wine of course!

• What is your current read?
I have to finish my book club book. I'm also finishing Love and Other Consolation Prizes and I have Good as Gone out from the library.

• Is there anything you would like us to do to make things easier?
You guys are doing a great job! The posts with updates on to what we are still missing are really helpful. Thanks for all you do!

Date Read - 6/2/18
Pages - 418

Spells:
N - Title
K, W - Author
M, D - Merilee Dunlap
L, D - Lily Dunlap
C, D - Colin Dunlap
S, P - Sugar Prescott
C, B - Curtis Brown
D, B - Dan Blackford
H, B - Heather Blackford
L, M - Linde Matthews
W, K - Wade Kimball

Classes:
Charms - Summoning Charm - there are binoculars on the cover, they can help see something in the distance
Potions - Salamander blood - someone is murdered

Welcome Jade!

Yours for Christmas by Susan Mallery
Read - 5/24/18
Pages - 123

Spell it Out:
Y - Title
S, M - Author
B, V - Bailey Voss
C, V - Chloe Voss
K, S - Kenny Scott
M, T - Marsha Tilson
N, B - Noelle Boylan
P - Paul Jennings

Classes:
Potions - Lionfish Spines - Read a skinny book (under 125 pages)

Louise wrote: "
@Sharon please add your book to your TT shelf. Thank You"

Done!

A Million Little Things by Susan Mallery
Date Read - 5/23/18
Pages - 368

Spell it Out:
M - Title
S, M - Author
Z, S - Zoe Saldivar
M, S - Miguel Saldivar
B - Jen Beldon
K, B - Kirk Beldon
L - Lucas
P, E - Pam Eiland
S, E - Steven Eiland
C - Chad

Classes:
Charms - Firemaking Spell - There are fireworks on the cover, maybe this can work?
Herbology - Ear Muffs - fluffy/chick-lit book
Potions - Honey water - romance book with a body of water on the cover

The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs
Date Read - 5/21/18
Pages - 432

Spell it Out:
S, W - Author
S - Title
C, T - Claire Turner
R, B - Ross Bellamy
G, B - George Bellamy
N, S - Natalie Sweet
V, J - Vance Jordan

Classes:
Herbology - Ear Muffs - ChickLit/Fluffy book
Potions - Honeywater - A romance book with a body of water on the cover

I'm going to try to get a ton of reading done this week. I have a bunch of library books out that are going to be due soon and next weekend I know I won't be able to do any reading with the Memorial Day holiday. It's a really big deal in our town with BBQs and cookouts every day. My husband and I live on the parade route and usually host a big BBQ on the actual holiday. Lots of prep work!

Snowtulip wrote: "Sharon, how did you like The Child Finder...a recommend?"
I liked it - 4 stars! It started a little slow and I wasn't sure I was going to finish, but I powered through and ended up finishing the second half in one sitting. So I would definitely recommend and say to stick with it.

This is supposed to be the start of a series with the second installment due in October (I think). I'm looking forward to it as there were some unanswered questions from the first.

Louise wrote: "Added books to S/S - Arithmancy is all completed/claimed.

@Sharon and Teresa can you add date read to your posts please. 🙂"
Both my posts are updated. Thanks for the reminder!

Drop Shot by Harlan Coben

Read 5/17/18
341 pages

Spell it Out:
D - Title
H, C - Author
M, B - Myron Bolitar
C - Jessica Colver
W, H - Windsor Horne
D, R - Duane Richwood
E - Esperanza
D, Y - Deanna Yeller

Quick question - how do I count page numbers for audio books? Do I use the count for the hardcover edition?

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

Read - 5/17/18
256 pgs

Spell it out:
C - Title
R, D - Author
B, O - Mr. B (Brian Owens)
N - Naomi
M, C - Madison Culver
M, C - Mary Cottle
E, S - Earl Strikes
L, W - Lucius Winfield
D, D - Danita Danforth
V, D - Violet Danforth

Charms:
Finder - maybe use for Summoning Charm?