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

I won't be able to finish any more books today. Look forward to the next week's challenge :)

week 4 - COFFEE, book 4
Title: 'Salem's Lot
Author: Stephen King
Date read: 12/7
Rating: 1 star (such a drag to get through)
Pages: 451

COFFEE:
C: Father Callahan (character)

Fright words:
Salem: title

Blood: Page 54 the ground beneath was muddy with its blood. Mike got out of the truck a…

Chills: Page 92 would open after dark. He felt a morbid chill at the thought and its nea…

Dracula: Page 83 Aurora plastic monsters—wolfman, mummy, Dracula, Fran…

Gravestone: Page 53 flag stands, a crowbar for lifting gravestones that might …

Bone: Page 53 was not as old as the Schoolyard Hill bone yard, but it was pleasant a…

Frankenstein: Page 83 monsters—wolfman, mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein, the mad d…

Scream: Page 17 growing and growing, his wife Miranda's scream, cut off with sud…

supernatural: Page 8 Land's holiest city. Others, of a less supernatural bent, r…

Fright: Page 61 again. He was filled with indignation, fright, and puzzlement. This had neve…

Dean: Page 136 in Muskogee still respected the college dean. The bathroom smelled of …

Satan: Page 81 Floyd picked it up. The headline read SATAN WORSHIPERS DESECRATE…

Devil: Page 59 their pantheon would be empty of its devil. All this pleased him imme…

Witch: Page 18 might have last seen it yesterday. The witch grass grew wild and tall in…

Hide: Page 111 … hide, the way you polka around my questions." "Nothing to h…

Knife: Page 27 his yellowed fingernails with a pocket knife. "That's that writer…

Terror: Page 74 at it, not moving, feeling a crawl of terror in his belly that he did not

death: Page 53 thinking, the only thing more natural than death was sex. Hummin…

Scarecrow: Page 435 For a moment a hideously animated scarecrow writhed benea…

Woods: Page 29 feeding time, escaped into the nearby woods, and went wild and…

Night: Page 5 music seemed to consist of opera. At night they sometimes got a po…

Monster: Page 42 dimensions. Perhaps even something alive. A monster, if you li…

Shadows: Page 11 no sleep for him. Faces lurked in the shadows, swirling up at hi…

Dark: Page 4 perpetual pinched look, and his eyes were dark—as if they always s…

Nightmare: Page 153 hope that awful funeral won't give him nightmares." Mark coul…

Conjure: Page 21 thought was never a comfortable one. It conjured up an image o…

week 4 - book 3
Book: Cari Mora
date read: 7/11
pages: 311
tagged: thriller

C - title

Fright words:
Blood: Page 17 a lot of moon, palm shadows black as blood lay on the moonlit ground.

Dracula: Page 241 hindsight. Do you remember in the movie how Dracula turned Renfield'…

Bone: Page 16 behind the glass, in the tank, Karla's bones were beginning to stand u…

Scream: Page 202 fuck, Carmen?" He picked up his death-scream whistle and blew and blew…

Cat: Page 128 the premises. There were four dogs, a cat, a small goat, a free parrot…

Hide: Page 116 it was a child far under the house, hiding, lying flat behind a cement …

Knife: Page 44 cleaned a fingernail. He held up the knife and, looking at Be

Spider: Page 99 between the hedge and the wall. Crab-spider webs spangled with rain …

Death: Page 12 out of the legal system since Escobar's death. A series of playb…

Cabin: Page 298 a collegial chuckle. Down in the bow cabin Can gingerly moved everything…

Woods: Page 112 he saw you with the professor in the woods. The old man was wearin…

Night: Page 1 Two men talking in the middle of the night. They are 1,040 miles apart…

Monster: Page 13 full of their follies: movie props, monster mannequins, everything lu…

Shadows: Page 17 1 a.m. There was a lot of moon, palm shadows black as blood lay on the…

Dark: Page 1 They are two half-faces talking in the dark. "I can get the house where…

week 4 - book 2
Book: Out of Sight
date read: 7/10
pages: 333
tagged: suspense

C - Cornwall, Amy (character)
O - title

blood: Page 5 toy in her dead arms, her throat slit, blood staining her Frozen T-shirt…

Chills: Page 287 mild-mannered and elder banker before me chills me so hard and fast…

Gravestone: Page 332 road and pass through another lane of gravestones, to one that'…

Bone: Page 139 his arm. He screams in absolute and bone-crushing pain. He's…

Scream: Page 9 been stirred up by this man wants me to scream, What choice do y…

Sam: Page 38 that can be accessed by a curious Uncle Sam and his minions, an…

Suspense Page 264 thinking, but he doesn't keep her in suspense long. "If, howev…

Hide: Page 33 Sometimes, when the librarian dozed, I'd play hide-andgo-seek with m…

Knife: Page 296 him but is going to go with the folding knife that is now in his hand.

Terror: Page 6 before. A scent of fear, of sweat, of terror. I pass by the dining room…

Jaws: Page 14 " "Tom and Denise okay?" I clench my jaw and say, "They're fine, sir." "Of…

Death: Page 210 scene. The smell of death is here in this room, and unlike other cri…

Behead: Page 275 up in a jungle on an isolated island, beheaded one at a time.

Woods: Page 5 my quiet footfalls won't cause nails or wood to creak. I've been throug…

Night: Page 4 center of the table. A gift from Tom last night. Living room, with reclining…

Dark: Page 28 The men are nervous, jittery, their dark-skinned faces sweaty. He a…

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Chava wrote: "Just 1 example per word?"

Yes, please :)"

Done :)

Just 1 example per word?

Just 1 example?

week 4; book 1
Title: Gone by Midnight
Read: 07/07/2019
Pages: 352
Tag: yes

C: Conkaffey, Ted (character)
F: Farrow family (character)
E: Errett family (character)

FRIGHT WEEK WORDS
Blood: "....stay ahead of the game, but blood was rushing into my neck and face" (loc201)
Bone: "...officers thought, blood and bone fertiliser mixed..." (loc2498)
Scream: "The scream caught in Amanda's throat" (loc4505)
Anxiety: "...the anxiety creeping up again..." (loc631)
Supernatural: "Amanda had at times demonstrated almost supernatural observational skills" (loc3337)
Rollercoaster: "...while the rollercoaster car clicks up the incline" (loc678)
Serial killer: "I visit serial killer and murder sites..." (loc 4715)
Horror: "...to defuse Lillian's horror " (loc907)
Cat: "...been dragged by a wild fox or wild cat " (loc63)
Fright: "...Amanda squealed in fright " (loc 2094)
Hide: ...when we saw someone we just would hid " (loc1314)
Creepy: "...another patch of it to be a creepy bitch in?" (loc4457)
Psycho: "She's a psycho " (loc3192)
Knife: "...is a bathtub and a good chef's knife " (loc886)
Sofa: "...took a seat on a plush leather sofa in the foyer" (loc2413)
terror: "...relief and terror " (loc96)
Spider: "...shape of an ancient tattoo, a red-back spider " (loc2685)
Jaws: "...nearest officers straightened, jaws set..." (loc385)
Death: "...over Kevin Driscoll's death " (loc215)
Cabin: "...edge of the ambulance cabin " (loc1063)
Woods: "...into the woods (loc62)
Night: "...the sweltering night " (loc50)
Monster: "...the monster in the corner" (loc915)
Shadows: "......found her sitting in the shadows beyond the fireplace" (loc1176)
Dark: "Martin stumbled in the dark towards the door" (loc43)
Nightmare: "This was my nightmare ." (loc169)

I have a C and O book ready as audiobooks, also C hard copy book. I started one of them, hope to finish this weekend

Plethora wrote: "Countdown to end of this week. Next week is "Fright Week"."

I am loving this!! Crime/thriller/mystery are my favourite genres. I won't be around for the start, but will be online about 12 hours after the start. I have 3 books in mind for this week to read and they'll go perfectly with the list of words. Do we give our planned books or do we just read and list?

Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: "I am okay with coffee (the word )- I couldn’t function without actual coffee LOL
😀"

Nikk, I am with you. Coffee is my friend.
Im ok with both too

Hi all,

I'm so excited to join you all!! Here is my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I have already added some books to the shelf that I've read. I'm going to work out how this game works and join in full throttle! :)

I'm in Australia, so my responses will likely be delayed when it's daytime for you all.

*happy dance*

I'm recommending a book close to my heart (the events are close to what happened to us about 3 months ago) Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

Synopsis:
The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister’s voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar—and in trouble, again. Lexie has always bailed Annie out, given her money, a place to sleep, sent her to every kind of rehab. But this time, she’s not just strung out—she’s pregnant and in premature labor. If she goes to the hospital, she’ll lose custody of her baby—maybe even go to prison. But the alternative is unthinkable.

As weeks unfold, Lexie finds herself caring for her fragile newborn niece while her carefully ordered life is collapsing around her. She’s in danger of losing her job, and her fiancé only has so much patience for Annie’s drama. In court-ordered rehab, Annie attempts to halt her downward spiral by confronting long-buried secrets from the sisters’ childhood, ghosts that Lexie doesn’t want to face. But will the journey heal Annie, or lead her down a darker path?

Both candid and compassionate, Before I Let You Go explores a hotly divisive topic and asks how far the ties of family love can be stretched before they finally break.

DQs Day 2

6. We are halfway through the book. I have to admit I was struggling with the first chapters, but now it has got better. How do you like the book so far?
Yeah I really struggled with the language around how they speak to each other. It's getting a bit easier now, I'm not putting as much effort into it either.

7. "It didn't fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean", chap. 15. Do you agree with Kya on this? There are many similar statements with other animals, e.g. "Never trust a man who doesn't like dogs". What animal would you put in such a statement?
I think Kya lives by animals and nature, she's really in touch with it. I don't know if this is true in real life. I know several people in history who were great with their animals, but were animals in real life

8. In chapter 16 we learn more about Kya's parents and their marriage. Did it change your feelings about Maria leaving her children?
I don't think I can judge anyone who has gone through so much trauma. I feel for a mum who thinks this is the only solution to her family's problem.

9. Now we know a bit more about Chase. What do you think has happened? How did Chase die?
He sounds like a total womanizer who had many enemies. I don't know how he died, but it might have been suicide in the end

10. Do you think Kya will meet people who left her? Her mother, brother and sisters, Tate?
I hope she does, but I wonder how that would go after so many years of separation.

Bit late to these questions. Here we go, trying to catch up

Chapter 1 through 12

1.) What made you decide to read this book? Have you read any of her nonfiction books? If so, any you'd recommend?
I had seen some great reviews for it, but then when it became BOTM, I wanted to join in. Never read anything by this author before

2.) I think the author has a way with describing nature that makes it come alive off the page in a manner many authors don't seem to be able to do. I feel as though the marsh is as important a character in the story as Kya. How does Owens descriptions make you feel about the marsh and do you see it as another major character of the story?
I actually found her language quite hard to read as she's trying to write it phonetically with the Southern American twang. I found it harder to get into the book, because of it.

3.) Can you imagine being on your own, not being able to read at 10? Why do you think her brother didn't take her with him? Do you think Jumpin' and other marsh dwellers know she is completely alone? Think her dad is coming back?
I think Jumpin' is starting to suspect Kya is alone in the marsh. I think all the siblings and the mother have literally had the spirit beaten out of them and can barely survive by themselves, that's why Kya wasn't taken by any of them.

4.) Why is it that people who have the least always seem willing to help the most? The struggling people of Coloured Town, in a single day, help Kya more than the way more well off white people ever even considered doing. They called a 6 year old swamp trash to her face, ignored crime because 'why stop rats from killing rats', and even preacher wives called her dirty and blamed her for spreading disease. Do you think this is an unfair characterization of our society? Does reading this make you take a second look at some of your own judgments of people?
It didn't make me question my own behaviours. I think overall I'm pretty tolerant of different cultures, etc.

5.) We know only know a snippet about the crime and a wee bit about the victim. What are your guesses as to how this part of the story line will intertwine with Kya's?
They'll blame Kya for it as they don't know her and don't trust 'marsh people' anyway. For them it's either the 'colored' people or the marsh people.

yey, the book has just come in at the library for me. Now I'll be able to keep up, hopefully! (I don't read as fast on my Kindle for some reason...)

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Level IV = 9/76 books .
Read corresponding ending number for four (4) years of your choice (2010 to 2019) then one (1) book for others.

2010:

2011:

2012:

2013: Ripper

2014: WeirDo #2 : Even Weirder!

2015:

2016:
1 Bullseye
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2017:
1 Rattle
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2018
1 Juror #3
2 Before I Let You Go
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2019:
1 Starving the Depression Gremlin: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Managing Depression for Young People
2 The Rip
3 Twisted
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all signed up as well!