☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2013)

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Ok we have the team covered. As for now, we will consider selections for the next match. No worries ladies ☺

Keli you'll be beater and I'm the seeker.

Ok so I can try and do the beater but that still leaves me with no seeker. Hmm, I wonder if maria helena or Shelby would consider being our Quidditich players? 😉😆

Well we’re player with other Ravenclaw teams so whatever you ladies are comfortable with. Nanci I can place you as a reserve and have Kelly and Keli take the other spots but it depends on who wants to be a seeker. It’s all in the reading so if you feel like you can’t do it I won’t push.

As for Lisbon time, yes it’s GM

Keli wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Ok so for the classes this is what we would be working on;

ASTRONOMY

For this task you'll be required to read one book per Hogwarts year, where the ..."

Yay! I'm going to try and find some as well for the classes since we really need to get to working on those 😀

Oh and it starts 11am Lisbon time which is 6am EST for me

Ok so we’re in need of a seeker, a beater and a reserve player. I can’t be a seeker due to I’m the captain. LOL But whoever is interested in being in Quidditch are you ok with being either of these positions?

I have posted info for the Classes in posts
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I'm thinking we can add books that we think we will read to them so this way we can have it. I will add these links to Post 7 so it will be easier to find.

Discussion Questions - Set 2
Chapters 9-15

8. (Chapter 9 - Herta) - Herta arrives at the re-education camp and realizes that they are killing the prisoners. She also meets Fritz again, someone she knew from medical school. She says she’s going to leave because of what they are doing at the camp. Do you think she will leave?
No, I think she'll stay because she would want to do all she can to help her family.

9. (Chapter 10 - Caroline) - Paul returns to Paris, and then Hitler invades Paris. Paul gets a call in to Caroline. Do you think they will ever see each other again? How would you feel if your loved one was in the middle of a war zone?
I think that will be the last time she hears from Paul but she might hear about him from someone else. If I had a loved one in the middle of a war zone, I would be so afraid for them and would probably do whatever I could to get them to safety.

10 (Chapter 11 - Kasia) - Kasia and her family are caught by the SS and sent on a train to a camp. Kasia feels bad and thinks she brought this on herself. Do you think they are arriving at the camp where Herta works? Should Kasia feel guilty about bringing this arrest on everyone?
I feel like she will be there and no I don't think that any of this is her fault. It was probably bound to happen.

11. (Chapter 12 - Caroline) - Caroline takes on a top secret mission in locating all the camps - re-education and extermination. Do you think she might find Paul in one of them?
Hmm, that's a good question. Not sure but it could happen.

12. (Chapter 13 - Kasia) Kasia and her family are taken to the same camp where Herta works. Her math teacher is murdered in front of her and she is assigned to pull her to the pile of dead people. She must be facing such desolation and hunger. Have you ever felt this same sense of isolation, hopelessness and anger? How do you think you would handle it?
I've had family members that have been homeless and it was hard for them to get back on their feet even with help from family but I'm sure it was nothing like what these woman and their families have went through.

13. (Chapter 14 - Herta). Herta and Kasia’s mother Halina are working together now at the clinic. They seem to forming some kind of friendship. How do you think this will play out with Herta being German and Halina being German/Polish?
I think they will help each other survive the war and maybe become friends of sorts.

14. (Chapter 15 - Caroline) Caroline finds out that Paul and Reena are on the list of prisoners in Paris. She continues to support the orphaned children in Paris by selling some of her family silver. She stands up against anti-semitism in the shop. I really like this character’s gumption and willingness to stand up for what’s right. Have you ever been in that situation? If so, what did you have to do?
I also like Caroline's gumption too and I have never been in a situation like this.

Quidditch is to begin May 29th

Completion Post


Book: Smut
Author: Karina Halle
Read: 5/27/18
Rated: 4 stars
Page count: 315
MCs + secondary: Blake Crawford, Amanda Newland, Heath, Kevin, Ana Vainola
Spell letters: S,K,H,B,C,A,N,V

Hey team. Quidditich will begin soon. I'm looking to see if we,have any volunteers players?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS SET 1
CHAPTERS 1-8

1. LILAC GIRLS IS MARTHA HALL KELLY'S DEBUT NOVEL TELLING THE TALE OF THREE WOMEN CAUGHT UP IN THE HORROR THAT WAS WWII. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE?
Not sure yet. Might come up towards the end of the story.

2. IN THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS, WE ARE SEPARATELY INTRODUCED TO OUR THREE HEROINES, CAROLINE, KASIA AND HERTA. WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE GIRLS AND THE PLACES AND TIMES THEY LIVE IN?
All three heroines having different personalities but I guess that's what makes them good friends. There's the good, the bad and of course the mediator, LOL. I like their differences because that's what makes helpful to each other in a way.

3. WHY DO YOU THINK THE AUTHOR HAS BEGUN THE NOVEL IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES INSTEAD OF ALTERNATE POINTS OF VIEW WITHIN THE SAME CHAPTER?
I think the author was trying to give us a different feel to each character in their own setting.

4. DO YOU THINK PIETRIK HAS ROMANTIC FEELINGS FOR KASIA AND WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE HAS HAPPENED TO NADIA AND HER MOTHER?
No, I don't think so. I Nadia and her mother are hiding near by.

5. DESPITE HERTA'S POLITICAL BELIEFS DO YOU FEEL ANY SYMPATHY FOR HER IN HER SITUATION WITH HEINZ?
I think Herta is just caught up in all that's happening. She's young and I do feel bad for her with Heinz.

6. PAUL SEEMS TO BE THE EPITOME OF THE SAUVE, URBANE FRENCHMAN. DO YOU SEE ANY FUTURE FOR HIM AND CAROLINE?
No, I think this my just be something that's just at the moment of both being lonely situation.

7 ALREADY I AM FINDING MY EMOTIONS ENGAGED BY THIS NOVEL. SADNESS, ANGER, INDIGNATION AND HORROR FOR WHAT I KNOW IS TO COME. HOW IS THIS BOOK AFFECTING YOU SO FAR?
I do feel sadness for all the characters but need to get into the book more.

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The Real Thing by Melissa Foster
Read: 5/25/18
Rated: 3.5 stars
288 pgs

Letters:
Title: T or R
Author: M,F
MCs: Willow Dalton, Zane Walker

I'm trying to get the information posted so we can work through it together but give me time because between updating and posting some updates

TRANSFIGURATION

Transfiguration is magic which changes one object into another. It is possible to change inanimate objects into animate ones and vice versa. Some Transfiguration spells alter a part of something, such as changing a person’s ears from normal into rabbit ears

For this class you'll need to form pairs again. One book represents the initial object, the second the transfigurated one.

It's a cover hunt, and it's up to your imagination. Some examples are:
1) Person to Cat
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2) Teapot to Tortoise
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3)Water to Wine
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POTIONS

Potions class is the study of potion-making. Potions classes take place in a dungeon, drafty and cold, which is filled with worktables with cauldrons over fires.
The instructions for brewing the Wiggenweld Potion are thus:

◈ Collect your Equipment - Cover Hunt (books with the items on cover)
For mortar and pestle, you can use any item that allows to crush and grind - A baseball bat, a heavy rock, etc.

◈ Collect the Ingredients
Salamander blood - Read a mystery/thriller book where someone is murdered.
Lionfish spines - Read a skinny book (under 125 pages)
Flobberworm mucus - Read a book that contains the words worm or mucus, or is a bright green or yellow.
Honey water - Read a romance book with a body of water on the cover.
Boom berry juice - Read a cozy mystery book with berries or juice on the cover.

◈ Brew The Potion - read books with cover colors, or colors in title or series.

Example:
Orange: (Cover Color)
Red : Red Rising (Color in Title)
Indigo: Night Myst (Color in Series Name - Indigo Court)

HISTORY OF MAGIC

Read one book per Hogwarts year (7 books)
Using the book titles above, write an essay for the class

Example:
Books:
All the Little Liars
Curse on the Land
Eve
Frost Burned
Gameboard of the Gods
The Kingdom
Moon Called

Essay:
The dice were rolled on the Gameboard of the Gods. Eve, the Moon Called had to face All the Little Liars to save The Kingdom from being Frost Burned and lift the Curse on the Land